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DAILY ENQUIRER - SUN; COLUMBIA, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31, 1886.
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ESTABLISHED IN 1828. 58 YEARS OLD.
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< 01,1 Mill s AM, It UMUM IIS.
Very little noise Iiiih ho fur been made
over the building of a ruilroail soutli of
Columbus. Hut this is no reason that
those at the hoail of this enterprise have
not been getting in solid good work. And
they lmve.
Mr. <i. Uunbv Jordan left for New
York yesterday morning in the interest
of this road. Ilis object is to secure tint
means for the early construction of the
road to some point south whereby a
Florida connection will be made.
Whether the road will run to Albany, to
Cuthbort nr to some other point will de
pend upon the action of the communi
ties interested. Columbus will meet all
the requirements at her hands, and if
the other end of the line docs as well,
the road is an assuied fact We say this
knowing that if a sufficient interest is
taken in the road to authorize it, that
there will be no difficulty in securing
the money in New York to build it. We
violate no confidence in saying that Mr.
Jordan has every redson to believe that
he will meet with battering success. The
almost phenomenal success of the Geor- i
gia Midland lias not only been another •
evidence to the home people that he is
the right man in I he right place, but it j
has ingratiated him into the confidence j
of the Now York capitalists, who are
anxiously seeking opportunities for good
investments of their money. It is prob-1
able that no man in the state could have j
taken the Georgia Midland enterprise j
under similar circumstances and attained 1
the success Mr. Jordan has in so short a I
time. Tliis fact is not unknown to the
monied men of New York, and with this |
prestige it is not at till likely he will fail
in Ids present undertaking.
Then again there arc other reasons
which combine to make railroad build- ;
ing in the south an inviting field for the
investment of capital. There can be no
question that railroad building in the ;
south is now of such a character as to \
justify the utmost confidence concerning j
the future growth and prosperity of this i
section of the country. The greater part
of it is due to the local extensions which
open new Helds for commerce that bring
new sections into connection with the!
greater markets, and they are construct- :
ed principally for the purpose of develop- j
ing the local as well as the through
traffic. As an illustration of this we cite |
the extension of the Columbus
and Western road from < iood-1
water to Birmingham. Contracts |
have already been made for the exten-1
sion of this road,anil it is as absolutely cer- I
tain that it will be extended as anything
can bo that is yet in the future. This
wi'.l not only develop a large local traflie
for the Central railroad, but will give
that road a connecting link to the great
northwest and thus give the shortest line
from Kansas City to the great metropolis
of America. This grand trunk line takes
in Columbus, and even the croakers must
now admit that the outlook for this city,
As iinuft possible by railroads, is bright,
solid and hopeful.
DKVKIjOI’INU LOCAL III SINKSS.
We have always bad faith in the south
and in Columbus. The industrial pro
gress of the south furnishes a theme for
newspaper writers throughout America,
ami it need not take a seer to understand
that it is well founded. But the south is
just beginning to make the progress of
which there are possibilities, and as
strange as some may think it this must
come through the development of local
business. Kven some of our well-in
formed business men cannot appreciate
the great strides that have been made in
the progress of tlie south. Nevertheless,
there are still better things in store for
us. In the south we are just entering
upon the era of low rates for
local business. This change will not
come at once, norin accordance with any
legislative regulation, it must come from
a regular order of tilings produced by
competition. Wo hear in the south now
littlo complaint of freight rates on
through business. It is low enough. But
complaints are directed against local
rates, or alleged discriminations, and
self-interest will, compel attention to
both. Even if these complaints are well- j
grounded they cannot be remedied by j
disconnected lines. It is absolutely cer- ’
tain that a road having no through |
freight must make the local business pay
its operating expenses and its fixed
charges.
Tlie indications now point to through
j lines, and in this no city in ail the coun-
! try will have advantage over Columbus,
if all her railroad projects are carried out
as we believe they will be. Through
i lines can do a great ileal for the local
j trade, and the outlook is that they will
| do it. These lines are beginning to see
that the enduring prosperity of these ex
tended systems depends oil the prosperity
of the cities and the section of the coun
try tributary to them. It. is very proba
ble that to the recognition of these facts
the activity of railroad building in
the south is due.
