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H] PEOPLJ ' - • PAPEB ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR, VOL. VII. ' T, TMBER 8. °'T G( t WITH GEORGIA > **.9 Work of the Week in House and Senate. THE SENATE TACKLES PROHIBITION. Turner Substitute for Bash Bill Defeated aud Da'er Revived—Child Labor Bill Killed—Other Measures of General I ate rest. Executive Appointments. Governor Atkinson has appointed . Spencer R Atkinson as Railroad Com ending Oct. 15, 1903; James Brown as Libra-ian ending Sep, 25. and tendered Judge Samps Bar of Coweta county, the associate su preme judgeship to be vacated by Judge Atainson. These and the nominations below w“re confirmed by the S-na’e: W J. Pearsall, Solicitor county court Colquitt county; A M Deal, solicitor Bulloek county court; F. F. Julian so'icitor c.ty c urt Gwinnett county; J W. Harris, judge city court Bartow county; W. E S eed, judge Taylor county court. G- F Johnson, so ieitor Jasper county court: E J. Wynn, solic itor city court of Columbus; R. W. Rob erts, judze Baldwin county couit; J. A. Wilkes, judge Colquitt county court; W A. Wray, judge Liberty county court; E K Overstreet, judge Screven county court; S. W. Sturgis, solicitor Pierce county court Hon. Warner Hill will probably be appointed to fill the Coweta judgeship. The Blalock Report. The Blalock Committee’s report has been read. The committee found the offices of the Secretary of State and Attorney General in good shape It could not report on the State Treasur ' er’* of no provision for an expert to examine the books. Build ing and Loan Associations are report ed as not making annual returns ac cording to law. The shortage of 84 000 to SO 000 for fees collected by the late Treasures Hon. Robt. U Hardeman from Bui’ding and Loan Associations under the act of 1890 and not turned in by him into the treasury was noted and the legislature recommended to take steos to protect the state; a change in assessment of advalorim and J sp c al taxes is advised. Returns show that from 1891 to 1896 taxable values have decreased $51.000 000; discrepan cies were noted in the returns to illus trate the evils of the present system. Bank returns show discrepency of ST - 000 000; committee recommends a board of tax a se«sors in each county as such a plan would reduce the rate at least 66 2 3 per cent Reports that when the Comptroller General’s attention was called to the failure of presidents of banks, railroads, etc , ’n paying the special tax of $lO imposed upon them, that officer sent out a cireular letter " kna'upwards ot $s we was brought'.hid the office, committed 1 recommenced Comptroller General be required to audit all accounts before presentation to the G wernor. The Agricultural Department. Regard'rg the office of Commissioner of Agriculture, committee reported findmg deplo-able a sence of any sys tern of bo< k-keeping by which it could obtain satisfactory information as to workings of that office No reco’d* found of tags for fertilizers sold 1890 91 and to date; state now pays 40 cents per thousand for tags whereas it paid $i 25 b-fore the investigation; oil in spectors’ salaries now $125 per month, recommended be cut to 866 D’screp ancies were found in some inspectors’ accounts. Recommended that this office be filled by the government. In reference to guano, recommended 3 grades, high, standard and low, high being 14 per cent at d over of plant food, standard 12 per cent and low 10 percent, salary of Chemist be cut to $2,400 and his assistants increased to $1,300 The Geological D« partivent. Board meetings held irregularly, no books kept showing receipts and dis bursements and little fle d work done in past ten months; appropriation for 1898 should be withdrawn; stem'gra pher and secretary for board at 8100 per month considered useless and fa 1 ure of present management to pu-h the work induces -ecommendation to abol ish the office. Other Officers. The State School Commissioner’s books were found all right and well kept Os the school fund, SSO pe month for stenographer was unauthor w-~ized. State Librarian’s books and library in good condition. Commissioner of Pensions compli mented for accuracy of accounts also action of that officer in paying S3O each to all pensioners instead of 860 to a limited number, the amount allowed by law. The salaries of Supreme Court Sten ographer fromslsoo to s’2oo and Sher iff from slslO to SI2OO be reouced; also railroad and penitentiary commission ers $2500 to 52000 State Institutions State lunatic asylum visited; name be changed to Georgia State Hospital; management complimented. Blind Academy and also school for the Deaf well managed. Regarding G orgia State Industrial College for n-groes, that Chancellor Boggs be not paid the ext-a salary as he is now of S6OO to S9OO per year to look after it. School of Technology complimented, bo k keeping being complete ano thorough; Georgia Normal and Indus trial College accounts correct but re commend that state treasurer recewe all funds and pay out upon proper vouchers all expenses A special ap propriation of $6,000 was asked for this school last year f rnew eouipment and defeated and another effort will be made this session for the appropria tion- Commitlee calls attention th«t the equipme- t has already been paid for out of funds for the institution. The Agricultural College. State Normal School and University of Georgia management commended. state Agricultural College makes no effort to teach mechanical arts, in ae c rdance with land scrip law. Trus tees and faculty take no interest