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decision, the
also regards the re-
iperanco committee,
which asks for a church federation, as
unjudicial. The polity committee be
lieves that the church should go Its
way and the anti-saloon league Its
way. each helping the otheV.
That the church should not form a
federation, encroaching upon the ter
ritory of the anti-saloon league, is the
expressed belief of the committee. The
endorsement of the anti-saloon league
in overture No. 10C “that the league
NORFOLK. Va.. May 22.—The In
terstate Cotton Seed Crusher’s Asso
ciation convened in eleventh annual
session at the Jamestown Exposition
today with five hundred delegates In
attendance for a session of four days.
Two hundred more delegates are ex
pected today.
The convention was called to order
ay that Presby- I by J. W. Allison, vice-chairman of the
shall not become committee on arrangements. In the
f the anti-saloon absence of. President Harry St. George
: forth that these Tucker Barton Myers, governor of
represent the ways and means of the Jamestown Ex-
p.nd that the ac- position, delivered the address of wel-
1! not be consld- come. L. A. Ranson, of Atlanta, Ga.,
of the church. I vice-president of the association, re-
ch fed
>ague.
be recom-
smbly for
Dnded to the address of welcome,
after which President P. H. Bailey, of
Paris, Tex., delivered his -annual ad
dress. This was followed by the an
nual report of Robt. Gibson, of Dallas,
Tex., secretary and treasurer.
Consideration of the report of the
committee on rules was then taken
up. The annual election of officers
Will precede the final adjournment of
the association Friday.
Much time will be devoted to the
discussion of question affecting the
cotton seed interests. The commer
cial exchanges of Birmingham, New
Orleans. Savannah, New York and
other cities have sent special dele-
A new turn was taken in the United
States Court Tuesday in the ease
against Cornelius O’Connell who stand
indicted by the Federal grand jury on
the charge of attempting to bribe and
interfere with a government witness
when United State.- District Attorney
Alexai.der Ackerman presented to the
court a petition for attachment against
O’Connell for contempt.
According to ai» affadavit made by
Life in the quaint old town estab-
\ lished by Jean Baptiste Be Moyne
Bienville in I71S is today in a state of
transition so energetic as to suggest
the tumultuous. It is passing rapidly ,
from the conservatism which distin- ! is * ure to appeal to the coinmer-
guished it from almost two 'centuries p ial instinct.
merclalism will invade the carnival
festivities and leaven the whole lump.
When that day comes some car in
■ the parade of Rex. or Comus or Mo-
| mus portraying Caesar in the act of
' crossing the Rubicon will bear on its
; side in large red letters a legend read
ing: “Don’t forget to buy your un
derwear. collars and shirts at Blank's
emporium." Such an addition to the
decorations of the car will be de
manded by Mr. Blank as clearly with
in his right and privilege. This idea
of blending business with art and fes
Caught on
Six Months Idle.
Time was, and that was not far back,
into the rush, the turmoil of other
American cities.
Tt hether this be regarded As good or , -when the community's busy season was
B. J. Hunt, O’Connell is alleged to view; buT whatever^the Judgment 1 the ! conflried to about six months of the
have made the effort to bribe him In : charge was inevitable and the philos- i twelve, beginning: with October and
the very court room before the court,
which in itself, is claimed flagrant con
tempt.
The court allowed O’Connell until
next Monday to show cause why he
should not be punished for the of
fense.
NAVIGATION COMPANY
HAS BEEN ORGANIZED
Rhould have the hearty, loyal support gates to the cotton seed meeting.
of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America, and of ail
our churchea,” Is knocked out, although
It will eonform with the overture in
this ’’that the members of our
churches be encouraged to affiliate
with and labor through the anti-sa
loon league."
The reports of the board of home
missions and board oX education were
submitted and adopted by the assem
bly.
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111’ ML EXPLOSION
PITTSBURG. May 22.—Two Amerl-
* cans, well known mill men, and three
foreigners, were cremated > and four
foreigners were seriously burned last
night when an explosion occurred at
the Eliza furnace. No. 1, of the Jones
and Laughliri Steel Company, Limited
In the Baselwood district of the city
Of a crew of ten men at the furnace
when the accident happened, only one
escaped uninjured.
The dead:
E. B. Wllllard, assistant furnace su
perintendent.
John A. West, head blower.
Three unknown foreigners.
■The names of the four foreigners
who were Injured are not known. The
accident occurred without a moment’s
warning. The ten men wero about
i*ady to draw off, tho molten metal,
when the ore slipped, falling to the
bottom of the furnace. The heavy
weight of tho ore forced jhe gas with
terrific pressure through the first dust
catcher, which was unable to stand
the strain and therefore burst. A tre
mendous roar accompanied the break
ing of the dust catcher and before tho
men could escape they were caught by
flames. Wllllard West and the three
foreigners were directly In front of the
furnace. Tho five other .men were
hack several yards. For fully ten
minutes tho flames shot out of the
furnace for a great distance and An
ally when the gas was turned off only
a few bones were found. The four in
jured men were caught by the flr3t
flash and severely burned, but wero
able to escape before they fell to the
ground writhing in agony.
Vice-President L. A. Ranson of At
lanta, is expected to succeed President
Bailey at the annual election Friday.
The association adopted a resolu
tion sympathizing with the cotton
growers of the South, whose crops
face ruin in connection with weather
conditions, and offering support wher
ever practicable by furnishing seed for
replanting the crops. The passage of sea.
tfie resolution followed a stirrln
The Macon and Brunswick Navigation
Company, with W. E. Small, president;
A. E. Chappell, vice-president; A. W.
Smith, secretary and treasurer, and
Messrs. W. E. Small, A. E. Chappell, A.
