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FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 190T.
THE TWICE-A. WEEK TELEGRAPH
V/ILL •DO" HIM IF THEY CAN.
i.ir documents
ny Intimation
ince
mJ
d by the
mtt 'tip
ening of
int affected belnff
ircci dent for de- f tobacco and
-if the discharged
lien the right to re-enflst.
II bo recalled that the President
mer-'.tffe cited as "a precedent
tion by Col. Robert E. Lee In
tfore that commander resigned
le United States Army and as-
commanil of the .Confederate
XortJieicb Virginia. The
pa* - fr 'ii. r• r • ■ -1 of
r Secretary F. C. Ainsworth—
The same system pervades the
he political or re-
appllcant for office
prefect or sub-pre-
the choice. If a district
n.-ion of a railway, the
w road or the cor.struc-
: m of .t bridge the «upyort of the
ministry Is ffiven to those who .ire po-
liticaiiy loyal. Tiie .privilege" M! selling
temps and the powiation
of road mender-/ si hoolmas.y r or p-pt: J namely, mineral salts
man depend i^pon a good wJjrd of a | — :
prefect or su
The “London Lancet comes out in de
fense of the plum pudding, and as for
"the Christmas pudding," the Lancet
says, "it is a meal for a hungry man,-
for it is hardly possible to conceive a
more complete food. Eggs supply
pientv of protrid: sue: a sufficiency of
f t:, and br^ad crumbs. frut And sugars
a generous, proportion of- cnrbohy
drates. . Moreover, mos{ of these carry
the further necessaries of human diet.
A
• rl.,n of th.
ords.
■tit
ih. r.
rc-
pre-
nas, thus f
lure to discover;
he discharge of those
three conqttnisS of the
Tv.i-nty-fifth infantry who were ’
present - WrT'the /tight of .August
13. 1906. when :fn affray in*the city
of B.-Ay-hVvilie took place. .
The r„evuuenial orders (in the Lee
case) arc unt on file, and it Is im
possible to state whether the re-
'•rllptment of these transferred
-nen was, or was not, prohibited: -.
•out aS thg records show that some
< f the-transferred men' did re-eft- '
dlst. it Is evident that, if an order.;
prohibiting their re-enlistment was
given, it was not carried into ef
fect. -.'M, In view of the fore
going statement, it will be seen
that the action taken in the case of
Company G. ’Eight*! Infantry, is
not a precedent for the action
taken in 1906 in the case of mem-
hr rs of 'he Twenty-fifth Infantry.
The advance copies- given to the
press did riot contain these alleged pas
sage's of Grin/Alns’wnrtfi , s report, but
Senator Foraker got possession of the
complete document, ft is stated, and
only when he produced the missing
passages-' beforq the .Senate did the
newspaper • eonespoi.Vients learn of
their existence. ,Nq explanation has
be-.i rtffcreiV from rhe-White.House, it
l.'Oanhifiand the-question’now faced by
ws. is as' to the identity
persons engaged in
... business. If this
o-red struck out, who
ffto the copy sent to' fhti
if there was no order to
wiio took It upon him-
ito" the report given to
•feet in' the'car-bTAliA
t"fc r
ministry. Evan • pensions to oTd .soi-
diers are a matter 'of political favor.
"Independent chfffiidOtes fir.Q Jt^tgore
and more difficult!! tCfvConteptV, agojnst
•his official hierafcS}-. Local 3^1/^ gov
ernment such as-exist#, in thif j/jumtry
18 almost extingufsh<-d. and" :: citizens
must gradually but surely, lose a-sense
of political rights, and duties."
The English system of. goipplete au
tonomy for the colonies,-/such as Can
ada and Australia i/P, all;local affairs
is far more in accord with tfc» .princi
ples of solf-goveriiioent as established
i>y the .American fathers of ijy6. from
whose: revolt the British tGoAeiinment
learned a salutary lesson. Englishmen
under a ■ monarchy tare freer than
Frenchmen under A'republic. We want
no copy in this country of the despotic
centralism of France, a system-due to
the imperial Napoleon who was'willing
to make a graveyard of thd world in
order to attain his ambition’s end.
Governor Charles E. Hughes in his
inauguration address promised Xew
York a common sense administration
in the. interest of the whole people.
That man seems determined to keep
hig feet on the ground.
-H—I-i-l i-i-i-M-t-K-I-I-t-i-h-I-i-I-i-M-i-I. t fv;,i,-h of the two
choose, wet
Caught on
the Wing
country intend to celebrate thr one
hundredth anniversary of the birthday j
of General Lee with mor° than ordi-
Aecording to the Anti-Saloon League j nary exercises. It is their wish to !
speakers a prohibition election is sus- \ make the occasion memorable,
pended above the heads of the-whisky j
STATE PRESS VIEWS
-rd-
m<!i of Macon like a sword of Damo
cles. it Is held up by a single hair,
and is. liable to drop upon them at
any time.
Charles Edward Tomlinson, of Chi
cago. is preaching the doctrine that
apples are "God : s own medicine” and
is trying to persuade everybody to eat
an apple every day. Not a bad doc
trine this.
oria) :
‘he pi
quo
this
passag;
fmnrg!
strike
self t
to lack of knowledge of all !
ulars of this affair, "vve arc j
:<press "an Apifiion, further j
.ire.lnnt. ready .to believe I
Idep f Tioosi’-v^lt would deiih- j
ppress any fact or facts -that j
the precodemts cited by him
alue. or '-reverse" their sig- .
ie .things l« perfectly clear, j
that the" ProSlflfciit'b.v His
A SENSIBLE GIRL.
