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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* .