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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: FEBRUARY 21, 1895
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The sfloait© finance commttee yester-
i - y ; > >> « m..m1 Tnont ho toe
sundry civil bill, authorizing the treas
ury to Issue Interest beirina cer-
tlllcaites of indebtedness to 'the extent
of one hundred million dollars, to he
used to paying the expenses of tho
government. There is a very good
chance that this amendment may he
adopted. We suppose there has been
no time when the most rabid enemy
of ‘Mr. Cleveland was not willing to
provide the means for running the gov-
crnmcnit. The amendment does nott
touch the merits of the controversy
.which has been going on for months
in congress and which has apparently
wrecked tho Democratic tparty, Even
if it be adopted, the government Is left
in the same difficult pos.tlon as to
the maintenance of the parity of the
different kinds of money now alloat.
It merely provides the government
w.th larger revenues, -when the sec
retary of the treasury has Informed
congress that no increase of revenue
Is necessary, tout that, on the contrary,
under the operations of laws already
on the statuto ibook, there will he a
surplus at the end of the calendar
year. If Mr. Carlisle Is right, there
fore, It nrakoy very little difference
whether-or iwt Use- antr-sdnsett Is
adopted. It 1* true that, If It Should
become a Jaw, tho government may
hereafter tlnd It expedient ' to ralee
money toy Issuing cert-floates of In-
dehtedmos, tout that Is only a chanoe.
In adopting the Amendment, ^ougresz
only provides against a ptwslhle dan
ger to the treasury. In refusing to
authorize the government to strengthen
the gold supply on favorable terms, it
refuse* to extend aid of any kind
that Is needed. It now proposes to
offer aid where It is not asked for and
to all protM.btl.ty will not bo needed.
In other words, the senate nuance
committee proposes to d'Xlgo the ques
tion which has been at Issue, probably
In the hope that In doing so It will di
vert publo attenttou from the real
paint at Issue. The people, however,
will not lie deceived very long. Tho
public w.U see that tho policy of con
gress is merely one of oltstmction.
The men who are nghtlng the presi
dent so Uettcely do not themselves pro
pose to do anything. They rave about
the evils of the existing situation, tout
they propose no remedy. They con
tent themselves merrty with obstruct
ing every measure of relief proposed
and with endeavoring to excite the ani
mosity of tho people towards the ad-
m.nlstratlon.
a Republican boss for a Democratic
boss as the only result of tho election.
In doing this, Mayor Strong merely
kept ihe pledges which he made before
ho was elected to office, tout Mr. I’latt
regards his conduct as rebellious, and
the dispatches yesterday reported the
proceedings of a meeting, which he
called, of his lieutenants from all parts
of the state; to organize a war on the
mayor because of that conduct. The
meeting was not largely attended, and
another has toeon called to meet in
Albany, where Mr. Tlitt will doubtless
have with him all of the men whom
to the past ho has made powerful po
litically by conferring offices upon
them. The contest la on, therefore, be
tween the boss system of government
and tho system of government by Ihe
people, A great deal depends on the
result of Ibis contest. If Mr. TJatt,
through his Influence to the legislature,
or through the thorough organization
which is so powerful on electon days,
shall overthrow tho mayor of New
York, he will have gone far to prove
that government toy an Irresponsible
boss has 'become permanent In this
country—at least In certain states. The
men In office—-members of tho legisla
ture, Judges on tho bench, all the
agents who under our form of govern
ment have been expected to enforce the
will of the people—will look, not to the
people, tout to the boss. We-wlll have
government by an autocrat, and an
autocrat in no way responsible for his
actions—not elected to his office, and
holding that office, not by the popular
will, but merely by the skill with
which he uses means furnished toy the
people themselves to control them.
- — ..... _. wn I.
an I'aiKiut-s'uid (mj-,. ---w- --
going on. There the boss is Mr. Dave
Martin, nominally a Republican, but
who prdbably knows nor cares any
thing about the ideas and principles
which make the Republican pirty pow
erful. lie Is interested only to prac
tical polities, In tho distribution of
offices, in the awarding of contracts,
and the other things that Involve Ihe
expenditure of public money and at
the same time afford opportunities for
assessments for the payment of the
boss* political expenses and personal
enrichment. The contest in Philadel
phia. Is less Important than that in
New York, to that It represents a less
advanced stage of tUe couflict between
tho conflicting systems of government
Ity boss and government toy the people.