in agricultural branch, students have avoided practical part of education surroundings not congenial to young men who want an education along agricultural lines. President of college stated not his intention to endow a chair of pract’cal agriculture and the school a mere pretense and not in com pliance with the laws of congress. Committee sees no hope of having such a college. The “Model Farm” is a sham; no diversified crops, no care dis p'ayed and pronounced by all a failure; not visited for years by trustees, sac ulty nor students ; therefore the claims in University cat ah gue are fictitious; committee recommends college be es tablished, separate from University to comply with congressional laws to maintain good fa th and located at or near the present experiment station aud in connection therewith; experi ment station complimented. Commit tee recommends a purchasing agent be appointed for purchase of sup nhes for departm-nts and also that all officers be required to keep books showing receipts and vouchers for ex penses. Recommends all offi ers make quarterly settlements with comptroller genrral; minority member Mr. Little made a report To Regulate Messages. McLarty of Douglas, introduced a bill requiring telegraph and telephone c mpanies to give al messages origi nating with another or competing line the same attention as its own. Other Bills Offered. A dispensary for Blakely: public schools for Mcßae; repealing the act making permanent the income of the State university. This repeals the funding act of the land scrip fund; abolishing the state geological depart ment; reducing the salaries of oil in spectors in the department of agricul ture; reducing the salaries of railroad commissioners; reducing salaries of supreme court stenographers; provid ing for the uniform auditing of all state accounts; selecting eleven men one from each congressional district in state, with authority to divorce the agricultural college from the state uniuersitv and establish it elsewhere, if in their judgment that would be best for all the interests involved; repeal ing the law which permits Chancellor Bos-gs, of the State university, to re ceive 8900 for the Savannah colored college; settling the alleged claim of the state against Hardeman estate; to give the state and defense an equal number of challenges in murder trials; amending the code so as to allow a defendant in any indictable offense to be sworn as any other witness; pro viding penalty for tax defaulters; Es tablishing a new citv court in Carroll; creating a prison commission for Geor gia ; appropriating $4 917 43 for the expenses of the Sweat Reese investiga tion to nxamino ers’ places in higher tHudes; providing for division of surplus wate- from mills and factories ; to organize a new judi cial circuit of the superior court of the state to be composed < f the counties of Carroll, Heard and Troup; to make football and all similar games a misde meanor in Georgia ; to prohibit and punish any attempts to damage any lend of buildings; making penal the purchasing or dealing in contracts by coun y school commissioners; allowing farmers to mortgage their crops before the same shall be planted; requ ring the state memoral board to make an investiga’ion and report on confeder ate cemeteries; preventing the keeping of bee s’ands within fifty feet of pubbe roads; memorial from 2,600 DeKalb citizen* asking that the court house at Deca'ur be not removed; authori'ing school commissioners to buy books ami furnish to pupil* a' cost; making run ning ex ursion trains on Sunday a peal offens ; for a straight lease of peni entiary convicts and election of principa’ keeper by the people ; mak ing misdemeanor to wear or disp ay about »he person any badge or device used as an insignia of membership by any order or obtaining aid without the authority of the order ; reqnir ng com missin merchants to keep a register showing from what transportation com panies produce is received and to whom s Id; exempting county school com missioners from examination after passing once. Bill* Passed. Allowing Hawkinsville to vote on b nds for $40,000 to build waler work* and electric lights ; allowing any rail road with Jess than 3 mil-s of track in this state to operate freight trains on Sunday; forbidding under penalty, shoo’ing at or maltreating any domes tic fowl in sport or on wager; author izing condemnation of property by ' parties erecting power plants to fur nish elect ical po ver to railroads ana 1 other enterprises; a joint committee to 1 investigate what the State Normal School has done with the $21,500 appro ■ priation ; prohibiting sale or making of liquor in Harris county ; providing > lunauy trials of criminals convicted of • capital offenses by a court of equa dignity with the convicting court: doing away with trial by < rdinary and s jury d r awn by sheriff ; requiring judg ; ments recorded in county where rea' 1 estate is situated before they become f liens agvinst innocent third parties 1 makb g landlord’s liens superior to la , borers liens. Three Day* of Grace. 3 To abolish the 3 days of grace allow ed on notes introduced last session ’ Meldrim of Effingham and Knowles ol Fulton, supporting same. Killed bj small vot >. National Quarantine Law. r Knowles of Fulton introduced a bil declaring in favor ot a national quar r antine law. Pending such a law bi t congress all local and state author! 1 ties shall acc'-pt all certificates dub signed by the marine hospital service t New Court Circuit. 