V.’. Smith. B. T. Adams. A. F. Jones W.
L. McRae and B. E. Roughton, as a
hoard of directors, was formally organ
ized at a meeting of a large number of
business men yesterday in the offices of
the Chamber of Commerce.
The company intends to promote navi
gation on the Ocmulgee River and intends
to have built at once two steamers of 130
tons to operate between this city and
Brunswick.
If the project is carried out, it will
be of much value to this section of the
State, as it will give more transportation
facilities and an ali-watcr route to the
ophy of the hour Is to make the best | ending with March. In this brief pe
of the situation. One of the results i riod the cotton, sugar and rice crops
speech by Col. Joe Allison, who repre- * ONE MAN WAS KILLED
sents Texas at the convention. Col.
Allison said that this year’s cotton
crop is threatened with ruin because
the mild winter failed to harm the
boll weevil and that the pest Is ready
to attack the budding crop. As a re-
AND TWO HURT IN WRECK.
OILY 15 APPLICANTS
PASS 001 OF 4!
SAVANNAH, Ga., May 22.—Out of
forty applicants examined for apothe
caries and druggists' license, only fif
teen rassed successfully. This is the
smallest percentage of successful ap
plicants in any examination held in
g a. The successful applicants
»ere:
iApothecaries: TV. TV. Abel fnfl E.
C. Bruner. Macon. Druggists: C. C.
Aven. Atlanta: E. F. Frnnklin, Met-
♦er: F. G. Hobbs, Fort Valley; J. A.
Hunt. V!(Lilia; TV. E. Is! ell, Atlanta:
H. G. Knox. Lumber Ci y: T. E.
Lucks. Fairburn: D. C. Mosely, Don-
nldsonvllle; E. S. Moore, Grovel.-ind:
M. H. McClure, Villanon; J. H. Tur
ner. Buford: F. C. Powers, Dawson,
and Miss Weathers, New Brocton.
E. D. BLACKWELL SAYS HE WILL
APPEAL TO U. S. SUPREME COURT
LITTLE FALLS, N. Y., May 22.—In
the wreck of the Buffalo and Cleve
land special west-bound from New
York City on the New York Central
suit, he said, many planters are being railroad just outside the eastern lim-
compelled to replant and he urged tho its of this city at 1:32 a. m. today, cne
convention to assist them by offering man was killed and two were erfti-
seed for this purpose. i cally injured. The dead man is bag-
B. F. Taylor, of Columbia S. C., ' gage man, Isaa Finlay, of New York
spoke on Col. Allison’s resolution, hold- or Rochester. The injured include
ing that a majority of the South’s cot- Matthew Maher, of Syracuse, fireman;
ton Is raised by negroes who are in- Engineer John Hyde, of Rennsalaer,
competent to select good seed. He Albert May, of Syracuse, brakeman:
urged Southern planters to be* more Mr. and Mrs. B. TV. Folger, of Toron-
careful in selecting and developing to. ibrulsed: TVm. Alsberg, of New
their seed, pointing to planters of sea York city, feet injured,
island cotton as an example. Those Just as the Buffalo and Cleveland
planters, Mr. Taylor said, are so cau- special was approaching Little Falls
of the transition over which the judic
ious may grieve is that all"of the faults
of the old life and but few of its vir
tues ore being carried into the new.
Within the next five years the town
will have come so completely under
the influence of the so-called spirit of
the age that the ideas and customs,
the gentle courtesy and unostentatious
hospitality which invested it with such
a peculiar charm, are likely to exist
only in printed story and the memories
of those saddened re’ics of the old re
gime who feel that they lag superflu
ous on the stage. The Invasion of the
established order and the demolition
of the time honored institutions would,
perhaps, have proved less shocking to
many had it been less sudden and reck
less. but it began scarcely more than
a decade ago and the revolution in
some instances was almost violently
rapid.
Therefore if the older citizens, the
unburled part of the bygone regime liv
ing more in- the past than the present,
view with misgivings and regret the
kaleidoscopic change which Is destroy
ing things they have cherished so long,
they should be pardoned an occasional
sigh. They have noted that with the
onrush of commercialism there has
been a moral decline, and In social in
tercourse a lessening observance of the
amenities which cost nothing, but do
so much to brighten and enhance the
pleasure of human existence.
Chivalry Still Exists.
The chivalrous respect which the
humblest woman commanded without
the asking, which made every man
were marketed and sold, the planters
and farmers purchased the sunplies
necessary to pitch new crops, the banks
collected their advances end then came
the season of blissful idleness.
The town nodded and blinked through
the long hot weeks until the autumn
came again with its rich harvests. Be
cause of these conditions, supplemented
by the conservative methods which
characterized the conduct of its busi
ness, New Orleans was universally re
garded as a victim of dry-rot and trop
ic 'azine-ss.
Those visitors who admitted that it
was charmingly picturesoue; that its
skies were as -serenely blue as the
skies of Italy: that its manners were
superb and its hospitality most gra
cious, also remarked, with something
like a sigh: “It's too bad that it should
be dead.” But all of that belongs to
the days before the stream of modern
ism began to pour into it from all di
rections.
"With the rapid growth of manufac
tures there has been a steady Inflow of
capital, the employment in active chan
nels of much monev which had been
hoarded for years and brought no good
either to its timid owners or the com
munity. and the result Is now mani
fested In the fact that the era of bliss
ful Idleness is gone forever. There is
no more a busy season followed bv one
of enervating inactivity and du'lne-s.
but on the contrary the current of trade
roars and rushes through every week
of the twelve months, gaining in vol
ume and power with each year’s
growth.
