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THE TWICE-A-WEEK telegkaeh
rBBHUWlT T, Tswr,
than Ma
on the
a.«I
n and Atlanta
ae m.nj rf
pay the pass of a legislator was good only
Wn«ltlngton cltv
Northern newspaja
question, who will
leader of the I n'
when
tU'ky.
Mnreh
from tl
Hile
s f ron;
reason
fa m 1
men
■<g-r
Texas,
n t •. *-11
M." ■ :
etlll
illy resentlr
iment of tl
BoM n r
n tr • •‘.
b-inp *ald
Georgia. A
i Evening
or - things:
lualftlea to
rj'-ration of
respo
rt to the
• *nf-.A mem-
ivin*r (
n: r>red * • •
a v i n sr
boon re-
;he further
boon.
by a gen-
unn n I r
notssly re-
r terra.
heglnnlng
r. He
is »!xty-
rmer C
er. H
His 1
’onferleratc
Democratic
of him as
m. but un-
terlatfc
: is an ac-
gentl
emanlfness
cause?
i him to
between hi- real station and Atlanta.
For Instance: A 1. glsiator living In
Greensboro could only travel n his
j tss between Greensboro and the cap
ital. Also, the passes were limited
strictly to the legislative session, and
no pas-es were issued to the wives of
!• gislat rs. to titty meir hers of their
or to the friends of the leg.
There could he none of this
Iked of “free pat's abuse" in
and system like General Man-
tt has pursued. His Idea, has
been that the legislators were entitled
| to free passes during the sessions of
; the General Assembly In reciprocity,
as it were, for the right of eminent
‘ domain granted to the Georgia rall-
I road hy the State.
In the above conne.-tion it may be
apropos and interesting if a little of
the history of ;ne Macon and Augu-ta
railroad (now owned by th- Georgia! is
her. given. The Macon, and Augusta
’ railroad was first called the Milledge*
i ville road. 1- w. s tirst surveyed by
1 TVilKam G. Bonner, civil engineer, but
the line was not located. I: was sur-
: rev.-il d lo. a-e,! -.1 If. Hazier,utst,
in 1160. and grading commenced imme-
i diately. First pro-!dent, Henry Moore;
second. Stephen D. Heard; third. John
■ P. King; fourth, G. H. Hazleiiurst;
! fifth. W. .T. Bullock; sixth. G. H. Hgzle-
; hurst: seventh. W. J. McGrath. The
cost of the road, exclusive of outfit.
»-up that
warranted!}' to say or do
will give pain or annoyance
We In Georgia have Jong
the nation now knows it,
r Bacon Is an able debater Railroad
idld parliamentarian, and j Mortgag
i an
lry b
yeas $2,500,000. or an average of a frac
tion over $30,000 per mile, the grading
being very heavy; the entire distance
at, that time was about eighty miles,
from Macon to Cnmak. At Camak
connection was made with the Georgia
which extended to Augusta.
_ _ bonds amounting to $700,000,
VemYnent degree the ! endorsed by the Georgia Railroad, wore
ccessfuj leadership In : issued. In view of the fact that the
lVlicrative and parlla- ' Georgia Railroad operates to Mhcon
in the world. the People of this city are more or less
interested in the charges that have
been filed by Mr. Phinizy with the state
railroad commission to the effect that
great improvement Is needed In the
road bed and rolling stock of the Geor-
gal Railroad. The people of this state
have always considered the Georgia as
one of the very best lines of railway
within the state. They will await with
much interest the result of the investi
gation of the property asked for In Mr.
Phtnlzy’s petition.
few days ago Mr. E. A. Waxel-
m, of Macon, was in Washington
talking to Congressmen Bartlett
Hardwick, when Congressman Liv-
ton slopped up. and joining in the
.-ersation asked Mr. Waxelbaum:
iv doesn't Harry Edwards come to
hlngton and get his commission for
office of Internal Revenue Collec-
if Georgia?” and In the next breath
ngston said: "Edwards' commis-
for the place has been signed nine
tbs." Nine months antedates the
vnsville trouble, and It has been
eorgla lately that tho
and is no doubt happier and more in
dependent than the officeholder thht.
hangs on the p-jblic's favors and feels
• more pangs and fears than wars or
women have." Other members of that
Legislature who became Congressmen
were T. B. Cabaniss. T. 3Y Grimes,
H. G. Turner, X. .1. Hammond. L. F.
Llvir.gston nnd J. C. Clements, as al
ready mentioned. La.ter, L. F. Garrard
was elected Bpeakef. and at one time
was a prominent candidate for United
State? Senator, when A. O. Bacon was
first elected to thl
just alluded to, was also in this race
for the Senate. John T. Clarke. Sam
uel Lumpkin. C. J. Wellborn. T. W.
Milner. C. J. Harris. J. C. Reese, X. L.
Hutchings. J. C. Fain. H. C. Roney. H.
G. "Wright. John I. Hall, A. G. McCur-
ry. J. J. Kimsev, F. Chambers went on
the bench, and A. L. Miller, as pre
viously stated; likewise H. G. Turner,
who was appointed to the Supreme
Court some time after his retirement
from Congress. Allen Fort became a
judge, also a State Railroad Commis
sioner. E. P. Howell. W. 31. Ham
mond. A. P. Adams. Reese Crawford.
Joseph B. Cumming, ex-presldent of
the Senate, and other fine Georgians,
were members.
from this, and other things, that the j GEORGIA IMMIGRATION MEN
TROUBLE BREWING.
liquor regulations in wet Georgia are
better than they are in dry Maine.
j It is somewhat of a coincidence that
I two law partners should be secretaries
I of bar associations. Mr. O. A. Park is
secretary of the Georgia Bar Associa
tion. and Mr. A. W. Lane is secretary
j of the Bar Association of the City of
! Macon.
iffnl:
Edv
blow over hefo
•ards to the position of
• rnnl Revenue Collector. But ac-
-rtinr to the statement of Congress-
in Livingston. 3fr. Edawrds’ eommis-
•i for the collectorship was signed
ne time before the outrage at
nwnrvllle. Mr. Edwards' salary as
•txnaster at Macon is $3,400 per an-
iii. and the yearly salary of the In-
•nal Revenue Collector Is $4,500, a
icrenco of $1,100 r year. When the
i. r of collector was'on the tee sys-
n it paid about $6,000 per annum.
