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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: MAY 2, 1895.
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THE TELEGRAPH, Macon, Ga.
IT MEANS FIAT MONEY.
Even the most ardent of the advo
cate* of the free md indwi^'ideu!
a*u otC hdver by the Culled 8W« ad.
mir that the immediate result of the
adoption of that pulley might be tho
ivitlulraw.il of gold from circulation-
that Is to say. In effect, itoe destruction
at gold as money. Sum® ** {h<f *“ *’
guo tbu'l this would bo an advantage,
and, indeed, ovary mu n who argues tn
the free coinage of silver ns the best
meClhod of Insuring an lmtnediat? a'd
great advance In prices admits, by In
ference, that he expects silver -o be
. - r.. V*»s> fro- min.
rne ouiy tuvuvjr *•* * -
age policy \n urcuirxl upon.
There ore about $000,000,000 of gold
money In the craatry. This would
cease bo be money, 11 that It would
cense to toe a medium of exchange aud
a mensure of value—that is to say, toe
volume of the eurraraey would b- sud
denly reduced SdOO.OOO.OOfl if the x
peetatlog* of the advixites of fro#
coinage were fulfilled. to supply this
deficiency with silver money, the mints
of ttoe limited States would have to
run day und nlght f;r about ton years
But ttoe de/ftciaScy tmus created would
not represont the Tull tti-'at to Wh.clt
the currency would be crJB'.toct.d, if
the expectation of the free cflna.c
advocates that prices would Iw doubled
should be fulfilled. The purchasing
p.iwor of avery sliver dollar, of every
greenback, of i-v iry coin certiQoito, of
every nat oual bunk note, of every sil
ver cerntfleato—of every form of money
current un the United States—would bo
reduced ouo-half. wtoich would, of
course, toe eQUtv.il*,at to r,<luelng the
volume of currency one-half, tn add.-
*i— to the reduce on dti'* g the «ub.
traction front It of the ,$t»'IO.OO f ) 000 (.f
gold. The per cap' in envoisnow
$24—would he rcdueisl to 8 or $10.
iltorn any r.usoaabie fiair bt ve
that the conunerci il and ‘ industrial
system of pie United Slates cou.j
stirul the sera In of thus sudden ord
great reituottan without n rashV Or
dou» he doubt tbit congress would he
'.mmedlutoly anhjeoted to an Irrivilsil-
ble prassure m favor of the 1*11111.1100
of humlmte of millions of irredeemable
greenbacks, 11s the only means of re
lieving the eouulry's Ihto'uMble ilis-
traits? In our mrlnd, there Is no doubt
that the huCcohs of the free con age
nnrere another era erf irredeemable
paper money, fluc'utl. n« 'n value nul
a curse to itie conmny obliged to do
InstliKW with it, to he followed y a.a-
ottoer pnfioil. fruitful of pa in0*4 aud
mlllbomv'reri, during which the country
will dtoUBJ.de track again, driven :y in
exorable wrcosrity, to m sound inon-y
system.
A VALUABLE LESaON.
There Is no ov deuce whatever that
Great Britain In tonus to sol*-. Nica
raguan territory aud thus -ctablis'i
herself at ode „:\d of ihc pr.ip >s*d 01
nal. On the other li.nd, the fact that
the Ntoxniguan internment has ma
neuvered to Involve the United States
In Ms quarrel with G-eut Britain '.a not
conccvil.il. It Is even slid, with eve y
a licit ranee oC truth, that ttout govern*
m«nt tux intimated n wllllucneoi to
cede Com Island to Greet t Brita n, the
'sole purpose of 'toe cessil ‘b living u,
sh'ft ttoe quarrel frra the shoulder* *f
Nicaragua to llnw if the Hotted
State*. The diaputcheB y otordiy
seated that there was intrnw xcl-e
men* union* ttoe people of Nicaragua,
who persisted tu their bcllvf that the
United Butte* would interfere in the'.;
Isiiuif uml stive :nem fttont all the con
sequent* of havipg mist •e.iled British
subjects. Evldoally Utay have been
taught toy their pah.-'clans that they
could confidently expect the protection
of the United Sti.w in any quarrel
with a European power, n.> natter
what the merits of that quarrel. They
arc Buffering ths .'novit.ihle conse
quences of allow,ng themselves to l»
deceived. There lias cover heea
American govcpaoieat wf.th would
have gone to war with Grout Britain on
such an Issue a* that now presented m
Nicaragua. If our government were to
go to wnr on such an issue, it would
In effect license evety rcvolotl ttary
govormunrit -and dictator fu Ceutn!
and South America to rwlv'rc-ai the cH
lzeo* of Europe* x countr *a a: their
plunmre, with the certainty that Anto--
ican totood and rrurj-c would he spent
In defending them from the Just coo
sequences of their acts.
The (Monroe doebrnc does not mean
that the countrk* protected by It sh.i'1
ho defended by the United Scat.*
from punishment dun (hem far b.ul
acts, and It to w-St enough that (h a
fact should be nought to their site a
lion In a forcible niuuuer.