1 Moore and Cole ot Carroll introduce a bill splitting he Coweta ci r cuit an< making a new court circuit of Carroll y j Troup and Heard. Bill will pas L. | bringing new judges and solicitors. Jeff Davis’ Birthday. Jeffe'son Davis’ birthday was made a legal holiday. I Hogan* Sarcasm. ‘ By privileged resolutions various parties have been admitted to the floor ' of the house. Hogan of Lincoln sar ' castically offered a resolution Friday : allowing all citizens of the state now i in Atlanta to be admitted without > further special resolutions. This hit at ■ the popular and lax custom may be . effective. i Items of the Work. • The house passed the anti-foot ball • bill Monday by almost a unanimous I vote. Representative Felder of Fulton, in- > trod need a bill making attempt at rape I punishable with the death penalty. Blalock’s bill to authorize the state 1 treasurer to borrow $400,000 to pay 1 school teachers salaries next year when their quarterly salary became due was passed. This allows the governor to use the money from other funds. Tuesday, Nov 16, is fixed for the de bate on the convict question. Meldrim of Chatham, in waging war against the Savannah citizens club, has had passed bills abolishing the fire, water and police commissions and board of tax assessors all being now filled by members of that club. The Liberal club ; s now in power and the clash between the two factions result ed in an appeal to the legislature . Senator Geiger of the Senate will fight : the bills in the Senate. If the bills pass in the Senate, every office in Sa i vannah will be cleared of its present occupant. The library bill providing for a com mission of 5 who shall work to improve the libraries of the state was killed. Two bills passed interest lawyers. They allow a man to appeal a case by making an affidavit he cannot pay the cost and by giving a bond separately A bill making it criminal to race a horse with others out its class was killed, A bill finding ministers or others who fail to return marriage licenses was passed. Representative Swift's bill repealing the funding act of the State University was favorably reported. Boifeuillet of Bibb, introduced bill appropriating SIO,OOO for a textile de partment in the Technological school. This is to teach the construction use and management of all machinery and material used in cotton manufacturing The Hall bill providing for the care , and employment of state convicts was defeated in the committee and the joint committee’s report will be repor ted favorably to the house. This favors a new lease. The school book commission has re ' ported ad’erselv on the plan of uni form school books One of the com missioners, J. C. Beauchamp, made a minority report, showing the cost of school books in Kansas and Georgia, the cost in Kansas being in nearly every instance only one half of the t-i 1 tufaS -ux'..., xx x ,OVv CU,x- | several million dollars would be saved annually to parents by the unif irm system. The msj irl’y report , recommends that counties be allowed to buy books and rent to the children ’ to cover first cost and ordinary wea r j and tear and that such counties as wi*h ' to be allowed to adopt the free school book system. A bill has been introduced and favor ably reported providing for a constitu tional con ven’ion to be held the first Wednesday in July, 1898 composed of ten delegates from each congressional 1 district, who are to serve without pay a id expenses The vote of 98 against 39 killed the ' child labor bill, against which there has b 'en cons’derable lobbying. The bill proposed to prohibit employing of children under 13 years. Various amendments were offered one of which excepted cotton factories This was j adopted and later the bill vas defeated ( The etate geologist’s department will be reorganized and put under the con troi of a biard if the Little bill passe. ’ the house. The B aloek report recom mends abolishing ’he office. The joint resolution which has passed the house recommending that the peo pie e eet the U. S. Senators is now in [• r the senate. ’ M Far! and has introduced in the senate a bill forbidding the sale of r cigarettes or cigarette paper in the state. Drs. Candler and Nunnally addressed the legislature Tuesday favoring the i repeal of the appropriation for the • University and advocating common schools. Bil s introduced to allow confederate J veterans to conduct any business ex , cept selling whisky without license; to pay ail school commissioners a per centum on sums paid out; authorizing p L tgrange to build water works; raising - pay of justice court jurors to 82 50 per 1 verdict instead of $1 25; prescribing o penalty for sehool commissioners fail ■l ing to pay out school funds to the ’ several sub school populations accord g ing to the last school census. g The Gray bill is in special order Tues 'f d ay. k’ Bills introduced in the senate, regu ; lating inheritances, publication of ver d diets of juries; a new system for regn ’- lation of v iters; providing for return i* for taxation of life insurance policies. e A Law Maker. j. Y. F, Bagby has been justice of the peace of Wild Cat District, Forsyth c >unty. for 52 years, and in that time has failed to hold court first Saturday in each month, but one time Squire ’• Bagby cannot read or write, but what ever he says is law and goes as law. ’- y Where he doesn’t know law to fit a particular case he makes it. H Populist Meeting Meeting Postponed. r Owing to the busy crop gathering )V season in this section it was decided by a number of active Populists l y assembled at the court house on October 23d, to postpone our county mass-meeting to