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VOL. VII. AND INDUSTRY! -- —~ SOME NOTES OF INTEREST TO I UNION WORKMEN. ! Radical change in Corporation law j s»k- ) grated—The chief Cauns or Dls.res*— Wlmt a Glass Munufac urer U ha a cod to See, and What It Led Him to Do. The Rosary of My Years. Some reckon their age by years. Some reckon their lift by art— But some tell their days by the How of tlieir tears, And their life by the moans of their heart. Theailals of earth may show The length, not the depth of years; Few or many they come—few or many they go— But out time Is best measured by tears. Ah! not by the silver gray That creeps through .the sunny hair. And not by the scenes that we pass on our way— And not by the furrow the linger of care On the forehead and face have made, Not so do we count our years: Not by the sun of tiie earth—but the ; shade Of our souls, and'the fall of our tears. j i For the young are ofttlmes old. ; Though tlieir brow be bright and fair; | While their blood beats warm, their heart lies cold— O’er them the springtime—hut winter Is there. Anti the old are ofttlmes young When their hair Is thin and white: And they sing In age us In youth they sung, And they laugh, for tlieir cross was light. A thousand Joys may foam On the billows of all the years; But never the foam brings the brave bark home; It reaches the haven through tears. —Father ltyan. CauHOM of Dlslnus. The Importance of securing Indus¬ trial conditions where there shall be steady employment for all able to work, appears front the following: A committee on statistics has reported that in 935 cases of distress investi¬ gated, only sixty-six were persons em¬ ployed all the tiifie. In about half the cases there had been. no employ¬ ment for periods varying under one year. In nearly one-third of the cases there was Irregular or insufficient em¬ ployment. There were about 100 ca:es where the non-employment was of such long duration that it must have been due to permanent disability. In studying lack of employment us a cause of distress, an endeavor was made to eliminate other causes, so that only lack of employment due to the misfortune or misconduct of the applicant should remain. From this point of view the principal causes of distress, acco' ling to the judgment of the agents, were these: Sickness, ac¬ cident or death, about thirty per cent. Intemperance, about nineteen per cent. Lack of thrift, etc., about eighteen per cent. La*k of employment not due to employe, about twenty-five per cent. There can be no doubt that lack of regular employment was in many cases the cause of the "intemperance” and ‘‘lack of thrift" that accounted for thirty-seven per cent more of the dis¬ tress. Change In Corporation Law Suggested. A few weeks ago, in response to sev¬ eral Inquiries addressed to me, I gave reasons why I would not advise any person to invest his time or money in what are commonly called co-operative or industrial colonies, the state of law and industrial conditions being as they are. This week I will present a few expressions of opinion from authori¬ ties widely separated, but all worthy of careful consideration, that bear upon the same point, and strengthen the conclusion then arrived at. Mr. Eugene V. Debs is now a student of and lec¬ turer on economic questions. In the announcement of his manager, solicit¬ ing engagements for Mr. Debs, is the following: “Beginning with Septem¬ ber, eight months will be divided among the various states. At the end of that time Mr. Debs goes abroad to fill engagements in England and Aus¬ tralia and to study economic condi¬ tions In foreign lands. The great movement In which he Is a factor has become international, and the United States no more remains to itself than one of our cities or states can hold aloof from the others.” In such mat¬ ters, Mr. Debs’ manager evidently puts out Mr. Debs’ views. The point Is made that this country cannot isolate Itself from other countries If It would. That is the first thing to hear in mind. Next I quote a statement by Mr. H. H. Rogers, made before the federal In¬ dustrial