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8 THE TWICE-A-TTEEK telegraph FRIDAY, FEBERUARY 22, 1907. m giM <D>nn Wa mav d mine ( trnat ciass or to this coun- )ii5hei at “Hal- ili^s utCT Th. Th' be By JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET. ronven- ; Nf what hand ir Mnjpr W L it Ma an ■ars of go from thir- !he Union, fair to t>5 WI Imilar to the one ol lea a convention of delej Southern Stale? aaaemb .' inted Howell Cobb. Th nd another gentleman a the State constitution of 1577, than it is now, and va? more frequent and liberal prior to the Civil war than at any period since that memorable epoch. The nmr.ic ipal rules ? in ante beilum times seemed to think It wisdom to contribute the public funds vhere it would do the most public good. They Its were hot hampered by constitutional h.c Inhibition. For Instance: The city cc. council subscribed $250,000 to the bulld- r... Ing of the Central railroad, in 153^ ed from Macon to Savannah. She was a small place, but she "came across" handsomely and progressively. At about i the same time the council subscribed p- i to five hundred shares of stock of the on Monroe railroad amounting to $50,000. The brave little town bad her sleeves rolled up to the elbow and was in the push to the finish. Later, the Mon- ..... railroa . n— arre kn f .vr. ns th- Ma con and ’Western, running from Macon to Atlanta. Somewhere about 1S53. the ! here aj - (Mayor and council subscribed $200,000 ias B. King i to the capital stock of the Macen and direct trade ' Brunswick railroad, now the Southern, and go th-' pr and immigration Europe. It may n the scene in Tings .something jdav. In the fif- d In c«|. Vlcte clnte irtl e? in Uilrty-thre* from Maine to Or>■ to Mexico. In addition fttlementa Major Cl'-' Itlsh Co in i Zone, a of the ie colony een sold different ?on ana to these sner his commissioners to visit Europe interest of the project. In Ms its they were preparing to ma first trip across the waters, th visited at Macon by the minis:? in | operating between Macon and Bruns 1959. their were plenl- ited lint chr nre potentiary of the King Ff the Belgians, -who wanted the commissioners to visit his country with the view of estab lishing direct trade relations between Belgium and Georgia, and the South. But soon thereafter the Civil -war com menced and the direct trade project and pros- | never reached fruition, shown by Industrious farm- « In South Georg'a, mtenterl rotts Is t that the far I them anil and Valdostr r S1.2S1.600 <] When asked th Florida, , have at -posited how he sr Geor- I between I aggra- I In the ! :ured so ; emigrants ■rtlsing." the Major replied: In the 1907 almanac and encyclopedia of the New York World there is a list of "The Famous Old People of 1907.’’ of ages from CO to 97, inclusive. Under the age of 68 appears the name of Senator A. O. Bacon, together with wick. The enterprising spirits in the golden long ago evidently believed that railroads were potent factors in the growth, development and prosperity of a community. In 1860 work commenced on the Macon and Augusta railroad, and the Mayor and council promptly came to the assistartfe of this enter prise and subscribed $100,000 to its construction. Here is a total of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000^ subscribed by the Mayor and council, before the Civil war for the building of railroads. I believe that the bonds of the city were given for its subscrip tions to the stocks of these various railroads. So far as I can. recall, the largest donation that has been made by the Mayor and council since the senator A. u. Bacon together vcitn c ] 0se / 0 f the Civil war, was $125,000 i r ™ S vLcHcll!I 11 !: ' I in bonds and ten acres of land, which I believe the chief aim of the I mm!- '' “ “ ' ***"”" gratlon convention is to devise ways and means to obtain a supply of the proper kind of immigrants from Europe. This being so, the statement may be of Interest to some of the dele gates that last year there arrived In this country from across the waters 1.100,735 immigrants. This was the largest number that has. ever arrived in th, United "Stales in any one year in the history of th» American Gov ernment. Of this number SS0.036 car through the customs district of N York. II does sc m that Georgia , oy , nr worm to oe piacen in us com- i the onIv one that dId not receive it n'a^ should be able by the proper effort to paratively .short Ust of "Famous- Old cia , assistance from the M«wir get a full supply of good laborers People." yet I oplhe that Senator Ba- Council, and no rnih-oad whither bufit from tin vast liord ■ that annually resents the Insinnanon that hei 5? , nto or out from the citv. either be- , r into this country. Of th- immi- I aged. He feels that he is. In but the | . grants Hint came here In 1996 Italy summer of his life. We all know that fVrnlshed th.