The following letter written by a
young, lady away from home to-her
i parents just before the end of the year
1906, which.. found its way into the
: Philadelphia Public Ledger,'is worth
i reprinting:
"My Dear Parents: Only a few
j days remain of the old year, and
I ' these days are slipping rapidly
away. Our thoughts are turning to
| the new year about to dawn. I
i have all my accounts to-Settle be-
I fore it-comes.
■ "If these wise merchants in -the
• great busy world look back and
j ; ;Mim up their-profits* and losses, so
: -cgn I. You-are my greatest, most
[ ^ loving creditors-. I sum up all my
i ! indebtedness to you; my dear par-
. fffite;' There has not been a day
i j fropi the beginning of the year to
’the end that has not been filled
! .with benefits that came to me
through your kindness to me. Xow
I am tj whole year older. I appre
ciate more than ever before your
loving care of me and the" efforts
. you have made to secure for me
'all the advantages of a good edu
cation. So-I must try to make- this
little letter' of' greeting express
something of m.v loving gratitude
to you. anrf'fo pay a little of 'rriy
great- debt. All the balance I long
very much to- pay. and .In the'years
.to' come I hbpe'to do so, by my”
fidelity.' " • •»*
" "Asking God to bless you and
keep you. and wishing you all joy
of the_ glad new yeaK with. alL my
1 heart I am your devoted daugli-
Ter, . , ', . B.”
To that large class of young’ people
John D. Rockefeller predicts hard
times for 1907 and begins the year with
a gift of 13,000,000 more to the Chicago
University. .Appears to be casting an
chor to windward in view of approach
ing stress of weather.
President Roosevelt took three shots
at a wild ' turkey gobbler at "Pine
Knot" and' missed, every, time. The
of state.* He usually makes at least
one “hit” out of three shots.
By JOHN T.- BOtFEUILLET.
Yesterday "was an" ideal dav. such a
day as greeted Si-nator George F. Ed
munds when he came to Macon from
the bleak and frozen Xorth a few
years ago- as an attorney for the.
Southern Railway in a case brought in
the United States Court-by certain par
ties who sought " t6 _ prove that the
Southern RaHway owned 'the Central
of Georgia Railway and the Georgia , ...
Southern and Florida Railway. Sena-
tor Edmunds went into ecstaeies Over
th? royal weather which welcomed
him hfre on the morning of his arriV
nl. In. adirrrration and delight, he ex
claimed: "This day 'seems ;to have
slid tlown. to' Macon on a ray:of sun
shine."
Mr. G. S. Alejcandru is a Greek con
fectioner of.Tiiacon. He came to this
The Anti-Saloon League makes four
demands: First. Restriction of sa
loons to the fire limits. Second, The
abolition of saloons where white and
colored drink, 'third. Tours be fixed
from 7 a. in. to 10 p. m. Fourth. In
crease of license from $o00 16 $1,000.
J have not talked with a single Aider-
man concerning these demands, but I
venture to guess that the first, third
and fourth of the demands will not
me doubt
about the second demand. The'closing
hour may be placed at 10 p. rn. instead
of midnight, but I doubt very much
if the opening hour will be made 7
a. m. The liquor license and regula
tions will bo considered in conference
by the following Aldermen: Hart. Mel
ton. McKenna. Williams. Bowdre. Dure, j from Plum
Chestney and Barnes.- constituting the t avenue from
license and tax. police and finance com- i These were
Since the Anti-Saloon League of Ma
con has asked that the Mayor and
Council restrict the' sale of liquor
the tire limits of tilts city there is
considerable inquiry , as to what are
the fire limits. How far do they ex
tend'.’ Xot one citizen in a thousand I
iseems to have any definite idea as to
the extent of the tire limits. Yester- J
day I asked several persons, who |
should have .known, to detine the lim
its for me. and not one of them could |
give me the information. I had my
own idea of the limits, but I wished J
official confirmation. Finally. I asked/
Fire Chief Jones, and he said there I
was more or less uncertainty about !
the matter. He sjiid his: Tfnderst inn
ing has always been that the old lim
isn ; \\ a
Rome Tr
The cl-
Seems to
axle area
V I: I
Teddy’s
been calk
expected
thincs -
Having
feels that
chance
Ledger.
lid to greatly
m—hut that
was about.—
nator K.iiley
Standard nil
halo shine.—
ague hasn’t
that may be
loniinicks up
Recorder.
-tUc
other
Taft
trade to
of the balance of ir:or
tho Southern line! Wliii
.... i rhittees of the .Council. Representa- | of the old volunteer fire department, i
fty a poor man about nine years ago, fives of the Ariti-Saioon League and and they have not been changed since " -
put by energy and fair dealings has i whisky, dealers will meet in conference ,the inauguration of the pa4d depart
SOUTHERN r
From the inci
consumption of
Xorth and- Sou:
its extended from Xew street to Fifth'] South”' ''ti
street, and "front Walnut street to I ], it , iri
Plum street.' and latterly the limits. tr»t>lis=ht'ss
had been extended on Fourth street in j' h '
o Pine, and on Cotton
Plum to Spring Streets,
the limits in the days
the
the Amoriear
t is no
INCREASING.
records of the
that
.] by
hi- Xow Kne-
rn sect ioi
be heat
since he took out naturalization pa
pers, and became a full-fledged Amer
ican citizen. About ten months ago he!
