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DAILY INQUIRER - SUN : COLflMmJS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 188(5.
vHe Sugge»t» That an Experimental Farm
be inaugurated,
*»(l the Pi'filtcntliiry Convict* be l>nt to Work on
It—Probable Result* to Follow Sueli u Njstem II
Properlr Orgielaetl-What the Uoreruor Sam
of the Public Hoad*.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.
ATLANTA, Ga., December 1.—Governor
-Gordon sent a message to the senate and
house of representatives to-day. It is as
follows:
To the senate and house of representa
tives: Vour attention is respectfully in-
vited.to the suggestions herein submitted-
and if your Judgement approves, your co
operation is solicited.
Both our penitentiary system and agri
cultural interests demand consideration bv
the legislative and executive departments
of this state. My reason for referring to
both in the same official communication
will clearly appear, I trust, in the further
reading of this message.
In tne frst place, there seems to be a
serious defect in the law authorizing the
leasing of the convicts of this state. There
is apparently no provision made for reten-
tiou by the st^ts of the convicts or anv
portion of them, should the lease, or anv
part of it be declared forieited. The law
seems to provide that in case of forfeiture
the convicts shall not be retained, but
shall be re-let to other lessees, for a period
•of not less than twenty years. I respect
fully refer you to sections 4 and 9 ol the
Act of February 25, 1976.
If the present system of farming out or
leasing the convicts to individuals or cor
porations is to be the permanent policy of
the state, then the provisions referred to
may not be defects; but if the present sys
tem is ever to be modified or abandoned I
respectfully recommend that the law be’so
amended as to permit t.he state to retain
possession of such convicts as may be re
covered from the lessees or any one of
them, through forfeiture or otherwise-
such retention and control being necessary
.to enable the state to test the wisdom and
practicability of other systems.
There are objections, as tne legislature is
fully aware, urged to the present lease sys
tem. These objections in no degree or re
spect involve personal criticisms; but are
lodged wholly against the system itself.
It places pecuniary interests in conflict
with humanity.
It makes possible the infliction oi greater
f uuishment than the law and the courts
ave imposed.
It renders impracticable the proper care
by the state of the health of its prisoners,
or their requisite separation according to
classes, sexes and conditions.
Ct reduces to the minimum the chances
for reformation.
It places convict labor in many instances
In direct competition with the honest la
bor of the state.
These, briefly stated, are some of the ob
jections urged against the present system.
It will be generally admitted that they are
• of so grave a character that the state will
not be justified in continuing the system,
provided it can be changed legally and
without the violation of good faith; and
.provided also that a better system should
■be practicable.
After much reflection I venture the
•opinion that another plan might be adopt
ed legally by the state, and its practica
bility at least partially tested at an early
•day without any violation of good faith.
I do not allude to the system of confining
the convicts within walls and buildings,
aa formerly existing in this state, and still
.adhered to in some of the other states.
To that plan the objections are almost,
If not quite as serious; for while it avoids
some of the difficulties noted above, it en
counters others, to which the lease system
is less liable, or from which it is entirely
free. For instance, the death rate is
greater under the old plan in most of the
states than under the new in our state.
Under the old system in Georgia the ex
pense of maintenance was onerous, and
'this expense, with the large number of
- convicts now on hand, would be a burden
upon the labor and property of the people
. too heavy (o be incurred.
Nor do I refer to tbe plan which has
been suggested of using the convicts in
building or improving the public roads of
the state. There is no doubt, I think,' that
■ such employment of the state’s prisoners
if not too great a present burden, would
be an improvement upon the lease system;
and it would surely eventuate iu great and
lasting benefits to the people. An extens
ive correspondence, conducted for months
past, has drawn from certain localities in
different states a fund of important infor
mation os to the cost of macadamizing
roads and the relative advance in value of
property along and contiguous to such im
proved highways.
Should the wisdom of the legislature de
vice a feasible plan for using the state con
victs or a portion of them, on such public
Improvements, it will meet my hearty
• concurrence. But there are serious obsta
cles to the practical working of this plan
also. The entire force thus employed
must be guarded, housed, fed and clothed
by direct taxation. The ultimate result, I
repeat, would be an enormous increaes in
the value of farms and lands along the
lines of these macadamized roads; and the
roads themselves when built would beyond
doubt become potential agencies in devel
oping the sections through which they
would pass, by furnishing transportation
facilities scarcely inferior in value to well
equipped railroads. In discussing, how-
.ever, the practicability of such a plan it
will be necessary to consider the immedi
ate and continued burden of taxation it
would imDose as well as the inevitable
-contentions which would ensue between
the various sections of the state, and the
. different counties thereof, and between
the respective neighborhoods and roads in
the several counties as to priority of con
struction. and as to the equitable distribu
tion of this labor, supported as it would be
by general taxation. But the legislature
may devise or authorize some arrangement
with certain counties by which the state
should be relieved of this taxation and a
portion of the convicts employed by these
counties in improving their important
^'Uli'eru is, however, a plan for using a
portion of the state’s convicts, to which U
successful there can be few, if any objee-
tions, and which might prove of much
benefit to the agricultural interests ot
°Inview of the meagre profits realized
from the cultivation of our soil, and the
support which that industry tarnishes to
every other interest, it beoomes the high
duty of tbe state government to foster our
agriculture by every legitimate encourage
ment. Withholding any recommendation
on the subject, 1 venture the suggestion
that such encouragement may be afforded
without taxing other industries to inter
ests, and that a penitentiary system, free
from objections, may at the same time be
permanently established for at Iea.»t a cer
tain class and number of con victs. In ol
der to attempt the accomplishment, in
one act, of both these objects the le_ lsla-
ture might establish one farm as an exper
iment, to be worked by convicts, controlled
by the state, as the convicts are received
from the present lessees, either through
forfeiture, voluntary surrender or othei-
wise. If the legislature shall authorize the
governor to act in the premises, I shall
hope to secure for the state a sufficient
number of these prisoners to suppiy one
such farm. Such limited experiment could
not involve the state in much loss, andi It
unsatisfactory could be abandoned and
changed by the legislature which will meet
two years hence. If the result should
prove satisfactory additional farms might
be established in different sections of the
th^eataldishm 0 . C f aS r WO u ld 1 recommend
except as i " t0 -? uch addlt *onal farms
prove them VnV l fr “PfSonco should
tentim. J .? be self-sustaining. The at-
ciallv lnvo l he general assembly is espe
I taw such t0 n® P ro bnble results to fol-
if success should ! properl T organized and
Tn inS » hould be secured by the state
portent. th sy8tem wouId bo most im '
at . once eliminate from our
?n e ?» r ! 8yst ? m , the serious objeotious
to the old p| au of close confinement, and
Itafer ° bJeotions the Present
nlnvoH tom, ?°, n! ,‘ ue the convicts thus om-
Dete with h i ab ° r f 8 , would leist com-
P u honest labor of the state.