The result, however, Is very Import
ant, and If ex-Governor Partisan Is
elected mayor In the face of the nor
mally large Republican majority to
rhltudolphlj, there will bo good rea
son to hope that, after aU, the system
of government by tho people may toe
preserved, even In those stutes where
the boss system has reached us most
perfect development
THE DIFFERENCE.
THE ROSSES FIGHT *VH LIFE.
The system of government by s pri
vate and Irresponsible citizen known
ns a "boss," which has prevailed In
certain Northern states for several
yean, is being subjected -to a very
vere lest at this time. In the munic
ipal election In -Now York last fall,
the people revolted against govern
ment by "Boas" Croker and Installed
in office a man pledged to conduct the
business of that great city on a purer/
non-partisan, business basts. It hap-
pans that he la a man strong enough
and honest enough to keep bis pledge*.
Empowered to do so by the legislature,
he has removed a dozen or more of
the more prominent office holder* and
has put In their places men univer
sally recognized as lit persons, by rea
son of high character and large capa
bility, to firtflU their duties acceptably
to tho people of the city. In selecting
these men. he ha* bad little regard tor
party lines. They are divided almost
eqtMlIy between Democrats and Re
publican*. They are alike only In their
tunes* for tho office* for which, the/
were selected. In choosing these men,
Mayor Wrong .wilfully defied the as
sumed right of Mr. Thomas C. I’latt,
who I* a private citizen bnt the "hoes"
| of the Republican organization of New
York, to name the office holder* of the
city and state. In other words, he
recognized the fact that the people
who elected him were in revolt against
"hoar government, and refused to be
nude the Instrument In substituting
There Is s very strong feeling In
Germany to favor of bimetallism. It
was strong enough to compel the releh-
stag the other day to pass by an over
whelming vote a resolution In favor of
an International conference, having
for It* purpose the rc-e*tabll»hrac»t of
the bimetallic system. But U '.* wor
thy of note that nobody in Germany,
not tho moat earnest friend of stiver
money, thinks for a moment that bi
metallism is possible except under an
International agreement. Nobody pro
pose* that Germany ahull undertake
nlono tho free coinage of silver. The
fact la admitted by all that Independ
ent action by Germany .would result,
not In blmetaU am. but to silver mon
ometallism. Ttal* means that In Ger
many the friends of sliver are making
an honest tight. They arc not pro
tending that because Germany Is a
great empire It can llx the value of
s.lvcr money by opening its mints to
the while metal at a certain ratio.
They do dot merely pretend that they
are bimetallists, tout are bimetallists
to fact.
Ttoelr conduct Is In sharp contrast
■with that of tho rabid silver men of
the United .States, who are not
ashamed to call themselves bimetal
list* while their arguments and action#
prove that they are not bimetallists at
aU, bat either seek to degrade our
whole currency to the atlvgr standard
or else are flat money men seeking to
aocompksh their purpose by creating
tho scarcity of money which would
follow the opening of the mints to sil
ver. Tbs Germans are far more hon
est, and for that reason. If for no
other, they are more likely to bfi’suo-
cowful. Tho extravagance of our sti
ver men in ttoelr denunciation of real
bimetallists, like President. Cleveland
and those who are acting with him, and
their eager misrepresentation of the
motive* and actions of theae men, are
■o apparent that though for a while
they may excite the animosity of some
good citizens against their iqiponents.
In the end they must lose all h-ild on
the confidence of the people et large.
When men hare the best of an argu
ment, when they know that thtdr cause
I* a winning one, they -Jo not Indulge
in angry villboaUon of their oppo
nents. They can afford lo be good-
humored. Their slttfttlon I* each a
one as to breed content and good hu
mor. It Is the men who know that
they are thoroughly committed to a
bail cause, a faffing cansc, wbo reck
lessly attack the ttoiricier of their suc-
coarful opponents.
THEY MAKE A MISTAKE.
An election will shortly i><. held In
South Carolina for delv!■« to a con-
aiitatlosa* Cuux-fiUvu. Guo or the un
disguised purposes of tt"<o whose in
fluence ltd <o the calling of ’lie conven*
lion la to so change the Qualifications
of electors ns practically >to <1 arrattchise
a great putt of the nqgroea of the state.
