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TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 190T.
THE TWICE-4 -WEEK TELEGRAPH
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THE TRADESMAN’S
WEEKLY
the
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life In the
ecure trust-
3 rei
y nr
Itjr population
v home' n
of dreariness
<-nt; m by via
''f Georgia and
rb- The disposi-
> to the country Is
ire an 1 more per-
and wise regard
omlng over our
A few y,*rs ago
regarded as
I grat.
iow being made to remove this
le by encouraging white Imml-
r. t'. the St.-t’e' and
servants' homes are being bettered In
ippearance. In number of rooms, and
n improving their outside appearance
tnd internal comfort.
The rearing of cattle and horses on
he rolling pastures anti beautiful
neadows, instead of raising the usual
■rops of corn and cotton has caused
I n demand for a different class of labor.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. March 16.—
Fallowing is the list of new industries
established in the Southern States dur
ing the week ending today as reported
to the Tradesman and fully verified.
Among the notable new concerns are
three lumber companies in Alabama,
cotton compress in Georgia, coal com
pany in Kentucky, lumber company in
Louisiana, mining and coal companies ’ NEW ORLEANS, March 15.—Secretary
in North Carolina, a half dozen tele- Hester's weekly cotton statement, issued
phone companies in Oklahoma, two I today, shows for the 15 days of March an
hardware companies In South Carolina, | increase over last year of 202.000 and an
World’s Visible Supply.
NEW ORLEANS. March 15.—Secretary
Hester's statement of the world's visible
supply of cotton, issued today, shows the
total visible to be 5.443.-405 against 5.457.-
6SJ last week and 4.965.420 last year. Of
this the total of American cotton" is 4.081.-
tt-6 ,n:,inst t.l'.'s.CM' It;-: w.- k at: !
133 last year, and of all other kinds, in
cluding Egypt- Brazil. India, etc.. 1.362,-
00 i against LJI9.OO0 last week and 1.541.-
OOO last year.
Of the world's visible supply of cotton,
there Is now afloat and held in Great
Britain and continental Europe 2.975.000
against 2.472.000 last year: In Egvpt.
220.000 against 1S4.000 last year: In India
690,000 against 950.000 last year, and in
the United States 1,558,000 against 1,362.-
000 last year.
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By JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET.
Several Georgians have gone to New
York to be present at a dining to be j sidered one of his master efforts,
given there this evening in celebration
of the anniversary of the birthday of j Clay, in March. 1S3S, growing out of
the famous South Carolinian, and the contest over the United States bank
of minister to England, buf lie declln
the office. However he did not r
tire to private life. One of the Sen
ators from South Carolina resigned
his seat to make room for him. and
at the next session. December. 1645.
he again took his seat in the Senate
and remained there until his death, as
previously mentioned. Calhoun's
speech on the nulllUcation question.
February 26. 1533, in his great debate
with Webster in. :h-- Senate, is
An
other gigantic debate was that with
dene
mu
r.t Jut
wne
nd dulln Hp I
with delight and | an( j no t so much of it Is required. Our furniture factory in Tennessee, several | increase over tbe same period year before
ry many of our best town boys when carried to the country j cotton gins in Texas, development and | last^of ^47.000.^ ^ th „ t
ing the country resi- realise that it is a land full of won- ! lumber companies In ^ irgjnla. and a
4 homes. I ders and perpetual changes, of Joyful bridge company in West Virginia.
surprises and of Inexpressible delights, j The Tradesman’s complete list for
After this taste of the country, the the week Is as fOl'ows:
constant rush and the noisy roar of thfj ; Alabama,
city become disagreeabe, the din In his j Mount Vernon—$25,690 lumber corn-
ears grow* painful, the innumerable ! pany.
signs and placards, the constant meet- j Gadsden—$10,000 lumber company,
ing and passing of people come upon I Thomaston—Waterworks,
him with a weariness and a growing j Montgomery—$5,000 hardware com-
pr. ssed by this
visit to Savan-
•rc I saw country homes
mas M. Norwood, former
United States Senator,
“HaiToek," nine miles
h. He has as his neigh-
1 .r at the Isle of Hope. Hon. J. H.
Jeditor of the Savannah Morn
ing News, and his lovely place.
"Wymberly,” Is ond of the most beau
tiful in the State. In another portion
of the county is the costly and ele
gant home of Mr. Wm. J. DeRenne.
Hon. Henry MeAlpln, the Ordinary of
Chatham County, owns a unique and
Interesting ante-bellum home near
this city.
Many prominent and wealthy citi
zen- of Atiantn are spending a large
piortlon of their time at their country
homes tieyond th,- city limits. Among
these I have noted tffe beautiful homes
of Mr. J. K. Ottley, cashier of the
J-ourth National Hank, of Col. W. L.
Peel, president of the Mnddox-Ruckcr
Linking Co., of Col. Z. D. Harrison,
for thirty years clerk of the Supreme
Court of Georgia, and others really too
numerous to mention.
There are around Macon a number
of lovely country homes which • are
being annually beautified by the
charming and cultivated women who
spend all, or nearly all. of their time
at their lovely country houses. Mr. C.
W. Howard lives in Ribb County, be
tween Lorane and Holton. He Is a
graduate in literature and in law, but
prefers the life of a farmer and hor
ticulturist. as does his successful
brother, Mr. J. D. Howard. Mr. A. W.
Turner, a prominent and able mer
chant of Mneon. is spending much of
his time at his iovelv home near Hol
ton. ten miles,from Macon. Mr. D. P.
Hlllyer. cashier of the American Na
tional Rank, la now occupying an ele
vated and desirable home a few miles
from this city. Mr. Winship Cabanlss
is now erecting a very large, expen
sive and beautiful log residence about
ten miles from Macon, which will be
not only unique and beautiful, but
comfortable and elegant In • its ap
pointments. C. M. Orr, J3«q.. late
cashier of the Exchange Bank, Macon,
hns resigned and moved to his beauti
ful home, “Wingfield."