The transformation of conditions
for protector against insult or violence ! swms aImost magical to those who
and ^insured her safety when alone i ohs^rvpd the process th»t have
upon the streets and in public places, | paganized the steadv, conservative and
Is one of the cardinal virtues that ■ methodical life of an aged and nrac-
progress has left to the past. It is but j £]q a ]]y isolated metropolis into a da«h-
a short cry to the time when no man | Injr smwr.ess which may be described
whether banker, merchant, mechanic i as kittenish New Orlesor is indeed new
or laborer, could retain his seat in a 1 today. though it Is so short a time since
crowded street car and allow a woman ’ t t Speared old. and nohodv can ap-
to stand without experiencing a feel- ; pgecigte the change quite so’ weil as a
ing of self-abasement. In this year of , native who returns to the town after
By JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET.
. In a local article published yester- j gtrurtecM
day in,The Telegraph relative to the i this j s approximately the railway mile
“If the State Is disinclined to under
take, with her own resources, the30
improvements, the convention recom
mends that she co-operate with such
companies as may be chartered for
improving the whole or a part of tho
routes above mentioned.’’
I do not know the exast figures, but
I since tho above resolutions were of-
I fered and adopted, about seven thou-
of railroad have been con
structed in Georgia. I mean to say
grave of Maj. Philemon Tracy at Ba- j age in the State at the present time.
tious they will not sell their seed to an eastbound freight train running on i °ur Lord the name of women strap- j an absence of eight ort»n years.
the track pralelling the special, wa
derailed. All four of the tracks were
covered with the wreckage of the train
and the train hands on the freight did
not have time to flag the express be-
President Van Cleave Wants u p 1013 ^^ into the wreck.
the crushers, thus creating a monopoly
and that they are now building a plant
to do their own crushing.
$1,500,000 to Fight Indus
trial Oppression
YOUNG GIRL INJURED BY
GASOLINE EXPLOSION
EATONTOX, Ga., May 22.—Julia
TValls, the 15 year old daughter of
Mr. ’and Mrs. Dave Walls, who live
just below the Hotel Putnam, caused
quite an excitement in her home Mon
day night by undertaking to start a Are
NEW YORK. May 22.—A fund of
$1,500 000, to be expended in fighting
"industrial oppression," in the next . ’ n _“ le cook stove with gasoline,
three years was called for by PresI- I The usual supply of kerosene was
dent W. VanCleave. of the National lacking and a convenient bottle of gas-
Association of Manufacturers at their c 1 * 1 }® '"'a 5 used with the startling re
annual convention in this city Tuesday. * su *. tE! ’ .
President VanCleave appointed a com- ' Julia escaped by a. miracle with her
mittee of thirty'-flve manufacturers to and a badlv burned arm. and
find a way to raise the money. • prompt action of the neighbors saved
President VanCleave then delivered tI,e borne before the fife department
his annual address. j arrived.
Mr. VanCleave announced his ■-
aur. vaiji^ieave announced ms pian • ..•■■■x* _ . -.-...-r,
at the conclusion of his annual ad- I JIMMY GARDNER OUTPiD ^T^ip
dress, in tho course of which he de- _ ER T„ R OUND,
dared the principles of the associa- I „ DENVER. Col., May Jimmy
tion to maintain the open shops; to ? ar , d f er ’ ° f I " weI1 ’ T iIas f’’ "'°" KI t , he
oppose the boycott, limitation of ap-
prentices and limitation of output, and
to oppose dictation by labor unions.
He also declared that the manufactur
ers must combat the new issues caused
by the determination of labor union
leaders to terrorize the President,
Congress, judges and juries. President
VanCleave added:
‘We want to federate the manufac
turers of this country, to effectively
fight industrial oppression. The pres
ident ought to have fully $500,000 a
year for the next three years. We
should certainly provide ways and
means to properly finance the associa
tion, to federate the employers of the
dclohla. In a 10-round bout before the
Coliseum athletic club tonight. Card
ner outpointed Lewis in every round,
Senator A. S. Clay Sick.
ATLANTA. May 22.—Senator A. S,
Clay Is quite sick at his home in Ma
rietta and was compelled to cancel all
his engagements for the next two
weeks. He is suffering from grip, but
does not feel alarmed about his con
dition.
Great Doings in Mobile.
MOBILE. Aia.. May 21.—The thirty,
fifth annual convention of the Ala-
—— — — i bama Grand Lodge of the Knights of
country and to educate our manufac- p, yth! , s began in this city today with
timers to a proper sense of their onn ■ an attendance surpassing any previous
duty, patriotism and self-interests.''
President VanCleave then appointed
committee to confer with him as to
ays of raising the money. The com-
ittee includes Wm. B1 Roper, Vir
ginia; Ellison Smyth, South Caro
lina. and D. A. Tompkins, of North
Carolina.
The association placed itself on rec-
simllar event In the bistory of the or
der In this State. There was a large
parade of the kn'ghts this morning,
followed by the opening exercises in
the Lyric Theatre, with address°s of
welcome by Mayor Lyons and others
and a response by Grand Chnnce’lor B.
