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SATURDAY. JULY 18. 1901.
They had » great Fourth ol July In
Manila.
Albany had a iiober, ordorly Fourth
of July.
The millionaire, can't control the
weather.
Elbnrta pcaohee will be coming In
Within the next week.
The Georgia watermelon ought to
begin to ehow up now.
It begin, to look like the old yaohta
are better than the new one*.
Here it 1. the Hth of July, and we
haven't .een a good watermelon yet.
The weather 1. .till warn enough to
keep the .terotyped remark, in olioula
flon. _________
* Civil government w»> inaugurated at
' Manila with great pomp and ceremony
yesterday.
An effort is to bo made to reoruit the
navy by enlisting more young men
from the South.
CHTT1H6 DOWN SECOJiD-CLABS
■All. MATTER.
At hut It appear, that the Poetoffloe
Department is going to apply noh rule*
and regulation, to the postal .ervioe a*
will exclude from the mail, as second
claw matter .noh publications u are not
An titled to the rate, given to legitimate
newspapers and periodical*. It is an.
nounoed In a Washington dispatch that
Poctmaster General Smith ha. decided
to debar from .eooad clan mail prirt.
lege, the large eta*, of periodical pnbll
cation, whloh depend largely on gift
enterprlna, gu easing contest, or noml
nal subscription rate, for their cironla-
UOn. Thi. {weeping reform, deeigned
•ft pat the portal service on a paying
hart., is to be ordered next week by a
modification of the postal regulations
under existing taw.
By the new regulations a vast
amount of printed matter that now
pays for transmission at the rate of
1 oent will be charged 8 cents
pound. Tho second class matter ha.
grownguntll It now embraoea nearly
three-fourths of the entire weight
of all mallCmatter handled by the
government and yet it brings in a
enne of leas than *4,000,000 a yearont of
the entire postal revenne of more than
*16,000,000. While it contains about
three-fourths of|all the weight, It fur
ntslies only about one-thlrtleth of the
revenue. To handle and ca> ry the sec.
ond class matter|conts fully *110 000,000 a
yoar above what the government re
ceive. for handling and carrying It.
In tho revised regulations about to be
Issued the postmaster general will en
doavor to carry out the purpose of cou
gress and of the executive by restoring a
stricter enforcement of the law. The
new order will not Interfere with legitl
mate newspapers and similar periodicals,
bn it will cut off the abuse by whioh
numerous publications load down the
mail, with oironlatlon. induced wholly
by merchandise offer, or guessing oon
testa thatfure either fraudulent in ohar
aoter or reduce the circulation to nom
inal rates. It is also likely to cat off
trial books, which have seourod admin
•Ion as second) olass matter. Though
promulgated next week the order will
probably not be made operative Imme-
dta'ely, In order that publishers may
have au opportunity to conform to the
now requirements.
Tim Outhbert Loader has discovered
that "not all the smooth eltisens live in
tilts oil regions."
l'hi’adolphln lies had some hot times
in her day, bnt last Tuesday was the
hottest day in her history.
Tbo Fourth of July in the South Is
like aome other things—no longer what
it nsed to be "before the war."
A man named Jesse Thayer, who wa*
oftwhidod by his wife on the street., in
Omaha, went off apd killed himself.,;
llryan continue* to talk, and there are
some newspaper* in the oountry that
have fits every time he says anything.
When the labor organlxotlons and the
striking laborer* resort to Intimidation
and violence they weaken their own
cause and lose the sympathy and moral
support of good citizens
It appears that when there is no news
of Interest to report from South Africa,
the British war correspondents tele
graph their papers of "fresh atrocities
on the part of the Hoera."
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It would be a good thing if the quar
terly of the Georgia Sohool of Technol
ogy, just published, could be ] laoed in
tho handsjof every father of yoang sons
who oan afford to give them a practical
education. In Georgia. The pamphlet,
of 118 pages, is well worthy the perusal
Of everyJGeorglau who has the good of
his state at|heart and wonld like to see
It prositerons. It shows that the "Teoh"
at Atlanta has grown from a modest be
ginning into a considerable institution,
whloh promises great things for Georgia
boys. It wlll|turn them|ont competent,
skilled workmen, able to take oharge of
and managofthe {industrial enterprises
whloh are-dastlned tofout so large a fig
ure in thejfntnre of the state. The text
and the illnatratlons of the pamphlet
give an excellent idea of the thorough,
seas of the{trainlng received by the
yonug men af| school, whioh Is of high
standard. A {statement of ooats Is also
submitted, showing that the necessary
expen-es at |the "sohool are moderate.