PROOF POSITIVE OF PBOSPF-BITY
It to conceded toy all authorities that
rtha rqports of profitB or losses by the
railroads me." be poeked 'ft'-e vs an in-
dhutlou of the cn-dition of th. country
and Ms business.
The Southern railroads report very
satisfactory business, and while die/
have been heavily handicx'pped by
court expenses 1n many instances they
have made money and arc now, we un
derma ml, to. a pro-perjus conJ,'tLon.
Reports from thm great synteens ol
the country are luierviCt'.ng. Their
povtlts for the different weeks of tho
present mottth have been unusually
forge and fnd.ea.te that the volume of
business Is largely on the increase. Tho
figures given here are not for any one
wivk, but are fairly well distributed:
The Atchison system reports an in
crease of $33,000 for ttoe first wee's
alone; the Big Pour system, for the
same per led, an increase of of $24,300;
the Norfolk and Western, $34,500; the
Chesapeake and Ohio, $10,500; the In
ternational and Groat Northern, $15,-
750; the Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts
bung, $12,000; the 'Mexican Central,
$23458; the Pittsburg and Western,
$10,055; the Rio Grande Western $12,.
000; tlhe Missouri, Kansas and Texas,
$5,824; the New York, Ontario and
Western, $0,241; tho Texas and Pacific,
$5,827, and the St. I/ouls Southwestern
$4,700.
The Wabash system, which Increased
Its earnings $7,024 in 'tire first week, re
ports an Increase of $1(1,<U4 for the sec
ond week. Other roads that are able
to Mhow increased turnings for the sec
ond week of this month are the Denver
and Rio Grande, $5,200; the Baltimore
and Ohio Soininwasieru $1450, the
Minneapolis and St. Louis, $3,183; tho
Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City,
$2,542, and the Rio Grande Western,
$1,000.
ft Is unnecessary to draw these re-
j»>nts out to the logical conclusion. The
country is getting more prosperous
every day and money ix rapidly getting
Into circulation again.
INTBHiasrriNG FIGURES.
In yesterday’s Issue rhe Tele-graph
estimated ttoe amount of money sent
out by the South to tlhe West for pro
visions at $100,000,000. So immense
a sum at money may huve appeared
to some to be an exaggerated comjiuta-
tlon, but tho Wauufticturcrs' Record
support* the profiouitlou In a statistical
urtloto 'Hut its lnterittr.iig and Is the re
sult of a careful Investigation.
I-n order to obtain ttoe tnosr reliable
dntu i>o«dble on this subjodl, ttoe Rec
ord has catBedied that 1st leu secured from
ten different! points. From ttoewe the
fotlowlng itaibte wax compiled showing
the amount of Western stuff itaudlcd;
| Meats | Stock I Brcad-
| | feed, j stuffs.
Griffin, da It 50.000,5 15.000;5 35.000
Norfolk, Vo. ....j 1,»U,750| 330.0001 1.400,000
Danville, Va ....| 50li.00q| 45O,o0O| 300,000
Nash vine, Tonh | 790,56o| SOeJSDOj t(3,0(»
Austin, Tex ....| 200.008| 3ff,()00| 150,000
Memphis, Tenn I 3,2fc,973j 1,700.0001 3,988,000
Mobile, Ala ....] 000.0001 96t.U00| 364,000
Mntgmcry Ala. I 1,125,000| 800,(H0| 500,000
- ' m ■ ' 355,0001 liio.-ol 250,000
320.0001 130,0001 736.000
Annlaton, Ala
Little R'k, Ark
Total (10 cities) |58,928,323]54,a«.000,|6,075,000
Grand total for group 130,719,235
These distrll(uting point* *wcre of
ceurse taken hap hazsrvf and with
equal effect any other of Itoe numerous
dlstrifnstilng pal Mb rolglut (have been
taken. Some of rtoese are Ndw Orleans,
With 250,000 pipuhulan, ItlctimoDd,
Lynchburg, reUttoburg uml Mtiunton
tu Virginia; Rulcigh, Winston, Salem,
W'ilmlngtmi, OhurluUo in North Caro
lina; OVnmtoia, Oharlivsbm, Greenville,
Suintter, Spar (infbuqg tn South Caro
lina; Savannah, Atlanta, Augusta, Co
lumbus, iMncon in Georgia; Jackxon-
vfUe, Pensucofta, 44t. Aatuusliln and Tam
pa tu Fdorida; Blrmlnghain and Aunis-
ton In Alabama; Chattanooga and
KmoxvHlo In Tennessee; VlekSburg In
Mltniitolppl; Iliton R*>ugc ami Shreve
port in Loulxiunj, aud G dvesion, Fort
Worth, illouston, Dallas, Waco and San
Antonio in Texas.