C. Jones, of '3essemer. At the conclu
sion of the opening formalities the
ord by the adoption of a report suh- ; Grand Lodge went into secret session,
mitted by the committee on interstate The proceedings will continue over to
ATLANTA, May 22.—E. D. Black-
well. who has been fighting against ex
tradition to Florida, where he is want
ed on a charge of having passed ; Parry of Indianapolis, former presi-
bogus c't -:-s in Jack- cavil.o, Tuesday dent of the organization, was unveiled
commerce, opposing any compulsory
reduction in the rates for transporta
tion of passengers by railroads. Tho
committee in the report expressed the
opinion that any such reduction would
be accompanied by an increase in
freight rates.
A bronze tablet hearing resolutions
expressive of the association’s appre-
I elation of the services of David M.
morrow. The most elaborate arrange
ments have bepn made by the citizens
of Mobile for the entertainment of the
Pythians. the program including re
ceptions, theatre parties, 'banquets and
excursions to varlcus points of inter
est near the city. Hon. J. D. B'och, of
this city, is slated for the office of
grand chancellor.
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
INJURED FIVE MEN.
ASHEVTLLE, N. C.. May 22.—Word
has reached here of a terrible dvna-
on cer-
grow-
is. He . mite explosion- which occurred thl«
■■■• •• — ,; a the right | said that not only did the constitution afternoon near Canton. J\T. C.. in which
habeas corpus and upne.cj Gov. Ter- i of the United States permit the organ- five men—three white and two negroes.
1 in honoring t.ie extradition war- 1 izatlon of trusts, but the persistence of were seriously injured. One will-die,
. | such organizations showed that there ; but the others are expected to recover.
Blackwe.l has been confined In the was an economic demand for them, j The accident occurred at Hunt’s camp
nn '!..r 1' ' ntion .or eighty-four j a report by the committee on mer- 'on the new railroad now being con-
' ri '■ of imprison- j chant marine was read by its chair- structed from Canton to SunbursL Dr.
mont in th
>n he
on record.
THE BLACK HUNDREDS
ATTACK JEWS AGAIN
I man. D. A. Hompkins, of Charlotte. N. i Stringfle’d and Dr. J. F. Abel have left
C. It recommended that the bill of l Canton to attend the Injured men. De-
Senator Galllnger to promote the mer- | tails of the accident could net be ob-
! chant marine be passed and the meet-
| ing at once passed a resolution with-
: out debate favoring such action.
ODESSA, May 22.
dreds took advantas
rThf Black Hun-
> of the funeral
of three police officials, assassi
nated at the central police bureau yes
terday to renew their attacks on the
Jews. The whole Jewish population
became terror stricken, the
wore closed and the streets were al
most deserted.
Fifty-three people were taken to the
hospitals suffering from broken heads
or limbs, or otherwise dangerously ‘in
jured as a result of he outb-r. ik o f the
Black Hundreds here yesterday, fol
lowing the assassination of three ro-
Iloe officials at tile central police bu
reau by the explosion of an iafern ■!
machine in add::: n. about a hun
dred persons were less s-riously Injur
ed. The victims included women chil
dren and students.
The pciice made r.o attempt to sup
press it.
V. C. CAMPBELL SAID TO HAVE
ELOPED WITH SISTER-IN-LAV/
tained by telephone this evening.
SMITH AND PFILE WILL Wfli_K
FROM ST. LOUIS TO JAMESTOWN.
ST. LOUTS. May 22.—Wm. T. Smith
ard R'chard C. Keile. who have .Tceom-
piished -several feats of rredesfrianism,
today started to walk from St Louis
hangars Is legion, and their tribe
steadily increases in New Orleans—
once so old. but now so modern.
The old Creole quarter of the town
has felt the destructive impact of the
new life with the result that It has
lost much of its French flavor and la
ter will lose Its French architecture.
Already many of the drowsy old
houses, with their romantic interior
courtyards, have been converted into
such unholy things as factories for the
manufacture of pickles tin cans,
boxes, harness and other products.
Where once the French language
only was spoken in the shops and in
the streets, where from the gallery of
nearly every house dangled and flut
tered in the passing wind little red
signs bearing the words* "Chambres
garnies a louer,” is now heard tho
English tonvue. The wave of com
mercialism is submerging the Creole
ouarter. The old quarter, rich in ma
terial for the artist and the writer, is
doomed.
Even the Creole type Is changing,
’fhe Tlioophlle of today hears but
slight resemblance to the Auguste of a
decade or tow ago. Whether or not.
he has benefited morally or spiritually
by the process, the fact remains that
Theophlle has been Americniazed.
k Modern Impulse Prevoils,
The modern impulse has entered his
veins and with little thought for tho
past he has joined in the general rush j 0 f -bmins and
He fluds that the old peaceful air
that rested on it like a benediction ha«
departed along with much else that he
loved.
JI-»ny of th» o’d feavupbs so familiar and
50 dear to him have b^n wired out and
their Places taken by things that apn-ar
strange, unwholesome -lad uncanny. The
ancient viihgge of Bienville’s creating,
having shaken off apparently the weight
of the eenturiea and what some have
termed its clegc-iug fowl am. has taken to
the wavs ^if commercialism with such
ardoy and energy rs to indicate a set.
tied purpose not onlv to -go the swiftest
gair hut to set a pace of its own 6alcn-
Inted in time to make some of its rivals
week.
The attempt has heen made to credit
the revolutionizing of the old o'sler and
conditions to norther— ere|„*lr-lv,
but this is not exactly just, though
northern men have done mneh or the
work, following paths that were plainly
b’ezed for them by the native pioneers.