Around the city of Augusta in Its
suburbs nre dwelling such excellent
citizens as Hon. W. IT. Fleming, ox-
irfember of Congress. Col. C. G. Good
rich. cashier of the Georgia Railroad
Bank. Hon. W. F. Eve, for twenty-
five years judge of the City Court of
Richmond County, Hon. W. A. Clark,
tlv popular and accomplished treas
urer of Richmond County, well known
as a writer, spenker and poet.
Around the smaller cities of Geor
gia similar dlspsltlon to locate outside
of the city limits Is growing rapidly.
'"Gentlemen farmers, with their college
tarined sons and bright and winsome
daughters are being developed, and
scientific farming, terracing and fer
tilizing land, not with artificial stimu
lants alone, but with brains and com
mon sense, maintaining real refine
ments and sensible luxuries, are grow
ing in numbers daily. In a few years
from now we will have landed fami
lies. which gave to the South before
the Civil War its distinctive and de
lightful character. And in years to
come the next generation will see that
the true home of the family is becom
ing more and more the country abode,
ami Instead of living a few weeks of
the summer in the country the rule
will become to spend only a few weeks
of the winter during the theatrical
season perhaps in the city.
Conveniences which nre common in
tile country, such as the- suburban tele
phone make them accessible and con
venient to neighbors, to cities, and are
proving of wonderful value as well as
comfort and Increasing the willingness
of city residents to move to and live
permanently in country homes. City
families are now turning to their
country homes earlier in the spring,
anil they linger there longer in the fall.
In a few lrcflef years the city house will
become the temporary home.
It is not the very rich who are thus
solely turning to country life: those
who are in more moderate circum
stances have their inclinations direct
ing them countryward also, and in a
still larger degree, and whenever our
boards of education see the necessity
and the propriety of encouraging this
purpose hv giving the very best coun-
school facilities, then our country
distaste. With the country boy who pany.
has been for many years In town and | Mobil
grows up there to man’s estate and
succeeded and become prosperous, this
annual visitation to the scenes of bis
boyhood recalls with ardent longing
the forgotten days, and. It all rises trp
before him again and he has an Irre
sistible Impulse and tidal wave urging
him to return to the beloved scenes
and sweet recollections which were
graven on his -heart, the dear old home
of his father and mother so long for
saken perhaps the graves of his pre
cious mother and of his devoted father
call upon him, and lure him back to
the days; tbe scenes and the pastimes
of the long, long ago'.
These noble men, once country boys,
now denizens of crowded towns and
cities, are glad In their riper years
$25,000 lumber company.
Summerdale—$6,500 canning factory.
Arkansas.
Little Rock—$100,000 land company.
Eureka Springs—$25,000 mining com
pany.
Arkadelphla—Planing mill.
Fort Smith—$25,000 plumbing com
pany.
Florida,
Tampa—Land company.
Geo/gia.
Waycross—$25,000 land and timber
company.
Elberton—$40,000 cotton compress.
Indian Territory.
Chickasha—$100,000 oil mill.
South McAlester—$30,000 oil com-
I pany.
j Tulsa—Oil refinery
I BartlesvilT
and In their days of greater Prosper- ■ Bartlesville—Bo* factory,
lty, to return either to their old home- : Kentu-ky.
1 Louisville—$7,500 laundry; $30,000 ice
seWes. and rteyTake the utmost S-' ^rage plantst $100,000 veneer
lira In o cm in tnlrlmr n rv%n 1 hamttaK’ac *n _ *,. _ ... ... . ..
Bowling Green—$15,000 furniture fac
tory.
ure In again taking upon themselves in
a more dignified way the cares, the
duties, the pleasures of a renewed
country life. They take pains In Im
proving these homes and bettering
them In comparison with the more
rustic, rural ones through which they
passed their boyhood days. They ex
pand and beautify the beloved old-
fashioned flower garden, and cultivate
eagerly the garden of vegetables. They
construct smooth and lovely driveways
and pleasant paths In which to walk,
and wind them through lovely and
graceful shrubbery. The' country par
lors are ornamented by libraries, by
numerous magazines, by the best lit
erature and political weeklies and by
classic as well as modern novels and
other books. Here in these sweet
homes the occupants find time to read,
to think over, to discuss the literature,
the politics and the social matters of
the day. as well as the historic truths
and wonderful events of the past.
Many of these country homes have
their grounds for croquet, for tennis
and for golf. The old and the young
play. s
All of these things have served to
completely revolutionize country life In
many respects. What more can an in
telligent countryman desire than the
possession of good, smooth roads, dally
delivery of mails, the use of the tele
phone. of abundant use of water and
of the cheap lights of which we have
made mention, together with the nu
merous means of dally communicatlgp
and association with neighbors in the
country and friends in the city? I
fully believe that before many m6re
years shall elapse there will be a con
tinued increase In the number of citi
zens throughout Georgia and the South
who will either buy suburban homes
or build them to suit their own tastes,
and that the longevity and the happi
ness of the people so doing will bo
wonderfully increased. This is, in my
judgment a consummation most de
voutly to be wished.
DIES IN NASHVILLE
Barbourville—$150,000 coal company.
La Grange—$100,000 building and
loan company.
Jeffersontown—$6,000 creamery.
Louisiana.
Crowley—$25,000 hardware company.
Winnfield—$100,000 land company.
Franklin — $100,000 transportation
company.
Gonzales—lee factory: machine
shop; box factory.
New Orleans—$50,000 concrete block
factory.
La Fayette—$60,000 oil mill.
Shreveport—$200,000 lumber com
pany.
Mississippi.
D’lo—$30,000 manufacturing com
pany.
Missouri,
Joplin—$48,000 rhining company:
power plant: $100,000 mining company.
