Georgia Historic Newspapers

    THE WEEKLY T3L ‘EGRAPH: MARCH 21, 1895.
THE MACON TELEGRAPH
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POLICY AND PRINCIPLE.
Commenting on the recent course of
the Augusta Chronicle, the Telegraph
recently (took occasion to say:
“Now the Telegraph Is perfectly willing
to admit that There are two kinds of
Democrats. One kind belongs to the
Democratic party because they approve
of Its principles and measures as those
which will. If enacted ( Into law and en
forced In administration, bring the great-
The other kind belong to the party mere
ly because It Is to thflr Interest to do
so. The Telegraph is the first kind at
Democrat. It accepted the fast platform
In good, faith. The Chibnlcle, apparently,
Is of the second kind. It did not ap
prove the platform, and If Its own state
ments may he believed, was of the opin
ion that that platform If carried out In
legislation, would result In nothing but
harm to the country."
Thin occurred In Hie course of on ar
ticle In which the TeJegmph Insisted
upon loyalty to. Democratic principle*,
end the Chronlde’s first reply was, In
effect, that the newspaper which In
sisted upon principle In politics only
made' Itself ridiculous. Apparently,
not satisfied with this reply, the Chron
icle mike* another, taking the above
paragraph for It* text, nnll, practically
admitting the truth of the distinction
drawn bo - tm between the position of
this paper sod thst of the Chronicle,
proceeds to lay doovn the prtnc.'.plea by
which the Chronicle Is guided. TVs
staitomoDit of (principles, although we
are unable to agree with tt, is IrttenMt-
•«*.. ,
"The Telegraph ought to know," the
Chronicle *iys, “Ui:>u_'h It otrcs no evi
dence <* eneb k-rmwlr.lv,.; thit Uiero la
n dlfferonce bfitmjwn principle and pol
icy, There Is no principle Involved
In • man's belief In' the tariff. It Is
not a question of principle. It is a mat
ter pf policy—of governmental policy.
In the question of finance there le no
principle involved which necessitate*
every honorable and upright and hon
est man to accept hut one view of the
question. It ts not a question of prin
ciple. but rather'of Interest.”
That I* to say, according to the
ChronWe's understanding of politics,
It la perfectly logltfmnto for a party
to enaot bad laws, which will bring
disaster to the country, if It be good
party pokey to do so. Or, what la the
same thing, If « man who hat affili
ated with the Democratic party finds
that his parly Is determined to enact
dlsaslerbreaKhg Iqgislat’on, It 1* nev-
MtSietesa hi* duty to support that par
ty and sasbt in the enactment of such
leg!Hatton by advocating measures
which In hu judgment and conscience
he knows are bad. It may be true, as
the Chronicle suggest*, that there 1*
such a thing «* "principle" and an
other such thing as “policy." We ven
ture to suggest, In our torn, that there
are such thing* as homuKty and patriot
ism, and to express the opinion thst,
in politics, wMn principle end policy
do not move together, they tare not
honesty and patriotism In their com
pany.
In further laying down Its political
principle*, the Chronicle explains that
"She manufacturers are protectionists
because It te to their interest to bare
protection. The consumers are tariff
reformer* because U is to their inter
est to have free trade. The money
power, which represents the creditor
side, la for gold, because It Is to the In
terest of the creditor to base his ddbti
due In a money that St will cake the
debtor the greatest amount of labor to
work out, or which will require the
greatest amount of commodities to
liquidate. The masses of the people,
the men who here moftspgu*, taxes,
life insurance and other obligations to
meet, and nutitng with which to pay
them but the proceeds of their labor,
are foe both gold and silver, bemuse It
Is to their interest to have a ijrS vci of
currency under which they will receive
for their labor the greatest possible
n amber of legsltmler dnlfara.’
lit Is cither amusing to bare the
Chronicle protest against the Toio-
graph's fiisemcot that "the Chronicle,
apparently, Is governed in Ha politics
by Ita Interest,” by admitting frankly
that it acta on the geoetul principle—
which It concede* to be • right princi
ple—that party division* ire on the
line of pecuniary Interest. It says that
manufacturers are protnatonMt* be
cause It is to their Interest to have pro
tection. The Cbronld* to the past ban
been a protectionist iMmspaper, and,
accepting Ha own aVrteneiK, presuma
bly for the reason that it was to Its 'in
terest to be so. Hast Is exaaly what
the Telegraph said. The Chronicle
says that men who have drfats to pay
believe In free silver because It is to
their Interest to have cheap money,
and, applying tbls principle, It is to be
presumed that lilac Ohronlcle Is a free
silver -paper because It a* to its interest
to bo one.