commission Sept. 9. Mr. Rogers is president of the National Transit company, one of the branches of the Standard 011 company. He said that "he favored a national corpora¬ tion law as in the Interest both of the corporations and the people at large, and he thought that If the United States was to achieve its legitimate destiny as a commercial nation, the constitution should be amended in this respect.” At present every state char¬ ters corporations, and as every state Is required to respect the acts of all other stated, It becomes evident that state control of all great corporations, based on conditions of corporation laws, is visionary rather than possl ble. Thus, Pennsylvania has what <L~ RECORD. THE DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF JOHNSON COUNTY AND MIDDLE OEOBOIA. WRIGHTSVILLH. GA.. Til tIJtSDA V , OCTObEl I 19 . 1899 . r, r S*i"«S which a corporation may make pins, trolley combines, operate dairies, run lecture lyceums and consolidate cnal mines, or do anything else, all at the same time. Consequently most big Pennsylvania corporations get Jersey charters. Of course, it is theoretically possible that all states might at the tame time enact the same law, and re¬ tain it. but to expect that that will be done is visionary. A third point, go¬ ing to show the absolute helplessness of small private corporations, is brought out In tho following paragraph from the Iron, Age: “There is one danger to establishments of moderate size in the concentration of power in the hands of consolidations which has not been dwelt upon and that grows out of the possibility of special rates of freight. In large transactions these are naturally subject to special nego¬ tiations, and there are good reasons why low rates arc granted. A shipper who Is in a position to deliver on the tracks of a road, day after day, whole trainloads of material by doing his own switching performs a valuable service for which he is entitled to cou si derail on. In some instances shlp pers have gone even further. A con spicuous Instance may be cited from the anthracite coa! trade, where one large individual operator owns all the rolling stock needed and hauls his own cars with his own locomotives and train crews front the regions to tide¬ water. under a simple trackage con¬ tract. What is done In one branch of the mineral traffic may be done also, possibly in a modified form, in other branches and in certain depart¬ ments of the crude or finished iron and steel Industries. Small producers with limited capital would find it difficult to meet such competition.” Are You Wide Awake? Here is a news Item from the Na¬ tional Labor Tribune ot Pittsburg,Pa., and headed “New invention that means economy to the capitalist and loss to the toiler." It reads: “Charles Mac¬ beth, the Pittsburg lampchlmney man¬ ufacturer. has patented a new and de¬ cidedly novel process, which will prob¬ ably revolutionize glassmaking. Here¬ tofore the greatest trouble tn glass manufacture lay in the melting of the sand. It has taken a great deal of time, and requires good fuel, natural gas being the best. While passing through his plant recently Mr. Mac¬ beth saw a globe on an arc light break, and a piece of the glass fell over the carbon. In a second It was reduced to liquid and dropped to the ground. That gave him his cue, and he directed the construction of a big vat,with sides and bottom composed of carbons, over which ho could turn a current. An arrangement was made to run tho sand through this vat. It worked perfectly, and the very best molten glass Is now being turned out in nlmost ns many seconds as it required hours for the old fuels to melt it. The vat was patented and is now being used. It is so ar¬ ranged that it call be adapted for every kind of glassmaking from plate to bot¬ tles. This invention, in connection with the automatic blowing machin¬ ery, which is being turned out,is likely to have a great effect on glassmaking. The cost of melting by this process is not as great as with the use of coal or oil, although it may be mors expen¬ sive than natural gas. At present