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KO^jfO^AL C A RDS
LAWYERS.
VISOR ft ALFRTEND,
Attorneys at Law.
OFFICE:'
D.A
OFFICE:
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C1»W ms.
W.T.Janin.
IT, JONSSEfe SAVES,
ArfOEHEYS AT LAW,
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Uetti t »Superior Courts of Albany rtiewit.
ALBANY. GEORGIA
pum
EY AT LAW,
iHXHviAOTICE-
Itwtoai Ath* public-ananllj
tnfnaioaal Onirti to oa
PETER J. STROZER,
WM. E. SMITH.
DOCTORS*
Dtr»W^ W; BACONv
■ Ut> tW T.ll—I of AltOBT uf
STROTHER, H. D.
BART, GEORGIA.
oVct 6'ifterl’s Dili Store.
E.W.ALFRIEHD,
R BsAfflifBtLr iiod»i»ki» rorotosgaito)*.
rfc hfaucbnolhtaprotetom. lothcciinrea
•fan. aadaurrouadlnsrountr,. i
s I r. P. L. HUiSMAN,
0*1 » j^raag^a
(S? aw*r ihauLl bo
Drs HOLIES &' DeMOSS
* fell Ml Extract teeth without ,«•, « —- -
“* fee. Keep thoroughly
at* m Deatifitry; and
Via a scieotidc, durable
JJiiWv jKirkman*
STOCK DEALER,
ee* ALBANY. GEORGIA.
m
ix,
IXA.Y BOARD
•ASBSRiWHKt
. ,|20 Per Month.
HOUSE,
ft»wiw>|ol«iv>*
BEGAD STREET. ALBANY. GEORGIA
rfOBBocra Hook la mrm zral]r*w (hencri^ioa
McAFEE HOUSE,
r n Usot*?
Opfoaite R. B. Depot.
Mr A FEE, PAprfttdt.
Brown House,
MACON. - GEORGIA.
PER DAY.
RATES REDUCED.
TTOMM aai alter chMstoaa* aaiea wiU be tZ per
MS Aw. Booms elegant and comfortable, u'.l<* as
toad aa the msrtet aSbria. Beery exertioa oill be
made to Keep op the welt-koowo rrp.rratfon of the
Imm. . Every aueetion giv«rn to Mien, sad Isrce
MMfllftfi In nadlneafor comawnrfa! tiavelera
WE-
11
Msutitfh Oar pain
■ theUaion
BARLOW HOUSE.
AMERICU8. OA.
hf U» Center of business' -Oppo-
fite the Court House.
Board Per Day $2 00
B.F: COLLINS. Proprietor.
•Met KMNIe« peU to the waste of alf gtiestv-
Oaoef thohart hooda ia the Bute.
AIM f#r IX rarer.
BjwJjjJwiflM*, > KitiLU la—i
'** jr P. luniuo.
baapaatlSf to Ibaeaeitta Ik. Unm iUM Un
adiis DrdsreA: Tint tho dsfsadsat appear i
»aass Term of ifta Court, aaa toot aer
•■den him by publication of lb fa rule,
for foor months in the Altai ~ N>.-
«Uhod ia tho Iowa of Allan j. oa
gpfe of Georgia, J. WRRiUT,
WMMi ft Baafaee. AXXnrf* for Pltff jutae,
IMiestmthMi thomlaatea
(■Mb CJ.TIPTOy. Clerk.
GRAIN.
A.. "W. Tuc ker,
Produce Broker,
normn special inducemcmib to
A.|G_ Troth tm atmmtm <w .11 kind, w (Iran
<*■ fcrMLIT wmniinn uuniu.n.
Cotton Planter:
By WESTON & EVANS.}
r — ■r-'tf’vtya&yyxrf'
Devoted to the Interests of Albany and Southwest Georgia.
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VOLUME 12.
A£‘AliifY l . l ;Htetrt4Eft > A. th UR8DAY, APRIL 18. 1878.
NUMBER 16
: ■ - ’> flflfiillnfo &
b- a»DktHct-a. P. Saltar, J.L.Dodnr, L. V. BU-
; airtgrici-Jotro It Cntlia; CL 1L Maya. 3. C.
E. Wilder. E. H. Buw, A r
Tin: tobacco tax.
Important CurrmiNinilrni'e.
WjisnixiiTnx t'lTV. April B, 7S.
