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FRIDAY, MARCH » ,1907. L JLSjLSL For Cough, Cold Sore Thrcat.Stiff Neck Kneumdtism and Neuralgia At all Dealers Price 25c 50c 6 *1.00 Sent* Free Sloan's Book on Horses Cattle, Hogs & Poultry Address Dr. Earl 5. Sloan Slo Albany St Boston. Mas JOHN WHITE A CO.. AND HIDES HIGHEST MABKET TRICE PAID FOR RAW FURS AND HIDES. Wool Commission. Write for price-list mentioning this ad ESTABLISHED 1837 Louisville. K> H-M“H"H"I-1 1 1, | 1I1II ..t-f. | Caught on | the Wing | ■M"» I I 1 I-H'-M 1 1-1 I !--I-I- l- l -l-i-F i -i-4-E By JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET. On July 1, 1844. the Mayor of Ma con issued a printed statement of the Indebtedness of the city and pro- pounced Macon bankrupt. The city .lad subscribed $230,000 to the build ing of the. Central Railroad, and $50.- 000 to the construction of the Monroe Railroad, afterwards known as the Macon and Western. The bonds of the city bad been given for Its sub scription to the stock of these rail roads. The financial embarrassment of the city was attributed by the May or to tile large Investments by the city In the stock of the railroads, from which there had been no dividends, though annual interest on the bonds had been paid for several years. The subscriptions were made in 1886, I believe, and it was eight years later when the Mayor was talking. Ac cording to his report the indebtedness of Mnenn was $287,842. The annual expenses were $7,700: yearly interest, $22,000; resources. $17,000. The total expenses and interest amounted to $30,700 annually, or $13,700 more than the receipts. It will be observed that the city's subscriptions to railroads amounted to $300,000, and the Indebt edness of tlie city was $2S7 S42. so the Mayor’s explanation of the cause of the city's embarrassment was correct. But Macon did not remain bankrupt. It was not so foreordained in th“ plan of Divine operation, or so Intended in the system of human government. In six months after the publication the Mayor Improvement In the finances of the city, and Macon continued to pros per. despite financial storms and the disasters of war. and has gone on prospering. Is this statement true? Won. let us see. The best sj'stem of sanitary sewers In the State. The best auditorium in the State. The best mile race track In the State. The best exhibition park In the Sti*o. The best fire department In the State. The best police force In the State. The best board of health in the State. The best public schools In the State. The best military companies in the State. The best colleges In the State. The best health In the State. The best water in the State. The lowest death rate in the State. The handsomest church in the State. The prettiest dwellings In the State. And then Macon has a good street railways system and excellent water and lighting plants. Her hospital and various charitable Institutions are among the best. She possesses hand some public buildings, fine stores and libraries. Macon Is especially attrac Walnut street*, occupied. was completed and Thi» church was afterwards bought by the Catholics, and they still own the ground upon which it stood. While Rev. Mr. Cassels was pastor the late Eugenlus A. Xlsbet, who was a distinguished Congressman and an eminent justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia became an elder In the First Presbyterian Church. In mem ory of the Samuel Cassels i: seems to me that it i nls na t ana "at*. would be appropriate and proper for I kjJ^^ke^Christ, ^ fni^tihnr^^stnr. the First Presbyterian Church to re- ~ “ ”^ Senate of 1S68 he resigned his seat in that body. He had been previously ex pelled from the constitutional conven tion of that year. The Legislature of 1S6S became famous as the one which expelled twenty-five negro Represen tatives and two negro Seantors. When the proposed expulsion of the negro members was under discussion in the House, one of the negro Representa tives. G. H. Clower, exclaimed in his speech: “Whenever you cast your 'al’hfu 1 services of Rev. ' v °tes against us. dis nigger will take to me that it j his hat and walk right straight out. move the remains and monument of Mrs. Cessels to a more suitable bur ial place. On a part of the monument upon the ground I read an inscription - --- - reason, the welfare of the black race go to prepare a place for them. Stop. Democrats: stop, white folks! Draw do resolution off de tables, and let's go to work.” Representative W. M. Tumlin, a red hot Democrat, was the deceased. Her last words were also quoted, to-wit: “Christ Is my only salvation.” Then I came across a marble slab under which repose the dust of a former distinguished college professor, Elisha Hammond. The Inscription told that he was born in Massachu setts in 1764, and died in Macon, July 9, 1829. He was a graduate of Dar- mouth College. X. H. He emigrated to South Carolina, and first became a professor in the South Carolina Col lege. and then a professor at Mt. Bethel Academy. The tribute upon the slab says that he was a man of great learning and was noted as an Instructor. A monument to the memory of Charles W. Washington tells the sad store of his drowning in Walnut Creek, March 1. 1833. John E. Carter was a native of Bos ton. Mass., and died in Macon, Octo ber 24, 1837, aged 20 years. And though he passed away “a stranger in a strange land,” as his epitaph recites, a nice tombstone was erected to his memory, upon which Is inscribed, among other things, the following: “Thus died the stranger in a foreign clime. Lovely and young in all of manhood’s prime: Away from friends and parents to whom he was most dear. And brother and sister too, who drop affection’s tear.” The earliest trace of a burial that I saw was that of Mrs. Rebecca A. Pace, consort of Thomas Pace. She died December 30. 