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SATURDAY, AUG. 8. Ml.
.Anyhow, Admiral Sohley’s loopeamo
$Y
I
oat all right.
I Obody la aorry that the atrikera have
beaten the Trust—exoept the Trnat.
The Honaton Post suggests that all
the eaaea were not alaln et Uantanaoa
Secretary Dong hat aotad, eo tar, like
be want* to give Sohley a fair allowing.
It la announced that Governor Cand
ler 1* ill at the exeontlve manalon in
Atlanta.
The naval ooart of Inquiry demanded
by Admiral Sohley bee already been
held, In the newapapera.
Oom Panl'a prediction that the Boer
war would "stagger humanity” haa
been fnlfllled, and the end la not yet.
iBOAD COMMISSION.
The Railroad Oommleaton of Georgia
U an tnatltntlon for the -ariatenoe of
whloh the public haa oanee to be pro*
fonndly thankful. Clothed width ample
power, to-en force anoh • regulations at It
may eeeSt'to adopt in the interest of
the people «a agalnat the iMUroada, it
atopc onjaet-dtsorimtnatlon in the mat
ter of freight iratea whenever -oomplaint
is made, and-eees to it that-the publlo
doea not have to aooept “any. old thing'
In the way of-eeevioe at the faanda of the
railway oom pantos.
Theooanmiaelonhaa just oame to the
reecae of the .peqple of Tbomeavllle.
For a long time the cates of (might be
tween the porta <of Savannah and
Branawiok and Thomaaville have been
much higher than those in force Be
tween the tame points and Albany,
deapite the fact that Thomaaville la
eight mile* nearer either Savannah Jor
Brunawiek than Albany. Thomaaville
happened to be bottled np (by the Plant
System, whloh owned or .oaotrolled at!
the linea of railway leading -oat of the|
olty.
Bnt when the people of Thaztasville
laid their oaae before the Railroad Com
miaaion, It did not take that tribunal
long to Justify matters. A peremptory
order was laaned direotlng the S., F. &
W. railway to prepare a newachedule of
ratea, giving Thomaaville advantages In
freight rates equal to those enjoyed by
Albany, and to anbmit the new schedule
to the Commission for approval within
ten days. And the beat part of the
whole matter ta that the railroad people
will have to do ezaotly as they ore or
dered. There will be no "dilly-dally,
tug.” The Commission means boainesa,
and the railway oompauy knows it.
Albany haa oanae to gratefully remem
her the Commission for inestimable aer-
vloe rendered In the past, as a mono,
ment to whloh service the present union
passenger depot at this point stands.
We oongratulate the people of Thomas,
ville, bnt can't help wondering why
they negleoted their opportunities for
ao long a time.
Mrs. Eddy's Christian Solenoe cult
PtoOM to be a tort of oasy-golng religions
trnat with a book publishing attach
ment that pays big dividends.
The oonnties of the state are gener
ally showing an Increase in their tax re-
turjj’i >ut the oonnties In the southern
part of the itato make the beat showing.
Tho Atlanta Jonrual remarks that
“there are a number of gnbernatorlal
aspirants In Georgia who with Hon.
Henry G. Turner would shoot or give
np the gun/'
The trotting rooord baa gotten down
to S :Oatf, and Oreaoena did It. It will
not be long, the Augusta Ohrontole
thinks, before the mile in 8 minutea
will he aooompllahed
At the bar of pnbllo opinion Sohley
has already been vindicated and Samp
eou mndemned, and nothing that the
neval court of inquiry oan find and pro
mulgate will ohange that verdict.
The backwardness and generally un
favorable conditions of the season not
withstanding, the Herald la now re
ceiving from kind constituents some as
line watermelons as were ever grown in
Georgia.
. With free htmet in the Oklahoma
government lanUs for 18,000 persona,
to be divided among more than 160,000
applicants, there must be many disap
pointed ones when tho drawing shall
have been completed.
The Cincinnati Enquirer auggests that
if another war breaks out provision
should be made in advance for not call
ing Admiral Sampson away from the
from. There is great ourioaity to know
how he would act in a real battle.
It la figured out that the big steel
strike has cost the Trust and the opera
tives, up to date, nearly *7,000,000 in
tost wages and profits. And the invest
ment seems to have been a much belter
: pne for the atrikera than for the Trust.
