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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1907.
THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
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'EXAGGERATED EGO” IN POLITICS
There i- l , cinnln* to a ve! n a feel- i
in?.
t man who re.
of the people
« the “exag-
fo great an ofr.ee tl
celves tbe endorse;
for the place can
gerated ego" storm that necessarily
rag. - around him and become
a satisfactory constitutional and
Pi >pte In the Democratic party hurrah
• -r Bryan when he coolly talk? of turn- | h j _ s J
it g over the Democracy to the enemy, T waugnt on
itoek and bnrreltwho bitterly de- j +
A short time ago I read this pretty the afternoon of the 9th inst., twenty I resigned to accept the presidency of the
T story: A Sister of Charity was dying, or twenty-five miles below here: State railroad under the lease of this
x | and'at last, from a stupor, she opened “On the night of the 3d inst.. Joseph — • • .
Cleveland for being a | t
traitor to his party, and as bein
the Wing ±
'I'VT'i'y'H' v-I"
By JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET.
workable chief magistrate. Theo- : j n politics as In other things, the peo-
dnrf R *evelt we be.le\e to be a we'.:- p] e Nearly love to be humbugged.
meaning man. but unfortunately for; __
the country and for his practical use- ■ It has been announced that on Au-
Republlcan in disguise, simply because
he stood four square in defense of his
country’s financial honor when it was j have been particularly requested
threatened by an un-Democratic issue. I to reeord in this column the last or
dying words of some of the noted men
who live in history. I confess that my
fulness as President he is a popular
idol and loses his head in the storm
of eclat which attends his deeds, ap
pearing to imagine blmself the demi-
gust 26 next Hr. J. B. Bundren, of
Toresvlile, Tenn., aged 101 years, will
marry Hiss HcGuire, the sweetheart of
his youth, aged 100. We are to'.d that
god the shout.* of the multitude ac- ; ‘a cruel parent forbade Bundren's suit
claim him, and certainly possessed with ■ when he courted Miss McGuire In 1849,
the feeling that personally he is total- ; but he and she were faithful to their
lible and a law unto himself. Elected ; first and only love, and now, with the
the executive head of a republican
^ Government of three co-ordinate
branches under a constitutional Gov
ernment of federated States, he does
not hesitate to invade and dictate the
functions of the legislative and Judicial
departments of the central Government
and treat with contempt the reserved
rights of the sovereign States. But
would any other man under slmilir
conditions keep his head better? The
man who cames nearest to duplicating
these conditions Is William J. Bryan,
his defeated Democratic rival. Mr.
Bryan Is the popular Idol of one party
as Mr. Roosevelt is of the other. What
Mr. Bryan would do and say if he was
r over elected President we may reason
ably speculate on in view of what he
says and does after merely making two
unsuccessful contests for the place. We
find him speaking of and treating his
party as a sort of personal asset or
chattel subject to his disposal at pleas
ure: he discusses with apparent se
riousness the suggestion of selecting a
Republican head for it; he talks of
7* driving people out of the party who
may not accept his dictum concerning
its principles and policies, and he
weighs the question of his accepting
its nomination for the Presidency in
the next contest with an air of viewing
It entirely from a personal standpoint
and as If his were the chief If not only
Interests to he consulted. “At some
time In the future I shall decide what
my place Is to be In the next cam
paign,” ho said In his Brooklyn speech.
Commenting on this declaration, the
Vlrglnlan-Pilot says:
“The assumption here la that it rests
entirely with the speaker to decide
■whether ho shall march in the ranks or
bear the standard of his party next
year. To his mind the matter is set
tled already except In so far as his
assent to the formality of a nomination
^s concerned. He does not say that
the members of the party may decide
in the interval what is best to be done
and what person should be plared in
the lead, but treats the ledershlp as
alrandy at lils disposal. Pretty cool:
^ but Is the assumption without war
rant? There is not the scintilla of
evidence in any section of the country
of nny preference for a candidate other
than he before whom even the score of
possible aspirants for the honor hasten
to prostrate themselves In eager self-
effacement. If there is any other Dem
ocrat towards whom the slightest tide
of popular inclination flows no surface
indications of that fact appears. Here
and there a few journals emit occa
sional sounds of dissatisfaction, but
they are pitched in a very soft key
and evoke'*no audible response from
that mysterious element vaguely known
ns the rank and file. Meantime the
human weathercocks are all pointing
in one direction, and wherever Hr.
Bryan goes multitudes greet his com
ing and hang upon his deliverances.
Surely it would be expecting too much
of human nature to ask that, the re
cipient of such cumulative .and corrob
orative testimonials of regard and con
fidence, surveying a broad field on
•which no rival shows his head, should
construe his option on the situation to
be short of absolute. Such a condi
tion of affairs may reflect on the bar
renness of latter day Democracy in
6trong and assertive leaders: it may
even ho ominous of hopelessness of
success on the port of other men whose
talents and services might justify
thoughts of promotion: but it is no
discredit to Mr. Bryan that none enter
the lists while there is a chance that
banner will be displayed, or that
when the roll of favorite sons is called
no name elicits echoes by his own.
The coldest of mortals might be elated
to a sense of dominance by elevation
to such lonely pre-eminence. He roads
the verdict as that of the reople of his
disappearance of all opposers, they
wilU pursue the rest of life’s Journey
together." If Mr, Bundren and Miss
McGuire put off their marriage four
months, at their age, something much
more dreaded than even "a cruel par
ent” may interfere. (But of course cen
tenarians cannot be expected to hurry
and when people have waited sixty
years for their hearts' desire no doubt
it Is easy to wait a little longer.
fund of information on the subject is
limited. I have no special data at
hand bearing upon the matter, but will
from a stupor, she opened
her eyes and said: “It is strange; ev
ery kind word I have spoken in life,
every tear float I have shed, has be
come a living flower around me. and
they bring to my senses an incense
ineffable.” And in another moment her
voice had joined the angelic choir in
the Celestial City.