1828. Over her grave rests a marble slab. What at tracted my attention was the state ment in the inscription that she was the daughter of Jared Irwin. Here then was the sacred dust of the cher ished child of a man who was Gov ernor of Georgia several times, and held other positions of public honor and responsibility. He first occupied the office of Governor from January 17. 1796. to January 11, 1798. He had .co. .„ . the distinction while Governor. tive In her religious privileges, educa- i 1796, of signing the act rescinding the tionai advantages socal benefits and Yazoo law. In 1806 he was president comercial opportunities. The Macon of 1S44 would not recognize herself in the Macon of 1907. but the little town of sixty and more years ago had much pluck and energy otherwise the growing and prosperous city of today would not be here to tell the tale. In those youth ful years the aspring tot of a place did not hesitate to subscribe hundreds of thousands of dollars to public enter prises where she thought it would do the most good, and as a result of It Ma con is now enjoying railroads and other public utilities which might never have Ived. The remains of the daughter of a former Governor of Georgia the dust of a president of the first bank in Macon, and the ashes of other persons once well known in this city repose in . the old cemetery situated near the of j foot of Cherry street. This is the tatement there was an i burial ground which Alderman Bow- - *’•■ “ — **’“ : dre. with commendable sp’rft, desires to have reclaimed by the Mayor and Council from many long years of neg lect. B'roken tombstones, bearing in scriptions to the memories of members of families formerly prominent in Ma con lie on the ground, under leaves and dirt, the walls of the graves In a crumbled state. Some of the tomb stones still stand erect, and the let tering on them is easily rend, but in the majority of cases the marble me morials are badly broken and the in scriptions almost obliterated by the corroding effects of time. In numer ous instances there is scarcely any sign of a grave, and *n many places no trace of one exists. The lot of a name still prominent in this city is sur rounded by a well preserved brick wall, with an iron gate locked and which boars evidence that It has not been unfastened In considerably more In 184 4. when the Mayor pronounced tbo city bankrupt there were only two railroads running out of Macon, the Centra! to Savannah, rind tlie Incom- pleted Macon and Western between Macon and Atlanta. Xow Macon has eleven railroads, to-wit: Central to Savannah. Central to Atlanta! Macon and Western). Central to Albany (Southwestern). Central tp Columbus (Muscogee), Central to Athens (Ma con and Xorthern). Southern to Brunswick (Macon and Brunswick). Southern to Atlanta (E. T. V. & G.). Georgia Southern and Florida. Macon and Birmingham. Macon. Dublin and Savannah, and the Georgia. In 1844, there were two or three dally passen ger trains running into and out of Macon. Xow there are eightv-two. No other city In Georgia has as many, except Atlanta. In 1844. there was onlv a handful of railway employes in Macon. Xow the monthly pay rolls of the railroads in Macon amount to $150,000. In 1844. there was scarcely a sign of a railroad shop in Macon. Xow there are extensive plants, from which the smoke of many chimneys ran be seen, and the Central has un der way plans for the erection of an addition to its shops here that will cos' over one million dollars. In 1844. a railway trunk line was unheard of in the world. Xow Macon has two, and a third one is in sight. The Cen tral. to the construction of which Ma- con contrbiuted $250,000. was only 19- miles long In 1844. Xow it owns or controls 1.900 miles of rati, and a great ocean steamship line. Macon being the hub or pivot of this im mense railway system. In 1844 whene the Mayor pronounced ■Macon bankrupt the taxable values of the citv were about three million dol lars ($3 000 000). Xow they are nearly twentv million dollars. The exact fig ures ns reported to the Mayor and Council last week by the city assessors were $19,735,901. In 1844. the manu facturing plants in Macon could have he-n counted on the fingers of one hind Xow there are one hundred nnd rlnetv-elght manufactories of dif ferent kinds. With an annual output of over eight million dollars. To the wage- earners in these plants two hundred thousand dollars are paid monthly: In this amount is not Included the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dol lars that Is paid to railway employes, as mentioned above. The two amounts make a total of $350,000 that Sfoes every month to wage-earners in the different industrial and railway establishments in this citv. In the manufactures of Macon there are about five thousand employes, or one thousand more per sons than constituted the entire popu lation of Macon In 1S44. In sixtv-one certan manufactories last year $1 300.- 000 were paid in wages: this does not include salaries paid to clerks and the higher officials. The value of the products turned out during the year In these sixtv-one establishments amount ed to $7,300 000. I" 1844. hank stock had but little value. Xow bank stocks sel'« in Macon as high as two hundred dollars per share, and the deposits in the bank? aggregate nearly seven mil lion dollars. In 1844 when the Mayor pronounced the citv bankrupt the population was four thousand. Xow the population Is hovering around the forty thousand In addition to the railroads, manufac- t i*ie« and banks mentioned above, here are some of the other things pos sessed by Macon in 190. which she did not have In 1844: The best paved streets and sidewalks The best sVstem of lawns and street parks in the State. of the State Senate and became Act ing Governor on the election of Gov. John Milledge as United States Sen ator. He continued Acting Governor from September 23, 1806. to November 7. 