■ After the reoent meeting of the grand
lodge of Elks in Milwaukee, the Kansas
City Times printed this paragraph:
“The Elks left Milwaukee its beer signs,
bnt much or what they stood for was
^removed by the thirsty and antlered
TiUton-" ]
Kv -
Yon oan't keep the capital of Georgia
down. She ii at the front in everything
that takes plaoe, and plays second fiddle
none. “Bobby" Walthour, an Atlanta to
bloyole rider, is now at the head of the
profesnonalsjtn the United States, hav
ing won that title at Manhattan Beach
Saturday-
The Chloago Record-Herald says:
'The state of Delaware long ago deviaed
the right kind of punishment for the
wife beator.|The whipping-post la the
only oontrlvanoe that in any way meas
ures np to the demands of the orlmo. If
the fifty enraged nelghbors who tarred
the West Ohloagojwife-beater had tied
him to a post, strlpped|htm bare to the
waist and given|him flftyjlashos there is
a possibility that tho otTense would not
be repeated.”
The long (drought in the West has
been broken at last,-copious rains having
fallen over a large area of country
where a burning sun hod been parohlng
all forms of vegetation for forty days.
The corn crop is saved In Iowa, though
there will not be a fnll yield. The late
oorn In Nebraska, '.Minnesota, Illinois
and the Dakotas Is safe, and there will
be a big orop of late hay and forage.
The total|loss to ,tho states affected by
the drought Is (estimated to lmve been
nearly *800,000,000.
A Macon gentleman who wrote a let
ter to Hon. H. G. Turner in whloh he
expressed the hope that the statesman
from Brooksjwouldjbe a oaudidato, has
given out tliejstatement that Mr. Turner
has the matter under consideration
He says thatjin reply to his letter Mr.
Turner writes: “Out of respeot to my
friends I will take| under consideration
the important matter suggested.”
SAVANNAH’S MISTAKE.
Major G. M. Ryals, of Savannah, was
la Atlanta yesterday.and called on Gov
ernor Gaudier for the purpose of soaod-
tod -the state's chief exeontlve on the
sabjeotmf prize fights. Major Ryals ds
one of the mainstays -of the Georgia
State Fair, whloh. is-to <be held this year
at Savannah, and.in to-whloh the Forest
Olty .proposes to .iqject some new
wrinkles that are calculated to draw
bigger crowds and canoe more excite
ment than any Georgia-State Fairs In
the poet have known.
The prize fight, or ‘Iglove contest,”
whloh is proposed as one-of the princi
pal drawing cards of the Fair, Is to be
between James J. Jeffries, heavyweight
champion slugger .of the -world, and
"Gas” Rablln,.another bmisei of large
bulk who has championship aspirations
of his own. Theobjeot of Mqjor Ryals’
visit to the G)ovenK>r .was toasoertain
whether his Exoellonoy would probably
Interfere to prevent the proposed
"glove contest” as a drawing card in
connection with the Savannah show.
The Governor didn’t enthuse much
-coder Major Ryals' glowing words, and
-Mm Savannahian left the eapitel with
the assurance that If the law in the
case should be overstepped there would
undoubtedly be interference from the
state authorities.
In the Herald's opinion, Savannah
will make a great mistake if she nuder-
takes to make a prize fight one of the
drawing cards ot the State Fair. The
Fair, It must be borne in mind, is not
primarily a Savannah enterprise, but
belongs to Georgia, and all Georgians
are interested in Its suooess. And while
a prize light wonld attraot a certain
class of visitors—tho sporting gentry of
nearly every state in the Union—the
people to whom the Fair must look fur
ite beat support would oe repelled rather
than attraoted by a series ot slugging
matohea aa a feature of what is regarded
as a atate institution. Savannah likes
suoh things, and she has them; but it
will be her duty, and It should be her
pleasure, to oater first of all to Georgians
while the State Fair Is in program.
The pay of (the American soldier,”
aays thaRRochester iN. Y.) Herald, "ia
about *180 per year, and his ration
oomee to about *110 more. If we call
these two items of pay and food *300,
and deduot thlsRsum from the #1,014
whloh hejaunually oosts bis govern
ment, we have left *714 per man, which
must go for other items. Henoe the
American soldiorjcosts his government,
lor certain unexplainable and nnasoer-
tainableJitemB, nearly five times as mnoh
as the|total expense of maintenance of
the Russian, and , three and one-half
times as much as the German. Why ia
this, and where does the money go? are
questions that may wisely be made the
subjeot of "congressional or other in-
qulry.”
The old battleship Maine Ilea rusting
at the bottom of Havana harbor; her
namesake and mightier successor was
launched on Saturday at Philadelphia
and now floats jauntily on the broad
bosom of the Delaware, ready for her
steel jaoket and formidable armament.
