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THE LOAN AND ITS HPiTXTl'S.
The New York Commercial and Fi
nancial Chronicle stands at .the head
of the trade papers of the United
States. It te not tainted with polities
and reflect* faithfully the opinions of
the great and ItUcHtgent hiwlnes* com
munity of New York. In its review
of the 'financial situation in It* last lu
etic, It necrSKirlly deals with the re
cent government loan and Its effect*,
end does so in a manner conveying so
much Information that wo make no
apology for quuiius iim-ratly from
article.
"■Another 'Week,” It mys. “has servctl
only to conflnn the general belief in
the wisdom of the course pursued by
the president to restore the credit of
the government and the confidence of
the public. Very naturally regret Jins
been ctprcmel by some beoause no bol
ter price avis obtained by the treasury
for the bonds, the price at which they
were sold by the syndicate being
thoughtinsdy token as the gauge or
near the gauge of the worth of the se
curity at the moment of the execution
of the original contraat. In our re
lieved condition we so quickly lose the
sense of the danger we were in, the
need there .wu» for Instant action, and
the fearful catastrophe wo have ««-
wiped, that our opinions take their
shape from the mirymndlngs which the
success of dho.kxia ha* Imnighji us
Into. We are apt to forget, too, that
tho high price* quoted /or tbe bonds
this week are the measure of tho influ
ence of our backers and of the marvel
they have wrought rather than at tho
credit of cur bonds £*» tbf* wiftimt njnr*
kets of Europo before the contract
was signed. The last bond sale made
to eSr bank*' donwinstratcd clearly
enough the futility of our home mar
ket as a dependence for relief; while
the aubeoquent targe toes of gold from
our visible supply by export and hoard
ing, hvethor with the ruling rate*
boro for foreign exchange, give added
proof that we are hiApless without oar
foreign connection end that It la the
source of our present success and
strength.”
Then the Chronicle siren figures to
show that the outstanding 4 per cent,
bomb had fallen in price since the
meeting of congress from -110 to 110,
and toys that If the holder of a con
siderable amount of them had forced
titlem on the home nurkut, he would
have been compelled to accept a con
siderably lower price.
Continuing, the Chronicle asks:
“What ha* the president done?” und
nnswer* by saying that “when he oaw
that hope of help from congress wus
gone ho sought out thoso whose credit
was second to nono In the world—vir
tually got .their Indorsement—and made
the best term* he could with them for
replenishing the government gold re
serve. ThaMij ho mwued us from
H great disinter, end bosldai that, his
action and the names of those whose
co-operation bis action had secured,
removed the Ulat from she govern
ment credit end has brought back the
price of It* okl 4 per coat, bonds to 113,
and no doubt tho price will soon be
where It was when the session of con-
grew began.
“But soun say that the syndicate
his made s large loir of money out of
the transaction, a* If that wore blame
worthy. It* .work is not done yet
Resides no owe has seen the balance
sheet. Wo know as liUlo as others
about the amount, though we presume
it arlH show a profit whew the syndi
cate's undertaking I* completed, for
the members of it are shrewd men and
lire in bualness like Hie rest of us for
that purpose. Of one fact we are cer
tain—they have done a marvelous work
Id saving our standard of values, and
ia restating tho credit of the govern
ment by coming ito Its aid at a moment
of oxtrvsiu. need, and we cannot tee
why under such circumstances they are
not entitled to their gains. Some in
sist that the president might have
made better teams. Than we deny. It
1* very questionable, as we raid last
week, whether sny combination of
capital was within the roach of tbe
government which could havo effivtod
avhat the syndicate has. We repeat
that a bond offering in this country
for gold would have precipitated a cri
sis instead of relieving one. Bes'dea
the syndicate had to be perfected and
ticcome operative at once.”