- largest number, towir. the Georgian is an active leader „in i-o which was 51.641 more than | “the march of intellect," rind one of "the choice and master spirits of this age.” The World asks, “at what age dees one become ‘oldT ” and says: "Five centuries ago a man was old at fifty. But the hale and hearty gentle- ox-Queen Llliuokalanl. of the Hawaiian Islands. John Morley, John Wana- maker. Generals Brooke and E. S. Otis and F. Hopklnson Smith. If Senator Bacon had been one year older his name would have appeared In the list which contains the names of ex-Presi- d<-nt Cleveland, J. Plerpont Morgan and Admiral Dewey. Or if he were one order to secure the location of the in stitution in this city. This gift was made in 1870 and 1871. The foregoing recital of some of the liberal and pro gressive contributions by Macon has been prompted by the proposition now before the Mayor and council for them to appropriate $1,500 for the city’s rep .. . resentat|o n at the Jamestown expori- i year younger his name would be 1st- j Uon . Before leaving this subject it mav Bonk'•feller. Admiral he 0 f interest to state that of all the ! ?! * 0U .™™ Ul , ! railroads commenced at M-o°n he‘ While it is a compliment to be selected .he <~u v ii ' ! ria i by The World .q be placed In its com- £ 0 ^iv onTtha arrived from there the yenr hefor-. England sent less than 50,000 in 1906 and from the German Emplr,- came l<ss than 40.000. Next to Italv there Russian intro vrar.-s, the total from Russia being 215.665. Of the whole number or Immigrants in the lls'.al year ending June 30, 1906, there were: Laborers. 226.345; ser vants. 115.984: farm laborers, 239,125; skilled laborers, 177,122. fore or after the war. has been of greater benefit to Macon than the Southwestern. It has poured great commerce and other treasures into the lap of .this city. Efforts hnve been made in the Ge.or- gia le gislature, from time to time, 'o establish a State Bureau of Immigra tion, and failure has marked the at tempts. Rut I am sneaking a little too fast, for once a Bureau of Immi gration was established by Georgia — In 1869—thirty-eight years ago It is said that the movement succeeded in adding one person to the population of Georgia, a relative of one of the Im migration Commissioners, who re turned from across the waters with him. An appropriation of $10,000 was made by the State. Of this sum S3.000 was allowed for printing, and the salary of Home Commissioner George N. Lester was fixed at $2,000 per an num. and Foreign Commissioner Sam- n< 1 Weil’s salary was $3,000. A pub lished historical report says: "Fnith- ful efforts were made by both com missioners, but owing to the persis tent and rancorous Republican slan ders against the good order Of the State no good was accomplished, and Col. I^ester. finding his office unavail ing for benefit, resigned it before the expiration of his two years’ -term. Commissioner Weil returned frpm Europe after fourteen months’ ab sence. bringing his niece with him, and there was a y.ii'l deal of raillery among the anti-immigration men over the alleged harvest of one immigrant aa the result of this elaborate scheme of State immigration. Tile report of tins attempt at Immigration showed that Commissioner Wei! had received $0,000 salary and spent $1,520 for printing: Commissioner Lester re ceived $2,598 printing. W bis salary, and Lester's were nearly one-half of salary." Which is the oldest business firm in _ Macon? I mean what partnership has man of today who has just turned sixty | existed longest without some change, would probably protest against being i I think the banner belongs to Hayes classed among old people, even if fa- & Mansfield. I mav be mistaken. If molts. 1 ham T should like to be 1—for-—ed cor- reetly. C. C. Haves ard W. H. Mans- Rev. W. W. Landrum, D. D., of At- | field entered into their present part- lanta. a noted Baptist divine, is a trus- i oershfp , "twenty-six years ago. this tee of Mercer University. He has •™ lnIn F J ” n f- , Is tl"*re eny firm in | Macon entitled to the belt over this record? Of course, there are business written an interesting reply to the ar ticle by Editor Edmonds, of the Manu facturers’ Record, of Baltimore, on Mr. John D. Rockefeller’s recent gift of $32,000,000 for educational purposes, which fund was put In charge of the General Education Board, of New York. Editor Edmonds’ views were In the nature of a warning. As explained by Dr. Landrum, the editor’s idea is that the funds, if expended in part in the South, will evoke an unneeded charity that will snp manhood ahd sturdiness of character, and thst Mr. Rockefeller is shrewdly seeking to lim it freedom of teaching at those col leges which accept his aid. Dr. Lan drum points out that the facts are dead against the alleged corrupting ef fects of pecuniary aid to worthy young men acquiring an education, and that the trustees and faculties are loyal to their charters, which expressly define both their liberty and their limita tions. Dr. Landrum makes this point, which is of special local interest: That gifts from the General Education Board are directly promotive of in creased liberality in the South, inas much as every grant by the board is conditioned upon the raising of a lar ger sum by the recipient. For exam ple, says Dr. Landrum: “At the re quest of Governor Terrell and myself, the General Education Board offered President Jameson and the trustees of Mercer Univerity, at Macon, $75,000, provided they would secure $225,000 more. The effect is not to pauperize salary and spent $a00 for | fj eor gi a Baptists. Far from it Already ■M's expenses exceeded fi ve Georgia men have pledged $5,000 I wonder if the Junior Order of T'lillod Amera.m M.