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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: FEBRUARY 11, 1895.
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COSTLY INSURANCE.
It is raprs-sonLit in the dispatches of
one of our oonltoroporaries that the last
message of 'Mr. Cleveland roused the
indignation of congress. As that mes
sage consisted of little snore tlian a
statement of tile feiins on avfti.ch the
government can borrow money which
must he borrowed, and a recommends -
♦Jon 'that the .best terms offered be ac
cepted, it is a little difficult to see wliy
congress should, be indignant. If the
a I..4 eoivt nr\ tnoW'l' Lilt Iv u!
jj.M.UUUbim.u
gone along and borrowed at 3 3-4 per
cent., when, with the aid of congress,
lie could borrow at 3 per cenit., then
there -would have been cause for indig
nation. He could then have boon justly
accused of haring wilfully imposed a
burden of sixteen million dollars on the
tax payers which could easily hare
been kept off their shoulders, but hav
ing writ,ton the message and .suited the
terms, if the money is borrowed at
3 3-4 instead of 3 per cent, tihe respon
sibility for wasting sixteen million dol
lars will not be upon him, but upon the
congress Wliihh refused to give him au
thority to accqpt the bottler terms of
fered.
The money which the government
proposes to borrow is gold. It wants
and will toko no other kind. There
outtht to ha no question, therefore,
About the repayment of title loan in the
tend of money borrowed. It has been
for a long time, besides, the policy of
'tho government, understood by all men,
'to pay In gold on demand. It would,
therefore, doubly .break faith If, having
twyyyewed goM. It should runny in some
other kind of money less valuable than
gold. It would have cheated its cred
itors by forcing thorn to tnko loss than
they parted with and It would have re
pudiated a policy in which the lenders
have been taught by Its own acts to
have faith.
As a matter of fact, there can hardly
bo the slightest doubt ttoait tho loan will
be repaid In gold, and If -the present re
markable congress refuses to allow the
government to distinctly premise to pay
the kind of money which It is bound,
in good morals, to pay and which It
will pay, then congress will be guilty
of shamefully wasting many millions of
the people’s monoy. As we Slid yester
day, the very men who are lending this
money and demanding a premium of
3-4 of 1 per cent, in the Interest charge
unless tho word “gold" he Bubst,fluted
for the word “coin” believe that. In ot-
foot; the word “ooln” moans gold, mfj
that they will get gold In payment for
for the gold with wh'Oh they now part.
Otherwise, they would not take tho
bonds at more thin half the price
which they now pay for tlietn. The
sixteen million dollars of difference In
interest on a “coin" bond and a gold
boDd will be paid, If It Is paid, like the
Insurance on one of the great trans-
A.tlantlo liners. AVhen one of these
great vessels starts from port there is
every human probability that she will
reach the other side In safety, but there
it a small chance that her navigator
may prove unskillful, that lightning
may Strike her, or that some other acci
dent may befall her. These bonds are
Insured—that Is'to say, the credit of the
United 'States government Is insured—
against the faint chance that the Pop
ulist party may lie succemful, just as
the liner is Insured against tho unex
pected casualties of 1tie sen.
Democratic congressmen Who ore op
posed to the single gold standard should
not hesitate to veto in accordance with
the president's recommendation in this
matter. The chance that blmetall am
may bo established In this country will
not be lessened by saving rhe sixteen
million dollars which may be saved in
this transaction, nor by making the
bonds expnmly payable In gold. At
the worst, these dondx .would constitute
a special Sability If we should here
after got upon another flmwielal basis,
and we would have no right to com
plain If, having received gold tor than,
and refusing to bike anything else, we
were compelled at their maturity to
redeem them In that metal, even though
or that time we were doing business
with dollars only worth half as muih.
these two authorities Is amt very great,
Soofbeer's showing a relative propor
tion of about 19 to 1 and iMathaU’s of
13 and a fraction to 1, but during the
three years which elapsed between the
prepaiu'tion of their estimates, the pro-
duet.on of silver was pardcuXarly large,
and this fact accounts in large part for
the discrepancy, small as It ds. These
figures seem io show th-vt tho true coin
age ratio of a.lver, if It were again
made money in ail parts of the world,
would ho 18 or 19 to 1.