In this connection a word to the mer
chants and other businessmen of Colum
bus will not be out of place. It is hardly
necessary to remind them that new
railroads built into the counties south of
Columbus have taken much local trade
from the city. Tito construction of a
road south of the city would not only
give them an opportunity of regaining it,
tail opens up a much larger Held of com
merce. It is with them whether or not
they take advantage of the opportunity
offered. There is not a more auspicious
opening for the wholesale trade any
where in the south than right here in
Columbus.
It will no doubt be exceedingly grati
fying to a large number of people that
Atlanta has settled her differences on the*
municipal election question. The capi
tal of Georgia cannot ttlford to have the
progress of the city and the peace of her
citizens destroyed by anything when
harmony should be so easily reached.
Kvtenv democrat in the fourth congres
sional district should go to the polls next
Tuesday and cast a ballot for the demo
cratic nominee,
APOPLEXY.
For the Enquirer-Sun.
A story is told of a well-known club man
in New York who, with two faithful com
panions, had feasted freely. The one, of
whom our story is, had partaken more
liberally than the rest of the club, and was
the llrst to succumb. His companions car
ried him home incapable of motion; but,
not liking to present him and themselves
to his wife in that predicament, they
placed him with his back against the door,
rang the bell, and retreated in order. As
soon as the servant opened the door, of
course the Mumm-paralytio tumbled
senseless to the floor. Dr. Flint being
called, felt the patient’s pulse, then, whiff
ing his breath, said to his wife, who was
plunged in grief and distress, crying
“Paralyzed, paralyzed!: “Madam, I ven
ture to express to you my ’holies’ that
your husband is drunk.” She was indig
nant, but Flint’s diagosis was correct, for
the patient is well and vigorous this day.
There is a striking similarity in the be
havior of the arteries of the lungs, nose
and brain. And disease, too, seems to at-
tack them, thinning their walls identically.
When the small arteries in the brain be
come thin from a deposit of chalk and the
blood pressure is groat, then a minute
rupture takes place through which blood
oozes into the brain substance. This same
process occurs in the lungs. The little
arteries in the brain do not begin to break
down ns a rule before the age of forty is
passed. From tliis time on the liability to
wear out increases up to seventy. This is
the natural way to die, it would seem. The
blood vessell like water pipes tire put in
to last so loner, and they do it. ’Pile influ
ence of the so-called apoplectic habit was
formerly considered of significance; latter
ly it is absolutely disregarded. This ple
thoric habit was said to be broad chest and
shoulders, short, neck, large abdomen,
powerful muscular system and florid com
plexion. Hospital statistics show that
poorly nourished, thin persons are oftener
attacked with hemorrhage than
the opposite type. A disease of the
arteries is the cause after all.
This Habit described as apoplectic is actu
ally absent in most .cases of hemorrhage.
I am sure, beleiving with the best author
ities, that the popular fear of apoplexy
when the full habit is present, is bused
rather on the confounding of apoplexy
with congestion of the brain, and its at
tendant symptoms. Congestion of the
brain produces symptoms strikingly the
same ns many produced by a hemoarhage
into tlie brain. In fact, a simple uncom
plicated rush of blood to the head .simu
lates apoplexy frequently. Dizziness, head
ache, vertigo, vomiting, restlessness, par
tial or entire loss of consciousness are symp
toms belonging to both congestion and
hemorrhage. A free bleeding from the
arm with lancet relieves the congestion in
most instances, and should be not forgot
ten. Women are attacked with apoplexy
in the proportion of one to ten men.
Hemorrhage occurs more frequently in
cold weather. An apoplectic stroke—that
is a rupture of a blood vessel and the
tricking of blood into the brain substance
—may take place and yet there is scarcely
any loss of consciousness, although the
side opposite the side of the head
in which the blood flowed soon becomes
paralyzed. A distinguished general officer
of the United States array, aftera fatiguing
day of ceremony in New York, entered his
carriage to be driven to His hotel. As be
passed along Fifth avenue he pulled out a
note book and noticed that he could only
see the half of objects. He was not un
conscious for a moment, yet when he at
tempted to get out of the carriage, to his
consternation, tic was paralyzed on the
right side, and his speech was so much im
paired that lie could not be understood.
A stroke may follow during sleep, when
one is perfectly well to nil appearance,
having enjoyed uninterrupted good health
for years.
