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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, s-
ELECSIirafl
building <>f ‘Jothit dt'ign. with its
walls cjverou with ivy. It stood on
Second street, where Smith & Watson,
.John Wald am’, others now have places
of business.
December 31. is>>3. Stewart & Da
vis warehouse. This stood where the
temporary postofTice now stands.
January 13, 1886. Ralston Hall. The
intense cold of that morning made this
fire a memorable one with uie volun
teer firemen.
C. Mac-hold was foreman until 1SS4.
and again elected in 1' 13. The by-laws
were changed, and he wus made presi
dent. From 1850 to 1SS1 he was again
foreman.
•H. P. Westeott served from 1S64 to
1866. having previously served as sec
retary from 185S.
W. McGee succeeded Capt. Westeott
DELIVERY OF COTTON CURRENT TOPICS OF
B mo; THE NATION’S CAPITAL
I have been k
of one of the -
fumes-. Oemulg'
■king over the records
<1 volunteer fire com-
Tho old books .ire
A history «
company, compo-wd -
citizens Macon ever
people, would be into
complete would take
fun The Telegraph a!
only -kip over the page:
and from here and thei
which nria serve !ush<r
ti-rest to t lit- I • of
of them not having th
of what a volunteer lit
In the old days.
gul tr treasure-
lis oid reliable
>me of the best
. hard-working
ut to be
► more space
ws me. I can
af the records,
pick out that
and be of ln-
ils day. many
faintest Idea
company was
stl
The firs- meeting was held on the
night of March 25. 1834. with B. F.
Dense, who w.:s l .ndlord of Granite
Hotel in t)io chair, and evidently in
the hotel. The usual committee on b.v-
iaws -,v,ts .t; j-,-#14,tcd. arid ti -- nrg-iiiizu-
tion pertet ted. At that time Nos. 1
and 2 made up the entire fire depart
ment.
The udlform wis a red flannel shirt
trimmed with white braid, three rows
rtf buttons on breast, letter O. on cor
ner of the collar. Hat New York style,
but r. -cl'- of ,-!ntli instead of leather:
t>k>ck patent leather bolt, brass buckle
and figure 2 raised in center. The trim-
Viing va - taken off in 2558.
Tlie first officers were William T.
Mi*, foreman: H. X. EH*, assistant
foreman: S. D. Clarke. -,-fary, and
R F. Dense treasurer. At the April
meeting Mix resigned, and William
Dibble was elected. At thl- meeting
'.he first shirt was -made by Mrs. E.
Isaacs, and was shown to the mem
bers, so that till the. shirts could be
made by its pattern.
• • •
Tt would take up too much room to
cfve the names of all the members of
this company, because the roll was
added to at each meeting. I therefore
select the earlier member--, many of
whose d««cej>dants are still living In
Mar on:
E. Isaacs, Stephen D. Clarke, C. Ma
ch old. B. T. English, B. .F. Dense.
Richard 3. Freeman. T. J.' Dane, L.
Munch. C. Munch, A. Munch. B.
Walker. T. Goodyear. H. X. Ells. -R.
: -7vnns. J. A. McManus. Jam'" H. Gil-
Jon, X. L'inswnnger. G. Binswanger.
M Fnutf hwanger. S. H. Washington.
W. C. Kennedy. D. S. Little. Andrew
Riddle. Hardin Keel. Job H. Cherry.
J H. King. F. L. Henry. Eugene Jef
fers. W. T. Xeleon. V. A. Menard. W.
M. Gibson, IT. T. Fllnit, Asa Brantley.
I' F). Williams, “Henry 3frover. Henry
Hardeman. H. Abel. .T. II. Abel. Fred
Abel. "William Abel. "H. Stein. B. A.
Wise, I#. P. Geyer. George Smith. M.
Lowe, A. Wanrfack. J. M. W. Christian.
Herman Spahr. A. Waterman. William
Schell, Andrew McKenna. P. Noorie.
F. Reichert. A. F. Herzog, Julius .Taug-
gtetter. John Valentino. P. W. Doyle,
James “Harvey. Valentine Kahn. Jacob
King. John Alley. A. Peyser. M. TJev -
*er. M. Peyser. Sr.. B. Dub, Barney
Rradv, Peter JTertel. Thomas Pierce.
P. McKevitt. T. O’H.anlon. S. Ba-
shlnskl, Loui* Vannucei. Virgil Van-
nurei, Cornelius O’Connell. Walter
Payne. Robert Faulkner, R. Waggen-
-min, George Rau, II. P. Westeott. W.
J, Starke. B. Lowenthal. S. Helfrlch.
Phinip Bender, James Palentharpe. M.
Foley, H. M fie hr, L. Gever. F. A.
Kehoneman. C. H. Isaacs. Fred Walker,
T. Guernsey. M. Nussbnum, Jacob Har-
,i“. Charles de Beruff. M. J. Edgerley.
M. Ganshelmer. A. Stroemer. A. En-
gelke, D. Wttkowskl. W. H. Rltten-
oerry, “O. F. Lagerquist. E. J. Ruhl. W.
H. Sohntzmnn. M. Abrams. Dr. George
X. Holmes. John M. Daly, T. L, Sewell,
Oftenr Heckel.
These names are of those who ba
ton red to the company In its earlier
day*.
On Apri! 13, 1854. the company
turned out in full uniform to go to the
Central depot in East Macon to receive
.heir engine. That night the company
slipped away and gave tho engine a
private trial.
On February 12. 1855. Mr. E. Isaacs,
who. was then one of the most enthusi
astic members, tried to resign, but the
minutes show that the company would
nol allow him. and forced him to re
main.
On June 11. 1855, the company met
committees from Xo*. 1 and 3 fire com-
llm-ville. was famous in that day for
Its good beer and as a picnic ground.
The chronicles say that the members
of the company were presented
some wine by George S. Obear, ctuei
of the fire department. J. Monroe Og-
den. Dr. Appleton Collins and Capt.
Bralnard. and that there were eloquent
speeches by Judge O. A. Lochrane and
Thoma- Harden:an.
On July 2. 1866. Chief Obear attended
a meeting of the company, and made
an address in which he urged the ne
cessity of less talk and more work at
fires.