It takes twelve hours to melt a pot of glass and sand.” Not to discuss the effect tills Inven¬ tion may have on glass workers, the above paragraphs suggest this query to every man who works: “Are you wide awake?” Mr. Macbeth appears to be, and to have what Carlyle calls "the seeing eye.” This time, at least, he saw to good advantage. The world being as it is, and not likely to radical¬ ly change at once, it behooves us ail to be wide awake, and see, and apply. Notes. The number of railroad einployes killed In the year was 1.95S, wounded 31,761. Mr. John Boyd, state president of tho United Mine Workers, Michigan, "warns all miners to stay away from Wenona Beach mine, Bay county, un¬ til the company compiles with the state agreement.” The three chief changes In the Iron molders’ union were the provisions for a graduated death benefit according to continuous years of membership, a more liberal application of the out-of work feature, and provisions for tho establishment of conference board3. All the miners and mine employes of the Dayton Coal and Iron company at Dayton, Tenn., are on strike. The company recently discharged several men belonging to the United Mine Workers of America because of offen sivenes3 as agitators. The mlaers de¬ manded that the men be reinstated and their union recognized. This was re¬ fused and the strike followed. The scheme of the late Calvin S. Brice to build a railroad from the Tennessee coal fields to the seacoast has been revived. A preliminary sur¬ vey for the proposed road was made about eight years ago from a point in Cumberland, Tenn., to Walhalla, S. C. The contemplated route goe3 down the Sequatchie valley, by way of Chat¬ tanooga. Some of the Brice Interests are said to be back of tbe present movement. THE LOGIC OF EVENTS. BRINGING SUPPORT TO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS. The Most Gigantic, Relentless and Cor ruptlug Trusts iu the Country Owe Their Existence and Tower to t’on utvance with Kailrouil Monopolies. The logic of events—that stern teacher against whom no man can stand—lg driving many conservative, easy-going, Lt-well-enough-alone peo¬ ple into the ranks of the advocates of government ownership of railroads. It is quite the fashion now to lay the' formation of trusts to the operation of the protective tariff, in some cases this may be a factor, but three of the most gigantic, releutleas and corrupt¬ ing trusts in the country are entirely independent of the tariff. They are thu sugar trust, Standard Oil company and the bfef comblue. The history of these combinations reveal the true cause of the growth of trusts, and that is railroad discrimination In rates. Putting every article on the free list will be useless as long as the railroads are permitted to make a lower rate oil trust goods from the seaports to the Interior than would be granted to the shippers of Imported articles. Anti-trust legislation can be enacted by every congress aud legislature for the next hundred years, and as long as one company or individual can ship his goods cheaper than any one else Just so long will they have an advan¬ tage iu the sale of their line of goods. That railroads do so discriminate none can deny. It is a matter of public rec¬ ord. The recent testimony of L. M. Lockwood, a Pennsylvania oil produc¬ er, before the Industrial commission, reveals the situation in its horrible rottenness. He quoted A. J. Cassatt, the new president of the Pennsylvania railroad, as testifying before the Inter¬ state railway commission to the effect that, while the open rate to the public was $1.90 per barrel, the rate to the Standard . company was 80 cents. Further investigation, said Mr. Lock wood, had developed the fact that the railroad companies actually received only 35 cents. This condition of af¬ fairs had resulted for a time, according to the witness, in giving the Standard company a profit of 400 per cent, while the Independent refineries were being rapidly driven Into bankruptcy. He said that men who had carefully analyzed the testimony taken before the Hepburn committee estimated that in 