Defend.ng this somewhat' peculiar
view of politico—peculiar bum use of Its
frankness only—the Chronicle proceeds
to explain (that “the only Democratic
principle Involved In this question la
upon which aide of It lies the ma jori
ty’s Interest; for it Is an established
principle of Dqmocraqy that legltflatton
shall stfbserve the greatest good to tho
greatest number.” It follows, we sup
pose, (that If it were ito die Interest of
the majority, however dllght that ma
jority anight tie, to use Its political
power to oppress and rob (the minority,
then tha t course of a<fiton would bo per
fectly proper and In accord with Dean-
ocrwt'.c principles.
Wo are glad to say that we do not
agree with the Ohronlclo in tUd* opin
ion—are not in aocotd with It in Its In-
foqprot-iMan of Democratic political
prnciples. To otir mind, the Just rights
of 'the minority—the interests of the
minority—ere as sacred -ai those of
the majority, no matter how small the
minority m-ay be. The bedrock prin
ciple of Democracy I* not Shalt the ma
jority have the right to do anything
which it Is to .their Interest to do, but
that in government justice shall be
done, without discrimination in favor
of one man or against another, in
short, that there shall be equality be
fore the law of each and every man
with nil other men. For (this reason
we cannot agree with ibe Cm Guide
that the tariff Is not a political ques
tion. , When itfho government forgets
Its duty to deal with yll its citizens in
oven-handed Justice, and takes from
one of thorn, or from many of them,
anything of value to .bestow upon an
other citizen, then tho Democratic
principle (Ma.vt all must be equal under
the knw is violated. It does not mat
ter whether itfie government’s inten
tion In doing this Is good and benevo
lent. In assuming to do It, It be
came* paternal, undertakes to protect
one citizen, or one dUas of citizens, at
the expense of otbera; undertakes to
attend to (the private business of citi
zens, on the assumption that It can at
tend to it bolter twin they.
Coming down to the Immediate point
at Issue, the Chronicle “maintains that
• proper oiwcrva.iae of this great prin
ciple" (that ts, that the majority
should legislate In tts own Intercut),
"compels us to advocate the restora
tion of silver to Its fuB money func-
tlon on the same plane with gold, and
we do not qucfClon that the Telegraph
is inipemd by the same, impulse to a
different course." Nor do we question
the honceky of MSvr Chronicle, but If It
reiJSj brllcrcs that the free col onto of
silver would result in the equal use at
both gold and silver as money, whnt
did its editor moan when, In a speech
In the United States senate, he advo
cated free odnage on the ground that
It would aItaid "encotragtswoot" to
American manufacturers? According
to our view, that encouragement, or
protection, of roonufadtaarers could
oome only from a premium on gold that
would drive ttwt mittal odt of circula
tion, put Sbe buslnea* of this country
on ■ silver basis, and, by thus setting
up s different standard of value, make
the buying of foreign jjoods more diffi
cult and costly than If the dtandnrd
were the same.
The Telegraph doe* not question the
honesty or good intentions of the
Chronicle, and appreciates the curtesy
and frankness with which It discusses
publlo questions, but we are bound to
say that we know no nemttpiper which
has assumed so untenable a position In
politic*. The policy of a prom meet,
If It be sn honest government, mart
neanwarlly be the outcome ct The po
litical principles entertained by the
party In control at the government
When • government adopt* measure*
In utter violation of the principles of
the party which tt raprvseqts. It 1*
fats* to that party, no matter how
good It* Intentions may bet, and the ef
fect of Its policy must be bul in con
vincing citizen that parties on not be
trusted to ftilfiU Ithclr promises.
oult to explain. Their show
otic emotion is iKagus, and *8“
■uim <_*t hvmiMjio' ni> XrijVatS. T
hostility Is to thoD.-tn ciMtto ‘
tratlon, and they hope to exel.V
Lwtr readers the feeling that ."