T1
• V
I was asked yesterday if T knew how
many chapters are in the organization
_ of the United Dauf^ftars'of the Confed-
waiUng for Uie Browns-I eracy, and their membership. There
ap- i are nine hundred chapters in the United
-» 1 States, Xorth and South, with forty
thousand members. The United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy was organized
at Xashville, Tenn., September 10. 1894.
It is composed of the widows, wives,
mothers, sisters and lineal female de
scendants of men who served honorably
in the army and navy of the Confeder
ate States, or who served in the civil
service of the Confederate States, or
one of the Southern states, or gave per
sonal services to he Confederate cause.
The objects of the organization, as
stated in the constitution of the society
are "social, literary, historical, monu
mental. benevolent and honorable in
every degree, without any political sig
nification whatever.’’ If*wi!l endeavor:
(1) To unite in the federation all bodies
! of Southern women now organized or.
: that hereafter may be formed. (2) To
' cultivate ties of friendship among, our
; women whose fathers, brothers, sons
' and, in numberless cases, mothers.
: shared common danger.*?, sufferings, and
t privations; and to perpetuate honor,
I integrity, valor and other attributes
of true Southern character. (3) To in-
. struct and instill into the descendants
j of the people of the South a proper
; respect for and pride in tho glorious
i wnr history, with a veneration and love
for the deeds of their forefathers which
I have created such a monument of mil
itary renown, and to perpetuate a true-
, ful record of the noble and chlvolric
! achievements of their ancestors. All
I with the view of furnishing'authentic
1 Information from which a conscientious
l historian will be enabled to write a cor
rect and Impartial history of the Con*
The Legislature of 1878-'79 was in
session longer than any other General
Assembly in the history of Georgia.
This was due to two very important
and historical facts, namely; The con
stitutional convention of 1S77, and the
Impeachment trials of Comptroller
General 3V.*L. Goldsmith and State
Treasurer J. 3V. Renfroe, also the In
vestigation of the offices of the State
School Commissioner, Secretary of
State. Public Printer, principal keep
er of the penitentiary and Commis
sioner of Agriculture. Gov. Colquitt's
motives and conduct in endorsing the
bonfls of the Northeastern Railroad
were also the subject of legislative in
vestigation. The winter session of the
Legislature was largely devoted to the
duties which devolved upon it as a
natural and necessary sequence of the
constitutional convention of the pre
vious year, and the summer session of
1879 was chiefly occupied with the Im
peachment trials. 3Ionths were devo
ted to the investigations and trials.
Tho action of this Congress in in-
•rc .ring the salaries of Its members
'rnni ?\000 to $7,500 per annum makes
* i mely to *ay that It has been about
tiirti -five years since similar legls-
ntluli was adopted by any Congress
> the United States. In 1872 a bill
\.is passed by Congress advancing the
talari eg of many of the officers of the
kivcrnment. The President’s salary
v .i-• raised from $25,000 to $50,000 a
. ir. The salary of a Congressman
,>..•< raised from $5,000 to $7,300 per
i.aunt. The act made the advance
n salaries date from the beginning
f the current term. The law was
ick-named the "back-salary grab.”
nrl provoked such opposition thrbugh-
nt the country that it was speedily
, pr tied, except as to the salaries of
lie President and the judges of the
upremr court. Under the law just
iised the advance In salaries com-
ience with the new term, which be-
ins on March 4, 1 DftT.
date commerce commission
■ned in >fneon yesterday, is 1 federate side during the struggle for
rv important body. It was estnb- I Southern independence. Mrs. Lizzie
lished In If
file railroad
by
tran
Congress to regu- ; George Henderson, of Greenwood, Miss.,
rtion between
States. The scope of its powers has
been extended and enlarge I from time
to time. Hon. Judson C. Clements,
of O rgla. has been 8 member of the :
emmi-e lon since March. 1S92, having
been appointed by President Clove- 1
n il. and n-appolnted by President 3fo-
IClnley. and recently reappointed by
‘"’resident Roosevelt. The commission
is cntnpo'ed of Democrats and Repub- I
Means. The only one of the seven i
.nenthers of the commission who has
"iad a longer term of service on the 1
commission than Mr. Clements is the j
chairman Hon. Martin A. Knapn. of
Xew York: he was appointed by Pres- i
Men* Harrison, February, 1891, a year
t rior lo the appointment of Mr. j
is president. Mrs. Alfred Hunter
| Vorhees, of San Francisco, Cal., is first
j vice-president. 3Irs. L. R. Raines, of
1 Savannah, Ga., is an honorny president
! for life.
Clements Commissions
elected chairman of tin
January, i s!>t>. Mr. Cletu
vert from Congress to th
lie was Congressman ft
.•nth dish I. t of Georg
Before going to Oongr
Knapp was
commission
ts went di-
cominisslon.
pom the Sev-
for ten years.
* he had been
Hon. R. A. Xisbet. Judge Frank
Chambers. Judge A. L. 3Iiller, Col. J.
W. Preston. Senator A. • C». Bacon,
Judge John I. Hall, the late Judge
Charles J. Harris, and the. late Hon.
Buford 31. Davis, all of the city of
Macon, were in the Legislature of
Georgia with Interstate Commerce
Commissioner Judson C. Clements, who
has been in' this city for several days
hearing the Waxelbaum-railroad fruit
question. This was the General As
sembly of lS7S-’79, and it was one of
the most memorable that ever conven
ed in Georgia", as I will explain pres
ently. Of the gentlemen above men
tioned. A. Q. Bacon. C. J. Harris and
R. A. Xisbet represented Bibb Count}":
A. L. 3Iil!er nnd Buford 3r. Davis rep
resented Houston County: Frank
orgla L
itur.