the fourth Saturday, 27th day of November, 1897; when ‘d every genuine reformer is expected to ’d be on hau a at the court house at 11 o’clock, a. m., sharp. BS P. H. Larky. Sect’y Ex. Com., Bartow Co. “EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL; SPECIAL PRIVILEGES TO NONE” ATLANTA, GEORGIA: FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12, 1897. HERE IN OLD GEORGIA. Doingsofa Week Gathered in Brief Paragraphs. SOLID NEWS FOR A SOLID PEOPLE. Happening* of General Interest From Many Countie*—Crimes and Crimi nals—What the Other Fellow Saw Aud Tells You About. E. S. Lowndes, a colored attorney, has opened a law office in Macon. James Johnson, a farmer living near Cecil, has patented an improved car coupler. Dr. Ed. Overstreet, of Bvxley, while intoxicated last week, killed a negro preacher by the name of McCabe. More than 250 dairymen from all sec tions of the state will be in Macon on 17th inst., in attendance upon the fourth annual convention of the Geor gia Dairymen's Association. A negro by the name of Lord Duke was found dead in a field near Sand Hill, in Carroll county, Sundev, with two loads of shot in him. The coro ner’s inquest found that he came to his death at the hands of unknown par ties Hollywood cemetery at Atlanta wa« sold for the second time bv Receiver C. M. Curran Tuesday It wus knocked down to J. W. Smith of Gainesville, and J. B Redwine of Atlanta for $5,- 300. This was only about half of the price realized at the former sale, which was $10,200. There will be no more foot ball at the university at Athens. Action has been taken by the students and they have declared that they will give up the game. This action of the students will be final. The facu’ty, which h»d the question under consideration, will not be forced to act. Mrs. Ma-y I. Carlisle, the mother of Will H. Carlisle, who received injuries which caused his death in the collision on the Atlanta railway last week ha brought suit against the company for S2O 000. Mr Carlisle was 23 years old and was an expert stenographer and boik keeper. The farmers of Butts county have been preparing to organize a union, or alliance, for the purpose of reducing the acreage of cotton. It ia more ag gressive than the Cotton Planters’ Protective Association, and has some strong and binding provisions in it. Each member of the alliance must agree to not plant more than one ace in cotton to every three in cultivation. A row occurred at a negro meet ng several night* since at New Salem, in Banks county. Three bullets were fired into the body of George Sanders, one tubing effect in the leg and two in the breast. Tne negro was thought to (i- —fr-: — 1 p bo was still alive. Joan Prickett, ane g'o, who did the shooting, is under ar rest. Saturday night, on I. J Slaughter’s place, near Starke, in Butts eounty, there was a negro frolic and the merry makers all got drunk. A general riot occurred and several pistol shots were fired. When the smoke of battle cleared away it was found that Elijah Wimbish, a notorious negro, who was foremost in the disturbance, had been killed. No one seems to know who fired the fatal shot. National New*. Montana had an earthquake shock of seven seconds duration last week Mtny people were shaken out of bed, chimneys fell and plate glass was bro ken. Capt. W H. Briggs of Emporia, Va., a promi' ent citizen and late deputy collector, committed suicide by shoot ing himself Thursday. He placed a gun to his right temple and used a walking cane to pull the trigger. A New York woman is suing a rail road company for 816 000 damages for spoiling her temper. She alleges th a’ before she fell from the company’s car she was genial and pleasant, whereas she is now ill natured and cross. Col, John S, Ford, known through out Texas as Colonel “Rip” Ford, the Indian fighter, has died at his home after a week’s illnesp. Colonel Ford was stricken with paralysis on Oct 1, since which time he gradually sank The deceased wa* 82 years of age and a native of South Carolina, from which state he emigrated to Texas in 1836. The 1776 stone house at Tappan ha° been blown down bv the wind. This is the house where Major John Andree was imprisoned and from which he was taken to his executi n on Oct. 2 1780. It was owned by Dr. Stephens of Tap pan, and has been visited by people from all over the world. A Mysterious Murder. Officer J. M. Ponder, of the Atlanta police force, discovering the door of L. ■ Steinau’s wholesale whiskey house • open < n Monday evening entered the . place. He was fi-ed upon and ki led. [ The police arrested Steinau. the pro , pri tor, Simon, his brother-in-law who operates a saloon next d >or and O'Qainn, the bar tender in Simon’s >. place, also Jul e Wylie, whois interested i in business with Steinau. Three negro j employees in the bar were arrested r Steinau’s keys were found close by the s safe, which had been opened Only - Steinau, O’Quinn and Simon knew the . combination. Steinau had failed a few 1 dais previously and charges of fraud were on file agamst him. A Valuable Trademark. j In another column will be found the s advertisement of Studebaker Bros., j Mfg Co,, of South Bend, Ind. The y name “Studebaker” will be found on the best class of Wagons in any county a in the South and West. 0 A long record of high grade hones! 