Eoitoks Aliunv News; Tin- en-
Wililrriiiou is of great importance
to our agriculturists, am) shoiiUI be
published for their benefit. The enr-
respyadenco should also, as l>y it you
can biller a- ovrtnin llie points in con
troversy. ami how derided. I hope
thi* trill pm an eml to all such irre-
tants in Thomas county, a. well as our
I. ' Kis*peel fully ,
W. K. Smith.
ilocsn OK I»Kt*RESEX TATIV Ks, I
i , j • March 30. IS7S. ,
/hw.VrrtYi,' It. Hfihtjt. Commissioner
f»f * inti run! ftrrrnnr, iVnshin<il»n
liify, /KC. :
Sit»—Since our interricwlhis morn
ing. | have eonverseil with Hon. Isaac
Kiinoal, tiiief Toliaceo Section, on
thy «-instruction plnreil by eerlaiu In
ternal Revenue Collectors in Georgia,
an section S of the Statute (5th of
I tine, IS7S. (see Revised Statutes, page
ti27),lis to what constitutes a ,l,nh r in
loliaqeo. within the iiieauiug of the
kaw.j At Hie suggestion of Mr. Kitu-
Iml. i herewith hand you a eomlrnsed
statement of my views on the sub
jects, ami (lie facts of the ease.
By reference to my note to you, da
ted April 3. 1877. wiiieli is on tile in
your wtlice. you will see that this same
subject was brought to your atten
tion, and which, after a consideration
by Von. was answered by inclosing
me a letter written l.y you‘to the Hon.
Ti M- Norwood. 1 suppose you then
iught that your opinion of thejaw,
conYeyed in that letter, covered
eftrh disputed point: and as such 1,
and other planters, accepted it. lint
it seem., that the suhcollceiors in Geor
gia do not understand it; or if they
do. will not accept it as a rule of their
official conduct. .
■ From repeated 1 decisions made by
rbu, tt-is cleumhat a planter whofur-
lishes his' hired laborers with tobacco
s not-a;tots.oco dealer, as to them.
And is bound to pay the special
tax dtp-five dollars collected of tobac-
eslers.
bo-aobeollectors in Georgia con
strue this law to apply to planters
who furnish tobacco to //y ,> laborers
hired J'or the year, and require them
to pay a special tax of five dollars as
tybacco -dealer,, if they furnish la
borers who work by the day, week
or month, or less than one year. The
reaton of this distinction is not ob-
vlcth#. ' If a planter is authorized to
furnish a laborer who has been en
gaged on an annual contract, with to-
nteco, it would seem consistent, w ith
such, authority, to allow him to fur
nish-dne with the same article who
had only contracted to serve eleven
months, or six months, or one month,
or one week, or one day. The iium-
l>er of laborers on a plantation may
be fifty, while the number of daily,
reekly or monthly laborer- may not
xreeti a proportion of one to every
'five ofllie former, and these only
serve in ea-e- of absolute necessity,
and only fora very «hort time. When
the necessity ceases, their services are
,di»pcuscil u it h.
j yiic_blai-h* are poor anil improvi
dent; th e wfitles are sore
■niewhat lietter
oif, hot are more careful of their fu-
tpre; necessities, and they are com-
, from the necessity of the case,
th Qijnish their laborers with shoe*
and doming, medicine and food for
such of their families who do not or
■ ‘cannot- tatmr: and in furnishing all
other sujiplie-. there is u» siilistautial
reason w hy tobacco should not he in-
ludrni as well.
It ma-t Is- remembered, too, Unit
the localities where these laborers re-
Uie are at ili'Ianis/s more or less
great front-places where tobacco is
sold by a tegular dealer, -o that while
the laborer-is supplied on the place
by his employer, he is greatly beuc-
fitteit,in utilizing the time, at work,
wliic/i Wdp Id otherwise l>e consumed
hv hint fh a trip to and from tho to-
IsiccO defiler.
ltds.true that the planter makes a
mall profit on lh«so Minute xnlf* or
fttlruitfXM, bm tin* Iahon?r lii-» to-
tweed al the jirire |i<*r plu^ :»m if
!*<• pin*<]i:i<v4‘<P*lt fn»m I lie tlt-aler hini>
-i*]f. T!h* |»l:int«*r mako lii> jirolit by
gi ttinir IIw lob.'i(Toal ;i rt-thift tl prief,
aefor«lin^to tin* r|iianfity purHiasfil,
nnil tin* luriih on wliicbif i» obuiincd.