On March 21. 1867. the company de
cided to forget the past, and go into
the contest on the coming lath of
April. In the contest their engine
threw a stream of water 193 feet 6
inches and won the first prize, after I January, 1863.
which they adjourned to the City Hall 1 ~
for refreshments.
On Xovember 3. 1867. the company
moved It* engine from the old quarters
in the rear of The Telegraph building,
which was then on the corner of Sec
ond and Cherry, to the old Fiovd House
building, preparatory to moving into
their new building on Cotton Avenue,
which vvas^done on February 11. 1868.
On March) 1. 1869. the company de
cided that they would be up-to-date.
And would have a steamer, but this
was not done until “73. when T. L.
Sewell was elected as engineer. The
steamer was named Simrl Rose, in
honor of the veteran editor, and one of
the most public-spirited men in Ma
con. The new engine was tried, but
did not come up to the contract, and
was returned to the manufacturers
with the demand that they send a
steamer that would weigh not more
than 5,000 pounds, and would throw a
stream not less than 240. feet. The new
steamer arrived on April 1st. 1874. and
was tried and found to be all right.
On April 21. 1870. the company re
turned thanks to Hon. James Fitzpat-
In 1866.
A. F. Herzog was foreman from 1S67
to 1868.
J. H. King was elected in 1868 and
As an indication of how Macon has j served to 1669. and “gain from 1871 : ; i
grown the number of fires and alarms J June. 1873. when he died- -ueceeded by
I Compared with those of today is re- ( C. Macho -1
j markable. Until Capt. Westeott was i James O'Brien was then foreman to
j elected secretary in 1S5S, no record of ! 1876.
| fires were kept. He began the record j Herman Spahr served from 1876 to’
beginning of that year, and it j 1S7S.
is elected in 1S78
when C. llachold
non at the Laboratory building !n
Vinevllle in which four negroes were
killed. Some of the wooden buildings
were destroyed, but being outside the
city, the company did not attend.
On May 30. 1866 there was a picnic
at Rr.-sell’s Brewery, and the records |
say the member* had a good time gen- ; was kppt up by the secretaries follow- j Louis Vannucc-
orally. This brewery, located near Col- I i ng him. In the thirty years, that is. and served ’o *
(from 1858 to 1S8S. when the company succeeded him.
was again elected
XEW YORK. Feb. 13.—R. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow
will sav:
“ Despite holiday and weather inter
ruptions the volume of business is well
maintained. In most sections of the
country the movement of merchandise
has resumed normal proportions, snow
blockades being removed, but tardy de
liveries still cause much complaint,
especially in regard to .grain. Retail
stocks of winter goods were most sat
isfactorily depleted during the period of
common Georgias and Floridas
WASHINGTON, D- C. Feb. 16—Th*
spokesmen of the Administration express
The World’s Visible Supply. I perfect confidence in tne ratification or
XEW ORLEANS. Feb. 15.—Secretary | the n™ Santo Domingo today. txooouy
Hester’s statement of the world’s visible j else does.
supply of cotton, issued to “.ay, shows i The treaty is of financial impotran
the total visible to be 5.579.759 against j to the people of the United State
5.493,181 last week and 5,359.207 last year, t is o:' importance, in that it may
ublcs in the future
but
lead to
disbanded, there were 473 fires, many ! in 1882 nrd served until '1885.
'hers j of them the burning out of chimneys, t John M. Daly was elected in 1SS3
with ! and some of them outside the city, in j and served until the company disband-
that time there were 47 false alarms. [ ed in 18SS.
La.st year, 1906. there were 213 alarms
responded to.
It is remarkable that -during the war.
from .1860 to 1863. there were only 45
fires, and but one false alarm. In 1878,
long after th'e war, there were 11 false
alarms.
The first foreman of the company
was Willlarri T. Mix. who "was elected
March 27. 1834. and resigned in the
April following, when W. T. Dibble
was elected. .
H. X. Ells was elected foreman in
January. 1853. and served as Such to
When’the by-laws were changed pro
viding for a president as well as fore
man. C. Machold was the first to' hold
the office and was president
1874. He was again president from
1S77 to 1S7S. and from 1SS1 to 1SS7.
E. WUkowski was president from
1874 to 1875.
Valentine Kahn served from 1S75 to
1877.
Herman Spahr served from 1S78 to
1S81.
Robert Faulkner wa/ elected in 1887
and served to the disbandment of the
company in 1SSS.
SAN FRANCISCO LAWYER
CONDUCTS THAW DEFENCE
XEW YORK. Feb. 16.—Whatever the
final outcome of the Thaw trial may
be. Delphln M. Delmas, of counsel for
the defense, has made from it in a
single a day a name and reputation
that will endure long in the annals of
criminal jurisprudence in Xew York.
From the beginning the case, proba
bly the most sensational ever tried at
the Xew York bar, lias been rich in
dramatic incident: but the climax
came on the second morning of the
defense, when District,Attorney Je
rome found himself confronted by the
shrewd, calm, keen-witted advocate
from San Francisco, instead of the
prominent attorney whom in a single
total up to somethin,
a sum which makes the $6,000,000 or
$7,000,000 with which Ezra Cornell and
Johns Hopkins founded the famous in
stitutions which bear their names look
like very small change: but Mr. Car
negie’s gifts to the same cause, in
cluding a few hundred libraries, amount
to $150,000,000, and the fact that he
Is a younger and more vigorous man
is an additional advantage which it
will be difficult for Mr. Rockefeller to
overcome.
Airship to Coney lefand.
A trip of twenty miles by airship
from Fort George to Coney Island is
the tempting bait with which two well-
low temperature and the new season
will open under favorable auspices.
"Wholesale and jobbing houses re
port a liberal spring demand, particu
larly in dry goods, while at the interior
there is a vigorous movement of agri
cultural -implements and other farm
supplies. A gratifying feature oDmany
reports is the greater promptness of
until [ mercantile collections. Mills and fac
tories have so much forward business
that new - contracts are not taken ex
cept at full figures and there is dis
satisfaction because shipments are not
more prompt. Wages have been ad
vanced in several important concerns
and there are no serious labor contro
versies. Iron and steel producers are
receiving much new business. Textile ; Amn. afloat for G.
mills continue well employed, wijh '
especial pressure for prompt delivery
of cotton goods. Prices are fully main
tained. the moderate reaction being no
more effective than the preceding ad
vance. There is less indifference in the
export division, manufacturers evinc
ing a disposition to consider bids, and
a few small sales to India and China
were effected, while more business is
__ ; expected after the Chinese new year
| holiday. A further advance in ppices
like $90.28S 000. j of outing cotton is noted and the rela
tively greater strength of best grades
. Of this the total of American cotton i
i 4,337.759 against 4.320.181 last week and
I 3.766.297 last year, and of all other kinds,
including EgFpt. Brazil. India, etc.. 1.242.-
I 000 against 1.173,000 last week and 1.593.-
; 000 last year.