186 months’ time the five trunk lines of Pennsylvania had paid the Standard company $11,000,000 in rebates. The railroad companies had, he said, com¬ pletely Ignored the order of the indus¬ trial state commission to stop their discrimination in favor of the Stand¬ ard company, resorting to the system of false billing. Speaking of the remedy for the evil, Mr. Lockwood said it was in public ownership of the railroads and it was hot to be found In the courts—the courts were too slow aud expensive. “The railroads and the oil company can razoo a man up and down In the courts for ten years,” he said, “until he is ruined financially, and then go on with their work, leaving their victims stranded. As a reward, the combines elevate their instruments to higher places politically. Thus It is that the thought of the common people Is grad¬ ually becoming fixed to the effect that the great railway combines are grad¬ ually packing the supreme courts with men In sympathy with their monopo¬ listic tendencies, and who will do their bidding. Thus the interstate com¬ merce law is rendered Ineffective.” The only safe plan, said Mr. Lock wood, was to tatke the railroads out of the hands of the corporations and place them under the control of the govern ment so that every man could go to market as cheaply as every other man. He considered all the railroads of the country as practically one gigantic trust, and asserted that they were In control of our politics, contributing millions to elect legislators, senators and Judges, and to punish those not willing to do their bidding. With ab¬ solute equality over the roads, the In¬ dependent companies would drive the Standard company Into a secondary place in a short time. There would then, he asserted, be no more shooting down of striking miners, for the miner could send his product to market as cheaply as the mine monopolist. So In all other lines of business. If the government did not control the rail¬ ways, the railways would control the government. He advocated the tak¬ ing of the roads under the right of eminent domain, paying the owners the actual value of their property. There is a promise of better things; this year of manta for combinations has done more to awaken the public mind to our true situation and Its dangers than fifteen years of agitation. Once let the American people became fully Informed as to way out of a diffi¬ culty and they will not be slow to take the right path. H. N. OWEN. Labor Trouble* In Culm. In Havana Gen. Ludlow has broken up a general strike fof shorter hours by ruthlessly thrusting Into prison every labor leader on whom he could lay his hands. He denied the work m en of Havana the right of public meeting. His methods were very sum¬ mary and very effective. Similar meth¬ ods employed In Idaho in behalf of ttie Standard Oil company’s mines have nearly crushed the spirit out of the miners of that unfortunate state. This is not Russia; in Russia the tendency is toward liberalism and freedom; in this country it is toward militarism, imperialism and despotism. In Havana and Idaho McKinley has been “trying it on the dog.” The next move on the program will be to sup¬ press by force every attempt on the part of the people to struggle against oppression. The constitution is plead¬ ed whenever capital can gain a point and violated impudently whenever its just powers stand in the way of cor¬ porate greed. POINTS FROM THE PRESS. Almost anything can be done by a political party whose members are asked to think, but only to re¬ member!—Farm, Stock and Home. Mr. McKinley, from whom did S - ou derive your authority to hoist the American flag over the Suhi islands? How dared you commit the heinous crime of hoisting that flag over ha¬ rems and slave pens?—National Watchman, In Hungary four peasants are har¬ nessed to a plow. They are cheaper than horses. There is no doubt that any number of "voting kings” In the United States could bo secured to pull plows for their board. But no one has any use f6r them even at that price. —New York Commonwealth. President Kruger of the Transvaal, In an interview regarding the crisis, said he considered the Boer position best defined by psalm ixxxili., the pith of whch is: “They have said, come and let us cut them off from being a nation.” In that respect it is equally applicable to all Imperialist schemes, British or American.