There is no doubt an examination of the
record would show that the greater meas
ure of credit belongs to the young men of
the town and of the Tenth who went out
into the world to study the manner of
doing things the-c and saw that the
slow going mol-onnp s of the gulf W»S
really a virgin field for enterprise in which
enormous oroOte were to ha a-sued,
ceivefi a tra’rlng in the commercial are
nas of the north were instrumental in ec.-
l!s*!ny tho support of their northern
friends In developing lines of huslnoss.
Thus began tho destruction of the con
servatism—slowness, troni" laziness or
whatever it may he called—that had
hedged about the Hffi of the town, and
tnvia, N. Y., it was stated that Maj.
Tracy was born in Macon, and was tho
son of Edward D. Tracy, formerly of
this city. According to the printed
code of the city of Macon. Edward D.
Tracy was the first Intendant, or
Mayor, of Macon. This was In 1S2G.
He was one of the fathers of the town,
so to speak, having settled here In
1S24. the year after the survey of the
place was made. Edward Dorr Tracv
was born at Norwich. Conn.. March
23, 1791. His father was Dr. Philemon
Tracy, an eminent physician. He
studied law in a school taught by
Chief Justice Swift, a distinguished
jurist of Connecticut. After his ad
mission to the bar of * New London
County, he came, to Macon to practice
his profession. Tracy was highly
gifted, and became a leading figure in
social, political and professional life.
When Lafayette visited Macon in 1S25
Tracy proposed a toast at a banquet
gii’en in honor of the Illustrious
Frenchman, to which the distinguished
guest eloquently replied. Not onlv was
Tracy Intendant of Macon, but he rep
resented Bibb County in the Legisla
ture, and was judge of the Superior
Court for four years. At the-time of
his death. February 20, 1S49. he was in
law partnership with the late lamented
Judge John J. Gresham. Mr. Tracy’s
first law partner in Macon was Oliver
Hillhouse Frince. This association
was formed in 1826. In 1S28 Prince
was appointed United States Senator,
and the firm was dissolved. Like Judge
Tracy, Senator Prince was a ,native
of Connecticut. At the age of 14 veafk
Prince came to Washington, Wilkes
County. Georgia, to assist his aunt,
Mrs. Hillhouse, in publishing a news
paper. By act of the Legislature, in
December, 1822, Mr. Prince was ap
pointed chairman of a commission
consisting of himself and David
Booth, Samuel Wood, Charles J. Mc
Donald and Seth Ward, to lay off the
county of Bibb, and the town of Ma
con. Mr. Prince then removed to this
community, and in due course became
one of its prominent citizens. He was
the second State Senator ever chosen
from Bibb County. By authority
the Legislature he compiled a digest of
the laws of Georgia, and in the spring
of 1835 went to Boston to look after
the printing of the same. In October
of that year while Senator Prince and
his wife were coming home by water
from New York to Charleston the boat
commenced leaking, a heavy gale
sprung up and high seas prevailed, and
as a consequence of it all seventy of
the ninety passengers .were dro\vned
among the number being Senator and
Mrs. Prince. Thirty-three of thirty-
five ladies perished.
I believe that Georgia, w'ith the single
exception of the great domain of Texas
has more mileage than any other
Southern State. She ranks twelfth or
thirteenth In the Union, and her mile
age continues to increase.
for those treasures which are not laid
up in heaven, but are highly prized oh
earth. Yet It seems but yesterday that
It was said of him that he was so
lacking in energy, initiative and ambi
tion that he would vanish like the
'vbiah ha
heen held in leash, had full play for the
first tlm».
Young Fiament Hugrp-tic.
The h-aiea and the enerw plunged Into
eommeroialicrn as naturally ns n duck
takes to water. If t* , e younger eieui"nt
have faults slowness is not one of them.
Choctaw. He might have vanished so i They have gone into »he eomme-aiat game
had he not drunk deeply at the fount I for Hg stakes and with the determination
of new ideas, but he is now holding ! to jr t71 . .. . ;
his own and getting his share of the. ( j, 0 jqeun-ian of the ‘future wfl fie'a] mitfi
fleshrots. ■ J the present period of the town’s uiotorv .as
With the steel skyscrapers which" a rgulvnncc which bog:
are threatening to blot out all the
in when
In addition to the foregoing state
ments concerning Senator Princo it
should also be noted that this distin
guished Maeonite had the honor of be
ing chairman of the first general rail
road convention ever held in Georgia.
This important gathering met in the
church at Eatonton on September 26
1831, at which time there was not a
foot cf railway In this State. But the
subject of railroad building was bein
given much thought, and Macon wa
the chief pioneer in the movement. Of
the seventy-eight counties In Georgia
there were present at the Eatonton
convention delegates from thirty-two
counties. One of the delegates from
Twiggs County was the late Stephen
F. Miller. He wrote some reminis
cences of this convention and I find
extracts from them In Butler’s history.
He says: “Public opinion had not de
cided what mode was preferable In a
system of public improvement, -wheth
er railroads, turnpikes, or canals.” The
committee appointed to suggest a
course of proceeding at this convention
recommended the following:
“1st. This convention earnestly rec
ommends a system of interna) Im
provements to the patronage of the
State.
“2nd. The convention recommends
that the Legislature authorize the
Governor to employ a competent en
gineer or engineers to make a minute
and careful survey of tho principal
lines of commercial communication In
this State, with reference to their fit
ness for railroads, turnpikes or canals.
town's ancient and historic features
have come the honking automobile
and the vulgarity of the newly rich.
The fakir has followed the factory
and both are flourishing mightily.