1806. when he was elected Governor, and filled the office from Xovember 7. 1S06. to November 9, 1809. He served as Governor under two constitutions. He was the president of the constitu tional convention of 1789. Mr. Irwin was president of the Senate at various times, both before and after being Governor, commencing in 1790. He was holding the presidency of this body at the time of his death, which occurred at Union Hill, Washington County, March 1. ISIS, to which place he had moved from Burke County. Gov. Irwin was 6S years old when he died. This prominent man was born in North Carolina, and removed to Burke County, Georgia, before the revolution, in which conflict he took a gallant part, and afterwards served in campaigns against the Indians. He was made a brigadier-general because of his splendid military services. At the close of the Revolutionary War ho was a member of the first Legislature held in Georgia under the new form of Government. In Sandersville stands a monument that was erected to his memory by the State of Georgia. Ir win County was named in his honor.” At the recent session of the United States Senate a beautiful and touch ing address was delivered by Sen ator A. O. Bacon upon the life and character of the late Rufus E. Lester, Congressman from Georgia. Tho two eminent Georgians had been close friends for more than a half of a cen tury. The friendship between them comenced when Mr. Bacon, as a col lege boy. .first met Mr. Lester in Savan and of the white race, require every thinking man to turn them out. The constitution of the State of Georiga says turn them out. Therefore, sir, if we fail to comply with the solemn oath we have subscribed to. when the House is the judge of the qualification of its members by retaining men here who are clearly ineligible, we will be held to account for It by our constituency and our God.” The vote in the Senate on the question of expulsion was 24 to 11. and in the House 83 to 23. Dur ing the session of this Legislature Ru fus B. Bullock was Inaugurated as civ il Governor of Georgia, July 22. 1S6S, having been counted in over John B. Gordon by a few thousand majority. Gen. Geo. W. Meade, who was in com mand in Georgia under the reconstruc tion acts, issued an order that military rule in this State was at an encL Governor Bullock spent much time in Washington trying to get Congress to re-enact reconstruction. Thad Stev ens, Morton. Ben Butler and Charles Sumner were his special champions in this diabolical work. The expulsion of the negroes from the Legislature was claimed to be the cause of this pro ceeding. Governor Bullock issued an address to Congress declaring that in Georgia there was no “adequate pro tection for life nnd property, the main tenance of peace and good order, and the free expression of political opin ion,” and he asked Congressional help In his effort to restore bayonet des potism in the State so the Legislature and the courts and all of our public Institutions could be under Radical dvna-stv. A convention of negroes was held In Macon in October, 1868, Bishop H. M. Turner presiding, and resolu tions were passed condemning the ex pulsion of the negro Legislators, and a committee was appointed to go to Washington and memorialize Congress for another reconstruction. Lester and Bacon were prominent figures in oppo sition to all this assault upon Georgia. On July 23. 1868, the State Demo cratic convention in Atlanta elected A. O. Bacon a Presidential elector on the Seymour and Blair ticket. So far as I know, this was his first political of fice. and he has ever since been a po tential force in the politics of Geor- tria. At the time of this convention Robert Toombs, Howell Coob, Ben jamin H. Hill ar.d R. J. Moses made their celebrated “Bush Arbor” speeches. During Mr. Bacon’s long career in the Legislature he made numerous speeches, but I have always heard that his strongest argument was'’ the one he presented in favor of the repu diation of nearly $8,000,000 of bonds which had been Issued during Bullock’s administration, and which were de years. The Legislature directed him “to use his exertions to obtain from the United Slates the extinguishment of tae Indian title to all our remain ing territory.” The Indian Spring Creek treaty grew out of this. It was in connection with this Creek difficulty that Governor Troup, in answer to rather hostile communication from the President of the United States, replied that "he would feel it to be his dut: to resist to the utmost any military at tack which the President of the United States shall think proper to make upon the territory, the people, or the sov ereignty of Georgia. From the first decisive act of hostility, you will b considered and treated as a public enemy.” Hostilities were averted. Gox- ernor Troup received Lafayette on hi visit to Georgia in 1825. His term a Governor ended in 1S27. and the next year the Legislature again elected him to the United States Senate. Owing to ill health Troup preferred the peace and seclusion of home. "It i« not gen erally known that, when apprised of the legislative intention to send him to Washington, ht to prevent it. has tened from his home in Laurens Coun ty. to Milledgeville. where he arrived only a few hours after his election. He remained in the Senate until 1S34, when he wa= forced to resign on ac count of failing strength and health. He was a great champion of State Rights and State Sovereignty. In 1S33, when he believed that these were im perilled. and being quite sick, said that “he would have been carried on his death bed to the eapitol, rather than not have given his vote against the Force Bill.” dared void and illegal. 