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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: APRIL 15, 1895.
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Macon, Ga.
000 and Ms revenue* are Increasing.
Up to aud Including Dot*tuber, (he ex
penditure* tad for a long time exceed
ed the coeetfilB about 13,000,000 a
THE OHKOKICLE’SS POSITION.
The Augukta Chronicle Is disposed to
pity the Telegraph Ibeeause we are un
able to thoroughly understand than pa
per's position on the silver question.
Perhaps -the Telegraph deserves to bo
pitted lor Its stupidity, but It does
seem vo us <th.i,t even bright, capable,
well-informed minds must And some
little difficulty in understanding exactly
the Chronicle's position. It makes
what It calls ,1 ti very plain and simple
statement of .the ease." In rhe course
gf whieb it deals mainly with -the “co
lossal crime" committed by the chief
nations of Europe In the early 70's,
When they demonetized siiver, and
thus shut off moat of the demand for
the white metal on that oomtlncDt, but
winds up with the s'uttcenem that “any
dollar which the United State* declares
a legal tender and will receive In pay
ment of aM dues, Is os valuable as any
other dollar.” It is statements like
these chat parade the Telegraph. Why
should the Chnonldo argue elaborately
to prove that the world twrto ruined by
the demonetization of silver and in the
next breath «i«eft that our government,
by its flat, can make all the money our
people need? It seems Imposs-ble to
reconcile the views of a man honestly
believing In silver ns money-for such
a man, after all, btdioves that money
should have inuriiito value and d ff* r»
wl h the gold man only as to the ma
terial which should be used—with the
views of a man who does not believe
that money must have value In Its ma
ter.aJ, but may owe all of its value to
the government?* decree. Yet the
Chronicle apptrer' ly entertain* both
these sell* of view*—argues that stiver
is Just os valuable as H ever was, la
spite of the fact that much of the de
mand foe It has been withdrawn by
the action of the governments of Eu
rope; that the loss of half its primary
money ban inflirttul enormous loss on
the world, and then immediately as
sents l h.it the government can make
money <ui good as gold or silver out of
anything that It may choose. It .nay
be stup'd In the Telegraph to be una
ble to underhand how the Chronicle
can believe In hard mouey and flat
money at the s i me time, but probably
a good many people state Its stupidity.
The Chronicle proposes to tnaugurate
a new system of flnanco, and It seetus
to u« that l should give the reasons
ceipits Increased so .much that In March
the deiflolt -was only about a quarter of
s aulilion. The doflclt for April will
doubtjeas be larger, because In this
month large pooston (i*aymet*ls and the
qujulutly or semi-annual interest on
a large pun. of the public dubt must be
mot. Hut the average monthly doflclt
is fairly Centura to steadily decrease for
the next gtx months, and tt Is not im
probable that, when the regular time
for the mect'-ng of congress arrives,
there iwlll be no deficit. In Vhe face of
a prospect tike this, we do not think It
protable that 'Mr. Cleveland will rail
congress* toga tier, and we do not think
he ought to do no. There are certain
till logs wltkjh gongresB oughlt to do, but
there Is 11 title chance that, If called to-
gather, Hit wonfld do these Ithlngs. In
all probability, the only effect of its
medtlng would be to renew the anxiety
of toe business comm unity as to its ac
tion. A house with a big Republican
majority, a senate in which no party
has a majority, and a Democratic pres
ident cannot be expected to work to-
getiher harmenlnwly In the settlement
of great public questions.
OPENING UP CHINA.
It seems* to have become definitely
known -at hist thalt Japan has offered
peace to Ohiua on Ike following terms:
1. The indqpendence of Corea.
2. The cession of 'Formosa.
3. The cession of the Llantung prom
ontory, Including Port Arthur.
4. A wur ioslemnly of 400,000,000
yen.
5. The admiration of machinery into
Chin.-, and permission to foreigners to
establish factories.
0. Modification of tlhe Likin (city
gate) tax anil tlie extension of the sys
tem of transit passage for Impou s.
7. The opening of certain Chinese
rivers und canals to foreign commerce.
8. Railway and similar concessions
to Japanese and other foreign capi
talists.