In another article, on “Government
Credit and tbe Bond Isaac,” the Citron-
do dtscume* the effect oa the general
business situation of tho loan and tho
maimer in which it was made. “It It
an oxored ngly gratifying fact,” It
•ays, “that the offering for .public sub
scription of ,the $02,315,000 of United
Staten thirty-year 4 per cent bonds by
the syndicate which recently mode a
a.1*. of 3 non non ounce* of eiiid to the
government, and took these bonds in
payment, should have proved such a
decided success. Wo say the fact Is
gratifying because It is evidence that
the recent acts of ithe government have
had u further Immediate ibeneflclal ef
fect, juat as It was expected snd de
sired they should ha.vp. The syndicate
took the bonds at an extremely crit
ical period, iwbcn withdrawals of gold
wore proceeding on an enormous scale,
when tbe treasury gold reserve which
had been restored omy Wo months be
fore had linen reduced to the very low
est point reached since tho cstolblUfi-
ment of sppclc payments In 1870, and
when, as a consequence of tho fears
which these conditions had engendered,
a suspension of gold payment* was
tactually Imminent. It was for thesolo
purpose of avoiding this latter disas
ter, so much dreaded, that the loan was
made. The avidity with which the
public, both In Mils country and in Ku-
rope, has subscribed for the bonds
shows that the skillful way In which
the whole arrangement has been en
gineered has quieted fore on Slae point
in question and that confidence in the
ability of the government to maintain
gold payments has again been firmly
oitolMIshed. Tho latter Is a considera
tion of the highest Importance to all
business Interests. For so long ns ony
tkmbe existed regarding this point, en
terprise was bcoeasarily held in check,
while now that all doubt lias been re
moved business activity will be free
to dovolop in accordance with natural
{•;*(•» !s2u?2CS2, U’hm thlg la
recognized it 'becomes evident that the
stop which tho government took was
an essential one In preservation of In
dustrial Interests, and no cost, no mat
ter how great, was too high a price to
pay for securing that end. The whole
matter octroi to emphasize anew how
sensitive .the national credit and capi
tal alike are, and haw Important it Is
to guard both against adverse action.”
We nre satisfied that after a 1M1o
while tho pmplo of the United Htates
generally will see that tho president.
Instead of being a. traitorous tool of
Wall street !o this transaction, ns
charged by his enemies, showed In It
an lutetligimce and courage, a regard
for bis dury under the law and for the
public welfare that entitle him to the
gratitude end respect of all patriotic
citizens.
SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.
The escape of several prisoners, In
cluding two convicted murderers, from
the Bibb county >ail, is an affair very
much to be regrettid. especially as
the circumstance* Indicate plainly that
there has been gross carelessness In the
management of the Jail. Sheriff Wewt-
colt has acted promptly in the matter,
so far as bl* authority goes, but tbe af
fair Is of sufficient consequence to
make a careful and exhaustive investi
gation necessary. The Jail, In construc
tion, is one of the best in the state.
Even ordinary care on the pant of the
jailer ought to make the safekeeping
of primaem certain. But no prison
can be constructed so secure in ft* ap
pliances that desperate men wIB not
escape from It if they are cot re
strained by the constant, watchful
care of the keepers of tbe prison as
well as by Its Iron ham. Even left to
their own resounom but also left un
washed, It night be possible Air them
In time to escape, but It uot closely
watched. It Is always possible for
them to establish relations with out
side friends, and then escape only
watt* upon opportunity. The careloM-
ness of the jailer affords the opportu
nity.
What we say is not intended as crit
icism, necessarily, of the officer ro-
oaady In charge of the Bibb county
jail. As we have raid, the escapes
were due to carelmsnrra, to tho lack
of the proper degree of vigilance, but
It does not fallow that tho Jailer did
less than could reasonably litre been
expected of him. A tirxu caunot tie
vigilant twenty-four hours of vrery
day all the year round. When too much
Is exported of him, when he oa* no
relief. It follows ns s manor of course
that be will tall of tbe degree of vigi-
Waco accasury to tbe rafe-kaoping of
prtsooer*. If the escape was due to
the loot that the jailer did not have
the proper assistance, but was exported
to keep watch all the time, then re
sponsibility for the escape, while rest
ing primarily on him, should at last
tall upon the shoulders of those nwp m-
slble In a more general way for tho
admlntoirattlon of tho affairs of tho
JaiL
Tho com ia ouo which demands In
vestigation. The escape of the man
Alton probably mean* that one of the
moat heinous crimes ever committed In
thl* community will go unwhipt cf
justice or el>ie that officen of tho law
may lose their Uvea Id sn attempt to
return to his prison a d.wporate man
who, with the scaffold before him, may
prefer to die lighting for bis Ufo.