The Record says:
"To go Into details of the shipments
mnde.tt may be staled that the receipts
of merchandise consigned to Memphis
from the North sod West in MM Included
9X04,494 pounds of bacon, 2,592,000 bushels
of corn, 108.277 socks of brsn, 113,528 bar
rels of flour (aKhough Tennessee Is fs-
mous for its flouring mills), 851.300 bales
of hsy, 8,386,383 pounds of lord, 87,000 tur
rets of moot, about 2,000,000 bushels of
oats, over 24,000,000 pounds, or 13,000 tons
of ribs and skies, besides the bacon, and
9,480,581 pounds of Western fresh beef."
If tho first ten towns mouMoncG In
Che table purchase $20,000,000 worth
every year, how much to purchased hy
ttoaee mentioned tu addition ami not
lex* than one hundred towns not men
tlonal at sll. Tbu conclusion must be
that the amount of money thus sent
ou: to tho Wert alone for provisions
alone I* cons iderably over $100,000,000
New York continue* to believe that
It owns tho earth and now generously
offer* to *iv« awuy a part at It. The
following resolution, passed the other
day by the lower house of the Now
York logtalatnro, has a distinctly lndt-
crons sound. Here** (too rmolutloa:
•'lU«>tved, If the senate concur, That
we Invite the Canidi.in people to cast
In their Jot witto our own continent,
oiul assure them that they shall bars
an the conMnoat we can give hem. W
•will respect their fred mi of notion and
w«-V<iiik- them when itoey dewire it Into
an equal and honorable unton.”
The lTtlkuldph'-i Recird Isfcrms us
that “one of the' I’udvnunks at tit*
Zoo to suffering from appendicitis, the
rant I* of the ee«l of % g-,o Sw> berry
lodging In the animal’s rermtfjrm ap
pendix.” Mnr.ll: DonX eat g>,-goos
without nxnovlug the aetxl
SIDNEY LANIER.
Reminiscence* of ttoe Poet by Albert
Allen.
From the Mid. Continent Maigaxtne.
On the balcony of a fashionable Flor
ida tone), during the hour after tennis,
when bright blaxeru vied with brighter
parasols, a small gro>q> of chance ac
quaintances were ittveuitfng thenaelvi*
with the usual topics of small talk.
Near me eat two ladle* of that must
charming Southern type, which ve re
call a* we read the romances of the old
days In the old Swnti.
The subject of poetry and, naturally,
oi poets was Introduced. I qpokc of
my admiration for Lanier, nu.l incl-
doutly referred to being at Joh" Hop
kins University.
“Imhoed," rejoined the elder lady, and
her eyus beaming .with pleasure, us she
tipoko, "And did you know him alt John
Hopkins?"
“1 regret t*hu,t 1 -wax not so fortu
nate." I replied, -for his term of pro-
fessorehip was before iny three there-;
but I knew his sons, who wen- then
pursuing their studies at the universi
ty."
“How small the world U!" the lady
said; “I knew Sidney Lanier and his
brother, Clifford, well,'’ and as she
spoke, my interest deepened lute rev
erence or that sweet motherly face with
tts halo of white hair, since her dclluate
hands, folded now and lying on
th* black drese, had touched ttoe hared
of him whose soulful verse had found
resiiKtnso in thousands of aspiring
hearts.
In compliance with our urgent re
quest* flhe gentle mother continued:
"When I first met him, he end hi*
brother Clifford were with their unci*
hi the* okl Exchange Hotel In Mont
gomery, and, as I lived on our planta
tion Just out of town, 8ldney was nn
almost dolly visitor. Often when I saw
his horse tied in the ground 1 - below
the house. I went out in search of him.
In some arbor I was sure to find him,
or under the branches of some xpreod-
lug shade tree, prone upon hts back,
gazing up through the leave*; lost In
reverie.
•Well, son, what Is ttr I would auk’
’’ -O, little mother,' he would exclaim,
‘Isn't It superb? Listen to their music;'
at which I would chide him for his
vain dreaming and laughing, wvnuld say
that I should not be surprised at any
time to see him vanish from my sight,
and be lost tr. the (Icjgtos of the- sky
Into which hl8 fancy so often soared.
But. throughout hi* iwtoolo life. 111* feet
b)Jt touohod the earth."
Ann uml of the deep interest mani
fested by tho lintencnt, th'- lady
continued:
“One of ttoe most memorable expe
riences of my life Is use octal,4 with
Sidney Lanier. We had been in New
York for a time during the war, anil
Just before its clone <we wore on our
way to Richmond. It -was not long be
fore the capture of the Cbix'eder&te
capftol, although sit that time we did
m« dream of Its probable fall. We took
passage on a troop steamer belonging
to a Northern line, having on hoard a
crowd of prisoners for exchange under
command of Ol. Mulford. The wife of
the colonel and I iwere thie only ladles
aboard, and my daughter here, then a
dlUkl. was ttoe 'little girl ail out the
ship.' Among olitoe prisonrs she
hecume acquainted with 4 little
freckcl-fttced man whom «to • called
*'Alabama,' with childish fan)*I«rlty.