It Is further said that the Chinese
peace commissioner has accept-si nil of
these .:enms excqpt the third, and that
he should hesitate to sortonder Port
Arthur and adjoining territory is not
to 'be wondered at. The great fortress
occupies a position on the north side
of .:he strait by which the Gulf of Po-
clrill is connected with the opra ses,
and possess on of tt will give .1; pan
cjqun ind of that gulf tad make
of exchange with the oounitrles of Eu
rope. The fluctuating value of our
currency, measured by the European
ntandand. would make it necessary for
loss by allowing s. larger margin in
price far profit.
Pennsylvania has for many years
had no natimutl politic* bn.: protection.
Several genena.tlcncs aoo tlie people r»f
that state beosrae eotsrtwed that their
prosperity depended upon compelling
their fallow-citizens of todier stones to
pay higher prices for Ithe goods they
used than would he oecewir.v ra the
atwoDce af high duties. It t» likely,
therefore, that the free silver cause
will have large support in tbn.t state,
but in Is not likely that, thalt support
mill be based on Ittoe false pretense that
free coinage would reutdr in bimetal
lism. remsylvanlnns generally, like
Senii'ors Quay and Oaimerou, may sup
port free coinage, tat the simple rea
son thntt silver monometallism will be,
In effect, protoetlan. The si me reason
ought to be sufficient to convince every
Democrait that the free nvlnaso of ail-
ver, without international agreement
as to the ratio, imtMt be a had thing for
the country. IVe say Ihls because iwe
uudenakiml every true tDemoonU to be
lieve that It is gtxsl morals and good
national policy no remove every ob
struction passible from the path of
trade, In order (thalt exchanges may be
cheap and easy. It was tor the re
moval of such obstruction* that the
eoruatry vo ed overwhelmingly in 1800
and in 1802.
the pbtfo-rm the same interpretation
that 0: doe* now. It tvaa not satisfied
with tho cendlrtslte, was bitterly dls-
upjxjlniud 4n his nounlnatfon, and per-
♦AsssSst i: well to toy the farads-
tlon for a future qaarrol with him. The
Telegraph, which wua satlsded with
the candidate and with tlie platform
and heartily supported both, had no
rcreon to *j(rtat the meaning of the cur
rency plank, and merely put upon It
the Interpretation intended by the
men who made It Perhaps the Con.
stltutton mould find some difficulty tn
proving so conclusively ts the Tele
graph docs now that Ha position pond,
ing the campaign of 1802 wag tho same
that 1't 8s now.
IT CANNOT STAND.
A SUGGESTION ACCEPTED.
A day or two ago the T-iesraoh en
tered a plea for fairness in the dlscus-
th-at an honest fkffereuce c.f opinl-si on
that question did not give the advo
cate* of free s Ivor a right to denounce
the president, for differing with them,
as a .traitor to his country and hi* par
ty. The Atlanta Constitution, replying,
says thut “the answer to this cla m
for honesty of opinion is easy. L» the
Telegraph turn to It* own columns
prior to the datte of the elect. >n tn 1802
and discover. If possible, the interpre
tation placed on the silver plank after
the drerion WUa over t
The Telegraph accepts this suggestion
a* a valuable one, and turning back to
it* file* of 18!)2, of d ue* subsequent 10
the adlapMou of the platform of the
party aa: Chlotgo, finds that on July
0 tt said:
"The Democratic party at Chicago de
clared la favor' ot the free coinage of
stiver, on condition Chat the coin con
tain 100 cant*' worth of silver. The Dem-
casy for her to SAtaok the Chinese cm- &rirta of tha houae are eonaldertng sjheth-
plre in Its most vital apA. Moreover,
the cession of Don: Arthur and .the ad
joining territory would do more to hu
miliate the rclgoiru Chinese dynasty
In the -minds of The Chinese people
than all of the other concessions put
togsber. China lias frequently been
oonqu.red In war before, bty the mas*
af 8b* Ictkoau-ut Chinese pootrfo revet
beoame aware of that fact. They con
tinued to believe ttio'r country over-
wheflrolnifly powerful in war and to
regart foreigners not only as hateful
but court etngMde. A large cession of
terjrfccsy, including the most powerful
fortres* of The empire, cannot fall to
tea** even tho Chinese tha t their gov
ernment ha* suffered an overt*helniiiig
dofeut.