Kansas City—$100,000 mining com
pany; $50,000 investment company.
St. Louis—$50,000 construction com
pany; $11,000 manufacturing company;
$100,000 mining company; $5,000 sash
and door company.
Mound City—$30,000 grain elevator.
Richmond—$80,000 coal company.
Mindenmines—Mining company.
North Carolina,
Jamesville—$20,000 milling company.
Shelby—Waterworks; $120,000 cot
ton mill.
Beaufort—$125,000 telephone system.
Lenoir—$25,000 flour and grist mill.
Wilson—$50,000 fertilizer company.
Raleigh—$50,000 milling company.
Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City—$25;000 canning
company: $100,000 brick works; $150,-
000 power company.
McCloud—$15,000 telephone system.
Yale—$10,000 canning factory.
Guthrie—$1,500,000 mining company.
Frederick—$100,000 oil mill.
Cleveland—$100,000 oil company.
Earlsboro—$5,000 telephone system.
Shattuck—$15,000 telephone system.
Gage—$5,000 development company.
. Pond Creek—$20,000 telephone sys
tem.
Blackwell—$10,000 telephone system.
Cedardale—$5,000 telephone system.
Lawton—$5,000 telephone system.
Cherokee—$25,000- investment com
pany.
South Carolina.
Hartsville —$10,000
company.
Columbia—$9,000 hardware company:
For the 196 days of the season that
have elapsed, the aggregate is ahead of
the same days last year 2,505.000 bales.
The amount brought Into sight during
the past week has been 253.6S5 bales
against 143,835 bales for the same seven
days last year, and 206,860 bales year be
fore last.
The movement since September 1 shows
receipts at all United States ports to be
8.55S.405 against 6.448.354 last year; over
land across the Mississippi. Ohio and Po
tomac Rivers to Northern mills and Can
ada 9S3.410 against 728.393 last year; in
terior stocks in excess of those held at
the close of the commercial year 403.075
against 435.475 last year; 'Southern mill
takings 1.564,000 against 1.473,316 bales
last year.
These make the total movement since
September 1. 11,590,327 against 9.0S5.617
last year.
Foreign exports for the week have been
177.59S against 63.927 last year, making
the total thus far for the season 6.675,864
against 4.834.050 last year.
The total takings of American mills.
North and South and Canada thus for
for the season have been 3,675.247 against
3,345.795 last year.
Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 lead
ing Southern interior centers have de
creased during the week 43.292 bales
against a decrease during the correspond
ing period last season of 17.819.
Including stocks left over at the ports
and interior towns from the last crop,
and the number of bales brought into
sight thus far from the new crop, the
supply to date Is 11,888.097 against 9,530,-
148 for the same period last year.
Weekly Interior Cotton Towns.
NEW YORK, March 15.—The following
is the movement of spot cotton at the
leading interior cotton towns for the week
ending Friday, March 15:
TOWNS—
to
c
=3
2
C.
o
c
5
Shipments.
-
w
- X
o
ro
Albany . . . .
15! 118
1742
Athens . . . .
......
1167
2304
535
117S0
Atlanta . . . .
2151
1163
14540
Brenham . . .
Charlotte . . .
......
177
281
429
2S1
1812
Columbia . . .
1579
1479
15800
Columbus Ga..
10 V6
.»4y
1255
1255
16054
Cohim.. Miss...
sn-t
405
6513
Balias ....
826
452
1997
Eufaula . . . .
6
228
.1350
Greenville . . .
1240
2308
Greenwood . .
764
580
184
2393
Helena . . . .
1599
21 »4
14158
Little Hock ...
10%
4647
7238
37307
Macon ....
ll
36
S
4153
Meridian . . .
1771
2X61
9145
Montgomery .
Irtti
$8L.
0334
G3S4
16174
Nashville . . .1
014
him
459
566
Natchez . . .
786
1059
SG35
Newberry . . .
210
580
1027
Raleigh . . .
ii
48'i
425
1115
Rome
10.81
900
ri
4482
Selma
0223
466
2759
Shreveport . . .
iosj
1S42
426
44S
.14397
Vicksburs . . .
102512559
23279
Yazoo City ..
*
157|1407
7967
noted American statesman. John Cald
well Calhoun. He was one of the most
eminent and remarkable men this
country ever produced, and his name
and works will forever shine In golden
letters on the monuments which rec
ord the nation’s renown. His fame is
a glorious heritage of the South, and
its brightness is reflected from ocean
to ocean. He was" a friend to liberty
and loved the land of his birth. He
gathered for himself unfading laurels
in the defense of Southern institu
tions. and left many brilliant memo
rials of his genius in championing the
interests of the South. He was a
member of that wonderful oratorical
trio whose unrivalled careers in the
Senate were the admiration of the
era in which these men lived, and
have been the pride and praise of all
succeeding generations. Calhoun,
Clay and Webster have gilded the
pages of history with their glorious
intellectual achievements. Calhoun’s
Senatorial life was decked and adorn
ed with the grand triumphs of his
splendid mind, and fn other political
places his lofty intellect shone in
grandeur. He was an ardent patriot,
a constant source of strength to the
republic.
, Cotton Receipts.
NEW YORK, March 15.—The following
are the total net receipts of cotton at all
ports since September -1: Bales.
Galveston
New Orleans ..
Mobile .
Savannah
Charleston .'•...
Wilmington ...
Norfolk
Baltimore
New York
Boston
Newport News
Philadelphia ...
San Francisco
...3.423.995
...2,001.126
... 231.620
...1.322.022
... 140.326
... 305.021
... 495 .305
... 48.769
... 14.363
... 57.892
... .30.018
5.337
70.321
Calhoun was of Irish parentage, and
a Presbyterian in faith. He was born
in the district of Abbeville. S. C.,
March 18. 1782, and died at Washing
ton March 31. 1850, aged 68 years,
while a Senator. On March 13. Cal
houn spoke in the Senate for the last
time, his remarks being on the slavery
question. He fell back In his seat ex
hausted, and was taken to his bed,
whence he never rose again. His dis
ease was a pulmonary affection, ag
gravated by heart trouble. He grad
uated with honor at Yale, in 1804.
