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Newspaper Page TextTHE ALBANY NE ' %-WESTON & EVANS.} TftT.T. TBB MBU TBB PBOPtjE’S RIGHTS MAXNTAnr. UHAWBDBt rOWBB. AMD UifBHIBED BT OAXH.” {$2.00 Per Annum ALBANY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 1878. NUMBER 4 PJtOFSSIOKAI. CAKIXS LAWYERS. ISO. DICKINSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, And B^al Estate .Agents ALBANY, GEORGIA. of V" 4 * a 8p*eiaUy. um **«««** I f AT law, 1 AtBANY.'CEO. «r- oact with Wim-a * H«M» -W AAtlW I* SATO, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ALBANY. GEORGIA attorney at law, NEWTON. Baker Coanly. GA 1 to tailor* rmlrejrd to _ WMftor- nrkot Alton? LAW NOTICE W.MhM«^ljllpn|M«i< MTTk*. toon PETER J.STROJEB, WU. B. SMITH, DOCTORS- _ .. W. BACON W. A'STROTHER, H.D. ALBANY, GEORGIA m m mm iiSpik'mr-iz 9 f Ue«t 1« OFFICE : >.RQ^^-v Benj. M. (Jromwell, eoT*r WELCH’S Dm* Store. E. W, AIaFRIBND, lUJLiMdffthls •eirlws.InlloWTW' I hb profession, to tbr citizen* — - Miry. Oflke el GO- WiWft Drmr .. m Pi»e street, near the rise akvaet from office, me U M left st the ’tBgSFf. i Bra.,d0LME3 & DeMOSS Dentists. ■ gegular Or admit e» of Ohio Denial College. ■ p^sssLir?^ ■ | Teeth, sod other disposes of the month. Fill Teeth i?5W- Extrsrt teeth wltboot pain, by am • r+£SSlSBZfflS&&S£ [ SS2SpEX?%'££!2 tlMfr moChoIor. Prices moderste. bat cash. Office I Tcrftnffire spri» ’ ^R, W. Eirknas, Stock dealer, mu — >- ■' *. ALBANY, GEORGIA. HOTELS BQAED ATT3E SjHOUSE, l*er Month. * BOGEN HOUSE, **' ‘ • ■ (Fobmiely towns hoese., •EEOAt) STREET. ALBANY. GEORGIA rflfflT *"»— Hw» It raw MM, tor Ihoner^lk X of go sets. The asm* is a sufficient gnsrasn bet Otohease will be kept ia flrst-rlaes style. at€4 If ii. BUDEX. Proprietor JT'M ^foATEE HOUSE, Smithville- : : Goorcia- : '%h~iuOGKim. MeAFEE, Proprietor. iwn House, bsr.E i> - - OEOKOIA 83 PEK DAY RATES REDUCED. Om oar rates will be fe ner and romfortsble, tat.le Etery esertloa will aowa rep,i(stWn of the firm to Iodise, sad targe ' a inertial t rare ten Tke WIH Laid Matter and fonp- irollrr Goldsmith. Proto IW Allonto ronrtltoUo,.] We gave on Fri<l»y morning a synopsis of Colonel Tift's tetter, criticising soverc- ty the transfer of wild land ft las by the comptroller general. We liare taken the trouble to look into the matter, and pro- poae to duenaa U with that degree of die- passionate impartiality doe the subject. In oar judgment, there is an unnecessary feeling being exhibited in connection wilb the tnqjcct. Onr sole oliject is to present the true stale of facts. We enter into none Afthfe suspicions and criminations that hare been ao freely used, and have no sympa thy with them. We profoundly, depre cate the nse of any crimination. The matter ia one qf construction of law by high and reaponsible officials who have every incentive In tl»c retention of a good public opinion and tbeir own character to do their dnly and anbsrrve the public in terests. We publish this morning a letter from Colonel Goldsmith |tbe comptroller gen eral, directed toThe Macon Telegraph and iger. in reply to Messrs Tift and Hines and’ Balls, who bare";so severely reflected upon him. which glvra the law and the farts in explanation of his rase. Wemnst very candidly confess that nn der the application of a cool, just jmlg- menl upon the matter, that in the heat of the agitation there has been a very large amount of misconstruction and injustice. There baa been an accnmnialing wrong upon the people in the failure of the State to realize taxes upon its wild lands. This has increased the burdens of other proper ty in famishing revenue to the State gov ernment. For years thousands of acres of Isnd have paid no income to the State And the evil becamefso-palpable and so large that the necessity of remedying it has been imperative. Repeated efforts have been made to enforce the collections of the loog-delayrd taxes, but under the plea that enforcement of the law wonld work ranch individual injustice and lots, be matter has been.repeatedly postponed- It was believed that further delay was improper and a wrong to the whole Slate, and the result has been that an hon est conscientions effort has been made to execute a pressing pnblic'doty. As far a s we have been able fo learn