The
rth Georgia politic!
■■ known as
nnlv other t
the
3li
Harlan, an erolnt
He hold.' the late
commission The
sloner is $10.0eo
lieve tlie term r
six years. At
mlssicncr Clew
will have been
tv year-'. The
splendid record
he
Two pt-i
•pent cltiz
wit: Hon. Mn
Vountv. and Hr
onitt • Countv.
their count : .s
held other offiei
are well known
A prominen*
te.rday that M
cities fo: ,i ne ■
tioil. blit he di
author:! ies won
of construe tion.
that the new d
prar t ienllx OO t
station, and it
the Smith.-rn.
completed in De
of Skflrt.w'ii. iud
was h idiv dam •
of the | Chambers represented Wilkinson Coun-
and school com- 1 ty: John I. Hall represented Spalding
County. Owing | County: J. W. Preston was ilic Sena-
ning qualities as i tor from the Twenty-eighth district,
pop- ' 3lonticello at that time being his home,
mountain colt.” Mr. Clements reperesented the Forty-
issi >ner present fourth district in the Senate. 3Ir.
•a is Hon. .T. S. Bacon was Speaker of the House. Ar-
wyer of Illinois. ' thur H. Gray, now deceased and whiv
■ intment on the had relatives in Macon, was the ntem-
ry of a comniis- \ her from Catoosa County, and he was
annum. I be- tho gentlemen that dubbed Judson C.
commissioner is ' Clements "the mountain colt.” Gray
of Com- was .i z.ms .-hanipi.'ii of Air. Clom-
to’-m he ents for Congress, and in tSSO. im-
tee twen- mediately after the expiration of 3Ir.
made a i Clements’ term in the State Senate ho
isston. was nominated by tlie Democrats of
tho Seventh district for Congress,
against the hitherto unconquerable Dr.
William II. Felton, who. as an inde-
On the committee to investigate the
action of Governor Colquitt in endors
ing the Xortheastern railroad bonds
were two gentlemen now residing in
3Iacon, to-wit: John L Hall and J.
W. Preston. Governor Colquitt asked
for the investigation because of very
sensational reports in connection with
the matter. The report of the -com
mittee was: “In Lhe opinion of this
committee the reports and rumors that
connect the name of the Governor
with any Improper conduct in the
matter of the endorsement of the
bonds of the Northeastern Railroad
Company, are vile and malignant slan-
der.C” The Legislature exonerated
Governor Colquitt. The amount of the
bonds endorsed was $260,000. or $5,500
per mile for forty miles. The aid was
granted by Governor Colquitt to save
the road from being sold under an
indebtedness of some $237,632, in
curred upon the faith of the State, that
the State’s endorsement would be giv
en when certain legal conditions were
met. 3rr. J. W. 3Iurphy. the State
treasurer's clerk, got a certain fee in
connection with the matter, and it was
charged that the Governor shared in
the foe. ' Tlie investigating committee
was divided in its opinion of approv
ing t.he conduct of 3Ir. 31urphy in ac
cepting a fee.
—
Articles of impeachment were pre
ferred in ^the House against Comp
troller Genera! Goldsmith arising out
of transactions in the wild land of
fice of his department. , The late B‘.
31. Davis, of Bibb, was on tije com
mittee of thirteen to investigate the
matter, and he was one of the eight
that .recommended impeachment. 3Ir.
Davis was appointed one of the man
agers of the hopes'"' -ut. Henry G.
Turner was chosen < \.ef manager. 3Ir.
Goldsmith was charged with illegally
receiving a large.sum of money in the
shape of fees, executions, etc. The
Senate organized as a high court of
impeachment, on August 21. 1S79. with
Chief Justice Hiram Warner, of the
supreme court. a*= the presiding of
ficer. 3Ir. Goldsmith tendered his res
ignation to the Governor, who de
clined to accept it, pending the trial.
Goldsmith ' was represented by Attor
neys J. L. Hopkins. 3Iilton A. Candler,
Harry Jackson and W. S. Thompson.
The trial ended on September 17, and
N’ow let Atlanta get in the limelight
office. 3Ir. Turner. ! once again. Surely she will not miss
this opportunity of shedding additional
luster upon her very bright and ever
brightening name! Why should not
Atlanta join in the centennial celebra
tion of steam navigation and pay high
ly fitting tribute in honor of Robert
Fulton, after whom the county in
which Atlanta is situated was named?
Perhaps modern Atlanta has been so
busy in building sky-scrapers and via
ducts that she has never given a
thought to the origin of the name of
Fulton County. However, tlie county
was named in honor of the great
American inventor. Robert Fulton, who,
in 1S07, on the Hudson river, its bank
lined with thousands of expectant peo
ple. first demonstrated to the world the
fact that vessels could be propelled by
steam power. Atlanta should see to it :
that Fulton County is properly repre- |
sented at the International 3Iaritime j
Exposition to be held at Bordeaux. '
France, from 3fay 1 to October 31, of
this year, in celebration of the centen- t
nial of steam navigation inaugurated i
by Robert Fulton. Perhaps some may
wish to know why is this celebration
in honor of Futlon to be observed in
France, when ."Fulton was born in
Pennsylvania, and died in New York,
and made his successful demonstration
of steam navigation in American wa
ters. The explanation can be found in
the following quotation from the letter
of invitation from the French ambas
sador to the United States Government
to participate in the centennial:
"The object, indeed, is to commemo
rate the centennial of steam naviga
tion and consequently to do special
honor to the genius of an illustrious
American, Fulton, who operated his
first practical steamboat on the Hud-
sin In 1807.