“I remember the weather wax bitter
cold, and we were frozen fast In the
river for three days. • on one of those
day* of weary walntlng, wc heard com
ing up from below where the wretched
prlaonet* were, hurdled like ca‘th- In a
lien, itoe sound of a flute toeing playid
Indifferently well. 'My little girl ran to
the guard rttil about the uifn-f Sock, ami
called down to tho nrlwine.Vhelow!
" ‘O Alabama.’ When h' r , freckle-
fltoed friend appeared In answer to her
call, *he asked: -Who's that playing
the flute? 1
1 was,- ne saw, wire I csWtotolsy for
•hueka. You Just ought to ht«r a fel-
R»W we’ve got down here, who can play
sure enough. But' you’ll never hour
him, he's dying.'
“ •What'*, hi» ntmef
“ ’Lunler.'
“Lanier? What's the rert of It?’
“ 'Sidney.'
'The llnly thing burst into tears and
ran to me, throw hem- lf on my lap,
sotiblng: 'O, momma! brother Bid's dy
ing, He’s down there .with (toe pri«*
her*.' But presently a fortunate inwnl-
raflon earn,- to her little bralm 'Mtim-
roa, won't ttoe colonel let us have
brotlier SW?'
•' hie may; we will ask him. dear.’
”But tn her (Wgernart she was off he-
foro me itral when I came tn where »he
wna besxwhlng Cub Me Word there wive
tears In Ms eye* answvlng hurt, us toe
sold:
" Tlic IlUle one tells me her brother
Is on brwrd down tunong the prisoner*,
and that he i* drying.' And then look
ing at me queatlonlngly: 'You could
not have had a so In (he war?' (I was
then but 25.)
" 'No,' I said; but fie is ono of our
dearest friends and he has ever been
an elder brother to my little g4rl. Can
not you lot us have him?’
" 'If you will give me the little r tool
(that was the colonel's name for Ltlla)
If he escapes.’
“ There will be no need of that,' I
replied, 'for his word la that of a gen
tleman.'
"The colonel gave hts consent ami we
made hast,- to go below. Now, nty
friends In New York had given me a
supply of intdlclnes, for we had few
sueh things tn Dixie, anil among the
re:;; dies were quinine and brandy. I
hstlly took a flask of brandy and w«
went below, where we were led to the
rude stalls provided for cattle, but
reow crowded with poor human
wretches. There, In that horrible place,
dear Sidney Lanier lay wrapped in
an old quilt, his thin hunils tightly
ellm-h'-d, hts face drawn and pinched,
Ms eyes tlxod and Rearing, fit* poor
body Shivering now and then tn a
spasm of pain.
"Ltlla fell at hi* side, kissing Mm
and calling; 'Brother std, don't you
know roe? Don't you know your IJttle
sister? But no recognition or rr-sponse
came from the sunken eyes. J poured
some brandy Into n xpoon and gave it
to him. It passed down hts throat at
first with no effort from him swallow
It. I repeated the stimulant several
times before he finally revived. At
lost he turned his eyes slowly about
until he saw I,Ilia, and .murntcr-td:
'Am I dead? Is this Ltlla? Is this
heaven? 1
"Excuse mo.” Her great motherly
heart choked her utterance for a mo
ment, and several of the gayly dressed
listeners wiped away a tear as Rhe
paused. 'To make a long story short,
theoolonct assisted us to get Mm above
to our cahln. I »v h> fellow prisoners
now as they crouched and aaslrted to
pass him along over tto(4r beads, for
they were so crowded ttoey could not
make room to carry him through. Along
over ttoelr heads they passed the poor
emaciated body, 00 shrunken with
prison life and Ixmurrihod -with cold.
\V> got him Into clean blankets, but
at first he could not endure the pain
from the fire, he wnx so nearly frozen.
We gave him some hot soup and more
brandy and he lay quiet until after
midnight. He then asked for hie flute
und began playing. As h» played the
first notes, you shoubl have heard the
yell of Joy that came up from the
shivering wre-tohe* down below. Who
knew then that their comrade was
alive. And there we sat entranced
about him, the colonel sod his wife,
Ltlla and I, weeping at the tender mu
sic, as the tones of new wnrmtto and
color and hope came like liquid mel
ody from hts magic flute.
"You have never heard him play?
Then you cannot unJendnnd fully
what he meant when he said, ’Music is
love In search of * word.’ I remem
ber It u?M to touah me so deeply when
a* a young man he cerno to our house
and played for us. Wo would" throw
the windows of the parlor wide open,
with oftou no Hght but the unoonbiama
xtreamlne in. and I oeoompwnied him
on the piano to his playing of the
flute. Whai an Intensity of yearning,
of hope and of aspiration he breathed
from ‘beneath Ills marvellous Angers.
Often I oould not endure the tension
and my woman's heart would fall to
crying, and then wouM oome his ten
der consoling words:
' "Why, why, little mother.'