It will in* rcii!<‘inber<’<l. too, that our !
plant»*r- «lo not -<rll tobacco fo other
per.ion-. They t-ouliuc rliewc lulvance^
(lor they <lo not ri-c to iln* dignity or
grade of a bargain or no 1 f) exclusive
ly to f!i»* laborers on th«*ir plan bit ion,
Axol who arc at the time in their ner-
Vt»-c a- •stirli. It may be-aid licit Much
ft ruling i- in ti»e inteie.sf of th<* to-
bnecd ilffiler who pavthe tax. F'ut
it i- not. The taxed tobacco dealer
f-tipplie* the planter and the planter
hdvance- to hi- laborers. Th*? dealer
tlii*a in one “ah? cover- ten, twenty or
fifty small tran-,actiont. It is to hi^-
Interest to make the-e comparatively
large '•ale . ;»"• i- evidenced bv the
fact that Jie reduces the price accord
ing to, quantity sold. Besides while
the planter complains of f uch a con*
jfltructioii to you, the merchant's ano
laborers do not.
I therefore, that you mav see
the wisdom, justice and policy of in
fracting vour su boo!lectors, that the
phrase “hired laborers’' include, all
laborers, without regard to the length
of the time of their service, and that
term "tobacco dealer” does not in
clude a planter who advances to his
hired laborers tobacco with other nec-
e*yin upplie-* n-\ desired by them.
The bubcollcclor«, in my judgment,
haye fallen into another error, which,
to its extent, is equally inconvenient
aiKhonjust it i* thir;
Our laborers «rc compensated in
one of three ways.
l&bfic agreed wage: are paid in
such • way aa to satisfy them. Some _
prefer rash, others prefer a part of
tho rrop raised^others, still, prefer a
little niort> liberty ami lie
ruUivnrtnh of the tanil ui
tract of rent. But in every case tho
laborers work and lire on* the same
plantation, live generally in the samo
settlement, arc fkirnished by the plan
ter with everything necessary. Droid
planting seed up, to make tlie crop.
The compensation of this class of la
borer is about the same, in value, if
not less than that received by others
on the plantation, and the proportion
of such laborers to the rest, on* tbp,
mall
g o0' parts
es or the oitt-
for
place is one^o ton. This isAsmal
V
matter to tho planter, but one of some
'mportance to the tenant laborer. A
E la liter may have but ono of inch Ik-
01
of live dollars
eo would be a luxury that few would
care to indulge ill. Tho constniqtioh
of these officials, if bona fide, is un
fortunate. The amount-of special
taxes likely to be collected will be im
proper. while the incouvenieucc"ahd
injustice of Its enforcement wilt'be
felt by all—most sevCfofy by the •‘ten
ant laborer." *'l tf : ■><> ■
I trust, therefore, that it may be iu
your power to instruct your suhOffl-
•ials that a planter may lawfully, and
bra sd’
whl :h were alread;
Oft o papers, the
std i, leaving a. reaerye of space foi
the tews thatmightarrivcaltcrwnrd
Where the heat .had penetrated the
» somc newsboys had curled
ftphirtbeetice and dfart.—
asleep, cut,thp steps, where
dfeknost Important and: most hurried
of I tc larger contributors to journal-
lam finally forcboro from disturbing
thefe. OccaMPntdlV a-telegraph mess
ngcr dived inter the entranco of a
bul ding, then an errand boy from the
iPo t Office With a pile Of newspapers
mu letters; ahd then a reporter from
soi e '.fetfi meeting np town. As u
wilhotu paying tlie special tax of a
-dealer of tobacco,* advai
nefe, • with
other supplies, tobacco to his hired
laborer, without regard to tho mode,
quality or amount of their compensa
tion, and without regard to the fact
that in estimating their compensation,'
rent enters into the oaionlauon.
I have the honor to be
Yonr ob’t: servant;
W. E. Smith, M. C.
Tkeasckv Department,
Office of Intf.Bxal Revenue,
Washington’, April 4,1878,!