O r the world's visible supply of cotton,
there is now afloat ami held In Gr at
iBritaln and continental Europe 3,0S7.-eV)
against 2.676.000 last year: In Egypt.
242,000 against 1S4.000 last year: in India
61.000 against 916.000 last year, anil in
i. _ T-—: 4 „ J 1 CQT AG A 1 2*9 .
rninfo
like X
the United States 1,693.000 against 1.3S3.-
000 last year.
Comparative Cotton Statement.
NEW YORK. Feb. 15—The following
is the comparative statement of cotton
for the week ending Friday. February 13:
1907. 1996.
Net port receipts 212.122 130.448
Rects. since Sept. 1 7.837.324 5.998,884
Exports for the week. 208..817 92.845
Exports since Sept. 1 _S 895.741 4.313.302
Stock all U. S. ports.. .171197.51" 90">,!89
Stock all interior towns.. 5S6.472 665.463
.... consider what the Santo Do-
sltu.itIon lias been. The island,
lost of the Spanish-American, or
groied. communities in the tropics
has been in a turmoil of revolution for a
score of years. It has been governed
much as our Southern State? were gov
erned under the.carpet bag regime.
Its rulers, who hold their places as a
reward sometimes for successful revolu
tion more often for cowardly assassina
tion! have borrowed money abroad, issued
bonds and enriched themselves by the
proceeds. It is estimated now that about
SIT 000,000 is owed by Santo Domingo
to foreign countries. A traveler expe
rienced in studying public works, a mem
ber of the Geographical Society, told me
within three days that there were not
$7 COO,000 worth of public works in th*
whole country. The other 810.000.000 has
gone into the hands of successive preda
tory presidents.
Now. some two years ago. as these for-
1.1*5.000 ! cign creditors pressed Santo Domingo
140,000
day he had succeeded in reducing to - „ Bl ....
such a state of hopeless confusion that j known amusement purveyors are pre-
rlck for refreshments tendered them on j the friends of the accused were heart- I paring to separate next summer’s vis-
the loth. Fitzpatrick was elected to . sick With apprehension and even the ] Itors from their money. The promo-
interest of sensation-seeking specta- 1
tors was beginning to flag. But a
change hud been made over night. Be
fore an hour had passed, the light of
hope had dawned again in the prison
er’s eyes as he watched the skill with
which the “country” lawyer handled
his case. Before the day was over,
the District Attorney’s somewhat con-
of raw cotton has supporting influence I
on the more expensive finished pro
ducts. In the woolen goods section of
textile markets there is no change to
report.”
• Weekly Bank Statement.
NEW YORK. Feb. 16.—The statement
of the clearing-house banks for the week
(five days) shows that the banks hold
$4,431,050 more than the legal reserve re
quirements. This is an increase of $1,085.-
175 as compared with last week. The
statement follows:
Decrease
Loans $1,092,061,000 $7,295,400
.Deposits 1,057.546.200 S.01G.300
Cotton Receipts.
NEW YORK. Feb. 15.—The following
are the total net, receipts of cotton at all
norts since Sept. 1: Bales.
Galveston 3.071.375 j
Xew Orleans * OA ~ ‘
Mobile
Savannah ..
Charleston .
Charleston ..
Wilmington
Xor'o'k ....
Baltimore .
Xew York .
Boston
Philadelphia
San Frdnciseo .
Brunswick ....
Port Townsend
Pensacola 109.392
Port Arthur and Sabin* Pas
Jacksonville. Fla
Laredo.' Texas
Minor ports
Total ...:
Congress as a Republican, and atfer
serving his term remained In Washing
ton and is now there in one of the de
partments.
On October 50, 1870. the company
won the prize for the greatest number
of uniformed men at the semi-annual
parade. In November they presented
that prize to the Ladies' Memorial As
soclatlon to aid in erecting the present temptuous references to his opponent’s
Confederate monument. ’“inexperience in the practice of the
On December 30. 1870. their foreman. . Xew York bar” had given place to re-
H. X. Ells, wap drowned in the Oe- speetful. If not anxious, consideration
mulgoe river while hunting. The en- } of his methods. Then the sensational
glne house and all apparatus was ap- ! newspaper writers and artists sharpen-
propriately draped on the day of his
funeral. Some time later Mr. Charles
A. Ells, brother of the dead foreman,
presented the company with his broth
er’s silver trumpet.
On May 1, 1S74. the company ac
cepted the Invitation of Father Ga-
boury to attend the laying of the cor
nerstone of Pio Nono University, now
St. Stanislaus College.
* * *
On June 4, 1883, the company ehrls-
promcr-
ters of the schPnie professing to be
lieve that the experimental st’age ’of
the airship has passed, propose to es
tablish a fleet for passenger service,
each one capable of carrying three
passengers, arid to run them on a reg
ular schedule from Fort George, in the
northern part'of the city, where a new
amuseijienr'park to he called Vanity
Circulation
Legal tenders
Specie
Reserve
Reserve required...
Surplus
Ex-U. S. deposits..
53.194.3cin 120.500
76.630.100 2.704.300
192,107,500 *1.785.400
2CS.S17.600 918.900
264,386.550 2.004,075
4.431,050 *1,085.175
8,288,925 *1.093.475
♦Increase.
Weekly Bank Clearings.
XEW YORK, Keb. 15.—Bank clearings
for the week were $2,701,213,498, 18.7
“per cent under last week and 2 per cent
below the same week last year. Outside
of New York City. $1,050,159,363. 9 per
_ . . cent below last week, but 6 per cent
Fair will be the starting point, to Luna ■ over last year. Inc. Dec.
Park. ' The route will be carefully'se- Richmond ....
lected to avoid fouling sky-scrapers. Savannah ....