"A fuw days after wo were about to
mice a landing, and tb- prisoners were
to be put artiore. Sidney came to say
good-bye. He told me that his name
h.ud not been among the list of pris
on-rs to be exchanged, tout knowing
that It meant certain death to remain
longer In prison (Where ho had con
tracted the disease that finally resulted
tn his untimely death), his name hid
been added io the list through Ttoe
diplomacy of a friend. He expresaed
tote fears lest they should revise the
list as originally limited, when the
meji wore to be landed, and he should
be sent back. Knowing that in such
event death was certain, he gave tne
Ms preclouR flute to carry hts brother
Clifford. I can see him now, wearing
hi« old Slouch hat, battered, torn and
faded, over his long thin hair, hanging
to his rthouklers and curling slightly
at the ends; a coat of Confederate
gray, given him In pity by some
larger and stronger comrade, hang
ing loosely about hi* thin body; tola
feet sticking bare through tattered
shoes, yet with all the light of a lofty
and dauntless soul shining through
his matohless eyes. But the officers
were merciful or Indifferent, for the
nines were read with such haste that
the men easily pushed him through
among them and he went ashore.I gave
thettute to Alabama' and watched him
as he gave It to Sidney, who waved ino
a smiling good-bye, and I saw him no
more until long afterwards.
THE HIUE-LIFTBR.
CoJ. BoJ) Hardeman, the state treas
urer, Was a way of humming snatches
of song while at tote work. A newspa
per reporter oibs-"Vqd (ine jpearx mfo
inis iiauit of me reWiiu ssu hum .T-.OV
ln« treasurer. , „ _
Me slug?" said. Col. HatdeHM'1,
"why, I can sls» the shingles off the
roof of tho (tout-oil. The Ua'deman*
were all f .’agew. My wan tailed
the ‘hlnn-llfiler' « the old Mol'aodtet
itourdi In Macon.
■"I never win ,nrgrt the tint* when
1 first heard an organ in a church a;
Mndon. Old Snmuy Anthony wzs go-
Ing to praich auil any father wm de
voted to total. M-. father hid ls'cn sick,
but when he hsird that Brothtr An
thony 1 was going lo preach he *• d he
would g>>. ‘You arc not able to Ro. JIr.
Haiti (*111 a it*' 9i*d my mcitniT. 'Mcil,
I’m i-goiug.’ said Be and he wont, l’r;-
feasor Bowiell, nfto.-warib presiden* ot
Wealayun Fuma'e College hail organ
ized 1 u choir and he had a small porl .r
orgatl' up m 'Uhi! galleny ovc igaiust
the pnlpW. When Brother An bony
got up add began 'oitlne out tae ’yiau.
the choir took it up ami sang right
along. The old m.n looked up si. the
choir over h,i» s&ortadw, l>ut he said
urithlDg than.
"VVhnn the bymu wo* sung and he
had rend the so! 'Ml morning ie-sou,
the old man sfde:i*d a hymn and said;
‘I have ■started a liynin which ! 'hlnk
Is apipropriiute to ho otocuoion, and I
ilontt want that whimmlg tmy up -.here
to open It* mouth Broth-r lfir.Iom.in,
wm you please ta;se me ium, 1
" ‘Jesus, b<t thy n.iylng eye
Gall back a wtau-’.criug RheeJ,
False to Thee, as* Fetor, I
\Y<iuld fain like p»ter wear ’
“My father rnisid tlie tune, and suev
staging 1 never hoard.
“Yw. I tun Ring. AH ttoe 1 fa di-nnr-s
8lt*g My nephew, Prc—-1 llardvmaa,
fs a ■bluH'Jlifier' i,tainctf, Ilk* -ry fi
tlier. .
"If ftfd Brother Sammy Anihony
couW return t>. Macon so.no of theta
Sunday mornings, how Rally he wouh'
bo shock'd it *ii> greait derelejiiient
of the wto tnmigir.ny. The tones t It *
great organ and :he sound of the cor
net would Jav uie Rpeetari t* fr .m lite
nose, 1 ml ttoe fi'ipr-Ukc vole* of the
high-trilling Ni>p-.iao would bring him
to tears. TJlie ilats of the trusty old
‘h ini-llfter' to raise a timlll.ir luu* a'ro
gone; the wMronlgtopy h,» come to
Stay."
With a sigh for iha things 1h.1t have
puwsd. ftoo dtugbt.y olJ treasurer
turiKsl ifroni tvte .Jait and w.-nt i-d wllh
his work at wrlt'ng at tote dusk, hum
tulng the tunes he caaigh when a boy
from good ifld Unde Stun Anthony ol
blcwscd memory.
A LAMENTABLE INCIDENT.
Haw a Catholic Newspaper Regards
Father Phelao's Utterances.
Every thoughtful Catholic must feel
that the (Weeping denunciation of the
l-Tll.vorth Leaeue und the Chrlstiun En
deavor Surety, Own great Protmtant or-
gaulzat'Jn* toy the -weren't islitor of
the Western Wat'-hitnan, Is lll-adtrised,
uncalhxl for an-i unwamntid. it can
have but one off.-ct—(o breathe now life
Into the dying flame of bigotry and In-
tolerance. It cun have no beneflcral
effects. Actions of itote nature sweep
isway in a fuw short hours all the fruits
of years of t»mi«rafe actiou, lemperaie
thought nod tempurat# exprerslon.