—Sail Francisco Star. God never made a dishonest man. He is In better business. Dishonest men are the product of dishonest man-made laws.—George's Weekly. The war taxes, we are told, are here to stay. Just so; and It seems that the Philippine problem will prove just as permanent. The professional fighter’s business promises to boom.—East Ore¬ gonian. The Anglo-American alliance Is to become a coalition between the “upper ten” of England and the United States. The common people will not get any benefit from it.—People’s Press. Could $100,000,000 be spent on a sys¬ tem of storage reservoirs in the west —but It can’t. The money is needed to carry on the Philippine war.—Wintte mttcca Silver State. Whither Are We Drifting? Washington Letter to Buffalo Ex¬ press: For the first two months or the new fiscal year our government has expended $102,969,090.33, of which $21. 086,469.81 has gone for the support of the civil and miscellaneous establish¬ ment, and all the rest for military ex¬ penses of one kind or another. The army got $34,262,080.06; the navy, $9,- 688,245.40; military pensions, $26,055 674.80, and interest on the war debt, $9,153,84J.38, a total on the military side of the ledger of $79,159,845.64, or at the rate of $474,059,073.84 a year for war-llke outgoes, while the total cost of the civil establishment was at the annual rate of $126,398,938.86. At the present time not quite 80 per cent ©f the expenses of carrying on this peace¬ ful country are on account of wars, past, present and anticipated, but the ratio Is nearer to 80 per cent than to any other round figure. Is there any other country, free or despotic, which spends a larger proportion of Us income on war? I do not know, be¬ cause I have not had the opportunity to look up the statistics, hut I should be surprised, Indeed, to find that any country of high civilization, or pre¬ tending to high civilization, spends four times as muck on war and war¬ like preparation as on all its civil ex¬ penses put together. It Is difficult to comprehend that, with hardly a reali¬ zation of it by the people, we are be¬ coming the most warlike of nations, so far, at least, as outlay on military matters goe3. Moreover, the taxes are largely taking on a new form. They are coming home to men’s business and bosoms more closely than heretofore. The Indirect taxes of the tariff, which have from the beginning of the repub¬ lic been the mainstay of the federal government, are so no longer. For the first two months of the new fiscal year the receipts from the tariff were $37,- 518.151.63, while the receipts from the indirect taxes of the internal revenue were $62,559,613.96. Ilrok« It Gently. From the Chicago News: Miss Hitts (11:30 p. m.)—“Are you fond of travel¬ ing, Mr. Slowgatt?” Slowgait—"Yes, indeed; I dearly love to travel.” Miss Hitts (suppressing a yawu)—‘Then why don’t you?” THST0RY OF MOCHA COFFEE. Was it tiie Sheik Schoedeli Who Popular ized the Drink. Mocha is not alone the name of a kind of coffee, but also of a port in the district of Yemen on the Red Sea. The patron saint of both was Sheik Schoedeli, whose memory is venerated by the Mohammedans almost ns much as that of Mohamet himself, says a writer in the I.os Angeles Times. One day 500 years ago a vessel from the Indies cast anchor in the port. Those on board had noticed a hut, aud they disembarked to see what it was. The sheik tfor it was his dwelling) re¬ ceived tiie strangers kindly and gave them some coffee to drink, for he was very fond of it and attributed great virtue to it. Tiie travelers, who had never seen coffee before, thought that this hot drink would be a cure for the plague. Schoedeli assured them that through prayers aud the use of his drink not only would the plague be stopped, but also that if they would unload their merchandise they could make