Among the cherished relics of Mr. O.
A. Coleman, of Macon, are six volumes
of the works of Daniel Webster, which
were presented by the great orator and
statesman to Mr. Coleman’s father
nearly fifty-five years ago. On -the fly
mention a few eases that come to leaf of volume L is the following in
mind at this writing: scrlption in Mr. Webster’s own hand-
Whilo the American people were
"I do not want my son to be Presl
dent,” says Secretary Taft's mother.
“A place on the Supreme bench, where
my boy would administer justice,
my ambition for him.” It is highly
probable that William H. Taft will be
added to the list of great men in his
tory who owe what they were to good
mothers.
Mr. iHarrison Dickson, of Mississippi,
takes the part of Governor Vardanian
in the current Saturday Evening Post,
the article being one of the most plain
spoken discussions of the everlasting
“problem” that has ever appeared in
Northern journal.
Ambassador Reid did himself and
his country proud when In answer to
Poet Laureate Austin’s remark that
America was destitute of poets he re
torted that England had also been
without a poet since Tennyson died.
A young German committed suicide
after writing that unjust treatment in
the United States army drove him to
the deed. It would have been cheaper
for him to desert from the army.
The Norfolk Landmark takes its life
in its hands in the remark: "However,
the proportion of crooks who attended
the original Jamestown affair was
probably larger.”
A blunder is sometimes worse than
a crime—the one. for instance, com
mitted by E. H. Harriman when he got
into a rtfw with the President of the
United States.
Up to date no notice has been taken
in the White House of Mr. Graves’ at
tempt to climb into the limelight by the
occupant’s coattails.
Secretary Taft went to Ohio and
back without opening his mouth about
politics. How can this man be ex
pected ever to put his "foot in it?”
That Jamestown speech indicates
that the President is beginning to
steady himself. Here's hoping it will
last.
A defense fund of $1,000,000 is being
raised for Moyer and Haywood. This
does not look well for the confidence
of their friends in their innocence.
Charleston objects to advertising
by the earthquake even more strenu
ously than by "Lady Baltimore."
Mr. Loeb is going to head a traction
company. His mistake is in not “tak
ing the road” as an attraction.
Spring is here, says an exchange
recklessly, neglecting to knock on
wood.
WAR PRICES DOWN SOUTH.
In 1865 an ounce of quinine could not be
purchased for less than $1,700 In the
South, says Spare Moments. Provisions
were simply enormous In price. Here
are just .i few instances: In February x
hsm weighing $0 po inds sold for exactly
$750, or .it tbe rate of $5 a pound. Flour
was at $J00 a bcrrel.
Fresh fish retailed all over at $5
poun l. ar., ! ordinary meal was at S50 a
bushel. Those who lived in boarding
houses paid from $200 to $300 a month.
White beans retailed at $75 a bushel. Te a
went for anything from $20 a pound to
$60. and coffee In a like ratio.
The moat ordinary brown sugar was
sold for $10 a pound. Ordinary adaman
tine cundles were sold for $10 a pound.
In a cafe breakfast was ordinarily 510. In
April sugar went to $900 a barrel, and ar
ticles of wearing apparel sold, coats at
$350. trousers at $10' ar.d boots at $250.
Butter was $15 a pound. Potatoes went
for $2 a quart. Tomatoes of the size of
. . . . -a walnut sold for $20 a dozen. Chickens
party and feels that the insistent notes varied from $35 to $50 a pair.
in his declarations of rollcy are at their j R Jb^d^e^uSntta
b- he*:. It :* a of the man's sin- were: Soup. $1.59; bread and butter. $1.50;
. . . . , roast beef, a plate. s$: boiled , ges $2;
ci rity of conviction that he should ham ar.d egg-. $3.59; rock fish a plate
celebrating the Fourth of July, 1S26
two of the greatest patriots and states
men of the nation passed away—
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams—
one dying at Monticello, and the other
at Braintree. On the morning of his
death, rousing for a moment from a
stupor. Jefferson said: “Tell the com
mittee to be on the alert!” and he fell
beck into unconsciousness, from which
he never again rallied. Historians
say it is supposed that the wandering
mind of this great apostle of liberty
was reverting to the perilous days
when he was chairman of Virginia’s
committee of safety, which caused him
to exclaim- with his last, fleeting
breath, "tell the committee to be on
the alert!” His old friend and com
rade John Adams, tarried but a few
hours longer, and not knowing that
the soul of the Sage of Monticello had
winged its tranquil flight from earth
to fairer scenes Adams, thinking of
him. uttered theBe last words:
“Thomas Jefferson still survives.”
They were the" words of prophecy.
For more than three quarters of a
century the spirit of Thomas Jefferson
has survived, keeping watch over the
rights and liberties of the American
people, and while at times, of late, it
seemed that the spirit had lost Its In
fluence. or ceased its vigils I believe
it "still survives.” and is mighty yet,
and the nation feels the inspiration of
Jefferson’s Democracy and patriotism.
writing
“Washington, Sept. 2, 1S52.
"Dear Sir: I ask your acceptance of
these volumes, in token of old ac
quaintance and regard.
“DANIEL WEBSTER.