President Dwight, of the college, was
so much impressed with the ability of
Calhoun, the student, that he said,
“the young man has talent enough
to be President of the United States.”
In time. Calhoun’s public career prov-
ed the truth of Dr. Dwight’s assertion,
and though he climbed rapidly to
ward the Presidency, and was in sight
of the goal, he never could quite reach
the glittering prize, and like his great
rivals. Clay and Webster, died with
out attaining this crowning glory of
political ambition. In June, 1807, Cal
houn entered on the practice of law,
about the time of the assault of the
Leopard upon the Chesapeake. In
dignation meetings were held in Ab
beville. and Calhoun was so ardent
and patriotic in his denouncement of
the British outrage that, as a tribute
of the people’s appreciation, he was
elected to the Legislature for two
terms. In 1810 he was chosen to Con
gress, and then commenced that fong
career of brilliant public service which
immortalized the name and life of
John C. Calhoun.
and the independent treasury bill. Hot
blows were given and received. It Is
said that Mr. Calhoun considered this
speech as the vindication of his pub
lic life, and that he rested his pub
lic character upon it. An admirer has
compared this masterly utterance to
the celebrated oration of Demosthenes
for the crown. In answer to the as
saults of Aeschines. “On the death of
Calhoun, Webster delivered a glowing
eulogy on his career and services, and
paid "a beautiful tribute to “the un
spotted integrity and unimpeached
honor” of the man and statesman. Thfe
tenor of his private life was pure, no
ble, upselfish and simple. The great
Senator has left a fragrant memory.
Peace be to his illustrious shade!
d j tinctinn of being the last Intondant of
- j Macon. The first military oncamp-
- 1 inent in Macon was held this year,
d I 1632. The Macon Volunteers. Monroe
Musketeers, and the Georgia Guards,
of Milledgevllle, participated. In
honor of the captain of the Volunteers
the place of assembling was called
/Camp Newcomb.” Intendnnt Eokley
was captain of the Bibb Cavalry, an
organization that was formed later.
Intendant-Dannelly was elected first
lieutenant of the Macon Volunteers at
the time of the organization of the
Company, April 23, 1S25. and subse
quently became captain. Intendant
Birdsong was chosen second lieuten
ant. Mayors Seymour and Holmes
held the position of captain of the
Volunteers, and Mayor B. F. Ross was
the commander of the Floyd Rifles. I
think that Mayor Poe was also at one
time captain of a Macon company.
Since Macon became a city. Decern
ber. 1S32, she has had twenty-one May
ors, to-wit: Isaac G. Seymour. Rob
ert Augustus Beall. Washington Poe.
Frederick Sims. John J. Gresham
James Nisbet. Isaac Holmes. George
M. Logan. .Tames H. R. Washington
E. L. Strohecker, B. F. Rofa, A. B
Adams. O. G. Sparks. M. S. Thompson
Stephen Collins. George S. Obear, W
A. Huff. Felix Corput. S. B. Price. Hen
ry Horne and the incumbent. Bridge
Smith. I have mentioned the Mayor
in the order of their first service. The
majority of them served more than one
term. Several held a number of con
secutive terms, and others, after serv
ing a while, retired for a season, and
later returned to the executive chair.
Of all the Mayors, the late S. B. Price
served the longe.st time. His adminis
tration covered a period of fonrteen
(14) years. He died while in the of
flee, and had he lived he would hav,
been elected to another term. Macon
was Incorporated as a city by an act
of the Legislature in December. 1S32
Under the terms of this act, an election
was held on January 17, 1833. for a
hoard of five Aldermen and Isaac B
Rowland. Isaac G. Seymour. David
Flanders, Jerimiah Smith and David
F. Wilson were chosen. The Aider-
men selected Isaac G. Seymour for
Mayor, and this gentleman therefore
had the honor of being the first Mayor
of the Central City of Georgia. He
served in 1833 and 1S34. For these
two first years the Mayor had been
elected by the- Aldermen, but the Leg
islature amended the laws of the city
by giving to the people the right of
electing the Mayor, and in 1835. Robert
Augustus Beall was thus chosen, and
ex-Mayor Seymour was elected an A1
derman. The election of city marshal
and clerk of Council was also taken
out of the hands of Council and this
privilege given to the voters of Macon
Brunswick 141.892
manufacturing
News was received In Macon yes
terday of the death in Nashville of
Major John S. Bransford.
There are many people in Macon ; ?s ooo handIe factorv
who will remember Major Bransford. • Gaffney—$15,000 hardware company.
Tic came to Macon in 1SS6. with Ma- B'ennettsville—$50,000 lumber com-
Jcff E. E. Winters, and purchased the p an y.
old street car line then owned by xo'r
Messrs. T. J. Carling and H. R. Brown.
North Augusta—Knitting mill.
Tennessee.
Memphis—$12,000 construction com
pany: $5,000 suDply company.
Athens—Furniture factory.
Hartsville—-Hoop factory.
J Bristol—$220,000 coal company,
Texas.
Tyler—$100,000 gas plant.
Beaumont—Building and loan com
pany: oil company.
semi-public character. I Houston — 550.000 manufacturing
In the two years of his connection ' lumber mill; two
with Macon he made a number of | ol1
Considerable money was spent in bet
terment by Major Bransford. The road
was sold in 18SS to a syndicate head
ed by George F. Work, of Philadelphia.
Major Bransford was a capitalist of
ample means. His home in East !
Nashville, and where he died, was one j
of the most beautiful homes In the j
vicinity of Nashville. He was public
spirited, full of energy and Invested !
Port, Townsend
Pensacola
Portland. Ore '. '...