a good profit by it. The owner of the ship was impressed by this strange man, especially ns li« found tbe coffee so palatable. Ou the same day n large number of Arabs entile to listen to the hermit’s preach¬ ing. aud among thorn were some mer¬ chants. who purchased all the goods on the ship. The Indian visitor returned home, and telling ids strange adven¬ ture and profitable trading, many of Ills compatriots came to visit tiie saintly Schoedeli. A beautiful mosque was built over Hie tomb of Schoedeli after hi* death, and his name will never be fogotton as long as Mocha coffee is drunk. Ail of the Moslem coffee-housekeepers ven¬ erate him, mentioning his mane in tlieir morning devotions. Travelers say that In tho town of Moelia. or Celia, as the Arabs call it. men take their oath, not by God, but by the memory of Schoedeli. FiihIiIoii'k V'ttils and Fancies. Colors in tailor-made suits are strong¬ est in browns, tans and grays. The plain shirt waist in silk or flan¬ nel or velveteen will not be considered smart this winter. The fichu effects become more aud more fashionable all the time. lattice work will be n popular trim¬ ming, and fashionable both iu ribbon and cord. Tulle bonnets will be worn for dress occasions, and tlieir only ornament will be two large pins with fancy heads. Miniatures are always a sign of ele¬ gance. Brooch pins of fancy heads surrounded by pearls or pearls aud diamonds are oeasionally seen. Word comes from Paris that toques and hats will be built of the same goods of which costumes are made with which they are to lie worn. Brown diamonds set with pure white diamonds make a stunning combina¬ tion for brunettes when worn with yellow gowns. Passementerie, both in black and colors, is perhaps a more fashionable form of trimming than the application of lace figures that hu» held sway so long. Anyone who is Buffering under the Illusion tlmt trains are going out of fashion, should have a peep at the ex¬ hibitions that are bring made to a se¬ lect few of. the late Imported models. Close-fitting draped lints of velvet are the fashion to wear with tailor made gowns, they are invariably worn over the face, and the velvet itself is trimmed with stitched bands of silk. Either a bird with shaded plumage or an airy bnfwrfly trims such a lint. ltedlugotes, with bos or tight fronts, are actually sloped down from twelve to fifteen inches or more ut the back, and as to the gowns thamsalves they will have a swirl aud dip that will cause bad weather to be viewed in the light not merely of a discomfort, but iu actual calamity. The rabbit pest in Australia lias groa n to such proportions that many farmers and sheep men are practically ruined. All the efforts of science, stimulated by the government’s stand¬ ing ofl<r of a big bonus, to cope with the evil have proved fruitless, and now many of the farmers have turned rabbit hunters, with shipload after shipload of the little rodents sent to England for food. Conditions are so favorable to rabbits in California and Colorado that great hunts to exterm¬ inate the pest are already common. Any tendency to promote rabbit breeding in other sections should be discouraged. ♦ (n REGULATE THE STOMACH, LIVER AND BOWELS, ’ AND PURIFY THE BLOOD. « RELIABLE REMEDY FOR In JtgFttion, milouRiicMB, lloadochoj Constl patten* l>y»pcp«lu, Chronic liter Xk-oubicm Plffiffiinoiip Bad Con^to^lep, tJtynen terjr* Offensive BreaQt, and nil disorders ot tho Stonuu b, livii- and Bowels. Ulpan* Tn/Hflos contain, nothing Pietaant injurious to thft'modt safe, dfjllcuU; constitution. Irtimodlate relief to toko* SoldbjrdnM'giAttfc effectual. Ol vd Atrlal bottJe sent by anil on receipt ot ia*cctits- Address THE RIPAMS CHEMICAL CO. 18 BPRtJCE STREET, XB!W Yonfc CITT. NO H! SOUTHERN RAILWAY r I fichadnle In Effect Juno 0, ISPS. Northbound. No. No. N«. 81. 10. 23. 18. tv. Brunswick.... Tsoi) TTTSa 5 40p 8 15, Ar. Everett............ 6 80a lOIia 6 40p 9ioa Lv. Jcsup n 22a...... & “ Burreucy........ 12 04p...... n " Busier.......... 12 22p “ Haztamir&t..... 12 55p 1200a • * Lumber Helena.......... City.... 2 1 03o 25p 12 102a 10 * . " Missler.......... 