11 is sa'd that his speech against the. fecognitlon of | establishment of the State University. Telfair street in honor of Edward Telfair, who bore a notable part in the Revolutionary struggle. He represent ed Georgia in the Continental Congress of 1778. and signed the ratification of the articles of confederation. He was one of the commissioners to form treaty with the Cherokee chiefs. Tel fair was elected to Congress in 1785. but did not take his seat. He was Governor In 1786 and 1787. and from November. 1796. to November. 1793. When President Washington visited Augusta the capital of Georgia, in May, 1791. he was entertained by Governor Telfair. Tattnall street and Tattnall Square, in honor of Josiah Tattnall, who was United States Senator In 1796-1799, and Governor of Georgia from No vember. 1S01, to'November, 1802. In his military capacity he rendered im portant services in Indian campaigns. He was in comand of the Chatham Artillery in 1792. and later was made a brigadier-general. Tattnall was a member of the Legislature when Louisville was the capita] of Georgia, and was in the General Assembly that rescinded the Yazoo act. Tattnall died in the West Indies in 1804, but his remains were brought to Savan nah, and buried in beautiful Bona- venture. Jackson street, in honor of James Jackson, who was the first Governor under the State constitution of 1798. He was twice a Senator from Geor gia of the United States. 1793-1795, and 1801-1806. As colonel, he ren dered brilliant service in Georgia and South Carolina against the British. As brigadier-general he conducted operations against the Indians. When only thirty-one years old he was elected Governor, “but for reasons which he deemed satisfactory.” he re fused to serve. He was a strong factor in the defeat of the Yazoo fraud, nnd took a leading part in the than a half of a century. The marble nah, who, in the full glow and ardent slabs over the graves of the husband and wife tell of their deaths in 1S38 and 1S39. each respectively. This cemetery was the first burlel ground in Macon. In 1826 the Legis lature reserved the land for this pur pose. It consisted originally of four acres between Cherry and Poplar and _ Sixth and Seventh streets, but perhaps | gant banquet tendered by the citizens some of it has been encroached upon 1 of Macon, in Xovember. 190a, in honor for building purposes. The first in- j of Mr. Bacon, and. as a token of their terment in this cemetery was John | pleasure on his return home in restored Clark, a painter. He died on Novem- health after an aspiration of young manhood, was just entering upon the practice of law. Well do I remember the last time I saw Con gressman Lester. He had traveled near two hundred miles, despite severe phys ical weakness, to attest his friendship for Mr. Bacon, and to raise his voice in glowing.tribute to. the splendid Sen atorial. services, .of that distinguished gentleman. The occasion was the ele- ber 24 1824. being the first death among the citizens of the town of Ma con. Prior to the reservation of this ground by the Legislature for a cem etery. the town commissioners in the early part of 1824 had set aside the four acres for sites for religious meet ing houses, with burial ground attach- extended visit to Europe, and as a souvenir, of their es teem, and regard, on the eve of his de parture for Washington .to resume his duties in the Senate at the session then about to open. In his memoriam address in the Senate, Senator Bacon spoke In tender words of .the friendship between him and Mr. Lester “which these fraudulent securities was ninst- torlv. The largest single amount of those invalid bonds was S3.300.000 of endorsed bonds of the Brunswick and Albany railroad. Tho eollaose of this railway enterprise of H. I. Kimball was the forerunner of the general financial crash that soon followed, culminating in the resignation of Bullock as Gov ernor, October 23, 1871 and his flight from the State. I have' heard- it stated that the original Kimball House cost over $600,000, and that tin agent of Henry Clews had said that $300,000 of the money advanced on bonds endorsed by the State to construct the Bruns wick and Albany railroad had been ex pended in building the Kimball House. This is only one of hundreds of similar illegal transactions that occurred dur ing that dark period. Kimball was the president of seven railroads and the manager of a great Hotel, all at the ex pense of the State. It would take pages to tell the history of the recon struction era. with its'bayonet despo tism, disregard of law, farcical'‘legis latures, gigantic swindles and general misrule, in my limited space I have been able to give only a hint- of the “saturnalia of public plunderr and po litical debaunchery.” When the streets of Macon were first being named the Mayor and Council were quite patriotic. For instance: While serving as Georgia. General Washington. Senator from Jackson died in As well as I remember, the above mentioned streets are all in the city that were named after Governors of Georgia. But there are other streets in Macon which were given historic names. I have space