Thu increase In itho relative supply
of tho two mends ds very much less
than has 'been frequently represented,
and perhaps generally believed, hut
wh.ie this is true, and the relative sup
ply of the. two moraIs Is as 18 or 19 is
to 1, yet it cannot be said that any
single country, noting alone, can main
tain the use of both moods as money
whilo coining both freely, at either of
those ratios. In coining both, It .would
be giving a preference 'to one of them
not shown by any other of the great
commercial nations, and this preference
would serve to make all of its currency
of the preferred mdial, even if the ques
tion of value were not Involved; but It
would be involved exactly to the ex
tent that tho discrimination against
that metal by other nations deprived It
of its value. Though the supply of the
ttvo mntals is as 18 or 19 ito 1, the vulue
of the two ts now about as 30 to 1, be
cause (the demand for gold is universal,
while that for silver, as money, is re
stricted to only a few countries, and
those countries among the less Import
ant commercially. If tho United States
were to open Its mints and
'.hits add to the demand fer
silver, tho effect, no doubt, would
would be to raise Ithe price, as compared
with what It Is now, but the demand
for that metal grill 'being restrict'd as
compared with the demand for jwld.
the price could not rise to ithe level In'
dicated by 'the relative supply of the
two metals. The relative price of the
two iwtll be the same as 'the relative
supply when the effect of demand, as,
well as the effeclt of supply, is univer
sally felt by both.
<" ruing tii ■ trate’s resoirv-s, ! - : itral
and artificial iflvam.ig'4
The movement ,»f ni... rotten manu
facturing Industry from the Northeast
to the South must be compelled by bus
iness reasons, or it wifi stop very
quickly. That is to say, Now England
capital will continue’ to in invested In
New England mills unless the owners
of the capital are o,induced tbit Invest
ment in the South is more profitable
than in New England, But though the
movement imuat miprillod and Just
ified by strictly busineed reasons, It
may novePtheJe-i be quickened or re
tarded by the action of our own people.
If good reasons exist, why ootitou man
ufacturers should come to the South
from New England- they will come
very imueh more quickly if assured of
the hearty co-operation of ithe Southern
people In their enterprises. It will be
.retarded- Of they find that they, must
como here to fight out 'their battles for
Industrial success in a community to
which their success or failure is a mat
ter of Indifference.
THE COTTON MILL MOVEMENT.
STOCKS
OP THE
'METALS.
The great Austrian ststlstlcan Soot-
beer estimated in 1893 tbit the world's
stock of the precious metals constated
of 409,223,949 ounces of gold and 7.093.-
409,719 ounces of silver. The figures of
Mr. MulbslI, the equally famous Brit
ish statistician, were; In 1800, 8.820
tons of gold and 105,000 tons of stiver.
The discrepancy between toe figures ef
A telegram from Boston says It Is
expected that a large party of Northern
cotton manufacturers and representa
tives of other m-anuifacturing,conceras
will leave that city in a few days, to
travel through ithe Southern states, ex
amining mill sites, wutter powers and
gathering information. It Is added that
the 'trip will extend over two weeks
and the cbj'ect af the excursion Is to
give tlie cotiton manufacturers of New
England on opportunity “to see for
thamulvcs whether or pro cotton clrtth
—that is, The cheaper grades—can be
made more profitably In the South, anil
enough more profitably to Induce In
vestment of Northern capital In South
ern mills."
IVe are sura these gentlnmen win he
warmly welcomed in every part of the
South which they might visit, for the
Southern people are naturally hospita
ble, and, If they were not, feel that otne
of their greatest needs Is a more ahirail
out supply of capital, and 'that cup Ml
oan perhaps he more easily induced to
enter cotton manufacturing .than any
any other form of Industrial enterprise,
for the reason that It’ls one of the most
surely profitable. But while these g n-
th-men w.fi receive a warm welcome,
they must not be surprised If they are
regarded as somewhat Undated Investi
gators—'that Is to say, tnvestlgitors of
a question wbidi has already been set
tled to the satisfaction of everybody but
themselves. While they sre trying to
flml out whether ttho cheaper grades of
cotton cloth can be nkinufuotured more
cheaply In the South than In New Eng
land, other manufacturers, living in
their neighborhood, having decided that
it can bo, seem to be reaching the con
clusion that the finer grades can be
made more ehtuply here also. AVe have
the statement of at toast one of 7110
moat Important of them to that effect,
and of several Now England newspa
pers whose editors ought to he partic
ularly well acquainted with the foots.