Sik : This office isiu recei]
ult, ii
i
letter of the 28th ult, in which yon
enclosed copy of a letter front this of
fice dated Starch 31,1874, addressed
to T. C. Weatherby, Esq., Bennetts-
"ille, Sooth ■ Carolina, giving y ~
structiou to paragraph eighth,
3^44 'jf the Eevised Statutes of the
Uni
nited States, and inquiring if said
letter contains the present views of
the office; if not, thai you be furnish
ed with the present construction of
>h
the paragraph referred to . defining a
dealer In manufactured tobacco..
The office letter addressed to . Mr,.
Weatherbv commenting on the de
claration ol law “that every person
whose business it is to sell or oner for
sale inaiiufacttirqd tobacco, snuff or
cigars, shall be'regarded as a dealer
in tobacco,'* proceeds to state that “It
were piles upon piles of newspapers
frqm points as far apart and as vari( *'
aa the capitals of Europe, and front!
nntnncfa An tho ni>. woaldhti rtloSttc
is not necessary that the selling of
Thi
these articles or of any one of them
shall constitute his sole or only busi
ness, or tho major part of his busi
ness, neither is it necessary that his
sales shall be made at a prefit in or
der to constitute a business within
the meaning and intent of the Stat
ute. Every person who habitually.
sells, offers it for sale, or holds’ him
self out as prepared, ready and will
ing to sell maunfactureds tobacco, is
regarded as making a buAness of sell
ing and so places himself within the
term ol'the Statute.” ' “
The same views are now entertain
ed as to tho liability of evera’fpetsou
whose business it is id sell or-duer fed
sale manufactured tobacco. 8:
question as to what -kind or amount
of sales or aalt baa been often I pre
sented to this office, to what extent
can an employer furnish supplies'in-’
eluding manufactured tobacco. Jo hi*
tenants or laborers witltouimakinga
business of selling has frequently been
passed upon. * 1 •*-'-»* t - .i
It has been anil is now held that a
farmer or planter who i simply sup-
<tu
a for lb« r«kU»U<J
DDTUV COTTON PUITEB
AriltO) Trail, Ball, Lnaana aid
Ceateulal (ilia.
now*. HOES, ETC, vkM> m keSrir W. nrj nor
verm.
BOA NOS, of tfco most inpronil broods
H. * A. J .Tin^t ct>. -
. alDMT, to. -
I&Sja££&,.
proportion of the crop
products a». is agreed on.
IVlicre the laborer cultivates so
tnanv Here : of ground at an agreed
rent, the plnnler furniKhiiig all the
supplies for the laborer, the mule and
the Is borer*- family, all these advan
ce*, w ith the rent of the land and hire
of the mule, to lie first ih-dueled Irom
the crops produced; the remainder to
become the pr<q>erty of the tenant
According to the construction of
sahl siiiKifficials in Georgia, the third
class are held to he "tenants” and not
“hired laborers;” anil the planters
who furnish such tenant.-, with tobac
co are held to lie dealer-, and liable
to Uie special tax.
I submit thatthi* is all wrong. We
are compelled to hire our laborers iu
plies bis employees
lactured tobacco they
own personal use and
rial accommodation, a
view to gain or profit to
not regarded as engaged ii
ness of selling maunfectnred to
and would not be required •
rial tax for thus supplying
laborers with tobacco. . ittTSG
This ruling is intended to embrace
all cases where farmers and planters
furnish supplies of. tobacco to their
lalmrers, whether such laborers ire
paid a stipulated sum in cash or'its
equivalent, by the year, month, n *raek.
or day; or paid by receivings pro
portion of the crop produced, as per
contract; or where tlie laborers cul
tivate a given number or acres', of
land at an agreed rent A fanner or
planter who solely for the accommo
dation of his laborers or employees,
as above detlned-enot withra .vievbof
nin orprofltto himself—even though'
e charges a price for tlie tobaceo in
advance of what he pays by the box
sufficient to make hlAiaelf entirely
w hole i. *., to retmBtffie^hngCTnfffr
such loss, cost and exphnsa U lie tfiay
tieces.-arily iiicur-^lft. not.- held to In
liable to pay.Tor tbftspecial junaa
You rs respectfully,
| .Signed ] Green B. RauM,
Commissioner.
Edward C. Wade, Esq., Collector
3rd District, iSuvainiah, Ga,
Tbeasukv Depabtizf.vt,
Office of Internal Revenue,
Washington, April 8th 1878.
