New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-21
capacity of the furnace is 100 tons Of pigon per day.
The debt against the company IS over ssooooO.
THE INSULT TO THE FLAG IN MACOM
NOW SAID TO HAVE BEEN A STUPID JOKE ON
THE CITY SEXTON.


Macon, Ca, Dec. 90 spcciaD.The local papers this
morning intimate that the indgnlty to the flag men
toned in yesterdays dispatch a practical 1oke
intended for a local candidate for city sexton, VINO
was defeated for reelection, the flag being nailed at
halfmaSt telephone pole, union down, as an
indication Of for his political death, and that
II was not United States flag at all The facts are
that the flag was large twelve loot banner with
thiry-oght stars on blue field with the regulation
stripes but having stripe at the bottom torn
Of 1t suspended Just where two streets fork,
through of which the judge wac bound TO pass
going TO court. 1t nearly block from the
sexton's There several telephone poles between
the sexton's house and that point and one right in
front of his house II intended for the sexton, the
inquiry is pertinent why the iokers did not find pole
to his house. Before the court convened this
morning Colonel Lamar the marshal, assisted by the
jurymen, who had furnished a flagstaff unflrled the
captured banner the United states Court House,
where it floats The incident has awakened strong
National spirit and is said that new and beautiful
flag Will be given to the court by prominent citizens
as Christmas present On opening the court, Judgc
Spcor said:
The presiding Judge and the gentlemen who acted
@ @ E be Sebcrae h and pS G dSonor 10
the flag as much delighted as any could
such a purpose hat tho flag was exposed and re-
verscd but from thoughtess and idle spirit of mcrri
the flag mutilated, but that did deract from
the Significance OF the incident. 1t the
less what the eloquent Webster calls The gorgeous
ensign of country" and whatever the motive that
prompted the perpetrators of the act. whatever
Others may think there those who Will
behold any apparent indignty TO the National cOlors
without the most poignant sensibty and the most
gloomy forebodngs for tho careless and unparfotc
spirit such wantOn action inculcates II there
ever people whom II behooved all times 10 show
devotion 20 the symbols of great government of
law and order, It is the Southern people, The
flag whose mutilated beauties and whose reversed
union was exposed yesterday to the coDtumely and
dcrfson of the passerby to- morrow be the rally
ing point al which good men and true Will assemble
to defend enforce the law, TO protect wife and
little and all that men hold DEAR There Is
only solution for all troubles IN the Souih
and that is a respect for law, its steady and i'm
partial enforcement. obedience to the National law
devotion TO the flag of country and all those
principles OF good government which 1t typGes and
represents in the minds of all men. 1t is well 10
be sensitive for the fag. 1t Is well for the youth
OF the country the rising generation, TO know that
there are thousands among who love II and honor
its stainless glory, and who will never, without pro
test the most vigorous see ifs hallowed folds float
ing in dshonor, be 1t intended not.