"France will exert all the more zeal
in doing homage to the great Inventor,
as it was in our country that he con
ducted his first experiments, fruitless
to be sure, but significant enough to
cause Napoleon to write to his minis
ter, 31. Champagny. ’Citizen Fulton's
proposition may change the face of the
earth.’
The exposition is to be open to gov
ernmental and private exhibits .espec
ially pertaining to navigation and ma
rine interests. Here is Atlanta’s chance.
I saw a boat once on tlie lake at At
lanta’s Ponce de Leon. She might
send this over to Bordeaux. And then
Atlanta should also remember that she
is at thg. head of the great Ocmulgee
river, and sits over the springs from
which this majestic stream gets its
source and start. The more I' think
about it the more I am impressed with
the belief that Atlanta has the oppor
tunity of her life to do herself proud by
having Fulton County make an exhibit
at the Bordeaux exposition. President
Roosevelt has recommended-that Con
gress make an appropriation of $23,000
for an exhibit by the United States.
WILL VISIT ELLIS ISLAND.
I ATLANTA. Jan. 31.—Commissioner
of Agriculture T. G. Hudson and John
A. Betjeman, of Albany, one of the
officials of the Georgia Immigration
Association, will, after joining the
. trustees of the State College of Ag-
i ricuiture on their trip to Cornell Uni
versity, at Ithaca, X. Y.. spend sev-
; eral days at Ellis Island watching the
j immigrants that pour in at that gate-
1 way and making Inquiries with re
gard to plans by which some of these
! immigrants can be secured for Geor
gia. Although the association pur-
i poses to bring European immigrants
• direct to Georgia through Savannah,
I in so far as is possible, it is also de-
! sired to help the movement along by
■ bringing some of tiiose that come
: through the long-established channels,
to the South instead of permitting
I them all to go to the Xorth and West.
I The situation at Ellis Island will be
closely studied by Messrs. Hudson and
Betjeman.
For Biliousness and Sick Headache.
Take Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup. It
sweetens the stomach, aids digestion
and acts as a gentle stimulant on the
liver and bowels without irritating
these organs. Orino Laxative Fruit
Syrup cures biliousness and habitual
constipation. Does not nauseate
gripe and is mild and pleasant to take.
Remember the name Orino and refuse
to accept any substitute. H. J. Lamar
& Co. agents, near Exchange Bank,
31aeon.
M’GILVARY WILL BUILD
SOLDIERS’ HOME FOR $6 770,
ATDAXTA, Jan. 31.-?-A.t the meeting
of the executive committee of the
trustees of the Confederate Soldiers'
Home held here today, the contract
for erecting the new hospital build
ing, for which the Legislature recent
ly made an appropriation of 37,500,
was let to A. McGilvar.v. of Atlanta,
who’ built the main building of the
home at present occupied by the ojd
soldiers. 3Ir. MoGilvary’s bid was
$6,77t), as against $6,S25 and $6,900 from
A. J. Grubbs and A. J. Conway, re
spectively. The new hospital building
will / be erected right away, anfl will
face the main building. The remain
der of the appropriation will be used
for funjishing the hospital.
A Card.
This is to certify that all druggists
are authorized to refund your money
if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure
your cough or cold. It stops the cough,
heals the lungs and prevents serious
results from a cold. Cures la grippe,
cough and prevents pneumonia and
consumption. Contains no opiates.
The genuine is in a yellow package.
Refuse substitutes. H. J. Lamar &
Co. agents, near Exchange Bank, 31a-
con.
In the Legislature of 1875 Bibb
County was represented by Thomas
Hardeman, Jr., A. O. Bacon and D. D.
Craig. 3Ir. Bacon was a candidate for
re-election as Speaker of the House.
3Ir. Hardeman, who had his eye on the
Governorship, decided also to be a
candidate for Speaker, thinking that if
elected Speaker the position would be
a stepping stone to the Gubernatorial
office. The light between the two gen
tlemen from Bibb was a memorable
one. 'Mr. Hardeman was elected by
one vote. 31 r. Craig was the warm
friend of each gentleman and asked to
be excused from voting. Had he voted
for Bacon tlie ballot would have been
a tie, and what then?
As the immigration convention will
assemble in Macon on February J9, a
few immigration points and figures just
at this time may not be uninteresting.
Domestic servants and field laborers
seem to be largely the kind of immi
grants whose coming the convention
may especially encourage. Statistics
show that in the fiscal year ending
June 30. 1906. 3,100,733 immigrants
came to this country. Of this vast
number there were 115,984 servants,
| and 239,125 farm laborers; 226.345 im-
Goldsmith was found guilty on cer- j migrants gave their occupations simply
tain counts. He was acquitted upon | as laborers. It is hardly probable
NORTHEN ADDRESSED PUPILS
OF BESSIE TIFT COLLEGE.
FORSYTH, Jan. 31.—Ex-Governor
3V. J. Xorthen, of Atlanta, was in the
city yesterday. He addressed the young
ladies at Bessie Tift College, in the
morning, at chapel exercises. The
night before he addressed the citizens
of the town. Rev. A- A. Dix. who
will be in Unadilla, Sunday, will have
his pulpit here filled by Rev. S. Y.
Jameson, president of 3Iercer Univer
sity.
a number. The sentence was removal
from, and life disqualification to hold
office. This was passed by thirty-
seven yeas to two nays. Coi. J. 3V.
Preston, of 3Incon, then Senator from
the 3ronticelio district, voted no. Sen
ator Head also cast his' vote in the
negative. In impeachment trials the
members of the House do not vote.
ire'f
State Treasurer Renfroe was charged
with taking’ interest for himself on
the Stfte deposits. He offered his
resignation to the House and the re
turn of the money received as inter
est. The House refused to accept. R.
that any of this mighty multitude drift
ed down this way. If there had been
some one at the ports of entry to tell
them of Georgia a supply might have
been obtained for this section. The
number, of immigrants increases year
ly. In 1900 the number was 44S.572:
in 1904 the number was S12.S70; and
last year, as previously stated, the
number leaped to 1,100,735. There
seems to be no reason to apprehend
that the supply will become exhausted.