-ehanies w ll have representatives at the Immigration convention today. This organization Is very zealous in its efforts to pre vent unrestricted immigration. The order has a large membfrsh'p in this city and State, and throughout the country. I understand Hint every con fer. e.ee or convention which has been assembled in the United States In many years to discuss the immigration I question has been attended by the Ju nior Order’s Committee on National Legislation or Its repr- septative. as this committee says, "to defend tlie principles of our order and our posi tion on this burning question, against all comers—the foreign society. the employer of cheap labor, the political manipulator, the college crank, and the agents of the steamship com panies." The Junior order N maintaining headquarters in Washington during the session of Congress, and has a committee present closely watching every phase of the pending discussion end legislation on the immigration question. In the declaration of prin ciples of the order appears the follow- nc: "We announce an honest wel come to all Immigrants wno come hither seeking to hotter their conditio., and intending to become earnest and law-abiding citizens of our country. Rut we maintain that there is no room in this land for the anarchist, the nihil ist or the escaped criminal, or for any one who is not willing to pledge al legiance to our flag and nationality, and to place the allegiance due it above that conceded to any other power, civil or religious." No applicant shall be eligible to membership in the order except he be: "A white male citizen of the United Spates of America, born within its then territory or domain, or under the protection of its flag.” Mr. W. IT. Moxle.v of Macen, is State councilor of the order in Georgia. 000 each to Mercer, who, in all proba bility, would never have done It, but for the generosity of the New York board.” It may be of Interest 4o state right here that some years ago, on two separate occasions, Mr. Rockefeller generously remembered Mercer Uni versity. In 1S91 he proposed to do nate $10,000 to Mercer provided that the Baptists of Georgia would raise $40,000. thus adding $50,000 to the )>er- manent endowment. This amount was raised in cash and subscriptions, bear ing six iter cent interest. In 1900, Mr. Rockefeller, through the American Baptist Education Society, offered to donate an addilional $15,000 to Mer cer University, provided that $50,000 more was raised by the friends of the institution. The terms were met, and the endowment was accordingly in creased by $65,000. houses in this citv which have be»n in existence for a longer time, hut the partnership name has been changed in some respects. For more than a auar- ter of a centurv these two men have worked in harmony, which speaks well for their fldePfv to each, other and their compatibilitv of tempers. Thev can sav with the poet: ”We have lived and loved together Through many changing years; We ha\*e. shared each other’s gladness And wept each other’s tears” The fact that Haves & Mansfield is th? only living unchanged firm of twenty-six years ago *neuld make all of us pause. It teaches that every? thing is subject to change, and shows "how fleeting and paitrv is the estate of man." and tells of the desolation of time and of the vanitv of human happiness. The partnership signs of twenty-six years ago—where are they? And echo answers in mournful cents. "Where are they?” What are twenty-six years? "A tale that is told:” a dream. Twenty-six years have erased all the partnership names that existed over the doors in Macon at the commencement of that period and substituted others in their stead, and In another twentv-six years the partnership names of today will have passed away on the wings of the wind. “So for the hair’s breadth of t>me as-, signed to thee live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ripe olive, extolling the season that bore it and the tree that matured it." HOPEFUL VIEW OF THE NEGRO. Saturday majority (Joel Chandler Harris, v it Evening Post). I believe that, at bottom of the American people are a: one with respect to the negro and his fu ture. and the reason I have for mak ing the statement is a sound one. name ly. that a large majority of the peo ple of this country are blessed with common sense in a larger measure than those of any other country on the globe. This innate commo4 sense has brushed away so many difficulties and solved so many problems and carried the country safely through so many crises, and has come to the front in so many emergencies that it may confidently be depended on in the fu ture. The negro is of a different race, it is true, and his mind may fall to re spond to the different processes of civ ilization and enlightenment: but this remains to be seen. It has not failed to respond thus far. * It seems to he getting along remarkably well, consid ering all the^ circumstances by which he has been surrounded. He Is acquir ing property quite rapidly, and in out- modern civilization this facultv is re garded. whether rightly or not. as the highest possible test of progress. for support arm go up "During ;g Philip Phi runs. the lg which had late- iur Mission.’ Tilt scrap of paper from ote a note, which be chairman. Afterward It was: ’Nev- lose have 'Your Mission’ i composer < piano and sang a s jy been written—'1 President took a s his pocket and wre handed up to th I saw that note of evening let u repeated hv Philip Phillips. Don' I called for it.' The song was repeated, and chairman announced that it was by the request of ‘one whose authority was not to be questioned,’ Of course ev eryone knew that that meant the stoop shouldered sad-faced, attentive figure sitting in the middle of the hall: along with the ‘plain people’ he loved: "Two months after this came tragedy of Lincoln's death." • he the CONTROL OF PIPE LINES. The .negro Is also acquiring an edu cation—slowly, as a matter of course, but surely—and by so much as the minds of the pre'ent generation are exertion of vigorous Standard Oil in- prepared and equipped! by just so fluence last spring the "rate law” (Washington Cor. N. Y. Journal of Commerce.) The control of pipe lines which has been wanting for many years will, whatever is done w.tJT regard to the making of rates through government agency, be demanded as a necessary element in the improvement of pres nt conditions. Had it not bern for the much will be the minds of the gene ration to come be prepared, to assimi late knowledge. The reason that I can. afford to be hopeful in the matter lies in the fact that I am famii°r with the hi'torv of a county in Middle Georgia where' the negroes comprise a majority of the population. In that county lynching Is unknown because the particular crime that incites to lynching is unknown. Such a crime has never been commit ted in the county, and I roentWi the fact with considerable pride, for the birth. It may be thcr-hf that t ; t’s is a descent to the particular, but the point I desire to make is that the over whelming majority of the in all ports of the Routh. especfatlv in the agricultural regions, are leading so ber, industrious lives. A temperate race is bound to be in dustrious. and fbe no—-oes are to—>ner- ate, as compared with the whites. I am sneaking, of eogrse of the negroes- on the farms, but even, in the towns, the majority cf them are sober and ip- dustrVme. The idle and criminal classes among them make a s-?” show >« the police records, but ririit .here in A’lan- tbo m—en d negroes far outnumber these w-’-o pre on the iis*s of the police as old or new of- fe-derg. I am bound to cone'nde from what I pee at] about me and from what I know of the raoe elsewhere, that the ne-ro. notwithstanding the la*e start-he h?! made in civilization and eattghtenment. is cans hie of making himself a usaftfi member in the communities in which he lives and moves, and thi/t he is be- ! coming more spa more deatrous of con- i would have absolutely specifi-<l that pipe lines should be kept absolutely separate in ownership from oil produc ing and refining concerns. Senator Tillman stood out for th’s provision for a good while, but h s efforts proved to be of comparatively little offecL He was forced by general fee’ing in the Senate to yield the point and to consent to the changes that were made. It shou’d be under stood, also, that the first breach In this part of the bill was made by S'n- ator Forokor. who took the ground that under no circumstances shou’d it apply to gas companies. Some of his const tuents were interested-, in the long-distance pip'ng of natural gas and they were desirous of being left fre' to carry cn this business in con nection w ! th the gas wells. Mr. Fnr- : aker carried his point, and. when that had been done, it was natural that othevs shou’d make use of the fact .as a basis for ins sting on th ir de’”»nds Thu? the opposition to Senator Tillman and those who were desirous of in cluding o'l pipe l'nes was considerably strengthened, a n d later became irre sistible. One argument that was us-d w'th mu-b force n ’he S 0 ””’? was that thi rl’-e line control wou'd. be highly in- j'-rious to independent concerns, "f 1 that the-e ind' pendents were nonns -d to the rot lev. . It was supposed then, ana ba S - Hocome increasing'’ pi ar since that time, that the "Independ ents.” for whose welfare thei—' was so much anxletv. were more or less im- ng nary, and that so far as th^y ex isted at al! they were working and talking tinder a control which pro ceed’d from some central source. forming to all the laws that have b Pe n NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS enacted for the protection of society. NOTES ON LINCOLN, Examine label on yenr na. ! -per. It tells bow you stand on ti e books. Due from date on Frcm the New Y-rk Tribune. President Lincoln as he impressed ai„ , , , nj - a girl not yet out of her teens avas the j t-Tie label. Seild ill < dlieS c.Tld referred a moment ago? He was one ! north Georgia, and that section- sel- of Ms cop’s’ most progressive citizens. : dem divides in politics. It has usually He was not only largely interested in proceeded on the Kentucky idea— : railroad building, but' he was presi- j “United we stand, divided we fall.”,- — ■ - — -- — t—r—. — . - ,, -triorr i dent of the OcmulgOc l5ank. which was And Wright may not oppose Clay.