SOCIALISM IN AMERICA.
In a recent magazine article, WtlheJm
LiAnocht, perhaps tho-most famous
leader of German Socialists, declares
that “the cracntikil criterion at Social
ism is the sMHtou of wagtssrork, for
which In to bo rnfiret;tilted the system
of associated work, cf fraternal co-
opunUion.” L’tiodoubtcdly Urfmncbt
Is right As everywhere understood,
tho chief atm of socialism Is to pre
vent the employment of one pendn by
another, by turning over to tho state
tho management of oil productive in
dustries. Th.ro I* nothing new, there
fore, In hk'ifatrtnoot. The aim at his
party In tit's direction has boon loug
understood. But what is icm.irkAta
1* that, (bough tho pr'noiplea of ithe
various Socialist parties of Europe
have been adopted by many persons
In the United States who ore tirem-
isdves mwrded as popular leaders,
these persons do not enh thcxnselV'S
Socialists, but somewhat resent the
application of that term to them, and
no Socialist party hat ocqulr d a fol
lowing, excqpt among ti»< foreign ele
ment In o fqw of the largo ottles. The
d 'lay in organizing n Socialist party
Is doubthss due to tho appreciation by
Socialist loaders in thia country of th •
foot that tbe rank snd Ale of the peo
ple have a prejudice against Sod alter
when It dares to throw off its disguise.
Thqy think they have a gre iter ctkinco
of success when they preach Socialist
doctrines and give them another name.
Perhaps they arc shratvd In doing this,
but in the long run the irano must be
squarely made. Tho cuco who talk so
gUbly about wage slavery will after a
while be compelled no propose a rem
edy for tho stato of things which they
denounce. Thc<y havo that remedy in
mind rww, but consider it bad policy,
no doubt, for yet awhile to suggest to
the* followers ,thaS "wage stavecy”
must continue until tho government
sdzus upon all sources of wealth, dis
possessing tho prim to owners.
A WRONG CONCLUSION.
A writer In the (North American Re
view describes a contain experience of
his 4n tho City of -Mexico as follows:
"A few days ago, while in the ml.it
In tbe City of Mexico, I stopped to look at
the Anal balance In which the Mexican
silver dollar Is weighed before It Is turn
ed loose upon tbe public. In one aids of
equal of which the sliver dollar must con
tain; In the other the dollar ia placed. If
they balance, the dollar la pronounced
ready for circulation. If the dollar Is
lighter than 'he weight. It la cast aside,
I stopped the weigher for a moment
and begged to test the weight of a Unltel
States silver dollar by thia balance. The
United Sthtea dollar went up. It was
lighter than tha weight In the other side
of (he balance. It contained lees silver
than the Mexican dollar. A few minute*
I* ter I went into a restaurant. The
pries of my dinner was Just 51- I hand
ed the cashier the United States silver
dollar. He gave me back In change a
Mexican dollar. Because of tho diffe
rence, therefore, between the Stamp
of the United States and that
of the Republic of Mexico, I re
ceived a larger dollar than I
gave and got my dinner brnldea. Thl*
simple Illustration Is conclusive proof that
the United States silver dollar, but for
tho stamp, which gives it a flctttoua
value, Is worth only half a dollar.”
The conclusion -v icheil here, th it
stamp of ;ho United States govs..
ment makni our stiver dollar, lighter
thnn tho Alextnui, worth twice as
much as tho latter dollar In tbe Olty
of (Mexico itself, Is certs Inly a vary r-
roneous one. The stain;, odds b*MvC
wlzitmvr to the value of our silver
colas. They are not legal tend .• in
Mexico. The restaurs ul: ke.-u-ir could
have refu*c«l to take the coin tendered
him by bis American visitor, instead
of giving him a dinner and another
coin with more silver in return for It.
It was worth, tn the Olty of Mexico,
two Mexlora silver dollars been two it
wua exchangeable at home for a gold
dollar, and * gold dollar ts worth flu)
world over two Mexican stiver dollars.