“To William B. Coleman,
“Elmira. N. Y."
There was a warm friendship be
tween these two gentlemen, and so
highly did Mr. Coleman prize the gift
of Mr. Webster that he willed the 'hooks
to his son. Mr. O. A. Coleman, and
they are highly cherished by the Ma-
conite. Mr. Webster was holding the
position of Secretary of State in the
cabinet of President Fillmore when he
presented the volumes to Mr. Coleman,
and the presentation was made not
very long before Mr. Webster died.
The eminent American passed away op
October 24. IS52.
eh
While occuylng his seat in the
House of Congress. John Quincy
Adams, sixth President of the United
States, son of President John Adams,
alluded to above, was stricken with
paralysis. He was taken to the Speak
er’s private room, where he remained
practically unconscious for two days
when he died. His last coherent ut
terance was: “This is the last of
earth; I am content.”
The last recorded words of Wash
ington were spoken to his friend and
physician, Dr. Craik. to-wit: “Doc
tor, I am dying, and have been dying
for a long time, but I am not afraid
to die.” His last act was to place his
hand upon his pulse, and calmly ex
pired. He died at Mt. Vernon.
Alexander Hamilton, who died, from
Aaron Burr’s pistol shot, said in his
expiring moments: “I have a tender
reliance on the mercies of the
Almighty, through the merits of the
Lord Jesus Christ.”
Just before the spirit of Daniel
Webster left its mortal vestments he
said: “I still live.” His tomb bears
the text selected by himself: “Lord, I
believe, help thou my unbelief.”
The dying words most quoted in the
present day are those which were spo
ken bv Stonewall Jackson: “Let us
cross over the river and rest under the
shade of the trees.” A biographer says:
“Was Jackson’s soul wandering back
in dreams to the river of his beloved
valley, floe Shenandoah (the ‘river of
sparkling waters’), whose verdant
meads and groves he had redeemed
from the invader, and across whose
floods he had so often won his passage
through the toils of battle? Or was
he reaching forward across the River
of Death, to the golden streets of the
Celestial City, and the trees whose
leaves are for the healing of the na
tions? It was to these that God was
bringing him, through his last battle
and victory: and under their shade he
walks, with the blessed company of
the redeemed.”
When the heroic Marshall Ney, the
bravest of t'.ie brave," stood up be
fore a detachment of soldiers in the
Garden of Luxemburg, by whom he was
to be shot, one of the officers approach
ed him to bandnge his eyes. But the
Intrepid Ne.v repulsed him. saying:
“Are you ignorant that for twenty-five
years'I 'have been accustomed to face
both ball and bullet?” It is related
that he then lifted his hat above his
head and with the same calm voice
that had steadied 'his columns so fre
quently' in the roar and tumult of bat
tle. raid. “I declare, before God and
man. that I never betrayed my coun
try; mav my death render her happy.
Vive la France!” He then turned to-
the soldiers, and striking his hand on
s lieart. gave the order: “Soldiers,
fire!” The man “who had fought five
hundred battles far France, not one
against her. was shot as a traitor” be
cause of his love for Napoleon.
In an extract from the Washington
Post, published 'yesterday In an edi
torial In The Telegraph, it was stated
that most of the plan of reconstruc
tion was Ben Butler’s invention. It is
history that Butler was one of the
chief supporters of the Georgia Re
publicans In fastening reconstruction
upon this State. Thpy looked to him
as one of their main pillars in Con
gress. The action of the Georgia Leg
islature in the summer of 1868 in oust
ing twenty-seven negroes, and seat
ing in their places the same number
of white Democrats, fired iBen Butler,
and he proceeded to give Georgia all
the trouble possible. When Congress
Bush and his son were fired upon by
a party of Indians, the father killed,
ar.d tho son severely wounded and
scalped, but he so far recovered as to
reach home In two days after. The
citizens having received information of
the foregoing facts, assembled on the
9th instant to the number of thirty-
six, and crossed the rive in the fore
noon to seek redress. Finding con
siderable signs of Indians, they pur
sued the trail leading from the river
some distance out, where they came in
view of a body of savages, fifty or
sixty advancing within gun-shot. Tho
firing was commenced by each party,
and warmly kept up for three-quart
ers of an hour. A part of the de
tachment effected their retreat, bring
ing' off one badly wounded; four are
certainly killed; the balance of the de
tachment has not been heard from;
Major Cothom (commandant of the
Telfair militia) is among the missing.
Four Indians were killed.
“From information the citizens be
low this are much alarmed, and leav
ing their homes. I have thought prop
er to communicate the 'foregoing to
you by express.
“I am your Excellency's most obedl-
ient servant,
“RICHARD H. THOMAS.
"Lieutenant-Colonel."
The Milledgeville paper added the
following: “In consequence of the
foregoing, the Pulaski Troop of Caval
ry has been ordered out by the Execu
tive, to scour the frontier and afford
protection to the inhabitants. Mitchell
Griffin. Esq., Senator from Telfair,
was among the killed.”