— : timely subject of a paper read by Mrs. j.&iS.O I'SHeW I OF tile year 1»U/. organized jn T.837. and was connected John T. Boifeuillet-in Macon. .Tele- | Mary,Coffin Johnson at the. monthly! —. with other financial institutions, owned 8Taph. j meeting of the Daughters of Ohio in INCREASE OF RAILWAY -EARN- the first .flreVprocf warehouse, in the Discussion in regard to the next race ; New York held at the Waldorf-Astoria . INGS. city which afterward became the tor United States Seijhtor in this State , yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Johnson her- ! The gross earnings of 134 railways present city hall, and when the Mon- appears to be warming up. The above ; se if was the girl, and her paper was in 1906. according to figures compiled nxpii i.ic • * * J «r l “ j. 7’ ; bob nw tu ncj pit jjci \vn» ISI’h, accciruins LU liguress izviirijmeu roe railroad . was put on the block from tne pen of Mr, John Boifeuillet, j made up of notes which she jotted by the Commercial and Financial r a Northern clerk of the House of .Representatives, : down at the time. Chronicle reached the total of $2;131,- Cowles bought it in for !■■■■■■■■ . party. When Cowles purchased this is_ important as in view oj his' evidence , “Married at an increase of $224,062,452. or A V*. • • V A- " ‘ “ _ ... « . ' , , , * -**'-«-* »■ ‘'"“I LUi lift YJt po?e.' The line was-'coir.Dleted to At- j'aoubtless based on what he believes to ; in my diary the things I saw and heard miles of road. Assuming: that■ between lpnta, and there.connection was formed , correct information. ^TVe do not i and I made careful nob? of every time 25.000 and 30.000 additional miles are with the State road, which reached think, however, that the fact that Mr. ; i looked at Lincoln. not represented in the tables. the northward as f-ir as Tennessee, arid Clay and Mr. Wright-are both from : “The first time I saw ’him he was chronicle estimates that the returns ac ” just over tbe line of that common- I north Georgia has any. bearing on the standing up at his full height, calm from all roads would shoiv an increiso wealth. In time the State road con- | situation. Mr. Clay is from Marietta, , and unconcerned, apparently, in an of approximately $240 000.000, of u’hicn nected with other northerly lines. aq<? j -which is not much more than suburb | open barouche, opposite my door in tha $135,000,000 would represent the results these with others, and who knows but } °* Atlanta and should not be properly i street.of a Southwestern city. The car- j of the first six months of the year what .Terrv Cowles’ road mav yet be classed as north Georgia. It is At- j riage moved slowly, the street being an d $105,000".000 the operations of the a link in a great chain of roads reach- i lanta. which means Atlanta pure and I blocked by masses of people, and I. like j as t six months. The figures of 134 ing to the North fwffe. Mr. Cowles ■ simple. As regards geographical po«t- ” " ’ ’ ” ------- 1 fcion. Atlanta represents no nartlcular section but Atlanta.—Rome Tribune. THE SPOT ON THE SUN. built the handsome brrhnsion on Bond's Hill, now owned end occupied by Mr. J. W. Cabaniss. This hou=e has been known longer in local cH-cles as the “Bond place.”, than it has by any other name. It was owned for a long time { XV• J. L., in New York World. by Col. Joseph Bond ' a wealthy plant- I Note,—Professor Brashear. of the Al- . ...... er He was a lakg^vrower of cot- 1 lesrheny Observatory, -Pittsburg, dis- | was not easily impressed at-that .time,” i tf nes nearest to everyone else, gazed at hipi with all my railways include the Canadian lines, eyes. Unattractive he was in his per- but not I the iMexican roads or the sonal appearance, unpolished, with no , mining operations of the anthracite pretentions in his manner to superiori- CO al roads. The percentage of increase tv, and yet something about him. some- of the Southern group of .railroads is thing in his dignitv and simplicity and 13.6. a larger, percentage than any of the strong individuality of his pres- the other groups. Northern. Northwcst- ence. impressed me verydeeplv. And I j ern. Middle and Western or firunk this percentage is The recent annual meeting of the stockholders of the Southwestern Railroad Company in tip's citv fur nished material for reminiscence. The Southwestern is an illustration of the truth that a small beginning often makes a big ending. T had a 1 wavs heard that the late Jerry Cowles started the building of this road, but j to be certain of this I consu'Wl Ma con’s only historian. Mr. John C. Butler, on the subject, and he con firmed my imnresslon. Mr . Rutler j that in tbe summer of 1845 M r . ton. and in the .year 1*59 he attracted ! covered a spot on the sun last Wednes- j Mrs. Johnson remarked parenthetically, : that of the Southwestern group, which the attention of ,rhe State to him by fi a >’ three and a half-billions of square I by any serious person.” : u .