It is the exchangeability of nil kind*
of our currency, without regard to (heir
Intrinsic value, that makts them equal
ly valuable as a medium of exchange,
and the effect of this policy is f it In
every part of the wurid from which it
Is easy to return our coin* to their
place of origin for exchange. If tha
government's policy wees to ,be
changed, or if Its ability to pay gold
on demand should duuiqxar, then the
American dollar In Mexico would be
worth no more than tho Mexican dol
lar, and it would be as plain then to
ithe North American writer as It is
now to oveiy man who takes the
trouble to think, that tbe government's
stamp dom not odd value to tho o n
upou which It is placed.
PREPARING FOR GOOD TIMES
The managers of the great railroads
of tho oountry are men who are ob
liged by the magnitude of the lutero-r*
Confided to their charge to watch close
ly the tendency of business affairs and
provide against-lho wants of the future.
When the outlook Dor bustae* is dark,
they curtail expenses; when It Is
bright, they ((tend money In providing
their road* with Increased equipment,
that they njay be able to take ell the
bualne** offered. The NVw York
Times ha* gathered some interesting
facta to a bow (tut tho railroad man
agers are providing for a great revival
of business Id the near future. Orders
for new rolling stock and now rails,
aggregating several minions if dollar*,
havo been placed since tbe first of tho
year. One of tho moot recent, ns well
as the most Important, evidence* of
railroad etitctpris!.- is the determination
of the New York Central managers to
build 3,000 new freight oar*. One-half
of theae care will be built tn tho Cen
tral's own shops, near Buffalo, but the
other half will be constructed by a car
company In Detroit. Mich. .Yii* single
contract, it ia asserted, writ ..asbl© the
Detroit company to reopen its work*
and give employment to nearly 3,000
men.
Tbe Illinois Central Railroad Compa
ny has ordered 1,000 new freight cm
and 300 refrigerator care, which will
be constructed as speedily as poislble
in Michigan Cfty, Ind. The 3t Louis,
Alton sod Terre Uaut* mod bus award-
ed contracts for seventy 1 live furniture
eaM and fifty ordinary box cars, nod
the Central railroad of Georgia wi.l
e n ' : !i • ■ • u-'rvt: a ,.f l,»j
freight cars at ft a own shops tn 8.1-
v.inii.ih. Bid* havo been rodved by
the Lackawanna, management for 500
coat car*, and the Toledo and Ann Ar
bor receivers expect to place a con
tract for more than 550 freight cars
very soon.
Neatly all of tho Now England roads
are in the market for now -quipment.
Tho Mains Central baa placed sn order
with the Pullman Oompiny for fifteen
vestlbuled passenger coaches, and tbe
Boston and Maine has contracted with'
the same company for nine coaches of
similar pattern. The Southern Pacific
company invites bids for eighteen
first-class passenger cam. Last week
tho force at the Wagner shops at Buf
falo was Increased by 100 .-on, and
the Pennsylvania company has had oc
casion to Increase the number of em
ploye* in Its Altoona shops on two or
three successive occasions recently.
The steel and Iron 'works are likely
to have a steadily increasing nmoint
of work for (heir furnaces from now
on. Many Mtoutunds of tons of new
rails have been contracted for within
the past month. Tile extensive build
ing of new lines by traction companies
in New York, Now Jersey, Conceot'.cut
and Pennsylvania has given a very
decided impetus to the rail-making In
dustry. The ateel market is soon to
have the stimulating effect of an order
for 4,000 tons of new raita from (he
Eric railway. The receivers of that
company received authority from (he
courts only a few days ago to make
the purchase.
ADOPT A NEGRO HERO.
Tho North Carolina legislature, as
reported In tho dispatches, deliberately,
alter debute, refused to adjourn on
the anniversary of Gen. Leo’s birth,
though that day was a legal holiday.
Two days later, also dcltbonwely and
•tier debate, it adjourned in honor of
Frederick Douglass. Tho legislature is
controlled by s fusion majority made
up of Populists snd Republicans, und
the vote on both occasion* was appar
ently strictly on parly lines.