Perhaps it Is fortunate That the excur
sion party will be made up of exact;y
the kind of men described. When we
have bad them down here • while,
shown them our sdntntugos for manu
facturing and the results already
achieved, surely there will remain in
all Now England no'manufacturer avh >
doubts that the advantage tn comp, II-
tlon Is with the South It Is particularly
desirable, therefore, that these gentle
men should be given the fullest oppor
tunity to learn all they cam
In this connection It Is proper to say
that Governor Atkinson’s intention of
appointing a representative committee
to visit Now Engktud, for the purpose
of holding tout inducements fig the en
listment of Now England capital In
the South, Is s highly laudable one. It
It probably true that such t committee
would be unable to make tho definite
propositions ltkdy to remit in Immedi
ate action by INew England capitalists.
Such definite offers must bo made by
the communities In the South which «ro
able and willing to take a part in (he
development of their own resources,
but the work of the committee would
PBB0I0D8 be herdly less valuable for this reason.
In the most formal way possible. It
would be showing the atthnde of the
people of Georgia toward Northern In
vestors—their eager desire that such In
vestors should come among them and
help them to derefop the latent wealth
of their state. The committee, too, could
do much valuable service In disseminat
ing among the persons most Interested,
and moat l.kdy 10 be valuable to our
sutc, fall and reliable information con-
the books by tho Items of "stock on
hand and balance duo by county dis
pensers.” Now ilt appears that Borne of
the "UtUnces duo" have foiled to de
velop and the governor has gone to
work to work to find out where they
ure "at.” If he foils to find (them he
Rayn be will dismiss all 'the dlsepenseis.
ft seams to us that this would be a
hard blow to 'the governor's unique sys
tem, for dispensers, like barkeepers,
no doubt get to bo popular with their
customens, and dispensary sales may
drop off to an alarming extent If other
men are put In their places. Then, al-
though ithe La-t/ prohibits such a thing,
the disehUnged whisky handlers might
start some opposition dispensaries and
the governor’s concerns might fall into
disfavor. Tho young governor should
go about this th n? of finding balance*
on hand very gingerly or tho dispensa
ries may be boycotted, a nd in 'tha t case
the poor old state would suffer terribly.
Go slow, Mr. Evans, you may lose
trade by hasty action.
GOING TO THE COUNTRY.
A LESSO^AiBOUT MONEY.
The Savannah -P<resg has taken the
field os a teacbois of ilnannce, and tho
first pupil It has 'taken is the Augusta
Chronicle. Uudeir itlie hand of "A Kin
dergarten la Finance,” Editor Stovall
gives the following very useful Inform
ation:
It this government's signature on a
bond makes good the world over, when
the paper Is worthless that the bond is
written on, why Is not the government’s
stamp on a silver dollar sufficient guar
antee when the silver that It ts otamped
on Is worth 39 cents even In the opinion
of a gold worshipper?—Augusta Chroni
cle.
"Tbl« naive question from a piper
which lias of late gone over to 'the sil-
var inflationists brings up the subject
of finances from firs: principles. Atul
right hero left -us say that if all 'the sti
ver men would mak j the acknowledg
ment conveyed in this paragraph and
ask questions when they do not under
stand currency problentK -this whole
matter would he easily settled. The
Augusta Chronicle Is honest and con
fesses Its ignorance of thobas c Idea of
money. We believe when It Is enlight
ened l't will write more lnteEigernitly of
national finances. Thero Is no danger
from 'the man who is not informed and
really wants light. The great danger
is from men who assume to know, but
who, 1 ko -the Chronicle, hive failed to
grasp tlhe fundame ntal -ideas of the cur-
rouey problem. There Is an eastern
proverb whLh says, "lie who knows
not, but knows that h s knows mot, Is
simple; teach him.”