The plans call for the erection of h . KvJrfnit
starting platform at Fort George. 100 i Augusta !!!!.’!
New York Stock Exchanoe Statistics.
XEW YORK. Feb. 15.—The following
statistics on the movement of cotton
for the week ending Friday. Fehrii&rv 15.
were compiled by the Xew York' Cotton
Exchange:
Weekly Movement.
This
year.
Fort receipts 209 380
To mills and Canada 40.332
Sou. mill takings, est...... 58 Ofln
Loss of stock-int. towns.. 10.216
Into sight for week 297.496 1S2.513
Crop Movement.
... payment, and threatened to enforce
it with cannon, the United States stepped
in. seized the custom houses, and collected
the revenues of the country. It may be
said in passing that there are no national
revenues tliero except customs rov-
nues.
.. 1,807.270 i A M.ztter of Mere Force.
-. 218 SOI | Neither from the Domingan Govern-
...... .1.248.726 : ment. nor from the Legislative branch ot
128.608 ; our own Government was there any au-
1SR.608 ) thorltv for this act. It was purely an
2.88,422 , executive order, an invasion of the soil.
542 315 ! a violation o' the sovereignty of a frleml-
40.023 ly power in order that foreign govern -
13.195 ments might bo paid their dues—real or
44.738 alleged. Fifty-five per cent of the cus-
25.914 toms collections goes into a fund for flic
4.457 foreign creditors. Forty-five per cent Is
51.613 : held for the maintenance of the Govern-
125.760 ment. and. incidentally, for the pay of an
66.108 i army of American tax-eaters, who man
tlie custom houses. This situation has
continued for two years, with absolutely
no foundation in law. but backed by the
guns of the American Navy.
The revised treaty continued practically
the present system. It sets a precedent
by which tho United States shall become
the debt collector for any European hank
ing house that may buy the wild cat
bonds of a West Indlnp republic at 30
cents on the dollar, and try to collect
them at 100 cents. .
It Indicates either that we are willing
to hold ourselves responsible tfor tho.
credit of all the republics south of uk.
or else that we admit the right of Euro
pean nations to enforce individual claims
130.602 j with warships.
32.902 j Neither Position Is Tenable.
oJ’oo? Not many years ago several States of
.1,991 this Union repudiated, and justly, fraud-
" ulent debts incurred by dishonest and ir
responsible “‘carpet bag" State: Govern-
114.754
6.618 :
494 i
13.70S j
7.827,324
T.ast
vear.
i ed their pencils afresh and the de
serting army of curiosity seekers re
turned. literally by thousands, to be
siege with every sort of plea for ad- 1
mjttance the court room in which two
perfectly matched masters of the legal
profession were battling for a human
life.
Gotham Buried in Snow.
When Father Knickerbocker wakes
upon a. cold winter morning pnd finds
tened the new hose reel Mamie after ! the digging of paths a necessary pre-
fhe little daughter of Mr. A. Giblan. j limlnary to doing his chores, he is
On this occasion there was . quite a confronted with an expensive job. The
number of ladtee present, and speeches ’ snow slorm which recently swept over
were made by Mamie Gibian and little the entire country left 10.7 inches of
Mamie Vannucei, daughter of Foreman I snow in Xew York and it will cost
Louis Vannucei. i something like $80,000 for every inch
* * * 'Of depth to remove it from the 200
The chronicles of this company are miles of streets which must be clean-
interesting throughout. They tell of ed and dump it into the East and
the annual parade da vs. of excursions | North rivers. That makes a total of
to other cities, and of the many inter- 1 *320,000 for the job, without eonsider-
csting and enjoyable events in the life ,nR ttle Immense loss of business in-
of rhe volunteer firemen, wholly un- I cident to impassable streets. Such a
known to the members of the present ! storm means work for every available
pand fire departments. ■ team and every idle man in the city
• • • 1 who can wield a shovel. When several
The last meeting of the company was I snow storms come in rapid succes-
held February 13. 1888. The volunteer
department had dissolved, and the paid
department was formed. The company
hold together as a social organization
for several months, during which time
sion. as they sometimes do. it means
continuous work for weeks and a cost
that frequently reaches half a million
dollars or more. Ever, since the last
snowfall, 8,000 men and 5,000 teams of
paid all their debts, leaving in the
. - ,, hands of the treasurer the sum of
panics, the Floyd Rifles and Macon ] $1,1x0,61. On the roll at this time were
seventeen members, as follows: Rob
ert Faulkner, president: J. M. Daly,
Volunteers and
Fourth of July
resolved to have
celebration. The pa-
they disposed of all their property and 1 <‘ V0 ry description have been working
- - - at its removal. Sometimes the skies
are kind and a heavy rain or a spell
of warm weather rejoices the heart of
lade grounds was then in front of the foreman; H . ’Behr. assistant foreman;’
l loyd House on the corner of Third p A . schonenum. secretary: Valentin;
end Mulberry street*. The bills for p^hn. treasurer; William Schell, L.
celebration, after considerable dis
i usslon, were paid by the Mayor and
Council.
On April 15, 1856. the company pa
raded and took part in the celebration
f that day. There was a collation at
Brown’s Hotel, and then also visited
by invitation of Logon * Mearu. who
so re then proprietors of tlie X-anier
House, the new depot just completed.
This is the present union depot.
On May 11 1857. Mr. F. Isaacs
strenuously objected to negroes work
ing on the engine at fires, thus draw
ing the first color line.
On December 1. 1859. the company
♦urueil out to bury the ex-ehlef of the
fire department. Robert Findlay, the
ceremony taking place at the Baptist
•hurch on Second street. Ex-Chief
Findlay was Tho father of our Maj. C.
D. Findlay and the founder of the
Findlay Iron Work-.
Vannucei. L. Merkel. W. H. Schatz-
man. F. King. O. F. Lagerquist. John
Valentino. Charles Waehtel. A. Abel,
J. E. Ruhl. O. Heckel and John Hurley.
The money' on hand was divided
among the seventeen remaining mem-
i begs, except $1.S0 per capital, which
! was retained and turned over to Mr.