there baa been a careful and deliberate attempt to rigidly track the law. We frankly own that we cannot And the shadow of a ground for at&pecling that any public officer in the whole matter | baa* been 'governed by any other motive than a sense of duty. We say this broadly and unqualifiedly. If there have been mistakes,! they have been honest ones. The comptroller gen era! baa been governed by (be opinion of the attorney general, whose construction of the law binds him until the courts give their decision np-n doubtful point-! It the attorney general 'sbonld give a rung interpretation ol the law, parlies who may suffer can easily have resort to -the coa-ts fo remedy tbeir wrongs. We know thst the opinion of the attorney gen eral is concurred io by eminent lawyers. The salient point of complaint seems to be that the comptroller general has frant ftired the lax fi fa's again'at wild lands in defanlt to parties who paid the taxes and coats nnder section 891 of tlie coffe which wss enacted in 1872. Thi« section reads as follows .- “Whenever any person other than the person against whom the same has issued, shall pay any execution issued for State, county or municipal taxes or any other execution issued without the Judg ment of a conrt, under any law, the officer whose duty it is to enforce said execution shall, upon the request of the party so paying the same, transfer said execution to said pnrff; and said transferee shall have the same rights to enforcing said ex- ecution and priority of payment as might have been exercised or claimed lieforesaid transfer The act of 1874 made some changes io the law of collecting taxes on wild lands, but it contained nothing in regard to transfers of wild land tax executions. The act of 1875 amending section 891 of the code above quoted so as to require the record of socli tradsferred executions, does not exempt or except wild Isnd tmx execu tions from its operations, and is a clear re cognition of the fact that sneb executions are embraced in the provisions ot section 891. The comptroller general, however, aab- mitted Ibis question directly to the nttor- ney general, who officially advises him that -oo reason occurs why this section should not embrace lax fl fas on wild land, a* well ns other tax fl fas Will, this opinion to hack him, snd the submission of the matter to the sdvisary law officer of the executive department •bows the comptroller's care and caution, the transfer of these executions wax the comptroller's landing duty. And he did transfer numbers of them But mark it, and here comes in most pow erfnlly the saving equities of the Inw, there has prevailed and does prevail gross and verv wide-spread misconstruc tion of the law of transfer, so far aa the rights of the transferrers are concerned These gentlemen thus investing evident, 'ly labored under the idea thst they bought the ownership of the land. In reality, they bought only and no more than the right the State hod in the lands, that Is In language of section (B91, authorizing tbo R|r. transfers—^"the same rights as to enforc ing Mid execution and priority of payment as might have been exercised or claimed before said transfer.” They conld enforce the tax fl fas before all other liens jost as the state could, and they could make the owner who redeem ed his land pay twenty per cent per an num Interest nn such tax. Under the law this twenty per cent _ is the speculation profit. Bat this* transfer docs*not authorize the sale of advertised lands in large bodies un der transferred fl fas/ss.liaa been attempt- rd by some. Tb Is' is an'nnanthorized ex ercise nr .power, sod abase of authority, for which the comptroller is not responsi ble, and for which muc|i unmerited cen sure lias been heaped upon him, Nor does the 'transfer of the fl fa make the transferee the owner of the lsnd to the extent that the surplus of purchase money hid lor the lot at its sale goes to him. This surplus belongs to the owner of the lot. against whom the tax execution applies i and if no such owner applies for the mo ney sncli surplus must go to the State. Nor does the transfer of the tax fl fa bold goOd against improved lsnd that lias lieen given in by bona fide owners. If any lands are improperly advertised as wild lands, the