con\ro° of its prlsorfersf 1 * ” ‘ D "h'” 0 ' and ful1
restore to the state the full
P=‘dVi n t oroe exact punishment
imposed by the courts.
.‘‘"IS plaoe u Pon the state the just re-
ennvloti‘i ty a fur $“ ardin S u >e health of tbe
n?ost m?Qn' d i''Y ou d , c °nHno them to the
most healthful employments.
thom o. Ul u , < T nable state to separate
them at all times according to classes, con-
tmaVi 8 9 u Xes ’ and fltne " for different
J?'? d8 of labor, and to institute methods for
reformation with greater promise of
success.
It would make such portion of the peni-
tentmry at least self-sustaining, I think,
ana with proper management, might cause
it to yield a larger net revenue, per capita,
that now derived from leasing.
But important as are these results in
*!a?i mse * ve3 cons idered, they become of
still greater value when coupled with the
oenents that would probably accrue to our
1ure , from snch experimental farms.
With such labor, uniform, certain, con
stant and under absolute control', with in-
telhgent and practical superintendence,
aided by the agricultural society of the
state, and by scientific chemists, the ex
periments suggested by the agricultural
department should be thorough, of great
variety and absolutely reliable. The cost
of a bushel of grain or bale of hay or of
cotton, measured by days or hotirs of labor,
and produced by different methods of cul
tivation and manuring, could be definitely
determined and reported.
The relative expense and value of deep
and shallow plowing in various soils, at
different seasons and for different crops,
should be reliably ascertained and made
known to the farmers of the state.
Tbe comparativfe profits to be realized in
various localities, from various crops, fruits
and vegetables could soon be known and
made public.
The best and most economical fertilizers
for different soils and crops and seasons,
and the proper times and me thetas of their
application could be reliably determined.
But experimental farming should not be
resorted to until the farm has become self-
sustaining.
The amount of money requisite for in
augurating one farm for thirty or forty
convicts, and for testing the practicability
of such system would be small, as the
operations could be couducted upon leased
lands n the legislature should so
direct; and the amount to be expended for
maintenance and expense during the year
could, I think, be returned from the farm
products. As stated above, the test could
do made in the two years to intervene be
fore the meeting of the next legislature
and the result of the trial made known.
I suggest, finally, that it is impossible for
individual farmers to conduct these need
ful and essential experiments. They have
neither the time, nor means, nor facilities
for such tests. And it seems to me prob
able that no other kind of labor and no
other basis for organization and operations
will likely furnish so economical, so defi
nite, so minute, and at the same time so
vast and valuable and requisite informa
tion and such needful aid.
These views are the outgrowth of a eare-
sul investigation of these imnortant sub
jects, aud are presented with ' a profound
sense of my responsibility to the people.
And while I indulge the hope that the
plan suggested would prove, if tried, both
safe and practicable, yet I shall be glad to
give such aid as the executive may fur
nish in carrying to successful execution
any better system which the general as
sembly may devise. If this limited test
should be made and should prove unsatis
factory, the tax upon the state’s treasury
would have been very small. If the test
should demonstrate the feasibility of the
plan, it would have furnished au important
contribution to the satisfactory solution of
the penitentiary problem on the one band,
and to the necessary encouragement and
aid to our agriculture on the other.
J. B. Gordon.
A VACANT THRONE FOR RENT.
Hill Nyt> Politely Declines the .lot of King of linl-
guria.
Bill Nye has furnished to the New York
World the following copy of a cable dis
patch just forwarded to tne allied powers
of Europe.
Slippery Elmhurst, Hudson, Wis.,
November 25.—To the Allied Powers, care
of Lord Salisbury.—Gentlemen: Your
favor of recent date regarding my accept
ance of the Bulgarian throne, which is
now vacant and for rent, in which note
you tender me the use of said throne for
one year, with the privilege of three, is at
hand. You also state that the allied
f jowers are not favorable to Prince Nicho-
as and that you would all prefer a dark
horse. Looking over the entire list of
obscure men. it would seem you have been
unable to fix upon a man who has made a
better showing in this line than I have.
While I thank you for this kind offer of
a throne that has, as you state, been newly
refitted and refurnished throughout, 1
must decline it for reasons which I will
try to give in my own rough, unpolished
W In the first place I read in the dispatches
to-day that Russia is mobilizing her troops,
and I do not want anything to do with a
country that will treat its soldiers in that
way. Troops have certain rights us well
as those who have sought the pleasanter
walks of peace.
That is not all. I do not care to enter
into a squabble in which I am uot inter
ested. Neither do I care to go to Bulgaria
in the capacity of a carpet-bag monarch
from the ten-cent counter, wearing a boil
er-iron overcoat by day and a stab-proof
corset at night. I have always been in
favor of Bulgaria’s selection of a monarch
viva voce or vox populi, which ever you
think would look best in print.
