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THE RATE WAR
K ( lY 1 \ 1-T A R\ mi i lessees. He Is well known to all Geor-
'-'•l'’ -*- x ’ llAllii-'iJL gj a politicians, and especially to those
L^am*unn it «ta
hero this week winding up the affairs of
the old Western and Atlantic railroad
Railroads Will Sacrifice Reve
nue “For a Principle.’’
MAT REGRET THEIR HASTY ACTIOS
Gladness Comes
W ith a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef
forts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts—
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms of
hickness are not due to any actual dis-
casa but simply to a constipated condi
tion of the system, which tne pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
-cleanliness" without debilitating the
•organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to got its bene
ficial effects, to note when you pur
chase, that you have the genuine arti
cle, which is manufactured by the Cali-
♦jrni* Fig Svrup Co. only anti sold by
till reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may he eommended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
me should have the best, and with the
wfell-inforined everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
tuad and gives most general satisfaction.
LOCAL AND BUSINESS MENTION-
Heinz’s Baked Beans at Bearden &
'Conn’s.
August will be upon ns in a short
while.
Canned meats of every kind at
Bearden iV ConuV
Heinz's l’ickles and Condiments at
15 ;.rden Conn’s.
11,e n- w woman is Iwre and she rules]
•J < u ''< i s -he should not Cry.
K'-iiiiu'’..Cluck, r.sar<-always fresh
* 1 l»c;.:,t-.*u .X Conn"-.
an excursion to this
tomorrow.
m ii i riH'> ar. 1 lluta liagn seed,
m r it Carrington - Drug Store.
; • rnichm rind is a nuisailee.
'd imt tillowed to llll’OV,
TUic uili In
Some of Hie Com pen lei Involved Will
Probably Uo Into Receivers' Hands Bo*
fore tbn War Is Knded. and Then They
Will Cry "Hard Times,” ttc.—Frank
Weldon's Weekly Iotlir.
[Special Correspondence.]
Atlanta, July 25. — The railroad!
have declared war among themselves
and they mil go at it in earnest Aug. 1.
Right in the heart of hard times, they
determine to throw away what little
revenue they are making. They remind
me of these labor organizations which
strike in midwinter when the greatest
suffering is sure to follow loss of work.
After awhile some of these companies
will go into receiverships, and it may
not be very long either with some of
thorn, and then they wfll say it was hard
times, financial agitation, the oppres
sions of railroad commissions. You
will not hoar any one of them come out
and admit that it was tlio rate wai
which they hotly inaugurated “for a
principle.” The principle involved is
in not yielding to certain demands made
by the Seaboard Air Line railroad. The
demands were galling. Of that there is
uo question and I am not defending
thorn. But it is tho history of all rail
roads in this country to defeat compe
ting lines, if possible. Tho policy of the
old Central, the Southern, the Plant
system the Louisville & Nashville and
others has boon to buy up rival lilies,
although sometimos there would be a
variatiou and a strong company would
bui’d a branch, hoad the new edmer off
ami threaten to parallel him if he did
not stop work. In the present case, tfh#
Seaboard could not buy out the South
ern’s opposition lino of steamers, so it
proceeds to tight it, even though it in
volves ”0 innocent lines which have not
a thing to do Avith its own fight against
the Southern.
Now it is a question of endurance. All
the railroads and steamship lines in the
south and some 1 in the Avest Avill lose
money A million dollars a week, I
should, jndgo would be a very modest
estimate ot tho loss to thetruiAnmtution
c lajuiiios so long as this war lasts.
H v, > aa it he otherwise when the rate
is i u from SO, a ton on freight from
New York to Atlanta, down to-S-t.ou, and
relatively from all otlifr ep.-tem point
avIio have served in tile legislature dur
ing tho past eigiit years. He Avas a
Democrat until the St. Louis couA-eutiou
met and nominated McKinley. “Wh
will have less trouble in carrying Ten- i
nessee for McKinley than the Republi- ;
cans Avill have carrying Illinois or In- j
diaua for him. He will got a big ma- j
jority in Kentucky, too.” The major
does not think that the Populist vote for i
Bryau in those states will offset the de- j
fection of souud money Democrats. j
Word comes from Washington that !
Ed Barrett, formerly of Augusta, will
probably be at the head of the Bryau
literary bureau at the natioual Demo
cratic headquarters. This is n vory im
portant position, as the bureau prepares
and distributes tho campaign literature,
supplying the books, newspaper letters
and speeches.