•The Chronicle's question has been
asked often In the days of itilre green
back craze and answered aC eu. Few
poqplo ever propound It seriously now.
The government's signature on a band
ntak - it g i-hI die wct-1^ over, booaus-
Utn -world bell we.s tlti g n-urnim-nt Is
able to pay It. And <bo world believes
ttho government will pay it tn good,
bard, honest dollars. If this confidence
did not obtain: if for a moment the
credit of -the government -were shaken
these bonds would only nor bo good
“the world over,” but would not bo
good at home. It Isn't the piper that
the bond Is written on which makes It
valuable, but the promise to pay
printed on the paper.
"Now, when the government sends out
co n money 'That la quite a d.fferunt
thing. The -whole character of the issue
cliangas. This value of the money de
pends than mot upon a promise *6 pay,
but upon the coin, the paymeot itself.
The silver dolor should not be n fiat
issue In any part. Nothing should be
taken for granted when the government
deals with Its creditors or Its people.
Tito government roust keep faith and
when It assumes -to Issue a dollar it
must be n dollar in radius and rtnt.
Silver and gold, bear In mind, are
moneys of final payment and every dol
lar must contain 100 cents.
"Or, to put lit In language that the
Chronicle ran understand, suppose we
make this illustration: A factor down
-a Co'jtnu row advances n farmer a sum
of money. Tho farmer gives his note,
'this note has secured 'the money, no't be-
cause of tho paper it is written on. The
question of stationery or lithographing
docs not enter Into the tnancactloai.
The farmer's note is good because he
has ebtittoter and credit back of It.
Now, When the fall comes ho Issues bts
coin of final payment. What Is It?
Cotton. But hero the question of credit
d s.tppairs. The farmer must discharge
his obligation by sending In cotton. It
must bo full weight. Every cent ad
vanced must be paUl for In pounds of
cotton. It would not do for tho former
to send In a 400-pound bale nisi mark
It 500 pound*, would it? Certainly oat.
And yet fiat silver would he as bad as
flat cotton. The country has no more
use for fit Iso packing, light weights, or
water packing In dollars of silver than
It has In bales of cotton. Seo?”
If ithe presMTt period of depression In
business were to continue for some
years, tho next census would probtbly
show that the recent abnormal growth
of the cities ut the expense of the coun
try had ceased. It Is said to bo true
that at every period of depression a
backward flow of population from the
cities to tho -rural districts Is observa
ble. Hard times are hardest to -the
wage earner, anti it Is m -the cities that
the proportion of wage earners is
largest. A philanthropic organization
of Chicago, which his during the list
tng unemployed working -people of that
city w.th home* In the country, is
said to have met wl.th“a large degree of
success, which resnilos ent.lrefiy satis
factory to the people who thus ac
quired new homes and at the same time
adopted now 'methods of m ik tig a liv
ing. Perhaps most of 'them were peo
plo'who had only recently been drawn
to Chicago and were familiar w.th the
ways of country life. It is a somewhat
singular foct, though very frequently
noted of recent years, that ait the same
t.rne wheat there Is a lapse surplus of
unemployed labor in the cities, in many
farm.ng districts a sufficient supply of
labor cannot be obta.ned even by the
offer of unusually high wages. This
Is not a healthy condatlon of affairs,
trad If one ofotho effects of business de
pression I* no euro it, then bird times
aro not without some compensation In
their results to society.
F. Finch, has been summoned to ap-
r.ear before the mayor Monday for vio
lating the Inspection law, and same
racy developments are expected, as Mr.
Finch has started that he would not
appear. He la a man who means what
he savs and will stand by his oonvic-
tlons.
The wealttier began to moderate today
about 10 o’clock and the thermometer
took on upward turn, much to the de
light of suffering humanity. Business
revived and this afternoon the ct re cits
presented their usual busy scene. It
might be remarked, by way of paren
thesis. that the people in this neck of
the woods are not hankering after
another such spell.
Letters and telegrams state that Mr.
Abe Einstein of -this place, who at
tempted suicide In New York by cutting
his Throat, is Improving rapidly.
Skating on the Ice has been 'indulged
In to a lorere extent during the past
two days. Athens has a few tip-top
Ice gliders.