to enuemerate only a few of them today, to-wit: Hammond street. In honor of Sam uel Hammond, a brave soldier in the Revolutionary War, and while living in Savannah was made surveyor- general of the State: frequently a member of the Legislature, and elect ed to Congress in 1802. He was ap pointed Governor of Upper Louisiana Territory, Missouri, in 1805. and re mained in the position until 1824, when he removed to South Carolina. He served that State in the Legislature, was also surveyor-general, and secre tary of State of South Carolina. McIntosh street, in honor of Lach lan McIntosh, a distinguished general in the Revolutionary War. When Charleston capitulated to the British forces under Sir Henry Clinton. Mc Intosh was taken prisoner. Button Gwinnett was Governor in 1777 for a short time. A misunderstanding arose between him and General McIntosh. Gwinnett retired from the office of Oglethorpe street was called in honor j Governor on Mav 8, and he promptly of the founder and first Governor of t challenged McIntosh to a duel. They Georgia, General James Edward Ogle- j fought near Savannah, at the dis- of a woman’s life, is the name often given to the “change of life.” Your menses come at long intervals, and grow scantier until they stop. Some women stop suddenly. The entire change lasts three or four years, and it is the cause of much pain and discomfort, which can, however, be cured, by taking WINE |, OF Woman’s Relief It quickly relieves the pain, nervousness, irritability, miserable- Sj ness, forgetfulness, fainting, dizziness, hot and cold flashes, weak- “ ness, tired feeling, etc. Cardui will bring you safely through this “dodging period,” and build up your strength for the rest of your life. At all druggists in $1.00 bottles. Try it. WRITE US A LETTER freely and frankly, telling us all your troubles. We will send Free Advice (in plain, sealed envelope). Address: La dies’ Advisory Dept.. The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chatfcnooga, Tenn. “EVERYTHING BUT DEATH 1 suffered,” writes Virginia Robson, of Easton, Md., “until 1 took Cardui, which cured me so quickly it surprised my doctor, who didn't know 1 was taking it.” drank hard cider.” This gave the Whigs a hint, and they seized upon the slur as an electioneering appeal. They built log cabins to hold their campaign meetings in, and log cabins became a regular feature in political processions: they adopted ''hard cider" as a watchword and drank much of the beverage, and sung stir ring political songs. The Georgia adherents of the “Log Cabin Candi date” determined to have a grand rally, or convention, in Macon, and August 13, 1S40, was set for the open ing day. Fifteen thousand people were present, of which number more than four thousand were delegates. It was the largest political concourse that had ever assembled in Georgia. From all sections of the State the peo ple came on horseback and in vehi cles, as the railroad mileage in Geor gia at that time was very small. the world that we stand upon the great platform of popular rights, which is wide enough, and long enough, and strong enough for every friend of his country to stand upon without any sacrifice, except party to country.” A resolution introduced by Judge C. B. Strong was also adopted, which approved of “the able and pa- POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE thorpe. Elbert street, in honor of Samuel El bert. a distinguished officer of the Rev olution a colpnel of Continental troops, afterwards a major-general by act of the Legislature, the highest military rank in the State, and in 1785 was Gov ernor of Georgia. tance of twelve paces. In the meet ing both were wounded. Macintosh recovered, but Gwinnett died on May 27, 1777, twelve, days after the en counter. McIntosh street was also named after the Indian chief of the Creek nation. The Presidents of the United States ed. Afterwards the Legislature gave lasted without interruption through other locations for the churches and reserved the four acres for a cemetery exclusively, and according to my infor mation it was abandoned as a burial ground some years before the Civil War. A number of bodies were re moved from there and reinterred in Rose Hill Cemetery. One of these was that of Rev. John Howard, the first presiding elder of the Methodioi church in this city, and a man who took a leading part in estit-llshing Wesleyan Female College. He died August 22 1836. and was buried In the Cherry street cemetery, and a monu ment was erected to his memory bv the Methodist church. The inscriotidp thereon was written by Rev. Ignatius A. Few who. in 1S29. as pastor of the Mulberry Street Methodist church, established the Sunday school of that church. The monument referred to can be seen over Rev. Mr. Howardjs gave in Rose Hill. It is said that this was the first monument ever built in Macon. all the long succeeding years until the sun had passed the meridian and the' lengthening shadows told of the even ing of life.” Curiosity carried me yesterday to the old cemetery, abandoned and neglect ed. overgrown with trees, weeds and briars, the browsing place of cattle, the home of reptile*, cut up with foot path? signs of descration everywhere. In this scene of neglect T read with al most a tear, the inscription "Remember me." on a tombstone hidden among the briars, and in order to decipher the words I had to brush away the mold and fungi of many decades. “Remem ber me." How like a mockery this seemed!—there buried in the tangled bush through which the sunlight could scarcely bleam. While wandering about I saw upon the ground the broken monument which had been “erected by the kind ness of the Presbyterian church” to the memory of the wife of Rev. Sam uel J. Cassels. She died in Macon on May 24. 