The "Teoh" at Atlanta is doing a great
work for {thefstate. We hope to see a
duplication of it in South Georgia at no
very distant day.—Savannah News.
THE MISTAKE STRIKERS HAKE.
It seems to be almost impossible for a
band of strikers to il(ht. the.battle
against capital in a manner calculated
to win the sympathy of the pnblio and
oonrt ultimate .access. The striker
does not seem to realize that whenever
he resorts to violenoe he destroys his
best hope of success, for he tarns the
representatives of law and order, as well
as publio sentiment, against him.
The proneness of strikers to resort to
violenoe and even bloodshed has been
especially noticeable daring the past
few months, when trouble between
labor and capital has disturbed the
peace and quirt and commercial and
industrial progress of nearly ever; sec
tion of tho country. Mill operatives
and employe* of railroads, shipyards
and mines have torned against their
employers, and the battle between labor
and eapttal has been a fierce one. With
but a few exceptions that go to prove
the rale, the strikers have resorted to
questionable tactics, seeking to destroy
property and often succeeding, and do
ing many things calonlated to bring
their oause into disrepute and lessen
their ohanoes of success.
It is all right for laborers to strike for
higher wages or shorter hoars, or be
cause of any grievance which they
honestly believe shonld be righted, but
there is no exense for resort to violent
measures in the hope of attaliilug
success. It has come to pass that a
band of strikers In thiB country will not
hesitate to attack laborers who have
been employed in their places by firms
or corporations with important con
tracts to fill; and the mob on mischief
bent whloh is met with cold le id from a
sheriff’s posse gets little symptthy, nor
deserves it. The average strike does
not Bnooeed, and for no other reason
than that the strikers draw upon them
selves publio condemnation and the
hostility of every representative of law
and order.
Perhaps it is the bnilding of so many
magnificent fighting ships for the Utilted
States navy that is spurring the Euro
pean nations to greater aotivlty on thj
same line. England, Germany, Rn-siu
and in Asia, Japan, are either bnilding
or preparing to bnlld a number of first-
class battleships, orulsers and torpedo
craft, aud it is worthy of note that the
speed of these vessels is designed to lie
greater than that of onr own new ahips.
Speed in warships oounts for as mnoh
as armament, and Unole Sam cannot al
low himself to be onstripped lit this
point. The resentment by Old World
powers of American commercial and
industrial conquests is becoming more
open, and there is no telling when we
will need ali the warships we oan com
mand. It is a pity to have to speud
hundreds of millions for battleships and
ornlsers, bnt build them we meat if we
hope to hold onr place at the head of
the prooesslon of nations.
A TEMPEST IH A TEAPOT.
The Augusta Chronicle correctly char-
aoterixe* the fuss that has been made
about a few stndent* of the Georgia
School of Teohnology taking strikers’
places in the Southern Railway shops
as a striking illustration of a tempest in
a teapot. The Chronicle says:
"Wb have never questioned the right
of labor to organize, nor of machinists
to strike; bnt we do insist that when a
striker volnntarlly lays down his job,
he has no right to stand at the door
with a club, and say that no man shall
do the work whioh he refutes to do.
■ 'A ny man has a right to offer to fill the
position that has been vacated, and the
employer has a right to set him to work
A student of the Technological Insti
tute, in vacation time, Is a free and in
dependent agent, and has a right to ac
cept work wherever he can get it. The
faculty has no right to say that he shall
not, and it is absnid for labor unions to
talk abont fighting the sohool beeanse of
the aotlon of oertaln students. The
students should go ahead with their
work whenever they can obtain it, and
the institute shonld not make Itself
ridtcnlons by paying any attention to
the matter, or by permitting politicians
working for the labor vote to create ex
citement over a very trivial matter."
