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AMERICAS, GEORGIA.
Wednesday, November 29,1382.
Official Organ of Sumter County
Official Organ of Schley County.
Official Organ of Lee County.
Official Organ of Webster County.
It is reported that there are 100 cases
of smallpox in Chattanooga.
Over twenty native born Irishmen
will have seats in the next House of
Representatives.
. .♦.
An exchange wants to know “what
are our young men coming too?” Com
ing to see our girls, of course.
Two years ago Wesson Miss., was a
pine forest. It now has 2,000 inhabi
tants, a cotton-mill which employs
1,000 hands, and several smaller facto
ries.
Fulton county, Penn., has a hog nine
years old as large as an ordinary cow,
and which if fattened, would weigh
1,500 pounds. Its tusks are like those of
an elephant.
At noon, on the 28th ult., Venice
was under water. At 10 o’clock in the
forenoon the tide had risen so high that
gondolas were actually plying in the
Piazza of St. Mark.
Friday morning, in Montgomery,
Ala., Miss Jennie Allen, of that city
and the lady who Oscar Wilde declar
ed to be the prettiest woman in America
was married to Mr. Henry D. Clayton,
Jr. of Eufaula.
While Gen. Butler was delivering a
speech in Boston during the recent
campaign, one of his hearers cried
out, ‘how about the spoons, Ben?’ Ben
jamin’s good eye twinkled merrily as
he looked bashfully at the audience
and said: "Now, don’t mention that,
please. I was a Republican when I
stole the spoons.”
Russia has concluded anew loan for
$40,000,000, which brings up the to
tal of her outstanding debt to $2,765,-
000,000. What is most noteworthy is
the fact that her debt has almost
doubled since 1872, the annual deficit
in her finances averaging $120,000,000,
whereas twenty years previous it was
only $55,000,000,.
From March Ist to November Ist,
last year, 4,803,680 head of hops were
packed at the leading packing points of
the West; this year, for same period,
only 3,224,842, showing a falling off
of 1,578,847 head. At Chicago, the
number packed from November Ist to
9th is less than for corresponding period
of any year since 1872.
Few farmers stop to consider, writes
the editor of the Cultivator, how much
of fertilizing matter is annually wasted
about the farm, nor the expense incurr
ed in purchasing the same materials
in other forms. Thus in the apparent
ly insignificant matter of corn cobs is
an item worth saving. If the accumu
lation of corn cobs were gathered up
and thrown into the hog pen, they
would, by the next spring, be reduced
to manure. It has been estimated in
the corn cobs grown in this country last
year were upwards of two hundred
thousand pounds of potash.
The New York World is of the opin
ion that the Secretary of the Treasury
has it in his power to relieve the busi
hess of the country by simply using a
moderate portion of the surplus funds
now lying idle in the Treasury vaults to
pay off some of the public debt not yet
due. It remarks that Sherman made
use of his official discretion to do this
in 1880, and there is no reason why
this course is not as plainly indicated
now as it was then. It says "a pru
dent and honest man in private business
who had a large sum of money lying
idle and drawing no interest would
spend as much of it as possible in buy
ing up such of his own paper as was
abroad, even if he had to pay a prem
ium upon it. He could not be sure of
his income thereafter; he could be sure
that the debt would have to be paid.”
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Railroad activity is still notable in
the southwest. The Atlantic and Pa
cific have completed their road 408
miles west from Albuquerque, New
Mexico, and have 157 miles yet to reach
the Colorado river, where they are to
meet a branch of the Southern Pacific.
The Southern Pacific have their track
completed sixty-four miles east of Mo
have, Atchisen and Guaymas are now
connected by the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe road. The Southern Pacific
(New Orleans route) has only twenty
miles to grade, and this will be done in
November; but there is some heavy
bridging in Eagle Pass, and it is prob
able that through trains will not run
before the new year. It will soon be
difficult tc find a spot in this great coun
try where the snort of the iron horse has
not been heard.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
As an integer in the body politic and
as a momber of the Georgia press, and
with no censorious or dictatorial feeling,
we are opposed to the course pursued by
previous legislatures, and that which
appears to be mapped out by the present
General Assembly, to adjourn to a day
ahead. In common with all the people
we protest to a summer session. It
seems impossible for Georgia to get a
Legislature which will yield obedience
to the fundamental law. The consti
tution creates the Legislature and pro
vides that its sessions shall be biennial
and that its sittings shall be for and
during the space of forty days.