By the way, the Soaboard Air Line
railroad’s officials are talking about giv
ing a very cheap rate from Georgia to
New York at tho time of the Bryan rat
ification meeting. There are a great
many people who would like to hear
Mr. Bryan speak on that occasion, an l
if they go they will camp in front i
Madison Square Garden so as to g*‘t
good seats when the doors are openeu.
A Georgian \who is in New York this
Aveek says that he mot Colonel John It.
Fellows, The eloquent lawyer stated
that he would not vote for Bryan under
any circumstances, but he added that
he believed the Nebraskan Avonld carry
New York state by a larger majority
than Mr. Cleveland received in J8!>2.
“A reniakable feature of this campaign
is that money has no influence with the
voters,” said Colonel Fellows. “Bryau
has none and does not seem to need any.
The Republicans cannot do anything
Avith money. This silver craze is sweep
ing the country and I believe that the
silver ticket will have 3,000,000 major
ity on tho popular vote of the country.
New Jersey is gone and Bryan Avill prob
ably get amajriritv in 'Massachusetts. I
hear that there are whole cemmunities
in some of the eastern states in which
nearly all votersuro for silver.”
A KefoTinatory Needed.
Georgia needs a reformatory for Boys.'
Hundreds of children and youths are
going to the bad every year in this state
from us ana tno Egyptians oeai no at
our own game. They grow a longer
staple than our upland and they make
more of it to tho acre than Ave do. In
India, though, they liavo not got it
down as fine as avo have it.”
Colonel Smith has 5,000 acres in cot
ton this year. He says that he had the
best prospect for corn that he has ever
seen, but the freshet a Aveek or two age
ruined a large part of it.
Mr. Truitt, tho Troup county planter,
was here this week and he told mo that
his crop is very promising, but there has
been too much rain recently.
Frank Weldon.
WHITNEY riEANS WAR.
Sound Money Democrats
Have a Ticket.
To
We are back again with
Heinz Baked Beans
JtJYJD—
New York, July 23.—William C.
Whitney, in an interview with a rep
resentative of the Southern Associated
Press today, Avas asked it in his judg
ment, there would be a third ticket
nominated by the sound money demo
crats. He replied: “I think events
and the course of the republicans are
are making it inevitable. The gener
al situation,” he continued, “is far
worse to-day, in my opinion, .than it
was ten days ago. The republican
managers and candidates have shown
no realizing sense of the situation.
They have failed to avail of a great
opportunity for benefiting the country.
If the present condition of affairs con
tinues for any length of time sound
money democrats are bound to orga
nize and it cannot be prevented. The
truth is there does not seem to be in
the east a realizing sense of the extent
and seriousness of the free silver move
ment. It is the result of reading and
agitation. I think it may be accepted
as a fact that the vast majority of
free silver believers at this time are
not open to conviction.
I was satisfied before,Ave went to
Chicago that noiniug could be accom
plished in the direction of changing or
modifying the free silver idea, and I
said so. Nevertheless It was our duty
fo go there and express the strength of
the conviction of eastern delegates and
further to afford llie country an “object
lessbn' showing so plainly that it could
Tomato Sauce.
If you Lave never tried them you should do so.
Our stock of Fancy Groceries is the most complete in the city.
Candies, Crackers, Fruits and Vegetables cau always be found in
our store.
BEARDEN CONN,
the; grocers.
lor the want of restraining influences i j )f , r.iisnr.derstood, tlie undemocrat-
aiid discipline. The cns«of “Biscuit.” i ft revolntioRarv w hich donw
A lCYPlll llOVVklViV l*4 it lllV! At.rAt.llMt l\r . * 1 „ . .
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ledge, iin
hiiciui- MTAt’LKU. iueeon, Ha,. 55t
I'li-.-rry St., -a-iliei- a specialty of the
»ve, nuce, rhroat and uo.-e. 8tt
1 ,i
a.
Hen r al
•Vasliington
s’ Stf allied
cant lunch
' 1 It.
Mrs-
Mil
on
St.,
Antifermcntine only Jo
Put up a our fruit with it.
llall A Treanor.
is. per box.
For sale by
tf.
Those who are owing me will confer
quite a favor by at once calling and set
tling their account. 1 need the monev.
J. M. Bayne.
Foil Ken r—One is room house in
western portion of city. Good water,
out houses, one acre of land. Apply
to !.. 11, Stcnihridge, Miliedgi'ville,
• Ga. 52 lm.
Fiery Monday evening at H o’clock
the Clirisuaii Endeavor meets in the
basement ol the Presbyterian cliureli.