I hate to see a monarch in hot water all .
the time and threatening to abdicate, i
Supposing he does abdicate, what good |
will that do, when he leaves a widow with
nothing but a second-hand throne and a
crown twosizes too small for his successor? j
I have always said, and I still say, that
nothing can be more pitiful than the sight
of a lovely queen whose husband, in a wild
frenzy of remorse, has abdicated himselt.
Nothing, I repeat, can be sadder than this
picture of a deserted queen, left high and
dry, without means, forced at last to go to
the pawnbrokers with a little plated,
fluted crown with rabbit-skin ear tabs on
We are prone to believe that a monarch
has nothing to do but a. ukus e or a
mandamus, and that he will then have all
the funds he wants; but such is not the
case Lots of our most successful moo-
archs are liable to be overtaken anv year
bv a tang, cold winter and found as late as
Christmas reigning in their summer seep-
tr 1 S am inclined also to hesitate about ac
cepting the Bulgarian throne for another
reason—I do not care to be deposed when
I want to be doing something else. IIhave
had my deposition taken several times,
and it did not look like me either time.
I think that you monarchs ought to
stand by each other more. If you would
I form a society of free and independent
monarchs there in Europe, where you are
so plenty, you could have a good time aud
every little while you could raise your sal
aries if you worked it right.
Now you pull and haul each other all
the time and keep yourselves in hot water
day and night. That’s no way for u dy
nasty any more than any one else. It im
pairs your usefulness and tills our tele
graphic columns lull of names that we
cunnot pronounce. Every little while we
hnve to pay the operator at this end of the
cable $10 for writing in a rapid, flowing
hand that “meanwhile Russia will con
tinue to disregard the nctsof thesohranjo.”
Why should a great country like Russia
go about trying to make troublo with a low
priced sobranje ? I think that a closer
alliance of crowned heads, whoso interests
are identical, would certainly relieve tbe
monotony oi many a long, tedious reign.
If I were to accept the throne of Bulgaria,
which is not likely, so long as my good
right, arm can still jerk a fluent cross cut
saw in the English tongue, I would form a
syndicate of monarchs, with grips, pass
words, explanations and signals: every
sceptre wovld have a contralto whittle in
the butt end which could be used as a sign
of distress, while the other end could have
a cork in it, and then steering a tottering
dynasty down through the dim vista of
crumbled centuries would not be so irk
some us it now is.
As it is now, three or four allied powers
ask a man to leave his business and squat
on a cold, hard throne for a mere pittance,
and then just as he begins to let his whis
kers grow aud learns to dodge a big por
celain bomb those same allied powers
jump on top of him all spraddled out and
ask him tor his deposition. That is no
way to treat an nmateur monarch who is
trying to do right.
You can see that unless you stand by
each other the thrones of Europe will soon
be empty, and every f2 a day hotel in
America will have an heir apparently to
tile throne for a head waiter, with a coro
net put on his clothes witli a rubber stamp
and a loaded sceptre up his sleeve.
If you want to rear your children to love
and respect the monarchy industry you
must afford them better protection. I say
this as a man who may not live to be over
100 years of age, and with my leet thus set
tling into the boggy shores of time let me
beg of you, monarchs and monarchesses,
to make your calling an honorable one.
Teach your children and their children to
respect the business by which their
parents earned their bread. Show them
that it is honorable to empire a country if
they do it right. Teach them that to ‘ do
right is better than to fraudulently
turn a jack from the bottom of
the pack. Teach them that it
is better to be popular straight
out-aud-out partisan king who is sincere
about it than to be a mugwump monarch
who dares not leave his throne night or
day for fear that somebody will put a num
ber of bombs under it or criticise him in
the papers.
I would like to empire Bulgaria this
winter first rate if I could get back in time
to remove the counterpane from my aspar
agus bed, but it would hardly pay me to
do so. If Nicholas will do it, and do it at
living rates, I would tell him to go ahead.
If you furnish reigning tools and palace
he ought to do it at J1200 a year, or say
|1500, and find himself. Yours sincerely,
1500—Collect. Bill Nye.
Three Bay* Drowned.
Rochester, December 1.—Last night
three boys (two sons of John Lee, aged 6
and 6 years respectively, and a son of Rob
ert Pealver, aged 6 years) were drowned at
Joy, a village in Wayne county. They
went on the ice in a mill pond and broke
through.
Merer In Trade.
“Your folks were never in trade, of
course?’’ inquired the heiress grand
daughter of an honest and thrifty
mechanic who acquired boodle and be
came one of the most distinguished of the
elite of Washington. ‘‘Bless you, no!” in
nocently explained the honest dude;
“none of my people ever had money
enough to go into business. They all had
to get government positions or try to prac
tice law.—Washington Hatchet.
Coughs. Brown’s Bronchial Troches
are used with advantage to alleviate
Coughs, Sore Throat and Bronchial Affec
tions. Sold only in boxes.
th sat se tu&w
The Other.
“Is my wife in here, do you know?” ask
ed a caller at the police head-quarters yes
terday of Sergeant Martin.
“She is not.”
“Thank heaven! but that’s a relief to
my mind! If she Isn’t in here she must
have tumbled into the river!”—Detroit
Free Press.
(Jet Hid of That ll.nl Tunic.
When you wake up in the morning with
a bad taste in your mouth, with your
throat and tongne dry and a yellow coat
ing on your teeth and gums, don’t imagine
it was all caused by what vouate the night
before. Of course everybody does that
and everybody “swears off” from again
eating such food. The trouble is that
your iiver is clogged, your kidneys are
overworked and your bowels are not doing
their duty. Take from three to ten of
Brandreth’s Pills and note the sudden
and wonderful change in your system.
An extraordinary Woman.
Spilkins returned home late and his wife
said reproachfully:
“I stood at the head of the stairs two
hours waiting for you. Charles, how can
you do so?”