Sir:—Your letter of the 30th Uii
has been received,, id. which you aY-
pcfsbukl 1 InfervfeW'WlM
lude to yonr'pi
me and with the head of fire Tobarco
Division of this Office, Mr. Kltnb
and state your views at length:u]
the matter of tlie^utyment
l ax, as dealers in mauul
bacco by farmers and planters—call
ing attention also to a previous letter
addressed by yon to the Office ou the
f.amc subject.
I have also lately received letters
from other persons in youf &tatt
pecinlly from Collector Edwkf
Wade of Savannah. Georgia,' as!
to be furnished with the present
iug of jlie,Officept> this subjectfoi
intorinntion aiid gurdance." ■ Enel'
I send you a copy of the letter Otis
day addressed to Collector Wade,
Which I propose to pupiish for tho
inl’oruiatfon of tlie revenue Collector*.
This letter is only a reiteration of
w hat hue bceu for some four years
ppst, the ruling of the* offle
subject, and aa I understand
stated bv you iu yonr letter, .
they are in harmony therewith-’
Yotirs respectfully,
To Hon. W. E. SniTir, -r.
House of Uepresentativea,
Washington, D. L'.
llie managing edi(o> of a^Texas
paper expects to do vefy' little Srrl±
ting and a great deal of shooting.
the idewalk, and tho pavement vi
ed' W ItHtWi dreat Of Mte machines.
^rea of .otlicr
ed the build-
•pae, the BertfUl, the
the IYoridi and fee Times, whlto
of i stoem rolling pp from
wofeuml from the grating over
presft-roomaj The preas-rooma.
ded beyond the buildings under
m4fer of appearance'mow than any-
‘ w * * Achiut- r
tlii ig else—aa the last form
do ed—a derk^Sfln^U^ ndverWiini
.. n the. .ground floor, and
dr wsed, with the lights half down,
1 he two gentlemen entered one of
thf offices, and began to ascend that
g stairway by vfhich all editorial
msain-attained, custom and eqoti-
omy invariably putting editors iu
they writs, about. More telegraph m * ats , n,, “ all of superior qualitt, tlie supervision of the foreman
ys, compositors, proof-readers, and
sorters passed the. visitors on tbe
firs, who, when they had explained
eir business to an inky office boy.
! admit
um of a'
info the sanctum sanc-
brated morning paper.
tatflii, nt 'lightning speed,
that was" the next sccno opened to
them,, On, some of the desks there
outpoats oq the, far ,Western plains; a
liftle ; tip.box shot up and dfiwn h
~‘ _J ‘ in,.rfe ** " "
wooden ,sl»ft in fhe feWdle of the
reorn, info. ,wbfeh 'rolls. <?f mafiusetipt
•■were ppt,by i*n office b6y, who rusli-
ile of the
ed from deskta desk and. gathered
the.sheots as tliey came from the writ
er**- ban#- • From time to time a ner-
vou% sharp-voiced,' imperative gen-
tluman, in a very much soiled linen
duster, called to one or. the other of
rkers, and gave orders which
(h^^ofKer ,
would have'been “quite unintelligible
who may have mistaken
.nrent for a slanghter-
house, when. be heard a pale-faced
little gentleman requested to “n
to a layp
the eatab
i “make a
leraan reqt
>®f. the Pope,’’ “cut down
Mat t&ijmngffftn afeientting
na.Uicldnson,” “dotfeie lead Gen.
rant,” “put a' minion cap-head on
Peter Cqbper^ and .“boH tlowh the
Evangelical Alliance.”
But making a paragraph of the
Pope supply applied to the . compres
sion of some news concerning him
tetadbBt.iBk.iTt the minion cap-head
irlhe venerable philan-
-mtant the kind of type to be
in thfytjtle,of a speech or lecture
.fetwn were two technicalities exprea-
sing condensation. Th.e gentleman
te'the linen dnster was ttte night, edi
tor iq charge, fee desppt of fep hour:
and the intermediary between the
ssssasiswfe'®:-®;
box,ip. the shall communicating with
them.
By three o’clock tlie last line of
ipy must be in the printers’ hands,
(d ftopi midnight until that time a
newspaper office in the editorial de-
partment is in a state of' nervous in
tensity and activity for which I can
imagine no pamllel.