But in the changing order have dis
appeared many of the characteristics
that gave to the old town enveloped
in its semi-foreign atmosphere, the
picturesqueness which delighted the
tranger because there was nothing
like it to be found in any other Amer- w l: ,„ a ,-„ w[n tn J ln _
lean city. Things that were odorous | with •-'■'i year. Put ona-a-nualy
, and to diffu=e among our fellow-citi-
the ynung-r element. reb» Ung against en- zens generally, the topographical in-
tr A ricn^n rrvv^ervgti c m. orrirnp'’! won
When Bob Taylor, of Tenne.oaee, was
in Macon recently, one of a • party of
gentlemen referred to him as the man
who had fiddled his wav into Congress.
The. question was asked, what dis
tinguished American won his first race
to the Legislature by a chance rifle
shot? No one in the group could an
swer, not even the Individual who
mad£ the query; he said he had only
heard of It at some time in his life,
and desired to know. The question Das
been propounded to me. and I am not
prepared to answer definitely, but I
will relate the following Incident in
(he early pol’tical life of the great
Kentuckian. Henry Clay, which seems
to me answers the question and fits
the case. Clay was stump-speaking
In a rural community In his first cam
paign for the Legislature so "Mallo
ry’s Life” of the eminent statesman
records. A company lof riflemen had
been out practicing, and they stopped,
while enroute home, to hear what Clay
had to say. They were impressed.
When Clay concluded his speech, tho
leader of the riflemen, a man about
fifty years old. beckoned Clay to him,
and Clay approached.
“Young man,” said he, “you want to
go to the Legislature. I see.”
“Why. yes,” replied Mr. Clay; “yes,
I should like to go. since my friends
have put me up as a candidate before
the people. I don’t wish to be defeat
ed, of course; few people do.”
“Are you a good shot, young man?”
asked the hunter.
“I consider myself as good as any
In the county.”
“Then you shall go: hut you mu-st
give us a specimen of your skill; wo
must see you shoot.”
“I never shoot any rifle hut my own.
and that is at home,” said the young
or.a tor. v
“No matter.” quickly responded the
hunter, “here’s old Bess; she never
failed yet in the hands of a marksman.
She has put a bullet through many a
squirrel’s head at a hundred yards, and
daylight through many a redskin twice
that distance. If you can shoot any
young man, you can shoot old Bes?!”
“Very welL then.’ replied Mr. Clay,
“put up your mark.”
The target was placed at about tho
distance of eighty yards, when, with
all the coolness and steadiness of an
experienced marksman, he drew old
Bess to hia shoulder, and fired. The
bullet pierced the target near tho
centre.
'Oh, that’s a chance-shot! a chance-
shot!” exclaimed several of his polit
ical opponents: “he might shoot all day,
and not hit . the mark again. Let him
try it over!- let him try it over!”
“No. no.” retorted Mr. Clay, “beat
that, and then I will!”
As no man seemed d^mosed to make
the attempt, it was considered that he
had given satisfactory proof of be
ing, as she said, "the best shot in the
county.” His fame as a marksman
went abroad, and Clay received the
T ote of every hunter and marksman in
the countv.nnd was triumphantiv eiect-
d. In telling about the incident in
after years. Air. Clav said: “I had
never before fired a rifle, and have not
since.”
the muuici-aal r-maingi that resulted in
voting $16.ana.000 for fhe construction of
modem sy5*«n« of water, drainage nnq
sewerage. Their action served to notify
the worirj that New Orleans had been
aroused from it3 lethargy and made to see
the wealth and the power the future had
In store for 1L
It is not. easy to estimate the imnort-
snne of this cooaoajyn to transform New
Orleans into a modern city y*-t the fact Is
obvious that it was followed hv invest
ments of millions of capital wbieh gave
an imnetus to the town’s e-rowth that in-
with the romance and history of the
centuries are fast being obliterated by
the new dispensation.
Even the scenes in the French mar
ket, once so attractive to the sight
seer. are now not unlike the scenes
that may be witnessed in the markets
of any large northern or western
town. The mixture of nationalities
is less striking and less Interesting
than formerly it was, and what was
picturesque in it has long since de
parted.
On Canal street one looks in vain
todav for the flamboyant head hand
kerchiefs of the venerable negro mam
mies who were wont to sell pralines
and lie interestingly about their ac
quaintance with Gen. Jackson. Death
has not claimed all these once fami
liar figures of the boulevard but they
are numbered among the victims of;
beneficial as this movement of 1897 was
it cannot comnam in imnortanca to the
cammini of 1905. which domon?ir3ted
how eojrmletelv rne-ilo’-.a] science had con
quered the jm’low plague.
In the renaissance there have heen b“en
many precious things, yet there is mneh
eompens-tfon for this lo; s in the elimina
tion o* yellow fever, snd howeve- opinion
m?y differ as to the merits of the old and
the new era. the~e (a no lena- ?r doubt that
tho old town bui’ded bv BiepviUe beaida
the tawnv waters of the Mississinni is
coming into tho plo-v and the g-eatn es ^
whfeh Thomas Jefferson predicted it
would some day possess.—Corr., Kansas
City Journal.
ATLANTA. May 22.—Victor
Campbell, a car inspector living a... ,
F.aa; Point, formerly of Fairburn is 1 to the Jamestown exposition, which
Charged by his wife wl:h eloping with t>1? V expect to reach August 10. The
her 16-year-old sister. Lillie Lee Flinn. { distance is about 2 680 mile'. The walk
Campbell was the young woman's is in tne nature of a ra.ee. The genera!
said to have ! Lout
tardian
extends to Helena. Ark., where
taken about $1,000 which she had
Mrs. Campbell, who has* a 4-year-
old child, applied to Solicitor General
Hall today for an indictment for her
husband for abandonment and the case
will go bjfore the grand jura- tomor
row. Campbell's whereabouts is not
known.