A congestion of the brain is far more
common than apoplexy. If a stroke oc- I
curs on the left side of the brain the right j
side of the body, arm, leg, face, tongue,are |
paralyzed. This comes from the fact that '
The brain tissue crosses like an X, and oue !
part is called chiasma, after the Greek let
ter x, chi. Sometimes there may occur a ,
paralysis of the facial nerve due to cold, j
an inflammation of the nerve. This trou- !
ble is transitory and in no way related to j
paralysis from the breaking of a blood ves
sel in the brain. Neither immediate or in
stantaneous death ever does follow apo
plexy. This form of death is always the
resultof heart disease. Disease of no other
organ produces death instantly. Persons
who have a stroke are certain to bear off a
lasting symptom or sign, and this
mark is generally a paralysis of one
side. In other cases the speech is more or
less impaired, headaches are almost cer
tain to come often, memory flags, the
whole mental calibre is lessened. This is
natural, for the dot in the brain actually
destroys brain substance. Nature throws
a wall of fibres around the clot whatever
size it may be, and the liquid part is ab
sorbed just us we see in the case of a bruise
under the eye for instance, but the lost
part of the brain itself cannot be regener
ated, Some day, doubtless, tliis clot will
he removed by advance science, and the
nrery tied up. and then theoretically the
patient will recover entirely for a time at
least, for the disease lies solely in the arte
ry. When a typical stroke of apoplexy oc
curs the person I103 perfectly insensible,
the heart beats and breathing goes on.
There is only one condition that can be
mistaken for profound apoplexy, and that
is a dead drunk. Here again the breath
reveals the living spirit.
I. \ ItOIt I Mill THE LAW.
Tin 1 ItlKlits «f l.iiborlmf Men I'mler till' t.iiivs of
fleorglu—Its Strong Protecting Arm is Thrown
Around lllm.
NUMBER II
Kiiitor Enquirer-Sun : “In tlie sweat, of thy
face shall thou eat thy bread” was the sentence
imposed upon man for violating the law of God.
Nor lias this sentence been in any manner re
voked or modified. The cost oi bread is to-day
as truly the “sweat of the face” as in tlie dnys of
Adam.
True many of us manage to avoid the penalty,
and do live without work, but in doing so we eat
the bread which some other man has earned by
liis sweat. A man by superior skill or industry,
or by some spiecies ol good fortune or manage
ment may iill ilia barns and storehouses and then
sit down to take his ease, or he may inherit from
his father the result of ilis tlirift. hi all such
cases there is nothing morally wrong for one to
live in idleness.
Following tlie spirit of tliis law, it in tlie policy
of the State of Georgia that every man should
work who is able to work and who lias no prop
erty to support himself.
Idleness, therefore, is not a crime unless it
amounts to vagrancy. Here then is a distinction
made in the law. Those who have property may
work or not at tlieir pleasure, but those who have
nothing must work if they are able. There are
two reasons why this distinction is made: 1st. In
order to increase the amount of production. 2d.
To ensure tlie public against loss. Every idle
man corallines the product of another’s labor
without adding anything to the general store.
He ought injustice to earn hisoivn bread.
Then as even a vagrant must eat experience
lias demonstrated that he will steal before he
will starve.
It is evident, therefore, that the law oi vagran
cy is not based upon a preference or distinction
in favor of the rieli and against the poor, hut tliut
it is founded upon public policy and sanctioned
by the laws of Clod. Nor do laboring men desire
that the law should be altered so that men may
live in idleness. They are willing and even anx
ious to work. What they demand is that the
law shall protect them in their work and in the
fruits of their work.
Olio of the strongest incentives to labor is the
certainty of reward. When a man goes to his
daily toil lie wants to feel sure of his wages. “The
laborer is worthy of his hire,” is the declaration
of God, and to withhold it is not only injustice
but sin.
Eel us see what has been done in this state to
secure tlie wages of the laborer :
First, he is given a special lien upon the pro
duct of iiis own labor. Whatever he produces,
whether iu the field or in the mill, whether he
aids in building a railroad or a wheelbarrow,
whether lie is a mechanic or a common laborer
without skill, whatever he makes with his own
hand3 is bound to him foi his wages. Then he
lias, besides this special lien, a general lien upon
all the properly of his employer liable to levy and
sale. The employer may he indebted ever so
much to others, and there may be executions
against him, but if he owes a man for labor it
must first be paid. And lie is given a speedy
remedy to collect his wages. An affidavit must
be made, selling forth all tlie necessary facts
showing that he is entitled to be paid and the
amount due. and at once an execution is issued
and can be enforced. It might be interesting to
go into an explanation ofall the laws on this sub
ject. showing in what cases the lien is allowed
and how to enlorce it, hut this would be a digres
sion. My only object is to show generally what
has been done for ihe laboring man as sucli
But in order to claim these liens it is absolutely
necessary to siiow that the person has labored
with his hands. A clerk or bookkeeper in a store
is not such a laborer, though the porter employed
to sweep out and carry parcels would be. A boss
in a factory is not entitled to the lien, but the
weaver or spinner is. The foreman in a machine
shop, who directs blit does not work, is not en
titled, but the machinist and laborer is. The law
has been construed by our supreme court to in
clude only those who do manual labor.