The incident is valuable ns an illus
tration of the demoralizing, debasing
effect of such pollrlcul trades as that
which resulted in giving Ihe control of
the North Carolina legislature to the
fuslonlsts on the men wbp participate
In them. The Populists of that ma
jority are Southern men -ml white.
Most of them, perhaps, are old Con
federate zoldbrs or the sons of such
soldiers. It follows (hat, ajjnost nec-
ewarlly, they reverence tho memory of
the groat Southern soldier. But their
allies, either negroes or men alectod by
negro voiles do not, and .hey Joined
tho latter tn refuting to nonor his
memory, even though the l ew required
MuM they d i so. We think they bsd a
right I" cxp-v: th it :h -|r n gm 'll o
would not require thorn to further liu-
iniI He ' h ■ 11i-.c!v. , ..1 - 'in it h 11>
feeling tbit they were bully treated
when the negro Crews demanded that
they sh >uid not only refuse to honor
the hero of their own people but Fhould
adopt the negroes' hero as their own.
Possibly s majority which Is tbe result
of political mlK'egenatloo was right In
adopting a mlscegciutonlst as Its
hero, but for the negro half of tbe ma
jority to compel this adoption form
ally, openly. In tho face of tho whole
world, waa hard, however juat, on tbe
5«ts half.
'How contemptible the white Popu-
kata must be tn the eyes of tbelr black
Republican allies I
Petit Juries render v«y strange ver
dict*. Fifteen years ago Oapt. Henry
W. Hawgate, who wo* at that time
disbursing officer of the signed service
and a ooosptcuoua figure In society,
dlvippearcd from Washington. He bad
bci u nrr -ted for embezzlement and
forg-ry, snd In bis own opinion, evi
dently, tho proof wus so clear ugainst
him, that his only hope of escaping the
penitentiary wus to run away. During
tli -o fifteen yours he lived In the
closest aanonulmcxt, resorting to Ila-
gulacte, Hitting from one .part of She
country to snotCer and resorting to all
tho means available to him or aro.d-
iog a trial. It Is perfectly clear (bat
Capt. Hawgate know hluuvff guilty
and believed that any twelve men in
the Jury box would find him guilty,
but the dspatche* yesterday brought
tbs ctiwu dust (bo jury In a Washing
ton court, after many hours of del.ber-
atlon, bad d xUirod that the statute of
limitation* did not run uodnst Capt.
HowRito’s allqgod crime, but (had he
was innoeem of the ctvuges brought
against him. Of course it is possible
that the lap*.* of time hod made tbe
evidence which could be brought
against tha man leu full and oompU-te
than it would hare been bad hia case
come to trial ImmadLticly after bis
crimes were committed. But it Is
norcrtbdlcaa difficult to understand
how • Jury could fail to bo convinced
of hi* guilt, oven If nothing aould be
brought ngtinst him exc<pt the docu-
fnepSsry svM*i»oa Ip the -w — -I ■ S >n Af
the government.
Short svipto cost on Is sdkng below
the cost at production. But there la
money In tong cotton. Farmers
in the lower count in* of Georgia fear
over-production of tbe tong cotton and
a coneequcut fall In price. In conver
sation with Capt Johnson, of the Arm
of John ritMirrj & Co., fiaranuah. It
waa learned that the fears of over
production of the long staple cotton
are probably groundhog, Capt John-
s>n says that Florida is not prodaolsf
as much long staple cotton as form
erly. An enemy has app- ared In the
form of a bug which doposl -i a red
*u'tJ.(nce on tho lie- which discolors
it, ltd 11 '” tho n. ple snl reduces tbe
, 1'. tv such • .11 nt '..It . I'l
Highest of all in Leavening Powcr.-
Latest 1J. S. Gov’t Report
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4B&OM)T£S.Y P5JKE
Ida farmers have abondmed tho rais
ing of long cotton. Besides, many
Florida, farmorn who formerly planted
long cotton have gone Into truck fann
ing- The result Is the manufacturers
are looking torady to south Georgia,
and Oapt. Johnson thinks our Georgia
producer of the long staple will reap
a fair price. This is encouraging to
the Georgia producers, end Capt John
son is well posted on .the cotton situa
tion.