“I can’t do so to shave my life. Can
hardly sthand on my feet. I’m ’sprised to
hear you shay you stood on your head on
the stairs, two hours, too. How did you
manage? Most extraordinary woman!”—
Texas Siftings.
Kart* from Fortran.
Correspondence Enquirer-Sun.
Mrs. A. E. Williams and children accompanied
Mrs. C. H. Cook and children to Hamilton, yes
terday.
Mr. T. U. Knight and family, of Birmingham,
Ala., are now the guests of Mr. A. E. Williams.
Mr. Knight has determined to make Kortson his
home for the coming year. He has rented the
individual farm and dwelling from Mr. T. W.
Kortson and will move to it at an early day. The
latter gentleman has made farming so lucrative
that he has decided to spend a po’tion of the
coming year in traveling.
HllTKL ARRIVALS.
CENTRAL HOTEL.
M. E. Dorsett, Macon: M. I). Shelton, Selma,
Ala.; M. C. Fairchild and daughter, Fairchild’s
Landing, Ga.; Robert C. Fryer, A. S. Fryer,
Bellvue, Ga.; S. T. Ellison, Ellerslle, Ga.; W. D.
Owen, Woodberry, Ga.; L. Baker, Florida: J. E.
Leonard, Grand Rapids; Will Hughes, Cincin
nati; J. B. Kortson, Baltimore; A. J.- Jamison,
Philadelphia; H. P. Moffett, Alabama; W. E.
Munroe, New York; W. H. Beaumont, Atlanta;
R. N. Neal, Louisville; A. W. Brantley, White
Sulphur Springs; R. S. Dingess, Chicago; S. M.
Rigsbee, New York; W. H. Stanly, I- F. Had
dock, Fort Valley, Ga.; B. M. McAllister, Fort
Gaines Ga-; A. R. Jackson, Jacksonville, Fia;
Y. M. Smith, Smithville, Ala.; J. A. Bowden, Co
lumbia, Ala. J. M. Griffin, LaFuyette, Ala.; H.
W. Pitts, Hamilton, Ga.
KANKIN HODSE.
M. Hart, Chicago; H. Green, New York; J. H.
Stewart, Alabama; J. H. Ramsay, North Caro
lina; N. A. Houck, Rochester; A. L. Moyer, Phila
delphia; J. L. Plummer, New York; W. E.
Bland nrd, H. H. Ripley, T. T. Merrill, Boston;
S C. Townsend, Baltimore; Isaac Adler, Cincin
nati; Geo. W. Strauss, New York; W. M. White,
Opelika; A. P. Carter. J. L. Steele, Atlanta; R. E.
Harrison, Cincinnati; W. S. Manning, New York;
D. 8. Messier, Philadelphia; J^L JVallace^ Oeor-
N<
A SUIMHCN DKATII.
A Prominent (lipcnvllle PhysIHim Stricken with
Final) six While Attending a Patient.
BpccUilto Enquirer-Sun.
Greenville, Ga., December 1.—Last evening,
about 0:30 p. m., Dr. J. E. G. Terrell was sum
moned to see a patient at the residence of Mrs.
Simonton. While there he was prostrated by a
stroke of paralysis. His family and fVionds were
hastily summoned, and all that loving hands
and skilled physicians could do failed to restore
him to consciousness and at 11 p. m. his freed
spirit took its flight to the God ho loved and
served so faithfully. In the death of Dr. Ter
rell Meriwether loses a valuable citiien and the
Baptist church a devout, member and an earnest
worker in the Lord’s vinevard. He was loved
and honored for his many virtues by all who
knew him.
Dr. Terrell was about 53 years of age. Ho leaves
a widow and six children to mourn his loss.
They all hear the murks of thoir noble preceptor
and guardian—a credit to their parents and an
honor to tho community in which they live.
The Hon. J. M. Terrell, a member of the pres
ent lcgislssure, and J. R. Terrell, a student of
Mercer university, are expected home to-day,
and the funeral will probably take place to-mor
row. Meriwether can ill afford to loose such
men as Dr. Terrell.
The family have the sympathy of a largo circle
of friends and relatives. May the God he served
comfort their bereaved hearts. His life was gen
tle; in him the elements were so mixed that na
ture might stand up aud say to all the world,
“this was a man.”
Death of ('apt. dhurry.
The News and Courier of yesterday announces
the death of Oapt. Ferdinand Cherry, of Charles
ton. Tho announcement will be received by a
number oi people in Georgia, to whom he was
wellk nown, with profoundest regret He was
35 years old, a native of Charleston, and had
b ten for a number of years, and up to the time of
his death, captain of the large and splendid
steamer “ Sappho.” Capt. Cherry was familiurly
known as the “handsomest man in Charleston.”
and his graces of person, attractive as they were
ackno vledged to be, wero paltry beside those of
his mind and heart. He was perhaps the most
universally popular man among all classes in
the city of Charleston. He wore several gold
medals which had been presented to him for
saving human life. Not a groat while ago, a
young lady fell overboard from the deck of the
Sappho, and Captain Cherry leaped in and
caught her, holding her head above water unti
a life boat came to their rescue. But his brave
heart is still forever, and over his merry voice
there has crept the hush of eternal silence. Cap
tain Cherry has at least one friend in Columbus,
about whose heart his memory will cling like tho
scent of roses to a si) uttered vase for many a year
to come. The icy chill of death never froze the
pulsation of a warmer heart, and the clammy
clods of the tomb never hid away the form of a
manlier man.
Marriage at Ciitlihnrt.
A correspondent vriting from Cuthhert, under
date of November 30, says;
“At 11 o’clock this morning, at the Baptist
church, Miss Ella Lou Chastain, of this city, was
united in marriage to Dr. F. L. Wisdom, of Buena
Vista.