Port Arthur and Sabine Pass..
Jacksonville, Fla
Laredo. Texas
Minor ports
84.105
12S.510
400
123.764
7,349
494
6.1S4
Total 8.639.S42
Comparative Cotton Statement.
NEW YORK. March 15.—The following
Is tlie comparative statement of cotton
for the week ending Friday. March 15:
1907. 1906.
Net port receipts 185.521 177.397
Receipts since Sept. 1. .8,639.842 6,480.168
Exports for week 176.808 86,425
Exports since Sept. 1...6 636.858 4.801.429
Stock all ,TT. S. ports. .1.024,030 770.647
Stock at interior towns. 520.59S 574.466
Stock at Liverpool...... 1,118.000
Amn. afloat for G-. B.... — 161,000
New York Cotton Exchange Statistics.
NEW YOfctK. March 15.—The following
statistics on the movement of cotton
for the week ending Friday. March 15.
were compiled by the New York Cotton
Exchange:
V/eekly Movement.
This
friends, who will read the- news of his
death with sincere regret.
try scnuoi iaciiiuc«t, uu-u »*u* v.uuuuji i - _ , . w - . , - ~ .
homes will indeed he popular. Oqr j hls .money freply in enterpriges of a |
public school managers must wisely
show a disposition to encourage this
growing tendency by doing everything
In their power towards making pub
lic school improvements. and the
country hom - will then become more __ .
and nn re : osslble ai d more and more Atlanta Man Charged With Of-
deslrable.
In addition to the telephone, which
robs the country of its isolation and
hi mgs neighbors as well as the coun
try and city so closely together the
use of gasolene and acetylene engines
is enabling our country people to have ;
the advantage of water works and gas
and electricity in their own homes: and i
at a very rear
fense Wants to Be Tried
Abilene—$40,000 land company.
San Antonio—$10,000 land company;
$50,000 builders’ supply company.
Laeb—Pottery.
Galveston—$10,000 laundry.
Carrolton—$30,000 brick works.
Waco—$5,000 medicine factory.
Shamrock—$26,000 investment com-
Two white men wanted into the po- | pa ny.
lice station yesterday and asked for i Berclair—$10,000 cotton gin.
the sergeant in charge. Sergeant Nut- ■
ting responded, when one of them :
said:
“I am J. B. Watkins, and I want to !
able price engines and J be locked up. I belong in Atlanta, ; $25,000 land company,
ing wi:h tanks, cither of cypress or j where I am under bond for an of- "Dallas $15,000 eh
iron, can be located at every countrv | fence I did not commit. I am inno- $10,000 hard rock company; -$100,000 ice : Quantity afloat 'of"all"kinds! !!!*"■ *’252'ooo ’ for^Jackson except those of Georgia, perity continue to be one of the
rices ,rom f.-o to ..-iOO ; cent of the c.iargv. but I want to stand an d cold storage plant. j Quantity afloat of American...."." 222,’ono Mr. Calhoun resigned the Vice Presi- J strongest arguments in favor of Re-
Garrett—$10,000 cotton gin.
Krum—Machine shops.
Pendletonville—Cotton gin.
Fort Worth—$50,000 land company;
year.
Port receipts 1.87.595
To mills and Canada 31.978
Sou. mill takings, est 50.000
Stock lost int. towns 13,369
Into sight for week 236.204
Total Crop Movement.
Port receipts 8.643.192
To mills and Canada.. 981.624
Sou. mill takings, est.. 1,621.000
Int. stock ex. Sept. 1.. 397,742
6.506.734
720.275
1,494,000 •
Calhoun was a strong advocate of
war against Great Britain. He be
came chairman of the committee on
foreign relations. In his very first
year in Congress, in December. 1811.
he made a strong speech on the
proposition of the enlistment of an
additional force of ten thousand regu
lar troops, in which he gave reply to
John Randolph. Calhoun said: “The .
gentleman from Virginia is at a loss ' Monday in January,
to account for what he calls our 1
hatred of England. He asks, how can
we hate the country of ioche. of New
ton. Hampden and" Chatham; a coun
try having the sarpe language and cus
toms with ourselves and descending
from a commSn ancestry. Sir, the
laws of human affection are steady
and uniform. If we have so much to
attach us to that country, potent in
deed must be the. cause which has
overpowered it. Yes, there Is a cause
strong enough; not in that occult
courtly affection which he has sup
posed to be entertained for Frapce;
it is to be found in continued and un
provoked insult and injury—a cause
so manifest, that the gentleman from
Virginia had to exert much ingenuity
to overlook it. But the gentleman, in
his eager admiration of that country,
had not . been sufficiently guarded in
his argument. Has he reflected on
the cause of that admiration? Has he
examined the reasons of our high re
gard for Chatham? It is his ardent
patriotism, the heroic courage of his
mind, that could not brook the least
insult or injury offered to his coun
try, but thought that her interest and
honor ought to be vindicated at every
hazard and expense. I hope, when we
are called upon to admire, we shall
also be asked to imitate. ’ The elo-
quence of Calhoun,/ in a series of
speeches helped to arouse this country
to a second war with Great Britain.
Prior to the incorporation of Macon
as a city, alluded to above, Macon had
been a town fpjm December S. 1823
by an act of the Legislature. In this
act for the incorporation of the town
of Macon the following persons were
named commissioners: Oliver H.