1 work has mads the name the most val uable of all wagon factories in th< world. Try a “Studebaker” and yot >. will be pleased. KILLING THE BUSH BILL. The Georgia Senate Complete* Its Work on this Line. Senator Turner in the Georgia Senate last week offered a substitute bill for the Bush bill. One section prohibited the-making or sale of intoxicating liq uors in the state for any purpose. The substitute was voted on twice, the bill by title was passed and on vote on first section was defeated. This insures the defeat of the Boynton dis pensary and other anti-barroom *meas ures. The vote stood as follows : Ayes 18— Democrats, Atkinson, Brinson, Everett, Flewellen, Gray, Kilpatrick, McFar land, Starr, Stewart, T. D ; Thompson, Turner, Walker, J. Y. Whitcher, Woot en and Culver. Populists, Brook, Flvnt and Kemp. Nays, 23—Democrats, Battle, Blalock, Comas, Cook, Dunwoody, Golightly, Ham, Hopkins, Hudson, Mann, Red wine. Sheffield, Shropshire. Stevens, Stewart, Westmoreland, Wilcox. Van Buren and Walker. Populists, Carter. Go’din, Strother. Republican APen. The opponents of the Bush bill unit ed in getting th’s measure before the senate and voted for it on the passage of the title defeat 1 ng it on the vote on the second section. another temperance bill. The Gray bill preventing the sale of liquor in less quantities than a half pint and prohibiting the drinking of it on the premises where sold, was brought up following the defeat of the Turner‘substitute. On a vote the bill was defeated by 23 to 18, Senators Geiger and Castleberry being absent. Upon the vote being announced Sen. Gray intrcduced another bill providing liquors shall not be sold in less than one pint quantities and in original sealed packages, not to interfere with present local option laws no.w in force and abolishing drinking saloons. In the Senate, Monday, Senator Turner secured a reconsideration of the vote on the prohibitory amendment to the Bush bill and wi’hdrew it. The vote stood ayes 14, Brinson, Brook. Culver, Everett, Flewellen, Hop kins, McFarland, Starr, Stewart, J. D., St-other, T rner, Westmore land, Mit hell and Wooten. Nays, 12 Battle, Blalock, Carter, Comos, Dun woody, Goldin, Golightly, Ham, Mann, Redwine, Sheffield. Stewart. J. A. WANTS A BIGGER ARMY. Gen. Mile* Recommend* One Soldier to Every 2,000 Population. Major-General Miles in his report to the Secretary of War, says that the army, although inadequate in point of numbers, was never in a higher sta’.e of efficiency. He recommends the establishment of at least three military posts in Alaska to support the civil authorities in the of trouble with the Indians and to afil generally in maintaining law ■ - ' .*■ ■’ ? Resirring to the fact that approxi mate y i 26 iOO 000 has been appropri ated fsr coast defenses, G»n. Miles says that this is nearly one-third of what is required to put the country in a safe condition. Among the fortification appropria ’ions recommended are: Portland, Me., •1,173 0 0; Boston Harbor, $1 347 000; Narragansett Bay $833,000; defenses of Long Island Sound, $1,070,000; east ern entranee New York, $489,000; southern entrance New York, $1,419, 000; approaches to Philadelphia, $441 • 000; approaches to Baltimore, $499,000; aiPproaches to Washington, $604 000; Francisco, $1,336 000; Columbia Ri’er, $605,000; Puget Sound, $1,140, 000; Lake Champlain, $46,000 Gen Miles urges s»ro gly an increase of at least two regiments of artillery. He says that by Die 31, a number of positions will be armed in part or fully with modern apollances and that no troops to occupy them will be available. . There are twenty-five of these positions named, among them Great Gull Island and Plum Island, eastern entrance Long Island Sound, N. Y. The necessity is also urged of adding five infantry regiments to the army. It is recommended that Congress fix a standard of strength on a basis of total popu'ation. This, Gen. Miles thinks, should be a maximum of one enlisted ‘ man to every 1,000 population and the ’ minimum one soldier to every 2,000 I population. To Populists in Populist Counties. An experienced newspaper man been t running Populist papers ever since the 19th of Aug. ’92—desires to locate a pa per in a county where he can do the ‘ official printing. Will either take 1 charge of a paper already established, 5 or move his outfit there. Is an attor ’ ney-at-law also. Can give best refer ences. Write and state facts. Box 43, 3 Thomaston, Ga r ■ There are only three clashes of men who are opposed to Populism: The Money lords or Plutocrats, the party slaves who admit that the People’s v Pirty is right but who are too coward- • ly to comi out and join us, and the s party pvrrots who can only repeat 3 what the bosses place upon their • tongues. Do you belong to either of - these classes? —Advance Guard. 3 " j Populist Ma** Meeting. There will be a Popu’ist mass-meet j ing held at the Court House. Carters -0 ville, Ga., on November 27, 1897, at 11 o’clock, a. m., sharp. Immediately e after transaction, of business the meet v ing and public will be addressed on the e issues of the dav by General Wi liam v Phillips of Marietta, Ga , Hon John I. [j Fallwood Polk Ci., Ga., and other able and eminent speakers. The public are cordially invited to attend. By order of Executive Committee, e P. H L.aki;y, Sec. ’ Call for Haborsbam Populists, e The Populists of Habersham county a'e requested to meet at the court y house in C’arkesville, Ga., on the 16’h of Ni v 1897, a 1 12 o’clock, to reorgan it ize and ti ansact other important busi i ness. We cordially invite all who are dis -10 satisfied with the present state of po u litical affairs to attend. J. J, Kimsey, Chm. SAFE IN OLD MEXICO. < Mrs. Reed Writes Entertaining- . ly of that Country. THE PEOPLE FEAR THE LAW. Diaz’ Master Stroke With Rural Police ' and What it Has Done for That