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Official Papet or all Officers of Pike County
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Zrbu/.on. Oa. Nov. 20, 1901.
SIDNEY It. GREEN, Editor.
DECLlnED TO PUBLISH.
Cot Murphvy'a Reply to an editorial
in r*f* w s-Oatette
Editor Journal: —There ap
peart-d m the Bnrnesville News of
last* week a long editorial, calling
for an explanation from me and of
fermg me space in its columns to
make reply
in compliance with this voluntary
request ami unexpected offer of
space, l at once wrote a reply and
had a fi j., ml to place it in the hands
of the editor. The reply was la-pt
three 01 four days and then return
ed to me with a refusal to publish
the same. I herewith hand you the
reply ami ask that you publish it in
your paper and send me 100 extra
Copies tor dixttributrm in Barnes
ville.
A. A. M.
Editor News:—In y mr last
comments on the October Dispensary
Report, you begin a long editorial aB fol
lows:
"In behalf of the public, tho News-Ga
zette begs to ask Col Murphey to eluci- plain
date this report and make it *so
that way-faring men, though fools. can
not err there in 1 n 4F
And you wind up this editorial in
these words;
•‘We therefore offer bim space In the
News-Gazette to explain the report, and
will await with interest bis elucidation
of this puzzling problem.’*
Your Interest, Mr. Editor, “in behalf
of tbs publio,” is commendable! And
your “offer of space,” gratuitous and
unexpected, is nevertheless available and
is accepted, witli the understanding that
you are, to publish my reply In full,
without amendments or curtailments.
You ask, "Col. Murphey,” Mr. Editor,
a num!*er of questions and make some
insinuations. May he not ask you and
your crowd a few questions?
In legitimate discussions, it sometimes
happens that a question can be answered
and its point and pith destroyed by a re
joinder in the form of another question .
Question No. 1—Do jon honestly
think. Mr. Editor, that the publio, the
unprejudiced public, do not understand
that report? In this regard, are you
not laboring under the erroneous impres
slon that a few stock holders in the
News Publishing Company and some of
tho present Mayor and Council of
Baruesville represent the unsuspecting
public? Don’t you really think, in the
language of dam Jones, that somo folks
‘-are mad about what they arc not mad
about?"
Qitxstion No. 2—Why did you wait to
publish the OoU-ber Dispensary Report
and comment thereon uutil you saw the
same iu the Pike County Journal?
You published the September Report.
Did not certain members of the Council,
stockholders in the News Company, in
struct you or request you not to publish
any mute of Murpliey’s reports unless
tho council or stockholders so ordered?
Commissioner Evans told you, did lie
not, that the Commission would gladly
furnish you a report each month as a
news item?
Question No. 3—Why is that October
Report giving you and your crowd so
-much concern just at this time? What
is the matter witli tho report? Arc the
profits too large or to 1 small? Do you
not believe the Commission paid 8880
on the old debts? If « )( write to the
creditors, whose addresses your crowd
have, and disprove tho report, if you
own. The reqort is made out in full
compliance with spiiit and letter of the
law. Plainly tell the public, “what’s
hurting you.” What do you and your
crowd want? Do you want the “Tana”
back? 1* it Murpliey’s job, you are
hankering after?
You call upon me, Mr. Editor, to
elucidate the October report and make
itso piaiu "that way faring men, though
fools, cannot err therein”, i am perfect
ly willing to undertake the job of ex
plaining to “wayfaring men, though
fools," but may the Gods deliver me
from the task of elucidating anything
for the edification of a predjudiced
mortal. Sydney Smith advises •‘never
try to reason the prejudice out of a man.
It was not reasoned into him. and ean
not be reasoned out.” 1 had rather tack
le an unmitigated fool any day than it
prejudiced soul in the legerdemain of
mentality., An eminent thinker puts it
this way.- - ‘Prejudice, which sees wlmt
ft pleases, cannot see what is plain ”
l atiil insitl that the Dispensary report
for October is not only legal, but so
plsiti that a v< ay f iring man though a
fool, need not err in undtrstandtug it.
