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Morgan for President.
Atlanta Conatitntibn,
Au eastern paper prints a strong
communication advocating the
nomination by the republican
party of J. Pierpont Morgan for
president in 1904. At first blush
the proposition is rather stagger
ing, but on a closer view of the
suggestion it doesn’t appear bo in
congruous'and absurd.
In. very truth, if the republi
cans of the country desire to nom
inate an ideal, typical representa
tive of their party spirit and poli
cies, we do not know a man iu the
whole broad land who would so
uniquely fill the bill as John
Pierpont Morgan.
Mr. Morgan is a robust and
thoroughly ingrained American.
He has education, culture, taste
sand splendid intuitions:. As a
judge of human nature, in the in
dividual or eh masse, he lias
sshown himself an expert. In the
jroalm of business, including the
? ;reat branches of finance, mauu-
aeture, transportation and their
economies, he is easily the peer
less figure of world commerce. He
knows the world’s map and the
secrets of the governments writ
ten on it. As far as the east is
from the, west are the ends of his
lines of influence. He is in sym
pathetic cooperation .with the
men who have much to do with
the control of events, in nations
from China around the globe to
.Russia and India.
It may be argued that Mr. Mor
gan is not himself a politician,
but he is the master of the great
est array, of politicians who serve
any one master on the planet.
He does not need to personally ply
the arts of the ward boss; he
hires the exportest of them and
his will is their wisdom and work.
Again, it may be objected that
he is not a statesman, liut what is
«■ statesman other than he who
can divine national necessities or
perils, and take measures to sup-
l ply the one and avoid the other?
And for nearly twenty years who
has been more conspiciou8 / 'as the
final and forceful counselor of
presidents, cabinets and congress
es iu this nation than John Pier
pont Morgan?
The republican party has not
. in its ranks a more imperious
man to lead it? imperialism, a
more forceful exponent of the
•dootrine that wealth has the
right to rule, a more able man to
handle the financies for the profit
of the bond banditti, a more ar
dent expansionist for “the loot
there is in it,” and so on to the
dad of republican ideas, than this
aanm Morgan. He is a better
politician than Hanna, a better
statesman than Fairbanks or
Spooner, and h better rough rider
than Roosevelt 1 Really, we see
no good reason why it shouldn’t
be Morgan for 1904, if it must be
a republican.
Even in the hottest of weather
crowds of visitors go to the White
House, ostensibly to watoh tlie
workmen tearing out the interior,
‘hut really to carry away pieces of
boards, laths and other parts of
the interior which have been
thrown into the drivrway. The
wrought-iron nails found sticking
out of pieces of wood here and
there are most sought after. These
are of Unusual shape, and are car
ried away by sight-seers by the
hundreds.
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Need More Help.
Often the over taxed organs of
digestion cry out for help by
Dyspecpsia’s pains, Nausea, Diz
ziness, Headaches, liver, com
plaints, bowel disorders. Such
troubles call for prompt use of
Dr. King’s New Life Pills. They
are gentle, thorough and guaran
teed to cure. 25c at Holtzclaw’s
drugstore.
The booming of corn on the
Chicago market to 30 and 40
cents above the level where the
ball operators began to engineer
the scheme is said to have given
John W. Gates a profit on paper
of between $4,000,000 and $6,
000.000. His actual profits will
be Ittrge, but may not reach the
figures named. - V -
the Cough and Works of f
the Cold.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
cuces a cold in one day. No cure,
ivo pay. Price, 25 cents
Humanity Not to be Satisfied.
Henrietta, Teix., Independent,,
Humanity cair never be satis
fied, in this life. It strives to
obtain wealth and when great ac
cumulations surround it, ifc be
comes frightened and strives just
as hard to get j rid of its hoard.
Garnegie, Rockefeller and many
others who have accumulated
groat sums of money are able to
see the folly of their efforts from
a position impossible to the less
prosperous, • and they have almost
opposite views concerning money
to those which they entertained in
the earlier periods of their lives.
Carnegie has said that he would
consider himself disgraced if he
should pass into, eternity a rich
man. A similar case is reported
froni Waverly Iowa. One Abra
ham Slimmer, hitherto to fame
utiknown, who is reported to be
worth $10,000,000, intends to re
tire to his woodshed, where he is
fitting up an office, and spend the
rest of his days in giving away
his wealth. Like Carnegie and
Rockefeller, Slimmer is toiling to
dispense his wealth in a manner
to accomplish the most good, and
he avers that his laudable desire
is to become poor again is causing
him more anxiety than did the
accumulation of liis great wealth.
A lesson can be learned from
the history of these men, a lelson
that wealth cannot satisfy the
heart of man. Unless a human
being has fallen into a state of
lethargy that classes it with mere
animal life, it is ever looking for
ward to something new, some un
tried paths to tread, and if none
are presented like a child which
tires of its toys and destroys them,
humanity turns'about and undoes
that which it has spent a lifetime
in accomplishing. Humanity nev
er rests as long as the blood cours
es freely in its veins. These men
are a few who havo Recognized the
utter childishness of amassing
collossal fortunes, being a degree
higher in mentality, while the
great host of the rich, still un-\u
isfied, are striving onward, urfihvl
means both foul and fair to mhi
to their gains. And the w >n.i
will find the same state existing
when time oeases.
Selling the Philippines to the Japs.
General Burt’s solution of the
Philippine problem looks simple
enough.' It has the earmarks of
genuine Yankee ingenuity about
it, too.
“Turn them over to the Japa
nese,” says the general; “let them
have them on the installment
plan for the consideration, say,
of $150,000,000. Our government
does not need the money in a lump
sum, and by making a proposi
tion of that kind we can dictate
as to coaling stations and make
such reserves as are thought to be
best for trade interests.”