The totf:ure* of Iho pr.ip.Hed treaty
of pesco which «re really most import-
ant, huwover, are those by which Chinn
is opened up to the rest of the world,
which lead It to believe that Its new I Japan undertakes to do for China
system would tie a safe one; but enough
the Telegraph has called upon It more
than once to give these reasons, It
contents Itself with demanding thut the
T -logiUph say why she proposed change
would not lie lieucflc til—why Inde
pendent free coinage woifld not result
in bimetallism, Ira. ut silver ntouotnet-
alllsm. I’or haps It would be bast to
merely suotvst a low farts and ask the
Chronicle’s explanation of them.
Why Is It that in -Mexico and various
other countries where tho mints are
open’on equal terms to both goM and
silver, at sSssat the 10 to 1 ratio, ssd
what the American flert did fl>r Japan
Itself In ISM. The English and the
French have waged suoccartnl wurs
against China, onoe oven oup uring tho
capital, but their surecas left Chinese
conserrat sm untouched. Tho empire
reroulncd practically dosed to the bal
ance of the world. Japan, having con
quered, proposes to civilize, and The ac
ceptance of her forma of peace may
have momentous consequences. The
gives which are opened to let in for
eign era may let out also the swarming
millions ot China. The foreigners -who
venture lato 4¥s sew field nosy find
where coins of both metals are legal j profit for themselves, but they will
tender, (.he po-tple have nothing but | tiuoh a naturally Uttulligeot people
silver money, no told being coined and 1 bow to take advantage of their ro
ll one being current?
Wby is tt that at no rime In the his-
toary of onr own errantry has our gov
ernment been able to mako Its gold a t*l
silver dollar* circulate side by side,
when the mints wvre open |o both
metals
Why (s It‘that France, the traditional
champion of silver, promptly closed
her mints aorindt that moral when It
Usd been demoral ized by other govern
ments?
Why to It, V the opening at our mints
would instantly raise the world's price
of silver to the coinage ratio, that tho
open mints of France did not prevent
the price tt silver from going below
that of gold?
Alter haring explained these fans,
we would ike to hive the OtvrotV.de
say what It means when It states that
the opening of the mints “will bring
the bullion value of sliver back to Ms
coinage value." Doc* It mean that the
s Ivor neo usury to make a dollar would
be worth a silver dollar, which tv-body
dfepuMs, or doc* it mean that that
quantity of silver wotihl sell tor s gold
dollar?
sources. Japan to powerful because
she ha* accepted European and Amer
ican Ideas. She now forces these ideas
on the Chinese, who In their turn may
be more powerful still.
ANOTHER FORM OF FlROYEOTION,
with a promptness and a lick of osten
tation that ora* hurprlsiog. These
friends are more apt to make farther
sacrifices to gratify his ambition to be
who ore opposed to thq repeal of the
-tariff tow which bore his name.
The Atlanta Commercial now flies
the flag, “official organ of the city.”
Savannah is working with good pros
pect tff getting a 1 cent railroad rate
to her big May festival.
Albany Herald: “After this year
there will be no more demand tn south
west Georgia for Western hay.
If money were as easy to get as It Is
to spend, wouldn't wo all roll In
riches I
cr they shall pass a bill for the free
coiDOgt of the silver dollar,.with only (9
cents' worth of stiver In thq,coln,”
Gn the loth the T-Hegnju said:
"A large majority u! Ciiik-foats fa*
the free coinage of silver.. Fosstbly a
majority of them are even la favor of
taking tha risk. Involved m -art attempt
by the United StefiSa olnie t.rr»-e.lalA»h
altver In It* old relation* with.gold, but
whether willing or not for tha experiment
proposed by the Stewart (free coinage;
bill to be made, w# art sura a majority
feel relieved that that measure has been
killed by the Democratic houae."