Espec ftlly is ttiis the 1 s-e when ci.nttd
ffeJ i« >jje fight of ihe fit p ember He
t tor* nilVI' t'.< M vor ami H m» ■»! I,ad
;„ j, j r ,,, scsi,,,, a'true „ M* < lt~
l,VV l "’lei h, ii *M : ft. -V tt L nv,
, M. , and ,0 .«.d the and
' (J..uuc.I, Him t e Diipr-sny tuuf
hau ‘ l ; a! 1 " 5 " * inintf 1,1 * !! ' .' er > ‘ “
Mr an,, k of Union Octh.g m cash
f'f hd.e 0 - in 1 *' your ot ” fr paper " m tl,e oa r - ,,0,t October " pu 2 d. l
The Oct her Itepoil shows tint there
was a.jdta to this stock during the men*
1 I 1 liquors costing in cash *1887. Add
these tW3 cash pureba-es, and they
made a slock of over $2700 at first cost
or flMOO with 2-3% a bled, Willi this
cspilal lire Dbpcrnaiy was run during
montn of October. At theend.theie was
m the Bank *881, after all expenses were
pwd an,I not an unpaid tall on (be
(woks. This* *8»1 were profits that
showed up dm mg the month in cash,
and not in i.tock as at the end < f Heptem
bu. The profile necossarely lap over
from one month to the othtr, eonietimee
in stock and sometimes In cish, depend
hog upon the run ot rah-s and amount
of purchases.
Ibis is apparent 10 any thinking mind.
no: blinded by prejudice. It is there
f,.re, feolith to Wo the inquiry and
much more nonsensical to under!aka to
explain whv 8880 profit cannot be
on a sale of 82400 at ‘Jo% advance
cost, when 8 am Johnson was making
an argutut at on one oesasion. obji/cilon
being made to ids rewuning. he retorted
that be could “furnish the reasoning but
not the understanding to bis hearers."
Mr. Editor,you ref-r vo “unpaid bills.”
The present Dispensary has no unpaid
bills.
It isacasli institution. Not since the
first i f September have we bought li
quors except torcaali. “Cash purchases'’
means purcbeses for cash. The city
hiut ii id expetencce enough doubtless,
along ibe crodii line*. You also refer to
“stock mi hau l.'’ The Mayor and Coun
ei! have nothing whatever to do with
amount ef stock ihe Dispensary Coinnus
slot ers see fit to keep on hand. The
law plaeos lies matter in the tliscietion
of tlie Commi-sior;. The Mayor and
Council have no right un:er the law to
demand a report frotn OtMmiiiesioners
except as 10 amount ot receipt-*, amount
of expenses and amount of profits, if any.
The city attorney should know this, if
lie does not. There are (wo lawyers on
the Commission and they flatter them
selves that they can under»tand tliecom
pion English of a Statute.
We aie not called up-m by law to ex
plain anything to the Mayor ami Coun
cil. We can an l do make lend and
plain reports, but wo can not enlighieu
some folks, “who have eyes to see and
sea not, ears to hear and bear not.”
Were we disposed and bad Ihe lime,
we could tell the Mayor and Council
quite a number of interesting thingB con
nected with the Dispensary. As my pen
“lias got agoing and can not stop,"
I’ll gfve it reins to scratch off a f.-iv
more lines and then call a hilt. We
could tell the Mayor and Count it and
with your permission",* the Dear Public,
that we are buying liquors Very cheap
for casli. Commissioner Kavans' Kx
managor ol the Old Dispensary, as-nres
us that we are paying less than |2,(X) per
gallon for the same brand of liquor that
the Old management promised to pay
|2,50 per gallon for.
We could tell the Mayor and Conned
and doubly assure the people, that every
gallon ot liquor bought goes into the Dis
pensary, and every pint or quart that
goes out is paid for.
We could explain to tho Mayor ami
Council and their suspecting sympathi
sers, that the Dispensary is mn on busi
ness principles and could show that it is
making or saving’ or what ever you may
call it, a large part of i s expenses in
buying and selling bottles and ceding
empty barrels, every dollar of which
go s into the Treasury of 1 he Dis; ensary
and not into the private pockets of any
man or set of men,
B R«*l puzzlcinq Problem.
In conclusion, Mr. Eiltt ir, let me dt
root your attention to another “pu?.
zli -g problem" It may have escaned
your attention. I refer to the problem
that 9 out of 10 citizens have been try
ing to solve, in their own minds, tor
several months. It is a real nuzzling
problem and not an imaginary one.
The people of this town, almosl to a
man, want to know what w ent with the
money made through high profile in tho
Old Dispensary. They wish to know
why it is the New D’speusary ts making
more money at a urotil of 25% than tire
Old Dispens–ty at a profit of 100% -
Will you lend your aid, Mr. Editor to
the ealuiii-n of'-“this puzzling problem”. ?
A. A. MGKPHEY,
T. ad Adams the bright editor of
the Barnesville News-Gazette says
he doesn't intend to discuss questions
with This Journal editor until be
becomes better informed. Who
could blame him? ITe is so bright
and intelligent be couldn’t afford it.
He has taught school at Hollonville,
been a clerk in the Georgia senate,
clerk of the board of the county
commissioners and is now editor of
a sheet in Barnesville that hasn’t
space to explain why $ 2 ,ooo instead
of 82,500 is 25 % gross profits on
810,000 worth of liquors.
Thad, go in a hole.