I Vannucei for the farewell supper on
the next night. The secretary was in-
! structed to present the company’s ban-
i ner to tlie Public Library. The min-
I utes closed with this paragraph:
\ "After passing several votes of
j thanks to the officers of the company.
the company was declared adjourned,
: to meet no more. Goodbye. F. A.
j Schoneman, secretary.”
the street cleaning commissioner and
effects a material saving in his ap
propriations: but this time the weath
er has held steadily cold and the de
partment has had to do its work unaid
ed by Providence.
feet high, to the top of which pas
sengers will be carried in elevators. A
restaurant and palm room will make
the platform an attractive place, and
a stop of fifteen or twenty minutes
at a half-way station to be. erected on i
top of the low buildings at the corner
of Broadway and Twenty-ninth street
will give passengers an opportunity to
view the upper side of the tenderiofn.
The first of the airships will be built
in California, and is expected to be in
.regular service by the middle of July.
University Graduates at Banquet.
“Our chief gift to the college con
sists of what we are to the nation.
Charleston
Knoxville ..
Jacksonville
Macon
$6,032 000....-
4.315.000.... 1.1
5.140,000.... 3.2
2,357.000... .25.5
1.998,000....35.1
1,292.000.... 6.7
1.6o7.000...
1.568.000... .22.3
732.000....32.3
1.6
HESTER’S WEEKLY
THE UTILIZATIGf
ELECTRICAL PROORES
XEW ORLEANS. La.,
Secretary Hester's weekly cotton state-
said President W. H. P. Faunce"at i went tesued; today shows: ^ For the fif- ! "“^Ving^hetesming'o? land 0 and sur?
plus water at Lock Five, on the Green
river, will electrically transmit power
to Bowling Green, a distance of thir
teen miles. At several dams on the
Kentucky river power will be devel-
the annual dinner of the Brown Uni- ! teen days of February an increase over
versity Alumni, which was held in' the I last year of 280,000 and an increase :
Hotel Astor -bust-Monday nl«ht: and over the same period year before last
every one of the two hundred and fifty | of 406,000. , 1
graduates who-were present -modestly j For 168 days of the season that have •
admitted that 1 the “Old Lady of Provi- ^ aand I oped for industrial plants at Lexington, i Senate, unless the names were sent In for
dence” had reason to be proud of her same days of last year 2,122 000 and F ^ nkfort Paris> Richmond and other confirmation.
sons. The presence of three Govern- ahead of the same days jear before j p0 - in j Si an< j ji le thirtl project looks tot With..such able canal experts aa Taft.
the utilization of power in the Cum
berland river for transmission to
too.
; ments. No nation would have dared th-u
„ _ Total Crop Movement. : to threaten ‘ their collection by force of
Port Receipts. — 7.826.446 0.031.S16 ‘arms. No nation should be permit Tr 1
To mills and Canada... 8(0.224 606.023 now to threaten the collection of the
Sou. null takings, est.. 1.409.909 1,310.000 Domingan debt in that’way.
Int. stek ex. Sept. 1... 4e5.287 493.933 j Unc|e s , m
as Constable. ’
Into sight for season.. .10.560.932 8,441,772 I The position of the United States should
« not be to act as a receiver for a bank
rupt, a constable with an attachment,
but rather to take the part of the police
men at the door of a broken bank, and '
see that no effort is made by creditors,
however lust their claim, to collect other
than by due process of law.
Of course. Wall street figures in tho
new treaty. Domingan bonds To the
amount of $29,000,000 are tq be Issued,
guaranteed ' by the United States, aim
with that guarantee should be worth par.
They are to be sold at 96. and the firm
of Kuhn. Loeb & Co., has practically
agreed to underwrite' them. That firm
has had some experience in making, easy-
money out of the United States Treasury
and ought easily to make more than a
million out of this deal..
A Panama Comedy.
What threatened to be rather a serious
blunder in Panama affairs bids fair to-be
smoothed out by the general inclination
of the Senate to throw no obstacles In the
way of the President’s management of
the canal. During the recess last sum me/
the President appointed the memtsa
of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Un- ’
der the law these appointments ex/ilred
ten days after the reassembling of the
BALTIMORE. Feb. 15.—In this
' week's, issue the Manufacturers’ Rec-
■ ord notes that the movement for the
| utilization in electric development of
i water powers which has made such
i headway in Virginia the Caroljnas,
Fe j, 15 .' Georgia and other States is extending,
and that three such enterprises are
eY“$v
Hut for Capt. H. P. Westeott. the j
company would have disbanded on •
April 18. 1959. There had been the
regular 15th day of April eoiitest. and
the members of the company thought
that they had been cheated out of a ;
prize. They marched to their engine j
house then in the rear of Ciisby's shoe
store, on Second street, and -icld a.
indignation meeting. A resolution was!
offered that for special reasons satis- j
factory to themselves and well know:!
community, which were unnee- |
to submit to the public, the
company disband and surrender every- I
thing lit the way of engine, apparatus. !
etc. .to the Mayor arui Council: that i but
chile the company disband, the itidl- j June 1
vidua! members would work as fire- Arch stree
men to protect their beloved eitv. ! trlang
After eloquent speeches, both pro and j house
<•011. Capt. Westeott Introduced a res- 'Chav Rosin’
ohithin to the effect that while the 1 to it because
company had been unjustly treated by
the man who made the measurements
i-f writer thrown, they would remain
•ogether and be always ready to fight
tire and do their duty whenever the
call came, hut never again would they
• ■ngnge in contests for prizes. This
resolution was rarried. and' Capt.
Westeott saved the day. Tetter on. in
I860, s-- much of Thi' resolution as re-
fe-red to never again engaging in con
tests was ordered expunged from the
minutes.
Some of the .largest conflagrations
that visited Macon during tho life of
rhe company, as recorded
briefly mentioned. The record wa
kept to show what members were pres
ent, and not as data for history. All
of the fires, however, are within the
recollection of the old citizens, and
some of the missing details can be
supplied.
March 11. 1S61. Aderhold's stables
on Plum street, opposite the. uniion de
pot. These stsbles were entirely con-
National Packers’ Exposition.