CHARTER WAS GRANTED
FOR NEW RAILROAD
ATLANTA, Jan. 33.—A charter was
granted today to the Thomasville and
Northeastern Railway Company, with
headquarters at Thomasvilie. The au
thorized capital stock is $75,OQO. The
proposed road will be fifty "miles long
and will run from Thomasville through
Thomas, Brooks. Colquitt and Berrien
counties, terminating at a point on
the Nashville and Sparks Railroad.
BURGLAR WAS TIED LOOSELY
AND MADE GOOD HIS ESCAPE.
ATLANTA, Jan. 31.—P. B. 3Ioon, of
Riverside, a suburb, caught a young
white man who entered his house as
a burglar last night. The young man
gave his name as George "Wilson, of
Ringgold. Thinking he had hint se
curely fastened in a room, 3Ioon left
hihi for a moment. The fellow, tak
ing advantage of the opportunity,
made his escape, and nothing has been
heard of him since.
Columbus Has 18,000 Bales Cotton,
COLU31BUS, Ga., Jan. 31.—There are
now about 1S.000 bales of cotton in the
warehouses of Columbus. The local
consumption is so great that it is pro-
dieted that by the end of the present
cotton year this" supply will have been
exahusted by the Columbus factories.
The First Iron Clad War Vessel.
Geo. G. Smith.
3Iy good friend, Capt. E. V. White,
of Norfolk^Virginia, has kindly sent
me a beautiful booklet, which gives an
account of the first iron clad naval en-
gagement in the world in Hampton
A civil serivee examiner is about to j Roads, 3Iarch S and 9, 1862, in which
commence his rounds in Georgia. I he took part.
never hear of civil service but that an
nLVcjiii it. I ***-»vi uvat Lt v ii oci ULC uut util t cut
A. Nisbet, of Bibb, was elected one anecdote of the late James G. Blaine
comes to mind. He was Secretary of
State at the time, under. President
Garfield. In 1881. I have always
thought that Blaine believed in punish
ing his political enemies, and “to the
victors belong the spoils.” The follow
ing somewhat bears out my idea: "Wil
liam 31. Evarts was retiring as Sec-
of the seven impeachment managers.
Renfroe's counsel were. Gen. Henry R.
■Tackson. of" Savannah, and his son.
Treasurer Renfroe was acquitted by
a close vote. Legal proceedings in the
courts to recover the interest resulted
in Renfro’s favor. The Investigation
of the other constitutional State house
offiees produced no unfavorable re- i retary of State, under President Hayes,
p 0r tj._ j and he remained about the office for a
few days to acquaint his successor.
Blaine, with some of the routine and
details of the position. One day they
were going over the list of foreign con
suls when suddenly. Blaine put his fin-
One of the most important general
bills passed by the Legislature was
the measure creating the State rail
road commission. This act grew out
zealously ad- ger on a name, nnd vehemently said:
Iroad man said
nmencp the woi
was his op'ni-
>llld also be
cause of this triumph Clemen!3 was re-
I garded as a politics! phenomenon, and
he has always been spoken of as "the
man who beat Dr. Felton.”
in the Legislature of 1978 develop
ed that Damon a:ul Pythias friendship
between R. A. Xisbet and A. L. Mil
ler. which existed unto this good day.
The kite Judge X. L. Hutchings, of
Gwinnett County, was chairman of the
tinnn o committee of the House, and
that passed the bill creating the Geor- ! Blaine. Whereupon Evarts remarked,
railroad commission, should now i “All I have to say is, if you remove him
meekly replied Evarts.
railroad discrimination.
Top wholesale liquor dealers of 31a- ! I see it is announced that 3Irs. Flor-
con'would not be affected bv that pro- j cnee 3Iaybrick. who was imprisoned so
vision of the bills introduced In Con- | long in England on the charge of hav-
„ress bv Littlefield, of Maine, and ; ing poisoned her husband, has accepted
immlt t
Not n
>eeond member of Brantley, of Georgia.
which declares • an offer from a Chicago lecture bureau
Mil-
1 n-tir
lor Bowi
Herwbi
3 .egislntu
When 1
lilied t >
of repro:
.lisp;
agingly.
it rather
Tenrgin rnil-
i".'k by Edi-
“tnber of the
tend Courtv.
Vd” :1S pp_
io not mean
r ns a tern
Super
Hous;
Com
and 31 r. N
• years iat.
3 judge of the Macon
and he moved from
Cnuntv to Bibb, and Mr. Nis-
elected clerk of
Bibb, and the a
gentlemen again became very
that a c. o. d. delivery of liquor in a
prohibition county is the same as a
sale at the place of delivery. The
liquor dealers here have not for years
shipped liquors c. o. d. into the dry
Superior j counties of Georgia, and In fact the
lions of I express company refused some time
pt c. o. d. shipments of
to tlie board I liquor for deli
mg
pr.i -
intimacy
ttre betw
1 were eontmr
school education of Bibb
if which they were members,
chirh existed in the Leg- j
tore.! in tho
"nearly ’"hree
Its main lr
Atlanta, and
eon to Aug
ate« about
elghtebn co
State has it
tie. in both
second railroa
Th comber
t“rs or a eon:i
•nneets Vpiju*
wns a line fr.