Mr. Cresbam may have
weU, In the long run ho fill'd;'
criy uphold the notional dira
missed an oninriunity to hut 1
foreign government. Th y aj
the Jingoism .which Is so str..;
tlmertt with the mob In overj,,
-a j .ngoiem which has N s art-
ly in national vanity and t/"
and not, as pretended, In mat ,
tr lot Ism.
GRESHAM'S NOTE TO SPAIN.
Secretary Gresham la note to the
Spanish government, demanding apol
ogy and reparation for the attack on
tbs Alkanoa, evokes « shout of ap
proval from the newqnpera which have
heretofore been bis most malignant de
tractor*. Some of them affect to be
lieve that somebody rise must have
writ teethe note; that Tt was too patri
otic, too brave, too American, to bans
emanated from * member of Mr. Cleve
land’s oahluaL Now, the note was *
very proper one. It eras just euoh *
note s* should Wave been expected
from the foreign minister of any nelf-
respcctlng nation, ono of whose mer
chant fleet bad been fined upon by a
foreign war Teasel in s time Of peace.
But the editor* who commend Mr,
Gresham's aettoo in such a sinister
way take for granted that the Spanish
government wIM refuse to do tho proper
thing. In fort. they ore unwilling ttiat
KpaJn shall do tbs proper thing. They
do not wish to allow the Spanish gov-
cromeot time In which to hear the
Spanish captain'* side <f the case.
They want Mr. Crrahren to I Mist on
reparation and apology from Spain en
tirely on she (bowing maifo by the cap
tain of tbe American vessel amd at
one*. In abort, they require of Mr.
Ureshim that he make demand* on
the Span!* gavenmeot which no aelf-
,-espeetlnx nation mold tolerate Cor •
moment. Why thea* newvpepere have
adopted tbs conn* is ptshsps not diffi-
A DANGEROUS WBAP,
The Atlanta Ccustitutloa oL
day says:
“We are ready end willing, a,
been In the past twenty-five '
fight the battles of Democracy <
and out of season, but we dol
po»e to support traitors who pr
principles of the party and I,
schemes to ruin the country aii
pie, and build up rich eyndlcat 1
cuts and trlcekry, to the detrln’ 1
labor and Industries of all klm^ 5 When
ever the Democratic party allr
to bo used for any such ptirpoi
longer worth defending, Ita
are eternal, and the corner aton.
Democratic administration shot
determination to benefit the p
the people alone, without :'
clasees or combinations."
This occurs in an article l
the Constitution undertakes to
why tt has so blcterly and pci
fought the Democratic admin
'rih.l* -»et[,-la hncina by deny 1
there is • Domoeratto udni'.n
and continues by giving the . Jouts of
the lttdlaiment on which ix 5)
own satisfaction, convicted Sr I
land amd his advisors of Itr&a.fi
party, the countny and the p
of having participated In “st l mes to
ruin the country and Its jx jK>. and
build up rich syndicates by '>ar cuts
and trickery, to the detrime j of our
labor and Industrie* of all kit ft"
If Mr. Cleveland were gul at Hhe
crime* charged, be would de r rve, not
merely to be condemned by ' >? people
at the ballot boxes and by 11 '.r repre
sentative* in congress, but rould be
Immediately expelled from j^Tce and
put to death la the method ijf which
the most Infamous criminate t 'Set. The
Constitution qpeaks of him is if he
were such a criminal •
Do the counts of its ludlctr }nt justi
fy it in doing so They are o'll founded
upon publlo acts of Ibe president—well
known to every man who takes the
trouble (to read a nwtvnpapcr.
The firm of (these counts Is that tho
president refused to sign the Uriff bill.
The second, tha t he vetoed tile seign
iorage blB.