There Is Just one remedy calculated
to nip the evil In the bud. Protestants
must be made to undeiw.-nd that the
editor of ttoe Western Watchman is un
Individual, and :toat hts words are the
fruits of hts individual mild, anl (hat
h.V UtoughU* are not to be taken as the
erpni*»lon» of itoe Catholic church nor
of any number of its members. The
editor who denounces the uociclles
itunul does not speak for the Catholka
of the United States, nor even of St.
Louis; Archbishop Kain, whiwe words
we rtvo below, does rttevk for the Cath
olic* of St. Tuuls, aod, tn a in earn re,
for the Catholics of the United State*.
His grace raya:
"Father I’helan may have heard of
the things he stales; 1 have not. I hnov
allways cotkdlmvd ttoat the two *odede*
were lasBes of young people banded to
gether for good. I have never Impugnid
thoir Interttloas. If any one of item 4*
able to do good alone,' as a body they
are able to uooeotnplteh much more. I
am a firm believer In orgarlxatfoti. That
Is all I know of itoe bodies, and I know
no ntisoa for criticizing them. I think
the public knows Father Phelan’s ehar-
acterlstlm too well to believe or 10 feel
any great annoyance from ft"
Who 1* to be heeded, one in authority
or one who I* not?—Catholic Times,
Philadelphia.
Memorial Day was never so grandly
celebrated as on tho 28th. Georgia re
members her dead heroes:
"Heroes of old! I humbly Iny
The laurel on your grave* ag>ln;
Whatever men have done, men may—
The deeds you wrought are not In
valu."
Waynesboro True Citizen: The Chi
cago platform 1* good enough for dem
ocrats. If the democratic party can get
rid of the Bland-Jones-HIbley states
manship and a tot of the wildest asses
that aver assembled In oongress, nomi
nally democrats, the party will live—
because It Is right. Principle* wtl< out
live the party’s misfortune in sues-
manshlp.
Highest of ail in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Kepo^
AftMEJUTEStf &ZJ&E
GEORGIA NEWS AND COMMENT.
Pec(ple are not lnpllneif to Itnoka light
of the recent rtee tn oil.
The Southern 'Baptist convention
meets in Washington, D. C., May 9tto.
The spring poet has appeared, but the
Spring chicken, oh, where ie he?
Georgia C* all right. Strawberries,
blackberries!, peaches and vatermelons:
Valdosta Times: The effort to write
a name on the forehead of democracy
will fait.
Dalton Argus: A devout churchman
In Daken has named his baby “Finally
Broitoreu." in hope that it will prove the
last.
It is now thought that the great de
bate between Hon. E". P. Howell and
Hon. 6. G. McLendon will take place
In Macon during the peach carnival.
The Tradesman: The movement of
northern capital and nya-nufac^iirerB of
cotton goods to the southern states is
no longer a theory, but a fact.
<len. Weaver «iays there Will practi
cally bo only two parties in the next
praKbfouitlal campaign, end that tho
money question will he the controllng
tasuc.
Monroe Hustler: Macon wants to have
a peach Pair this summer. It wouldn’t
be a bad Idea, .uwl then, too, Monroe
m'feh*t have an opporutltity of surprls-
nWHrwrW Kir O ifUteTlIaV «f h«r fPOltS.
Blakely Ott^ervor: Atlanta t* going
to haive a ton-story hotel for exposition
vtaltom And tine guests will iiriim tho
buHinesM office in the top story wth«€i
they go to settle their Mils.
^PoRoe Enteiiprlse: The signh of the
tfcmes inafioate the -upprooch of an era
rtf proMperity to the country, som< J thlng
like tho good times brought -About by
the Democratic lertislarton of 184o,
known aa the “Walker tariff.”
Dr. Fleetwood of Macon, mow the rea
son he does not attend the Ocmulgee
Chnui'auqua 'in because tf ho omce gets
to iHawklnsvilli* the plaie is so attrac
tive ami the (people so hospitable there
is no getting tuwtvy.
HaTtwell Siun: Neither Denvx:itaJt» or
RopublScans are going around dishing
out money. And you nw be certain
that you will hear the cry of hard
times under Republican rule Just the
same as ever.
Iswtaiton Bulletin: The song of the
wh1p-poo*«wlll, which now car. be beard
every evening, brings Joy to the heart
of the fruit (grower, for it is a horbenger
of continued Warm weather, and there
to now no fear of fruit being killed by
cold.
If nothalng happens our people in Mn-
c<*u, the omter of the p*.*ach and berry
total*iy, will bid •l.-fnn-c- tojuhe bccrf
trust of Ult? iviruii diiu w»*5I. A »»0 mS8S
beef -when strawberries anil cream and
milk and peouhe* are tempting (toe ap
petite?
The United States department of ag
riculture has eRiabltehcd at the Tuski^
? ;ee Iuetltuie, Tuskegee, Ala., a depot
or a scientific Investigation of me
composFilon and consumption of food
among the negroes In the black belt of
the south.