jhad a.longing to revisit his old home,
and set! sail for Greece. Soon after
arriving there he w;\s made to enter
the army and was forced to, serve
three months, and upon the payment
by him of $150 he was relieved from
furtfief : military 'duty. ‘ I do not' knob
by what authority Greece could re
quire an American citizen to serve in
the Grecian army. Mr. Alexandru was
j placed in the anomalous position of
President IsanoVe fortunate" In matters j hrf'viffg to serve under two flags, as it
were. Doubtless, If he had appealed to
the American counsel at Athens he
could have escaped service in the army
! ——--- I of Greece, but he was satisfled to get
Between Senator Tillman who makek off as light as he did. Having served
ton murii -nnion- onri s„„„i„- 1three months arid .paid the sum ’ of
too much noise and Senator LaAmer $150> Mr - AlexandrUi sh0uld he revigit
who does not make enough. South Car- Greece, would not . be forced to do
plina appears to be unhappv over her tnilltary duty again, unless’ fierhaps
.Greece was engaged in actual warfare
become prosperous, Mpre ^thtyi a ye.ar. with the Aldermanic committee. The
question, will -be finally acted upon
next Tuesday night. There were- sev
enty-nine licenses issued for barrooms
•in Macon in the year 1906. which at
$500 each, yielded a total .revenue of
$38,500.
:'te Twenty-fifth Infantry af- ’ ' vfto a '^ ‘«o">f««unate- and too happy
f ir has /npfie .bjlttpr .enemies - among
j Ant -fuf negro politicians in the cros’e
Les and atnong Republican - leaders
of Pj :-idontia.l asniiv:(Ions tyiw> see
valuahli* available assets In the anger
bf those negro nolitiria-ns. -T'he two
eV'tnrrits mehtioneiV' will' "do"” him if
they 'catl, arid/fhey will not he tq 0
Fcrupuions +n ifhe choice of methods'.
.Tlie f’residcnli has Jeartiod that,
whatever he may do, he must lei the
tariff question -alone* Befbrr ‘"he is
tlimugh with -tiiis . Twpnty-fifth In-
fartry iiffair. j3e will leprji thg.fijrthey
lesson tliat.' v.'hathver he may do. he
Tuii-a. f '^ifal^fi.-'.vqjd ."ven thfeAMPgajv
anee of conveying the suggestion of
the ' siifehlesC disposition to modify,
mjueh less -averse, the tijne-hoporrd
Republican^poiivy, of ’nraktng martyrs
nod' beneficiaries of the negroes, of
coddling theni as n. class instead of
tr’e: ting ■'■- a: o individuals-according
to their merits. For. as has been
pointed out, the Rfpphilcari party, un
der Ordinary eondtiions. .depends ahso-r
to have time to stop and think, and to
that other less innocent class of young
people who are consciously or uncon
sciously inclined to look down on their
patents because the latter are not “up
to date.’’ or-because they in their time
enjoyed infe.rior. educational and social
advantages, this admirable expression
. of filial love should be a timely re
minder of-the debt of gratitude that is
due from the young to the old for pro-
, tection. for home, for innumerable ad-
.vajuages of everyJdnd for \yhich_only
lasfing affection find^respect can fully
: m -
representatives in Che national upper
Jiouse. >-r .- ’
The editor of the Columbia State
goes into ecstaeies over the present of
a half i gallon of water. Poor fellow!
He seems prepared to keep his goo3
resolution's; —
Joe. Cans is only a negro, but he
easily shows his superiority both in
planners and in the apt of slugging to
ilie 'Class. of- tvhite men who mix with
hitrf iri trie .ring.
[ -Colorado is to* have a-United States
Senator named Guggenheim. 'What a
relief it will be to Senators hot to have
to refer to the'gentleman from Colo-
j'atjp.ify name, . . ... . ....
when Mr. Alexandru landed there.'Mr.
‘Alexandt'u returned to Macon A few
days ago, accompanied by a lovely
bride. He SayS that over one thousand
Greeks left. America during the past
year to re-vUit Greece, but .ali were
so well pleased with America that not
a single one remained in-Greece, but
returned to the United States. Mr.
Alexandru thinks Georgia is the finest
section of the world he has seen, and
ho prefers. Macon to any of the inany
cities he has visited. Mr. Alexandru
possesses the respect and good-will of
all Maconites with whom he is ac
quainted.” ’ ’
Archie ^Roosevelt isn't living up to
the family reputation. Both going and
returning front "Pine Knot” he forgot
his gun and caused trouble and delay
sending hack for it.
JOhn D: Rockefeller, jr„ advised his
Bible class' to, begin ,}he, new. year with
prayer. There is a popular belief that
thefe will be less preying on the public
this year, however, than in 1906.
! The notv Attorne'y-General-'of "Xew
York'i= going to reopen the Mct’lellan-
Hearst mayoralty question. It is
A’- large tobacco firm North expects
to send a former well-known Maconite
to Panama in its interest. I am In
formed that this Northern firm has a
list’ "df* flic'names of all negr&SS '"'that
have. gone from Georgia to Panama
since work commenced on the canal,
and , among the negroes are several
frorri Macon and Atlanta. I do not
kpnw how the firm obtained the names
of these Georgia negroes, unless it did
89 through same Governmental source
at ‘Washington or elsewhere.’
Mr. Arthur L. Dasher, the well-
known Macon attorney, is a director of
the League for International Concilia
tion for the.United States. The tech
nical name of-the board is Council of
Direction, Mr. Dasher’s fellow-direc
tors are some of the most . distip-
guished men in the United States.
Director Dasher is in receipt of -the
following letter, which will he read
with interest:
"New York. Dec. 29, 1906.—Mr. A. L.