“The church was filled to its utmost capacity
long before the bridal party arrived. After the
arrival of tho party they marched into the church
in the following order, to the sweet march from
the organ, presided over by Mrs. J. R. Wooten:
Ushers—Mr. Will T. Douglass and Mr. Key
Simpson, ofCJuthbert.
“Attendants were Miss Maud Branch and Mr.
R. E. Toombs, jr., Miss Nellie Martin and Mr.
John H. 8e$ly, Miss Willie Kiddoo and Mr. A. C.
Moye, MissjB. H. Frizzelle and Mr. John D.
Gunn, MisaMary Speight Baldwin, of Dawson,
and Mr.T. fcAoC. Gamble, Miss Annie McDonald
and Mr. E. Harden, Miss Cliff Chastain and
Mr. J. H. Lumpkin, of Buena Vista; Miss Annie
Mattox and Mr. Wisdom, of Buena Vista.
“Th«.n caine the bride leaning on .the arm of
the groom, and taking their position before Rev.
T. A. Branch, of the * Methodist church, were
made man and wife
“Miss Ella Lon is one of our nicest young la^
dies, and we reluctantly give her up. Dr. Wis
dom is a prominent physician in Buena Vista.
The bridal presents were numerous and costly,
especially was one given by members of the
Methodist church to the bride, she being an
active member of the church and choir for a
number of years. The newly married couple left
for their home to-day accompanied by the best
and sincerest wishes of a host of friends.”
THE CENTRAL FIGHT.
1*28 llld for the Stock—Anybody’s Fight—View of
1 a Prominent Broker.
The Augusta Chronicle of yesterday has the
following in reference to the Central railroad:
Notwithstanding the fact that there is no great
amount of Central held in Augusta and that
only by a few, there is great interest in the pres
idency. General Alexander having relatives
and a large circle of personal friends in Augusta,
and Captain Raoul having a number of admirers
and supporters of his administration. Both par
ties are claiming control, and as a prominent
bank official observed, it is the policy of both
parties to claim a majority, as there are ulways
a large number who like to be with the winners
who will vote on whichever side they think the
strongest. A leading Augusta broker thus speaks
of the fight. My opinion, says he, is
simply this: 20,000 shares of stock at
a cost of over $2,000,000 has been purchased by
the Alexander party, who are not apt to stop if
more is needed. Alexander’s friends have money
and are buying freely the stock. Raoul’s friends
in Georgia have control of stock and, as money
can buy stock, you have,” said the broker, “my
idea of the situation and final result. General
Alexander has many friends and warm support
ers in Georgia, and with the stock his New York
friends control he will have a good following at
home. I do n t believe the stock,” said the
broker, “has been bought in the interest of any
corporation, hut by capitalists and friends of
General Alexander, who. from his state
ment of the property, believe under his
administration that the stock is
worth even more than it commands ro day—123.
For the purpose of control stock may be ad
vanced sharply, but no one can tell the moment
when either side will be satisfied. The dividend
that will be declared to-day under Raoul’s ad
ministration will probably be 3% percent., mak
ing a 7 percent, stock instead of a 5 per cent.,
and it is claimed for Mr. Raoul, with his South
Carolina system in hand, that the road will make
8 per cent, in the future. 1’at Calhoun was ex
pected here yesterday and the day before, and a
carriage was awaiting at the Union depot on the
arrival of the Central train both mornings. He,
however, met General Alexander in Atlanta yes
terday and the plan of campaign was arranged.
Messier, Philadeipma; o.u. yvauace, YJr ur
ria; J. H. Carter, Florence; F. 8. Wooldridge,
New York; Ike Lawson, Philadelphia; J. W.
Weaver, Box springs.
RUNNING OF TRAINS.
Arrival ami Drpurlurr of All TraiMft
af Colmnlxts Carryi»*tf Fa-sengcrs.
In Effect November 5*0. lfttttt.
ARRIVALS.
COLUMBUS AND KOM12 RAILWAY.
Mail train from Greenville 10:21 a. m.
Accommodation from Greenville 2:11 p. ra
SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD.
Mail train from r Macon 3:05 p. m.
Accommodation from Macon 4:55 a. m.
COLUMBUS AND WESTERN RAILWAY.
Mail train from Montgomery 11:01 a. m
Mail train from Atlanta 6:34 p. m
MOBILE AND GIRARD RAILROAD.
Mail train from Troy and Enfaulu 9:25 a. m.
Accommodation from Troy, EufuuJa
and Montgomery 10:59 p. m.
Accommodation from Union Springs... 1:46 p. in
DEPARTURES.
COLUMBUS AND ROME RAILWAY.
Mail train for Greenville 3:08 p. m
Accommodation for Greenvillo 6-00 a. m.
SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD.
Mail train for Macon 11:30 a. cr.
Accommodation for Macon 9:00 p. u,
COLUMBUS AND WESTERN RAILWAY.
Mail train for Atlanta 8:05 a. w.
Mail train for Montgomery 2:28 p. m.
MOBILB AND OIRARD RAILROAD.
Mail train for Troy 3:10 p. w.
Accommodation for Tro^ and Eufeula.. 5:45 p. m.
Accommodation for Union Springs and
Montgomery 10:30 p m.
Ur.OIKHA NfTl IinilX
«’orreeled l»y John Piarkmnr, Comae
Inn. (4a.
STOCK AND BOND BROKER.
RAILROAD BONDS.