2 lt»P 120 * . " Eastman......... 2 41p 146a n; 8 09 p Lv. SawbinsyUTo^ 2 r*p JtoT " Oo fit chran........... Ro. » 8 »1p *' “ Fiovtlla............ neon..............TuGa 0 Oiia 4 6 45p Otip TTCp 09p 4 *27a 15, 8 Ar. " McDonough........ Atlanta.......... 0 4Ca 6 40p 8 45p 8101 71oa 10 40a 7 40p 8 45p Lv Atlanta .., loop iSibf 7 50* Ar, Ar. Chattanooga....... Mem ph is 7 8 Sf.p 100* ....... 40a. 7 tea Ar. Loulavilio.......... Tlta fSsgg’ ElSEZr m, TUB* *81)3 8 20 | Memphis. ■! 1145a M 1 Kansas ........ u City... 7 Ar, . Atlanta..... Asheville — PS $ 4oa . ... iFwaaliln gton 6 42a .... ~mv> ;f»I! “ New York.. ... G2Ua fioutiibonsd* No. No. >o. 10 10 8 tv. New York...... ~4B0p 12 15a...... M a shin g ton,.......iO 48p 11 15a Lv. Asheville ...... TSop...... Ti05 >3 i m mm ~~ ' 5= < s Jill 2“--3 .Ms? Lv. Cincinnati, Q. & 0 cs IP 20 OL gll OP ail pv. fefc. LouiaTAir Lino ic- jSa L?! -tj £vTMompiils.......... “ Louliviil e.......... flop 7 top 0l5a"5TTai 7 40ai 7 40a! 7 <5? Lv. Chattanooga....... 8 u5n li.-j f, KOa 10 Oop 10 OOp 8 Ar. Atlanta.............114l)a 6 Oi:a 5 00a 8 05j Lv. Atlanta.......... iflll OOOCXRO* <o«ac :_!!!.! »2o-sjoca> issm " MoDonough...... “ Flo villa.......... Ar. Macon............ p E L v. Cocl i ran.......... IP |: Ar. fiawkiusville.... 13 ft. p : : “ Empire...... ft 14 Eastman..... “ Missler....... 11 M Helena....... 11 “ Lumber City 12 • Hazlehurst.. U " M fiivrreacy..... Ba.'slov....... Lv. Ar. Evorett...... Jeaup........ Ar. Brunswick.., . 7 ICa . 8 10a N 03 . ltf and 14.—Pullman Sleeping Gars bo tw*en Brunswick and Atlanta, and between Jacksonville, Fla., and Chattanooga, via Eve* rett. Noa. 9 and 10.—Pullman Sleeping Cars b* tween Atlanta and Cincinnati, via Chattv nooga; also Wtween Chattanooga and Mem* phis. ? 1 08 . 7 and 8—Pullman Sleeping Cars b» tween Atlanta and Chattanooga and Cbatta nooga and Memphis. 1nos 7 and 16—Pullman Drawing Room But* fet Sleeping Cars bet ween Macon and Ashe¬ ville. Nos. 9 and 10—Observation Chair Cars b* tween Macon and Atlanta. Connection at Union Depot, Atlanta, for aU points FRANK north, oast and west. V*P. S. GANNON. J. JV1. CULP, Third & Gen. Mgr., Tralbe Manager, W ashing ton, i_>> C. W nshingt on, D. Ot V. A. TURK, S. n. HAHUwICK, Gen’l Pass. At*t. Asst. Gon’i Pass. Agl* Washiugtop, D. C. Atlanta, Ua. •?\ or RYea Excursion tickets at reduced rates between local points arc on sale after 12 noon Saturdays, and until 6 p. iu. Sundays, good returning until Monday noon following date ot sale. Persons coriteniplaiing eithcr.a busi¬ ness or pleasure trip to the East should investigate and consider the advantages offered via SaTaunah and Steamer Lines. The rates generally are considerably cheaper by this route, and, in additiou to this, passengers save sleeping car fare,and the expense of meals en routo. IVc take pleasure In commending to the traveling public the route referred to, Ilailway namely, to Savannah, via Central thence of Georgia via the elegnnt Steamers of the Ocean Steam¬ ship Company to Sew York and Boston, and the Merchants and Miners line to Baltimore. The comfort of tbo traveling publio Is looked after in a manner that defies criticism. Electric lights and electric bells; handsomely furnished staterooms, modern sanitary arrangements. The tables are supplied with all the delica¬ cies of the Eastern and Southern mar¬ kets. All the luxury and comforts of a modern hotel while on board ship, affording every opportunity for rest, recreation or pleasure. Each steamer has a stewardess to look especially after ladies and chil¬ dren traveling alone. Steamers sail from Savannah for New York daily except Thursdays and Sundays, and lor Boston twice a week. For information as to rates and sail¬ ing dates of steamers and for berth reservations, apply to nearest ticket agent of tiiis company, or to J. C. HAILE, Gen. Passenger Agt., E.H. JIINTON', Traffic Manager, Savauuah, Ga. Advertise with as It yon wish to keep the people posted at to tho amount, tho character, the quality and prices of goods you have for sale. Au ad will bring ’em every time.