HIGGINBCTH’• M RFSIGN’3
TRUSTEESHIP IN DISGUST.
22.—Ha
tne
CHICAGO, Ma
ginbotham, of this city, u
cemly elected a trustee of
Life Insurance Company, sent in
resi rn-i'.icn to Secretary Dix today.
Higginbotham in his letter sb.
critic'-; .-* the “indifference or delay
the State of New York in
laws for the proper regulation of cor
porations that receive iltelr franchise
from the State.
the Mississippi river will be crossed,
thence to Birmingham. Ala.. Atlanta
Ga.. the capitals of. the two Carolines,
then to Jamestown. Railroad track
will be followed to avoid the hills. The
race will end at Jam“s1cwii in a six
day race at the erprsition.
EDDY SUIT FHRTWFR
POSTPONED TO MAY 23
stimulate the TORPID LIVER,
strengthen tnc digestive organs,
regr. ate the bowels, and are un-
cguakd as an
ANTI-EILJOliS MEB5CINE,
; in-
ln malarial districts their virtues
ere widely recognized, as they pos
sess peculiar properties in freeing
the system irem that pcison. Ele
gantly sugar coated.
CONCORD. N. H.. Mav 21.—The
further postjransment until Thur-day.
May 23. in the hearing of the suit in
equity brought bv “the “°xt friends”
cf Mrs. Marv '3ak»r G. -Eddy, against
Fa'v’n a. Frye and several o;b. n r de
fendants to recur? an accounting of
Mrs. Eddy’s property was announced
today. The pa^tponem*=nt was caused
by the continued indisposition -of
Judge Robert N. Chamberlin, who is
to preside in the case.
MORE TFSTiwieiNY ON THE CAP-
' TURE OF DAVIS.
The story of the capture of Jeffer
son Davis has been told many times,
but not always correctly. Formerly,
in fact, the chief feature of the tale
. , „ i was a deliberate fabrication, the result
change, and the places where they. a malicious des're to heap obloquy
used to sit on their squatty three- U p 0n a great but fallen man. But in
legged stools wrapped in royal haut- | , ater years the trUP stn „ v hag and
er, are occupied by non-descript ped- then been to]d in tha North . A trnth .
alers of the hot tamale. ful account appeared in the PhHadel-
Creole Restaurants Gone. phia Evening BulMin of Mav 10,
Most of the little Frnnch restau- | which printed an Interview with a
rants, at one time so numerous In the ! local resident. C?«ner Knnbei. a former
Creole quarter, and each with a club j member of the Fourth Michigan Cav-
like clientele have passed with the j airy. Knohel, then only a lad of 18.
praline women. Those refreshingly ■ was with the partv that captured the
clean dispensaries of good living, with j President of the Confederacy. lie is
their white sanded floors, tables of thus quoted:
formation thus obtained.
“3d. The convention recommends for
survey the following lines:
“That from Savannah to Augusta,
thence to Eatonton, and thence in a
westerly direction to the Chattahoo
chee.
“The line from Savannah to Macon,
and thence to Columbus, and a line
connecting Milledgeville with that
route.
“The line from Savannah to the
head of navigation on Flint River, and
thence to Columbus.
“The line from Augusta to Athens,
and thence in the most advisable di
rection toward Ihe Northwestern boun
dary of the State: together with any
other line or lines which may afford
the prospect of Important commercial
advantage.
Take Mo Substitute.
DeFor.st Wireiers D : -rpanti-d.
ATLANTA. May 21.—The DeForest
w‘re!e-=s station, which has for months
adorned the top of the Candler build
ing. was taken down, today. It has not
I been in use since the local company
j failed early in the year.
spotless linen over which the Inevita
ble stout bodied carafe, like a motion
less sentinel, stood unceasing guard,
while the adored Napoleon, _in time
stained engravings on the wall, held
the bridge at Lodi or raged In the
smoke and flame of Austerlitz. are be
ing eliminated by the competition of
the “short order” chop house, which
is cheap but not clean. When these
restaurants will perish the Incom
parable Creole cuisine which pleased
some of the world’s most noted epi
cures.
The lagr.iappe system—an institu
tion as peculiar to the town as it was
ancient—expired at the beginning of
lPf.7 under the blighting frown of the
grocers’ association. One institution
that promises, at least for a while
licnvar, to be proof against the clash
of the changing order is the Mardi
Gras carnival.
But in spite of the profound affec
tion the people have for a free show
it may well be doubted if even the
carnival will survive the other things
thaf were once a part of the town's
life and have gone out of it forever.
In the judgment of many it is only a
question of time when the conquering
Influence of twentieth century com-
“I left Macon, Ga., at 8 o’clock
on the morning of May 7. 1865. to
gether with 419 men and twenty
officers of the Fourth Michigan
Cavalry, who were s«- n t out to ef
fect the capture of Davis. After a
lot of hard riding and no rest we
reached Abbeyvilie on the night of
Mav 9. Tbe next mornin- at 1
o’clock we learned from a Confed
erate to whom we represented our
selves as a part of the Confederate
Army, that a party had camped
the previous evening about a mi'e
and a half from Abbeyvilie. M*e
knew at once that it was Jeff
Davis. We then separated In de
tachments of fourteen each, the
one I was in continuing on the
road we had been traveling.