The captain of the steameT Crathte,
by which the Elbe wus sunk, bos Just
been fined ten shilling by the mari
time authorltlert for violating the rules
of the road on tho Type last October.
If ho should be convicted at having
again violated the rules of tbe road
when he ran down the EH>e, he wtll
stand in danger of toeing bis mister's
certificate, by which he Is entitled to
command a British merchant vessel.
Perhaps It is this sort of penalties
which makes violations of the naviga
tion coda no frequent. Tbe Ions of h.e
master's certificate will be a rather
small price to pay for having careless
ly sent nearly four hundred people to
the bottom of the North Sea. Had he
known that, If his curefeiriness resulted
in the death of (he people suffering
from t). ho wnitlil ho vo n rono THU
around his neck, it is l.kdy that the
Elite would be still making her regular
trans-Atlantic voyages.
The St. Louis Gtobc-Democrat, al
ways a consistent and sometimes a
bitter 'Republican paper, says that "no
body bcl.ovcH for a moment (hat Pres
ident Cleveland and SocwJUry Carlisle
derived any pecuniary advantage from
the bond deal.” The Globe-Democrat
la doubttaw right. But certain so-
called Democratic newspapers think it
good politics to do their utmost to
create a (Efferent hqpmdion on the
public mind.
GEOltGlA NEWS
AND COMMENT.
The farmer* of Stewart county are
aowlng oats for tho third time.
The Waycross Herald proposes an
enlargement of Its sixe. It Is good
enough as It ia.
The Cubans Cfty cigar factory near
Thomaaville Is doing a thriving bust
Dick Grubb facetiously remarks; Da
rien vrouid like to have one or two cot
ton mills If they have any left up in
New England.
Judge Sweat -will cctr.-ens a rtti*s»“r*
term of Glynn superior count on
Wednesday morning. It will be In ses
sion a tout ten (toys.
John Johnson, a bad negro, was land
ed in Brunswick Jail Saiturilaiy night . He
was guilty of three crimes—burglary,
race and assault.
Whitehall county la working to have
a county exhibit at the Atlanta exposi
tion. Such men as J. L. Hand, D. K.
Butler, John Turner, T. H. Bennett and
Russell Twllty can perform wonders
when they try.
Wthtle the Columbus police force ex
ceed* that of Mongormery, numerically,
the cost of running the two depart
ments differ* oonefderabty. Last y»-ar
the Montgomery police department cost
thalt Cltv 13.1.215.75; the Columbus force
only coat the city $2S,M2 during the
tame year.
Brunsjrfok Times: “A North Carolina
man write# to Editor Pendleton to
know If he can leas* a botid In Val
dosta. (assuring Editor Pendleton that
he Is "well versed In the hotel buti
neas and tn live stock." The main
question ia doe* he know how to get
rid of the live stock In the hotel?"
The Baltimore Manufbcfures’ Hee-
ord save; "The West anight a* welt
artve up the trade at supplying mut
to (he ttouth. Herrafter 'the South pro
poses to keep its own corn crib and
smokeriouso at home nnd grow rich on
farming. Just «ls It d*J before the wUr.”
Amertcus Times-Recorder: "The
entire front of Ccph Buchanan's store
was decorat'd yesteritiy with string*
of fat country hams. Just sudh s dis
play ha* nod Ven aeon here tn a long
time and Indicates (bat Bumrter county
firmer* raise something tort ilea cot-
ton.
The synagogue fair still oortrtnue* at
Brunswick. The most nottsble event
of tin last opening wiaa the raffle for the
510.000 Occident policy gtwrt (° the fair
by the Preferred AJcclden' Company
of New York, through their general
agent in Brunswick, Mr. J. B. Abrams;
It was won bur Potaonnater F. Mc-
C. Brown on a (brow of 4J.
Lucy Cobb Institute wWI Tiara a
grand educational and art exhibit at
the Atlanta evr>-«lttoa. The eighteen
magnificent paintings presented the In
stitute by the late OroTre I. Seney will
be In the exhibit and the best speci
men* of work by Miss Jennie ftmlth
and her art class will be added to the
art collection.