The announcement that Judge TV
M. Kavanaugh, frequently president
of the Southern League of baseball
clubs, expects to be a candidate for
the next Governorship of Arkansas
has created something of a sensation
in balldom, and is tho theme of inter
esting comment in many newspapers,
The aspiration of President Kava
naugh is regarded as something new
under the sun, from the national
game view point, and as one promi
. _ , . uefit journal expresses it, “when the
met in joint session on February 10, diamond begins to supply statesmen
* **“ * *“ 1 and executives, it commands our no
1869. to count the vote cast in .the
Presidential election of 1868, Butler
strenuously objected to the counting of
Georgia’s ballot, in retaliation for the
action of Georgia in expelling the ne
groes from the General Assembly. Ken
Wade presided over the joint session
bv virtue of the fact that he was pres
ident of the Senate After the assas
tlce anew.” The fact seems to hav-
been overlooked by newspaper? and
fans generally that Hon. Morgan' G
Bulkeley, who today represents Con
neetieut in the United States Senato,
and has been Governor of the “Nut-
’meg” State and Mayor of Hartford,
Z was the first president of the presen
Mnatlon of President Lincoln in 1865 i T , A' ......
Wade became President pro tempore Hartford" club that organl
of the Senate, and acting Vice Presi
dent of the United States: and in
March. 1867, he was elected president
of the Senate. On Butler’s motion not
to count the vote of Georgia "Wade
said his view was that Georlga’s vote
zation became a member of tho Na
tlonaj League, in 187G. the year the
league was formed, Perhaps the pop
ularity of the national game had much
to do with Mr. Bullcejey’s rapid ad
prim nia \i«\\ wtis iitcit. vjtrurigH a vote ; ,, , , _ *
should be counted if It would not alter ; ^ , “P, £. oUUeal fa t ™-
the result, and should net be counted I - - \ er F eiident that his connection
if It would.” It was very natural that
this learned opinion was received with
“shouts of laughter.”
An Interesting printed account says;
"A wild confusion ensued. Ben Wade,
presiding over the joint session, or
dered the Senate to its awn chamber.
The House voted 150 to 4t against
Georgia being counted. The Senate,
after a lively struggle, decided in fa
vor of Georgia. The joint session was
resumed, and the conflict was fipree.
Wade ordered Georgia's vote read.
Butler objected. Wade refused to hear
oblectlons. Butler appealed from
Wade’s decision. Wade refused an ap
peal and ordered the count to pro
ceed. Butler moved that the Senate
have permission to retire. He was
declared out of order. Butler demand
ed that the House should control its
own hall. Wade, In the midst of an
Intense excitement, ordered the count
to proceed. Conkling (began reading
the result, but his voice was drowned
by cries of order. In the deafening
clamor Speaker Colfax sprang to tho
desk, saying the Vice President must
be obeyed in joint session, and or
dered the sergeant-at-arms to arrest
disorderly persons. Order was suf
ficiently restored to read the result,
when tho joint session terminated.
Then Butler offered a resolution in the
House denouncing the action of Wade
and the Senate. Davis introduced a
resolution in the Senate declaring the
conduct of Butler and other members
disruptable, and nn insult to the peo
ple of the United States. Butler and
Bingham had a bitter debate over But
ler’s resolution. (Bingham denounced
it as a resolution of revolution and
anarchy.”
with tho diamond was no obstacle In
his way to high public office. Presi
dent Ifavanaugh’s ambition to be
Governor of Arkansas may be stimu
lated and encouraged by the success
of ex-Presldent Bulkeley In the field
of politics.
Among tho last words of Oliver
Cromwell were these: “God is good,
indeed He is.” Cromwell died on t'ae
anniversary of his victories at Dunbar
and Worcester.
John Wesley passed away saying:
II praise! I’ll praise! Farewell.’’
As United States Senator Solomon
Foote, of Vermont, was passing out,
he lifted his hands, and exclaimed: “I
see -It, I see it! The gates are wide
open! Beautiful, beautiful!"
As dissolution approached. Dr. Noah
Webster repeated there Words: “I know
whom I have believed, and am per
Hon. A. O. Bacon, now United States
Senator, was one of the Presidential
electors for whoirt Georgia voted, and
over which election the “Beast" raised
such a racket in Congress. The Demo
cratic electoral ticket was as follows:
At Large—John B. Gordon, John T.
Clarke.
Distrit—J. C. Nichols. C. T. Goode,
R. J. Moses. A. O. Bacon, J. B. Cum
min?, H. P. t3ell and J.'D. Waddell. .
They represented Seymour and Blair,
the Democratic norfiinees for President
and Vice President, The Democratic
electors carried the State by a major
ity of 44.63S in a total vote of 158.596.
The Republican electors, on the Grant
and Colfax ticket were:
At Large—H. P. Farrow and A. T,
Akerman.
District—T. M. Smith, John Mur
phy. E. J. Highee. W. H. Whitehead.
J. E. Bryant, S. C. Johnson and J. L.
Dunning.
I may be mistaken, but I think this
was Mr. Bacon’s first appearance in
a political race. It will be observed
that two of the Democratic electors.
A few days ago. referring to the
centennial celebration, to bo held this
year, of the first session of the Legis
lature In tho old capitol at Milledge-
ville, I mentioned the names of quite
a nurriber of persons now living who
were in the General Assembly of
Georgia before the commencement of
tho Civil War. To this list should be
added the name of Col, T. R. Lums-
den, an agetj and highly esteemed citi
zen of Talbot County, who has rela
tives and many friends in Macon.
Col. Lumsden is about 86 or 87 years
old, and I understand he is in excel
lent health and strength for one of his
advanced age. Just prior to the out
break of the war Col. Lumsden was in
the Legislature with Is friend. Maj
R. L. McWhorter of Greene County,
to whom I referred recently as possi
bly the oldest living ex-legislator,
having served in the Legislature of
1S45. Col. Lumsden and Maj. Mc
Whorter were students together at
Mercer Institute, Penfleld, Ga., before
the institution was elevated to the
character and dignity of a college or
university. Col. Lumsden represented
Talbot County in the House of 1892,
and on account of his activity he wa°
known as the youngest and oldest
man in the Legislature. Col. Lums
den was born in Hancoek County.