All will be welcomeed .
T. F. Newell, G. . Probst,
Secretary. President.
Having made up my mind to board
tor sonic time, I wi-h te sell my furni
ture, ' tc. Any one desiring IIousi
hold goods will lie able, to secure bar
gains at niv house on Jefferson Street
G. . PRO ST.
A Quick Cure for Billious Colic.
Persons subject fo attacks of bilious
colic should try Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhum Remedy. It al
ways gives prompt relict'. For sale by
Culver A Kidd, druggists, Millcdge-
\ille, Ga. 4 lm.
“Not long since” says Mr. C. F. j
Emery, tin* well known merchant, of!
Alpine, California, “a customer came I
into my store nearly doubled up with j
pains in the. stomach. I do not know |
utter
when I ever saw out
doubted his recovery. As an inspira
tion, I happened to think of Chamber
lain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. I hastily opened a bottle and
gave him h large dose. Inside of ten
minutes he was much better, and soon
after as well fis ever. For sale by
Culver A Kidd, druggists, Milledgc-
ville, Ga. 4 1m.
When Baby was sick, wo gave her Castoria.
AVhen she was a Child, she cried for Caetoria,
When she became Miss, she '.Hung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
into the south. Our railroads havo had
all tV'.oy cMfld'do the past few years, to
make tlwur fixed charges, that is tho
money required to pay the interest on
their bonds after their running expenses'
are paid. Tho Central of Georgia just
did make about enough last year to pay
fixed charges. The Southern railroad
ran behind $250,000 it) 1805 and had to
borrow $000,000 to pay its July interest.
The Georgia railroad lias to make 10
per cont a year, clear, and avo know no
business can stand that and throw good
money aAvay. The Louisville and Nash
ville’s stock lias shrunk 11 points this
year. A bondholder of one of the great
systems tc/ld me today that some bonds
Avhich ho bought just after the reorgan
ization at 05 aro now bringing only 85.
Tho Southern had to pay $5,500,000
interest this year.
The Seaboard’s fixed charges aro
$000,000 a year and the Central’s aro
$1,800,000.
. If each company runs short .25 per
cent, it will cost the Southern more than
$1,125,000, the Central $150,000 and tho
Seaboard $150,000.
Ill tho absence of President Spencer,
tho Southern’s policy is in the hands of
Vice Presidents Baldwin and Andrews.
Mr. Baldwin is a dashing, hardworking,
broadminded man of possibly 40. ilo
does not look any older. He Avas born
in Boston and aviis a classmate of tho
lute Governor Russell, who died last
Aveek. Mr. Baldwin is an aifublo man,
easy of approach, but hard to get at be
cause of the great number of people vvho
are oonstantiy after him oti business.
He has not time to give anybody an au
dience of more than a fow minutes.
He is very quick in the dispatch of busi-
I ness, and settles questions on tho fly.
I If lie did not, ho never Avould be able
! to keep up with the thousands of mat-
| ters croAvding upon him from every
| s do,, every day.
Vice P.esiuont, 8t. John, avIio is
playing tho Seaboard’s lono hand in this
game, is supposed to be a lire eater, a
m.m avIio lives on hot tamales aud to-
fiasco sauce. But lie has filuo eyes to
start with and a bland smile, lie is
large of physique, rotund in body and
florid of complexion. He speaks in a
low,easy tone but is not a voluble talker.
What lio has to say, ho says to tho point.
When he comes to a decision lie is a
sticker. Somebody made a Hit recently
by getting off the expression that “God
hates a quitter.” If this is true, the
deity has nothing against St. John on
that score. Ho may liavo other faults,
but that is not one of them. From
what I havo seen of him on his business
trips to Atlanta, I believe ho will be in
tho Avar at tho finish and light ttye com
bination of roads to a standstill. '
This trouble among tho roads is suro
to get into politics aud when tho cam
paign opens up well, there Avill bo more
trouble for the corporations.
McKinley* Chnncet» In Tennensee.
"McKinley will carry Tennessee and
Kentucky,” said Major E. B. StaHlman,
who is understood to be a candidate for
the Republican nomination for governor
a local newsboy, is a sad illustration of
tho lack of such tui institution. And
there arc scores of similar cases all pver
Georgia. “Biscuit” is a celebrity in
his Avay. He is not ton years old and is
small for his age. Everybody iu At
lanta knows, him. He has been selling
papers, blacking shoos and AVorking a
confidence game in a small way ever
since he could toddle. Hi* father A
dead ami this little folloAV has been sup
porting an invalid mother for five years.