Country—Attempted Assassi nation and its Result. Since coming to M exieo ten months ago, we have been in receipt of numer- : ous letters from friends and strangers making inquiries as to the safety of i life and property in this, and other mining and agricultural regions, of Mexico. Here in the mountains of Guerrero, i which are sufficiently remote from, and i inaccessible to, the Metropolis to war- ; rant apnrehensions as to the security of foreigners among a race of half-civ , ilized Indians, we unhesitatingly sav i we feel quite as secure in both person and property as when we were living in a sober little town in Wiregrass Georgia. Who shall say we are not safer, even, when it is considered that we enjoy : immunity from the danger o* railroad travel, are quite out of the reach of • doctors or a drug store, are visited by , neither cvclones nor earthquakes and have nothing to disturb an ideally healthy existence save the disorder and distress columns of our home newspa pers. We are not in. love with onr neigh bor, the Pinto, but we certainly are not in the least afraid of him. In the first place, he is only too glad to get the fifty cents a day we pay for his indifferent services, to say nothing of the remunerative market our camp and mine affords for his beans, potatoes, cheeses, chickens, etc.; and in the sec ond place he has had some experience 1 with his master. Porfirio Diaz, and knows that a theft or an assault would make him a prisoner, quickly, surely, and with small hope of soon regaining his freed >m. The ordinary Mexican does not mind being mean, but he loves his liberty above all things. The Laws in Mexico appear to the : visual organs of her present inhabi- 1 tants in capital letters, for they are as unyielding as those of the Medes and Persians One shudders to think what Diaz 1 must have done in the early years of his presidency, while he was re-making his turbulent and lawless country, to have thus succeeded, within less than twe ty years, in imbuing all classes, even to the remotest fastnesses, with such a wholesome fear of, and respect for, the laws. ' Diaz' first master stroke in this line, was the organ’zatiin of “The Rurales,” wiping out asJLdid in a tISY vg3«Llh£, C UitgaiiuS biitfcu uiauw vrSVBI through Mexico something mure than dangerous. This ru-al police force, twelve regi- 1 ments strong, is said to be the best mounted and most . ffifient body of ir regular troops in the world, and thev are justly the pVide of Mexico. They look picturesq le, imposing menacing, each man like a brave Indian warrior in his yellow leather uniform aud like a Spanish grandee on his maznificient ly caparisoned horse. The officers are chiefly wealthy planters, while among the intrepid privates are many of the old banditti to whom Diaz made the remarkable proposi'ion to become either law enforcers or to be shot as law-breakers. As in any large city, the metropolis of Mexico offers opp irtunities for the perpetration of crime, and here where the thief, the swindler, the g*mb er and the midnight assassin ply their trades, it behoovescitizensand visitors to exercise prudence. The police are ceaselessly vigilant, and strange ordinances, that apparent ly invade the cherished domain of per sonal liberty, hang over the heads of her citizens. Fires in that city of stone are rare, but if even the lamp explodes or a flue bums out so that flames are seen by the watchful polic *, very inmate of the building finds himself under arrest pending an in vestigation. The n'ght, policemen are 1 requirt dto try every window and door of the ground floors on th- ir beat to discover if any careless householder has left his bouse insecurely fastened, and a friend of ours with a broken lock on his window shutter was made , to appear at the offending aperture . three times in one night by three dif ferent watchmen, and was officially notified in the morning to have the lock repaired. After all it gives an American a co nf irtable feeling of security in the darkness of a strange city to know that there are friendly, if prying, eyes that never sleep. ’ A policeman on whose beat an of ' sense is committe 1 goes ignominiously 3 to jail for lack of vigilance, Su that it ’ is often the watchful eyes of the “official de policia” and not the thief 1 who pounces on the careless wearer of diamond shirt studs in dangerous local s ities, and the stern mandate is to con ceal such a bait sot thievery or accom pany the officer to police headquar ters to sign an exoneration of the police should he lose his valuables, [ Under the gentle flap of the Ameri z can eag ewe have of course the privi lege of imperiling our property and even our lives, at wilt i Justice is a goddess whom we Anglo . saxons reverence above all people's, r and in the fear of injustice to eve-' the lowest criminal, our courts proerasti o nate. The precious scales of justice are in danger of getti'g rusiy while the judges ponder and the lawyers talk, the people who suffer from Un law's delay grow impatient and lynch law becomes a feature of the most ad vanced nation of our day 1 In Mex co h are practical laws sharply enforced, a i- large police force under military dis i‘ cipline and a standing army of fifty thousand well trained soldiers, an ’ the ’■ result is less crime o the population >' than in our more civilized country — and no lynchings. This statement calls for a word on the mcuh written-about assault on President Diaz last month, and the two quickly resulting tragedies. The blow the president of Mexico received from ths lunatic and unarmed Arroyo, natu