Montgomery pvilsom Is surpassing
himself in splendid work on the Itewe
lll>,mi'll 111 - ...
Tribune. Not only d .es his nonius dis
play lisclf In “Mountain Hambies," but
It sparkles all through the paragraphs,
and imparts a glow of health aud
beauty lo itoe editorial columns.
The leading manufacturers of Georgia
will meet In Atlanta on May 7. The
State Board of Exposition Commission
ers will toe present and an organlzod
effort will be attempted to set forth to
the world the possibilities of Georgia
as a manufacturing state.
Augusta Evening Herald: "Evening
Herald" is, lately, regarded In Georgia
us a name 'With which to charm suc
cess. Tile Macon Evening Herald and
the Amerlcus Evening Herald Is, we
hear, to be supplemented toy an Eve
ning Herald in Athens.
A Jones county former, Who live*
ten mile* from. Macon, has for several
years brought butter and oggs and
chickens anil vegetables to tho Macon
market. ‘He says he ha* found k so
profitable that he has about abandoned
cotton—ami this fanner haul* tils truck
(ell miles toy ttoe wagon road.
If the State Horticultural Society, of
which Dr. P. J. Burkans Is president,
would hold Its session In Macon this
summer and co-operate with the Maeon
Business League, who have In charge
the peaoh and berry fair, great good
would accrue to tho bornological and
horticultural Interests of Georgia.
‘Edison nciver invert!nd aorfhlng of
greater value too the world than Is Dr.
Price's Baking Powder.
Springfield (O) F.epubhc Tillies: The
latlve of Georgia is c.lllei a • i-ricker "
native of Georgia
Where this name came from >,r what
Its original meaning v.as I have not
been able to find cut, bat ! nil; voiy
sure of one tiling, the cracker la a goed
follow. In common with Ilia brethren
from other states, he Is good for somc-
ililng omgbol for nothing, ut In which
ever of these classes you put him you
And that he has his heart always with
him and Is ready to take you In If you
are hungry or weary and turn bis
house and lands over M yoa and send
you forth when you are rested and re
freshed without money and without
price. If you w»iu him to hate your
memory forever. Just offer to ; ay him
for any of these courtesies. I a i> bilk
ing now of the cracker In hla native
home, out In the couutry, for (here are
a good many who call themselves
crackers who live tn the towns and are
jest ordinary human beings.
Amerlcus Recorder: A peach carnival
to be held In Macon Is now being agita
ted. The fruit growers could not make
a wiser meve for the advancement of
this section. On with the carnival,
where sampler of our beautiful, blush
ing peaches will convince other sections
of the state wtoiu Is meant by fruit cul
ture .In Southwest Georgia.
Savannah News: The oonleot tottnreen
McCreary and Blackburn In Kentucky
anU between Lee and Daniel tu Virginia
for the Federal renatorah'D* prom tee tc
moke two lively fights along the lines
ot the mJOey question. McCreary and
Lee are nound money iron, while Black
burn and Daniel are more or lera advo
cate* of the frvo coinage of sliver.
Macon is In tho comer ef tho peach
belt of Georgia. Forsyth, Griffin, Mon
tezuma, Barneaville, Ft. Valle,>, Perry,
Marsbalville, Danville, llfton — all
favor the summer peach fair at Mac?a,
and wlU send sample. r ,r
State Horticultural and ftul
Society may hold Its
Rou»L
conjunction with the pearih ro itr -'I
big time it will be. Vteuoe lr ' *•:
find flinaxx 13,1 will r J
and those prospecting [“*’’!
homes will also come atl(l r * .
Uielr own eyes wlint GcrL'^
The object lesson will bra-*?,,* 11
'‘""•■.I
VldaSte. Star: Nnntlv
a»l beautiYul flower yarJi' evi? kc
cure and reflnomeut In thrir, ^
These two ttoang, carry no Li I t f|’ rl -
wfth the tlMi-ingent liom„ ‘ a ,
community nvl th beautiful r, kw '
overy toanil will ouch ih, ,! !<Jlc «i_
rlously considor this matter.'
Tlfton Gazette: The advanc- u J
price of western beef, it 1,
be attributed to the scar-re' 4 ',
cattle and not to a oombln
butchers The hog and hominy ^
of Berrien county rest uidSrtS3
they are serenity Itself. Tnev il n
few shoats 14ft from ttoelr 151,5*9
ing with which they can tic*™!?™
nicely until fruit season, whel t
not want much meat b”»w ,
wlU soon have an abuudan-
Georgia beef mutton and kid Gre,* 1
Berrien county and all So un Jll*'
The largest regimet.Ml |, 0 ,
side dunng the late civil war “JJ
tadnrtd by ttoe Twooty-elxth
ollntewPettlgrew's brlg«le HriSJl
sion. They hod n ful’ quota
on July 1. 18113, but in th* stiiifl
of Gettysburg lost 588 men i L
and 502 wounded, uot incl'udin)!