He became an adept at working the un
suspecting. A favorite method was to
approach a gentleman and lady Avith
tears streaming down his face, tell a
pitiful story of a sick mother Avith hun
gry little children. His family Avas
ahvays a large one Avhen he appealed in
this Avay, but it varied iu numbers. If
his listener avus hard to move, "Biscuit"
would double the number of brothers
aud sisters in an instant. Sometimes
inaft'd the movement. In' this wc'wrre
-ticcesdul.
“The democratic Mask 'was''pretty
effectually removed Trefn' the' face or
populism which had VdVced ft^lt Foi
1 the time being to a position o: 'control.
State of Georgia,
Executive Depariment,
Atlanta, Ga., July 15, 1896.
PROCLAMATION SUBMITTING CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
Whereas The General Assembly of 1894 passed the following act
to amend tlie Constitution, to-ivit:
‘'An Act to amend the Constitution of the State by adding a new
paragraph to article G, section 2, to be known as paragraph 8, so
as to change tho olgauization ol the Supreme Court, to increase
the number of associate justices, to provide for elections by the
people, and for other purposes:
Section I. Be enacted by tho General Assembly, That the Con
stitution of this State be amended by adding a new paragraph, to
bo known as paragraph 8 of section 2 of article G, which shall read
as follows:
The Supreme Court shall hereafter consist of a Chief Justice and
five associate justices. The court shall liaA-e power to hear and de-
new situation and the republicans
he would approach tho same person j should have been the first to welcome
twice, meeting him on different streets i sound democrats
and not recognizing Iris friend of an
hour before. One night a gentleman
took the ragged little fellow into a res
taurant ami treated him to the best
meal "Biscuit” had ever seen. The
newsboy said that when he avus hungry
and could not get anything to eat, he
Avould go to sleep. “You forget you’re
hungry when you’re asleep,” he ex
plained.
This Aveek tho little fellow was ar- ‘ of national
rested for burglary. He had Broken
into a store late at night and robbed the
cash drawer of $20. It Avas the most
money lie had over had, and he felt
rich. He bought supplies at the gro
cery, got himself a new suit and filled
his pockets with candy and cigarettes.
Then he turned up around the hotels
and showed such evidences of sudden
prosperity that he was arrested on sus
picion and finally confessed to a bur
glary Avliieh had puzzled the detectives.
If liis ago does not save him, he will go
to tho penitentiary, Avhere the chances
are that he Avill grow hardened in vie v
Naturally, he is a bright child, but he
lias lived more In the streets than at
homo and he has gone the path that is
almost inevitable finder tiiose condi
tions.
There was a similar caso hero las;
year. Tho boy Avas sent to tiie mines
and the governor pardoned him. The
boy really wanted to make a fresh start
in life. He was taken to
town, given a good homo and started to
school. His name was changed and
none but the family which had adopted
him knew of his past. One day a news
paper reporter, Avho heard the story,
published it, telling where the boy was
located. That ruined his prospects in
the toAvn Avhere he Avas happy and he
returned here, hopeless.
Farming In Europe.
“If I Avas not tied up Avith my farm
ing 1 Avould get up a party of about half
a dozen and take a trip abroad,” said
Colonel James M. Smith, the big farmer
from Oglethorpe county, this week. “I
would like to see how they farm in Eu
rope and down in Egypt and over in
India. Those Egyptian and India fel
lows, or fellahs, as I believe they are
called, are great cotton raisers. If they
had our soil and climate, I reckon they
would make a powerful sight more cot
ton than we raise. They got the idea
AY..at should have" WrV the next | termine cases Avhen sitting, either in a body or in two divisions of
three judges each, under such regulations as may be prescribed by
tlie General Assembly. X majority of either division shall consti
tute a quorum for that division. The Chief Justice and the associ
ate justices of the Supreme Court shall hereafter be elected by the
people at the same time and in the same manner as the Governor
and the State house officers are elected, except that tho first election
under this amendment shall be held on the third Wednesday in
December, 1896, at which time ono associate justice shall bo elected
for a full term of six years, to till the vacancy occurring on January
first, 1897, by the expiration of the term of ono of the present incum
bents, and three additional associate justices shall be elected for
terms expiring respectively, January 1st, 1899; January 1st, 1901; and
January 1st, 1903. The persons elected as additional associate jus
tices shall, among themselves, determine by lot which of tho three
last mentioned terms each shall have, aud they shall be commission
ed accordingly. After said first election, all terms (except unex
pired terms) shall be for six years each. In case of any vacancy
which causes au uuexpired term, the same shall be tilled by executive
appointment, aud the person appointed by tho Governor shall hold
; his office until tho next regular election, and until his successor for
->tep 'in tire fight for t!iK preservation
of national honor and sound finance?”