sheriffs are not to'seU them In every solitary case where the execu tion of the law works injustice or li there is a provision for its remedy- We do not understand how the owners of the wild lands will be relieved if the State and not the transferee tries to enforce these ex ecutions. If, as is suggested, the trans feree might pocket these fi las and with hold tbeir enforcement, we do not aee how it wonld damage the real owner, who haa that much more time la which to raise and pay the tax. It wonld be strange if in so large a transaction as Ibis wild land default Is, that there sbonld not arise some compli cations growiDg oat of mistake* in fig ures. and negligence of parties. Bat they are all remediable nnder the law. And the necessity of bringing so Urge an amonot of property nnder contribution to help run tbe SUte government is simply overwhelming. Tbe lew bas been several years in existence. The same pleas for delay in its enforcement have been used successfully for years Tbe Legislatures have successively refused to interfere with it. Under these circomstaozea it ia simp ly a publlic necessity that a determined effort should be made by the State gov ernment to enforce tbe law and increase tbe revenue from this large source. In our judgment the least thst conld be done was in make an honest endeavor to exe cute tbe law. It has Io be done sooner or later. Delays hertofere have not rem edied any evila real or imaginary. Thera is no gronnd for believing that there would be less objection or difficulties tbe next year or each year for a dozen years The matter ought to be attended to now. Tbe extended mod heated discussion that has attended tlie subject for the last three or four months will have the good effect to direct a universal and searching alien lion to tbe matter, parties in iatercat* will be stimulated to look after tbeir proper 1 ty, and the great bulk of any possible mischief to individuls growing out of it will be remedied. It ia really the moat opportune time, in view of the general at tention called to it, that conld be chosen for the execution of the law, and a post ponement of It now wonld, we think, be unwise. The discussion has had tbe good result too of evolving the time meaning and ef fect of tlie law. When that law is enforc ed as it will he, any temporary personal troubles growing ont of it will be so early and readily cured, and tbe Slate will be so grcst a gainer tbat what ia now in some quarters condemned will be universally appointed. Goldsmith BepllM to ihe Charges Agalut Him. AND EXPLAINS WHT IT I" THAT IBS COURSE IS SO IltTTXni.T ABSAIT.NI>. Marriage li High (t) Life. By Rev Mark Sweetnine (col'd) Mr* Lydia Hopkins (black aa soot) to L N Pe terson (a Danish seaman), on tbe )3tb inst. Tlie honeymoon of the happy pair was suddenly interrupted by a constable from Judge Lambrigbl’s court arresting minister and couple, said ^marriage being contrary to Georgia laws Tbe pastor gave bail but the sweet pair took np lodg ing in different appartments at tbe city ho tel.—Brunswick Advertiser. German military critics say tbat Germ any conld easily invade England with 3<><>,0W) troops witliont serious opposition from tlie English fleet. It is a significant fact that that tbe publication of this item has caused great joy in Berlin. It has been cunclusltely shown tbat Ifa man, lading down a shaft 1,300 feet deep, catches a rope after he has gone down 900 feet, he mn-t exercise exactly four horse power to arrest his progress. John Rowlands, of Michigan, drew near the fire to warm himself, forgetful of the nitro-glycerioc exploders In his pocket. The neighbors have enough kindling to carry them through February. Better born plucky than rich. Editorm Ttlyraph J- Muungrr: In yoar paper of tbo 9lh Inst, appears a letter from Hon. Nelson Tift dated the 7th Inst., which demands notice. I have re frained from replying to tbe several letters recently published in yoar paper, because have a great aversion to parade my name In newspapers; and again, in order to show Ibe true ‘‘Inwardness” ol the wild ’land tirade against tbe law and myself, I would be compelled to nse Information in the comptroller general's office against certain citizens who- are making tlie trouble, which 1 dislike to do. I bed rath er suffer misconstruction, and be misun derstood, than take tbe step. But when gentlemen not only impugn my motives, snd insinuate tbat I am aiding and abet ting wild land speculators to defraud the state and peof 'e, then “silence cesses lo be a virtue” and justice demands the seem ing impropriety. I have been honestly endeavoring to execute the wild land law, at construed by the attorney general.