And now it seems that even the coal
producers of England are threatened
with a new American rival. Eutensive
arrangements have been made for the
murketlng in Great Britain of the Texas
petrolenm as a oheap substitute for coal
for steam producing purposes. It wonld
be of especial valne to warships, for toe
reason that tbe oil barns without smoke
and oan be stored with greater advan
tage for long voyages. Shonld tbe
Texas o'l wells prove to be long lived
they wonld no donbt snppiaut the use
of coal in tho whole coalless region of
the Southwest.
So far as the Empress Dowager is con
cerned ail the rumors of the prospective
return of the Chinese oonrt to Pekin
have been dispelled by her point blank the scientists get np and tell us abont
refnsal to reoccnpy the despoiled (aud, " '
The nsnal number of fatalities and
more or less serious accidents marred
the Fourth of July celebration through
out tile country. Most of these mishaps
occurred in the Northern and Eastern
states, the patriotism of Southerners not
turning towards fireworks and brnss
cannon as a means of outlet for their eu-
thnstusm. Nineteen fatalities are re
ported, while the accidents aggregate
2,000. Many of the injnred will be
added to the death list within the next
few days, as has always been the case in
the past.
Tho new oup defender Constitution
proved in Saturday's race that she is
superior both to Colombia and the Bos
ton yacht, Independence. The race was
an interesting one, and the ease with
whioh the new boat drew away from
her rivals cannot fail to be gratifying to
her admirers. The resnlt of the contest
causes Americans to feel reasonably cer
tain that the America's cap l* safe still,
and that the second quest of Sir Thomas
Llpton will be as fruitless as the first.
The Angnsta Chronicle suggests a
new microbe, or rather, a ohanee for the
scientists to add another to the long list
of microbes and germs and things that
make being alive and in the flesh a very
dangerous thing. It says: "Now let
CUBA LIBRE.
General Maximo Gomez waz ten
dered a dinner in New. York on Satur
day afternoon, and in the coarse of a
speech deolared for Gen. T. Estrada
Palmer for president of the new repub
lic of Onba. He referred to Gen. Palmer
as the hold-over president, having been
elected daring tt e insurrection of 1868.
Gen. Gomez also said that Cuba and the
United States belong together. "It is
only a question of gravitation,” he said,
"when they will be one. Bnt at pres
ent, after the great straggle, in whloh
hundreds of thousands of lives were sac
rificed and when men returned to their
homes only to flud their wives and chil
dren starved to death in the restricted
barriers in which Weyler held them
under his policy of reeonoentration, they
felt that they must have Cuba libre."
It is realized fully, he said, that Onba
oannot get along without the United
State#, bnt the Cabans do want to feel
freedom.
Present Yonr Platform,
From the Autnuitit Chronicle.
When the Hon. Wm. J. Bryan re
quested the Hon. Grover Cleveland to
formulate his platform for a so called
reorganized democracy,” he never, to
oar knowledge, received any answer.
The Maoon Telegraph is perpetually
abusing Bryan and the organized dem-
ooraoy, demanding changes in them.
Suppose the Telegraph formulate its
platform and let ns see plainly in what
it differ# from the present democratic
platform, or from the repnblloau plat
form. This will simplify matters very
mnoh and facilitate a better understand
tug all aronnd.
We may state, in passing, that Hon
Wm. J. Bryan is one of the most die
tingnislied and patriotic citizens of the
United States, and this southern, so
called democratic ahnse of him comes
with very bad grace from that quarter,
the more so as it is an echo of repnbll.
can vituperation, east and west.
It is estimated that the repeal of the
stamp tax on checks, telegrams, express
receipts, etc., whioh became effective
July 1st. will mean an nnnual less to the
government of about $10,000,000.
The Incksonville Times-Union and
Citizen says: "What trick could be
vainer I lian a heathen Chinese deliver
ing a Fonrtli-of Jnly oration in Inde
pendence Square, Philadelphia?"
Comptroller ot the i 'urrency Charles
G. Dawes has tendered hi-resignation
to the President, to take effect October
1 noxt, and given notice that he will be
n oaudi late for the Senate from Illinois.