Tt is a sorry day in the metropolis
when some form of the question "what
to eat and how to get it" is not being
agitated by the overfed or the under
fed. The latest phase of the subject to
hold Gothamite attention is of really
serious interest, for it has to do with
the unwholesomeness of canned meat
preducts, about which there was so
much fuss, and occasionally feathers,
during the agitation of the pure food
bill. This question, like other ques
tions nowadays, bids fair to be settled
once for all by means of an exposi
tion. to be called the National Packers’
Exposition, which will give the Mis
souri Club, whfch has a strong mem
bership in this city, a chance to “be
shown” just what methods of canning
^5.? ver - v ; are sanitary and what ones are kinder
to the animal In the tin than to the
person who eats it. The exposition
will open ill Chicago on May 1. and
will come to Xew York some time ii
the fall, after which, it is announced,
it will make a tour of several of the
larger cities in the East and Middli
West. It is an encouraging symptom
ors—Hughes, of Xew York: Higgins. ,
of Rhode Island, and Stokes, of Xew :
Jersey—State Senator Everett Colby. 1
New Jersey's star reformer, and John j
D. Rockefeller. Jr., who but a day or .
two before banded the general educa- i
tion board $32,000,00,0 from his . fath
er's modest fortune to be devoted to
the cause of higher education, all of
them graduates of Brown, made the I
occasion easily the most notable event 1
of the university dinner season in Xew ■
York, and lent much color of justifies- :
tion to the enthusiastic “ki-yi-yis” with
which the remark was received. Each
Governor as he 'rose to speak was ;
greeted with a special song composed
in his honor. “After all.” said Gov
ernor Hughes, who was the big artic- I
uiar hero of the 'occas>jn. “Browsers ;
fitted to make Governors.” (And the ]
banquet hail rang again). "Tt is ,n ■
college which dominates the life of its ;
students and graduates, and we can’t !
escape its influence. The great ques- !
tion of the future is not where shall we
obtain the reserves to come to the sup
port of the country in time of war, but
where shall we obtain the honest men
who will protect the country in time
of peace. When you look for men who
will not be seduced from the straight | son
road by promises of preferment, you
will find them in the graduates of the
universities.”
last 1.249,000.
The amount brought into sight dur
ing the past -week has been 296,451 , ™ T Kentuekv
ba,e f;^asfvea; 650 ^ the 8ame ^ ! Uiere jras b^onsLmableTx’pans.ctt | technicalities, any nets done by ,h
en ciajs last jear. _ _• 1 thi* 'rWnnth in develoning another I’’’Jan Canal Commission since th
and such eminent attorneys as Root and
Bonanarte in his advisory capinet. tho
President forc'd to rend in the names.
If any one were disnosed to Stand -10011
1 aajs jasc jeai. 'This month in developing another 1 mian Canal Commission since the 10th
The movement since _September 1 ! “L o ” f 0n “, w n „i, <1 Th/atL import- of-December might be declared null and
void, for since tnat. tlvre the commission
shows receipts at all United States j SOI J rce ° f °H’ J 0 a e T’TiL
nnvt- 7 °°4 njrainst 5 577 454 ! ^ recently started work is. tho
year, overland across the Mississippi, j effort toward developlng a deep oil
Ohio and Potomac rivers to Northern ; sa nd in the southern part of the S < te,
anrl Canada &6S 47° fieainst 618 - 1 altcfldy a.n excellent strike has
004 last year: interior stocks in exces’s j e f n n , 1 ^ l imn erIall<i County in a
of those held at the close of the com- |
mercial year, 465.171, against 514,726
last year: Southern mills’ takings, L-
357.000. against 1,285,354 last year. —
These make the total movement since
September 1 10,617.967. against 8,395,-
538 last year. Foreign exports for the
week have been 72,170, against 67,334
last year, making the total thus far
for the season. 5,937.469. against. 4.35$,-
69S last year. The total takings of
American mills. North. South and Can
ada thus far for the season have been
3,203.028. against 2.932 481 last year.
Stocks at the seaboard, and the twen
ty-nine leading Southern interior cen
ters have decreased during the week.
38.688 bales, againist a decrease dur
ing the corresponding period last sea-
of 15.962. Including stocks left
Permits at Atlanta. Ga.. representing
• $479,147, at Birmingham. Ala.. $77,565.
! at Chattanooga, Tenn., $94,015. at
I Xa6hville. Tenn., $128,617. and at Lou-
j isville, Ky.-. $177,602. indicate consid
erable activity in building operations in
i the South in January. This activity is
; emphasized by the fact that in Way-
! cross. Ga., with a population of 8.500
persons hundreds of dwellings are be-
j ing built, additions are being made to
i schools, the foundation of a $50,000
I Young Men's Christian Association has
: just been laid, a $50,000 college is in
j course of erection, ground has just
I been broken for a $150,000 hotel, and
j the roofs of several of the buildings
; o/ the railroad shops are nearing com
pletion. At Tampa. Jacksonville and
over at ports and interior towns from j Fernandi:na Fla and at Savannah. Ga
the last crop and the number of bales ! between *2 00CbOOO f"? ».000.000 are
brought into sight thus far from the ^ spent upon « « !
An English View of Lincoln.
Vivid pen-pictures of the great ac
tors in the Civil war are a feature of
The Appeal to Arms, by James Ken
dall Hosmer, LL.D. (Harpers)., In de
scribing the appearance of Lincoln, lie
quotes the striking description written
by Russell, the famous correspondent
of the London Times, after a visit to
the White “House:
“A figure entered with loose, shamb
ling gait, tall, lank, with stooping
shoulders and long, pendulous arms.
tlie times that no one Is showing ! hands were of extraordinary size,
more Interest in the event" than the ; tlie . ! ar??e !; * n his ill-fitting,
manufacturers of bona fide canned | i' r inlvled black suit he looked like
goods, who are welcoming the oppor
tunity to demonstrate by actual
timed, together with numbers of mules , l n
and horses that became panic stricken ; goods, who are welcoming the oppor- i I^ndon undertaker s mute. A rope
and ran into the flames. j tunity to demonstrate by actual ex- ?‘ IV a ? k . sl ,' lc surrounded his neck,
April 18. 1861. Granite Hall, fills was J amples that the sensational charges of I iniotted in front into a bulb, with fly-
a hot*] on Mulberry street, where the t uficleanliness and impurity which have j mg ends. The turned-down collar re-
u at^r company now Jihs an office, rikI Dc^n brought forward from time to j ^ sinewy yellow neck, surmount-
was kept by B. F. Dense. It was ! time do not apply to their products. In
burned to the ground, leaving nothing this way the exposition will work jus-
tho walls. j tice to the. packers who are genuinely
s'. 1861. Methodist church on : trying to give the public a square deal
This church occupied the j and will give the public a valuable les-
n in what to avoid.
new Ibrop, the supply to date is 10.