-— Other lawyers of great ability agree with the attorney general In bis construction of tlon891 of the code, authorizing trans fers of wild land 11. fa's. Messrs. Ilincs. Batts and Tift argue that Uie laud ack.of 1874 repeats the act of 1872. embraced In section 891 of code. It this be -true, it is strange that the legislature in 1875 )page 119, acts of 1875] amended the act of 1872 by requiring reenrd-of all transferred fl. fa.‘s. and wild land fl. fa.'s were not ex cepted. This was one year after the re enacting of the wild land act in 1874, and looks very much like vitalizing tbe act of 1872ao far aa wild lands are concerned even if repealed by the act of 1874. These gentlemen may be right; I cannot tell.— I have great respect lor the legal opinion of Mr. Hines. I was opposed to said trans fers, but my sworn duty is to execute tbe laws as 1 find them, and as construed by the attorney general. I am in no way responsible for the lew It is true that speculators bought these fl, fa.’s, bat I have always said that or ail persons connected with this matter, they wonld get “sickest” of their bargains.— They will have to do just what the state wonld have done had the transfer not been made, to-wit: advertise and sell these lends in the county where located, at pnblic outcry.. by the sheriff, as other sheriff’s sale*, and all persons have the opportunity to buy. In less than six months this entire question will be re vented—the people will then see who it is, and for what purpose this hue aud cry ia made. This same cry has been raised by wild land riDgs in every instance in which tbe State has attempted jo collect this lsnd tax since 1866, and now after so patiently waiting, the State is requiring them to pay their taxon wild land as on other property. They redouble their ef forts to have the sale suspended as form erly. and adroitly conceal from view their real motive* by calling attention to the transfer of said fl fss. This law was sus pended time and again daring Governor Bollock's administration, and the Legisla. tare did not repeal tip law, though great noise was made, simply against the sale of these land* for taxes. The question of transfer under the law of 1872, now used as a pretext, did not then exist. In 1875 a lisf of wild lands was published. The wild lsnd owners raised a cry against the sale for taxes and the law was not enforced Still the Legislature of 1876 and 1877 did not repeal the law, but prominent men in those bodies urged me to collect the tax, The Legislature and people. In the ratifi cation of the new constitution, have “de creed” like Cesar of old, that ,“lbe whole world should be taxed,” Including the scanty property of tbe poor “widow and orphans” and maimed soldiers, and shall then wild lands go tree ? As long as the law remains on tbe statute hooks, ltshould be enforced. If tbe people wish to exempt from taxation wild land owners, who count their acres by the thousand, then have tbe Legislature repeal the law, and I shall bow snbmisslvaly to the great in, justice. The people will before a great while understand the motives of the guar, dians of tbe “widows and orphans” inters 1 bavo not heard one single word of complaint in reference to the sale of wild lands for taxes, or transfer of such 11 fas from neither “widow or ophaa,” nor in deed from any one else, except from men who speculate in wild lands and who either wish to evade the payment of their legal taxes and burdens, or do not want these lands sold at public outcry and pur. chased by tbs people, but wish to prevent such sale* In order lhat they may buy and •ell at private rale aud make largo profits. For example, Mr. A. G. Butts, of your city, seems very much exercised about this matter—hus written twe letters over bis own signature and squibs over his ini tials, and ask* for the legal opinion of Mr ILK. Hines, snd I presume that of Mr. Nelson Tift, as yon ray “his letter la a re ply to a prominent citizen.” Now, Mr. A. G. ButU has as agent been forced to pay in the last two or two months, lax on nn- eturned wild lands in default, and against which I Iitsd issued execution, no has also lieon recent!