When Gen. Lafayette visited Milledge
ville in 1825, Col. Lumsden. then a
small hoy, went with his father to see
the distinguished Frenchman.
The fact that the son of ex-Gov.
Bullock Is now the assistant postmas
ter at Atlanta and the son of Foster
Blodgett is the postmaster there,
suggests the mention that the warm
friendship which existed between
Gov. Bullock and Foster Blodgett
nearly forty years ago when these
two men were Influential Republican
forces in Georgia, has descended from
sires to sons. While Rufus B. Bul
lock was in the Governor’s office Fos
ter Blodgett was regarded as Bullock's
Achates. Bullock and Blodgett were
members of the reconstruction con
vention which met in Atlanta in De
cember, 1867. • The convention order
ed an election to be hold on April 20,
1868. for a Governor and Legislature.
Henry P. Farrow appeared to be the
choice of the Republicans for Gover
nor, but under the leadership of Fos
ter Blodgett the nomination went to
Bullock. Farrow was an ardent re-
constructionist, and fhe Democrats
property which was made on December
27. 1S70. Bullock made other appoint
ments of judges, but I do not know
who they were as I have not the com
mittee record by me.
In his tribute published yesterday
Capt. Cobb said he had the honor to
represent the Democracy of Sumter
County in the. reconstruction Legisla
ture. “which had one notable, continu
ous session of nine months.” Accord
ing to an interesting historical account
“this Legislature was in session 32S
Jays, and cost the State nearly one
million of dollars. Its sessions of 1870.
alone, cost $526,891. It had at one time
84 clerks and attaches. The pay was
put at nine dollars a day, and was
drawn for twelve days of recess, as
well as days of actual session, some of
the Democrats, however, refusing to
take per diem for the recess. The ex
pelled negro members of a previous
session drew $28,988 for the time they
did not serve. The mileage bill, during
the year 1879 only, amounted to the
moderate sunt of $63,996.04, and the
clerk hire $51,740. Nine years of Dem
ocratic legislation, from 1853 to 1S62.
cost only $$66,385, or less than this sin
gle Radical General Assembly,” Among
some of Mr. Cobb’s Democratic asso
ciates in the House were Dunlap Scott,
ex-Congressman W. P. Price, ex-Con-
gressrnan Morgan Rawls, W. M, Tum-
lin, I. E. Shumate, R. W. Flournoy, C.
C. Duncan and W. M. Butt Among
the Democrats in the Senate were ex-
Judge C. J. Wellborn. ex-Congressman
M. A, Candler. C. B. Wooten. A. D.
Nunnally, W. T. Winn. W. J. Anderson,
E. D. Graham. J. J. Collier and C. R
Moore. The Republican military board
at the session of 1870 ousted Senators
Anderson, Graham, Moore, Winn and
Collier, and a number of Democratic
Representative, so the Republicans
could the better carry out their plan
of reconstruction.
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D.
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...... . poured hot shot into him. Col. M. A.
Gordon and Bacon, became United' I ** ev * n ’ of Rome, a aealous patriot, and
In'** have commlUeTto him against ^’‘aSSw^sS't wbirTSand ! Democratic to 'thV^Jra * denoune'ed
that day. 'Bell were elected Congressmen and Farrow as a coward. A code duello
When Wilmot, the iijfidel, was dying. OCPUp j e( ] In t j,„ ha]] w u #r ’ f, correspondence ensued, and as Col.
he placed his hand upon the Bible, and ; Button had fought thefr etoctlon sS “
id: T :' le . oy ection Sfto' 1151 this hard as PresiaentiaI electors. R. J.
b °whif« a Stenhen -V Douglas wa«= MosM ' von S reat reputation as a leg-
..S-JsLgs 'svHa I saws a auTAfta?
hesitate at all about taking at once
the head of the columns without wait
ing for the perfunctory sealing of his
romn'i slen by a convention: and he
is entirely capable of declining unless
assured :hat the party will adept his
views on current issues all ar.d sir.gu-
;.:r without omission or qualification.
t;-.u contingency disallowed, there Is
r basis whatever for the hope or fear
Mr Bryan will not ego In contest
t r. Presidency with the Republican
nominee That is the choice that Dem-
<v- :- will hove to make. Br:
Roi c. velt er Roosevelt’s choice of a
, ■ r If Bryan, declines it will not
'. e from fe.tr of being defeated, but be-
cou-e the Democrats refuse to cn-
( ■ rse his platform; and in that cose
he -.vi”. quit the organization, holding
!• no ;ong< r t:> Democratic.”
If Mr. Bryan take- thl? tone with
his porty while m-rely its candidate
or prospective candidate, wlut attitude
would he assume as t-r»s!dent? Some ^
fried oyst.rs. a plate. $5; raw oysre:
f t: fresh milk. glass, $2: coffee, a cup,
$3: ten. a cup, $2.
These figures are taken from various
sources, and have the virtue of necuraev.
if nothing i !<e. Always was present the
I fear of famine, and time and time again
did tile soldiers donate a portion of th.eir
rations, taken from their apportionment
;r. the field, to relieve the pressing neces
sities.
The shrinkage of the currency was. of
course, responsible, and some idea mav
b- gathered from a story that went the
rounds at the time. A soldier galloped
along a country yoad nnd a farmer lean
ing over a fence admired the animal. He
called to the trooper offering to buy the
.’Give you $39,000 for him.-Johnny." he
No' much, old mnn. I Jits* paid $15,000
- to have him slmd," was the reply.