The third, that he ltwues io>nd,. act.
cording to law, in order to' maintain’
the gold reserve.
The fourth, 'that be “dickered” with
a foreign corporation In making the
last sale at bonds, and sold to that cor
poration at an unnecessarily low prloe.
The si*th, that he lias appointed Ile-
pubHoan* to office.
These are the acb complained of. In
dialing each of them, the Constitution
ascribes to the preddent an fenworthy
motive, but every fair man toouUl see
that 'Mr. Cleveland should bo Judged
by hi* acts, fairly considered In rela
tion to the circumstances by which
they were affected, and not by the mo
tives ascribed to him Ly a newspaper
bitterly hostile through many yean to
his policy. If not to him personally.
In so considering the president's acts,
It must bo admitted that there Is plen
ty of room for honest difference of opin
ion In regard to (them. To refuse to
make this admission Is equivalent to
charging a very large proportion of the
Democratic party, ft* leadens anil news
papers—perhaps a majority of them—
with dishonesty, for a very large pro
portion of them did «t the Km* and. do
now approve the president's act*. For
instance, the president'* objection to
the tariff hill wa* that It raxed coal
and Iron ore and continued to give the
sugar trust sn undue advantage over
the purchasers of Its products. The
Democratic majority tn the house had
passed a bill which put coal and Iron
on .the free list and out down the sugar
trust's advantage. It Is ccrthln that
the masses of the Democratic party
were in sympathy Wth the action of
the house, and the president's refusal
to sign the bin was in tine with that
action.
As much nu.y be said of every other
count In the Gonstatutlon’s Indld'xncnt.
In every Instance, the president's set
met and now has the hearty approval
or millions of Democrats, of many of
the representatives of the party *n con
gress and of a large section of the par
ty press. It is easy to sty that these
men and newspnpera have been
“bought up," bat such an accusation it,
on fea face, aboard. If it were true, the
country would be so morally rotten
that no patty, however virtuous and
patrlotlc-Dot even 'the Constitution's
sliver party—couM hope to soars tt.
But it la not true. The people, their
representuilvis andrthe pre* are still,
tn the main, honest and patriotic.
There are amoog them tbhrp differ
ences of opinion a* to whht public pol
icies are best for the country. The
president. In our opinion, represent*
with rare courage an>l Intel!;-.-once—
though not always without making
mistakes—the policy favored by our
school of thinkers U it the same
school which controlled the thought
and action of th* party when the pecs-
tdeezt sras nominated and which wrote
th* programme of parity
which the people approved when they
elected him. It follow* that we be
lieve him a faithful Democrat, desir
ing In oo degree the execration which
has been heaped upon h'jn. This Is
cur op't'lAn Others msy honestly en
tertain another.
But however much ithe Telegraph
and othore may differ in opinion, It Is
the duty cf all to discuss (the quootion
In a spirit of filrness. Hie stivngth of
governments and of political Institu
tions is greatly (tried during times of
extreme depression, such as Uhls coun
try is now experiencing. The people,
In their misery and anxiety for relief,
are apt to turn to that party of tootlon
which promises most, without much re
gard to whether ithero 4s a reasonable
hope than (the promises can be curried
out. They want a change of condi
tions and are Impatient of cautious
loaders who venture to warn them
against mistakes. Their lability to
make mistakes Is greatly increased
When to the impatience for change
caused by itihelr distress Is added sus
picion of the honesty and patriotism
of those who oppose (the change.
It seems to us that the Constitution
Is trying to arouse popular fury against
Ita political opponents merely because
It behevcs the success of the faction It
represents will be forwarded thereby.
It. Is holding a dangerous weapon. The
cause which needs the aid of such a
weapon Is almost. necessarily a bad
one, just as the party which in times
makes the greatest promises of Imme
diate relief to the people Is almost nec
essarily the leatA responsible of par
ties—that one which lets the least to
lose and the neist to gain.
A FORM OF PROTEOTION.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report
ajsgsss® &
A&SOLRJTES.V PVBE
GEORGIA NEWS
AND COMMENT.
Berrien superior court this week.