The Philadelphia Record of Sunday,
which plays up the lannohlng as a big
event, saya of the new ship: "Al
though surpassed somdwhat In size and
speed by the lntest designed battleships
of the Pennsylvania olass, the new
Maine will be when oompleted adequate
to ountend In battle with any warship
afloat, with ample nssnranoe of an even
chance in the contest, Tills vessel, with
her sister ships Missouri and Ohio,
should afford In naval practice a happy
combination of the armored cruiser and
the more sluggish fighting ship; and the
performance of a craft so admirably de
signed for offensive and defensive oper
ations In naval warfare will be unques
tionably noted In admiralty oiroles with
keen and oritloal Interest."
Missouri Is n great grain state ; nev
ertheless an official statement shows
that the value of poultry products
raised in that state last year is *75.060
greater than the value of nil the corn,
wheat, oats, flaxseed, rye, barley, tim
othy, millet, oane seed, broomoorn,
straw and apples raised in the state
during the same year. Missouri's tim
ber interests are extensive, neverthe
less the hens brought more wealth to
the state last year than all of the for
est products of all sorts put together.
The value of poultry and eggs shipped
by Missouri producers during 1000
amounted to one-fifth the aggregate
value of all the horses, mules, cattle
hogs aud sheep shipped in the same
length of time, the total approximating
*18,000,000. Georgia could do ns well
os Missouri iu the chicken business if
she only would Why doesn't she?—
Savannah News.
That’s It 1 Why doesn't she ? Geor
gia soil will raise anything that grows,
whether tree, vine, shrub, grass, beast
or featliored fowl. Ohiokeus thrive
from Habersham to Deoatnr as they do
in few states of the Uniou, and the
wealth of the commonwealth would
Boon be increased many tens of millions
if proper attention were directed to fowl
oulture.
i '
A Louisville (Ky.) dispatch says-that
the Cresoent Hill Presbyterian Church,
near that city, is confident it would
have brought Louisville a much-needed
rain if it had not stopped in the good
work too soon. The congregation met
Sunday and held prayers for rain. In a
short time the clouds rolled up and there
was a loud peal of thunder. It looked
ominous, so the congregation hastily
oonolnded their prayers and adjourned
to their homes to escape the drenching
they expeoted. At once the clouds
rolled by and not a drop of rain fell.
TBS ARTFUL DODGER.
TheMaoon Telegraph is entitled to
» distinction of being the aetfuldodger
.of the Georgia press. The -habit of
dodging hasigrown upon it to -such an
-extent that itt seems to instinctively
-dodge and -seek cover when there Is
really no neoessity for it. it even
dodges lrom -those who show up
in response to ils own challenge. A few
days Ago the Telegraph essayed to issue
a column of "Information for Purblind
Editors in Georgia,” witb special refer
ence to free silver. True to its old habit,
She Telegraph was -then dodging in the
bushes from its critics, and, pretending
that these ontics were contending for
the Incorporation of a free silver plank
ia the next Democratic .platform, it flew
the track -under cover of this damp of
bashes:
A t-.-w nrn sawing wood. If there is n prom-
In-art newspaper in tho South tl-st believes
that free silver will 1>e, or ought
to lie, mentioned in the next Dnoioeratie plot-
form, tile Telegrujih would like tor some of its
Gts-rgiu eritics to ammo it.
The Herald, without presuming to
pose ns a prominent newspaper, showed
up over the gauntlet thrown down
by the Telegraph and said:
Tills is begging the question. It Is ajsn as
suming that s-meh-sty is saying something
which in fact everybody knows nobody is May
ing, and ti-en calling tor proof that aumetndy
is saying it.
And then, addressing itself directly
to the Telegraph's own challenge above
quoted the Herald added ;
If thero Is s newspaper among nil the Tele
graph's critics In G<s»rgia, whether "promin
ent" or obscure, that haa recently said any
thing which, fairly interpreted, can mean that
it "believes that fret- silver will be, or ought to
be, mentioned in the next Democratic plat
form," let the Telegraph name It. The name
of -noli a newspaper, with an extract or two
front one of Its editorials of recent date to
prove tjwt it la contending for a froo silver
plunk in the next platform, would tie some
thing in tile nature of real "information."
In Its edition of this morning the Tele
graph geta clear away from its own sub
ject and, quoting half a sentence—not a
whole sentence, mind yon—from the
Herald, oredits it "Albany News," a
paper that ia abont as dead as the Tele
graph's love for the Democratic party,
and prooeeds, nnder the caption, “A
Mistaken Contemporary," to address
| itself to the halt sentenoe taken from
the Herald and to deny that it (the
Telegraph) has been “haunted by the
echoes and memories of the campaigns
of 1866 and 1600," or that it has
been "vainly seeking relief in
persistently abusing Wm. J. Bryan."