One result of tho calling of the conven
tion with this almost a vowel Bffrpose
was the holding to dolumbla a fow
days ago of a convention of the colored
preachers of the Stmte. Tills convention
was mot very largely aitteml.il, but still
seeims to have been s representative
body, in that Its membership included
most of the colored preacher* of any
prominence In the state. The outcome
of tho convention was tho formation of
a ministers’ union, the adoption of a
constitution, and the appointment of
an executive committee. Provision
was made for a thorough cam-ass et
each county, tho organization of dub*
to each precinct, the registration of
the members of these clubs, "the “in
struction of voters how and for whom
to vote,” and the collection of a. tax
from all members of the club to be
used as a fund “for employing legal
talent to test the legality of the acts
by which Site laws governing n« have
been enacted, and that shall bo enacted
against the rights and privileges of
franchise granted to us by the constitu
tion of tlu> United Statics.”
This means tha t the colored ministers
of South Carolina have determined to
organize and lead the members cf
their race in a fight against the pro
posed changes in the constitution that
draw the color line and at the same
time, as shown toy one of the resolu
tions adopted, offer to trade with cither
of the white factions that will make
terms with them. It cannot bo dis
puted tha t under our form of govern
ment the colored ministers of South
Carolina have a perfect right to organ
ize the people of their race and en
deavor to gala control of the govern
ment of the state, bnt the wisdom sf
heir action is seriously open to ques
tion. A factional division has appeared
among the white people of South Car
olina and other Southern states only
because of a general convlcUon that
the negro is no longer a dangerous fac
tor to politics. The action of these
colored ministers is apt to havi; the ef
fect of dlsatous ng the mtods of white
men of this belief and of consolidating
them for the carrying out of their pur
poses. Experience has shown that they
are perfectly able, no matter In how
small a. minority ttoey may bo, to ac
complish those purposes, apil for the
colored ministers of South Carolina to
challenge them to a trial -of strength
seems to us a serious mistake. It 1s a
mistake Out may have serious conse
quences not only lo the negroes but to
tho white people, wtoo when driven to
gether In order to defend (themselves
against tho danger of negro domlna
tlon are deprived of the opportunity of
work ng out the reforms which come
through tho conflict of opposing pollt
leal ideas.
because that sort of currency would
benefit certain special interests, which
to many senators are more precious
thou .the general interest of the people.
It Is not to be (expected that the sen
ate will favor the election of senators
by -the people. In passing a resolution
to favor of election of senators by the
pooplo it would condemn Itself, and It
is not ait all probable that such a> reso
lution will ever be passed by a majori
ty lnrge enough to make It effective
until the senate Is faoed by a public
opinion so angry as to threaten revolu
tion.
THE EAST SAJJE OF BONDS.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
Drtkfe I Bftking
Powder
AB&OIaUTELY pure
OUR UNREPRESENTATIVE SEN
ATE.
The city council of Athens 1 ,
an ordtoanoc that will interest the
mayor's court. The ordinance reads;
"Any parson or person* who aha’!
invoke cigarette*. cgsra or nip* at rv
■war tbs entrance to any church, be
fore. during or after religious service
tor rein, shall be punished, etc.”
Commenting on tho action of tho
senate committee on elections in re
porting adversely tho resolution to fa
vor of iho election of senators by the
people, instead of toy legislatures, Abo
Louisville Courier-Journal says:
“No one can fall to note how cloeely
tho houie of lord* correspond* to our
senate. Our aenatore. It Is true, do not
owe their place* to the accident of birth,
except to tho extent that they Inherit
wealth enough to purchase their ptacee.
Ho far a food many of the men who have
bought eekt* In the senate have acquired
their own fortunes generally, by ques
tionable methods. No doubt there
are some who have used Inherited wealth
to purchase seate, and this I* likely to
become more common ns the new mill
ion* lies die off and leave their places va
cant for their eons or gnandaona to pur-
chaee. Other senator*, not themselves
millionaires, hold their place* a* repre
sentatives of corporaUons, trust*, silver
mines, and the Uke. their clients having
put up th* money to buy seats for them,
Now the holding of seat* by purchase,
or as attorneys for private Interests bos.
tU* to the public welfare. Is just os bad.
If not worse, than holding them by he
reditary title. Tbe men who get seat*
In either way are not In any sense rep
resentative of the popular will.’
This la hard on dha senate, but never-
tbdliws there la a great deal of truth In
what the Courier Journal says. It has
come to paaa that the senate represents
neither the people nor the states. In
olnust wry congress we see that
questions Involving valuable privileges
enjoyed by classes or general Interests
under the laws, the senate; no matter
whs* Its nominal political complexion.