Dasher. Macon. Ga.:-- My Dear Sir—M.
d’Estournelles .de Constant., the organ-
the • izer of the Association for Interna-
Ieast he can 'clo'for the defeated head ‘ ti ° na , 1 c ° noil j? tio »- f/’-wWch. you are a
au member for the United States, has re-
of the ticket he was elected on. j quested me to take the initiative in
- - organizing, through the agenev and
The Harry Lehrs are going abroad to } w,th , tf ! e co-operation of his American
, associates, a movement for the instruc
ts received at cqurt an<j entertained by j tiori and guidance of public opinion in
British society. The monkey dinners
will doubtless be introduced across the
water. ,
* Mr. W. J. Bryan appears more anx
ious W, accept, a. nomination for tho
Presidency since the disposition to
press it on him grows less emphatic.
»
• on the votes of negroes/for, its
nued lease of power. Tho loss of
tegro vote in; the, close States
i be fata]. It is due to this un
ity and in every Way deplorable
tion of. :tffairfe«,'|^jjjji sectionalism
FRENCH CCNTRALISIVI.
ng-
art
Ar
ohckUsit-repuh-
.-itanR and Sir;
nre a* ring at mi Hits
States of France, some
th'Sir 'PUrllfiMent* under
now mere departments
jy by :iie central power,
i n 'th / 'the i entraliioii
by the all-conquering
adopted' by his nephew
listra'Hon in Paris'erior’-
Coiigressman Mann, of , Chicago,
is Speaker 'Ganhoh'-s lieutenant on
the. jloor qf^tiiq House. His duties
•are arduous, for lie must be there',
with the first, and remain there
until the gavel falls at pdjourn-
meril. r He -occupies ah end seat
on the right of the main aisle, from .
which lie can promptly catch the
Sneaker’s eye in all emergencies
1 for fhe making of motions that aid '
the Speaker in steering, legislation
in Accordance with the program
previously agreed upon". The du
ties demanu vigilan.ee. alertness
and thorough, acquaintance with
ovehy detail of pending . meas- j
ure?.—Current News Item. , ]
ft appears tn The Telegraph that a 1 ;
big item might be saved in the expense ! NOTICE TO £> 5J BSCRIBERS.
account if the "“legislation in accord- '• EX3,inill6 label . OR YOUT pa.-
ance.-with .the program previously! per. It tells bow you stand on
nr.:- .A upon" were ’ trail.-:: tod by the j Fh e books. Due from date On
fS; '"' :k, r ,nrl " itho,u : [he label. Send in dues and
, .... , also renev/ for the year 1907.
the f ongresstonal satellites. known sc . • o
Representall/ves:
London saj.-s the -/vasp-v-aisted wo
man will be a returning figure of 1907-.
Might as AYelI''liave , talfen h'er hftt off
|tnd 'stayed while she was Here.
’ The' Republican managers are get
ting ready lerrhhear the Teddy bear.
Democrats jWlIJ be ip a position to on-"
joy, the circus.
Again the "block signal system’*
I failed to block, a wreck.*
{ Everybody "worked” father.
us poll
thus conrl
cord:
The Mini
Hence- anti
tower
i descrip:ipn
itlnery given
i s Magazine
Philadelphia
EMBROIDERED BEAUTY.
Some of the gray ton's are relieved
with, silver, which one -hoyld remember
is quite impracticable for wear at the
seashore or in damp weather anywhere,
as it tarnishes directly. "A dull bronze
gold is delightful in contrast with the
yellow gold, which is rarely becoming,
t-'ortunately the latter doe F not keep its
brightness very long, but if really good
it takes a delightful tone on exposure to
tlie air.'
Embroideries, all told, are very mag
nificent this year, and take in wonderful
combinations of harmonies of color. But
T am speaking only of the best.
Those who cannot afford good embroid
eries should leave theni severely alone,
c- _ , {, . t -Braid is an excellent, substitute.-always
the 190.> Xew- York city clcc-1 effective and smart, especially on tailor-
made- frocks. We have all kinds of braids.
, md very often several varieties are used
three, hours after the latter t en one .-frock, including heavy military,
‘ braids and very ’fine silk ones with a"
soupeon or colored velvet and "--haded- tin
sel embroide*-}-. Most of the best em
broideries show dead tones.
John D:_Rot*kefeller is quoted'as say
ing that there will be hard times in
1907 due to the shrinkage in values
caused by the attacks on corporations
in 1906. We hope not for the sake of
everybody, but it may be added that
John D. himself can stand-the shrink
age rather better than most folk. -
rr-Y
by t
l gent
the Interior is
department b;
icntativea and political
\V. 'R. Henrst's application for a re-
’ count
tion vote was fifed \fith the'Attorney-
General
took - office. Didn't think he would
need three hours to make up his mind
In the matter.
Tin
orate
finds
■ Xew York American in an elab-
annivsis of tlie .Trautrnan . case,
that Peter J. Hogan, the accuser
ffici.tls in -Ii
■'th who;' c
y n body of
5^ i * hut
>Mr good w
tv ice fund
in eriyment
put in touch
mb commune
of Mrs. Trainman.'
self-hypnotism. Pi:
not waked him wi
• a vicitim of
miebody had
welf-directed
regard to international arbitration, and
similar matters, like the one which M.
d’Estournelles de Constant has himelf
organized in France, and like the sim
ilar movements now .being organized in
Great Britain, in Germany, and in Italy.
"It appears to be particularly desira
ble that some steps should be taken
just now in order that the American
representatives at the next Hague Con
ference and the American group who
shall attend the next meeting of the
Interparliamentary Union fixed, for
Berlin, shall have some considerable-
body of; inEtructive and - sympathetic
public opinion upon which to rely fpr
support.