A MORGAN INTERVIEW.
«, J. 1’ierpont Morgan makes his
boast that he never has been inter
viewed, and declares that in the last
seven ^ years but one interviewer ever
hag ab , c to h him . Thi8
was on a recent trip to Europe when
ropreserlta * tive of the London
Tim( , vou!d not take “No” for his
answer.
“Tell The Times man my time is
wortli £10 a minute," at last said
Morgan. “The Times he’ll take
man says
two minutes at that,” came back the
reply. jj handed Mr. Mor
T JC j nto rviewer
fj ■ £g0) talked j u8t two minutes by
Qth their etches, did all the talk
• himself and rose to go on the
nt
« why did yol , wan t to see me?”
JJ " or “(jh, g an askcd in curiosity, would
I wagered £100 that I
interview yon personally; that’s
all,” was his reply. ## “
Morgan congratulated him on his
enterprise, and dismissed him with
jn tho third minute of his call,
^q len asked the* other day if he
kept the £ 20 , Morgan said, “Yes,
and ] haven’t earned money in a
j ong time that gave me the satisfac
tion that £30 did.”
Undaunted by Majesty.
The “gillies” that were a feature
of Queen Victoria’s household have
been retained by tho king. These
servants have always been noted for
their faithfulness of service and
frankness of speech. Recently the
king, exhausted by a long day’s
work, ordered some light refresh
ment, which was brought by a “gil
lie”—one Macdonald.'""*
“I think I’d like to'change places
with you, Macdonald,” said the
king, with a smile.
“Awm daurin’ tao theenk, your
mnwjusty,” replied the honest Scot,
“that it takes an unco guid tnon tae
be aye a gullie.” that I’m not ‘guid’
“Do you mean
enough ?”
“Aw’ll no say that,” answered the
undaunted Mac, “but awm makin’
bold tae tell your mnwjusty that
you’d hauv a bitter lot tae learn.”
“You’re right, Macdonald,” was
the smiling response. “Some kings
are made, but clever gillies are born,
not made.”—London Mail.
The President's Name.
The name of “Roosefelt.” the president The is
“Rosyvelt,” not pronunciation of the
indiscriminate
president’s name by the hundreds
of callers who throng the White
House these days has resulted in an
official and authorized statement of
the correct way in which the name
of the chief executive should be pro
nounced, This statement nn
r,ounces: “The accent is on Ibe
first of three syllable?, and this first
syllable is pronounced with the long
sound of the letter ‘ 0 / as in the
word ‘rose,’ and not ns in the word
‘goose.’ The first letter ‘o’ is also
sounded, and the entire name is
spoken as though it were written
‘Rosyvelt.’ ” The statement con
cludes that all other ways of pro
nouncing the president’s name, of
which there is a great variety, are
incorrect.
The Czar’s Tartar Servants.
The Tartar servants of the czar
commanded the respect of the
maitres d'hotel at Compiegne.-, They
only drank milk, water or tea, were
sober in eating and quite as faith
ful to the czar as the dog that was
always with him. They are sons of
the prophet. The Orthodox serv
ants were too fond of the juice of
tliS vine and of more potent bever
ages. There are, a Russian tells
me, 900,000 Tartars in Russia. No
Russian can obtain a situation as
servant for which a Tartar com
petes. They are extremely quick
and handy. Their nimble pace would
alone enable Russians, one to distinguish
them from who have a
heavy, waddling gait. — London
Truth.
Molten Wood.
Molten wood is reported M. as a Gall, new
invention discovered by de
inspector of forests at Lemur,
France. By moans of dry distilla
tion and high pressure the escape of
developing gases is wood prevented, molten there
by reducing the to a
condition. After cooling off the
mass assumes the character of coal,
yet without showing a trace of the
organic structure of that mineral.
This new body is hard, but can he
shaped and polished tutd at acids will; and is im
pervious to water is
n perfect electrical nonconductor.—
London House.
Cosmic Dust.
It has oftejj. been claimed that the
presence of nickel'in dust is a suffi
cient criterion to distinguish it as
of cosmic rather than of terrestrial
origin. It has lately been shown
that nickel is found in soot and
home that nickel if crons dust may
be terrestrial. Gallium also is
found in all aluminous minerals,
many flue dusts, in many iron ores,
in soot and in atmospheric dust.
0 LITTLE INFORMATION FOR
MR. AOAMS.
Thiid Abutr.*, the bright eJitor of
the Bnrnesville News-Gazette, has
n’t space in his valuable paper to
tell why $ 2,000 is 35 % of $ 10 , 000 .
There are a good many people in
the county who would like to he en
lightened on the subject.
VVe will qow proceed to explain
it for Mr. Adams.
§ 10,000 is the selling price ot the
liquors, and not the cost.