Baxley has two new hotels and two
new brick stores.
The women’* edition cf the Columbus
Evening- Sun Is a gem.
Postmaster General Wilson will Issue
a more oonvenlent form of postal money
ordera.
Work on the Savannah, Amerlcus
and Montgomery loud, extending it to
savannah, will begin tn May.
Butter Herald: Many a farmer, mer
chant and professional man lias been
ruined by neglecting his business for
politics.
Amerlcus Saturday Herald: Society
has been dull Uhls week, for Who cares
to go out In a mud puddle and come
home In a rain storm.
Parlen Gazette: Hon. Augustus O.
Bacon will be heard In the next Unltel
States senate. There will be no abler
statesman in that body.
Franklin Banner: It Is stated that
whiskey Is tb go higher. Then- it Is to
be hoped the old topers will ml go on
a strike.
A dtsjw’ocn (from mumiaavillt: 6ajS
that, during his stay there. 'Mnj. Mc
Kinley will be met by many leidlDg
Republicans of the South and West,
wllli whom he win confer as to the
best method of making his campaign
for (the Republican nomnatlou for the
presidency. Whether this report bo
true or not, It seems to us iDhat Mnj.
McKinley la the logical candidate of
his party. It la understood that he has
about gotten down off (the currency
fence, after riding It a long time, on
the free sliver side. In doing so, he
adds another strong reason why be
should be the Republican candidate.
He Is beyond all other men In this
country the representative of protec
tion, and free silver and protection go
together. The seoaltors from Pennsyl
vania, Cameron and Quay, tare ree sl
yer men, and are frank enough to give
their real -reasons for -being so. They
know (that free coinage would banish
gold from circulation, and put the peo
ple of this courtary at m disadvantage In
trading with foreigner*. The fluctua
tions in the vulue of our money (and
the high Vote cf exchange
Just as offectanlly the purposes of the
proti-idon-lsta ok would a h gh tariff.
That la to «<r th.. American coMufier
who iranicd to buy something pro
duced In a foreign country would pay
almost as much :n excess of the real
value of the article toeenuse of h s loss
In exchange and the Insurance, made
In the price, egalnst the fluctuating
value of silver, as If a tariff law Im
posed ra conoideraWe duty upon that ar
ticle.
We hare seen In many newspapers
of tele, and, curiously enough, all of
them hare protectionist antecedents, s
great deal about the prosperity iWh ch
has been brought to Mexico by her sys
tem of monometallic currency. This
prosperity, It Is explained, la due to
the “encouragement afforded to Mexi
can industry.” lo is the same kind of
encouragement that protection glvet
and the results to consumers are ibe
same. In one of these paper* tt wns
said the other day that the price of
ootton in Mexieo U 10 1-2 oems-and
we do not dispute th* correctness of
this riiatcment; bil: bow Is tbit price
made up? As Mexico produce* only
small part of the co^oa she con
sumes, It Is necessary to jtnpov'j from
the Un’ted State* a very oonslderabl*
quantity. The price, hterefore, to fix.d
by »!■'■ Imported Ameriain cotton,
which crate, say, 5 cents, a pound In
Now Orleans In goVl, the equirulesrt of
10 cents to Mexican rtlver. The rest
of 'the price Is made up of the freight
charges and the Mexican tariff duty,
the latter amounting, we believe, to
about 3 cerits a pound, or 00 per cent
of the value of She ootton.
It msy be of some advantage to the
Mexican ooiton grower that he Is pro
tected against th# American competi
tion by Ithe high tariff, but If so, It Is
arrange that the cotton production of
Mexico jnat falls far rttovt of the
amount needed for consumption, when
the labor by which ft Is produced Is
sbott; the cheapest In the -world. It ts
difficult to see, however, how the Mex
ican public at brge can b» benefited
by Increasing so largely the cost of
doming. Nor Is it easy to see how
the Mexican farmer te benefited by
buying the same quantity of what be
Want* with 10 cents tosvad of weth
5 cents, when he would be giving to
effect the some number of pounds of
cotton. Of oourae, If he owed money
worth twice as much ts Mexican sti
ver, he would gain temporarily If he
could pay to silver, but that would be
partial repudiation, and fbe final effect
would be bad for him.