Americus, Preston and Lumpkin 1st
mortgage 7s 100 ($101
Atlantic and Gulf 7s 117 (riUlfl
Augusta and Knoxville 7 per cent 114 115
Augusta, Uibfon and Sandersville 7
per cent 1st mortgage 101 106
Central con mortgage 7h 113 @114
Columbus and Rome 1st 6s, endorsed
Central R. R 104 @106
Columbus and Western 1st mortgage
6s, endorsed by Central R. R 103 @105
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta 1st
mortgage 114 @116
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta 4s
2d mortgage 110 @112
Gaiuesvile, Jefferson and Southern
1st i
119
-erson and Southern
2d mortgage Ill 112
(!e >rgia Railroad 6s 106 @109
Mobile and Girard 2d mortgage en
dorsed by Central Railroad 103 @109
Montgomery and Euftuila 1st mort
gage Hs and Centra Railroad 108 @109
Ocean Steams* ip 6 per cent, guaran
teed by C. R. R 104 105
Savaunah, Florida and Western 6 per
cent 104 108
South Georgia aud Florida 1st, en
dorsed by state of Georgia, 7 per
cent 118 @119
South Georgia and Florida 2d, 7 per
cent ill @11S
Western R. R. Alabama 1st mortgage,
endorsed bv Central Railroad 107 @119
Western Alabama 2d mortgage, en
dorsed lio @111
RAILROAD STOCKS.
Atlanta and West Point 101 @103
Atlanta and West Point 0 per cent.
scrip. 103 @105
Augusta and Savannah 7 per cent 127 @130
Central common 121 @122
Central railroad 6 per cent, scrip 101 @102
Georgia 10 percent 192 @193
Mobile and Girard l 1 2 * * .» per cent, guar
anteed by Central R. it 24 <§) 25
Southwestern 7 per cent. guaranteed..l‘29 @130
CITY BONDS.
Atlanta 6s 105 @107
Atlanta 7s 112 @118
Augusta 7s 109 @112
Augusta 6s 103 @105
Columbus 78 112 @113
Columbus 5s 101 @103
LaOrange 7s ioo @101
Macon 6s no @111
Savannah 5s 102 @103
STATE BONDS.
Georgia 4’ £s 106 @107
Georgia 6s 103 @ 104>*'
Georgia 7s, 1890 120 @122
Georgia 7s, 1890 ill @112
FACTORY STOCKS.
Eagle and Phcnix 96 @ 97
Muscogee 95 @ 96
Georgia Home Insurance Company 135 @140
BANK STOCKS.
Chattahoochee National 10 per cent...175 @200
Merchants’ & Mechanics’ 10 per cent.. 124 @126
MISCELLANEOUS.
Confederate Coupon Bonds 1 @ 2
FOR SALE.
164 Shares Mobile and Girard Railroad Stock,
one and a half per cent guaranteed for 99 years
by Central Railroad and Banking Co., at $26 a
share. At tnU price it pays 6 per cent clear of
taxes. Purchaser gets accrued dividend since
last June.
100 Shares Eagle and Phenix Factory Stock.
$5000 Americus, Preston and Lumpkin Rail
road 7 per cent Bonds.
30 Shares Merchants and Meehanico’ Bank
Stock.
$1000 Columbus Ice Co. Stock.
WANTED.
City of Columbus 5 per cent. Bonds.
See me before you buy or sell. I can always do
as well, and often several points better, than any
one else. JOHN IILACK MAR.
MARKET A BY TKLEGRAPH.
Flunnctnl.
London, December 1.—4 p. m.—Console-
money 100%, account 100 13-16.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
Nbw York, December 1 -Noon—Stocks moder-
active, heavy. Money active, at 9 per cent. Ex
change-long $4.80^(1*4.81,>4, Bhcrt $4.84@4.84’L
State bonds dull, Rteady. Government bonds
dull, steady.
New “
@$4.81. Money 5@10 per
bonds dull, steady; new four per cents 128%;
three percents 128%. State bonds dull. firm.
SUO-TRUAHURY BALANCES.
Gold in tho Sub-Treasury $126,865,000; currency
$21,184,000.
STOCK MARKET.
New York, December 1.—The following were
closing quotations of the stock exchange:
Ala class A 2 to 5.... 105% C A N 94%
do class B 5s 108 IN. O. Pac. lsta 80%
Ga 6’s N. Y. Central 114%
Ga 8’s mortgage....#109 | Norfolk&W’npre.. 62
N C6’s 121 i Northern Pacific... 29%
do4’s 99% do preferred 64%
S C con Brown lo9 : Pacific Mail 65%
Tenn. settlem’t3s 79% Reading 60%
Virginia 6s *47 Rich. A Alleghany 12
Virginia consols... 56 Richmond & Dan.. 185
Chesap’ke A Ohio 9 Rich A W. P. Ter’l 70
Chicago AN. W 119% I Rock Island 127
do preferred 141 ‘St. Paul 94
Del. « Lack 141 ! %I do preferred 119%
Erie 87' ^Texas Pacific 27%
East Tenn 13% Union Pacific 67%
Lake Shore 99 N. J. Central 52%
L. A N 63% Missouri Pacific 115%
Memphis & Char.. #57 Western Union.... 78%
Mobile & Ohio 19 I *Bid. # Asked.
Cotton.
Liverpool. December 1. —Noon. — Cotton
market quiet, fair inquiry; middling uplands
6%d, Orleans 5 5-16d; sales 10,000 bales—lor
speculation and export 1000 bales.
Receipts 22,000 bales—American 19,200.
Futures opened quiet, at the following quo
tations :
December 6 2-64d
December and January 5 0-64d
January and February 5 (M)4d
February ami March
March and April 5 2-414(1
April and May 5 4-64d
May and June 5 6-64d
June and July 5 9-64d
July and August 5 ll-64d
2 p. m.—Sales to-day include 7,700 bales of
American.
Uplands 5%<1, Orleans 5%d.
Futures: December 5 2-64d sellers; December
and January. 5 0-64d sellers; January, and Feb
ruary, 5 0-64d sellers; February and March,
5 0-64 buyers; March and April, 6 2-64d sellers;
April and May, 5 1-61 d sellers; May and June,
5 6-64d sellers; June and July 5 9-6!d sellers;
July and August, 5 ll-64d. Futures dull.