The Goo re i:
and tr
Xo road
xtonsive lne;
n Judge Mill
lad to the formati.
hip between them
retired from t
in prohibition coun
ties. There is one provision of the
Littlefield bid. however, if it stiouid
me a law. would make the liquor
and Mr. dealers sit up
i of a that
when I state
bench. 1 the 5
The Legislature
ml
and
somi
iel a
Senat
an.lb'r
n hi:
. I u
•rs H.
and 3
General Manager Thomas K Sontt •>'
the Georgia raitroad. ins nbva'.'s man
aged the matter of granting f-~.. mss..*
to members of the Legislature differ
ent from the managers of the other
railroads In the State. Hi- r . mv bis
been to give ■■ .^s on’v to those leg
islators who lived on th" li-e o' the
Georgia railroad and ha’ ... „c e i'|,
Georgia in traveling be;ween their
Homes and the capital. Furthermore,
3. Bac
imi’.k
id Repre.sental
• imdidates
for
Mr Dan- ’the
tresenta- I wl!
ties M.
vernor.
night and think, and
ich makes liquors in inter
state commerce subject to the laws of
the Ptato into which they are shipped.
1 read recently that it has be<‘n decided
bv the courts of prohibition Maine the.:
the sale is made outside of the State. !
where the order Is suit and supplied,
nnd not where the money is .collected,
therefore the Littlefield hi... if passe j,
1 change in the Inter
n'd reverse tb pres-
i of the interstate law
es. Large quantities
night into Maine dai"
arges are paid on d
and will make a tour of the country.
It is further said that a number of
prominent Americans have taken an
Interest in her work. During the late
Civil War, 3Irs. 3raybrick, who was
then quite a young girl, was brought
by her mother to 3Iacon, from either
Mobile or New Orleans, refugeeing.
They had relatives here. The majority
of people do not believe that 3frs.
3Iaybrick was guilty of killing her hus
band. and much sympathy has been
expressed for her, especially in Ameri
ca. There are several persons In 31a-
cop who know 3Irs. 3Iaybrick and her
mother personally.
and
sttuati
just
Hunting for Trouble.
"I’ve lived in California 20 years
am still hunting for trouble in the way
of burns, sores, wounds, boils, cuts,
sprains, or a case of piles that Buck-
len’s Arnica Salve won’t quickly • ure.”
writes Charles Walters, of Alleghany,
Sierra Co. Xo use hunting. 3Ir. Wai
ters: it cures every case. Guaranteed
all drug stores; 25c.
It is a brochure, elegantly printed
and handsomely illustrated and gives
from one who was on the ship an ad
mirably written account of an event,
which is of world-wide interest.
Capt. dVhite was a 3Iacon boy. In
the house in which I am now writing,
his good widowed mother lived when
he was a stout lad. He had his own
way -to make in the world and became
a machinist. He entered the army at
the beginning and was among the very
first to reach the front with Columbus
City Light Guard, in Aprii, 3861. He
was detailed at his own request for
service on the new battleship 3’irginia.
and was made junior engineer. The
3 r irginia was originally a GO gun steam
er. who had been named the 3Ierrimac,
she had been burned to the water’s
edge, and on her hull which was sound,
the heavy encasing iron had been laid.
There were two weak points about
her... Her engines were not the best,
and " the iron prow used as a beak
was of cast iron. The story of her en
counter with the wooden vessels, of
how she sank them, is a familiar and
thrilling one. During the engagement
the only weak place in the great ship
had been sadly manifest, for the iron
beak.broke off when she was at Cum
berland and the water came rushing in
and the pumps were forced to work.
Bu.t despite the mishap, the brave ship
rode out the next morning to finish the
work of the day before, then she met
the Monitor. The battle between the
two iron clads now fairly begun.
No metal from the heaviest guns of
the 3’irginia as they hurled on the
Monitor could affect the little battery,
and none of her heavy guns could do
more than shake the Merrimac. The
attempt to sink the 3fonitor was a
failure, but it was serious enough, to
lead her to withdraw into the shal
lower water, where the 3’irginia- could
not follow her. She declined again Jto
encounter the Virginia. After injury
to the 3’irginia was repaired she offer-
There
The New Orleans Times-Democrat,
[ one of the world authorities on Cotton,
prints the following: ,
A tv’ashington telegram yesterday re
ported that Senator Culberson had in
troduced a bill prohibiting the sending
of any information regarding the deal
ings in cotton futures either over inter
state telegraph lines or through the
mails. Georgia’s B'oykln law, which
is now in force, put a ban upon legiti
mate cotton exchanges, but according
to competent authorities will not pre
vent the bucket shops* or purely gam
bling concerns, from operating in that
State. In Texas, the Mayfield bill,
which is now pending before the Legis
lature, prohibits future trading in cot
ton, and provides imprisonment even
for the messenger boy who shall carry
a telegram the contents of which re
lates to future trading, likewise penal
izing all others who are in any way
connected with such transactions. In
Alabama efforts are now being made to
enact the same sort of law as is in
force in Georgia. Tennessee and Ar
kansas. we are told, will take up the
cudgel at an early date.
The object of all this legislation, en
acted and proposed, is. ostensibly, lo
benefit the farmer, whose champions
appear to be misguided to the extent
cf believing that any law that Injures
the middleman or the sninner will put
additional profit in solid money into
the pockets of the producer of cotton.
There could be no greater or more
dangerous fallacy than such a view.
The demise of the speculator would
mean the termination of hedges, conse
quently the end of protection against
fluctuations to the handlers of actual
cotton.
It would follow, then, that a weaver
could not contract to deliver cloth to
the merchant until he had obtained the
necessary yarn from the spinner; that
the spinner could not contract to de
liver such yarn until he had the neces
sary number of bales of cotton from
which to spin it locked securely in his
own warehouses: that the raw cotton
merchant could not contract to deliver
such cotton until after it had been pur
chased for his account from the farmer
or interior merchant.
Thus, the channels of trade, made
possible by hedges bought from or
sold to the speculator. The Lloyd un
derwriter of the cotton market, whicji
now create a demand for millions of
bales of cotton even before the seed
from which such cotton is to be grown
has been placed in the ground, will be
completely" eliminated. Meanwhile the
success of such legislation would close
all the sources of competitive market
news, thus giving the agents of the
spinner, whose news facilities would
then invariably be better than those
of the farnjer, an immense advantage.