183$. Her husband was the second regular pr.stor of the First Presbyterian church of this citv. His pastorate commenced in 1835 and end ed in April. 1S41. During his ministry the house of worship which constructed b Fourth street The political currents in the lives of these two men ran close together in the same channel, and. in the dark days of reconstruction, when the Ship of'State was in the hands of pirates and tossing upon tempestuous seas. Lester and Bacon, with other fearless and patriotic spirits, plunged through the angry billows out to her side, mounted the decks, rescued her from tho plunderers and with firm, steady and loving hands guided the proud and gallant craft into a haven of calm and peaceful waters. Referring to this ter rible epoch in Georgia’s history, which immediately followed the bloody har vest of the Civil War. Senator Bacon in his eulogy on Lester said: “There was a saturnalia of public plunder and political debauchery. In each State the cry for rescue rang out through its borders. Among the foremost who sprang to the call was Lester, battling sternly and untirely to drive out the despoilers.” After giving a graphic picture of the efforts of the reconstruc tion's at destroying the material in terests. overturning the social fabric, and blotting out the civilization of this fair State, Senator Bacon said Lester was one of the master workmen in the herculean task of rebuilding the State upon the wreck and ruins. And to Senator Bacon's -re-dit. honor and praise be it said that “in this Invaluable work of constructive statesmanship in a field of legislation for which there ; were no precedents upon which to mod- : ei the work" he was a zealous and able co-worker with Letter. During apart' Gilmer street, in honor of George R. | were no t forgotten in the naming of Gilmer, a gallant lieutenant in the j streets. Jefferson street, in honor Creek War. several times a member ; of Th t,mas Jefferson, the third Presi- of Congress Governor of Georgia. 1S2D- dent; Madison street, in honor of 1S31 and 1839. V hen a. Representative , j ame s Madison, the fourth President, he was instrumental in the passage an( j Monroe street: in honor of James of a law to prevent private banking, “at that time a very sore evil.” By his efforts as a Legislator public atten tion was first awakened to the impor tance of establishing an Appellate Monroe, the fifth President. The late Judge Julius C. Alford, “the war horse of Troup,” was the statesman who professed his ability Court for the correction of errors. Here j to swallow a certain diminutive Geor- is in interesting political fact: Having served two terms in Congress Gil mer was re-elected in 182S, but failing to give notice of his acec-btanee to the Governor within the time required by law. Governor Forsyth declared Congressman Gilmer's position vacant, and ordered a new election. Gilmer de clined being a candidate for the va cancy, but became a. cand'date for Gov ernor the same year. 1828. and was elected defeating Joel Crawford. In 1S32 he was again elected to Congress, and in 1837 was once more made Gov ernor. At one time when his .health failed him his - physician was Dr. Wil liam Wyatt Bibb who at that time a •Senator . of the United States from 'Georgia, and is the gentleman after whom 'Bibb County was named. Forsyth street, in honor of John For syth, Attorney-General of Georgia. Con gressman several terms, served in the United States Senate in 1819, and front 1S29 to 1S37 Minister to Spain. Gover nor of Georgia Secretary of State in the cabinet of Andrew Jackson. Mr. Forysth wa? first elected to Congress in. ISM. and remained there until 1818. when he resigned to become a m o m- her of the Unite.! States Senate That year he was appointed Minister to Spain, which position he held for sev eral years. While in Spain, Georgia elected h ; m a Congressman, in 1S23. Ke was chosen Governor of Georgia ’In 1S27. and at the euoiration of his term he was again elected to the United States Senate, where he remained until 1834 when President Jackson appoint- . ed him Secretary of State. Mr. For- i svth died in Washington City Octo- j ber 21. 1S41. aged about sixty years. gian alive, according to a very inter- estlng editorial in the last issue of the : Xewnan News, under the caption “Who Offered to Swallow Stephens?” ! But our contemporary states, on the ! assertion of ■ a highly esteemed a'nd ; aged citizen of Newnan. that “nobody ever offered to swallow Stephens.” ' The parties to the duel of words, so 1 says the story in the News, were Al- : ford, and a "gentleman named Clark, i from one of the eastern counties of ; Georgia. Both were members of the i Legislature, and the incident is alleg- , ed to have happened during a heated j debate between these two on the floor i of the House in Milledgeville. prior to ! 1843. Alford was a large man. and j Clark was a small, thin individual. The story was told to the Xewnan gentleman by Gen. David M. Burns, who represented Jackson County in the Legislature for seven consecutive terms, and was a Representative and was on the floor of the House when tho tilt occurred between Alford and Clark and Clark made the famous re tort to Alford. Burns lived to hear the story told to Stephens. The above reference to Alford by the Xewnan News recalls to mind the fact that Judge Alford was a very prominent figure at a monster political meeting which was held in Macon in August. 