On July 20, oommacs'ng on the In
troduction by Senator Shofinun of a
bill repealing the dhecmaa silver pur
chase taw of 1800, the Tdtgrapn e-aid:
No eminent statesman was ever be
fore so promptly convicted of eerloua er
ror la legislation, and it 'la to his credit
that Mr. «tienmin confesses tel* mistake
und seeks to save the country from lt»
consequences. The law ought to bo re
Further reading of the decision of
tho supreme court on the tncaue tax
law only deqpeoa the impression c-x-
pressed yesterday that the law, as
maimed by (;he court, cannot tong
stand. It to ante that certain of Its
provisions, which would probably bring
into the treasury a revenue of fifteen
or .twenty millions a year, may be en
forced, but the fact! that the court wo*
evenly divided on the constitutionality
even of these provisions of the Viw W.U
encourage every man subject to the
taxes t:hoy Impose .to fight the payment
of them In the courts. He will know
that on a rehearing of the case before
a full .bench he will at least tiu oven
clianco of escaping {payment. It is ex
pected that Judge Jackson w'.U sc-^n
again toe fit for duty and ‘.iierefore that
a final decision maw be reached within
u comparatively short time. The court,
in the most authoritative m-irncr pcs-
sthle, has declared that The const , u-
tlonallty of even the remaining sec-1
tions of the law <s doutocful.
Xu ris original form, lit ..«* ut toast
a logical defect of the law i ha-t it ex
empted income* of !-. ts than, four thous
and dollars from taxation. Many men
found themselves unable to approve it
because of -ttocs defeat. The exemption
by -the court of Incomes, however great,
which are derived from rems and from
investments in bonds, In our op'.ulon,
so ooiidcauns tho law to public disap
proval that tt must be repealed at the
first opportunely. The Income tax, tra
der the tow os it a -and* since the decis
ion -mis made, will apply only to in
comes derived from trade and from in-
dustrlal eutenpo.se—that Is to say, from
the cmv.tnl employed most actively in
Incrwastng the wealth of ,ttoe country.
Incomes derived from the ctwnersh'p
of real estate or fretn cup Mai invested
in evidences of dobt-tib.it to to tuy,
the wealth which to least actively era-
ployed—will toe exeinpt.
Of course -there will toe a perfect bawl
of execration from certain men and
newsprt-pen* because of the court's dev
oislon. The an embers of the court 'rill
be declared to be She servants of Wall
streeR. of the money rtvarlu, trail tan*
-to the people, etc., and It ts possiMe
that til* denunciation win have eon-
s datable effect on the ratud* of the un-
thinking and more ignorant claws of
our people. But thoso people who un
derstand that it Is -:he court's duty
merely to (ntetpttat the tow .will accept
the decision as that of an hoornt court
endeavoring to twrve the safeguard*
of (the constttuton. They may bo dls-
appaldtcd .Hint Ithe <»uri found It im
possible to allow the Ltw to stand In
tact', tout they will not tor that reason
believe that eur TupubUcan lnstttut ons
are a failure.
John Triplett Is resting easier since
the Income tax was knocked out by
the supreme court.
Judge Newsome, the sage of society
circles, has shaved off his whiskers
and now the wind has nowhere to
blow.”
The Atlanta exposition management
seems at last to have taken Noah’s
advice to the camel and got a hump
on Itself.
land,
coureo <
report of the ootom * *ta
compared a, e ,
thieves In Dllworth's
original speculate*, ,r
™ beef ln'thrtr 1
and those -who are nlw r l-
declare they did notg^'f,J
Washington (Ga,j r-v,- . ,
th i“. « U !‘ ne .® men of ra e Wcl ':|
satlsfieil. It win be impel,?'
Rsh any other than a
If any oilher kind of m. 1 <*
legal tender over their n^T 7 N
gave credit would^»Un u F.u' ,, 1
tract for gold t,av.„w ,^ ,> J
IlNlOSI
. .. g0 J l1 Paj-menta. 7. L J
an a’fl-mp. to prevent thi* , ’i
the freedom if rx 'mJ , b> >3
would simply Htop ^ i,^
The rich continue t 0
The increase In the vai ue *J?T
estate from *72.000,two
since It was appraised a yL 3
onstrates this fact a t« a 8*
ion that comes hard.
millions multiply a i m ,', r L
noouVy. That is the tesUmLj
who have been there m ” r 1
Columhus Ledger: “Business recovery
Is very perceptible in all direction* and
the return of confidence and courage
is certainly most encouraging.”