The smoke from the cigars and
pipes rolled np to the ceiling, and
pens spread over the pages of manu
script paper. Tlie writersbentto their
work with tremendous earnestness
and concentration; there was not ohc
of them who had written less than a
column of matter that night, and some
were closing two or three column ar-
They were pale and
One of them was heading and sub
heading cable dispatches from the
scat of war, another was writing edi
torial paragraphs on the very impor
tant telegraphic news that 'came in,
another was damning a new plav ' in
virulent prose, another was revising
a thrilling account of murder, anoth
er was transcribing his stenographic
notes of a speech on the inflation of
ittin:
tbe currency, another was putting the
infe
finish touches upon a well-considered
article criticising a debate in the
French' Assembly, and another was
absorbed in the etc
description of a yacht
rtfee, -The little tin. box in the shaft
up and down more frequent
ly, and the night editor bccanfe more
nervous and imparative than ever, as
the fingers of the big clock on the
wall qrpnt beyond two. Two mures
oftnannscript Were - setup one bvbnc,
affd 4cmg, moist proof-sheets oAmc
down from the composing’ room.
Th$p jbe^QUtiling .dowti .began, and
some of tho writers «it tv articles that
had cost them hours of research an
nihilated by the stroke of a pen, or
reduced from columns to paragraphs,
not ore account of' unimportance, but
simply because there is always a su
perfluity of matter, contrary to the
erroneous notion that the' editor's
greatdifflculty is to fill his space; and
in somejnstanqes even the paragraphs
were finally omitted tt> make Toom
for une^pqctsdnews that arrived lat
er. Telegrams were still coming in
at half-past two, but soon after that
closing^ The night editor and his as
"the
night editor and his as-
ekppeared into the com
posing rooms, where they remained
to superintend, the making up of the
forms; and the men at the desks pre-
ftarsa
atttne more smoke.—Harper's Mtuja-
The people or Amlcrsoiiville, S.
nwMtjtV. Hampton with
a line thoroughbred tnarons'd birth
day present last week. Haninton is a
horseman and cuts u glorious llg-
Jlis people ‘
ure astride a horse. His people love
him In private life, revere hitn iu
council, cheer him on the rostrum,
but they yell when they see ‘'
boric b&cLi
I FKOJI aAVANNAH.
IMPROVEMENTS—THE MORNING NEWS
OFFICE—TUB HEALTH OF SA
VANNAH, ETC, |
i Savannah, Ga., April 6,1878.
KfJilors New;—Knowing that a
letter from my “versatile” pen will be
read with great interest .by your army
of rjsaders, I fling aside every other
indneettoent—the park, the cemetery,
TylpNv!et&, etc.; at|d settle myself
do\t*»o.!“taisinnsa.” „
*!• tMP«oy«jiBKT s -, I ...
fy lias been tea,years since.I last
visited Savannah, end during that
timp, wonderful cliaugos have taken
place. The market fitonse., wo? a
very common aifair, very cqmman,
indeed ; and or tjie occasion of my
visjtf workmen were teaming pp fee
setters beneath it in .order,fe .repair.
etn. I saw rats there,<nol printer
fftty, I am sorry to say;) thrown np.te
that had been, caught in ,feq
under the markot imuse and
Now tlie pity cqu boast, of one
of ihe most magnificent market houses
in the union. It is simply perfect in
all its appointments. You can buy
anything you want there, from a crab
to n sturgeon. Every kitid of vege
greet the eye • in their different de.
partments. This building is a credit
tofthe city,, and wjU stpuil for ages as
■ointment to,tbe puidipspirit of
tlfe man who championed its erec
tion—Mayor Screven.’
. THE MORNING NEWS OFFICE.
toping, busy men, puffing *’«t conies the great printing es-
pes, and' scribbHtig wftwf^lishment of Mr, J. H. Eetili. This
structure reflects the greatest credit
upon its enterprising proprietor. Ev
erything that can render the employee
comfort„ and convenience.has been
thought of in the.construction of this
bfdlding. Not the slightest detail has
been missed. I am glad to. say the
paper ia in the most prosperous con
dition, and if the surface indications
Of the proprietor-cane bo taken as a
criterion, he is happy, 1 ’ From this Of-.'
flee is now being published a ’book
entitled “The Dead Towns Of Geor
gia,” which promises to' be immense
ly popular.' '* •' r
THE HEALTH OF SAVANNAH
was never liriter. ’ The sanitary con
dition of the clly is snch aS to pre
elude, the idea of yellow jack. I have
conversed with" several ‘gentlemen
who went through the horTors of the
late epidemic, and they say that the
quarantine regulations arc such now
that yellow fever is almost impossi
ble. Tills is encouraging to a rural
dlstriclerl /:
In my next I will give you an ac
count of Tybee, and’ other points of
interest around Savannah.
it. vr. j.