Prince, David S. Booth, Samuel Wood,
Charles J. McDonald and Seth Ward
Prince afterwards became a Senator of
the United States, and McDonald was
Chosen Governor. The act provided
that the commissioners were to remain
in office until the first Monday In Jan
uary. 1825, when, “and on the first
in every year
thereafter, the citizens of the town who
were entitled to vote for members to
the General Assembly shall assemble
at the court house of the town; and
by ballot, elect.five commissioners, who
shall continue in office for gone year,
and that the said commissioners have
full power and authority to make any
by-laws, ordinances or regulations,
with power to enforce the same that
they may deem best calculated to pro
mote the general good of the citizens
of said town.” In accordance with the
terms of the act of Incorporation the
people elected the commissioners for
the firsjt time on the first Monday in
January, 1825. The commissioners se
lected James H. Rogers as the inten
dant of the town, which office corre
sponded to that of Mayor. And here
is an interesting faot-that City Attor
ney Wimberly should note in his com
pilation of the new code.of Macon, and
make the necessary- correction, pro
vided this sagacious officer has not al
ready done so. In the present code
of this city, -compiled in 18S9. is print
ed a list of the names of the inten-
dants and Mayors of Macon. The roll
begins with the name of Edward Tra--
cv. intendant. 1826. The name of James
H. Rogers, intendant. 1825. should head
the list. Intendnnt Rogers had the hon
or of participating officially in the bril
liant reception accorded by the citizens
to Gen. Lafayette, on the visit of that
distinguished soldier in Macon, March
30. 1825, eighty-two years ago this
month. When Lafayette, in his car
riage, left Macon on his journey to-
Into sight for season. .11,643,558 9,130,102
Llveiqjoo! Cotton Statistics.
-LIVERPOUL. March 35.-—-Following are
the weekly cotton statistics:
Total sales of all kinds
Total sales of American
English Spinners' takings
Total exports
Imports of all kinds
Imports of American.
In 1S1G, as chairman of the commit
tee on national currency, he was in
strumental in having a bill passed to ward New Orleans, Intendant Rogers
establish a national bank. He also was bne of the escort of honor, on
supported the tariff bill of that year, horseback, that accompanied Lafayette
and in the following year advocated in- some distance on his way. Minfer. see
ternal improvements. After six years to it that the name of James H. Rog-
of active service in the House he en- | ers tops the list of the inte-ndants or
tered the cabinet of President Monroe ; Mayors of this city.
409 093 I as Secretarv of War. in which posi- < -
' | t ;a n .n e displayed great business abil- : Just above I referred to Edward D.
lty He reduced forty millions of long • Tracy as Tntendant in 1926. It may
unsettled accounts to three millions * be remarked in passing that at a ban-
and diminished expenses in various ; quet giving to Lafayette when here,
ways Mr. Calhoun held this office j Mr. Tracy proposed the following
for seven years, till his election to ; toast:
the Vice Presidency, in the adminis- i “Our illustrious guest. The ..friend
tration of President John Quincy Ad- ] of our country, of liberty, and of
ams. at the termination of which he j man.”
was continued in the same office : Lafayette made an eloquent re-
through the first term of President j spqnse. closing with this sentiment:
The first lawyer to occupy the
executive chair in Ma on was Judge
Edward D. Tracy. i:i 1S26. and the last
one was his law partner. Judge John
J- Gresham. In 1S47. Two doctors
have been Mayor, to-wit: E. L.
Strohecker and M. S. Thompson.
Bridges Smith is the only newspaper
man. 1 believe, that lias filled the office.
So far as I know, O. G. Srarks. father
of Willis Sparks, was the only Mayor
who ever resigned the office. He re
signed on September 19. letio. and was
succeeded by M. s. Thompson, who
held the position uniil 1663. when he
was succeeded by O. G. Sparks who
served that year. Stephen Collins was
Mayor in 1S63. when Macon surren
dered to Wilson. Not very long after
retiring from the Mayor’s office Wash
ington Poe was elected to Congress,
but decided not to take the place.
Isaac Holmes was Mayor of the city,
in 1846. when at the head of his spec
ially formed company, the Macon
Guards, he marched to the Mexican
War. and returned as a corpse, having
died in Camp Monterey. He was cap
tain of the Macon Volunteers at the
outbreak of the war with Mexico, and
tendered the services of the Volunteers
for six months, but ns enlistment was
required for. a year Capt. Holmes or
ganized an independent company, the
STRUCK WITH A SPADE
AND SENT TO HOSPITAL
Ben Wilson, a negro living at 1155
Boundary street, was taken to the
hospital yesterday!
It seems that about a week ago Ren
while working in the yard of the Cen
tral of Georgia Railway, was struck
on the head with a , spade. At the
time it was not thought that the lick
would prove serious, hut yesterday
morning his physician saw that possi
bly the skull was fractured and ns Bon
was delirious, it was thought best that
he should be sent to the hospital.
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CITY OWNERSHIP IN LONDON.
Bates
63.000
56.000
84.000
6.000
169.000
150.000
electric company: i Itoek of AmericanI!!!"!!""""’i’iM'000 * Jackson. He received all the votes cast - “The town of Macon: May its pros-
imnanr* ilflft „ 11 ' * v ..vnnnf tHnea n f flanruin riari fv pnntiniib t n ha ana nf tha
Gginesv'lle—$30,000 cotton gin.
each. These comforts and luxuries trial and get through with it. The
nre being accepted by our wisest farm- j delay is worrying me and I have con- j Paint Rock—$5,000 development com
ers throughout Georgia and the South. \ eluded to surrender and have it over pany.
m i as their wonderful benefits and j with as soon as possible." Lorena—$20,000 lumber and hardware
advantages are better and better un- | The sergeant communicated by \ company.
dor.-: od they will grow in number and ’phone with Chief Conner, who re- Bartlett Cotton gin.
popularity. fused to have- him ioc-sed up for the, Denton—$3,000 manufacturing com-
Then the extension of the electric J reason that the City had no charge pany.
trolley cars, the use of the bicycle and | against him.
the automobiles and the construction | On hearing Chief Conner's name call
er better roads are becoming the rule ed the man said he was in the army
throughout many sections of the coun- with Cant. Conner and knew if he
try. and they contribute to diminish 1 could only see him in person the chief
and suppress the Isolation and lone- would certainly accommodate him by
iir.ess that once made country life so | having him locked up. ;
objectionable and regarded as !ntol- | And then he went out with his friend
look for the chief.