Ouly a day or two before the Herald
had quoted from the Telegraph and
acoused that paper of being siflioted
with the malady whioh somebody has
named "Bryanphobia" and with blam
ing Bryan with everything that went
wrong iu the world. Id proof of this
aoousatton we quoted a paragraph from
; the Telegraph about the hot weather
and failure of the oorn crop in the Mid
die est, in whioh the name of Bryan
was made to figure as a sort of blight.
Instead of coming out into the open
and making reply to this article of
the Herald, the Telegraph ignoreB
it eutirely and waits for a
ohanoe topiok up part of a sentenoe
from another artiole in this paper for a
text on the subject of its at use ot Bryan.
And yet the Telegraph poses sr s fatr
fighter aud prides itself on the strength
and ability ot its editorial page!
SOMETHING WRONG HERE.
A New York dispatch printed by af
ternoon papers yesterday says:
Tho directors ot the First National, .1. P.
Morgan's bonk, which recently increased its
capital from $500,000 to $10,000,000, today de
clared an extra dividend of between $3,000,000
and $5,000,000.
The dividend affect-8 all the old stockholders.
The latter mentioned figure, $5,000,000, will
be equivalent to 1,000 percent, on all old capital
stock. The dividend declared today is in ad
dition to the usual dividend of 100 per cent a
year. Notwithstanding the big special divi
dend disbursed, the surplus *»nd undivided
profits of the institution on July 21th aggre
gated $10,102,746, or $1,852,221 in excess of the
amount the bank reported on July 15th in the
United B^ites statement to the comptroller of
the currency.
We don’t know how this story may
strike others, but the Herald is inclined
to take it with a grain of salt. It is
simply ont of >11 reason. Such profits
in legitimate banking seem incredible,
and if the figures given above are true
they show a condition of affairs that are
aotually alarming.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says: "Per
haps it was more or less complimentary
at the time to Admiral Sampson for
Gervera-to select the moment of his
absence as the right time to escape, but
subsequent oiroumstances must have
made the Spanish commander sorry
that he did not wait for Schley to take
avocation. Sampson says he expected
Gervera to select the night time for his
dash; bnt Gervera did the thing unex
pected, and that is pretty good taotics
in war/' ’
BEGGING TBE QUESTION,
The Macon Telegraph, whose editor
seems to be haunted by the eohoesand
memories of the campaigns of 1808 and
1000 and has been vainly seeking relief in
persistently abusing Wm. J. Bryan, the
Democratic presidential nominee in
those two' memorable political contests,
in its edition of this morning giveB vent
to a column wail under the caption,
"Information for Purblind Editors in
Georgia." Recent utterances of a num
ber of well known Demooratio papers
are quoted to prove that “free silver Is
.dead" as a political issue and that it is,
therefore, no longer properly a subjeot
for discussion as a party measure iu the
next campaign.
The Telegraph concludes its column
of “Information" with the following
paragraph:
A lew are sawing wood. If thoro is a promi-
n«*nt mewapaper in tho South that boiioves that
froesilvor will bo, or ought to bo, mentioned in
thouuxt Democratic platform, Tho Tolograph
would toko for sumo of its Goorgia critics to
name it.
This is begging the question. It is
also assuming that somebody is saying
something which iu fact everybody
knows nobody is saying, and then call
ing for proof that somebody is say
ing it.
If there is a newspaper among ail the
Telegraph’s critics in Georgia, whether
“prominent" or obsenre, that has re
cently said anything whioh, fairly in
terpreted, oan mean that it "believes
that free silver will he, or ought to be,
mentioned in the next Democratic plat
form,” let the Telegraph name it. Tho
name of suoh a newspaper with an ex
tract or two from one of its editorials of
recent date to prove that it is contend
ing for a free silver plank in the next
platform would be something in the
nature of real “information.”
There are now four States where the
death penalty is not maintained—Rhode
Island, Maine, Michigan and Wiscon
sin. Colorado's law, passed at the last
session of the Legislature, restoring the
death penalty, has recently become op
erative without her Governor's signa
ture. Iowa some years ago, after an
experiment of the absence of the death
penalty, re-enaoted capital punishment,
after abandoning it for six years, with
the result of a largely increased number
of homloides. There are other States
where the death penalty is praotically
abandoned by limitations on its exer-
oiae. Of the forty-five States there are
ouly twenty-two, or less than half, iu
which the death penalty without nulli
fying limitations, is left on the statute
books. In this conntry there ore more
orimlnals hanged in an irregular way,
under the auspioes of .Tridge Lynch,
than according to law. Opposition to
the extreme penalty is growing. In
New York Oity last year there were 180
homicides, only three eonvictions in the
capital degree, and only one execution.