Fro r
More Truth Than Poetry,
the Savannah Press.
The Mae n Telegraph alludes sen
tentious'.}- to Mr. Bryan’s occupying
“the role of the uncrowned Commoner,
feted, flattered and applauded by the
proletariat."
Couldn't Be Worse.
Darton Gazette.
If a Southern man is nominated for
President we hard!}- think the peop;e
would be so unkind as to snow hint
tinder any worse than they did Mr.
Bryan and Judge Parker.
not be a tnie Democrat
rarionr A splendid plaltornfand I fin^ % ^^Uver ToSdVrator " S Join
m-trty text! The last words of Senator ^ ctorke was a
werf intended a^'"advice to the Vtog J °GeT’P w when^t V*
, AiMvan. s.rp-ii * j not suit Gen. Pope? wnen that officer
port the ^nsUtution and The laws P ” ' was ln rallllar >' contro1 ln this State
A noble and patriotic sentiment from
the great Democratic heart off the “Lit
tle Giant.”
President TVilliam Harrison was in
augurated on March 4, IS41. and in one
month 'he died. The last utterance
from his lips was as If addressed to
Vice-President Tyler, who was to sue-
eeed him to the Presidency: “Sir, I
wish you to understand the true prin-
and he removed Clarke from office, and
this act of usurpation caused the Dem
ocratic convention in 1868 to select
Clarke as an elector from the State at
large. J. fR. Cumming was recognized
as one of the most loyal of Georgians,
and a strong political leader. J. D.
Waddell was a brilliant orator and
writer. His book on Linton Stephens
is highiy interesting. T. M. Norwood
was an alternate elector, and. like Gor-
Nevin was a cripple Farrow declined
to fight him, but exchanged shots with
Capt. Thomas O’Conner, Nevin’s sec
ond. Farrow was State Attorney
Genera! while Bullock was Governor.
Farrow died recently preceding Bul
lock to the grave only a short while.
The Republican Legislature which
convened ln 1870 elected Farrow and
Blodgett United States Senators, but
they were never seated. Bullock made
Blodgett the superintendent of the
State railroad. Jjuring the recon
struction era some of Bullock’s friends
split from him, but Bullock and Blod
gett seemed to have stood shoulder to
shoulder through the whole storm,
and now in these days of peace their
The people of Georgia will read with
Interest, and pleasure the report from
Savannah that the condition of Col. J.
H. EstilJ Is much better, and the pros
pect is bright for his recovery from
a severe illness. iWe ail know that
Ool. Estill has been one of the potent
factors in the industrial upbuilding of
Savannah, and his influence has been
strongly felt in various channels of
trade, finance and material develop-
niet. The public knows that he has
had abounding and ever increasing
success and prosperity as a newspaper
publisher, and has always been zeal
ous and liberal in educational, char
itable. fraternal and religious affairs.
But to mo the brightest star in the
firmament of his life has been his long
and unwavering devotion to that splen
did and historic charity, the ’Bethesda
Orphan House, which ancient and no
ble institution was founded in 1739 by
George Whitfield, the most renowned
pulpit orator of hjs day. Col. EstUl
became the president of this orphan
age in 1878, nearly thirty years ago,
and during the almost three decades
that ha has held the office he has been
unremitting in his labors in behalf of
the Institution. Away back yonder, In
the early days of the colony, only six
years after the landing of Oglethorpe,
Whitfield established the orphan house
at IRethesda, about nine miles from
Savannah. This was tho first benevo
lent Institution ever in Georgia. It is
frequently called Whitfield's Orphan
House, but the founder named it Be
thesda, “because,” said Mr. Whitfield,
‘I hoped it would be a house of mercy
to many souls.” in an article printed
in 1746, Whitfield made this unselfish
statement: “Some have thought that
the erecting such a building was only
the produce of my own brain; but they
are much mistaken; for it was first
proposed to me *>y my dear friend, the
Rev. Mr, Charles Wesley, who, with
his excellency, Gen. Oglethorpe, had
concerted a scheme for carrying on
such a design before I had any thought
of going abroad myself. It was nat
ural. to think that as -the Government
intended this Province for the refuge
ant} support of many of our poor coun
trymen, that numbers of such adven
turers must necessarily be taken off.
by being exposed to the hardships
which unavoidably attend a new set
tlement. I thought it, therefore, a no
ble design in the general to erect a
house for fatherless childrenf and be
lieving such a provision for orphans
would he seme inducement with many
to come over, I fell in with the design,
when mentioned to me -by my friend,
and was resolved, in the strength of
God, to prosecute it with all my might.”
Whitfield addressed great multitudes
in this country and in England in be
half of the project. He collected $5,006
across the waters. The colony trus
tees granted 500 acres of land upon
which to erect an orphan house. In
the early part of 1739 Whitfield hired
a house and took in nil the orphans
he could find in the colony. The first
brick for the Bethesda Orphan House
as laid on March 25. 1740. In the
iatter part of 1770 the building was
destroyed by fire. It was partially re
built, when it was again visited by
the flames and the work of the insti
tution was abandoned for some time.
The Union Society took hold of the in
stitution in 18-54 and erected suitable
buildings, and the orphanage has ever
since continued under the auspices of
the society. One of the counties of
Georgia was named in honor of George
Whitfield. He was born in England and
came to Georgia at the request of the
Wesleys, who were then here.
gusta Orphans’ Home
corporal: 1! in IS 52. Wl..-n I;
Tuttle die ! in 1855 h*- Willed
home propert} worth $50,000.
the .death of his stepson. Or. George
M. Newton, In 1869, that gen tv nan
bequeatht 1 to the Institution $200,000
worth of property. Just before the
commencement of the CVil War '.he
Legislature vot. ,1 the home the income
from two hundred shares of Georgia
Railroad stock.