,-"A friend of the movement has been
kind enough to say thdt lie will place
in the hands of a proper- committee an
annual sum, for five pears, sufficient
to enable such' committee to initiate or
to support such policies and agencies
as may commend themselves as most
likely- to promote-the cause of interna
tional conciliation’and -peace. The In-
terparliarnentary Union, for instance, is
strongly presented to our attention by
him as being perhaps of first .import
ance at this time. The annual gift
would be sufficient to meet, tlie .com
pensation at'home of a secretary, and
to riiaintain an office.
' "It is sugested that an executive
committee should be named- by the
.American members 0 f t j, e society for
International Conciliation, to consist
of five of their number, and to be made
up of rr^en whpse homes arc suffi-.
<- iently near together to enable them.’
without undue inconvenience, to attend
an occasional meeting in either Xeiv
York or Washington.
"I beg. therefore, to' ifiquire. first,
whether you approve of the proposals
and suggestions just made, and if so.
whether you would be so kind as to
express your preference for those of
our colleagues in the membership' of
the League for International Concilia
tion who shall serve as an executive
committee. A list of the American
membership.of the League for Interna
tiona] Conciliation is appended.
“Faithfully vours.
"NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER.”
The salaries and appropriations for
1907. fixed by the City Council Tues
day night, amounted to S317.7S0. or;-
:$11,902 more than for the year 1906.
'The appropriations for streets, market,
sewers, cemeteries; ele’etrica'l, printing,
water, public property and sundries
are the same,..for 1907 as. they, were
for 190G. The appropriation for po
lice this year is $-16,170. being $420
more than last year: this difference is
caused by an increase of $180 in the
salary of the chief,, and an Increase
of $121) in the salary of each of the
two sergeants. The appropriation for
the fire department for 1907 is $55,520.
an increase of $.5,100 over last year.
Each member of the fire department
rffoetyed an average increase of $10
per month. The-Board of Health re-
cei%-ed the largest increase 'of any. de
partment. namely. $7,750; the appro
priation for this department for 1907
is- $17,800. The increase 'ivas due’ to
several causes: 'trie jtelary of the chair
man was increased from S750 to $900.
the. salaries of the 'two irispettors in
creased from $600 each to $$20 "bach,
arid the salary of the third inspector,
who is now known as chief inspector,
was raised from $60T) to $S40; the in
spector of .plumbing. was, increased $80;
labor, repairs, etc., w-fs increased from
$6,000 to $9,540, and t^n item of $3,500
was added fpr street' sweeping. Tho
’a()pfopriation for chaVitles was in
creased from $6,430 to $7,550. Of this
■increase the city " pfiysician will re
ceive $120 and the Macon ’Hospital,
$1,000, the appropriation for ’the hos
pital for 1907 being "$6,000, instead of
$5,000, as formerly. - ' - '
Some of the salaries’ of officials were
increased ft*ofn $10 to $15 per month,
to-wit: Salary of "Clerk from $1‘,650'tt>
$1.X£)0:' salary of stenographer from
$4Sfl to $G0O: tbe office of foreman Of
streets was created at a salary of
$1,000; salary of clerk of market from
$7S0 to $840; salary of sewer inspector
from $600 to $720: salary (if electrician
from $1,600 to $1,800; Salary of'chief of
police from $1,320 to $1,500: salary of
chief of the fire department from
$1,320-to $1,500: salary of the city phy
sician from $600 to $720.
There was quite a pretty little tilt
for the new office. -Of fpreman . of
streets. The candidates were J. H.
Wheeler arid John Callaway. Mr.
Wheeler was formerly superintendent
of streets, which, position- hq resigned
to return to raiiroad work, and last
year Mr. Callaway acted as foreman of
streets until the office .was ft'i'scon-
tinued. Alderman Griffith.' chairman
of streets, under whom tlie foreman
vtjill hnyo to wprk. placed Mr. Wheeler
in nomination. Some of the Alderman
thought that Chairman Griffith's
wishes as to the selection of the fore
man should prevail, but. a majority of
the Alderman did not take this view
of the matter,*and" Mrf. Callaway . was
elected. There was also, p contest for
the new office of chief sanitary irispee-
tor. and Mr. C.’ E.'Jordan won..
Alderman Dure p!ayed_in good luck
Tuesday nighty. His.^ candidate for
foreman, of. greets a ml chjefjsanitary
inspectoi- wbrd elected, .and _ seyoraI
important motions made by him were
carried, 'fhe new year, smiles auspjc-
ioysly for the Alderman from' fhe
Third ward.
"Alderman McKenna made a gallant
fight for an increase in the salary of
inspect ir of sanitary sewers. The sab-
afv last ' voaf'"wTs'$S5 p»»r IMilltii: And
Mr. McKenna thought the* salarj*-'for
1907 sfior'd be $75 per month in view
of the i creased duties of the inspect
tor by r.yisoh of. trie Extension of the
sewers. Mr. McKenna contended that
$50 per month'had’always been an in
adequate salary for the service requir
ed. He succeeded in having the sal-
arv raised-to $60. Mr. ' Fitzgerald,, is
the 'efficient "anti, faithful inspector of
sewers.
rti’ent. It will be 'observed that tlie
limits cover a very small territory.
By reference to tile city eode ■>:
1SS9. the one "now iri use. the fire lim- , .
its are confined to seventeen squares ! ,n ”
and defined as follows:
! Square 72—Bounded by Spring. Now.
tPjne and Plum streets.
Square 62r-0Bounded by First. Xew.
Plum and. Poplar streets.