It is useless to discuss the reasons
which actuated the convention in estab
lishing these bounds and limits. It is
entirely sufficient to know that it is the
law, and that each member, before he
takes his seat, is bound by an oath to
keep and observe the constitution of tire
State of Georgia. Yet, since its adop
tion by the people, there has not been
a Legislature which has observed its re
quirements in this particular; but for
some reason that does not reach the
light, violate its spirit and letter. They
adjourn a few days before the constitu
tional limit and take a recess to some
day in July or August, and then hold
on for forty or sixty days. There must
be some cause for this that does not
exist in the necessities of the case. Is
it possible that Georgia cannot select a
couple of hundred men whose private
business is not worth more to them
than four dollars a day? who cannot
make a satisfactory record for elocution
rhetoric or what not in forty days trial?
That the Legislature must be prolonged
to give opportunity to these to make
statesmen of themselves? Is it right at
an expense of a thousand dollars a day
to the State, and in violation of the
letter and spirit of the constitution for
the members of the legislature to run
over their time? The people can’t see
it. But should the constitution be so
amended as to pay the legislators a
salary of a hundred and sixty dollars a
session, is it believed that these ad
journments would be made? Then if
the Legislatures see fit tr hold on all the
year at a salary to each, it will at least
not be liable to the suspicion of taking
advantage of their prerogatives to
spoliate the treasury.
It would be an easy matter to re
district the State, into compact districts,
if there was no intent to jeremander in
the constructions of the districts. The
passage of this law, the appropriation
bill, the adjustment of the State Road
question, and the matter of the rights of
the people as affected by railroads could
have been looked into after the election
of Senators, Judges and the whole mat
ter finished in forty days. The new
code might have been submitted to the
people and the Courts before it was
rattled again by tinkering legislators.
We are in favor of a salary for legisla
tors, believing it would be a pecuniary
saving to the State of fifty or a hun
dred per cent.
Increase of Salary.
We hope the bill introduced by Mr.
Harris, to increase the salary of the
Justices of the Supreme court, and
Judges of the Superior court will meet
favorable consideration. It is a good
bill, the salary paid these officers is not
enough. It is not as much as they
could make at the practice of law. The
pay of a judge should be sufficient to
leave his mind at ease. The bread and
butter question aught not to bother his
thoughts to the exclusion of the weight
ier matters of the law'. We hope the
legislature will pass the bill or some
measure of like character which will
place our judiciary on such high ground
as not to have the idea of retirement
from the bench haunting them perpet
ually.
Washington advices say that Dakota
is likely to prove an early bone of con
tention in Congress. The bill admit
ting it as a State is well up on the cal
endars of both houses, and a move has
been made toward paying the trouble
some Yankton county bonds. The Re
publican majority will not like to miss
the opportunity to establish a Republi
can State, and if it is not admitted now
it will have to wait outside a Demo
cratic Congress for some years proba
bly. We think the rule eught to be
observed not to admit a State unless it
has a population equal to the number
of population fixed for a Congressional
District. The Republican party has
invested heavily in “pocket” States,
and some of them, like Nevada, have
losses. The Democrats threaten to
filibuster to the end of time to prevent
the admission to Dakota.
According to the Philadelphia Jieo
ord one of the first reforms of the new
Democratic Congress will, doubtless,
be a sweeping out of the swarms of
spies, informers and delators that infest
nearly every department of Government
in Washington.' The spy system,
which has attained such enormous pro
portions under Republican rule, was
nnknown almost in Democratic admin
istrations.
THE STATE CAPITAL;
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS
SENATE.
Saturday, November 23, 1882.
The Senate was called to order by
President Boynton at 10 o’clock a. m.
Prayer by Rev. John Jones, chaplain
of the senate.
The roll was called and a quorum
present.
The journal of yesterday was read and
confirmed.
Hon. W. A. Dent, of Newnan, was
invited to a seat on the floor.
Several reports were made from com
mittees.
A number of senate bills were read
the second time.
BILLS PASSED.
A bill to amend an act entitled an
act to enable purchasers of railroads to
form corporations.
A bill to repeal an act to prescribe
the conditions on which the state will
assent with holding of lands by foreign
corporations.
A bill to regulate the sale of formu
las, etc., for composting fertilizers,
A bill to declare betting on elections
illegal.
NEW BILLS.
Senator Dußignon—A bill to au
thorize the manner of removing cita
tions against administrators from one
county to another.
Senator Livingston—A bill to estab
lish experimental farms. (This is the
bill sent up by the agricultural socciety)
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The house was called to order at ten
o’clock by speaker Garrard.
Prayer by the chaplain.
The journal of yesterday’s proceed
ing was read and adopted.
The finance committee, through Mr.