rally created dismay and indignation throughout the republic, for the maker of modern Mexico is loved and admired by his friends and valued even by his one-time opponents. Mistaking the excitement of the people over the in dignity offered the head of the nation for a desire to see the insult wiped out in blood, the young Chief of Police, Velasquez, ambitious to win favor with the government, ordered the assassi nation of his helpless prisoner. It makes one pity the really great man of Mexico that he should be made to suffer the shame of an homage so re volting and insulting, but it gives us renewed faith in the man and the na tion that they should both have so in stantly and effectively repudiated the crime and brought the perpetrators of it to justice. And so with the suicide of Velasquey ei'Hs the first case of »o called lynching of modern times in the land of the Aztecs. What Mex’eo will b"Cime when this master mind that directs and this iron hand that controls, is gone, no one can prognosticate, but while Diaz lives he is Mexico’ and Mexico is the most rig idly and successfully governed nation that ever masqueraded under the name of a republic. Emma L. Reed. Hon. T. N. Pool. A paper read by Mr. N. C. Edwards and published by request of the Ep worth League before whom it was read, as will be seen by the resolutions published herewith : Whereas, The Epworth League has heard with pleasure the paper on the life of Hon. T. N. Pool, written by Mr. N. C. Edwards at the request of the League. Therefore be it resolved, That we ask the Warrenton Clipper to publish ’he same, as we think it will be of worth to the reading public. Memorial Services Before the Kpworth L-at"*, Warrenton M E Church, Oct. 22, 1897 By N. C. Edwards. Hon Tillman N. Pool, the subject of this sketch, was born Aug. 18, 1821. He j >ined the Methodist church nearly 57 years ago. Early in his life he was deprived of all edu 'ational advantages Few men who never went to school a dav and were born and reared in pov erty have ever made such an impres sion upon the people of bis own and adjoi ing counties. No doubt the early impressions in favor of temperance upon his youthful mind came from having a drinking father. We have often heard him say the last puni-hment his father gave him was when he sent him to a near by grocery to get two gallons of corn <»hi«key and he let the jug get broken This youth made up his mind that he would devote his life to fighting the <l - . .. r—».-L— jj, hood. As far back as fifty years ago when an opportunity was given him to speak in Agricultural Conventions Sunday Schools or gatherings of any kinds, he never failed to devote at least one third of his sp u ech to the of intemperance, and cried out with a loud voice against whiskey. On one of th- se occasions, whenjie had made * speech against whiskey, more than 40 years ago. one of his intimate friends apnroa hed him and said : "Bro. Pool you are worrying the life out of your self about the sale of whiskey, do you ever expect to live to see the day when whiskey won’t be s"ld in Warren coun ty ” Bro Pool, with all the sincerity of his heart, and with a faith that takes no denial, answered: “No, I do i’t expect to live to see whiskey run out of Warren eounty but my children will see it driven out of its borders ” Less than fi’teen years from th- p-< ph ecy of that day the people of Warren coun'y selected him as their rc-presenta live in the State Legislature’ where he introduced, and had passed, a bill to prevent the sale of whiskey in Warren county, and was the author of the first law looking towards prohibition in Georgia. A member of the Legislature, who was present when Bro. Pool made his famous speech on the passage of this bill, said he never saw such an effective scene; men who were not given to tears wept when this great man crying as if his heart was broken, pleading for the women and children of Georgia. As a speaker before the common people, he always regarded himself as one among them, he had not a superi or in Georgia. He was honest, sincere and fearless in his denunciations o' wrong. The people had confidence in him an 3 leaned on everything he sa’d with faith, and trusted him as a leader whom it was safe to follow. He never w»nt into a county as a prohibition speaker but what the coun ty went dry In 1889 he made five speecbess in Taliaferro county in one week ; that county which was consid ered overwhelmingly for whiskey went dry by 52 maj i’ity. Two years later, in another election, in which he took no part, the county went for wh’skey by 103 majority. The las r event of h’s life as a prohibition rpeak er was the memorable battle fought for prohib tion in Morgan county lasi year He made eight speeches in differ ent parts of the eounty. With a regis tration of 1000 whites and 1600 negroes toe outlook for the cause of prohibitior in that county was gloomy, but Bro. Pool had co’ fidence in the right; he never lost faith, and the closing weeh of that campaign was such a scene as ■ is rarely witnessed. The Ch-istiar women of that county with thousands ■ of prohibition badges worn over theli i true hearts, and pianf-d upon the i breasts of 1500 men who loved God a c • county better than they did whi key i Th s sight inspired Bro Pool, and witl tears streaming down his honest face i we never heard such a plea to do awaj i with barrooms. God gave him the bat - tie, and Morgan county went dry bj • 512 majo 'itv. ! Hon. Tillman N. Pool was to Warrer 1 and adjoining counties what Neal Dov was to Maine. There was great simi i larity in