A McvCIo rider ran into Editor
Bivne of the Augusta Chronicle .(brow
ing (be rider and upsetting the ed
itor. The editor Turtle* into byotclisU
thl*: “The man wbo has tried walk
ing over a woo-1 narrow to tats dark
end been amazed afterwards at the
number of plaices In which (he thing
hit Mm before be mould get untangled,
has a (hirer starting point from which
to consider tho possibilities of a col
lision with a bicycle at full speed than
the man rtho la wholly without sur
prising experiences. The man who has
been run over by a railroad (rain, or
run through a cotton gin, might also
have a sort of fellow feeling with ua,
but lea engrossing experiences than
these hardly qualify a man for a
proper appreciation of tbe full scope
of a cotoston with a bicycle.”
■Augusts la determined to have the
ICthaYttsuaua and will bulM an audito
rium seating 6,000 poegge. tlSahville
■has her ‘hab-rnaots.” BlrmfatsMtm
her ‘‘wigwam." and AugirtMt DMAs an
auditorium far Chautauqua*, for Sun-
■lav achoot mnaa meetings, for tnurtcal
festivals, religion* oonvtntton* and
sudh like. Boa. W. H. Fleming lx
taking an active port In securing tbs
buildins of the aud.torlum. Mr. Eour-
laml is also native 1n behalf n ,
auditorium, and referring to
speech (he Chronicle *#>,: -a,, .T 1 ’
land, oomparlng Florence. In iuiv •?
Augusta, gave a thrill of I,,,., 1 ., '
In behalf of Augusta.. Flora^?' . ^
small ritv tn the taitertor with v‘
nnd king) cities on (he noa J 5
There scorned no hope for
were KoM m '' n 'n KoSS
Thevbogm manurtiotorlea In
becarnt) rtoh and through ,?
porta of her former rivals h r e-.j
w ‘*™ st >tohed to every man |n u
world. Then She pff-red rotuif
persecuted teachers. Florence w
tbe rest of learning for Europe
(M»ne the Sotoptors and painters yTJ
cnee became a. greaa city and b?
fluenne will be felt almost forever.^
The Sunday Herald; a Colun*.
drummer tells of remakable wS!
while an a recent trip up the tv2?
5“ Rome road, hi# burtnew 5
ed him several miles In the SnS
The trip was made in a buggy 'S
gyjW «l* to. elSr, nc 2
mepcur y registered (
degrees below zero. A mile m i!
*1®^, me •“ °° u11 make TW
n i2. ht j!f. ln «>« depot at aS
and while stacks and Macks ,>f o2
were piled upon him, he says Jt **, .
terly fanposaible to keep warm. Heb
no thermometer by hhn. but saw hJ
quite sure It woo from 10 to 20 daSL 1
below zero.
A correspondent of tho Boston Tra
script, writing from
where be is aoendlng the winter £
this to say of the beautiful drtvl
The avenu-s df Thomaaville rail*
from the city like tbe spokea of
heel, and ore about ns numerou. r—
lnt«nwct the avenum, kmi
among wihJdh Is (be boulevard, f™
teen miles In length, which endn*
the citveit an average dtotnno- of ti
miles. Tho eritlre olbsenoe of stone,
even pebbles from tho level.
roadways Invites riding, driving g
Incvcllng through the groves of a.
which conxMetcly surround the da.
Tm " CabentaW
»J«to Possession in « „■
peculiar way of a Bible he™
to* pocket on the tej
field of Garrick's Ford, W. Va. It x,
V e .S r °1. ,S61 whcn waal
lain at the First Georgia Herim-x
He Ithnembercd having iost it but w
he. h «<I no Idea until h. *
ffiX e< r( lt from Mr. Zubn. of*
n H f °. wn IMme wa " Insnfi
™Jb* •» he had wrtttai,
over thirty years ago ln lead pend
t.7 1 ® ® 4v * nn *h Prews observes tb
It I* a remarkable fact that In all jo-
of the rountry. north, east, south, c
west, buslnitre men who study fins
mattem support the admlnlsta
tton In Its efforts to maintain the a
tion* crudit
Camilla Clarion; Every patriot!'t
1*en is proud of tbe wonderful prog,
• n ?,*»Pld growth of Pelham, wS
hag all grown up under prohibit!
f* .T tCTpr ? ln «, have pul!
together and pulled wisely. They M
heenjed by rita# prince of piney
ndrhis qh'tql.shtan bhktC Tamovo cPu
inercnantt* irion. J. L. Hand.