35 % profit on 10,000 worth of li
quors is § 3 , 500 .
25 % profit on $ 10,000 sales of li
quors is $ 2 , 000 .
Thad did not state clearly- which
he meant, whether the cost of the
liquor was 810,000 or the selling
price was 10 , 000 . 1
Had the cost been 810,000 I was
correct.
Had the cost been § 8,000 he was
correct.
Thad should use more space and
explain more fully to the ignorant
public about the Barnesville dispen
sary.
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Dick Grutib says that Joe Terrell
is very prudent. “Ho will not even
talk in his sleep."
•M -<«► +-4 ---
•‘The turkey's day un earth,“
says the Chicago Record-Herald,
“are few »ntl full of corn.**
The Washington Post thinks that
“Mrs Bonme ts a remarKable wo
man and may be depended upon to
keep her hut on straight during the
ordeal. “
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Miss. Edna Gait), of the Quitman
Free Press, thus explains whv news
paper advertising “gets there.“ when
other methods fail to sell g tods: The
newspaper goes into the home and is
read by the women and children,
and they control most ot the buying.
Few men decide what is to be bou
ght. The women talk about it, study
about it and plan the purchases of
th« family. That 4# ,a part ot their
life work. Tho newspaper reaches
them. They read it and are largely
governed by what they find in it.
The way to sell your goods is to
cals to women folss through your
home newspaper.Mbs Edna has
explained the matter iu a nutshell—
has spoken the gospel truth.
A minister m a Kansas town re
cently adopted a novel scheme for
bolstering which had up the church diminishing. collection, He
been
informed his congregation just be
fore the plates were passed around
that the members who were in debt
The wore collection not expected day to contribute.
that was double
the usual stun.
■for Sale or Crade.
Several tine Milch cows with
young calves. W. H. Mitchell.
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FOjR sale by
Green, Mangham – Co.
NERVOUSNESS,
An American Disease.
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell is au
thority for the statement thatnerv
ousness is the characteristic mal
ady of the American nation, and
statistics show that nerve deaths
number one-fourth of all .deaths
recorded, the mortality-being main*
ly among young people.
Johnston’s
Sarsaparilla
QUART BOTTLE.
is the grand disease, specific because for this it great
American weak- goes
straight to the source of the
ness. building up health and
strength by supplying rich, abund
ant food and pure blood to the
worn-out tissues, rousing the liver
to activity and regulating all the
organs of the body.
“ The Kiehtna Prog Co.Detroit. Rich.
Livferettes the famous little liver pill*. »Se»
For sale by J. M. I lead
ji \0 SHOES,
*BS \\ v* SHOES,
SHOES!
Let us show you our lice of Shoes for
Men. Women and Children before you make
a purchase. We have them to please yen.
Examine our Dress Goods Notions, Hats,
Odd Pants, Hardware, Crockery and Groceries.
Everything fresn and clean and it nrices and
quality count we will make a customer out
ot you.
Call to see us.
You’s.
GREEN, MANGHAM –
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AN EYEN START 1 ♦ -
Big Bargati Sleek
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Bass Brothers Co • t of Griffin. > Ga.
The sale star's on MoniI»y morning Nov. 25th at precisely 8
o'clock ann continues 6 tl -y*. Wo give on, out of town cu« enters m d
bargain liuuters this notice that '.bev may have the same anvaniuge that
•mr town customers enjoy, I i* our purpose to mal e this one of the
greatest money saving events to the trading public ever inaugurated in
Griffin. We shall set aside prufi s for this special ea^e.
§10 00 Suits ot Clothes i-r SG.50 8.00 kind !--r on y §5-00, $5.00
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Suits lor $3.75, odd coats 50 cents. 1,000 Odd Vc-ts !»r 21 cents each,
worth §1, Overcoats worth $15.0), ibis -sale for only $H.90.
The §10,00 kind for $3,50, §8 00 overcoat for $5.00, §5 kind lit §2,75
Childrens overcoats from $1.00 up
(japes ,u d Jackets at cut prices, also all Dress Goods Outings, Checks
Sheeting, Calicoes, Ginghams, Red and White Flannel Btanki-te, Jean.^
C.issimeres , Ladle's and Children’s Underwear.
100 Suits of Furniture, 500 Diutug and Rocking Chairs, Parlor Suits,
go in at CUT prices, 1800 yards ot Carpets all grade*. Oae ear h ad of
Mattings just rec'd tor this special sale, Rugs all kinds and sizes.
Our Millinery Parlors will be a popular reaort for the ladies as every
thing will be bright with Bargains.
22 clerks m full dress to serve you. A great event in store lor all
who attend this sale. Stamfmr room f--r 12,000 people all invited.
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BASS BROS. CO..
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