Is Invariably on -the side of the cl
and special Inteamr*. The senate
liiuualeJ toy iuu fi'itiut-ns of tbs c.
tutioo to be a check upon precipitate
action by the popular body-to repre
sent the conservative re me of the peo
ple; It baa become a bar to the papu
lar will whenever tbs reform of .bus-'*
Is sough*, and, st the same time, tbe
repressnUAive of Itoe most radical tend-
euclos’of tho rime when these tonden-
c es flavor the interests or pretensions
of class'.-* or special Interests. In the
present congress It la the house which
Is conservative on -the flnanclil qu< *-
lion and responsive to the will of the
people on the tax* ft on quest loo. Tbe
senate consented to a redaction of tax
ation only when the interests of true *
and dosses ware not Involved, and to
day threaten* the country -with a tie
moralised and dfpraefctad currency
When (Mr. Cleveland began to look
around for purchasers of a now lot of
bonds, the ‘treasury seemed -to be with
in two or three weeks of bankruptcy.
Tha-t is to say, its power to maintain
the parity of the different kind* of
money issued by the government
seemed about (to disappear. Its stock
of gold bad -been reduced to something
like fifty millions, and this stock was
being drawn upon at the rate of about
a million and a half a day. Under
these circumstances, there was no time
for the government to call upon the
people to co-mo to its aid by a popular
subscription. lit was obliged to get
gold In the quickest wuy possible, and
It Is not remirirafolo that under such
circumstances ft was obliged to make
a. bad bargain. But In making this
bad bargain, M reserved tbe right to
so *lter the -terms of the oonltract, if
congress would giro It authority, as to
make (the bargain a fairly good one.
Congress has refused tbs authority,
and the toad -bargain stand*, bnt the
responsibility for It is certainly not
upon the administration, but on the
congress which refused to allow the
administration to borrow money at n
reasonable rate rather -than at a high
one. Ity obtaining a new supply of
gold and dr.tw.ng It from Europe, the
raid on -the treasury wus stopped and
the danger of an immediate drop to
the silver basis averted. It Is natural
tha-t the rabid free silver pre» Should
bo furious because tho administration
achieved this result, but oven though
angry, It should make seme aitttempt'
to bo fair. The so-called “option”
given to the purchasers of the bonds,
about which they are particularly an
gry, amounts to noth ng more than an
agreement on -tho pant of (the govern
ment to “offer” any new Issue of the
bonds to the same men wbo take this
loan. Tho government can offer on
whatever terms It may please, and It
may sell to athens If its terms are not
accepted. The option, therefore, to
not an option at all, and is of no viluc
to the makers of the .present loan ex (
cent .thlit If a. new loan should be made,
and they should still toe In possc-wvon
of -the bonds they bare just bought,
they would be In a better position to
protect themselves against lot*. They
were induced to Insist upon this condi
tion, perhaps, by the experience of the
syndicate which took the lust lean and
lost mmey upon It, In that they give
more for Iho bonds than they aro able
to sell them for.
Marlon Hariand’a daughter Indorses
r. Price’s Baking Powder. lt‘a abso
lutely pure.
OLEVELAND AND 1118 ORITIOS.
criticisms of the president's action by
Mr. Lodgo of Ma»achn*etits, the au
thor of the last force bill—a partisan of
the narrowest tj-pe. The newspaper
criticism of the president’s action
comes cither from newspapers com
mitted like Messrs. Wolcott and Trtfer
to the free coinage of silver, no mutter
what disasters It nvay bring to th’
country at large, or sympathizing with
the narrow, totter Republican parti
sanship of (Mr. Lodge. One daw bites
the- -president because he Is enforcing
tho law and In doing so preventing the
success of a scheme to bring about free
coinage without the consen t of -the peo
ple, and the other because he is a Dem
ocrat wtoo bus lent hts influence to th->
great movement (to reduce -tariff taxa
tion. •
-Some of the nflwmpaper orttieiauw are
particularly reckless. For instance, the
Atlanta Constitution denounces the lost
of the bond, bills which was defeated
os reflecting the views of the Republi
cans, yet In another column of the
same Issue I't show* ittoa-t the Demo-
fcmtto majority In the house against the
bill was only 5, while the Republican
majority was 32 and the Populist ma
jority 10. To the 47 majority against
the b:H, therefore, the Democrats con
tributed 5 votes, while the Ritnnblicans
lind Populists contributed 42. Yet the
bill Is declared by the Constitution to
be a Republican measure.