The Rochelle Solid South says-
getting interort on state deports
banka Governor AteSsasar. has -
something that several of hl» prt
«saan. tiled but failed. Failure
ncttriatlcs!” Oovernor A ‘l(‘naon'a el
„Rff™! u hus OOTltursd the plant of
Mnsmrtnasetta cotton mills, -worth it
000. Editor Folsom will now spin |
*vr yarn* than ever.
«wnter County tjletltoal Ai
rtaaton will meet at Dr. Horlnc'i
floe In ASnertoua on Wedmrfiav, r,
ruary 27. wt 2 p. m.
The Georgia board of pharmacy i
Aitonta, March U. to exaatl
fur druggists, pharnuci
and apothecaries.
^ b * I «, ot cotton carried to mail
on a rtelgh, at Oartersvllle, G*., i
one of the strange sights of the i
TOOK CREOSOTE.
Mr. Anderson Came Near Losing I
Life—Bleacbery for Bumesvlile.
•Barneavllle, Feb. 25.-i8peelal.HII
Anderson of this city came aa
killing hlinsclf today at noon by u>
lng a drink of creosote through rt
take. He was at Burr's drug store, u
intended to take a swallow of hist
with a doss of medicine. He pots
a teaspoonful of creosote into the (hi
mistaking It for honey. Mr. 8. B.
Jr„ smelled the creosote and It.
otely detected the mistake. Mr.
derson felt th* effects In less thul
minute, sod within two mlmitea
wa* unconscious. Dr. J. P. Than
was near at hand, and In fifteen e»
utes he laid restored Mr. Anders*
consciousness. It was s close can.
had not medics! .isstatanee bees
stantly procured Mr. Anderson *rt
certainly have died.
In (HI probability Barnearilie *
have a targe bleacher)- In opm** 11
within amther month. It to under**
that some partlei from tho Rt*t I
contemplating moving a bleed*
here. Nothing definite has been I
nounced, but negotiations ore sail
be going on. If this bleacbery l» 1
cured. It wtll be the third large eaS
prise Barneavllle hr a. gotten »1'
the last alx months. Thin town I* «*
lng to the front a* a uunufacturt
Mias Gertrudo Connally lma retnr*
from (l trip of two months to SavUMJ
and Herndon. She la quite * fawj
In Barneavllle society, and her r
is gladly welcomed. , _
dilef Justloe ••'. J. BlmanonK of *
supreme court of Georgia nrient
day In Barneavllle with W* dauP
Mr*. A. O. Murphoy. ,
Hon. J. F. Redding t* attendlirt"
hearing of the Pike contest care **1
tli* ejection* committee In Atn
today. HU scat ts bc!r.g conleatec
Unlay. — — -
Thorns* J. Barrett. Popullat. M
Profeesor H. M. Fletcher of
Institute Was returned from a n* 11
Jackson. ,.
Bev. 8. B. England of Aft*"
spending a few days In the dty
triend*. He formerly res!4*d c
Mr. *nd Mr*. E. R. Orr at Atm;
are virttlng Dr. and 3Ir». M. A
tn this city.
BURNED WITH THEIR
Dayton, 0., F(h. 25.-The hou"
O. W. Weaver sod wife, an
living two and a half mil-* J
of Trotlnraoil, 'MouHffooicry ce“?3
wan hurnnl late tost _evrn’np.
flro wm not dl?w>Tore«l tiDtil
after 4 o'clock this tnornlrt ‘
■ uw ■* iivanva — . .».
charred bone* of Weaver and
were found in th* rain* ta”*-
work 1a thnc.sht to If lt»reririi-_> ^. y
tho purpooc of r hb *) ■ :
firing tlie house bo cover up