In the five years from i860 to 1900
nearly forty thousand persons perished
at the hands of homicides in the United
States.
The negroes are beginning to realize
that they are not wanted at the North
and that there even the right to work
for a living is denied them. The negro
is all right so long as he remains in the
South, bnt he must not cross the
Une and prosnme to enter into competi
tion with the white laborer at the North.
The Macon Telegraph, whose pro
clivity for getting off the trsek has been
so long and enthusiastically indulged
that it now does most of its traveling in
the bushes on either side of the beaten
highway, produces an extract from the
“Albany News" (a paper that went, out
of business over twenty-years ago) and
makes It tha text for a lecture to the
Herald. We suppose the editor of the
Telegraph meant to write “Albany
Herald,” as the extract he roprodnoes
appeared in these columns. He oame
ahout as near getting it right as ho ever
does anything on tho editorial page of
the Telegraph.
TIME EXTENDED.
When the Herald announced early
in the year that it would award three
eaah prizes amounting to *30 for the
largest and beet watermelons grown In
Southwest Georgia and sent to tbe pub
lishers of this paper during the season,
the first of Angust was named as the
time for closing the oontest and award
ing the prizes. For reasons which will
be appreciated by all, however, we have
ooncluded to extend the time of oloeing
until the 15th of August. The season is
at least fifteen days later than tuna],
not only for watermelons, bnt for gar
den, orchard and field orops of every
kind, and we have been advised by some
of the growers that their largest melons
will not be fnlly matured until after the
first of August.
The cash prizes offered by the Herald
are:
For the largest, melon grown In
Southwest Georgia (10 00
For the second largest 5 00
For the sweetest and best melon,
S nality and not size to be cou-
dered 5 00
The Dowager. Empress Frederiok,
mother of tbe German Kaiser, is again
eritioaliy ill at Kronberg, Prussia, and
grave fears for her are felt by the peo
ple of the empire, by whom she is great
ly beloved. It will be remembered that
when the Empress’ mother, Qneen Vic
toria, was dying, she herself was too ill
to be able to go to England. Her pres
ent oritical illness is supposed to be a re*
onrrence of the old' troable. The Em
press Frederiok is the oldest sister of
King Edward.
c.
'Phone 107. -f 74 Broad St,
Rev. Xollie Craft.
Prom the Memphis Scimitar.
The Chicago Record-Herald of Thurs
day contains a portrait and brief bio
graphical sketoh of Rev. Mollie Graft,
the first regularly ordained woman
minister of the negro race. Rev. Graft
is a graduate of the Howe Baptist Theo •
logical School, this city. She has organ
ized a congregation of only nine mem
bers, but hopes for a large inorease.
The Record-Herald makes complimen
tary comment on her intelligence aud
zeal, and predicts for her a snccessfnl
career. Memphians go to the. front,
wherever they may oast their lot.
ONE WEEK’S
SPECIAL SALE
Beginning Saturday
Morning, on all Low Cut
Summer
SHOES!
Cbi'ds’and Misses’, . At ng
ii 00 Quality, this sale.... | f
Childs’ and Misses', v in
*1.76 Quality, this sale J tjQ
Ohilds’ and Misses’, a /% i
*1.50 Quality, this sale J ^
Ohilds' and Misses’, * |A
*1.85 Quality, this sale |
Ohilds’ and Misses', a AA
*1.25 Quality, this sale |
Ohilds' and Misses', o m
*1.00 Quality, this sale Ot)C
Ladies’ *4 00 Quality, q so
ThiB Sale £ 4$
Ladies'*3 50 Quality, q na
3 05
Ladies' (3 00 Quality, cq / n
This Sale £ QQ
Ladies' (3 50 Quality, /ra v s»
This Sale £
Mens' (6 00 Quality, J wp
This 8ale 4 /■)
Men’s *5.00 Quality, l /W m
This Sale 4 Zb
Men’s *8 50 Quality, /% A F
This Sale ^ 95
C. R. Davis & Co.
'Phone 107. 74 Broad St.
~WlTS
Made to Order for from *12.00 to *26.00.
PANTS
Made to order from *8.00 to *8.00
ALTEBAM5
for the stores at reasonable rates.
CLEANING
and pressing Men’s Suits from 75 oents
to *1.60.
KSy LA '
J. A. RUriNEY,
00 Pine Street.
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