5:00 p. m.—December. 5 3-6F1 sellers: December
and January, 5 l-6id sellers; January and Feb
ruary, 5 0-6ld buyers; February and March,
5 l-64d value; March and April, 5 3-64d sellers;
April and May, 5 5-6ld sellers; May and June,
6 7-64fi sellers; Juno and July, 5 9-04d buyers:
July an«l August, 5 12-64d sellers. Futures closed
steady.
New York, December 1. —Cotton market
steady; sales 274 bales; middling uplands at
9 3-16c,Orleans 9%c.
Consolidated net receipts 35,498 bales; export*
Great Britain 13,241, continent 7876, France00;
slock 959,936.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
New York, December 1.—Net receipts 297,
gross 3096. Futures closed steady; sales 36,800
bales, as follows:
December..
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August r.
Green A Co., in tlie r r
says: Local trading ha.‘
business to-day and bre
the surfi.ee. Alter an
f pc
9 10-100@9 11-100
9 1<»-100-(9 17100
25-100(8 ( .) 20-100
9 35 100ft' 9 30-100
9 14-100(3 9 45-100
9 54-100ft'9 55-100
9 61-100ftt9 05-100
9 72-100ft/9 73-100
9 80-lQ0ft/:9 81-100
jport on cotton fixtures,
constituted most of the
light little or noth
Philadelphia, December 1 —Cotton firm; mid*
filings 9%c; net receipts 206, gross 206; sales 6%
stock 10,320; exports to Great Britain 00; contf*.
nent 550.
Havannah, Ga., December 1.—Cotton market
quiet; middling*- at 8 9 16c; net receipts 675A
gross 6763: sales 1350; stock 137,335; exports to
Great Britain 4008, to continent 00.
New Orleans. December 1.—Cotton steady;
middlings 8 11-16; net receipts 9107, grosr 10.231;
sales 6000: stock 290,711; exports to Great Brit*
aiu 6600, to continent 2800, France 00.
Mobile., December 1.—Cotton market steady;
middlings 8 9-lGe; net receipts 1323, gross 13M;
sales 500; stock 30,694.
Memphis, December 1—Cotton market qnietg
middlings 8%c; receipts 5811; shipments 7696;
sales 1000: stock 149,802; spiunert 36.
Augusta, Ga., December L—Cotton qoiet,
easy; middlings 8 9-16c; receipts 1200; ship*
menu 00; salefc 614; stock .
Charleston, December 1. — Cotton markfll
quiet; middlings at 8 1 l-10c; net receipts 3066;
gross receipts 3068; sales 1000; stock 86,673; ax*
ports to Great Britain 00, to continent
France 00.
Atlanta. December 1. — Cotton markot—
middling 8%e, receipts 1016 bales.
I’rovfiMloiiM.
Chicago, December 1.— Flour steady and tut*
changed leading futures ranged. Cash quota
tions were as follows: No. 2 spring wheat
75%; No. 2 red, 77%; No. 2 corn, 37%; No. 2oaUl
25— Mess pork 10 50, lard 6 10; Dry salted
shoulders, boxed, $4 00(0.4 75, short clear sidea«
boxed, $5 70<»ii5 75, loose $5 35@5 60.
Futures opened and closed at following prices.
Highest. Lowest. Closing:
Mess Pork—December 10 70 - 9 95 10 00
Januury ... 10 92%
February.. 11 02%
Lard—December 6 00%
January 6 17%
February 6 27%
Hhort ribs—January... 5 55—
February.. 6 67%
March 5 02%
New Orleans, December 1.—Molasses steady
aud in good demand—Louisiana open kettlt
choice 40c, strictly prime 36m 38, prune 30@3S^
Louisiana centrifugals strictly prime 21@26, rait
to good prime 15@20.
Louisville, December 1.—Grain steady—
Wheat No. 2 red 74; corn No 2 mixed 39; oats No
2 29'.j. Provisions steady—Bacon—clear riba
nominal, clear sides $7 25. shoulders nominal,
Bulk meats- clear rib side* $5 75, clear side#
$6 shoulders 4%; mess pork f10 50; haius, sugar*
cured, $10 75; lard—choice leaf $7 50.
8t. Louis. December 1.—Flour quiet and steady
at recent advance. Provisions luirly active and
gcucrully higher. Pork strong—810 60. Lard
firm. Bulk meats firm loose ami boxed lota,
long clear sides $5 40(</ 5 15, short ribs $5 50@5 55.
short clear $5 65@$5 70. Bacon steady—long
clear $6 50, short rib $6 75(t»'0 87%. short clear
sides $7 00. Hams steady—9%@ 11 %c.
Cincinnati, December 1.—Flour easy. Pork
strong, $11 25@ 11 30. Lard firmer, $6 05. Bulk
meats firm and unchanged—boxed lots, long
clear $ , short rib sides 5%c. Bacon steady
and unchauged j short rib sides 7 00, short clear
sides $7 25; hams .
Grain.
Chicago, December 1.—Cash prices were a§
follows : Wheat, No. 2 .Spring 75%@ ; No. $
red wheat 77%c. Corn No. 2 37%c. OaU
No. 2 25c.
Futures ranged and closed at following prloee:
Highest. Lowest. Closing,
Wheat—December 70%c. 75%c. 76%
January 77%c.
Fobuary 77 %c.
May 84%e.
Corn — December 37%c.
January 38—c.
February 38 ! %c.
May 43%c.
Oats — December 27—c.
January 27%c.
May 81%c.
70%c.
77$.
83%c.
37%c.
37 %c.
37%c.
42%c.
28%c.
27—c.
31c.—
Cincinnati. December 1.— Wheat quieter—
No. 2 red 77%@78c. Corn in fair demand—No.t
mixed 37%@88. Oats quiet—No. 2 mixed SB#.
29%.