Time will Justify 'Mr. Cleveland'* ac
tion, and w 11 cond-imn the bitter war
,-whlbh Is being m-ade upon him by men
who misrepresent ih:s motives to the ef
fort to accomplish results which they
cannot bope to accomplish toy a p'aln.
simple, truthful statement of the fact*
of he situation to tho people of this
country.
GEORGIA NEWS
AND COMMENT.
Florida'* tosses toy the freeze will
reach 210.000.000.
The Georgia weekly press conven
tion will be bead -a-t Wtaycroas this year
In May.
The Athens students ranged them
selves Into companies and fought a
battle royal with snowballs.
Sam Jones says;”! like girls that can
Olay on tho stove as well as on the
piano. ”
It to tbe duty of ohe president of th®
United State* -to carry out tbe laws
which be finds on the statute book. One
of those laws declare* tha-t it Is the pol
icy of this government to matnulh the
parity of .t* gold snd silver money. It
Is therefore the duty of the president
to do everything in his power to main
tain -that parity. When there is a raid
on the treasury for gold which -threat-
tins to deprive tho government of the
ability (to pay gold on demand. It ts
manifest, when the stock of gold is
nearly exhausted, that the only rouffind
of maintaining the parity of gold and
silver money Is to replenish that stack
Itnd -thus enable the government to pay
g<kl on demand. The proposition Is a
very simple one. TUe parity of the *ww
kinds of money can be maintained
Duly so long as one I* as easily obtaina
ble as the other. This toeing true. It
was the duly of -tho president to adopt
whatever means wore in hi# powir to
replenish the treasury’# supply of gold,
and the only moans which he could
employ was to borrow under the renus
of tho act of 1873. Those terms were
not favorable to the government, but
congress, to spile of hit appeals, re
fused to alter -them so that the gold
necessary to maintain the parity of our
different kinds of -money could be ob
tain'd on favorable terms. The presi
dent In all of his acts was merely car
rying out tbe law, and be wus limited
by the law to the means employed by
him.
For doing what he has done, Mr.
Cleveland 1* furiously criticised by cer
tain members of congress snd certain
newspapers. In estimating the justice
of their gtrloturcs. It may be well to
Inquire if they, too, like the president,
wish the law to be eofonced—favor the
policy declared toy Ihe law to be tbe
policy of the United States gavern-
rnent? The fiercest of these critics In
Saturday’s debate In the senate were
Messrs. Wolcott and Teller of Color*
do. They are represents tires in the
senate cf the silver mining interests of
their state, and do not disguise tbe fart
that they are opposed to the policy In
favor of which th* law declares. They
are silver men, not representative* ot
tbe interim* of the people _ of the
United States. Bo’b are nominally Re
publicans, and Indeed are Republicans
when .their duty to the special Interests
which they represent do not interfere.
They wee* followed In their Mtter
Ool. Edgar F. Hinton of Amertcus
negro who Is H7 year* old.
The Plnev Woods at Thomasville 1*
full to overflowing. Mrs. Bower* had
to convert some of her reception rooms
into bed rooms to accommodate guest*.
Mr. T. H. Parker, ton of Rev. D.
H. Parker of Thomas county, was re
cently admitted to the bar after pass
ing a most creditable examination.
hangman’s day. -a day of evil, but
our pagan ancestor* who settled Eng
land made it their great feast day.
Concerning income tog the Camilla
Clarion »av* the Bank of Camilla, the
Mitchell County Fertilizer Company,
the Hind Trading Company, too De
Witt Farming Company will be sub-
loot io Income tax.
Two men. John T. Knowles and
Ale* Mltcdrell. of Columbus, played
to the beautiful mow on the housetops.
They got Brad. Mitchell secured a gun
and Mitchell jumped from the wall
forty feet below to escupe trim his
Irate pursuer.
Columbus I* not satisfied with mrd
parties and the best euetvro player*.
She indulge* to handkerchief parties
and tbe recent one given nf the* resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. Howard com
plimentary to their daughter. Miss
tile, was a social *uo;ess.
The farmers of Mitchell county ore
wintering their cattle on eottoli seed
hulls. There hulls are very cheap amd
fatten, cattle. It Is only necessary to
feed cattle a few months In tbe win
ter. A termer can rruillly fatten beeves
for market on cotton seed hulls as
feed.