Of course all domestic servants, such as cooks,
house servants and the like, are included, as well
as all who work on farms.
But the benefits are not restricted to those who
have no property. It is given to all who are in
cluded in the classes of manual laborers whether
they be rich or poor.
As, however, the rieli man does not need sueli
a lien, either because lie does not work, or is
not dependent upon his wages for support,
these laws are for the benefit of the laborer
alone. They are intended to give him confidence
in being paid, and to force the unwilling or dis
honest employer to render unto the laborer the
amount of his hire.
In thus protecting him the law does him only
justice, but it must be admitted that justice has
been done. Y.
SPRINGER OPERA HOUSE.
ONE NIGHT ONLY,
Monday. - - - November 1st.
The Society Event of the Season!
MISS LOUISE
B AL FE!
Supported by a carefully selected Company,
presenting the successful Comedy drama
by John Harrison, Esq.,
D A GJVI A R.
ADMISSION: Parquette $1 00. Gallery 50c.
Reserved seat* at Chaffin’s without extia charge.
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SPRINGER OPERA HOUSE.
One Niirht Only., .TUESDAY, November 2d.
McIntyre & Heath's
Minstrels!
I conjunction with the Great Southern
Favorite,
MILT (5. HAltLOW,
AND
:s:s n;ii!;»RKrii;s :*:*
PRIMROSE & WEST Sole Owners
II. J. SAYERS Manager
FIRST PRODUCTION OF THIS
Drum Major's Pnnule,
“Our Ircliery i (Song and Dance),
Prof. Gleason’s DUG (iit(T ,S,
And the funniest afterpiece ever produced on
the Minstrel Stage,
“The Little Sly Coon”
General Admission $100. Gallery 50 cents.
Reserved Seats at Chaffin’s. oc29 4t
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Water Works, Bath Room, Etc.
( completion will rent the Residence now be-
'' ing erected west of Mr. Beach’s. If you wish
a nici, clean house, free from rats, mice and ver
mine, call and rent this once.
JOHN BLACKMAR,
Real Estate Agent, Columbus, Ga.
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$L COi
New Stand
OUR MAGNIFICENT STOCK
Fall Milliner)
Now on Exhibition.
All I lie novelties in Felts,
Astrakhan and Plush Hats
can be found at our store.
We are displaying the most
elegant line of Fancy Feathers,
Birds’ Wings, etc., ever shown
in this market.
Special bargains in Ostrich
Tips and Plumes.
25 Dozen Misses' and Chil
dren's Trimmed School Hats
at from 50 cents up.
Our Pattern Hats are now
on exhibition.
& CO,
B. B. B
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Tiie finest, best fitting SHOE
brought to this market. New
lot received at
ILLS & CURTIS'S,
M. Joseph's Old Stand.
PLANTATION FOR SALE.
! OFFER my plantation in Crenshaw county for
sale, containing 520 acres, with 250 acres under
good fence. Good frame dwelling house with
seven rooms, new framed kitchen adjoining, and
good servants’ house in the yard; also plenty of
good tenants’ houses and all necessary outbuild
ings. My place is situated two miles south ol
New Providence, on Conecuh river, also on the
lino of the Montgomery and Florida railroad
which is being rapidlj built. Convenient to
three churches, Primitive Baptist. Missionary
Baptist and Methodist. A good school conve
nient all the time. There are three good wells of
water and several good springs on tlie plantation,
good cattle and hog range, and facilities for
hunting and fishing good. I will sell cheaper
than any one and give three payments, one-third
cash, one-third in twelve months and one-third
in two years with 8 per cent interest on last pay
ment.
My reason for wishing to sell is on account of
being too old to attend to a farm of tins size.
W. P. MOUNT.
New Providence, Ala., Oct. 15, 1888.
od.2 tseft
ISlillilLllDCEme, I10.F'
good standing are cordially invited to atteud.