< making a single ssH4 erf bis cotton crop of 1858. which transaction netted' him over one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). While tile Mg deal was still the talk of the peonle they were astounded, to hear that Mr. Bond tmd been shot and killed on one of his plantations in Southwestern Georgia liv .a former overseer whom he had d'seharved for "cruel treatment of a slave owned hv Mr. Bond. The re mains of the deceased were hrou»-M A shadow which reflects, perhaps, to Macon aftd interred in Rose Hill Us integrity! Cemeterv. and over them has been miles in area. What? A spot. On the sun? Alas Titat this shculd come to pass! A las that this good sun of ours. The source of heat and light. Should have a sbsiioti- on Its work As anv mortal might! Alas that we, who every day Look*uD to it. should see Cowles had called a public meeting erected the handsomest private monu for a certain night at the Citv Council ment in the South. Owing to the foresight and energy f a certain druggist, a former Macon man. the pure food drug and liquor law which was enacted at the last ses sion of the Legislature, and to take effect from and after the firs: day of August. 1007. contains the proviso that the act shall not apply to stocks of drugs and medicines on hand in this Smte. urni! the ties: dav of August. 190$. This gives the druggists ample time in which to dispose of all stocks on hand that may not come up to the rcoulrcment of the act.. Dealers in foods, beverages, condiments, candies and liquors must dispose of their pro hibited stock by August, 1907. The former Macon druggist alluded to above, contended single-handed and alone before the Legislature for the extension of time allowed the drug gists. Perhaps the other druggists though: they could dispose of their prohibited stock by August t. 1907, but some of them now find they were mis taken. and others are just learning that they have until August 1. )f next year, ir, which to get rid of their stock and chamber to discuss the project of con structing a line through soutbv-e<:t Georgia. Tbe night o; the mee’irig was dark and verv rainy. Mr. Cnv-bs found no one In attendance excent Mr. A. R. Freeman, the clerk and treasurer of the council. He asked him to re main and keep tbe lights burning while he went out and drummed un a crowd. And tb's is who, hannened. ns Mr. Butler tell“ It: Tbe night be ing so inclement Cowles found no one who world aeeomuanv him until he p'et Mr. Simri Rnee. in b ? s printing nf- fieo. mho agreed to eo with him to the "t’ubiic Railroad co,vio^_ Rose and Freeman were the onlv per sons present They soon determined When St. Josenh’s Catholic church get« jts new chimes of twelve bells. ... ■ ... Macon will hear some beautiful and -etting spotted every lime delightful music. • The chimes will T.,at snots are handed ’round. We c.annet tell, we dfo not know— The sun is far from here: And we may onlv guess by what Is happening more near, , The sun’s hot stuff, no doubt of that. And hot stuff: we have found. “Three years later I was in Wash ington. Mv first glimpse of h'm there was at a formal function, where I had tbe pleasure of a handshake and a brief word from the President. The shows 13.4 percentage of increase. The increase of earnings is greater on all the roads than in any other year from- 1896 to 1906. The Railway Age says: “It is due to many favor able influences among which may be following Sunday I Sat but a few yards | mentioned the unparalleled industrial away from the pew which the Presi- j activity, the successive abundant har- dent occupied at the New Aork-Avenue : vasts and the free movement of traffic Presbyterian Church, and I, was struck j permitted by the open winter in the ■L h ^ S J areWC i r ^ l00 ’ i ’ '"? iines , early months of last year. The aggre- delightful music.' The chimes will _ play many sweet and familiar tunes. " u * •**>■ Among those for popular concerts will However gay he the following: Wostmins’er Chime ° r an '’ other way Quarters. Suwannee River. Thine Eyes so Blue and Tender. Bluebells of Scot land. R^bin AQalr The Chimes of Trin ity. Lohengrin’s Wedding March. Home, Sweet Home. Flow Gently. Sweet Af- ton. When the Harve it Days Are Over, Intermezzo (Cava. Rusticana). My Old Kentucky Home American hymn. St. Patrick’s Day. The Marseillaise. Dixie _ , , Land. Columbia. Gem of the Ocean. upon a programme, and drew tin a pre- stonewall Jackson’s Praver, March of gL-.L the Men of Harlech. Bonnie Banks of elected Lo c h Lomond. Wearln’ o’ the Green, Bannie Doon. Killarnev, Auld Lang a aa ‘t million miles big? Syne. Medley of patriotic airs. For go. pig. a Saturday evening prologue the^e Also rats. will be such nieces as Juanita. Shells Are New Yorkers sun sharps or sun of Oce-n. Roc’-ed in tbe Cradle of . the Deeo. and in music’s sweetest 1S t,le w«r»t. strain. Of a sacred character ttmre 'idn t New York get there first? will be. Nearer- My God to Thee, Our Lord is PA = o n: Jesus. tb e Very , ° ut > Pittsburg spot! Thought of Thee: Abide With Me; j ~ ; Hnlv nod. we Prai'e Thy Name ! The Trained Nurse. Mary. Star of the Sea and numerous From th° Baltimore Sun. others. Tbe total weight of the bells . The Maryland Stat“ Association of til The official organ of tbe Junior Or der does not seem pleased that Oscar Straus. Is secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor, and that Rob ert Watchorn. who was born in Eng land and ha« only been a resident of the United States for about fifteen years. Is the commissioner of immigra tion at Ellis Island. Mr Watcho-n is the gentleman who conducted C s alr- I 1. man John A. Betjeman, of the ?:--c Jf executive committee of the Georgia tio Immigration Association, tnd State • r>r : Commissioner of Agriculture Hu .is ? - and other Georgiars ’hr.vueh c V - r v do de partment cf the Eiits Island station, on : t’-i the reo“nt visit of these gentlemen t 5 ’ to the North to studv the immign- tlon sitnnfion a"d conditions, with S- vievr of presenting th-flr observa-.’e-.s and ideas to th" corv-ntion h 0 ;sj n£r j n • drv Macon today. The tff'cia’ organ, of the ’ cas Junior O-der c’oses »n editor! il w-rh me these words: "The time is come w-on Li the President of the United 8v;os ha; should he convinced that the peatve of the United Crates want ar. 4—0-. 