There would be no ’more bull cam
paigns. but the fact that the New York,
or as a last resort the Liverpool, ex
change will always remain open even
should the Southern States Legislatures
make it impossible for the New Orleans
Cotton 32xchange to do business, would
result in repeated bear raids, because
there would then be no opposition
other than that offered by the strength
of actual cotton which con’d not be
maintained in periods of limited de
mand.
Through conservative effort intelli
gently directed many far-reaching re
forms in cotton market affairs may be
brought about and perpetuated, most
of which would mean greater profits to
tho farmer.
On the other hand, prejudices, ignor
ance and misguided radicalism may
overreach the mark and sooner or later
re-establish the power of tho old spec
ulator *or create a brand new sort to
prey upon the cotton nrodueer under
new and favorable conditions.
Some drastic legislation is undoubt
edly needed but it should bo gauged to
?neet the requirements of the cotton
industry and not merely to tickle the
fancy of the farmer, the merchant or
even the common people who have
votes to cast.
Cotton is one *of the very few great
products sold in an open market to the
highest bidder because it belongs to
the limited class not’ dominated by a
trust. The price of sugar, for instance,
is fixed by the American Sugar Re
fining Company, a 33’all street con
cern which completely dominates both
the producer's and consumer’s market.
Rice is dominated largely by a few of
the larger rice mill companies. Coal,
oil. iron, steel, paper.^ lead, copper, etc.,
are sold and bounght on the terms dic
tated by one trust or another. But
cotton is bought and sold In an open
market to the hi:
1
| Russell to San Francisco. Only the
Union Pa rifle and X’orthwestern -sub
mitted bids, and both bids were for
regular and full rates. Railroad offi
cials say the Government will .secure
no more cheap rates.
KI1LS HSIHSRF
FOR MU MUSE
RATHER THAN GO TO SCHOOL
RALPH M'MICHAEL ENDS LIFE
JACKSON. Ga.. Jan. 31.—Rather
than go to school, Ralph. McMiehael,
tlie 11-year-old son of ,T. A. McMieh
ael. shot himself through the head to
day. instant death resulting. The boy
had requested his parents to allow him
to stop school, but they refused. Ho
brooded over the matter until today,
and securing a pistol blew out his
brains. He was a bright youngster anil
the affair is greatly regretted.
New Departure
On New Projects
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—The river
and harbor appropriation bill occupied
practically all of the time of the Houso
today. After a short conference the
division of the time and the paternal
advice of the Speaker to allow the
chairman of the committee of the
whole, 3Ir. Currier, of New Hampshire,
to control the general debate, the de
bate was inaugurated by Sir. Burton/
of Ohio, chairman of the rivers and
harbors committee. Other speeches
were made by 3Iessrs. Bartholdt, of
Missouri; Ransdal.of Louisiana; Snapp
of Illinois; Lawrence, of Masschu-
setts; Coudrey, of Missouri; Morrell
and Moore, of Pennsylvania; Banngn.
of Ohio: Rhodes, of Missouri, and the
resident commissioner of Porto Rico,'
Julius Larrinaga.
Representative Burton in making the
opening statement on the bill said it
was the largest river and harbor bill
ever presented to congress and . tha
best, although the act of June, 1896,
contained a larger amount of authori
zations. Provision is. made in the pend
ing bill for the completion of a much
larger proportion of "projects than i|i
any preceding measure. “New pro
jects,” said 31 r. Burton, "are not adopt
ed unless provision is made for com
pletion.”
Completion of New Projects.
In providing for the completion of
new projects a radical departure is
made in the bill from former methods.
: "It has been thought best,” Mr. Bur
ton remarked, "to undertake no new
improvement unless the whole amount
required for its completion, whether the
project involves large or small ex
pense, is appropriated or authorized."’
This ploicy, 3Ir. Burton said, has
been followed In preparing the bill with
barely one exception, and he dwelt at
length upon the advantages of the plan.
He called attention to the fact that"
sixty-eight million, seven hundred and
seventeen thousand, three hundred and
ninety-eight dollars of the amount in
cluded in the bill are ror improvements
of considerable magnitude already un
dertaken by the government or for
further improvement In connection
therewith, where increased traffic re
quires additional facilities. Mr. Rans-
dell in discussing the practices of re
porting river and harbor bills but once
ever}' two or three years,said in speak
ing of the navj’: ”3Iy heart and tho
heart of every American swells with
just pride when we consider the glori
ous record of our navy, without one
blemish upon its fair escutcheon from
the days of John Paul Jones to this
day of Dewey. Sampson and Schley,
(Applause) but is it giving to a com
merce a square deal when it receives
for its rivers and harbors practically
the only appropriation made for com
merce, three per cent and war and its
rewards in this peace-loving nation of
ours receives 40 per cent a year of our
total annual appropriations for all the
purposes of the government.”
Millions for the Navy.
3Ir. Burton replying said that during
the past five years the navy alone harl
received a total of. $490,000,000, almost
as much In five .years as rivers and
• r At ,i KfjAn- ' . 1 <th inuui iJi me .j tvi i ^ *i;s rivers arm
M mt»h to i harbors had received during the entire
no trust is big enough to dominate the ff,„
future market. 31any wealthy men
have lost fortunes in the effort to con
trol the price of cotton, wheat and
corn, but none have ever succeeded ex
cept temporarily.
Knowledge of these facts should give
pause to the Legislature which at one
fell swoop would deprive cotton of its
surest safeguard—the opportunity to
sell when values are high, and buy
when values are low.
But the South is in the mood to de
mand and force more big changes. New
York’s contract, which perpetually
gives the “short” or bear an advantage,
has been brought into the limelight,
and no effort will be spared to compel
the New York Exchange to adopt the
correct principle upon which the New
Orleans contract is builded. that" Is
natural and in no sense of the word
fixed differences.