1S40, and many litizens of the coun ties of Troup and Coweta were in at tendance. I think a .mention of this occasion will be interesting, so read what follows. I learn from Mr. John C. Butlpp. Macon’s encyclopedia, that some Of the delegations built good sized log cabins, sufficient for a dozen men tj sleep In. placed them on wheels, with mules or horses attached, and they were drawn fifty to one-hundred miles over the highways to Macon. Or these cabins were cider barrels, rep resenting chimneys, and strings of red peppers hanging on the door latches. The first delegation that arrived was from Troup and Coweta, amounting to three hundred men, well mounted, and riding two abreast, preceded by a log cabin and band of music, with Al ford, “the war horse of Troup,” ahead. My understanding is that at this time Judge Alford was a Whig Congress man from Georgia, and was popularly known in the State as “the war horse of Troup.” Historian Butler further ays that the Houston County dele gation. five hundred delegates, bore a log cabin with the inscription: “Hous ton . Tippecanoe Club.” Reverse, an eagle bearing the American flag. They, had six other banners, with in scriptions on each side. The first, “Purge the Public Offices.” Another, “Clear the Kitchen.” was followed by twelve men with brooms. The Bibb County delegation numbered five hun dred and fifty, with three banners: First device, a rattlesnake. Motto “General Harrison, the Rod of Aaron among the Magicians.” Second de vice, portrait of Harrison, encircled by a wreath of oak. with two Ameri can flags. Motto: “The Last Hope of the Republic.” Reverse motto: “A Southern Man. with Southern Feel ing^.” Third device, a log cabin and eagle, with military emblems. Motto: “Harrison and Tyler.’” Reverse: “We Will Teach, Palace Slaves to Respect the Log Cabins" (both presented and painted by Mrs. Dr. Wood, of Macon). Badge: A rattlesnake—“Harrison, the Rod of Aaron Among the Magicians.” A hugli procession of the various delegations was formed and a parade was made of the principal streets, with brass bands and cannonading as accompaniments. In the procession were the delegations from seventy- one counties, the majority of them bearing attractive devices, of the or der mentioned above, log cabins, cider barrels and agricultural implements predominating. It was doubtless the most unique political procession ever seen in this State. As a vote winner it was evidently a pronounced suc cess. A similar demonstration would appeal to the wool hats boys even in this day and time, and would shake the politicians all along the line. Thousands of people, not regular del-* egates, marched in the parade. The procession ended at the warehouse of Hamilton & Hardeman, at the foot of Second street, near the river, where dinner, was served to the multitude. A part of the bill of fare consisted of over six thousand pounds of bread and more than sixteen thousand pounds of meats. Johft S. Porteous. of Paducah. Ky.. 24 years old. is just seven' foot tall and is still growing. He Is now in Colorado for his health. The inventor of eau do cologne was an Italian, Giovanni Farina. Farina offered mainly to sell his recipe for $3,750 in 1793, but a few years ago it was sold by his heirs for $200,000. Oddly enough, despite the affection with which she is regarded by the people. Queen Alexandra has no circle of frlendq. Miss Knollys, who never leaves her day or night, has been described as "the Queen's only friend in England." Miss Edith Root, daughter of Secretary of State Eiihu Root, accompanies her father on his trips and wins the esteem of even the most dignified ministers by her intimate knowledge of statecraft and her modest way of revealing it. Frnncoise Coppee has given tlie Acade mic Franeaise a sum yielding $200 bien nially for use as a prize for young poets. Tlie letting making the gift expresses the regret that poets are so little encour aged by prizes in comparison with wri ters of prose. Col. Sir Colin Scott-Moncrieff. I,L. D., will soon begin a course of lectures at the Lowell. Mass., institute on "The Eng lish In India and Egypt.” He is a Scotch man and has been building canals for tho English Government in Idia for the last 50 years. Dr. Wallace Buttriek. secretary of the General Educational Board of the Baptist Church, has a gigantic task tiuon his shoulders as chief of tlie bureau which will have charge of the $13,000,000 Rocke feller fund. It is said that he knows more about American colleges than do their own presidents. Mrs. Emma Reba Bailey, a lawyer of 1 Birmingham, Ala., was a most complai sant caller on President Roosevelt the other day. She went to recommend her son for (he position of Federal District Judge, hut acknowledge that she would. 1"- willing to take the office herself. If the President so preferred. PROVERBS AND PHRASES Troup . i Troup, i wa in honor of George M. ; a member of Con- ,-,f those troublous times. Lester was president of the Senate, and Bacon was j „. „ . ... Speaker of the House of the Legisla- U'ess from 1806 to lSlo. when he with- ture of Georgia contemporaneously. When Lester was first elected to the Senate from the Savannah district it was to succeed the notorious negro Senator. Aaron Alpeoria Bradley, who u:ti> | had been convicted of a criminal of- b~ing ! fense committed in New York, and the Presbyterians on | sentenced between Mulberry and 1 order to eicape expumlsion drew to private life. Contrary to his wishes in 1?16. Troup was chosen to the United -States Senate iver Dr. Wil liam Wyatt Bibb. Bibb's term would have expired on March 4. 