815.737. against 8,840,065 for the same j
period last year.
Liverpool Cotton Statistics
LIVERPOOL. Feb. 15.—The following I
are the weekly cotton statistics: Bales. I
Total sales, all kinds 56.0QO “
Total sales of American 46,000 ]
English spinners’ takings 82.000:
Total exports 14.000!
Imports of all kinds... 149.000 I
Imports of American 12S.O0O
Stock of all kinds
Stock of American
Quantity afloat of all kinds
Quantity afloat of American..
Total sales on speculation....
Total sales to exporters
Including the construction of elevators
machine shops, fireproof warehouses
and slips. Other Southern develop
ments of the week Include the comple
tion of an addition to a foundry plant
at Knoxville, Tenn., doubling its ca
pacity at a cost of $45 090 and enabling
it to turn out ear wheels and ballast
cars. In the same city there is under
way at a cost of $50.000 an enlarge-
^ ment of wood mantel works, providing
!!955." 1D0 I for a doubling of the output. A plant
...865.000
...469.000
..“.412.000
... 2.400
... 2.100 I
b.
tip August 6. 1860. the company took
- the mirstion of changing the loon-
ci of their engine house, and favored
-“tor avenue, opposite the Park Ho
lt: the center of the street, as the
>• site.
opposite the present engine j
It was known as i
hurch. a name given I
the girls attending it !
i who chewed rosin in those day
: of gum. After this church was burned
J its congregation secured tlie site on
I First street, where their handsome
j building now stands.
j December 25. 1871. Wannaok's store
[ on Cherry street, near Wachiel’s. This
; store was filled with toys and flre-
I works, and was kept by A. Wannack.
! a well known machinist. A crowd of
j Christmas revelers were on the oppo-
j sit'- side of the street and sent fhp
: blazing contents of a Roman candle
I ill the store, resulting in no; only the
(Omn'.ete destruction of the store hut
of those Of r>. Daly and E. IVitkowski.
April 21. 16T>. Brown’s Hotel. This
j fire got beyond the control of the fire-
! men. who worked hard and faithfullv
ed by a strange, quaint face: this
nestled in a mass of coarse, bristling
black be.ard. stiff like mourning-piss.
The head was thatched with wild re
publican hair, which did not conceal
large, widely projecting ears; the nose
stood out prominent: the eyes, beneath
shaggy brows, were deep-set. penetrat-
! ing. - almost tender: the mouth was
j stern but amiable, the features gen-
j erally full of kindliness, sagacity and
; awkward bon-homie."
Weekly Interior Cotton Towns.
weekly interior cotton towns for the week
ending Friday, February 15:
has had no legal standing.
It is whispered about the Capitol that
many Senators were aware of the onvs-
sion. but being among those whose chief
ambition is “to prj the President i j a
hole.” kept quiet about it until near the
end of the session. A reouest was =ent
to him Wednesday to send in the names
and to date the message bark to the firsf
day of the session. This simple wnj- of
overcoming a technicality recalls the an
nual custom on the Inst night of the ses
sion to turning hack the hands o' the
Senate clock, as fast as they approach
the hour of midnight.
Aside, however, from th" opportunity
given to some people in (Tie Senate to
have a joke on Ml-. Roosevelt, there are
no serious features. Xo contracts have
been let. as thus far what work has hcmi
done, and it’s mighty little.-has been done
entirely by Government employes.
California, Japan, ard Peace.
So many unjust and untrue stories have
been sent out of Washington, particuiarly
to Pacific coast newspapers, concerning 4
the demeanor of the Ean Francisco dele- j
gation here that it is fair to Correct-3*
them. • I
Mayor Schmitz is in Washington under .
circumstances that would test any man’s >
courage and dignity. He is under Indict
ment in San Francisco for divers offense*,
all grouped together under the name of
"graft.” But so far in this eour.trv.
while an indictment may he a misfortune,
it is not necessarily a proof of guilt.
The delegation have held together at all
times. They have made several visits
to the President, and have respected such
confidences as he may repose In thorn.
They are ready at all times to talk of
the evils of the coast, which thev wish
to correct, but are slow to say anything
about the progress of their negotiations.
They are really in a position of extrema
delicacy. Back of them are two foi-c.-. s
not wholly antagonistic, but with diffc I r-
ent views. San Francisco wants the Jap
anese school children segregated. All
California wants the Jap coolies excluded.
The Federal Government, or Mr. Roosc-
on the river front at Xewbcrn. X. C.
including a four-story 52x72-foot di
gester building, a 36x225-foot paper
machine building and a brick boiler
own, ■ l 101156 with equipment of 400 horse-
NEW YORK. Feb. 15.—The following j power, is preparing to begin the man- ort-JoJliSSi’
is the movement of spot cotton at tHe ! tfaT t VoXrn Pgilh "in 1 ^ll’ornin ato tho "Uo'Sb:
of paper pulp for Northern mills. In- i though he has declared that lie would like
tending to go Into the manufacture of to do so. He cannot promise the c-ili-
writing paper later on. An expendi- fornlans the exclusion of the coolies,
been authorized for I tho - ’
I tha
TOWNS—
Rockefeller Gives Away Wealth.
Nowadays the struggle for life is a
instead I commonplace affair beside the struggle
' to die poor, a field of endeavor in
which competition has become so keen
that the youth of the country no longer
need fear a dearth of opportunity to
acquire mental food, whatever the con
dition may be in respect to plain bread
and butler. Only a short time ago the
widow of Russell Sage gave away sev
eral mollions of the slender hoard so i .
hardly won by flaying the tough hides.! and tolerant of all faith
ademy. This
center of the
ademy street
been entirely
j for many long hours.