/ forced to pny as agent $11 8 05 tax on wild lands, which ho re turned to tito receiver of tax returns of Bibb county for 1876. Not paying the same, the tax collector of Bibb county rcconlly rent up said amount to mo, Including same in his Insolvent list, which I returned, directing tbo collector to collect, which I presume lias been done and this wss Just prior to the date of his bowels of compassion being moved, ns exhibited la his writings about “widows and orphans” interest being sacrificed. 1 am informed that Mr. A. G. Butts, as a'gt controlled a fow years sgo one hundred aud forty thousand (140,000) acres of wild land- in Georgia, worth one dollar per acre, and upon which he nor any one else paid one cent of tax. I now briefly notice Honorable Nelson Tift's letter, which is reeking with false and nnjast insinuations. Mr. Tift refers to recent sates of wild lands by the United States marshal at Savannah, and the do ings or speculators, as If I liad some con nection with them. While relying upon the good name which I have always striv en to make and maintain to repel this in justice, still I desire to assert—and tlie publio will please pardon personal refer ence—that I have nothing to do with Uni- ted States Marshals or tlieir sales. I know nothing of tbe transactioif referred to, or sny.other similar one. I have never been engaged in anything of the kind—never owned a foot of wild land directly or indie rectly, or any interest, directly or indirect ly, in fl fa for wild land, nor have I ever favored any speculator to defraud the Slate or peopleand if any one thinks there is anything wrong in this matter— lhat I conld give aid and comfort to spec ulators or enemies of the people, or that I am interested in wild land speculation, as has been intimated, then let such invoke section 112 of code, which provides that he (comptroller general) shall not. direct ly or indirectly, be interested or engaged in tbe purchase and sale of wild lands, on Speculation, on pain ot removal by tb6 governor or the general assembly,” I epectfnlly protest agiin9t being made re sponsible for all tbe rasaality imagined or dono by “wild land speculators,” dr United States Marshals.” or anyone else. After alluding to said United States marshals's sates B9 the “first step in the speculation,” Mr. Tift proceeds to say:— The next step in the speculation was to get tbe comptroller general's transfer of the fi fas for taxes against the nnretnrned wild lands, accompanied by instructions to the effect that ‘the surplus tbat the land might bring ovei taxes and cost, etc., should go to the original owner of the land, if be could be found, and to the pub lic treasury in case no owner appeared. This perfected the scheme. They were tbe ‘owners' under the bogus deed from the United States Marshall, they being constituted the judges, and they would pay all ‘surplus' to themselves. But tbe comptroller general, some time after the first circular, sent these speculators a sup plementary circnlar. in which, after warn ing them that ‘many false and fraudulent owners will perhaps try to impose on yon,' in order lo get the surplus of sales over and above the taxes, etc., be rays: *1 think it would-lic best to take a good and legal bond from all persons to whom you pay such moner9, conditioned to repay the same within twelve months, if proper au thorities decidf tbat another is the true owner.’ ” This statement is entirely un true, and I feat intentionally so. No in. strucllons or circulars were ever “sent to these speculators,’ but the very opposite was done. The circular to which refer ence is made was sent to the sheriffs for their guidance, and only contained the law (see code, section 892 and section 7, act of 1874. page IOC) and were intended to, and no doubt will, protect the owners against speculators gobbling up the excess of money over tax and cost. I give yon these circulars in full, that you may see what efforts Mr. Tift resorts to—of misconstruction and flagrant perver sion : fas transferred to them by myself, I will rend other instructions with the fi fas. This circular is sent because some trnnS^rrcs of such fl fas will soon have tlieir fl fas in your lmnds tor lovy nnd sale. Please keep this circular for reference. Very Respectfully, W. L. (loi.iwuiTn. Comptroller General. CoxFTROLLER GKKBRAL'S OFFICE, Atlanta, Ga:. Nov. 1, 1877. To the Sheriffs orGeorgia: You will soon bo called upon to levy, advertise and sell wild land under fl fas issued from this office against wild land in your county, which has been reported to me by your tax receiver as unreturned wild land. I will -send you fl fas direct from this office, and transferees of such fas, under section 891 of the code, will nl so place such fi fa in your hands for levy and sale. In the above nnd ail cases, you will not sell nny lands to bo found on the large di gest for such years, deposited in the ordi nary's office ; for wc don’t wish to sell im proved land, but only wild land Mistakes of all other kinds will bo promptly corroded here (if substantiated by the books) on written application or letter, approved by the ordinary. In all wild land sales, the cxcoss of mom ey over and above tax and all costs must be paid to the owner of the Isnd, if to be found at time of rale, or if the owner is not to he found, then raid sum of money in excess ot Inx and cost must bo sent to me, to bo deposited In the treasury to tlie cred it of tlie owner, as a trust fund. This ap- plies to all parties who have had such li JUSTICE THE ALBANY :g: : o: :Q: •M- * M V FOR ;o: *0: • H- :w: •>: * M * :o: :Z: Cojnrenoi.i.RR General's Office. Atlanta, Ga.. Nov. 14, " To tlie Sheriffs of Georgia: In paragraph fourth of my circnlar of 1st Instant to you, I used this language In ail wild land sales, tlie excess ol mon ey over and above tax nnd all cost, must be paid to. the owner of tlie land, if lo lie found at the time of sale, or if tbe owner is not to be found, then said sum ol money in excess of tax and co9t must be sent to me, to he deposited in the treasury to the credit of the owner as a trust fund.” As it will he very difficult, perhaps in many cases for yon to determine who is the true owner of wild lands sold lor tax es. and ns many false and fraudulent own ers will, perhaps, try lo impose on you in order to get such moneys, aud as tlie law gives the true owners twelve months after sales to come forward and redeem tlieir tands thus sold by paying purchase mon ey, all cost and interest at twenty per cent per annum, I think it would lie best to take a good and legal bond from all per sons to whom you pay such moneys, eon. ditioned to repay same within twelve lOnths, if proper authorities decided that another is the true owner. In all eases of doubt as to ownership of such lands, or where im owner applies, you will, ns formerly instructed, send tlie money to this office. Transferees of wild land fi faswill be entitled to tlie amount of tax and cost, as appears nn lace offi fa. All surplus will go to the owner in tbe manner as above directed. These additional instructions aie issued in answer to letters from Sheriffs, and to save writing numerous replies. If any other question troubles you, write to roe, aud you shall have prompt answers. Very Respectfully, W. L. Goldsmith. Comptroller General. The transferees will hare nothing to do with this excess ol money—over tax and £ost unless he is the true owner—and that is Ibe reason of 'tlie order Ip sheriffs, to 'take bond and security unless he was sat isfied of the true owner." "Mr. TUI again says, “in these circumstances the comp troller general docs not speak to these speculators Iiy the authority of the Slate. He has divested himself or that right—so far oa he could do so—by his illegal ao- tion aud iu tlie absence of authority to prescribe law for their guidance. Citizen Goldsmith tenders to the wolves Jhia circu lar and supplemental circular-advice ns to how in his opinion they should take care of and protect tlie lambs.” The un justifiable insinuation in the picture °* )nicnt will rceciveC especial at- my putting the "wolves” in position to 1 take core of tbo “lambs” like the other ci tation is wholly unwaranted by the facts. These