Ht. Louis, December 1.—Wheat active, higher:
iased of
yester-
closed at 78; January 79%(a.79%, closed at 7®
bid. Corn quiet but firm, % higher—No. 2 mixed
cash85%@36, December 35%, January 36%@8fl^
closed at 36%. Oats very dull but steady—No. 1
mixed cash 26%, December 27%, asked May 81.
Louisvillb, December 1.—Grain quiet. Wheel
- new No. 2 red 74c; corn, No. 2 mixed 38; while
39c.; oats, No. 2 29c.
Huger and Coffee.
New York, Deceinbor l.—Coffee, fhir; Rio
No. 7, December 11 65@il 85, January 11 70#
„ ,
New Orleans, December 1.—Coffee dull and
nominal. Sugar- Louisiana, open kettle steady,
prime to strictly prime 4c.; Louisiana centrifu
gals active—white 6%@6.3-10, choice yellow clai^
I tied 4.15-10, prime yellow clarified 4%.
Cincinnati, December 1.—Sugar steady,
unchanged—New Orleans 4%@6%c.
Chicago, December 1.—Sugar—standard A
5%c.
ft on in (mil Tu TIM'D f I ne.
New York, December 1.— Rosin firm—
strainer 95c@$ 1 05. Turpentine quiet—36c.
Savannah, December 1.—Turpentine steady—
33%c. Resin firm—strained 90cft4$l 00; sales 100
barrel 8.
Wilmington, December 1.—Turpentine firm*
—83—c. Rosin firm—strained 75c; good 80c. Tar
firm—$1 60; crude turpentine firm—hards $1 00,
yellow dip $1 90, virgin $1 90.
Charleston, December 1.—Turpentine firm
—33%e bid- Rosin firm—good strained 80c.
Wool mid Hides.
New York, December 1.—Hides quiet and
firm— New Orleans selected, 45 aud 0u pounds,
9%fti>10c, Texas selected, 50 and 60 pounds, 10#
10%c.
Cotton Hoed Oil.
New Orleans, La., December 1.—Cotton seed
oil 24ft/)26c; summer yellow 36@37c. crude 36@3Bo
Cuk< and ineal, long ton, $19 00@20 00.
New York, December 1. -Cotton seed oil, 24#
26c for crude, 37@38c for refined.
WliiMky.
Chicago, December 1.—Whisky $1 18.
Ht. Louis, December 1.—Whisky steady— $11*.
Cincinnati, December 1. — Whisky activa
and firm at $1 13.
Freight*.
New York, December 1.—Freights to Ur*
erpool easier- cotton, per steamer, 3-16; wheat,
per steamer, 4%d.
[‘Pi
ning to
decline o* a
ts prices recovered and near
fiaction above last evening, and
closed about -toady, with January showing con
siderable comparative strengUi in view of a lev/
operators endeavoring to adjust deals for that
month against June. The movement, however,
was a small one and only noticeable becau.se the
market was otherwise so very dull.
Galveston, December 1.— Cotton dull; mid-
lings 8%c; net receipts 1908, gross 4908; salef-
1316; stock 102,8-15; exports to continent—, Great
Britain 00.
Norfolk, December 1.—Cotton quiet; mid
dlings 8,‘ iC; net receipts 6302, gross 6302; sales
1163; stock 63,367; exports to Great Britain 00,
to continent —.
Baltimore, December 1.—Cotton market very
dull: middlings 9 l-10c; net receipts 00, gross
1326; sales —, spinners 00; stock 20,397; exports
to Great Britain 00, to continent 00.
Boston, December 1.—Cotton quiet; middlings
9 5*16c; net receipts 240. gross 6175; sales 0; stock
00; exports to Great Britain 00.
Wilmington, December 1.—Cotton steady;
middlings 8%c; net receipts 1479, gross 1479; sales
00; stock 25,902; exports to Great Britain 1345.
Chattahoochee Sheriff’s Sale.
TIT ILL BK SOLD on the first Tuesday in Jan-
* > nary, 1H87, at I lie court house in said county,
within the legal hours of sale, to the highest
bidder for cash, the following property, to-wit:
Om* hundred and fifty acres of land off of east
part of lot No. U7: also lots Nos. i;i« and 138; also
hit No. 237 ; said land lying and being in the
county of Chattahoochee, state of Georgia, and
tenth 'loth) district, and being in said county.
Said land levied upon as the property of Dr. L. F.
McLaughlin to satisfy a mortgage li fa issued
from the superior court of said count} in favor of
Mrs. M. F. Harvey against said Dr. L.’F. Mc
Laughlin. This 4th day of Noveinoer, 1880.
LaFAYKTTK HARP,
Sheriff Chattahoochee County.
dcc2dit w it
i GEORGIA, MUSCOGEE COUNTY.
Whereas, Mrs.C. L. Downing, administratrix of
1 estate of L. T. Downing, deceased, represents to
i tne court in her petition, duly filed, that fche has
1 fully administeieo L. T.,Downing’s estate.
J This is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned,
1 heirs ami creditors, to show cause, if any they
i can, why said administratrix should not be di«-
j charger: from her administration and receive
letiers of dismission on the tin-.i Monday iu Do-
I comber, 138(1.
Witness my official signature this September 4.
| 1886 F. M. BROOKS. ^
I sep') oaw3m Ordinary.
j Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
' (:>■<qtnA, ML'Si uCIEli COUNTY.
All parti, s lu.vtait cl.-uins against Thos. D.
i 1-Miison, der .i ;ed. re hereby notified to present
I the same, duly authenticated, to me ( within the
| time prescribed by law; and all parties indebted
to said Thos. D. Fortson are required to muke
immediate payment to me.
T. W. FORTSON,
ocG oawGwi Administrator.
Ch.-
lies, and has give*.
'* uciveri/b Uisi-lOr
MURPHY ffP.OS,,
Palis, Tit'
© has won the (aver •
the public and now ran
among the leadiug Ma
cinesofthe oildora.
A. L. SMITH.
Bradford. \
•■maw* .