1 ican in the office of secretarv Department of Commerce and and an American on guard at Kills Island as commissioner of Immigra tion, so Americans and .tot Jews and things mer Mr tout the m drtlgn rht th, ult« branding and imitation of foods for nup or beast, of hew-a!*<•-,?, cand'es and condiments, of medicines, drugs and liquors or the manufacture and =aie thereof in th" State of Georgia. Rome of the druggists are busv examining the act to fi-d if it really doe? n't go i”to force and effect until Angus? 1. J9 n 8 so 'nr as thev are concerned. Cowles was ttnapi chairman, and Mr. Freeman secreiarv of the meeting. On the part of the audience Mr. Rose presented the busi ness for the meeting, which was al ready rrenared. and the resolutions were adopted amid much enthusiasm, without a dissenting voice. And such was the commencement of the South western Railroad, much has done so much for the prosperity and welfare of Macon, and the growth and develop ment of the section of country through which it runs. From the meeting of that trio, on a dark and rainy night, s of nice j grew the road that runs from Macon of the for- | to Albany, and on to Blakely, a d’s- art in quo,-- ] ;ance of 156 miles, and down to Eu- -ation. nvs- j (aula and Ft. Gaines, and over to Co- f food? f r | lumhus. * I A less indomitable and persevering spirit rhan Jerry Cowles would have collapsed under the conditions with :uk: c ;i he was confronted in his first effort to bu’ii the Southwestern. In I pere~<her. 1845 the General Assembly of Georgia granted a charter for the I building e? the road Tp the follow ing vear the Central railroad supplied : 'rods to have a survey made. On I February 10. 1*47. the company or- Tbo sun may have been acting. What we want to know is How did it happen that this spot on its phis Was discovered from Pittsburg Tn=uei(j of New York? That’s what w e want to know about the spot By gosh! Do our astronomers s’o.sh Around the heavens and not see A sort said to be Three which the past three years had drawn in his face. “Near the close of January. 1865. I went aga'n to Washington. With our party were several men who represent ed a noble, unpaid charity wh’ch the Civil War had brought into existence— the United States Christian Commis sion. These men had an interview with gate increase in the ten years from 1896 to 1906 was $1,325,000,000. In that period the smallest gain over the preceding twelve months ,vas in 1896. when it was 0.26 per cent. The aver age for eleven years is 7.51 per cent. In that period an unbroken record of yearly gains 1? shown. If business conditions enable the railways to add President Lincoln at the White House, j to the se results another year of in- by appointment and I was allowed to crease in 1997, it will be an historic alone is nearly icnoo pounds and with Graduate Nurses yesterday enjoved an the fnme and complete appliance will _ . ,, aggregate over 23.000 pounds. The - nt restin S program of discourses per- cost of the chimes is $6,600. int-restin tinenf to their useful and philanthropic profession. The work of the trained nurse is of such a beneficent and im- AVill United Clay? that no It will m Al ir«s- i wi H enry L. irer It t! rv council Jew h suh- e. and noth- ' m- ’ - Mr w-ight proviso which More Senatorial Gossip, eib Wright be a candidate for portant character, and is usually car ried on in such a lofty"’ spirit of self consecration. that it desrrves the high esteem in which it is held Maryland has. It appears. 500 registered nurse3, most of whom are members of the nurses’ association. Besides these, th°re are hundreds of others who have left the profession, and others still who have not been able, owing to invincible circumstances, to carry their training to the point of graduation, but do good work in the ackroom and obtain the love and gratitude of the families in which they find cmoloyment Nursing begins, in fact, to be con sidered one of the most Important parts of the healing art. Correct diagnosis is. no doubt, very important but, after I think Mr. ail, nature does the principal part of States Senator against Steve The impression exists with at he will. If Governor-elect loss riot enter the race it may imurobshle that Mr. Y.’right --e the fight. It is not believed h Smith and Wright would run. probably be decided at the g session of the Legislature who be the candidate or candidates in -Lion to Clay. Wright is ambl es we all know, and as he as- to the Governorship he might •e averse to ccupvtng a seat in n .te of t 1 --? L'nited States. I be- th.’