“Uncle Tom's Cabin Is booked for the
opera house next week.
Tim poor of Athens have suffered
but little during 'this oold weather.
The rooms of the Commercial Club
have many vial tom every day.
TIPTON’S STEADY GROWTH.
It Is estimated by Mr. Mulhall in a
recent article in the Contemporary Re
view that thq shipping of all nations s
of -the ipproxlmaie value of $1,100,000,-
000, while the 110,000 locomotives at
work represent a value of $1,000,000,-
,000. The railways give cm ploy meat to
2.394,000 people, -while sh pping em
ploys only 705,000. The life of a loco
motive Is fifteen years. It will run
270,000 miles, carry 60&.000 tons, or
1,000,000 (passengers, and earn $300,000.
Its first cost Is $10,000 and Its general
average Is 300 horse power. Tito aver
age life ef a sh p and lta earning ca
pacity, wnpared with its boat. Is not
given, and Is, perhaps, not yet com
puted, -but it is not likely tx> equal or
approach 'that of tho locomotive, which
may fairly rank as the moat potent in-
strnnnut of civilization ever devised by
man.
SOUTH OAnm.l V VS DISPENSARY.
Governor Evans of South Carol o-i
has more trouble oo tils bands. This
time the young chief otag.-vr.im has to
deal with the dispenser* who deal out
liquid damnation in accordance with
the low which the gorernor himself
foist upon tho people about two years
ago. It Jtss been discovered that nearly
all the county diepensem *re eh rt In
their accounts through Tooso methods
of bookkeeping.” These loose methods
appour to have been in vogue for quite
a while, for we bare yet to hear of the
state dispensary having raado s
paymeot of cash Into tbs state
treasury, although the books have
shown a pro ON almost from
camWishmciit of -the system. The
profits were • generally balane-d
There are a great many hunters
armed w.th magazine cameras Inatntd
of guns out In tho Maine woods mow,
says tho American Journal cf Photog
raphy, watching and working for a
chance to get a snap sltot at deer,
moose or any other wild game. Tho
photographers return with some won
derfully .uteresting results no show in
pictures of wild animals In their nat
ural surroundings. And they claim
there Is as muoh glory in taking a deer’s
p oture a» in taking his life. It requires
Just ss much skill to get wltffifl photo
graphing distance tin within shooting
range, and ofton more. Anyway, It
is an interesting new field for the irre
pressible amateur photographer.
ATHENS' DISPENSARY.
The'Concern Shows a Net Profit of
$8,886.78 tor the Year.
Athens, Pea. 9.—(Special.>—The re
port of the commissioners of Athens'
public gin mill will be made to the
oounoil at Its meeting Monday next.
This report wHl cover the business of
the dispensary from the first day of
February, 1884, up to the first day of
the present month, and It will show
that s considerable amount of the fluid
Is arid to the good people of thin coun
ty regardless of the number of b'.tnd
tigers wirtbin (he corporate limits. The
Profits from tho sale of the ardent foqts
up the sum of 89,866.78, an locreaie over
lost year of about 8139. These profits
will he divided belt.veen the dty of
Athens and 'the county at Clarke on the
ratio that the taxable values of the
city hears ho those of the portion of
the county lying outside of the city
limit b. The funds are used for school
purposes.
This afternoon the remains of R. L.
Dvusmh, Use >ouijg mail f,vu Indian-
spoils, who died at the Central hottf,
were taken to Imlkanapolla by Ms
friend. Mr. R. H. Day, who reached
Athens late last nlghft. Ur. Day said
to a Tetagnuph man:
"My friend Douglass was sa honor
able os the day Is long, and I very
mudb regret his death. He was Strange
In seme things and perhaps people
thought he was not *riust ho ought to
be. -but I have lurswn Mm a long time
and can tar he whs as square a man as
woa ever made. I have paid his board,
dtdor’s bill and other CbCIgatSons end
hiepe the matter is now settled. I shall
take the remains cf my friend to In-
dianagxtUs and Inter them.
AMiens has market lews which have
been a source of great trouble and an
noyance to the butchers for to these
many years and which will some day
cause a godd-stsed racket among tbs
sellers of beef and (be cKy fathers.