Six bigs of gold, each containing
*5 ,000 in $20 gold pieces, have disap
peared from tho branch mint at Sun
Francisco, and the money was spirited
away so cleverly that the officials and
deteoUves are nnable to get any clue as
|0 how o«r by whom it was done.
The Chicago Tribune present* reports
from all overjthe country showing tbe
number of persons killed and Injnred as
a rosnlt of oolebrating the Fourth of
July. The) Inumber aotnnlly killed is
less thnn last year, boing 10 against !!0
thou, bnt the number of injured is con
siderably larger, the figures being 1,611,
against 1,826. The real list of fatalities
will, liowevor, not bo known until tho
number of deaths resulting from lock
jaw oausod by toy'pistol wounds come
in. Lnst’year in Ohicngo there wore no
deaths repot ted on July 6th from toy
pistols, butgbefore the month was oat
28 had died from tbo resulting lookjaw
aud the remainder of the oountry Bent
in equally fatal records. Chicago last
year had one death and forty-two in
jured. This time no death is reported,
bat there is a list of 108 injured.
from her viowpoint, denied) sanctuaries
of the Forbidden City. The nominal
emperor would very likely resume his
residence at the official capital if he
should be permitted to do so; bnt wher
ever Tse Hsi An sits, there is the head
of the table. The Powers will have the
ohoioe between making a settlement
with the Chinese central government on
the old lady’s own terms or proceeding
to help themselves by impounding the
revenues of the provinces within their
reach. Either alternative wonld indef
initely prolong the prevailing ehaotio
conditions in the far East; and this
wonld be as unfortunate for the Powers
as for China herself.
Now naval experts are beginning to
say things nbont tbe British navy.
Even according to people in high author
ity in England, the British navy is no
longer "the whole thing.”
the heat microbe and why there are so
many prostrations on some days when
the mercury is comparatively low, and
fewer sometimes when it is very high.”
To Loan
ON CITY PROPERTY AND FARW
PROPERTY IN SOUTH
WEST GEORGIA.
We Buy and Sell all Kinds ot
Real Estate on Commission.
We offer the Johnson property, im
mediately. north of Ohantanqna lot.
either as a whole or in small lots, to
salt purchaser. SMALL cash payment,
balance on easy terms.
Titles examined and conveyancing a
specialty. Call on
Sam W. Smith,
At Court Houso.
Or, write to Jones & Smith, Attorneys,
Albany, Ga.
Fire! Fire! Fire!
The District Satisfied.
From tho Tifton Gazette.
Some of the enterprising journals of
this Congressional district are endeavor
ing to hoist J. M. Griggs astride of the
ridge-pole of an hastily constructed
gubernatorial boom and refer to him as
a second Charles Orisp. The boom is a
credit, to its builders ; Orisp was a credit
to tho state; so is Griggs. Bnt the dis
trict is satisfied with him in his present
position—so is Griggs, but, he is “Jim I,
dowu here; not Charles II, or any other
con ciliation of numerals.
How Long?
From tho Philadelphia Record.
Here we have Onba shaking her sugar
and fine tobacco and fragrant spices and
woods and ores before onr eyes and un
der our noses, and we are forbidden by
onr Protectionist doctors to accept the
bounty whioh the fortune of war and
diplomacy have placed within our reach.
How long will the people of this ooun
try submit to suoh deprivation for the
emolument of the Trusts?
SUCH MISFORTUNES
As This Occur Every Day,
and yonr tarn may be next. Protect
yonr home and property by insuring
with ns.
This office has been established for
more than twenty yenrs, does exclus
ively an insurance business and is ham
pered by no side lines.
Careful and prompt attention given
to all business entrusted to nB.
ED. L. WIGHT X GO.
Last week a small box covered with
gauze and labeled “four hundred mos
quitoes" was shipped from a small sta
tion in South Carolina to the Academy
of Natural Science at Washington. The
insects were quite lively when they ar
rived, and were apparently in as good
health as when they started on their
journey. The mosquitoes are, of course,
to ne used in scientific investigations.