Square 41—Bounded by First. See-
ond. Plum and Poplar-streets.
Square 42—Bounded by Second.
Third. Plttni and Poplar streets.
Square • 43—^Bounded by Third. |
Fourtli. Plum and Poplar streets. | P
Square 44—Bounded by Fourth. | ff
Fifth. Plum and Poplar streets.
Square 37—BOunded by Fourtli.
Fifth. Poplar and Cherry streets.
Square 38—Bounded by Third.
Fourth. Poplar anfi Chbrry streets.
Square 39—Bounded by Seco'nd,
Third. Poplar and Cherry streets.
Square 40—Bounded by First. Sec
ond. Poplar and Cherry street?--.
Square 21—Bounded by First. Sec
ond. Cherry and Mulberry streets.
Sqtjare.' 22— Bounded, by Second.
Third. Cfierry and Mulberry street's. .
Square 2?—Bounded by Second,
Fourth,. Cherry and Mulberry streets.
'' Square 24—Bounded by - Fourth,
Fifth, Cherry :uuJ Mulberry streets.
Square 18—Bounded by Third,
Fourth. Mulberry and Walnut streets.
Square 19—Bounded, ify ; SeV-orfd,
Third, Mulberry .and Walnut'streets.
Square 20—Bounded by First. Sec-'
ond. Mulberry and Walnut streets.
While the above nre the' de'fihed fire
limits, of course, tlie fire department
does not confine its'"Operations within
these limits, but covers the entire city,
and in cases of extreme emergencies
goes beyond the boundaries of Ma
con. ...
.consupiers of tlie
that they also wi
tians on the finer i
tempt to make a
stand against the
the Southern
aplc. it i.- believed
spiff their opera-
ad e fabrics and at-
more determined
jreign lini-s. allow-
mills gradually to
heat
md
For decades the.retail.liquor license
of Macon was $100 per annum, but ..a
few years ago. during tho administra
tion of Mayor Price, the license was
increased to $SrfO,’ trio present tax. ft
waS’sald at the time-of the raise in
the license that the increase was done
principally at tho J request of riome
whisky men themselves. It is a mat
ter of municipal historv that a petition
s/gned by seiTral_sMobnists' ^
cut them down. • In' airfi
time eOrtfrol of th
yarn fabrics.
Tho establishment of new mills
ing the year 1906 carries -out this
sumption for-"the plants* making si
ings. drills, osnaburgs, cotton duck
tickings that , were started in th.* i
wore located in the South. Only a
new organizations Were laun
either in Xew England. Xew Yor
Pennsylvania, where this class
ids-was to be the chief product,
the question of spinning mills the
ord*= for the year 1906 show th:
larger number of new plants were
ga nixed than during the year pro
ing. At every siege of nil—ad vane
the' Cost of the staple spinners
their^prices well beyond tlie cos
their raw fnaterial. a'nd when wea
were selling goods .Tt a. parity
s?Mtfncrs were, 'accepting further i
tracts on a basis of 2 to 3 cents hi
'than tlie then prevailing prices of
!**>«• -. .... . ', ij
dttr-
Spcnccr and Cassatt.
From the Washington Herald.
it is a curious cOincld<*nce that on
tl\e. very da.i',. When the black ,c y-i.s
of .mourning for the death of STinu.il
Spencer wore removed from the up
town ticket ofUcq oX the Southern Rail
way, the same emblems were dr pe t
in the office of the Pennsylvania Rail
way for. A, J< Cjtssatt. The. ticket offices
Of these, twrh, great raiU'qafls ocouov
adjoining rooms in a building on Fif
teenth street, opposite the treasury.
President: Spencer. . was - killed in a
wreck on his road November 2. Tho
eystojjiary, period of mourning expired
yesterday.' In less than an hour after
the black crepe had "been taken down
from the entrance of tho Southern
ticket office, it was drape 1 over tho
Pennsylvania office next door. Messrs.
Cassatt and Spencer were intimate
friends of long years’ standing,
acquaintance began "soon at;
Civil War. when each was gctl
start In the business of whic
acknowledged masters
Tli
sented to '.Mayor Price requesting him
to have the license increased from $10J>
to $500. Twp Teasojii were assigned
for this action on tbe, part of the
liquor men—^one was', they thought' the
high lidelise Would .reduce the" number
of salpons and thereby increase .the
patronage of the barrooms that wet;g
able to pay the $500 and continue iri
business: the second reason was that
it was. believed that if. the license was
increased the temperance people would
be better satisfied, and a prohibition
fight, which, was-Imminent at ;lie. time,
might be averted. My recollection is
that some of tho saloonists who re
quested Mayor Price to have the
license raised went nut of business
soon after* the Increase was made.
There are two reforms, in my opinion,
more votal than high license or tho
restriction of the area of sale. One
is stopping the sale of liquor to minors,
and the other is not to sell to an in
toxicated Derson. Tf all saloonists
would rigidly enforce these rules, two
great reforms would be accomplished
and two serious evils abated. Severe
police regulations is a surer means
than high license to kill the; “dives.”