"mtssing" of which iher*
ooMlnig to Col. W. F. Cox in',"* ‘
puny. 86 strong, every jnnn wa « hit.
the orderly wtoo made out ihe iuI a
j'™ !e suttexiss from a woindfe]
NOT PUT OUT BY ItAI.V.
The Ladles ot Elbertion De««mJ,
Soldiers' Gravta.
Kberton, April 29.—(Spwtil V-toi J
heavy rains Interfered sferinast,
the exercise* of our Memorial ,w k l
Elb.'rtou. The weather wtu took 1 *
ent to decorate the soldiers' >
but ttoe ladles of ttoe Memorial
elation were not to be entirely oA
At 4 o'clock tn the afternoon all w|
r.css houRW closed and a large M
dlence asseirtMcri in the opera v,
■wtoere Co}. Wllltatn F. Jones In •*_
ant\ appropriate speech inuriS
Rev. H. A. Hoylt, D. T>„ the
of tho day. Dr. Hoyt took fu™
th-tme the "Heroines of the Con
eracy," and In graphic terms pkii
the patience, courage aud kyakji
tile women of 'the Soultto durinjl
dark days of the civil wnr, eoj*
the loyalty of the women of toda
keeping green the memories of t
Who gave their lives for the k«t a..
He wax frequonltly Interrupted by I-
plnusc. Capt. George C. Drotii I
lowed tn a Short appropriate got
I11 •. .!' 1 .1
•Mrs .1 ho Mill. I-' 11 u-r, ,
rising vote’. Tb« Elbert I.trht I
farttry fired A salute after the co
tries were over.
col. Thomas M. Swift niri I
Swift will give a Vire* receptta|
the zd at May to ttoi-ir sin. Mr.
Young Swift, and hte bride, »t
return from thutr weiMlne tour ml
<kW*. Several hundred lnvltattotei
been Issued.
(Dr. H. F. Hoyt, clnpUUn of ikag|
pony, preached a fine scrum to t
FJlbert Light Infantry and a kites
dldnco at the Presbyterian Amklrtl
Sunday morning. Quite a lnntM**<l
from Klhefllon will attend the Batetel
convention at Washington. P. f .
May. The railroads are furaU
very low rales.
Protracted "ervlceR will he hddJB
the Elberton Metlhodlst chur-h till
week. Rev. Dr. Yarborough of Atkil
and other ministers will a>if l|
pastor.
JACKSON COUNTY'S W1IISK7.1
Moat of it Seems lo Be of the ksgj
shine Variety.
Athens, April 29.—(Special.Hlrt|
son courtly nsoerttly voted dry »a bp
prohibition Issue ami now it 1
'hat trouble Is brewing in that 1
0’ the woods. The PntolbUl'nlw I
terming Dhemsttves lure
clubs in the different section* oil
county und say they will see thitl
law Is euPored rcgardlees of
quences. There has always been Ira
or less of Illicit Indian tlgl/ter mx"*
old Jackson, ami a good otllzcD r
a Trtogiupli man yesterdiy:
"I fear ttoat w* will bavo trouwl
our county over tills law. I
mvny wet men who voted the ■
tlckef and (t was atmply for the
pose of letting the county reno:a"
*0 thax*ehe business of nuakinf 0*
shine whisky would continue t>J
prwmabt - I hope we won't U* “|
trouble, but I believe there will « ~
whisky uude In Jackson round 1
year than ever toefrtoo.’’
THEY DOWNED MADISOX.
'Veratty Men In a trap-py Spirit'
Day Contests.
e 'Varsity »■
icon and 8 or 5l
a, huvint
e of teitl
Althens, April 29.—(Speriul.)
the college yd! the 'Varad/^l
stepped from ttoe 'Macon 1
tram Saturday night,
Mudlron In the game > ....
evening. The 'Varsity team h«
splendid material and grvM
expected ot them this season,
even though tt toe Sunday,
bevn receiving congratulations
Finally K ho* been posUlvi-W
that Field day will be Tuesday. ^
14th, and the boys will see that
weather man does not tigertere
that It Shall be a gtU» day.
Are tbi! iubattiants of
to stguil the people of the ear®'
oRtronotaam think tc- Tbe**?
Mars ptxjboblj want > «uPlift “
PtCoe's Orwim Bulfing Ponder.
DEATH AT PERRY- ,
Perry, April M.-dSpectil.)-'"' ,
Marehburn died here SaturWI ,
suddenly. Tho deceased toad f'
time been a very pratodnetrt • “ |
this county, having come here
Ho era* one of Perry’s 0 l'>‘_*'
His life nf Ireogrtty and p> it h ,i
un example to be
mains wars Intvrred lo *2jj|
cemetery with Moronic liono*
afternoon.
TOOK OOCRROBIVE OF IttTLlYiJB
Amerlcus, Go., April —- —«
Mrs. O. E. Lowo, who toe*
sublimate some lay# ago, oiec ^
effects yesterday morning »'* g
and was burled this ns.ramx^ ,
o'clock. She leaves s horos^
four small children, she te . j
•* •' WllllflTil Of tlite city »au