Sam Jones thinks that dude* and
tramps are of the same genus. One Is
a wart on the nose of society and the
other is a corn on lt> toe." %
Rome Tribune: “President Cleveland
shows his appreciation of sobriety In
hts advocacy.of the gold cure of the
country.”
The Jones County New* Is an honor
to Its people. It Is doing its part to
stimulate industries and set forth tile
attractions of Jones county to tno
world.
The Jor.cs County News: “Thousands
of people have received their education
from newspapers. The newspaper is
at once the cheapest and the most
practical educator In the world.
Georgia Cracker: “Talking about the
Income tax, there are very many more
people who would like to pay It than
there are opposed to paying. We would
like to brave to pay some ourselves.”
Washington Chronicle- r»._,
United Statta must be'r«Li'1
as a last resort, -but we to? n . A
country to not like a bullv rl
t 0n m - W ' hi| ' > th0 Monroe o
ought to mean somethin^
ought not to mean that ' .
half civilized Spanish AnuSI
lies act eo aa to provoke
from European i.Hlons. e, 1 ,!
rush lntu ^
Idates c
Itueori
lev des
The. Southern Baptist com«n
assemble in Washington cltyX
10. It will be the seml-centenni
ing of the convention, anil p,, 4
Whltittt of Kentucky has b,y„ ,
to preach the historical senna-
constituency of the convent!*!
sixteen states, having 9 m
ministers, 17,346 churches and J
white membershtpof 1,383,351 ■'
also In the same territory l j
ored Baptists.
LtldU,
|n-td-.-
Bishop Galloway relates
which forcibly Illustrates the 4
of Japanese women to thrir J
und lellSrOu, He Bald ih-re ,
one great Buddhist temple »
erectial In Japan, and n* he 1.
the work going on lie n-c-ojl
used for lifting the heavy st|
their places. The -able was« ]
his arm and blank as a r*Te.-||
On Inquiry he learned that
•wtas woven of tho hair frao mel
of tho Japanese wom-a.
Why ought women to make large
fortunes overseeing sugar- plantations?
Don't know, unless It Is because they
have such a happy knack of raising
Cain whenever they try.”
Albany Herald: “Japan may smash
China, Cuba may “do” Spain. John
Bull may bluff France, and Grover
may go a fishing, but no one can
corner the blackberry crop of tho
Couth.”
Georgia Cracker: “Your uncle Dave
Hill cordially endorses the proposition
for a Southern president. 'I'm for the
beys.- say* uncle David, 'but If you
came-1 make It, why, what'e the mat
ter with me?' ”
NO EXTRA HK.-MION TltOHABLE.
S un,,- bine n f a clamor has cam
in .'total in the iHiw-qMpena :a favor of
an extra srtaun of congress. It is
•diim-al that an extra session is ntcos-
>ary, in ohIit to pnnrufe the govern
ment sv h nuffieVau revenues. Is tills
elatm •well found*al? Th* gaverutnettt,
iuolud ng i he pr.svals.of the Is at bond
tale, has a tool race of about *200,000,-
The aiuirafUjrturere' Cltfb of Fh'Aidel-
pb'.s has for several yeans raa ntntued
a ntwspxper which teas hail fjvr Its sole
puipoae the defense tt the durtrlne of
ppotrtJtlon. - It has concerned Itself
about little or mottling doe. During
recent mno hs, however, this netvspu
per bus become an anlemt champion
of the free silver a.use, and lust nlghjt
its editor, Mr, Clark, made an addreas
before the I’enmyiranta legtslatnre, in
Which he signed Ot the IndcpeodeM
free coinage of silver st the 10 to
ratio. The cxpki notion -to rx> he found
in the fart tbit there is • natural ooo-
nertloo between pmtorttoa and Inde
pendent free cohvge. Mr. Quay and
Mr. Cameron long ago recognized this
eotmectkm and voted In -the saooto for
free ooraage. The purpose of ptutflo
tlon to to ttbwrurt traile with foreign
countries sad make Hie Ituylsg of for
eign made goods by our cjtlzons d ffi-
mk and expensive, ta older that do-
mcrtla manuftoinrent may obtain
higher price* than they would other
wise toe stole 1o do. The eemwoM from
IVansylvanUi and the Munufsoturers’
Club reergm ze the flirt that free (»ln-
sge would hove the some effort, tn that
V would put the United «ts«ea upon
pealed. The coin notes Issued for Ithe
monthly purchases ot silver are legal
tender and payable either tn gold or sil
ver cola at the option ot the treaeury,
but the secretary of the treasury has
never ventured to exercise the choice
which the tow glveihlm. On tho contra
ry, be has left the choice with the note
holder, end has paid In gold. He will
never do otherwise until the gold and
credit of the government are exhausted,
he neglects the injunction also
put upon him by tho law to so conduct
his department as to maintain the parity
ot the gold and silver colnag* of the
country. He cannot refuse to pay l° w
when gold Is demanded without making
a aiBcriimnation against sliver that will
Instantly make gold worth a premium
In the market and retire (old coin from
circulation.''