Further, the farmers appear deter
mined to teach all over-confident ex
porters a severe lesson in caution in
order that hereafter forward sales of
actual cotton will be made at values j
more nearly in line with the producer’s |
ideas and the ability of tho spinner to j
pay.
118 years of our national life.
“Is that a square rteal?” he asked.
"I do not think so and I am convinced
that this House does not think so.”
The chairman of the rivers and har
bor committee remarked that if Con
gress were to properly improve all the
meritorious waterways, the expenditure
would be a billion dollars instead of
the five hundred millions that have
been expended.
“The policy of the Government in the
past,” emphatically declared 3Ir. Bur
ton, “has been niggardly and parsimon
ious in the extreme.” He cited numer
ous instances to. bear out his assertion.
I 0 S HI
PLACED UNDER RULE 1.
ATLANTA, Jan. 31.—A petition,
signed by T. E. Glenn, cashier of the
Bank of Twiggs County, has been filed
The bucket shop evil should be elim- I '*? the office of the railroad commis-
Inated by act and process of law. The | sioner, asking that the Macon, Dub
Cotton Exchange cannot be closed up i ^* n and Savannah railroad be placed
without great injury to farmer and
spinner alike.
These are the really big reforms that
are within reach.
But the demagogues have beclouded
the real issues involved, and nine out
of ten people row appear to have lost
sight of the real causes <of just com
plaint and the remedies that may be
successfully applied, and to have joined
the procession of general howlers.
In the last analysis actual cotton
merchants could not do business on a
large scale without the protection of
the future market: spinners and weav
ers could not sell their products months
and months ahead without opportunity
to hedge. Consequently the farmer
would find spinners the world over
awaiting yield developments In the fall
and winter to point out the price before
they could consider new business on
great volume. As matters now stand,
many spinners have sold their product
ahead until the end of the first quarter
of 1908, bought forward delivery of cot
ton not yet planted from middlemen,
who have hedged in the future market,
and next year many farmers will sefl
cotton at the valile then existing to
men who have simply got to have the
supplies thus sold.
In this way the future market con
tinually works for greater consumption.
under Rule 1, of the commission, which
applies to continuous mileage. Mr.
Glenn says that according to his best
information the 3Iacon. Dublin and
Savannah is now owned by the Sea
board Air Line, and that if this he
so should be required to come under
the rule.
The commissioners read the petition
today, and set the case for a hearing
February 27, when all parties Inter
ested on both sides of the cuestion are
expected to be presen'
REWARD ASKED OF GOV
ERNOR FOR DESPERATE NEGRO.
ATLANTA. Jan. 31.— The Governor
has been requested ny the authorities
of Calhoun County to offer a suitable
reward for the arrest and deliver}’ to
the sheriff of that county of Charles
Mosby, colored, who is wanted to
answer the charge of murder.
3Iosly shot and killed Rave'Cunning
ham, of Furman, On., .on January 29,
and since that day has been a fugi
tive from justice. TV. H. Cunning
ham, a relative of the deceased, has
offered a reward of $100 for 3Iosby"s
capture.
which th<=
am;
though
nut
?cd the glittering ] liver?
Under the
taw
prize. Bacon obtained even a higher
honor—.a seat in the I'ni'.ed Slates
Senate—and Lester wns elected oon-
s’.r. tly lo Congress from the Savannah
district, while Smith has become- the
possessor of vast agricultural estates.
ont interpreted sun
from another Slate
seizure until the U
pany has done everything ne -essar
the delivery of them, even if they
intended for unlawful sale. Ii seems
PARKER’S
HAIR BALSAM
Clt*and the hair.
Fromot** a Insurant gTort .
Never Falls to Beetore Gray
£0c, aod 4 !-•
• Dru EC* ^»
ed battle again, but in vain
seemed to be no. reason why the 3’ir- | therefore for a steadier and more prof-
ginia should not be mistress of the itable demand for spot cotton,
seas, nor why Norfolk should be evacu- I And this Is the system Mr. Culberson
ated. but positive orders were received j and the Southern States Legislatures
i not to go to sea. but to come to Rich- j wmuld crush.
mond. The bar could not be crossed. RAILROADS ARE GETTING EVEN,
j The brave ship wa« run aground, all 031"AHA. Neb.. Jan. 33.—The Union
the work of years, was destroyed in a Pacific and Northwestern railroads
I few hours. The object the captain j have refused to make any special rale
; had in his well written sketch was to | to the Government for the shipment of
i show the 3Ionitor never defeated the soldiers er route to the Philippines ;o
i Virginia and that the first iron clad • anfl from San ’Francisco, and the quar-
j did all she was expected to do. He I termaster’s department of the Depart-
| doe? not explain nor attempt to ex- j ment of the 3ris=ouri is much disap-
| plain why the order came for the ship pointed, the officers expressing them-
ro abandon the port she had opened, pelves in forceful language over the
j That was for reasons unknown to the j action of the railroads,
j brave junior engineer. The story of Yesterday bids were opened in Oma-
i our Macon boy is quite a thrilling one. ! I-i
j T suppose the book car i>e secured from I 500 horses and a large amount of
‘ Capt. 33'hite, of Norfolk. equipment from Forts Robinson, and
Engineer Will Recover.
ATLANTA, Jan. 31.—It is stated to
day that Engineer Charles Barrett of
the TVestern and Atlantic railroad, a
former member of Atlanta's city coun
cil, who was seriously injured as the
reault of an accident to his engine on
Sunday last, will recover, though
there seems to have been some doubt
about it when he was first hurt. 3Tr.
Barret’s fireman was,killed almost in
stantly as a result of the accident.
The wreck occurred near Dalton.
NEGRO TO BE APPOINTED
SURVEYOR OF CUSTOMS,
3VASHINGTON. Jan. 51.—It was ad-*
mitted at the White House today that
the President has under consideration
the name of Ralph Tyler, a negro at
Columbus. Ohio, for the position of sur
veyor of customs at Cincinnati It was
stated that at this lime no decision
had been reached.