“We liad suddenly come up£>n a new
, and very great crisis, one that called
! for the sinking of partisanship and the
: union of sound money men to rescue the
; country from disaster. Hundreds of
thousands of democrats stood ready to
! declare themselves upon that Kmk:
i and were ready to subordinate evury-
! thing, even to voting for tlie republican
I caffildates. There should have been
an immediate recognition of a
non-partisan
union, subordinating all other things to
this question <>f nationoi honor.
Wliat lias been tlie course of the re
publican leaders and the republican
press?
ti resisted upon putting j k a j ance Q j the unexpired term shall lmvebeenelectedandquali-
neu. 1 he returns of sain special election shall be made to the Sec
retary of State,
Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That Avheuever the above proposed
amendment to the Constitntion shall be agreed to by two-thirds of
the members elected to each of the two houses of the General As
sembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the
yeas and nays taken thereon, the Governor shall, and he is hereby
authorized and instructed to cause said amendment to be published
in at least two newspapers in each congressional district in this
state for the period of two mouths next proceeding the time of
holding the next general election.
Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That above proposed amendment
shall be submitted for ratification or rejection to the electors of this
State at the next general election to be held after publication
as rivovirWl for in ftnnnnrl confirm fliic A in Ilia aavavni plflf.
money democrats into one class, aud
denouncing altogether under tlie, name
democracy. They jeer i t
democracy,' and yet admit that tlie
doubtful states' are those where repub
licanism has been dominating for
thirty years. If they continue in this
line, the sound money democrats will
nominate a third ticket to’ save the
j vote from drifting back to the Chica-
I go ticket. The republicans will need
' in November all the aid they can ob-
[ tain from the sound money democrats
' If they they think they can hold their
'natural strength, through the middle,
I west, or even in some parts of the east
by the single tendency of party alle
giance, they are mistaken. It is evi
dent that the free silver vote' is to be
united. It should be opposed by a
solid and united sound money vote. It
never can be, if, in addition to Mc
Kinley, democrats must vote for Mc-
Kinleynism and all that it represents.
The issue of the past should be buried
an interior ! fititil the couutrv has been rescued by
patriotic action from its present peril.
*:It ought to be plain to all though),
fill and patriotic republicans that the
time has come when it is absolutely
necessary for all good citizens to drop
for the time being, partisanship and
work together earnestly and intelligent
ly for the common good. To trifle
with a crisis so serious as this, or to
attempt to ignore or belittle it, would
be both a blunder and a crime. But
one fact is certain, the present respon
sibility for meeting this situation rests
upon the republican candidates and
leaders, and if they are to act intelli
gently and patriotically, there is no
time to lose.
McKinley stands as the rich man’s
candidate, and the charge that Bryan
has never made more than $1,500 a
year, will not hurt him with the
masses, the men to elect him.
as provided for in the second section of this Act, in the several elec
tion districts of this State, tit which election every person shall be
qualified to vote who is entitled to vote for members ot the General
Assembly. All persons voting at said election in favor pf adopting
the proposed amendment to the Constitution shall litvvo written or
printed on their ballots the words “For Supremo Court Amendment,”
and all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall
have written or printed on their ballots the words “Against Supreme
Court Amendment.”
Sec. I\ . .Be it fuvther enacted, That the Governor be, aud he is
hereby authorized aud directed to provide for the submission of the
amendment proposed iti tlie first section of this Act to a vote of the
people as required by the Constitution of this State in paragraph 1
of section 1 of article 13, and by tins Act and if ratified, the Gov
ernor shall, when he ascertains such ratification from the Secretary
of State, to whom the returns shall be referred in the manner as in
cases of elections for members of the General Assembly to count
aud ascertain the results, issue his proclamation for ono insertion in
one of the daily papers of this state, announcing such result and de
claring the amendment ratified.
Sec. A , Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in
conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
Approved December 16,1895.”
Now, therefore, I, William Y. Atkinson, Governor of said State,
do issue this my proclamation declaring that the foregoing proposed
amendment to the Constitution is hereby submitted for ratification or
rejection to the legal voters of the State at the general olection to
be held on Wednesday, October 7th, 1896.
By the Governor: ' W. Y. ATKINSON,
J.W. Warren, Governor.
. Sec’y Executive Dept.