J. F. WISE, N. G.
F. W. LOUDENBER, Sec’y. mh28sely
flew $2800 Residence.
I OOATED in excellent neighborhood, on quar-
* ■* ter acre lot. Large shade trees iu front. Five
j rooms; high ceiling; gas; good well. No nut
grass on the promises. Rented for the year end
ing October 1st, 1887, to good tenant.
JOHN BLACKMAR.
Real Estate Agent, Columbus, Ga.
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THE
Red Star Store
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DRY GOODS HOUSE.
The Two Large Stores Nos. 78 and 80 (New Nos. 1136 and 1138)
Broad Street have been thrown into one,.and
Riled With an Elegant Assortment of Dry Goods,
It has been nearly throe years since I quit New York and
for the second time established myself among you—this time
as a dealer in a small way in Clothing, Hats, Men’s Furnish
ing Goods, etc. The venture lms been successful somewhat
beyond my expectations. Imt did not afford me the business
activity to which I had so long been accustomed, and in
view of this I determined to enlarge my business, and to this
end have taken tlie two Stores, Nos. i 130 and 1138 Broad
Street, and at considerable expense thrown the two into one
large room, wherein I propose io do a Dry Goods business
second to none, i have been unfortunate in getting my
stock open, and in view of the lateness of the season I will
sell
Dress Goods at Cost.
A large line of Striped Velvets and Plushes sold at prices
unheard of.
Princess, Mirabeau and Moss Trimming in all colors.
50 Dozen Black Berlin Gloves, worth 50c, lo be closed
at 8 cents.
A lot of Cotton Dress Goods to be closed at 31 cents.
My Black Silk at 80 cents cannot be matched outside of
New York; well worth $1.26.
Wraps and Jackets in all the desirable fabrics.
To the gentlemen I will say my stock of Men's Furnish
ing Goods and Hats will lie kept up as before, but my stock of
CLOTHING will be closed out AT COST.
O. C. JOHNSON.
Closing Out Sale
OF
Dry Goods, Motions, Shoes, Millinery, Etc.
We have bought the entire slock of
ALLEN BROTHERS,
and preferring money to Dry Goods, we propose to convert
them at once, and know the only way to do so is by
Offeringthem Below Value.
Some may say they are old stock, and dear at cost. We
admit there are old goods in the stock, as in every stock, but
we have made prices on them that will astonish buyers.
New Goods! New Goods!
Yes, we have added thousands of dollars’ worth of new
goods, and to make it interesting for the buyer we put these
in at cost:
Dress Goods worth 8 cents for 4 k.
Dress Goods worth 15 cents for 9c.
Dress Goods worth 20 cents for 12c.
Dress Goods worth 25c. for 14 Lo 16c.
Dress Goods worth 40c. for 20 to 25c.
Dress Goods worth 75c. for 48 to 56c.
BLACK SILKS, VELVETS ID PLUSHES!
in great variety, and at prices that will move them.
BLANKETS! FLA XNELS! JEANS!
BLANKETS! FLANNELS! JEANS!
BLANKETS! FLANNELS! JEANS!
Bleached Cottons worth 8c. for 5c. Bleached Cottons worth
10c. for 7c. Bleached Cotton worth 12ic. for 9c.
Table Linens! Napkins! Table Linens! Napkins! Table Linens! Napkins!
Table Linens! Napkins! Table Linens! Napkins! Table Linens! Napkinsl
Towels! Towels! Towels! Towels! Towels! Towels!
Hosiery! Handkerchiefs! Gloves! Hosiery! Hankercbiefs! Gloves!
Laces! Corsets! Perfumes and Soaps! Laces! Corsets! Perfumes and Soaps!
Laces! Corsets! Perfumes and Soaps! Laces! Corsets! Perfumes and Soaps!
MILLINERY! MILLINERY! MILLINERY!
Hats! Plumes! Feathers! Flowers! Ornaments! Hats! Plumes! Feathers! Flowers!
Hals! Plumes! Feathers! Flowers! Ornaments! Hats! Plumes! Feathers! Flowers!
Big sto.k of these, and must be sold.
JAMES A. LEWIS,
1012 BROAD ST., COLUMBUS, GA .
Two doors above Rankin House.
P. S.—Any one wishing to engage in the Dry Goods business I will sell them tha
stock on favorable terms and rent the store. oc26ae*wtf