One of the lasts requires tho butchers
to report to the market Inspector each
animal sfaucMtered and to pay a spe
cified sum for each. An old. and prob
ably the best butcher la the dty, John
New People Coming Ir to Buy and
Improve Fruit Lands.
Tlftoo. Fob. 8.—(Special.)—The ther
mometer registered 9 degrees above
zero Thursday night, 1 degree lower
than at any time In fifteen years - . Fri
day nlgbt It fell to 14, but the weather
is mod-rating raprdly and it Is thoug.it
will not go lower than 30 tonight. Noth
ing ait Tlfton la Injured except growing
aits. Which aie kiueu to the ground.
At this date Hast year vegetation was
putting o-uit -rapidly and fruit trees were
In blossom, but continuous cod weath
er Was kept many things back and even
the earliest trees wore not budding ait
all. The excellent service of ,he
weaJther bureau kept the horticulturists
posted -.in i their greenhouses were ) ept
at a moderate temperature, s-ivlng alt
of (heir young plants. The Indications
are tthait this section will have in ex-
The tide of Immigration Is still* flock
ing this way. A party of sixteen ar
rived from Pittsburg Thursday after
noon. the coldest day In years. While
they suffered ante from cold they
seemed delighted When the sun shone
out Friday mornmg, trad "aid it vus
much better -than the blinding tnow-
stonms they left In PlttSourg. About
7.000 acres in small farms have been
sold to these progressive people and
they are going right ahead planting
fruit farms. Tlfton Orchard Com
pany Is tlhe i i tost of the larger agri
cultural projects. It Is composed of
Rev. L. A. Snow ot Tift & Snow, Mr.
O. M. Tift of this piaee and Mr. J. O.
Duncitt.frwmerCy of Pittsburg.Pa. They
are all live, energetic men and will
doubtleas make a success - n the fruit
business. They will plant 330 acres.
The Dowey-Heywood Muslc.il Con
cert Company pltyed do an enthu
siastic house here Thursday nigh't. The
company Is composed of Messrs. \V.
Scott Hevwood and Frank Fuller und
Miss Fora Drescher, Clara .'foe Bry
ant and Marie McKenzie and -have
made quite a reputation through the
South under ‘she name of the Now
York Stars. Mr. 9oo*t Heywood, the
manager of the company, ivus SO Im
pressed with Tlfton that he purchased
100 acres ot land before leaving and
will have #t Improved nnd planted In
peaches.
FORT VALLEY'S FRUIT CROP.
The Cofil Wave a Godsend to the
Peaol) Shippers.
Fort Valley, Feb. 9—(Speclal.)--Fort
Valley is honored this week by the
presence in the city of quite a -party
vcalthy Ohioans, among them be
ing J. M. and F. O. Wlthott, Dr. Bay-
leas and A. Wyckoff of Dayton, N. H.j
Aibaugh of Tadmor and J. M. Sdhw'artz
of Newark. These gentlemen own qulti
a number of acres In peaches near
Fort Valley, and propose to make addi
tional purchases on this trip. They are
highly pleased with the condition of
their trees under the supervision of
Capt. J. B. James, who very ablv su
perintends their vast acreage. They
are all stopping at the Harris House,
and are loud in their praises of Pro
prietor Marshall for his elegant fare.
They -will leave in a few days for their
Northern homes. ., .
The present cold spell Is the coldest
over experienced here, but It has come
as a godsend. The peaohtrees ore be
ing sept back, and it is almost a cer
tainty that the crop for this year will
be a full one. To give some Idea a* to
the size of this year's crop, one of the
large orchards wIK fill sixty-five cars,
and there are several larger ones around
here, to say nothing of the hundred or
more shippers who wilt ship from 1
to ltecars each. No lies' Chon 600 cars
of p-aches will 'be shipped from Fort
Valley this year.
Another barn was bwrnwl in Dougher
ty county Wednesday uliiit. Judge
Krai W. Smith was the victim.
-1 ■ «
Rev. Dr. Henry Quigg of Covington
joined the party of ministers and others
from UetK-gla. who aiarted last week
for a tour of the Holy Land.