.t Mr. Wright Can he reckoned ?.s a cand'date in the near future .rher th? Senator-hip er the Gov- ?hip. The people who know Mr. has In cor A "-pr of the LnH-r. T v can - ' or •>rd eounr'I ha« monev i n rash and iterori???. Thl? nroe- ti,-“ n-»5 mor? common in the days >of auid lang syne, before the adoption of huted much to mibiic er under the control of the Cen tral by lease. Who was Jerry Cowles, t” whom I siderc>>!e rept r.nd much ea friends say J fight but wi! 4om.es. Clay mciitton tne m- erai interesting meas- sessfon of which con- •on may come to him, itgn material. Clay’s i* hot hunting for a re-'dv for whatever .! Wright are from the work of cure, and the nu-se is nature’s intelligent handmaid, who sees i Bishop MoCabe), and by a war corre- accompany them. "We arranged ourselves in the great East Room, and after a little delay the President came in. We rose to our feet George H. Stewart, president of the commission, addressed him. speak ing of the trust the people had in him and alluding to the sympathy he had shown the poor fe’lows in the Southern prisons, and thanking him also for the aid the commission had received at his hands. "The President stood with clasped hands, tal! and vaunt (that familiar de scription is really the only one that fits his figure). He was even more hag gard than when I had last seen him. a year before. ” ‘You owe me no thanks.’ he said, 'for what I may have been able to do for you. or for our brave men in the field, and, if I may be permitted to say it I owe you no thanks for what you are doing so well. We are alike work ing for the cause, and it is becau-'e the cause is just that we find Joy in the work.’ “Then the President shook hands j with the members of the commission j ’•nd a?ked the party to come into the ! Blue Room. He wanted some ’personal conversation’ he said. I remember him as he sat in his chair, in the same awk ward position made familiar to us bv the pictures of him. He conversed with the same freedom he would have shown If he had bee" making a neigh borly call back in Illinois. “Two evenings after that there was gathered at the capital one of the most distinguished assemblies ever conven ed in America. The members of the diplomatic corns were there and the cabinet, including Secretary of War Stanton. Schuyler Colfax was present, so were James G. Blaine and Admiral Farragut in full uniform. The occa sion of this meeting was the anniver sary of the United States Christian commission, and its special feature a d’senssion -of the dreadful conditions of the soldiers confined in th? South ern prisons. Presently President Lin coln came in. followed by two officers, and siinped into a seat in a row oc cupied by plain citzens. The most tell ing recitals were the ones made by Chaplain C. C. McCabe (afterward achievement.” Surf Driving Is a Fine Sport. At Waikiki, near Honolulu. Is a fa mous bathing beach. Here, winter and I summer, the surf canoes, or better yet, the surf boards, come danieng in' on the long rollers and men become amphibious. There is no sensation quite compara ble to riding a surf board on a Pacific roller. It is tobogganing on a moving hill-lde of water, or, if you are clever enough to stand up on your board. It is taking this hillside on a single big *" ski. The beach runs far out before it shelves into deep water.'and at high tide the breakers begin to mount al most half a mile from the shore line. You go out there with your surf board and wait for the wave. You learn to catch it at the right moment, throw your board inshore and climb upon it just as the crest of the roller mounts and catches you. Then on this crest you sail in toward the shore, to slide down at last when the wave breaks, down the foaming incline into shallow water and churning foam. It Is royal sport.—-Travel Magazine. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label cn your 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. to it that the patient gives nature the best possible chance to effect her miracles. A.6 between the nurses and the doctors, the former win the most hearts, if the clerk who issues mar riage licenses is permitted to testify. spondent. A. B. Richardson who bur a short time before had escaped from the Salisbury stockade in North Caro lina, and after weeks of wandering in the mountains had finally reached the Union lines. As Mr. Richardson stood He Got the Ghost. On one occasion in Scotland a guest arriivng rattier late at a country house was quartered in the haunted room. Al though professing to be a skeptic, like many others, his courage vanished with the light. Determined, however, to pro tect himself as well as possible, he placed a loaded revolver under his pil low and awaited events. As the clock struck midnight he saw a fleshy hand at the end of the bod, and steadying his nerve he addressed the visitant thus: "If you do not instantly removes your hand I shall fire without further warning." He counted three ar.d then discharged thp bullet. A how] of pain which aroused the household followed, and it wa? soon discovered that the successful marks man had shot awy two of his own toes.—Throne. I INDISTINCT PRINT