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8 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.