Ou flsvl'embec 28 the Telegraph
quoted the following words frxn Mr.
Clevetondto letter of xoccphtnce and
dedraed them to bo a proper interpre
tation of the platform:
"Tns people are entitled to sooad and
honest money, abundantly sufficient In
volume to supply their business need*.
Hut ufiatever nay be the form of Ur*
people's ' currency, national or state,
whether grid or silver or paper, tt rtiould
be so regulated and guarded by govern
mental action, or by wise and cartful
taw*, that no one can be deluded as to
the certainty and stability of Its value.
Every dollar put Into the hands of the
people should be of the same Intrinsic
value and purchasing power. With this
condition absolutely guaranteed both gold
and silver can be safely utilised upon
equal terms la tbs adjustment of our cur.
rency. In dealing with this subject, nos
selfish scheme should he allowed to Inter-'
vent and no doubtful experiment should
be attempted.'
The silver question was rat at the
(ran- In the aimfstign of 1802 and oc
cupied a place of secontkiyy Import
ance in the nnwkpapec* and In tbs
mends of voters. Xovertbelass, it was
referral to with some fr-spiency by
the Telegraph, raid always la terms
similar to those employed In she ex
tract* above quoted from t a column#.
TbeM emmets show that the Tele
graph, while the Campaign Was In
progress, took exactly the same view
of the ptatform that 1: 8h now, and
It was the vtnw shored by a very great
majority of Dearwmtto
that time. Paagttely the •Jaassltation
WORKING FOR dl’KI NLHY.
Daw-on News: “Flem du Bl&non'*
speech In Albany Deems to have caught
that good old town squarely around
the waist, and ape has toTn blushing
and throwing botlauets at the brilliant
young orator ever since."
"Yot
. —n
The Jones County News says:
put a dollar h. the slot, the NCWS Wil!
do the rust.” "The reef' here t»*tni
tlkit the New* will send you a bright
and newsy weekly a whole jrear for
only ono dollar. Drop It In the slot.
A dollar hoarded l* a useless dollar.
A dolkir spent trihy pay a dozen debts
In a day and do the work of a hun
dred dollars in a week. It Is the
money which circulates that oils the
Wheels of commerce.
Tho outlook now for a peach crop is
rosy. The full moon brought no frost
and the weather Is delightful. South
ern and soutliwest Georgia will hum
with energy. Tlfton and Fort Valley
and Marshallvtlls will prove where the
peach paradise of the world Is,
Bayne will lecture tn
Inltant on “The
the silver tnonomstaMte basis. We
would tliea have no oMumoo medium} n 1892, daring the campaign, pat upon
If the tnforrostlou conveyed >d a
Cleveland dispatch to the Nenv York
Time* may toe retied upon, the rivals
ot -Mr. McKinley fur the Reptiblitvin
nomination must hereafter regard him
as o n ex retneiy formidable candtfrite.
Tbit tkspitoh announces that the
Cleveland World has toeeo bought toy
friends of Mr 'Mc.K uley nnd will here
after toe bit newspaper organ in Ohio.
It further shijies that »he St.‘ Paul
Globe and other newsptper* will soon
lie bough-, to be used In adranc'.ng tile
fortunes of Mr. McKinley and those
who have an totorewt in ot* success.