RoteHUlis noted as the moat bmu-
tlful residence portion of Columbus.
Some time In the forties Mr*. James
C. Cook located on the Nil and so
adorned and beautMed her home that
the families there residing requested
her to name the hill. She christened It
Ross Hill, a name H still bears.
HOUSTON’S FRUIT FARMERS.
Over Nine Thousand Acres Devoted r, I
tlrely to Feache*. 1
Fort Valley, Feb. n.-tKp,-,,,
When one drives around through i If I
•ton county and gees the counties, Mln
bers of fruit tree* already planted ,
and seeing every day new ones pi 1Btfd I
he asks himself: Will it ever stop; a : 1
the rate the trees are being plant'd o
in a few years Houston oounty -w li*.
ono big orchard of fruit trees. | n rr ..
last article I gave the total number
trees and a calculation lowing th-l
number of care Bblpped, etc. In tk,|
-article I will give the names of th,l
owners of some of the large oreh»nU, I
The largest orchard in the county a |
that of the Ohio Fruit Land ConpujI
which owns 1,220 acres, on which i
planted 120,000 peach trees, 10,000 pear I
trees and 2,000 plum trees. As will b, I
seen, this oompany owns the larges; I
pear orchard in the United Stales, ti u . r , I
being In their orchard 10,000 tre-s, I
Next to Uhls large acreage comes th) V
Hale Georgia Orchard and Nuneryl
Company, owned toy G. H. & j. n I
Hale of South Gluetonbnng, Oonn. Thi, I
orchard contains 887 acres, with loo,.I
000 peach trees. The Albaugh Georgit |
<>o,n(w> --e-ch
Fruit and Land Company owns Loftl
acres, with 80,000 peach trees 11.000 (
grape vines. The Oak Utdgo Fruit j
Company owns 800 acres, with 4200) I
pencil trees and 10,000 grape yin--,.’r. t [
Elberta Orchard’Company owns ID I
acres, with 42,000 peach (tree*, to* I
Moss Lake Fruit Company owns 801 j
acres, -with 40,000 peach trees. 5.001
grape vines, 1,000 plum trees and r<>) I
applo trees. The Standard Fruit Cob- I
pany owns 727 acres, with 40,000 peid |
trees and 10,000 grape v.nes. Tbe Oil.
uioud Fruit Company owns two nc. .<, I
Willi 25,000 peac-n trees. The Kelt f
Valley Land and Orchard Comp.it;
wwua 200 acres, wito 20,000 peaci
trees. The Dayton Fruit Couq-.t;
owns 253 acres, with 30,000 peer]
tree*. The Troy Fruit Company own I
100 acres, with 15,000 peach trees. 'lt» |
above represent some of ‘the largest or
chards, there -being others I ouuid at j
get the acreage of at present. Tiie v
tal number of ticrm, as g.ven ah tr, [
Is 0,155, with 034,000 poach -irees. id,-
000 grape vine*, 10,000 pear -trees, 3.UP I
plum trees and 500 tipple trees. Of th* I
tonal 7.208 acres, with 534,000 p a.-i r
trees, 30,000 grape vines, 10.000 par|
tress, 3,000 plum trees and 5*to up
trees, are owned by companies form 4]
In Ohio, of which Mr. IV. H. Br.ed-»
stein -1 nil Mr. F. G. IVltlhoft of Da-in ]
ami Oapt. J. B. Jautva of Fort Til
aro -tho largest owner*.
To the above could be added the fol
lowing number of peach tree* owm I
by nillv.diul parties: U. T. J-m*. [
10.000; Hissinguno & Houser, lotnti
Blasingam® & MoOormler, 2.500; III <1
Brps., 5,000; P. G. Britt, 2,500; T. VI
Fagan. 1,500; C. D. Anderson, 2(«<-:|
J. M. Gray, 3,000: W. M. Melvin. 11
MaJ. 8. Ne'.L 0.000; C. H. Shrig ;.!
2,500; 3. D Fagan. 2.000; J. G. V-|
Heiter, 3.01)0; J. O. Lilly estate, H.ikxi; r.
C. IL-uvr, 1.000; B. L. Row), !*»; S
Dirz n & Bra., 80,000; IV. II. Harris I
15.000.