“We soon found* the embers , of
a dying camp fire. This made us
feel sure that we were near the
party. It ws-s then about 4 o’clock
in the morning and still dark. A
thrill went through the company
now as some one had to be se
lected to go on in advance. We
knew the camp was guarded, but
we knew not just how many sol
diers were there. It seemed al
most certain death to go ahead.
At last some one said, 'let the
Dutchman go. ’ I could not under
stand’ what was said, but anyhow,
Rinke, the horseshoer of the com
pany. told me.
“Rinke went with me. We rode
along quietly in the darkness un
til we saw the tents. A colored
man left in front of the tent to
guard it was sound asleep. Rinko
and I discharged our guns and
our waiting comrades made a
dash for the place. Rinke held my
horse while I went up to the tents.
I lifted up the flap of the first tent
as something told me Jefferson
Davis was in there. Sure enough
he was.
“While the men were making
the search Mrs. Davis threw a
shawl over the shoulders of her
husband to protect him from the
raw morning air. From this inci
dent arose the oft-told tale of
Davis’ attempt to flee from the
tent in woman’s clothes.”
Knobel might well have added that
Hon. J. B. Norman, of Colquitt
County, is doing his part nobly for the
advancement of the educational inter
ests of his section of- the State. The
institution which bears his name at*-
Norman Park is destined to become a
great temple of learning in Southern
Georgia. Education is fortunate that
it has so ardent a champion. Norman
Park, a short distance from Moultrie,
has a population of about three hun
dred, but 1n this small olace there has
been erected by the Norman family, ;
at a cost of fifty thousand dollars, an i
educational institution that will be the
pride and glory of all Georgians, for
it wMl grow and enlarge as the years
come and go. A gentleman Informed
me yesterday that M;\ J. B. Norman
just made an endowment of fifty
thousand dollars to Norman Park In
ti tut e. This sum is in addition to the
other generous amounts which have
previously been given by this libera],
progressive and patriotic citizen for
the development of the institution. The
endowment to which I have alluded
consists of valuable real estate in the
city of Moultrie, a part of it -being the
Go’quitt Hotel. Mr. Norrnan -believes
that the cause of education is the
cause of Christianity and of our State,
and he knows of no better use to which
he can put a large share of his wealth
than to aid in en’ightening the minds
of the boys and girls of Georgia, Most
glorious undertaking! And down there
at Norman Park religion is seen going
hand in dand with learning to shed
abroad the light -of Christianfv and
knowledge. In this little settlement
there has been erected a church at a
cost of ten thousand dollars.
1
1
Barely as long as fifteen years ag<>
there vt-ere not over three hundred peo
ple in Moultrie. Now the population
is not less than four thousand, and
some estimate it as high as five thous
and—and tbe residents continue to
multiply. There are over five hun
dred child'en in Moultrie's public
schools. Think of that! More chil
dren in school there now than what
was the population of the entire town
twelve years ago. Moultrie has a large **
and handsome school building, but as
spacious as it Is additional room must
soon be provided for the rapidily in
creasing enrollment of pupils. A f.eov
days ago the children of one of the
youngest classes were required by
their accomplished teacher to write
down the names, according to their
idea, of the most famous men and wo
men of Georgia. Every child headed
his or her 31st with the name of Joel
Chandler Harris. Uncle Remus should
be proud of this compliment One lit
tle fellow said that a-’l tbe men and
women of Georgia are famous. He waa
at least patriotic. Another youngster
in this very juvenile class, who was
bubbling over with admiration of his
exceedingly handsome teacher, said
that she not only deserved to be rank-
d with the famous, but she was “as
There
the seldom-told truth will not likely
overtake and displace the “oft-told”
lie, where Northern men and -women j hueatiful as Oupen Elizabeth,
of the older generation are concerned. | is evidently much budding genius, and
They recall too vividly the pictures of j love of the beautiful among the school
Jefferson Davis in hoop skirts and the children of Moultrie.
alleged assertions of high army offi- i Moultrie is a sample of the wonder-
cers that he was thus clothed when | ful growth and progress of Colquitt
County. Colouitt anticipates that the
next United States census will entitle
her to have two Representatives -In
the Legislature.
captured. Even so fair-minded a mar.
as Horace Greeley gave space to the
story in his “American Conflict,” and
though he did not affirm it positively,
admitting that it was denied, was evi
dently disposed to believe it. for he re- I am in receipt of a letter from
marked that if D av ' s had succeeded I gentleman asking if I wes not mistak-
ir. escaping and the Confederacy had en in the statement I made In this col-
: rallied and finally secured indepen- umn a few days ago that Gov. Charles
* dence. the Southern people would have J. Jenkins was removed from office by-
honored their chief for his daring and j Maj. Gen. George Meade. Says my
: resource in employing such a disgui
1 Neither Mr. Davis nor the proud and
■ humiliated people whom he repreaent-
i ed would have been disposed to assent
to this.
; It is well that sufficient Northern
testimony has been brought forward
| in recent years to give the lie to a
I calumny which no one now has a right
| to believe and which will still be be
lieved only by narrow partisans.
correspondent: “Was it not Gen.
Pope who deposed Gov. Jenkins?” For
a reply I refer him to the following
order: -
“Headquarters Third Military District
“Dept, of Ga. Ala., and Fla.
“Atlanta, Ga , Jan. 13, 186S.
"General Order No. 8:
"I. Charles J. Jenkins, Provisional
Governor, and John Jones. Provisional
^Treasurer of the State of Georgia,