(in Augti't S 1861. the company de- i March 30. 1979. old
elded to drill the members In the scho.i; old building occupied t
of the soldier, so as to he ready to flg.h' block through which
t\'-e or the enemies of their country, now runs, and which h
They were to dr!!! weekly, and have a i buitt up with homes. Before the war
parade »*\er> month. j and afterward. W. c. Singleton taught
On May IP. 1S66. the company at- ! the hig boys down stairs, and S. H.
tended the funeral of Gen. E. D. Tracy. Singleton taught the small boys up
edng to the depot to escort his re- stairs. -
•it't'is from there to the cemetery. February 3, IsS::. First Baptist
On May 21. 1866, there was an explo- church. This was a brick stuccoed
Wall street bulls and bears. Now
the struggle has cost John D. Roche- i
Teller another $82,000,000 of hard-earned f
wealth, and still the Standard Oil ma/- I
nate according to the latest available
statistics is several millions behind
Andrew Carnegie in the race to pov
erty. whatever their respective achieve-
A Statesman of France.
In writing of ‘“George Clemenceau,
Prime Minister of France.” in the Febru
ary Everybody's. William Morton Fuller
ton says;
“Anti-collectivist.. anti-“humanitarian-
rlcal. but Socialist. Liberal.
profoundly and
patriotically French. M. Clemenceau Is to
day one of the few practical statesmen
f his day and generation: one of the few
men who. knowing exactly what
(ant. possess the intelligence ade-
j quate to carry out their will. The un
known quantit
the
hostlli:
liamentary life,
still continues,
himself more '
the problem of
factor of the personal
‘friends' in French Par-
His reckless frankness
He has thus X“r shown
f « statesman than an
[ ments at golf may be. The fact that j
educational institutions are fnvariably
the heneficiaries is evidence of a dis- |
position to play the nP w game fairly, j
Mr. Rockefeller’s latest donation to the [lost him the presidency of the" Chamber
; ( .vase makes a total of $43,000,000 | may still nlay him an even dirtier trig*-,
which he has placed in the hands of j For he will not hold his tongue. He is
jh« general educational board for ad- I incorrigible. He still remains.. to6 much
ministration, while his gifts to Chicago
University, aggregating $21,090,000.
and trifling amounts to various other
Albany . . . .
1 23' 3511 52
3237
Athens . . . .
>1911'3106|....
14618
! Atlanta . . . .
10 9-1611831.2735!
12739
j Brenham . . .
508! 395!....
2695
i Charlotte . . .
10H 1 265! 265!....
Columbia . . .
|2295!2796!....
15400 j
Columbus. Ga.
10% 1 58712267!....
16500 :
Colum.. Miss..
{1672123701.
7306 |
Dallas . . . .
112S2 1873!....
3037 !
Eufaula . . .
I....I 337!....
2786 !
Greenville . . .
|22SO!2005!....
6898 |
Greenwood . .
1 651 476! 175
4000 :
' Helena ....
1123811873!....
15300
Little Rook....
108J '6740 5751 ....
45693
Macon ....
10% ! 158' 142!....
5986 •
Meridian . . .
12133 3692'....
14653
Montgomery ..
10H “3652I4773I4773
21798 ;
Nashville . . .
10kf 1336 416:....
631
Natchez . . .
' 969' 595' 376
10561
Newberry . . .
! 275 230!....
2650
Raleigh . . .
! 340 375]....
1334
Rome . . . .
1 901“ 641L...'
4936
Selma ....
! 910 152.7“. .. .
3154
Shreveport . .
10 13938 6129 2373
17301 i
Vicksburg . . .
1610' 788'....
25443 !
Yazoo City....l
1106' 856!....'
12026
ture of $50,000 ha
additions to a calico print works
Wheeling, W. Va.. the capacity of a
mill at Anniston. Ala., is to be quad
rupled in the manufacture of cotton
yarn, twine and rope, and a $100,000
company has been organized for the
construction of a cotton mill, either at
Brotvntvood or at Fort Worth, Tex.
temples of learning brings the grand
still roniaip;
I the mere artist, the detached
! the admirer of Greek temples, and of Jap-
j unese lacquer.. !!.■ treats politics a S a
[ game, a noble ’one, but a game, and men
as pawns.”
SEA ISLAND COTTON.
CHARLESTON. S. C.. Feb. 15.—Sea is
land cotton, for week: Receipts 29; ex
ports to continent 70; sales 542; stock 515.
The quotations are: Fine. 34; fully fine,
38; extra fine. 40.
SAVANNAH, Ga.. Feb. 15.—Sea island
cotton quotations nominal: fancy Floridas
35a35H: fancy Georgias 35: extra choice
Georgias and Floridas 32a33; chonce Geor
gies and FJoridas 31: extra fine Georgias
and Floridas 30; fine Georgias and Flori-
The Labor Press.
One hundred and eighty-five month-
364 publications, which number does
not include Socialist periodicals reach
a no inconsiderable portion of the la
boring community and exercise an in
fluence in it which is little suspected.
There are in North America approxi
mately two million five hundred thou
sand working people organized into
trades-unions, and each of them re
ceives the official organ of the craft
to which he or she belongs ard usually
one or two other labor papers. Rut
> of these journals extends
beyond tne enrolled membership of es
tablished organizations. The numbyr
among their subscribers, many sym
pathizers and non-union workmen;
they are placed on the tables of reading
rooms all over the country; and for
every subscriber there are probably two
readers. It is no exaggeration to say
that they reac-h five million readers,
perhaps half as- many more.—William
though they have privately announced
t they would swap the schools for that
concession.
The result is a deadlock. Some people
think the Administration would no* he
sorry to see it continue until Cor.gre= =
adjourns, when executive action might ho
taken without fear of trouble som V in
vestigation. But there are still two weeks
of Congress and the CaliforniansTare act
ive and pertinacious.
Representative Slayden’s rather humor
ous speech concerning the noisiness of
war talk Just about the time that the
navy bill w:is un-dbr consideration in each
Congress was not altogether without
foundation. There Is more talk about War
with Japan around the Navy Department
and in the naval committee lust now-
than there is at the white Hou=e o-
among the members of the California de'-
egation. i
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Examine label on ycur pa
per. It tells how you stand on
the books. Due from date on
the label. Send in dues and
also renew for the year 1907.
IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONER
WILL COME TO MACON.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Commis
sioner of Immigration Frank P. Sar
gent will leave Washington tomorr tv
night for Macon, Ga.. wh are he 'will
... attend the meetings of the Georm.t
Restelle. in The World Today, for Feb- | Immigration Association, to he h-j.d
ruary. next Tuesday and Wednesday,