The Baptist Orphans’ Home. at
Hapevllle. consists of flfty-fiv>' acres of
ground and a number of brick build
ings. A girls’ cottage. Inflrma-y and
dining room has been built through
the generosity of Judge Janies R.
■Brown, of Canton, who gave
for the purpose, and Mr. Frank Eth
eridge. of Jackson, In memory of his
mother, donated $5,000 to erect a cot
tage for boys. The late M. C. Kiser
toft the home a legacy of $10,000. while
the Institution was located in Atlanta,
and before its removal to Hapevllle.
The North Georgia conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church has
an orphans’ home at Decatur, which
was established in 1867. The build
ings are worth $20,000. Quite a num
ber of acres of land are attached to
the home.
The Hebrews of Georgia have a
splendid orphanage in Atlanta, and
there is a Hebrew institution In Sa
vannah called the Abrams home, in
honor of Mrs. Theodora Abrams, who
gave a liberal sum of money to estab
lish a home for destitute women. It
has been in operation since about 1$22,
and is managed by a society of ladies.
An association of women instituted
the female asylum at Savannah in
September, IS01. The Institution is
supported chiefly by annual subscrip
tions.
Wonderful Eczema Cure.
"Our little boy had eczema for five
years.” writes N. A. Adams, Henrietta,
Pa. “Two of our home dostors said the
case was hopeless, his lungs being af
fected. We then employed other doctors
but no benefit resulted. By chanco we
read about Electric Bitters; bought a
bottle and soon noticed improvement.
We continued this medicine until .sev
eral bottles were used, when our boy
was completely cured." iBest of all
blood medicines and body building
health tonics. Guaranteed at all drug
stores. 60c.
MADRID’FILLED WITH
TOURISTS AWAITING FETES.
MA1DRID, May 2.—Queen Victoria
took her usual morning and afternoon
drives today and on each occasion was
greeted by cheering crowds. Her Ma
jesty’s health is excellent. The city
Is becoming greatly crowded with tour
ists, among them being many Ameri
cans, who are awaiting the fetes which
will attend the birth of the royal child.
LITTLE BOY BURNED UP
$89,000 WORTH OF JEWELS.
ST. LOUIS, May 2.—Mrs. J. S.
French, 5719 Delator avenue, today re
ported to the police the loss of jewels
valued at $89,000. Mrs. French con
cealed the jewels in a waste paper bas
ket. Her small son burned the con
tents. She searched the alley' whore
the papers were burned, hut foun’d no
trace of her jewels.
Case of Alex B. Chisholm Postponed.
BIRMINGHAM. Ain. Mav 1.—In the
Federal Court today, the ease of Alexan
der It. Chisholm, former paying teller
of the First National Bank of Birming
ham. who is alleged to have embezzled
$100,000 of the bank’s funds which be lost
in cotton speculation, was again continued
until tomorrow, because Chisholm's lead
ing counsel was engaged in another
court.
Two-Cent Rate in Minnesota.
ST. PAUL. Minn.. May 1.—Minnesota
railroads without exception today put
Into effect the 2-cent passenger rate in
compliance with the Peterson law re
cently enacted by the State Legisla
ture. The 2-cent fare is a flat rata
applying to all business beginning and
ending within’ the State.
Perhaps there are more charitable
institutions in Macon, on the order of
the B’ethesda, than in any other city
in Georgia. For Instance: There is
the orphans’ home of the South Geor
gia Methodist Conference. This was
originally established in 1857 by Mr.
Maxwell ns a private benevolent enter
prise, and as such accomplished great
good. It was tendered to the Meth
odist church by him in 1871. and was
accepted. Then the property consist
ed of buildings and about one hundred
acres of land, worth $8,000. Since the
institution has been in the possession
of the Methodists improvements and ,
additions have beve been made to it to '
the value of possibly $15,000. During
its long career it has furnished com
fortable homes for friendless children
who have become useful men and wo
men.
The name of the Georgia Industrial
Home is known in other States
besides Georgia. Its record has
been phenomenal. The institu
tion was founded in February,
1899, by the late Rev. William E. Mum-
ford. Over $30,000 have been invested
A Narrow Escape,
G. W. Cloyd, a merchant, of Plunk,
Mo., had a narrow escape four years
ago, when he ran a jimson bur into
his thumb. He says: “The doctor want
ed to amputate it but 1 would not con
sent. I bought a box of Bueklen’s Ar
nica Salve and that cured the danger
ous wound.” 25c at ail druggists.
STATE PRESS VIEWS
Should be a Clam.
Fort Valley Leader.
If former Senator Burlon wants to
make a particular big hit with the
public, he will -continue to make a
noise like a clam.
Too Much Buzzing.
Cartersville News.
The question is asked, “What is a
Democrat?” Let’s wait till the present
sundry buzzes are over before wo at
tempt to answer.
Fine Collection of Woodenware.
Dublin Times.
Teddy Is accumulating a choice col
lection of clubs. He has the Big Stick,
the Conspirator's Club and the Ananias
Club as a nucleus.
There’s Room For More Than One.
Vienna News.
If Secretary Taft resigns to run for
the Presidency, we are wondering what
three men the President will appoint
to occupy his seat in the Cabinet.