How He Won Her.
A voting couple were occupying a
" ’ '' ek, '
rustic seat one evening thisyveOk,and
from the expression of the masculine
representative's face, it was evident
that he was a “goner”—drifted; as It
were over the great pyschological Ni-
of affectum, ami then Wni
agarn or aUectlon. aiui then Was being
dizzily whirled about in the. whirl
pool of affection.. The swimming
swans had no affection for him, the
eagles were as nothing, apd did not
even notice tbe big white hear. 1
“Oh! do he hiine;” lie said, attempt
ing to draw nearer to her end of the
seat. ,
Site made herself rigid, and heaved
a sigh.
“I’ll he a good man, and give up all
my bad .habits, he urged.
No reply.'
“I’ll ncvei
never drink another drop,” he
continued.
Still unrelenting sat the object of
his affection.
“And give up chewing—’*
No response.
“And smoking—”
Cold'as ever.
“Aud join, the church,”
She only shook per head.
“Anil-give you a diamond engage
ment ring,” he added in desperation.
Then tho maiden lifted her droop
ing *»is, wrt fedutau her^Hz-
s oir lrts shoulder, TTernitnhglynjiir-
zes oit trD shoul
inured into his ravished ear
jWHWJ 011 are so
Aud there the
they aat, and sat;' 'Uhl
the soft arms of night—that dusky
nurse of tlie world—had folded them
from - sight, pondering, planning,
thinking—she of the diamond ring,
and he of how on earth he was to
get it.
G. A. Townsend, writing tho Phila
delphia Times (after a visit, to the
South), says: “Cotton yarns and
brown cottons are manufactured in
the South, yet I was told that tlie
agencies of the Southern mil Is are un
iformly in New York and fee North,
and the goods return to the popula
tion after two thousand miles
of movement. The South wantssomc-
thing besides cotton to make the round
of the year. Cotton is a staple of cred
it and dependence, although immense
in yield and utility. About nine hun
dred million pounds go to fee British
market alone. But this crop Is mort
gaged before it is sown, and little
side relief comes from the many
availabilities of the ground—from su
gar, swine, peauuts, fruits, money at
interest, woman’s labor, notions dairy
If-oducts, wood, basket work, salt fish,
or whatever swells the vast aggregate
of a productive society,” That is too 1
true. The country that should he
most independent is least so.
An old negro man who remained
nt Arlington, ami who heard “Marse
Kitz were gwine to git back dis ole
home,”told a recent, visitor: Fore
God; my chile, if I could sec dcin
ehillcrn come to dis place agin, I’d be
ready for to die; I’d lay down an’let
’em walk over dis old nigger; I prays
night and mawnin for dis same bless-
Into come in poor old -lohn'stime.—
Do. Nord-chile, dey ain’t home folks
no how you fix it, and I am hungry to
see my chillci'ii back in dem rooms
aud wandering fru dese grounds.”
BTR .NOTH FOR TO-VAT.
Btnssla tbr Usday Is sit thmt we oe-vl.
ASMui —’
m BSTtr will bs s to-morrow,
. umwwUil
Wlih Itomosrara c
’J boo whj (oncost tho ti-lifi of Ufo.
lilt* fortbe right mtr quoit not.
t ud tboon-S' bedim mod with buurtoon
to iMroSMtblor U(bt mo j foil not.
Tbot «ft toup. thornier oMo
i Ero Ion* thry out ooftly nHy.
OBtiaux'ond l
atmasUi tor t»d0T-l» bosao oaS hotro,
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-To
Two Elegant New Conclies for
the Gulf Bond.
There has just been turned out from
the. workshop of the Atlantic and
Gul—
ulf Railroad two aa handsome and
elegantly ‘ finished palace sleeping
and drawing room cars as can be seen
on any road. Those cars were de
signed and constructed at the Gulf
Railroad shops, and all the work, with
ihe excopt ion of the Lathan sice] '
id the veneering, was done
under
of the
car shop, Captain P. G. Raynal, and
Mr. Chas. Collins, the Master Ma
chinist.