circulars were issued aud sent to sheriffs alone, and not to speculators, and have hod their intended effect; for I hare had. in the last few days transferees of wild land fifos to beg me to allow them to return the fi fas and refund to them tlie amount they paid, stating that at some ol tbeir sales in the upper counties Uicy did not buy n single lot, but citizens who lived in tbe vicinity of tlie lands bought them and they only got tlie amount they paid for the fi fas and lost tlieir time and Double. To tlie public 1 offer my humble apology for tbe personal character of this letter,.for they will bear me witness that I rarely obtrude myself upon them not even to repel falsehood and gross injustice Very Respectfully, W. L. Goi.nsuiTn. A live newspaper, devoted to the material prosperity of SOUTHWEST GEORGIA Tli9 City of Albany. THE ALBANY NEWS AVill supply its readers with the most accurate, complete and reliable accounts of cur rent events transpiring in dif ferent parts of the country, and in addition will contain choice selections of miscella neous articles, and it will .be the aim of the publishers to make Tiik Xf.ws an indispen sable paper to the business man, farmer and mechanic. As visual our L^cal Depart- tention. Terms: $2-00 Per Annum Flayed bis Last Card. TROMINENT 8POUTINO MAN REFORMS AND IS BAPTIZED IN PUBLIC. An immense audience, composed large ly of sporting men ami saloon keepers: sathered at the First Baptist Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana, last Sunday even ing, to witness the immersion of Mason Long, who has kept a faro bank in that city for tlie past twelve years, and was one of the must notorious gamblers in this sec tion of the country. Several weeks since licclosed his gambling room nnd atinminc- cd that lie had determined to reform He will probably enter the ministry. Pre vious lo the ceremony lie made a very ekt, quent speech which moved lijs listeners profoundly. He depicted his past life, and urged Ills old associates to follow Ills ex ample. nis sudden conversion lias caus ed u profound sensation, for he lias Itceii the leadsr ot the gambling fealernity in Fort Wnync for years past. The President of Harvard College thinks $300 an ample allowance for nstn- dcut's clothing for a year, $150 a mod erate allowance, .ami $70 the least posse hie. His estimate of tlie total yearly ex pense ningo from $600 to $1,365. Very low necked dresses, cut ill a V at ^he back, arc in fashion lor ball dresses. TO BUSINESS KEN Tiif, Albxf X f.ws offers extraordinary inducements, circulating extensively as it does in the counties of Dough erty, Baker, Worth, MitclniL ' Lee, Calhoun, Terrell and Co.- quitt. Rates of advertising in keeping with the (imea. Annual advertising contracts are the cheapest. Commence with the new year. In commencing the new year, we desire to. cal I the es pecial attention of the public the following fo Laws Relating to News paper Subscriptions and Arrearages. 1. Subscribers who do noi giro express no« lice lo tbe contrary, *re considered wish* ing to continue their subscriptions. 2. If subscriber** order the discontinuance of their periodicals, the publishers may continue to send them until all arrearages are paid. n. if subscribers refuse or neglect to laics their periodicals from the office to which they ore directed, they are held respond- hie until they hare nettled their bills and ordered tfiem discontinued. 4. If subscribers move to other pieces without notifying publishers, and the pa pers are sent to ibe former direction, they nre held responsible, 5. The oourts have decided tbat “refusing to take periodicals from the office, or re moving and leaving them uncalled for. is prima facie evidence of Intentional fraud.** 6. Any person who receives a newspaper and thakes use of it, whether he bas or dered it or not, is held in law to be a sub* scribers * 7. If subscribers pay in adranee, they are bound to give nolice to the publisher, at the end of their time. If they do not wish to continue taking it; otherwise the pub Usher is authorized to sc&d it on, and tbe subscribers will he held responsible nntll nn express notice, with payment of all arrearages, is sent to the publisher.

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