I learn that Ibis last cold spe’l U< |
killed alt of the peaches everywhere
except In Georgia. Till* being the c-a*.
tbe Georg a p- iohe* will be r--ry mnei I
In demand. The cold weather so far I
has been vary beneficial to the fra t ]
crop and th® prospect Is by far the tw*
ever known. Tho indication* are n
very favorable foe -the finest crop
peaches She world ha* ever seen. Fru t I
growers are In (the bent of spirits and
aU predict a Ann crop.
Two cunning flootorle* and nne k» I
factory are to be built here at an earif
dato. An lee factory will be neeli-1
very -badly during (the peach sh -pp'n:
season and so will a canning fivt. rr. I
us there will be a great many peich-s I
tha-t can't be shipped that could bt*
canned.
Tbe cold spell baa killed aR the rnt I
around here. This is very tad. as lh-fl
ha I been killed by She flrat freeze >2 j
replanted, awl now the second crop jI
killed. Many farmers will not pint!
again as it Is rather laic.
(Price's Cream Baking Powder tmcM I
food wftt. freshness. It's dbsilut!;
pure.
J. T. Oroueh bus an oM file of the
Rome Commercial published In 1*71 by
Grady Broa. * Hhanklin. ‘Will 8.
Grady wna-maimger .Henry W. Grady,
editor and Shank'.ln sms the printer.
The fUe shows the editorials io he eotne-
wtowt common, ntvtng no Indications
of the latent genius of Ora-dy. It ap
pears also that Grady Indulged In ver
sifies tied. but these efforts ure puerile,
Groanavfll* Indicator: "Tbe present
governor of Georgia seema well In
formed In regard to tbe duties oTN*
office. The right things are looked af
ter in the right way and et the right
tone. These who underrated the' man
a yen ago are now recognizing his ex
ecutive ability and extensive informa-
tkm on ell state affairs.
The little Vlrctnkv hoy who froze to
dmilh Lu the icofr.t c-2.'. iq-ll ittiue.y-t
the heroism Of his sires. The press re
port afcnply asM: "Word ha* reached
here tost two rabod children, brother
awl slater, eged 10 and 1J year*,
were frozen to death In this county.
They were found locked I (reach other'*
arms. Ttie brother had wrapped his
rioter in Ida omt."
MAR VELOUR RESULTS.
From a letter written by Rev. J. Gander-
man, of Dtmondale, Mich., w* are per
mitted to make this extract; "I hava no
hesitation in recommending Dr. King’s
New Discovery, as th* results were al
most marvelous In to* case of my wife.
White I was pastor of th* Baptist church
at Rives J a notion eh*
with pneumonia, succeeding
Terrlhli' paroxisms
last hoars wtth llttl* Interruption and It
seemed aa If she could not aarrire them.
A friend recommended Dr. King's New
Discovery: It was quick In Its work and
highly satisfactory In results." Trial
bottles free at H. J. Lamar A Bona drag
store. Regular alia, He. and ft.
WILL HAVE A GOOD riOHOOL
Shady Dale and (Machon are l’ulllr; |
'ibgoiher to Earnest.
Shady Dale, Feto. 18,-48pechU-
8tally Dale and her sMter town, Me
(hen, seem thoroughly aroused to tt><
mtresalty ami importance of a tint-
class high school and if the "signs <4
tbe times" mean anyth ag, they are i>
a fair way to yow«K that moat do
•treble of Institutions. With a th«r-
ough-golng, -wide-Mrake, progrodstvi
citizenship, oompo- I k men who st'j
zt nothing short cf success, -with tn>
most favorable conditions anil
rroundings tor a good school, tbe *°®
cess of the Shady l>sle Institute is
sored. ,
This is Jnst such a place and peep*
as would Invite new resident* «»l
new enterj>r1»«*; it Invites the pin-rt
with children to educate and bring
In a delightful Climate and In an d*
moaphore of thrift and high mow
tc tic; it invltcw the business man tj
come (where there la businem fra
room for more.
Strange to say Hhady Dale his
newspaper, but there Is a movent- 11 '
on foot to start one In (the course -.f
a week or so. It owes It* Nr* to ®*
sobotd, and tta names hall be the In’
stltute.
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bruises, sores, ulcere, salt rheum, trt
eoree. tetter, chapped hands. chllMsts*
conus and all skin arptloai, and porin'™*
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la guaranteed to give perfect eaUrie*®*
or money refunded. Price; a rent* V*
bo*. For sale by H. J. Lamar * Boo-