The oars are constructed of Geor
gia pine, thoroughly seasoned-, aud
* * ’ Tth i ‘
are provided with all the modern
conveniences. The painting and dec
orations arc elegant and most ex-
uisitcl v executed. They differ from
a utsitely
10 Pullman sleepers in that the up
per berths, save at night, when
use, are not visible, being concealed
in the backs and bottoms of the seats,
and oa entering the car one is im
pressed only with its attractive ap
pearance as a handsome passenger
coach, their being nothing in view to
designate it as a sleeper. They are,
as we have stated, supplied with the
Lathan potent for upper berths, which
is at once tight, substantial and easy
of adjustment, and so arranged as to
dei
render it almost equally as desirable
as the lower berth. The upholstering
of; the' cars is very fine, and noth
ing-in fact that will conduce to com
fort and convenience in travelling is
omitted. The toilet rooms for ladies
and gentlemen are located at. oppo
site ends of the car, and arc models of
their kind, nothing neater or possess
ing more convenience could be imag
ined. In addition there is an appart-
nient, separated by a door from tho
other portion of the car, which can be
used as a smoking' room. The cars
are heated with hot water, convoyed
through pipes running along the sides
at the bottom, the healer being en
closed iu a closet, so to speak,the door
of which is beautifully finished with
veneering. The patent couplings are
Used on these cars, and iu the event of
aocident to one, for instance, in run
ning off the track, they become un
hooked, and the other is set free. The
exterior&nd interior finish of the cars
is a credit to the Gulf Road and its
corps of efficient and skillful mechan
ics. The simplicity and convenience
Of the sleeping arrangements are, we
think, superior to the Pullman cars,
and we have no doubt they will prove
Equally if not more popular with the
traveling public. Mr. Lathan, the
mtleman whose patent is used, is in
ie city, and has superintended the
introduction into these cars of his up
per berths. He pronouuces the cars
most admirably built aud elegantly
finished, and a credit to the mechanf-
cal department of the road.
The portable tables, convenient for
cards or for writing purposes, are
provided, and cau be placed in posi
tion in an instant and when not in use
are conveniently stowed beneath the
•eats.—Savannah News.
Southwest Georgia Induatrial
Association.
In to-day’s paper will be seen the
announcement iff the First Spring
Fair of this Association, which takes
place in Albany, Ga., on the 21st and
22nd of May, 18.78. This is a move in
the right direction, and if prosecuted
with energy and rim, is bound to re
dound to the well being and glory of
our whole section. Southwest Geor
gia needs a st imulus, something to re
vive the latent energies of her people,
and we believe this will do It.
We have the most desirable State in
the Union naturally. Wo can be
made independent of the grain and
moat of the West, the manufactures of
the East, the iron of Pennsylvania, and
the gold and silver of California and
go!
Nevada. Georgia is a little Empire
within herself; and whilo the north
ern and middle parts of the State are
developing ourjmiiieral resources and
manufacturing capacity, let us in
Southwest Georgia develop our ca
pacity in agriculture, horticulture,
etc. The people of Southwest Geor
gia can make this occasion a grand
success aud a glowing tribute to out-
industrial progress.
Albany U favorably located for tbe
united exhibits of Southwest Georgia
being near the center and accessible
by three different tines of railway
aitd we hope to see all the counties
join in anil forward this noble enter
prise. Randolph, Clay, Quitman and
Stewart have as fine products, as
any of the counties aconnd Albanv, so
let us go down in solid phalanx 'and
compete for the prizes, and thus ad
vertise our respective counties and
see for our selvea.what can be done in
our, whole- section—Cuthbert True
Stmthron.
Bridges Smith says: “Do you know
rhat l’d do if t had lots of money '<
what
The first thing I’d do would bo to buy
me a printing shop aud run a news-
paper. I’d print my paper in colors.
I’d put my leading editorial in criin-
sou, so as to have them read, obituary
department iu black, news items iit
ItoanctiM
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oeoboia-somteRtiaurm-;:
GtMjWJfjJWtoJKtaon. J Q SUjik tea,
lie-lac; dog tights in pnrp-le; litisii-
ila ‘
cial articles relative to railroad mo
nopplies iu car-mine; foreign war
news in scar-let; marriages in rose-
tint births In ycll-ow ami adrertis-
inents in white, because they are so
often red.
The first, sounds of tlie Whipp-o-
wlll were heard over a week ago.—
Weather prophets say this ia the sign
of no wore frost.
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