The Ttinss-Rreravder: Do not 1st the
slight rise In the price of ootton delude
any farmer Into [Wanting the usual acre
age. The Increase I* brought about for
tfaat especial purpose and as soon as
the planting season Is over the price
wV't drop.
ThomasvIUe Times: The factories to
Crtbana City are handling fin* tobacco,
and .turning out grades of cJbars which
will compare wHIi th* finest cigars
mamrfaetnred anywhere. Tt* Indus
try te growing here, and there la no
good lessen why other factories should
not spring up to this vklnlly.
Brunswick Times: A manager of St.
8hnoi.’s hotel Is to be selected and the
oholge will probably fall on J. H.
Clancey. He managed St. Simon's as
no one else ever has.
The first seal of the ooflony of Geor
gia represented silk worms at their
work. The motto was: Non sibl sed
atlls—"Not for themselves, but oth
ers.”
Our ex-Guvemor North on Is receiving
many compliments for his work In In
ducing Immigration to Georgia. He
will plant a colony of ex-federal sol
diers, several hundred thousand strong,
on a large tract of land.
Darien Gazette: Editor Triplett of
ThomasvIUe, that staunch democrat
who has attended every national con
vention since Jefferson’s time. Is hob
nobbing this week with Billie McKin
ley, the well known protectionist.
Amerlous Saturday Herald: Undoubt-
ty ths dignity of our country will be
upheld In any and all oompUcatlons
which may arise, but a vigorous "do-
mwtlo policy” seems to be a crying
need Just now. Within u very friw
years we halve seen law and order set
aside and defied by strikers In Pitts
burg, Buffalo, Chicago, Brooklyn and
New Orleans.
Augusta Chronicle: Ed. Bartlett, the
well known "E. W. B." Washington
correspondent of the Atlanta Constltu-
tton. spent »«rt«")ly with family and
frlmds In Augusta, saying K.»sl-<byp
l‘-a V in- f .1j ,.in. lol Is n- ’-.v
going to tnk«* a turn at being war c -r-
respond.-:.:, -,ind loavro for Yokohama.
Ho IS armed with a-iraasp-irt that looks
like a Chinese laundry receipt a yard
long, and he Is going straight to the
front.
The Amerlcus Tlmcs-Recorder: Mr.
James Calloway Is doing splendid work
on ttie Macon Telegraph, and It can bo
said with all truth, he ranks one of
the beat all round nemrspuiper men tn
Georgia. The Ttm*s-.R*oorder mteses
the genial vlsltg of brother Callarway,
but Is compensated when a Glimpse
?! “• new " department of the
M5°° D <ums up. which Is so
ably edited -by this talented gentle-
Enquirer-Sun: Chautauqua Is gala
week In Albany, and the shops are
displaying their tempting array of
spring goal*. It Is the ttm* when Al
bany s fair women don their new spring
gowns, and Hie scene Is brilliant In-
deed. Especially so Is the chorus
which resemble* a vaat nnrtorrr of flow
era, flanked on either side by the sober
hues of men's garments. At the oon-
oertt the chorus appear In full evening
areas.
wl, ° ** *
operator, was her " ral1 itrw
in 1886 he made a bold dLu <1 l, lwr ' a "1
tunc in company with d „ h < . or » f t-
speculator named WfM know
graduated on aK.S™' wlM 3
Sine and was n reeWe^° t,ve *»•
The attempt was m ido a ^ ve fl'«ure»
Island atock, and Miss Tr»n° rner
ted -Stobblas to usb her ml** Ptrml '
affair. The short* xx^I m °ney i n t:
when a block of 10 000 8ct 5
supposed to be held In ,ha! *L
of the market was offer, i 1 #" 11 ,B1
the corner burst. Slehh?nf° r 8tt,e * an l
den disappeared uttlrlv
Kellogg.* mo^SSV^IIofai;
Her voice was In it* «*■>*(«»
WTOTked like a '“lire nte‘- M1 *
cloee bargains <ti.it tter manaSre!