But, simple and ingenius as
Gen-. Burt’s plan is, somebody
must find fault with it. The Bos
ton Herald picks the General’s
plan to pieces and then goes on to
say: “The proposed selling price
is too high when we consider the
small amount we paid for the is
lands, and it is too losv when we
figure up what it has cost us to
“pacify” them. And, besides,
what huve the Japanese ever done
to us that we should wish to sell
them the Philippines anyway?”
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Summer complaint is unusually
prevalent among ohildren this
season. A well developed case in
the writer’s family was cured last
week by the timely ubc of Cham-
bejrlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy—one of the best
patent medicines manufactured
and which is always kept on hand
at the home of ye scribe. 1 This is
not intended as a free puff for the
company, who do not advertise
with us, but to benefit little suf
ferers who may not be within easy
access of ,a physician. No family
should be without a bottle of this
medicine in _ the house, especially
in summer-time.—Lansing, Iowa,
Journal. For sale by all dealers
in Perry,, Warren & Lowe, Byron.
Yicksburg, Miss., is to select its
most popular minister by popular
vote and send him tojhe St. Louis
exposition with a}l expenses -paid.
If You Suffer from Kidney Troubles
Use Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure. Noth
ing like it for diseased kidneys. 50
cents, at Cater’s Drugstore.
Cuban Annexation Issue.
A. ‘ -
St. Louis Kepuqlic.
Representative Cooper of Wis
consin does not use too strong a
word, when he characterizes as
“brutal” the talk of the annexa
tion of Cuba now being indulged
in by certain Republicans whose
imperial spirit cannot approve of
the establishment of an indepen
dent Republic which could be so
easily conquered instead and ad
ded to our insular possessions,
The Wisconsin Congressman is
right, also, in declaring that the
forcible annexation of Cuba
against the consent of the Cuban
people,-which is undoubtedly the
object of those now so loudly urg
ing a discussion of the annexa
tion issue, would be in violation
of our pledges to Cuba and to the
world.
We cannot afford to deal treach
erously with Cuba if we are to
maintain our national honor.
There is no escape from this view
of the situation.
Trust interests behind the
movement for the early annexa
tion of Cuba must not be permit
ted to stultify the United States
for the advancement of selfish
ends. They are all-powerful with
the Republican party, but the
American people must take an
honest stand against them and
the party which they own.
This Government’s good name
is vitally at stake in the matter
of our dealings with Cuba. No
power should be great enough to
make us prove false to a little
country now glorying in liberty
and self-government and looking
to us, the world’s example of the
blessing^ of liberty and self-gov
ernment, for that support and en
couragement to which we are
bound by our own creed of free
dom.
. AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES
For Next Ten Days;
Have on hand the finest stock of new Pianos ever brought
to this morket, such celebrated makes as Stein way, Weber,
Sohmer & Go., Kranich & Bach, Ivers & Pond, Crown and
others that we will sell for the next ten days ot greatly
reduced prices to make room.
Call or write at once and secure one of these bargains.
Pianos and Organs sold on easy terms.
F. A. GUTTENBERGER & CO*,
452 Second St., Macon, Ga.
Too Much for Gates.
"I am going to give up being
good-natured,” declared John W.
Gates, mantling his jovial face
wall a frown, Bays the New York
I'i ilies. “When Louisville and
Nashville was going up under
pressure of my buying, a specula^
tor came to me and said:
“ ‘Say, Gates, I want $5,000.
I’ve got a sure thing.’
“ ‘All right, said I, giviog him
my check.
“Next day he paid the loan, re
marking that lie had put up the
money as margin and had cleared
nearly $2,000.
“ ‘What did you buy?’ I asked.
“ ‘L, and N.,” he answered with
a grin.
“Hang me, if he hadn’t bought
the stock with, my money, held it
against me, and made me pay two
points more for it, taking the $2,-
000 right out of my own pocket.”
“More haste, less speed,” and
“hasten slowly,” are proverbs
born of experience that some
things can’t be hurried without
loss and waste. That is specially
true of eating. The railway lunch
habit, “five minutes for refresh
ments,” is a habit most disastrous
to the health. You may. hurry
your eating. You can’t hurry
your digestion,. and the neglect tc
allow proper time fQi* this-impor
tant function is the beginning of
sorrows to many a busy mad.
When the tongue is foul, the head
aches, when there are sour or bit
ter risings, undue fullnes after
eating, hot flushes, irritability,
nervousness, irresolutiou, cold ex
tremities, and other annoying
symptoms, be sure the stomach
and organs of digestion and nutri
tion have “broken down.” Noth
ing will re-establish them in ac
tive healthy operation so quickly
as Dr; Pierce’s Golden Medical
Discovery. It strengthens the
stomach, nourishes the nerves, pu
rifies the blood, and builds up
the body. It is a strictly temper
ance medicine, containing no alco
hol or other intoxicant.
Given away. Dr. Pierce’s great
work, The People’s Common Sense
Medical Adviser is sent; free oil re
ceipt of stamps to pay expense of
mailing only. Send 21, one-cent
stamps for the paper ' covered
book, or 31 stamps for cloth bind
ing, to Dr. R. Y. Pierce, Buffalo,
N. Y.
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Oil from the cotton, seed, sun
flower seed, olives or peanuts con
tains the fat elements of meat as
well as the other fbod qualities.
WITH TOT
WE SELL
Harvesting Machinery,
Disc Plows,
Harrows,
Hay Presses,
Buggies,
Wagons,
Harness,
Whips,
Laprobes, &c
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We san quote you some
mighty low prices now.
A big lot Second-Hand Buggies
at your own price.
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THE WILLIAMS BUGGY COMPANY,
' MACON, GEORGIA.
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