their lives, and there was i Morgan’s Buzz Saw One Year fja * Free and The People’s Party M. I Paper to Jan. 1,1899, All tor y) | ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER 373 \ ED DURANTS OILY JOB. State Employe Gets S4O Hour in Agricultural Department. AN EYE OPFNER IN SUPERIOR COURT, . A Sensation Produced by Mr. Ed Durant’s Testimony—He Gives a Sample of How the State Lavishes Its Money on Sinecures. A small-sized sensation was caused ; in Bibb county’s superior court room yesterday when the court forced Mr. Ed M. Durant, an oil inspector of At lanta, to divulge one of the secrets cf the agricultural department. The evidence was to the effect that for forty-eight hours’ work the state , pays an oil inspector 81.900, or $39.47 an hour. This startled the court and jury, as well as the people who were present in the court room, because men who en joy such a snap are not to be found every day, and because it would be hard to ma'<e the average Bibb county ei’izen believe th: t Georgia pays such magnifi-ent salaries to oil inspectors when able lawyers can be found in erreat abundance who are glad to work as judges want hours more than that for almost the same amount of money. Judge Felton fl nched, and thought how mean it was of the state to make such distinction among her faithful servants, and those who remembered ■ Judge Ross’ bill to increase to $3,000 i the salary of the judge of Macon’s city court thought this a pretty strong ar gument in favor of the increase, be i cause the city court judge has to work eight hours a day for about eight or ten months in the year and draws only i ?2 000 for his services. But Mr. Durrant did not not, willing ly give away the agricultural depart ment’s secret, and the court room would have been spared the sensation but for the persistent and qnick-vritted i work of Mr. T. E. Ryals, who was cross-examining the witness. It was during the hearing of a civil ' suit, in which it become necessary to know how Mr. Durant employed his time. The oil inspection job was trea ted by him in testiminy only as a side issue, and the opposing side, represent . ed by Mr Rvals, was insisting that the duties of the office must require a ■ g od of time and attention. But it was important for Mr. Durant to prove the contrary. “Well,” said Mr. Ryals, ‘‘just tell the court and jury how much time it re quired. Mr, Durant promptly objected to the • question, saying that he didn’t see what bearing it could have on the case. Mr. Ryals argued to the court that it had considerable bearing, and Judge ■ Felton »howed that ht was of the same • opinion by ordering the witness to an- > “I cfon’t decline to answer because I > ” ant to protect myself,” said Mr Du rant ‘‘Out because I want to protect the state.” This was the fi'st startling state ’ ment, and it prepared the au'Henee i for something rich, as Mr. Durant ' showed by his manner that he wa* i capabl of deciding what are and what i are not family seereta The court told , him to go ahead and tell about the I time he devoted to the work of inspect- ■ ingoiL “About four hours a month,” said i the witness. After this he was asked about the ’ salary for the w >'k. i “About one thousand nine hundred [ dollars a year.” was the reply. i This was the eye-opener. It was i nothing short of what had been ex ’ pt eted. All saw in an instant what it - meant that the agr cultural depart i ment was paying an eno- mously fat salary for an astonishingly small s amount of work. In other words, that j an oil inspector's job in Georgia is i about as fat as that of Brer Rabbit t when he got “dollar minit” for wateh i ing Brer Fox's persimmon orchard. , The general comment was that steps i should be taken to have oil inspectors f given a reasonable compmsation for i ti eir work, and let the balance of their t present fat salaries go to supplement t the niggardly salaries of some of the , other state officials. i Mr. Durant’s is probably not the only Klondike job in the gift of Com- B missioner Nesbitt. There are quite a 8 number of others perhaps.—Macon . Telegraph ,• noted coincidence in their death ; Bro. a Pool died Oct Ist, about midnight, d Neal Dow died Oct. 2nd before the sun r rose to kiss the eastern sky. Uncle Tillman got to Heaven about six hours in advance, and no doubt they have a met and wondered if men will ever be 1 true enough to themselves, God and e count-y to vote whiskey out of our e bo ders. I’ During the last illness of Bro. Pool ? the good people rose up in Hancock 8 coun'y and put their heels upon the e serpent. When a friend wrote him a r note that Hancock had gone for prohi ’• bition, this man who had given nearly 60 years of his life to the cause of tem- I p rance, sa’d with panting breath: “Thank God, my prayers have been p " answered, Hancock is dry and that 3 ‘ means more effective prohibition for !S Warren county.” II H > loved his native county with all ’• his heart He has drne more for the e cause of temperance than any man in k t. 18 The world is better for his living. n His memory ought to be perpet ls uated in gran te placed in the court l r horse square by the citizens of Warren ie county, but should we fail in this he d wll live in the hearts and memory of 7 his people who will tell the coming 11 generation about him a hundred years 9 > hence. y . Attention Populists. ,y The Peop e’s Party Paper wants the names of 5 Populists in each t wnship ,n wita their address sinlo va Ohio, Illi w nois, Indiana, Miss- uri, Kansas. Ne j. braska and Minnesota. Send them in a on a postal card at once. Do not delay.