scarce make a living C0 «H
Some of her frlente >*■
let stocks alone. an<l invest heM|
real estate, and tills she did t “ dt|
advantage, but dealt to .trek, ^
Hi 1872 Northwest Railroad m. l v
posed to be to a bad way. Everf bmt
° n t t ? e i r, tre * t m “ ad f'vate InfomSS
os to Its coming insolvency an^ 2
about 88 the stock was iov'^j
every one. Miss Kellogg con!ni,2
Banker George Soft .of sv 0 tt s t m2
& Co., and -was told that'It »iu wS
street wisdom to buy when evervta*
was selling. So, at 89. the iSS
provided herself with 1.600 sharS^
Northwest common. Hie Junm
Gould pm It up to 140, and In Z
hours Miss Clara got 210, and came
with a big fortune.
She, now had an estate amour,th
io .mi. a mllltou, miu took suud rn
of It until 1881, when she met an to
llshman named Durfee, a plaj.lbl, s
low, who -wanted to eitahti^i | n r A
land a big publishing house like xi
man Munro & Co.’s, turn out be si
class of literature, and Mrs. BtrtM
put to 8100,000. Her returns » B( |
per cent, paid out of her money, U i
was afterward discovered. Abonkn,
000 was obtained from her. on u (3
the smash came. There was ii,,
moderate competency left, ouica
went Into bucketshops and nttg
Shares, and with this came the a
OF INTEREST TO FRUIT GROWE88
Record of the Frost* anl Freeiei k
Ten Years Past,
Hearing the remark so often of "ita
a late spring this Is," Mr. B. L Hells
ny furnishes u» toe gblluwlng tab
from the diary of Mr. R. P. Johns
Smltbvllle, Ga., elbowing the time tk
fruit trees, peaches, pears, etc., wen s
full boom and the cold thereafter *Mn
killed or partially destroyed the fro
crop:
In 18St, full tifcnm March 20th, hr.
April 17th and 10th, some fruit
‘85. full bloom March 25 th, frost kart
17th and 31st, same fruit.
'88. full bloom March 10th. frott el
Ice -Mari* 11th, sleet on 13t*i, very I:
tie fruit
•87. full bloom February 15th, M
February 28th and Mar<-h 1st, art I’
March 12th. ns fruit.
'HI, full bj e.m March 10th, Ice enD
ar. I 13th, themo.-nertr. 27 st m
15th, crop klllod.
full Uoo* rshiufy 20th. ■
21st. longest crop ever known here.
'90. full blr*om February 20tli, k
March 2nd, thermometer 20 tt sun
•91. full blcown February 2tth.
February 27th tkwmometer 28 at i
rise, March 20th themometer 10 at I
rl*e, April 6th thermometer tt at I
rise, some fruit left.
'92, full bloom Mardh lOhh, 1
March 19th, thermometer 21 at I
rise. J
'93, full bloom 'March lOtb, B
March 28«i and 27th thermometer
at sunrise. .■
■95, March 12th, but tew t
yet and the Indications are
It will he the 18th or 20th before tt
will be In full bloom.
By referring to the above yoo •
see that our fruit crop has bees}*
every year, when killed, in Marchs
toward* the latter part of the It**
and by referring to the almanac J
will see that the free** each yetres
tw*> to five daya after full moon, rt
twice in ten year* ha« wrW■
cold weather In April to Injure
^I^we^have no cold this werit *^
It Just after full moon wt wITT J
bavs N s good fruit crap, provl'k-i
was rtat hurt the tost extreme cold
Fdbruary 7th and 8th.
Us* but half as much of Dr. P*
as of any other baking powder. B*I
solutely pure.
MAY BE A COTTON CORN®-
John H, Inman Entera the Ne* «
Cotton Exchange for the Flret?"
to Blx Years,
From th* New York World. *“**
•When the gong sotfflded th«*g
ThomosvUle Times: Governor Me- Ing of tbe Cotton Exchomge ye^^
morning there wo* lte.W*3
Quitman Frew Press: The Democrat-
k party to In need of leaders-msn
like Representative Turner of this state
—who are not only capable of reelng
Uie truth, but who hav» (he couram
to act In accordance with what their
Judgment telte them 1" right. No party
that attempts to straddle an Issue can
be succeraful long, and no party whose
leaders are not positive and aggressive
can win victories. The people drop
away froth that party whose leaders
try to keep their position by following
rather than leading.