Tho Lawrenctwllle railroad is now
rmiuing a regular schedule. It has
been leased to J. R. McKclveff and S.
i*. McDaniel.
Tho Amort eus Timcs-Recordcr Is
agiin a usarning paper. It saiw that l*i«
pcopfo demanded the news with (heir
breakfast.
Some of the farmers of Cobb county
will adopt tho ruin of planting five
acres of cotton to die how©. All Geor
gia farmers might follow suit.
Albany Is to scud a conumltttee of cit
izens to New England to bring cotton
rolls, and the city council and connty
commissioners will be urged to offer to-
ducotnonaa to the manufacturers to lo
cate there.
Messrs. R. L. Jones sad J. D. Pope
wore eteoted aldermen at a dty el region
la Albany on Wednesday to fill vacan
cies created by the death of 'Mr. A. P.
(Jreer and Che resignation of Mr. T. M.
Carter. Th* vote was light.
Marietta Journal: There were two
\iuuUil gi'tlioT.ug* in Atlanta Thuts
day—one led by Susan B. Anthony and
other women, advocating w.snan suf
frage, trad one by Tom Watson In the
(merest of the Populist party—both
leading forlorn hopes.
Albany Herald: Every CStne two lit
tle countries go to touting about war,
Unde Sam or some other big country
takes 'it tor granted shat X U called
upon to put In Its MU. What In tbun-
denaition have wo So do with Japan and
Chins or Mexico and Guatemala? Let
'om fight It out!
Jones County Nows: Thero were
exactly 108 ton* of gnano delivered to
the farmers from this po'nt last season.
For the present season up to date there
has been only two delivered, and. drum
(be best Information <we con get, none
ordered. We taka it as a go «J sign
(hat the farm ere of thla section sre not
going to raise Scent cotton very ex
tensively
MASTERS OF BARGAINING
Kaw York Old Cloth*, nty tri ....
Clever, but Trlrt,. Wl V
Thero nro tricks, of count 11
trader, but when It come, to ,
heaven defend tho wight who h,.
with tho two men who haaclr ” '
do' ” In a cellar In Heater street”*
A man who has knocked abort
and thinks ho knows fully a thin, _
toddled down those collar stair, f h *|
day with a suit of clothes in a n P „1l
bundle under hi, arm. eau ?"
“By Jho light cf tho solitary ,
er,” as G. P. R. James would 4-1
It, “ho was enabled to discern” ti I
storekeepers waiting to begin on,.' 1
on him. They came at him la ,
wind of Polish dialect.
Ho meekly displayed the cost t>J
and troueors, a very praiseworthy J
tlon, which ho was willing to dimJ
for $3.
“Well," eald he to a reporter "vl
oould only have seen thoso prcclon.l
fersl They turned tall and waita) I
tho rear room. One would hat 0 thJ
I had told them I was an escaped dl
patient. I
“But I guess they were given thl
naln for a flying wedge play, for „„ J
oatno a moment later and abused t» 1
a plokpocket for ever having the iw,'
ask $3 for such a mass of tottcrsand E
spots and old fashion as that. k '
“I wns hurt as well as rattled. i|
been fond of that suit and didn't »
hearing it nbused. They fouud rlpui
never dreamed of—I swear I think d
made 'em—and before they gat thru-
would have sold tho whole ontdt t_
quarter rather than carry It throe |
streota
“Tho men were bad enough, bat J
a frowsy woman came out nnd add
slack to the rumpus they were q>
demurred. I told her In all klndsg
urea of speech to get back to herd
lng, and ehe got.
"Ono of tho fellows thereupon c.
me 80 cents for the coat and said bed
want tho trousers and vest. 1 h a , :
and started to go out, when theotbuj
said he’d give mo $3.30 for the tr
and Vest.