Prof. Joseph LeConte, of the Univer
sity of California, died on Saturday in
the Yosemite valley, where he had gone
for a brief outing. Prof. LeConte was
one of the oldest instructors in the uni
versity, and had a national reputation
as au instructor in philosophy, history
and sciences. He was a native of Lib
erty county, Ga., and his elementary
education was received there. He be
came connected with the University of
California in 1800.
Texas boasts of having $1,020,000 in
her treasury. Georgia has nearly half
that sum fu her treasury, but neither
the governor nor anybody else can touch
it under the ruling of the supreme court
on Treasurer Park’s now famous “law
p’mti” and the governor has gone to the
I limit of his authority in borrowing..
The University of Pennsylvania’s
eight-oared crew did not succeed in
winning tho principal event at Henley,
though they were first in two out of
three races. Their showing was most
creditable. Aud Americans flud a good
deal of consolation in the fact that Amer
ican athletes are downing England’s best
representatives iu some of the greatest
amateur events of the season.
Tho cities which were suffering from
the intense heat several days ago arc en
joying immunity that promises to be
only temporary. Reports of lower tem
perature in most localities were received
by the weather bureau at Washington
yesterday, hut it is predicted that an
other hot wave is headed for the east.
A bank failure is evidently a serious
thing over in Germany. Since the fail
ure of the Leipsig bank, the other day,
several arrests have been made and two
of the directors have committed suicide.' a failure or not,
President McKinley has gone to Can
ton, and the greater part of the execu
tive work will be transferred from
Washington for the summer season. No
further cabinet meetings will probably
be held until abont the first ol Septem
ber.
As a further demonstration of the ef
ficacy of advertising, the Kansas City
Journal notes that “Hon. J. B. Fugate,
at Wellington, advertised in Friday's
paper for a girl. That night his wife
presented him with a 10-pound one."
In the appointment of the snpenn
tendents of departments for the next
State Fair Brooks county, the banner
county at the last fair, was not recog
nized, and the Quitman Free Pre93
wants to know why.
Still They Come.
Every day we are opening
new iines of : : :
Spring 5boes . *
Ladies’ Tat ent Oxfors,
Ladies’ Kid Oxfor, s,
Ladies’ Southern Button,
Ladies’ Strap Sanals,
Spring heel Oxfors,
Slippers and Sandals
for eMisses ana Chilaren.
We Can Please
ANY FANCY t
ANY FOOT!
ANY PURSE!
Best Goods, Largest Variety
and Lowest Prices at : :
EHRLICH’S
CITY SHOE STORE.
Green
Trading Stamps with
Cash Purchase.
every
A horde of grasshoppers is destroying
the crops in certain portions of Minne
sota.
Admiral Sampson will never
the last of that Matanzas mule.
hear
A TEXAS WONDER.
Special Notice!
Having bought ont the Carriage and
Wagon Repair Shop of Mr. B. F. Man-
nhig, I am now prepared to do all
work done by
HALL'S UKKAT IJISCOVKKY.
Ono small bottle of Hall’s Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder
tronbles, removes gravel, cures diabetes,
seminal emissions, weak and lame
backs, rheumatism and all irregularities: horse-shoeing n specialty,
of tlio kidneys and uladder troubier : V
children’. If not sold by your dragg:.-.,
will be sent by mail on receipt of
One small bottle is two month's treat
ment, and will cure any ease above
mentioned. Dr. E. W. Hall, sole man
ufacturer, St. Lonis, Mo., formerly of
Texas. Send for testimonials. P.O.Box
629. Sold by Albany Drug Co.
I have employed Mr. J. W. Jojiison,
| an expert liorse-shoer, and will make
lour patronage Is solicited.
S. Tarver, Agt.
READ TIIIS.
Outhbert, Ga., April 2,1000.
1 his is to certify that I was affected
with gravel, and that I took sixty drops
of Hall's Great Discovery and it com
pletely cr*retl me. It is worth $1,000
per bottl« tr -*nv oc° needing it
J. T. Stevens.
Within the next ten days we will
j know whether the Elberta peach crop is
ALBANY BRICK CO.,
—Manufacturers Ok’—
BRICK.
Annual Oaoacitv. lo.ono.ono.
.Sarsaparilla never fails; has
stood the test for -jO years; Quart Bottles."’