I have known some very disreputable
places to flourish under high lie»nse.
while poor, but -orderly saloons-had - to
go out of business because they could
not pay the high tax.
d meth
they were a* good deal alike. E
was distinctly constructive, and as
ministrators' ol great and- complies
pro-pertles fh4y hail no superiors :
few equals among Americans of tl
day. Both of them exerted quietl;
determining influence on the <• md
of Coiigress at the last session in r
road rate legislation. Each w;..- an
voctite- of regulation, and in this
tude they were opposed by a combi
tion of powerful tailroad financii
Thoy supported President Roosev:
program for increasing* the power
the Interstate Commerce'-Comniiss
over interstate transportation, but (
insisted that there should be an api
to the courts from the comniisrir
ruilngs. In this they won .i signal i
tory. It is probable th t hii'd tl
joined with the blind opponents of :
further rate regulation by Com*
through trieGiUerstate Coinmerce Co
mission the President’s program
originally announced would have h*
enacted into law. and thus the riglit
appeal to the courts would not h;
been specifically provided for in
so-called Dolliver-Hepburn bill.
A few days ago in Washington City,
Justice Harlan, of the United States
Supreme Court, and Mrs. Harlan cele
brated the fiftieth anniversary of their
wedding. In attendance on the "gold
en" occasion were Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
L. Hicks and Mrs. C. A. Dunn. Mrs. , pensloners / the : IaSt on fhe-GOverm
rolls. The others, also daughters
Veterans, 'are Rhoda Augusta The.
soil, of Woodbury. Conn., arid Ph
Palmeter,- of Tallett
Some Longevity Pensioners.
Pennsylania has the distinc-tio
beitig the li(5me of a pensioner o
' Revolution, despite the siatement:
' the last of- them. Mrs. Esther S. Da
: of Plymouth Union, Vi., died the
' day. Mrs. Sarah C. ITuributL of 1
Marsh.- Pa., wh ■ is eighty«eight :
! old, is the daughfer of a revolutir
I soldier, and receives a stipend I'ror
Govermrient. Slip is one of the
Hicks' mother, of Macon. Justice Har
lan and Mrs. Dunn are cousins. The
Maconites were presented to President
Roosevelt, and lie inquired after tho
health and happiness of
Macon acquaintances.
of hIS eighty-five year
j Mrs. Hurl but:
men who have nc
who are rewar
rk either out of th
or ' by the promi
ippointment. Th
■off!
ded
Will
iutri
he” Ailei
Larry J
am Trav
dm-eti hi
>e administnvi
q; tiu* .political
■ighbors. and i
informet
leanings,
•asionally
ent patronas
a'f . their
ret some
for their
stria!: Go-
work. . .
■' These agents k*-op their eyes on tlie
officers of the army whose promotion
tiejierids on- llie’r loyalty 40 the minis-
remedying*
learned fror
Atlanta'«■
tossing- the
sing froid
. the notorious gambler,
rorrie*. District Attorney
*rs Jerome's fa they, first
i :o the garobling table,
i-s :hc son is bent on
he evi! lesson "The"
:lie* father.
Mavor and Council are
'TT-*" 'with the' e.Vse and
of .Teddy, and .tlie Coa-
gressionai aggregation.
REFUSE FOOD AND DRINK.
From the Mexican Herald.
The fidelity of an animal is- again
demonstrated in a rather pathetic
story which comes from Dolores cem
etery and is true in all its details. For
the past tivo days a couple of cur. dog*
hare been noticed lying beside a newly-,
made grave, whining mournfully and.
refusing to leave the premises, or to
accept food, or drink. It- was.fo.und
that they were the pets of fhe man-
who was.hurled there four days ago.
Many visitors to tho cemetery* have
been moved by the sight and dozens
have, brought food, but it Is left unno
ticed by The faithful canines.' They.
wJH probably starve to. death.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Examine label on your pa-,
per. It tell3 how you stand on
the books. ^ Due from date on
the labels Bend in dues and
also renew for the year 1907.
’The Mayor and Council of the city
of Macon played to a full house Tues
day night. Whisky! I dp not mean
to say that the audience was full, but
that the consideration of the whisky
license and the discussion of' the regu
lations and-- restrictions for the sale
of whisky for the. year 1907 filled the
Council chamber with spectators.
Whisky is a drawing card.
The members of the Anti-Saioon
League' who "addressed the Council
spoke conservatively, out now and then
there* was a ring of defiance in their
tones—a kind of "I propose to fight it
out on this line, if it takes :iii sum
mer - : spirit. Mr. F. C. Benson said
if it became necessary the Anti-Saloon
League would appeal to the ballot box
for, the accomplishment of its demands.
Mr. * George S.' Jones said: "Gentle
men may cry' peace, peace.* -but there
is no peace.” He declared that he
was the father of six sons, and he
would rather =ee the tftiy bankrupted
than the morals of his boys ruined by
whlsky. This sentiment was cheered.
Mr. Jones closed his speech in the
language of Marco Bozzaris:
"Strike—for your altars and vour
fires!
God, and your native land!”
And as he resumed liis seat I could
fancy him sayingr
“My voice -is still for war.
Gods! can a Macon Council long de-
batev
' There was a disposition Tuesday
njght to defer the election of the-fore-
nian of streets for one week, .but Al
derman Ba r nes insisted that the elec
tion be held* at once. After some more
or less talk On the matter, the elec
tion was -ordered. Some of the Aider-
men also wanted the whisky question
settled then and there, but it was
deemed best to postpone,, the settfe-r.
ment of the question until next Tues
day night. The knotty problem wheth
er or not the sale of whisky shall be
allowed at the Vinqville branch may
also be solved at the coming meeting
of Council. There is much speculation
as to what the action of Council will
be rela.tive to this very interesting
proposition. It is said there are a few
liquor men in Macon who would like
for the whisky license to be increased
from $500 to $1,000 on the idea that
the increase would decrease'the num
ber of saloons, and thereby make more
business for the places that were able
to pay the,license of $1,000, , , .