1817. but he resigned and as an additional honor the Legislature elected Troup to the unexpired term. He had served only the penitentiary, and In j two years in the Senate when ne was , ,. _ fro the 1 elected Governor, in 1823. serving four | crats said, ‘ lived in a log cabin and The affair was known as the “Great Harrison Convention.” The campaign cry of “Tippecanoe and Tyler too” was resounding throughout the eoun- trv. “Hard eider” was the watchword of the followers of the "Log Cabin Candidate.” William Henry Harrison, of Ohio, the hero of Tippecanoe, and John Tyler, of Virginia, had been nominated on December 4. 1839. by the Whigs for President and Vice- President. in opposition to the re-elec tion of the Democratic nominees, Van Buren and R. M. Johnson. Harrison was an Ohio farmer, and the Demo- After the repast the multitude di vided into divisions and were ad dressed by a number of prominent orators. Some, of the sneakers were Robert Toombs, War Horse Alford. Wm. C. Preston, of South Carolina, E. Y. Hill. Iverson L. Harris. A. FE- Kenan. Eli Warren, H. W. Hilliard, A. J. Miller, Roger L. Gamble. Frank S. Bartow. Rev. J. H. Davis, of Coweta, and the following of Macon: E. A. Nisbet. Washington Poe. C. B. Strong. A. H. Chappell A. S. Wing field and S. R. Blake, the first captain of the Floyd Rifles. Previous to this speaking and the parade, the conven tion had been called to order by the chairman of the Bibb County Tippe canoe Club. Gen. Elias Beall. Prayer was offered by Bishop George F. Pierce. United States Senator J. M. Berrien was chosen permanent chair man. United States Senator William C. Preston, of South Carolina, deliv ered an eloquent oration. The Tele graph said at the time that “for two hours he enchained the multitude in breathless attention.” On the follow ing morning Senator Preston again addressed the multitude. A resolu tion was introduced by Hon. A. M. Chappell, of Bibb, condemning the ad ministration of President Van Buren, and endorsing the candidacy of “Tip pecanoe and Tyler too." The resolu tion was adopted, with the following amendment by Bob Toombs: “Resolv ed by this convention, that while as State Rights Republicans we must ever repudiate and condemn the principles embraced in the proclamation and force bill, yet we feel ourselves call ed upon as patriots to forego our pecu liar opinions of the means to secure the great ends of State Rights, pop ular liberty, and honest administra tion of the property of the Govern ment of the people, and extend a cor dial invitation to our countrymen of the Union party to unite with us in the deliverance of the common coun- ,- from the hands of the ‘spoilers Well doing is the best capital.—Turk ish. i He conquers who sticks to his saddle.— Italian. Confidence is the companion of success. —Chatham. He who does as ho likes has no head ache.— Italian. A diamond Is not so precious as a tooth.—Don Quixote. A good conscience is the best looking glass of heaven.—Cudworth. He that is embark'd with the devil must sail with him.—Dutch. He that cannot got bacon must bn con tent with cabbage.—Danish. He that contemplates in his bed has a day without a night.—German. Produce much, consume little, labor dil igently. speak cautiously.—Chinese. Letting I dare not wait upon I would, like the poor cat in the adage.—Shake speare. What one knows not how to do is dif ficult: what one knows how to do is not. —Dutch. BACHELOR REFLECTIONS From tho Xow York Press. When the average man tells the truth it’s a sign it doesn’t cast him anything. If th" average man's wife talk*; he says she is noisy, and if she doesn't, sulky. • It pays to give your wife an allow ance if she will let you keep on owing it to her. What a woman likes a'bout a man's brains is that they aren't a match for her instinct. When a woman has a lot <of stoekings she isn't afraid to u-e for fear they’ll wear out it’s a safe guess she's a bride. The way to make a woman happy is to make her think she does you. The way for a man to be an ideal husband is for his wife to become a widow.’ The crying of a woman’s baby sounds sweeter to her than the singing of any body else’s. A woman believes everything in the Bible except the page where the date of her birth was recorded by the family. It’s thoughtless for a woman to give a man a lock of her hair when she, may change the color of the rest of it later. POINTED PARAGRAPHS From tho Chicago X'-ws. L.ucfry is tho man tvho loses his reputa tion—if It’s bad. Whenever a man angles fnr a pretty girl he baits his hook with flattery. It's much easier to break into some affairs.than it is to bark out again. Truth is better than falsehood, but false teefh are better than no teeth at all. Often a man's suocess is duo to his ask ing many questions' and answering none. POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE lions, sharks and seal swordfishes shot or captured by hex In this great struggle we proclaim to majesty’s relatives or friends. Professor Edward B. Clapp, head of the Greek department of the California State University, has been appointed professor of Greek in the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. He will soon sail for Greece. Mark M. Fagan, who is now serving his third consecutive term as mayor of Jersey Citv. is in Florida endeavoring to regain his health. Mayor Pagan is a hard worker and personally audits all bills against his city. Queen Maud of Xor.vay is fond of collecting pieces of ivory. The speci mens she most prizes are tusks of ele phants shot by her father. King Ed ward. and the Duke of Connaught. The Czar of Russia is represented by some wild boar tusks taken from animals shot by himself. Among other tusks and teeth are those of walruses and alligators and INDISTINCT PRINT