Little, reported back the general appro
priation bill; the deficiency appropria
tion bill, and the bill to authorize the
sale of certain United States bonds in
the treasury; and *on his motion the
rules were suspended to give the two
last named bills their second reading.
Senate bill No. 1, to change the
times of holding the superior courts ot
Macon county was read the first time
and referred to the general judiciary.
House bill No. 4—To extend the
time for giving in and paying taxes on
wild lands, was taken up as unfinished
business. The substitute of the wild
lands committee, yesterday adopted in
lieu of the original bill, failed to re
ceive a majority of a full house, though
only voted against by eight or ten
members. It was then referred to the
committee on finance.
The committee on education made a
report favorable to the bill to levy a tax
of one tenth of one per cent, on all tax
able property, for the support of public
schools.
Several other committees made re
ports on bills referred to them.
BILLS ON THIRD READING.
To amend the acts incorpr.rating the
town of Canton. Passed.
To amend the several acts incorpo
rating the town of Hawkinsville.
Passed.
To prohibit the sale of spirituous
liquors in Monroe county, after the
election. Passed.
On motion of Mr. Johnson, the re
port on the lunatic asylum, made yes
terday, was referred to the finance com
mittee.
The bill of Mr. Key, to amend sec
tion 1762 of the code so as to allow the
widow, after paying the deceased hus
band’s debts, to take possession of the
estate without administration, was
passed.
To prohibit the sale of spirituous
liquors in Decatur county, after an
election. Passed.
Mr. Fite’s bill to amend the act to
carry into effect the provisions of the
constitution in reference to appeals
in and from justices courts. It autho
izes appeals, whether the sum exceeds
SSO or not, to a jury in the justices
courts. Passed as amended.
The bill of Mr. Bishop, to repeal
section 1278 of the code, which allows
electors to yotc anywhere in their coun
ty. Passed by substitute.
The bill of Mr. Harris, to allow
judges of county courts to hold court
in other counties than their own.
Passed.
Mr. Jordan’s bill, to amend the
act regulating and fixing the time
for holding elections by the general as
sembly. Passed by substitute.
Mr. Mcßride’s bill, to amend the code
in reference to the sale of wild lands.
Passed.
To change the time of holding the
superior court of Twiggs county.
Passed.
Adjourned to 10 o’clock Monday
morning.
The use of the hall of the house was
granted to Rev. J. L. M. Curry and
Commissioner Orr, to deliver addresses
on education on Tuesday night.
SENATE.
Monday, November, 27, 1882.
The senate was called to order by
President Boynton at 10 o’clock a. m.
Prayer by Rev. John Jones, chaplain
of the senate.
The roll was called and a quorum
present.
The journal of Saturday was read
and confirmed.
Mr Davis moved to reconsider a bill
passed and Saturday, which repeals an
act to determine on what terms and
conditions foreign corporations may
hold lands in this state. This motion
prevailed, and the bill was recommend
ed to the judiciary colnmittee.
Seats were tendered in the senate to
Honß. Malvern H. Wright and Patrick
Walsh, of the county of Richmond.
A message was received from his ex
cellency the governor, conveying a seal
ed communication.
A message from the house reported
the passage of several local bills of lit
tle moment.
The special order was then taken up,
viz: A bill to amend the law in re
gard to the appointment ot & tails <a 1
commission, the effect of which is to
give the election of the commissioners
to the people.
This bill has been ably and freely
discussed by senators. The committee
on railroads reported adversely to its
passage and the discussion was on the
motion of Mr. Smith, to disagree to
the report of the committee, the effect
of which would be to pass the hill to
a third reading and allow its discus
sion on the question of its passage,
and its amendment, if desired.
Tending its discussion, the senate
adjourned until 3 o’clock this afternoon.
HOUSE.
The house was called to order at 10
o’clock by Speaker Garrard.
Prayer by the chaplain.
The journal of Saturday’s proceed
ings was read and adopted.
The finance committee, through Mr.
Little, chairman, reported back the gen
eral tax bill.
Other committees made reports upon
local bills.
Several local billswere under a sus
pension of the rules, taken up and read
a second time.
The bill received from the senate, to
amend the act to enable railroad pur
chasers to form corporations, etc., wrs
read the first time and referred.
bills tabbed.
To change the time of holding the
superior courts of Crawford county.
To incorporate the Spring Creek
canal and improvement company.
special order.
The report of the committee on ad
journment. The majority report recom
mends a recess from the sth of Decem
ber to the first Wednesday in July
next. The minority report recommends
a continuous session until the busi
ness of the general assembly is disposed
of.