“That completed tho bargain at t
vanco on tho price I had asked, ar.d l|
elated. Tho first chap wrapped q j
ooat—almost as good as new—ar.d-I
away and handed mo tho 80 cents jl
It In my pocket and started todoqf
trousers and vest man. r
“Tho scoundrel laughed at nteehtl
'I guess I don't want that pantiul-J
already, don't It? I ebango mytnlgl
dou’t want’em.’ |
“Then I did raise a rumpus. Till
was gone, ami 1 had only 80 ccn-j J
tho vest and trousers I knew I col
get a shavtnR for separately, and the*
an ennte out and berated me formi
tho coat back
' They wouldn’t giro It up, and I a
ed, and finally they throatem-d tvsj
policeman and chnrge mo with I
tried to snatch n coat and vest
' That wns a pretty prospect, and if
hnd to weaken. I've lived oil the can
nil my life, but I think I'd hotter i
down nnd tnko a few lessons. I'n
and no mistake."—New York Beo
Too Expensive a Piaee.
Paul Lacroix, a French writer i
llophllo, was at one time scrloadya
(smith nnd took refuge tn Italy I
thills hnd fastened Itself upon his
hi* pallor am' general fecblcncs3 o( >
nticowere so marked Unit ho t |
saw people point tho finger at bin It
street and say to each other in an uj
tone, “A consumptive!"
Ho hnd taken lodgings In Rome, (
ono day, tho proprietor of thobouxs
ed the stairs, rapped at the door and^
In Laorolx was Just then In a co
paroxysm
“Signor," began the household?:
is responsible for you?"
"What do you mean?" asked the^
lahed Frenchman
"If you should dlo, who would |
expense,!"
“I hope not todlayet awhile,"an*
Lacroix “Besides I am not v.rjs
tious A modest burial would suit Si
“But who will puy mo?”
"Why, man, I pay you myself I
week I” .
“No, no. I nm speaking of thus
this armchair, this table, this c=7j
everything tn the chamber. Iwj'
will have to be burned after tho death |
consumptive.”
“My dear sir," said Laorols, “1ib|
rich enough to dlo In Romo. I will M
Naples."
Tho next day, Indeed, ho eet out
southern Italy, hut he llvod for r
years to tell tho story of his bunli!
from the Holy City.—Youth's Comutj
Us Always Ilaa s Passport.
H. Is Benson of New York, sew
to n reporter of a St. Louie paper, t|
pains to bo always provided with aM
port Ho says that It cost hint but il
lar and a little trouble to get It, and f
It saves him a groat deal of trouble(|
ever ha la where he la not well kM
gays ha: “With the passport 1 neretl
to be Identified at a bank, postoM
othor Institutions where strangers t|
acting business always bare to ben
for by somebody known to thei'
You see that the body of the paptf
tains a most minute and nnmlstaki “
■oriptlon of me, together with mys?
residence. The whole bean tho (
ot the United Statea government $
making deception or Imposture *k|
Imposslblo. My description was (
by notarlea public who know me M
the state department at Wasbingtcs!*]
the passport With this affidavit sa*J
other ono certifying that I was ngwf
sen I Inclosed $1 with my applied*!
the secretaqr of state and recelndl
passport"
Heads and Dates.
“It makes no difference where ttt$
may bo placed on one of our colts ]
marked the director of the mint, “I**
tllng a dispute about whether It 1( h
tall tor matohlng purposes. As « *•
of fact, It la beads wherever the hadj
be, regardless of tba date. Take t
iumblan half dollar, for Inetaoce, (
contains two dalei, 1493 and 1896, V
tlvoly. Neither cuts tho slightest f"
determining where the head of Colt*]
shall bo placed any more than
case In the old time shield on thece
of nickels or 6 cent pieces turned*
the United States mint. It l« b e »" \
aver a head appears, and the «<£**
coin Is tails "—Chicago Tribune.
Work sad Flay.
Work when you work; but, wM*!
measure of one's duty Is done, tbeau|
thoroughly. Thttt.ls as moch i
refreshing soul and body by yl™]J,1
all responsibility and care si
the courageofil meeting of active f
Ilona.
The Georgia and Florida
her Company, a concern with i r
of $100,000. tuts bought 200.000*
timber In Sooth Georgia- Coo"*^
Its! te largely interested in tba
prise.
LOST MULE—RtwsM will be^**|
-return of Urge mare route-
halter on. Lost seen last TS"
evening near SUdh Miuncb. ,
bus road. Call on A. E. Os’*"* ,
Kill ten Lumber Co., CbW*»
Fourth.