The moat agnlflcant information con
tained In the <ltips:ch, buwever, Is that
Mr. John Waisunoker and other Be st
ern men who have 'been most liberal
In their contributions to Rnpubkoin
oiinpalgn fund* have furasht-d the
money to bay there* newspay-Ts, end
bare sdopted the Ohio governor as
their eunefidate. If Mr. Watiimake."
and bis oolleagues, have 'nvuw.ed s
million dollam to Mr. MksKCaley, as
the 'nines’ dopatch asyw they have
done, they no doubt hope to get more
than their money bock, and they could
do an only through another mange in
the tariff tows. Ibis means, of course,
limit they Intend to make tho tariff vhe
principal Issue 40 the next campaign.
We do not know this the Democratic
party has any abjecton to rhelr doing
ao. It hat the country with It on that
Issue, we do not doubt, in spite ot the
dtatresa of the he* few year*.
But we are Inclined to tbink that the
Times* correspondent ts m istaken tn
raying that the Luge fund for buying
nowsiuper* has been made cp by Erast
era men. The East doe* art writ*.- in
ert her period of tariff nictation. The
ptnbsbUity ts, it such a fund has been
raises], tbart the money hts been con
trlbuted mainly by the personal friends
of Mr. MoKlnley. He probably has
more friends srttUng to make stcrl-
ficet tn hts behalf than say nut In
puhke fife—friend* (Who hive been at
tracted by tela lovable per*oil quali
ties rather than by bis work as a pub
lic man. It -wfll be remembered that
a few year* ago they rataod a hundred
thcaasnd dottu* or more to reltore b'm
of financial cmtoamiameiit, and did w>
Poet-Editor
Augusta on the 2tlth
.tilings we might have said." On- of
bis Illustrations will bo the number of
opportunities ho has missed to ask a
dry and dusty fellow mortal “wbat'U
you havef
The Rome Tribune, co® |
on the paper that ssj-j nntkid
unpleasant things about peovtom
“It Is a sad commentary ononrj
system when a malevolent j#|(
tlon publication, tl-gradlnz it {
tedencles and without * nit
quality In Its make up that*!
luted to elevate or better tn
should be eagerly read, demj
receive its support from the v_.
pie whose best interests tt |i|i
to assiduously to drag down."
Savaunah Press*: "Savannrtl
uated In the sea island cottnl
Mills for working up tine gaifel
this superior fibre Khnul-1 In H
established here. There in
sou why Srtvannah one day
a manufacturing centre. The 8
cracker from the countries i
ha* shown that he has
skill to bocom • an expert
There Is no trouble ahout htnf
way for the South to become t
Is to turn some of tbe 5 -eat j
into 10 cent cloth. And S
■heyls be prepared to t*vs i
nent place in the new South.
Next Sunday will be Eader.il
sorts of festivities. wit ‘
The wrord "Easter” Is from I
man “ostern.” old .*irony •
ing.) Eastern Is then-fore the{
pnssover or frettval of the ro
of Christ. Tbe time M cole'
festival was a subject whici|
to heated discussions in ttifi
Christian churches. Tile .
fully considered and Anally I
the council of Nice In ta^|
the whole churcli by a-l it'kl
rule which makes Easter dir tl
Sunday after the first full ra*il
March 21. Comm-mlj- •p-rklutj
the "tlrst Hun-lay after the f
moon after the sun croii-i I
The Laivrencevllle Herald rejoices In
the music of the bell*. All the school
house* and all the churches of Law-
rrncevllle have fine bell* whose melody
makes glad the heart of the Herald.
"He who hath no music In his soul to
fit for treason, stratagem end spoils,"
etc.
Georgia Cracker: "Bob Burton ha*
organized a band In Eastman. This
take* us back nearly a quart r of a
esntury to tbe time when the town
tury to the time when tne town
a hitching post, a steam mill «nd
a wide place In the roraL snd -Bob'#
band wa* the biggest thing in it ex
cept the sawdust pile."
Amerlcus Recorder: "Let the South
moke known to the world what tt ac
tually has and what her people are
capable of doing. Let her people be
loyal to each other's Interests, and In
the near future this section will be a
royal garden of prosperity. Will our
people act tbe right?"