Total sales on speculation 6
Total sales to exporters
1.69*1 dency to become the successor, in the ; publican institutions.”
3.500 I gpaate, of Robert Y. Havne. who va- j
r . "J. ; cated to become Governor of South Macon had eight Intendants.
NE4V YORK. March 16?—TherSatemenl i Carolina. The cotton-growing States give their names in the order of ser-
of the cle tring-house bank-- for the week ! were for free trade, and Calhoun was vice:
I will
James H. Rogers, 1925: Ed-
'>3.033.100 more j the head of this Southern policy. He ward D. Tracy. 1826; Washington Pos.
nireme'nts- This I propounded the doctrine of nullifies- 1827: Robert Birdsong, 1827: Joseph
orably monotonous. This movement
for good roads should be encouraged
by taxation wherever needed, and the
good results will soon be manifest.
Beautiful highways add to the attrnc-
tiver.iss and value of property and
the planting of trees along them is
hi dig proo:Iced by our most oult!-
v.i:od and Thoughtful farmers. Those
fine, hard ro ids encourage sociability
Several Men Interested
Seeking- Health in Camp
Life
in'
cas
i n v (
tenc
An.uher very great point in favor
, ' eoun:rj homes is the establishment
hv the Government of rural free de
livery of mail'. Now letters and news,
pape-s on: he carried from hou'c to
' u-, throughout the country just as
the;, have been for several years, and
in the si-lie way in our cities. This
has caused an enormous ’ncrease :•
the circulation of daily papers, and ona
. f the go,m1 results will be in better
.icuiia ntnin >■ with the markets and
pollrlcs and foreign and domestic news.
•The condition of the health in the
country is better now than ever be
fore because farmers are looking more
after cleanliness around their homes
and protecting their wells and springs
of water 'r.-m i ontamination.
The main difficulty and chief objec-
A prominent city official telephoned
a reporter of The Telegraph last night
that he was willing to join, the tent
colony, and proceed at once to begin
arrangements for it. A tent can he
purchased for $5. and with a few ;
planks for flooring the summer home i
is complete. Or if one wants luxur- ,
lous quarters he can enlarge th#- tent. 1
have a fly in front, swings, etc. It j
beats any summer resort in Georgia
for health and exercise, and one can |
be at home all the time.
The nights are delightful on the
hilltops in summer, and flies do not
hold swing in daylight. People living :
on the knobs of old “Ocniulgee fields”
are pictures of health. Now let the 1
tent colony begin to organize. Tw*o
men have already purchased tents and
in a few days will be sleeping on the J
summit of the highest hill on North ;
Highlands.
Juliff—$10,000 sugar refinery.
Sweetwater — $10,000 amusement | Loans ....
company. j Deposits"!
Waco—$5,000 manufacturing com- : Circulation
nanv. I Legal tenders
" " Virginia. ' "!!!:!:!!!:
Roanoke—$T,0,0(>0 development com- | Reserve required;-.
pany; coffin factory. : Surplus
Norfolk—$25,000 land company: $15.- Ex-U S. deposits.
. ■ 000 ‘.and company: -5100.000 spectacular
111 company: $75.oeo development com-
; pany: $50,000 box company; $500,000
j phosphate company.
I Newport New-—$15,000 amusement
| company.
Alexandria—$100,000 car coupler
company.
Richmond—$15,000 land company;
550,000 light and r ater company.
Offley—Grist mill, saw and planing
shows that the banks hold
than the legal reserve rcmiirements. This I propou
is an increase of J9S1.S75 as compared i tion that i= to say. the right of each Washburn, 1829; W. J. Danneliv.
with last week. The statement follows: ' st ate to prevent the execution within 1.830: Isaac R. Rowland. 3881; Levi
38^3M her HiRlts such acts of Congress as Eckley. 1832. Of the eight Intendants
914 700 I she might judge unconstitutional. He of tbo town of Macon. Washington
TlSjooo ably and eloquently defended the doc- . Poe. was the only one who ever ho-
S95.*P10 I trine of State rights. Just about this came Mayor of the city of Macon. He
2.002.800 period Clay and Calhoun were not on was Mayer in 1SI0 and 1S41. Several
speaking terms but -he accepted Clay’s interesting events happened during
compromise measure which prevented ; the administration of Intendant Bird-
a collision between South Carolina and song, in 3828. He was chosen in Jan-
$1,033 576.600 $13,380,300
.... 1.003.697.400
51.362.300
183 4*4.400
234.‘M6.700
23". V-3. Cl'.
3.033.100
6.678 950
2.997.500 ( :
From the Chicago Tribune.
The control of the London County
Council has been taken away from
the municipal ownerites. The tax
payers have revolted against the the
orists and have overcome them. They
have put up for eighteen years with
an administration which, in the name
of “progress.” has steadily increased
taxes and indebtedness without con
ferring corresponding benefits.
The last project of the “progres
sives” was to spend $120,000 in a
grand electrification scheme and to
drive private enterprise out of the elec
trical business. That wasj more than
could he endured. • If the scheme -were
to be put through it would mean the
utter loss of individual Initiative in
what is, comparatively speaking, a new
field. It would mean bad service to
the public through the preservation of
antiquated methods.
A municipality has not the courage
of an individual. It does not throw
obsolete machinery on the scrap heap
to put in new machinery and better th"
service. So tbo taxpayers vetoed the
project and turned out the men who
were behind it.
Municipal ownership theories have
been given a fair trial in the world's
greatest city. They have been carried
to the delightful , point of municipal
billiards and dominoes. The taxpayers
might have stood that, but they could
not stand the reckless extravagance
which prevailed in nearly every dc-
irtment of local government.