A. Xunnally. ex-president ‘of | ^Tt'l/s "conif
Colonel James Re Armstrong.- of
Charleston.- S. C.. has accepted the in
vitation of the Sidney Lanier Chapter
of the Daughters of fhe Confederacy
to deliver .the, address .at the celebra
tion in Macon on January 19, of the
one hundredth, anniversary, of the
birthday of Genera! Robert -E. : Lee.
Colonel . Armstrong is kaid to be a
speaker of much .elQffyence and wit.
He was a gallant Confederate soldier.
He was the captain of a valiant Irish
company in McGowan's brigade. When
Wade Hampton was Governor of South
Carolina, he appointed Colonfll Arm
strong a member of his staff. Colonel
Armstrong is "harbor master at Charles
ton, ami is the commercial "ditor of
the News and Courier of* that 'city:
The oration of Colonel Armstrong will
be delivered at ,8 o'clock on tbe night
of the 19th instant, at the. armory of
tlie Macon Volunteers, where the an
nua! exercises in celebration of the
birthday of Lee have been hold for
years. Robert E. Lee was born at Staf
ford. Westmoreland County. Virginia.■
January 19, 1807. one century ago.
On the evening of September 28. D70,
while apparently in his usual health,
he' was struck with paralysis, and died
October 12. in Lexington. Va.. being
sixty-three years'old. The United Gon-'
federate Veterans and the Daughters
pf the Confederacy throughout the
Dr. G
Mercer University, and a candidate for
Governor ih the recent primary, has
'been elected vice-president "nf the
Georgia division Southern Cotton As
sociation. ;?nd hi(s abo been chosen
State organizer for the organization.
Dr. Nunnally is a^yery attractive and
effective sriealceK as was'clemonstraTed
in the . late Gubernatorial campaign.
His stump speeches in .that memorable
contest will not soon 'he forgotten.
There were six candidates for Gover
nor: Three of them have won offices,
and while the s'ec’ond three have re
ceived no officip! positions since the
campaign, they occupy stations where
tjiey can be their own lords and blas
ters. ruonarchs of all they survey, and
not subject to the changes of political
fortune. Of the winning three. Hoke
Smith landed the Governorship, Dick
Russell obtained one nf the Appellate
Court judgeships, and Dr. Nunnally
has been chosen vice-president and
State organizer. n= mentioned above.
r»f trie losing three, J. H. Estljl and 1
Glark Howoli are'happy and "contented j
as the heads of two large newspapers,
and James M. Smith walks in delight .
ove?,’his landed possessions.
The election of Honorable Hoke I
Smith to the Governorship of Georgia,
and the death of President Samuel
Spencer.' of the Southern " Railway,
have not affected injuriously the des
tinies of Judge Hamilton McWhorter.
It was predicted by some that the
election of Mr. Smffh'arftf the death of
Mr.-Spencer would have an unfavor- !
able be -.’ring unon the future of Judge |
McWhorter. ' These predictions have
not come true. On rhd contrary', the i
year 19.97 has opened most auspiciously
for Judge McWhorter. The informa
tion comes ,from Athens that he, has'
been made ranking officer in the law
department of- the- Southern Railway
for Georgia. Alabama and Florida, and
also general Counsel for the law de
partment of the system in Georgia, j
Alabama and Florida. This is "a pro- |
pounced promotion'from his former-no- i
sition of assistant general counsel. The
iudge commenced with the Southern
Railway as division counsel. IBs ad
vance ha? been' rapid. When Judge
McWhorter was on the Super! r Court
bench'of the Northern Circuit he pre
sid'd with ability*ari*d irhp.tr'iallty'and
won honor arid distinction. His stand
ing as a jurist was fittingly recognized
when he was chosen president of the
Georgia Bar Association.
laughter of El
n Captain Jos
Colonel ThprtiAS
Marshall’s regiment of .Massachusetts
troops. -She, enjoys exc ellent MsaHth'
for a woman of her advanced age,' and
the pension office officials are anxious
that her “unique plane as one of the
three final pensioners of the n volution
shall niff be lost sight of because of
the passing.of the last "widow,” '
Tliere are "now 6*m pensioned dffdows
of soldiers of tl^* war of IS 1M still liv
ing. Of the Indian wars, 2.173 survi
vors and 3.367 widows remain on the
pensipn rpjls. There are 3.983 pension
ed survivors of the war with Mexico,
j and 7.488 pensioned widows.—Washing
ton Post.
Time For a Drink.
Correspondence Pittsburg' Dispatch.
In the department stores they are
| selling French powder puffs th ■ size
1 of a plate with which to fluff your hody
: all over with dainty talcum p e.% i. r
• after a bath. I would have the-
these for the women, anti would i
: turned my face discreetly the other >
if I hadn't seen two husky chaps
vesting in them. "By gad. sir." :
/ man, while the powd. r question
being discussed at a Fifth avenue 1;
the other evening, ''the first thing
know tlie gentlemen will be car:-;,
their fancy work around with then:
they ' did in the--days of Louis,
they will ail be so dainty and ? v.
and pretty that no girl will lie ah!r
resist them. Gimme a whisky .
soda. I need it.”
•at
THE WRECKED TEMPLE.
By R. A. Wwi".
- pure. Odd made it pure, the h
A. f>ar. ford
In thuntlei
' of sin.
•am*-* th;
tempting
test hopes
claimed the wa
•n-mlc to rebuild.
ill
And with His :
To glorify H
pin
■humbors filled,
nity.
A<id i? shall stand, and Eden, still its
honv-.
Hg 74-wofus: j t-movnl. will open
f pearl, and all who will may
The iiei
wid<
The grates
come.
And in that sweet Forevermore abide.
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