Springfield (Ohio) Ness: "S**|
elder that the country lylr.lt t
Macon Is the best fruit couniqtj
world, and that Tlfton
are the best points In Ihls eecfl
tt will be seen that tlie man «
there to gr-«y fruits ha-1 a-m
that the fruit grower In ne ed
tlon can bav-e. He ships his fruit*
best market by almost direct w
transportation at sxptvs* ip« *
west Georgia fruits ripen
frem any other part of the -mart
and this secures the high -st I
for It, Grapes *old last JW *
rents per ten-pound btuMI
peaches at a marvellous price, r
can be bought at from J5 pet w
and the min who goes then U]
can begin tn January and be isr-
producta In May In sulllcknt (
ties to pay all hts living eipeaw
shall have more to say con- -r:
country In future numbers, u
what our own opinion Is w* ‘
that we expect to make It o®J
Jn tlie future. We have a
fectlon for Ohio; It Is a gran ! "
but In the way of material tt>
tor him -who till" the soil hbl
good a place as Georgia."
Woman's edition of the Tlfton Os-
xette: "For noble man, with all hl»
pride and self-conceit, with nil bis
grand possibilities for good and ca
pacity for evil: noblest work of God.
and so well knows It; proud, scornful,
lovable and trustworthy man, himself.
Is only a woman's edition!"
BEATEN TO death
Thomanvllle. Ga.. April ll'*1
Paint has been temeil for *•
hatnod Thornton Roe. w* 1 1
about seven miles from tier*, t
-with having beaten to
feen-ye&r-oU step-son last
hhling tho body in s nearby' 1
The motive for the crime » J
that the boy was heir to ij
land -which Roc desired to p«
The alleged swmKrer lu» 1
been arrested.
Tbe most unselttoji editor In tMs
State Is Blanton of the Lee county En
terprise. This la sublimely beautiful:
'A considerable portion of our space
la occupied this week. by advertising
emanating from Sheriff Uartln'a of
fice. While It amount* to money for
us. It Is a sign of hard time*, and we
regret that such Is the case.”
South Georgia Is the garden spot
ot the state and In tbe near future
will be blossoming like the rose. It is
the Ideal climate, the home «f th«
vine and fruit tree, and Us fertllesoH
will soon be yielding Its treasure* to
the thrifty immigrant husbandman
who Is already In transit to this land
of promise.
Cedartown has s man by the name
of "Ake,” and yet the pntbablHty is
that be Is without pstn. 8he has an
other one by the name of "Hogg,” and
It to more than likely that he Is not
greedy. She has an editor named
“Coleman," but we know *hlm to be
warm-hearted. There Is nothing In a
name. “A rose by any other name
would smell a* •west." -
r. Benjamin F. Walker of Moron, has
In powiasdon sn old edition tt tbe Au
gusta Chronicle published March t. IMS.
It has on It written In Ink F. \v*.\4
who was Mr. Walker's grandfather, b
Ms four pace paper and tha type is very
distinct. In It 1* a tnargfenco tg tbs
king of Spain against the king of Eng-
ltetrajed by s P*o
'‘Annabel," called a
over the banisters as she heart J
door eloM. .,
“Yes, mamma," reph®J *
votoo, and Annabel GoopasJJj
bcriolf In tho darkness of th * *
"Wa* that Mr. Tlnberry,
"It was, mamma. ”
“Do yon know It 1# SOmlnntaP
name tn wU tecs* tram v*
figure in the upper halt
"Mamma, we hadn’t the
t was so lata)*' raid F*JL r
ieatly. "Yon see," she ooo»ra
nlabarqr hasbstat tdllngDstfr*!
and Japan. He sold everybody
know about the war, and ltw* j.
rating wo never thought how““J
getting Do you know,»*®®*L
the sweat girt ta she reached «•
"that lnOUnnthsy”— -Jt
“Did Mr. Tlnlmrry draw
. A nn;,i N I
n» on your ta«N Annalx 1 -
Googan sternly.
“Wlir, mammaf said the
startled tones. _
Tbo young girl rnshsd ta•
saw with horror stricken
left hide of her face wo# 1
stained with Ink. _ ..
“Hoovon and earth!
“HU fountain pen mo** *>»” T,
his waistcoat pocket,” aop ** g
of horror the bcnotlfnl tP rl
to the floor.—New York i