Don’t Pay Alimony.
to be divorced from your appendix.
There will be no occasion for it if you
keep your bowels regular with Dr.
King's New Ufa Pills. Their action la
so gentle that the appendix never has
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Tie las: words -f the great Indiana j s "
P. Morton, were. “I
The Telfair Enterprise, in calling
attention to the fact that the one hun
dredth anniversary of the organization
of Telfair County as a county will be
celebrated this year says the Indians
'remained just across the Oemulgee
from Telfair until 1321, and Telfair
thus remained for a number of years i the following judges, and the
a frontier county, and its early set- I were confirmed by the Senate:
tiers helped to man the block houses j Supreme Court—Chief Justice, Jos-
during the Indian troubles. In view eph E. Brown; associate justices, H.
of this reference to the Indians the 1 K. McKay and Hiram Warner,
followinar publication, addressed to j Superior Court—J. R Parrott. Chero-
Gov. Rabun, which appeared in a Mill- • kee circuit; C. W. Davis. Western;
edgevllto paper in March. ISIS, will be ' Garnett Andrews, Northern: C. B. Cole,
read with interest, especially in Tel- j Macon: J. B. Alexander, Southern: D.
fair County, in this centennial year of i B. Harrell, Pataula: James MI Clark,
its existance: | Southwestern: J. W. Greene. Flint: J.
Hartford, Ga.. March 10, ISIS. I D. Pope. Coweta: William Gibson.
Fir:—I have this moment received j Middle; P. b. Robinson, Ocmulgf e; N.
sons are united by strong ties of j j n ; a nds and buildings. The main build-
friendship. • | j na cost $15,000. As its name implies,
, . . ——— „ , . la fine industrial training Is given to
Hon. John A. Cobb of Amerlcus, son I c }jj:fjren who come under its shel-
of the late Howell Cobb, has written a . terlng arms
very laudatory tribute in memory of; The Aopleton Church Home was
ex-Gov. Bullock in which he said that founded bv the munificence r,f wii-
“Gov. Bullock appointed all the judg-s ; ] ir , m H. Appleton, of New York, who
of the Supreme and Superior courts ga ve $jo goo for the erection of the
in Georgia during his administration, building. This was in ISfiS. Since then
and gave Georgia a judiciary that has ( additions have been made to the orig-
not been surpassed by any we have j na i structure. The home is ujider
had since." This statement caused ; Eph?copal auspices. Mr. Appleton he
me to investigate and see whom Bui- came interested in the project through
lock named for these high judicial his friendship for the late Bishop
places. In 1S68, soon after his inau- Beckwith. The institution was origi-
guration as Governor, he appointed - naliy intended as a home for the or-
ante j phan* of Confederate soldiers. Its his-
i torv is one of many noble deeds.
Senator. Oliver
am worn out.”
In the ebbing moments of the life
of Georgia’s matchless orator and su
perb statesman. 'Benjamin H. Hill, he
peacefully said. "Almost home.” And
as these two last words were spoken
the gates of Heaven opened and his
tranquil soul passed ln.
A. P. Hill was the last name called
by Robert E. Lee when this peerless
patriot and dauntless leader was in
the delirium of 'his fatal illness.. And
it was Stonewall Jackson, who. In his
restless sleep, after he received the
mortal woimd at Chancellors villa, ex- j
claimed: “Tell A. P. HI1! to prepare
for action.” The minds of the two
great Confederate commanders were j
wandering back to the bloody field of j . . _
battle, and the'r thoughts were upon ! Information through Mr. Isham Jor- i 13. Knight, Blue Ridge: William Schley, der
the intrepid -Hill, the Marshall Ney of; dan, of Telfair County, which I rely I Eastern; J. S. BIgby. Tallapoosa.
“ uthern cavaliers, who alwavs rod-’ , on. of a skirmish between the Indians When Chief Justice Brown rerignod Among *ome of the orphan institu
e a god of war in the thickest of j and some of the citizens of Telfair, on I in 1870, O. A. Loehrane was appointed tions in Georgia net mentioped in th-
ihe fight. ghe South side of Ocmuigee river, in I in his place by Gov. Bullock. Brown] foregoing are the following: The Au-
The whole State knows of the new
and handsome Masonic home. This
Is destined to be one of tha grandest
cbcritle* in the South.
In addition to the above mentioned
institutions there is the State's great
cbarlty. the Georgia Academy for the
Blind, T'-er<“ is also tho Julia Jones*
home, and a number of other irstitu-
ttorm which are of a benevolent char
acter. but do not properly come un-
head of orphanages.
POLICE MADE 010 HAUL
OF GAMBLERS IN TYBEE
What had the appearance of a big
haul of vagrants as well as gamb
lers, was a surprise raid on a room in
the Tybee section Monday afternoon.
Officers Williams and Branan had
been told that in an A.-:h street housa
could be found a lot of negroes gam
bling.
There was a rush for the doors and
windows, but these had been convered
by the officers, and there was nothing
left to do but to quietly surrender. Tom
Smith, George Calhoun. Bill Sanford,
Albert ‘Williams and Captain Ray, tho
latter being the host, were taken to
the station house and the double
charge of gaming and loitering was
docketed against their names.
In court yesterday they successfully
proved that they were working for the
various railroads, and they were dis
missed on the charged of loitering, but
bound over to the city court for gam
ing.
It was in evidence that they were
seated around a table. One saifl they
were playing five cent ante, and o;;q
said he grabbed a bav with six dollars
In it, but the others declared they were
not gambling, but merely playing to
pass the time away.
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