Kinky spent some time yesterday
rooming in the rotunda of the Mitchell
house. Dignified, yet affable, he min
gled with the guests of the bouse, many
of whom are from the West, and oth
ers who dropped In. making a most
happy Impression upon all whom he
met. He Is taking life may down
here, having left all his official canes
behind him. and ts evidently enjoy
ing his vacation.
Montgomery Folsom rambled about
the river the other day hunting for.
signs of spring so a* to know If It was
ttnw to plant hi# early rose potatoes,
nnd then went back and with rosy
fingers wrote:
Down In the valley Just Herons Eto
wah river bridge, I noticed th* old
weeping willow tree, covered with a del
icate looery of green bud, that peep
to.yly around the comer to see If may-
hop they discover a stray blizzard
bear.nr down upon them. Soon the
teaTled and knotted branches and th*
blackened trunk of the old tree will be
enveloped In her own shining hair, and
tile dlsfesy birds srll! chirp sxisc ft-
swaying boughs.
FROM WEALTH TO POVERTY.
A Once Gifted Songstress Living In
New York With Barely Enough to
Sustain Life.
Philadelphia Times: In that stony
region given over to boarding bouses
near Fifteenth street and Third avenue,
to the city of New York, there lives
to a small hall room a gray, withered
wxxnan whose gifts once made her fa
mous. Her face Is pallid and drawn,
and around her sunken bUck eyes are
dark circle,, she speaks to no one, and
only goes out to tbe evening to get a
meal at some cheap restaurant on the
East side. And this woman Is Mr*.
Btrxkowcb, nee Clara Lo*d,e Kellogg.
There I* hardly a music-loving Phila
delphian who will not fall to recall her.
In 1885 Mias Kellogg was credited
with a fortune of 8200,800. and she was
greedy for more. No poor were relievo]
by her bouncy and her potastonal as
sociates woke of her •» a bard, nurto-
cf excited brokers surglhg enl
Ing around the bras* ralUnf_
trading pit that has been r™
years. With the first Mm** “
gong a deaf-nlng yell cam*
hundred throats, and the e*o»
wa* on.
May cotton tras the featurt.
every broker was sure lh«t » ”
bad bern created In It. It *
orally bellov.il that John «.
the mlBlonalre cotton operator.
creator of this corner, and tb»
■was clinched whejj, rtrortty **
oprnlng. Mr. Inman walked on
A',-r or the Exchange. ..
It was six years nlnce he f
seen there, nnd hte w
rlgnalllzcl by a "accession
from the brokers. Instantly eW'PJ
was guessing what It all mssfKj
Inm.in walked about the flo°“
orders to one broker and
Snm, arid IteN were selling _
and oiliers buying. A* a tn* ,
fact, no one but Mr. Inman »
brokers knew what thew «***•
It (has been reported on t«
Change that Mr. lnm,n »« - ^
buyer of May ootton all me w*r-
7 down. He has. It to raW. •*» J
cotton coming to him than ,
sight, and a good many brow"
have May oontracts on tbrir ns*
fill to the big operator ora
mighty uneaiy. ...iJ
Yesterday the price was t to if;
higher than tt w*s three
and It Is still going up. M*f ^
closo.1 Thursday at 8.92 and “J
yeatenlay at 6.99. and kept oa
until M was quoted at 0.03. „
June and August futures tofr
cloe. in the rise in price, but trag
trading was to May. Therel,,re
current on ’Chongs that Jr” 0 "Z-
man ami one or two other vte
have fairly covered the M*f
ami when the contract* are at’.
will call for the actual delivery
cotton.
Alt three things an worry!"
bears like the mischief, and (« (
flying thc-lr best to get on » w
Ing, In anticipation of pdttlb*- 5“