They could*not endure the poor bus
iness methods which '"characterized
very undertaking the County Council
entered upon. It had no business abil
ity.' It could not make its enterprises
meet the cost of operation, where infl
ate management would have "made ,i
profit.
In the attempt to show that It Was
able to make both ends meet, the
County Council has had to resort to
curious tricks, f bookkeeping. It has
tried to hide from the public Its In-.*
ability to manage commercial unde,
takings. In London and in other Kng-;
sh cities the high standard of integ
rity of municipal government has been
lowered through the corrupting influ
ence of municipal ownership. Munic
ipal governments which used to he at hie
to discharge With ability and without
reproach the simpler civic duties of
former days are now betraying inca
pacity and are no longer trusted.
It is fortunate that tiie decline of
municipal ownership in England has
begun before American cities had
committed themselves. They have no
excuse now for imitating the excesses
into which English municipalities have
plunged and are now beginning to re
pent of;
*981,875
*1.007,323
•Increare.
Weekly Bank Clearing?.
NEW YORK March 15.—Bank clear-
inrr fo r week show nr aggregate of
$3,252.22 0 ^.gainst $3,451.742.00) last
week and 32.737 321,000 in tho correspond
ing week last year. Inc. Dec.
— ' ' ....56.43t.000.... 7.5 -
.... 4.060.009 12 5
.... 5.441.000 2
I Richmond
Bavarrm
j Atlanta
; Nor:'o!k
stone crushing
Columbia—$50,960
ompany.
Allisonia—$25,000 lumber company.
.060 lumber company.
Knoxville .
i lh ir!< st
.T-.-k- i.fle
Macon ....
l!48a!o9
.. 1 67S 00
000...
Bt. Paul—$
Burkevi'.le—?I9 060 lumber
Lynch Station—$100,000 lumber com
pany. i
Berryville—$100,000 train signal com
pany.
Lynchburg—$500.O"P oil and gas
company: $23,966 ofl pro's corporation.
West Virginia.
Montgomery—$100,000 bridge com
pany.
Charleston—$5.0"0 hardware com
pany.
Welch—$25,000 lumber company.
TEN
ARMED BANDITS ,
HELD UP THIRTY MEN.
the general Government. He joined
with ClaY and Webster against the
President's order for the removal of
the public deposits from the bank of
the United States. Calhoun valiantly
took the ground that Congress had no
jurisdiction over the suib.iect of sla
very, in whatever form it might be
presented. “He refused to admit even
by implication, that the existing re
lations between the two races in the
slave-holding States was an evil; not
only was it good morally and econom
ically but it formed the most soild and
durable foundation on which to rear
free ;,.'!i::, al in.-::tut’.ons." He was a
leader and champion of the slave-hold
ing -interest. He strongly espoused ,
the independence and annexation of ;
Texas, but' was an opponent of the :
war between Mexico and the United j
States.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 17.—
A special from Oaxaca Mexico, says
t.O'.t last ~:ght a band of ten armed
bandits held possession of the highway *
about.four rmies from Tule and robbed , Mr. Calhoun continued in the Sen-
thirty persons of more than $3,306. The a te till 1843. when he declined a re-
victims were neld captives by the rob- ’election. But he soon returned to pub-
bers until their operations were con- ; lie life as Secretary of State in the
eluded. In consequence, the highway- | cabinet of President Tyler, in 1844. On
meet escaped far into the mountains i the expiration of Tyler's term, Presi-
before an alarm was given. *4ent Poik offered Calhoun the position I was in 1831. Levi Eckley had the dis
un ry, and the temperature was the
mildest ever recorded in a previous
January. The last sale of town lots,
and of the reserve lands in the New
ton reservation, was made in this year.
Thcmns Woolfofk purchased the. Fort
Hawkins property. The State agreed
to sell to the town the' bridge over the
Oemuleee.River, and in the next year,
while Joseph Washburn was Inten
dant. th® town purchased the bridge
for $25,000. payable in ten yearly in
stallments. The day of the election
of Intendant Washburn. January IS,
1829, was made momentous by the ar
rival at Macon of the North Carolina,
the first steamboat that had ever
come here. While Wm. B. Danneliv"
was Intendant. .1830. Cherry street was
extended, and made an intersection
with Cotton avenue, which was con
sidered a fine business stroke for the
merchants on Cherry street. The first
agricultural fair ever held in Macon,
occurred this year._ Isaac R. Rowland
pointed with pride" to the fact that' it
was during his term as Intendant that
the first appointment of delegates to
railroad convention occurred. This
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WOMAN 77 YEARS OLD
PUT BURGLAR TO FLIGHT
NEWARK. N. J., March 17—Although
sh<- i s 77 years of age. Mrs. Francis
Metz, mother of Comptroller Metz, of Now
York City, surprised and put to rout two
burglars who were ransacking her home
in this city in which she lives alone. She
was aroused from sleep by a noise made
bv the burglars in packing up her silver
ware and jewelry. Seizing a revolver
she found th»m in another room. As
she appeared the burglars fled down stairs
and out through a window. Mrs. Metz in
pursuit. As they went over the back
yard fence Mrs. .Metz- took three shots
at them. The police were unable to And
them. Several years ago Mr* Ol’-tZ
captured a burglar after a desperate
struggle in which she was hadlv beaten.
WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE
BECAUSE OF FEAR AND WORRY
PHILADELPHIA. March 17.—Clara
Smith, the wife of Frank Carr, who
was murdered on March 6 in his home
in Allegheny, and for which crime the
police are searching for “Pegleg”
Murphy. « professional burglar, was
found dead In her homo today. She
had committed suicide some time
during the last three days while her
house was surrounded by water. The
woman came here from St. Louis. She
kept a hoarding house dn Allegheny,
but following lhe.killing of her hus
band all" (he. boarders left. Tuesday
night she threatened to take her life.
Wednesday the high water sur
rounded the house and it Is believed
she killed herself while insane from
worry and fear.
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