Mr. Jordan moved a division of the
question, so as to take a vote separately
on the questions of a recess and of a
prolongation of the session.
The speaker thought the question
could be divided.
Mr. Mclntosh offered, as a substitute,
a resolution simply providing for a re
cess.
A lively debate ensued. Messrs, Lit
tle and Harris forcibly advocated the
adoption of Mr. Mclntosh’s substitute,
and Messrs. Wright, of Floyd, Brooks
and Mitchell opposed it in pointed re
marks. Messrs. McGregor and Jordan
also supported the substitute.
The chair ruled that the substitute
was in effect a division ofthe question,
and would require a two-thirds vote for
its passage.
The question being taken by yeas and
nays, the substitute of Mr. Mclntosh
was adopted for the resolution of the
committee. The chair ruled that this
vote 97 yeas to 4!) nays adopted the
subtitute as an amendment, but that a
two-thirds vote would be required to
pass it.
Mr. Little moved to commit the
whole matter to the judiciary commit
tee.
On motion of Mr. Dart, the house ad
journed until 10 o’clock to-morrow
morning.
A IJig Yield.
Thomasville Times.
Sometime last Spring, the proprie
tor of the Southern World offered a
premium of S2O, in gold, to the boy
under 16 years of age, who will report
the best yield of any crop, on a half acre
of land. Master Mark Battle, son of
Rev, J. R. Battle, saw the proposition
and contested for it. The results of his
labor was 250 bushels of fine large
sweet potatoes, on a half acre. A speci
men 4 bu. of the potatoes, and proper
accompanying certificates—sworn to
by disinterested parties—were forward
ed the other day to the proprietor of
the Journal mentioned. We commend
the worthy example of young Mr. Bat
tle to the young men and boys ot
Thomas. It shows what a boy can do,
when he tries. Boys make a great mis
take when they think that farming is
only drudgery, and cannot he made to
pay: What the country needs is fewer
clerks, with their hair parted in the
middle, fewer professional drones, and
more manly youths who are not afraid
and ashamed to take hold of the plow.
But make the country prosperous, and
the towns will take care of themselves.
It is in the soil where the surest chances
of success in life are found; it is on the
farm, where the truest contentment is
found; it is around the country family
fireside where the purest virtue is found.
Despise not the country.
Dr. R. V. Pierce’s “Golden Medical
I)iscovery”cures every kind of humor
from the common pimple or eruption
to the worst scrofula.
Four to six bottles cure salt-rheum
or tetter.
One to five bottles cure the worst
kind of pimples on the face.
Two to four bottles clear the system
of boils, carbuncles, and sores.
Five to eight bottles cure corrupt or
running ulcers and the worst scrofula.
By druggists, and in half-dozen and
dozen lots at great discount.
Tutt’s Pills Sugar Coated.
Tutts Pills are now covered with a
Vanilla Sugar Coating, making them
as pleasant to swallow as a little sugar
plum, and rendering them agreeable to
the most delicate stomach. This is a
great addition (were it possible to add
anything to these very popular and
wonderfully efficacious pills) as it des
troys the bitter taste and protects them
from changes of climate thus preserv
ing their virtue in all parts of the world.
The consumer of Tutt’s Pills will
doubtless appreciate this improvement,
which has been made at great expense
to the proprietor while the price remains
the same as before.
ONION SETS-White, Red and
Pearl. The Pearl Is extra early, and
they can be had at
Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store.
Pure French Brandies, Wine, Gin,
Rum, and Whisky for medicinal and
other uses, at
Dr, Eldridge’s Drug Store.
DISSOLUTION.
The public is hereby notified that we have
this day dissolved co-partnership. The notes
and accounts due us are in the hands of G.
W, GLOVER with full power and authority
to collect and receipt for the same. The in
terest of K. J. PERRY having been assigned
to tlie said G. W. GLOVER for a valuable
consideration.
This, November 27th, 1882.
G. tV. GLOVER,
R. J. PERRY.
To the many friends and patrons that in
past have favored the late firm of GLOVER
& PERRY with their patronage, 1, in re
tiring from said co-partnership, tender my
thanks, and take great pleasure in saying
for Mr. GLOVER, my former partner, that
lie is a gentleman of strict integrity, and in
every way worthy of your confidence. I
most respectfully solicit for him a continu
ance of your patronage.
Respectfully, R. J. PERRY.
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Bannerettes, Pincushions,
Watch Cases, Etc,
Embroideried Slippers from 50c
to $2.50, Slipper Cases,
Perforated Panel Pictures for
Embroidery, Plaques and
Palettes for Painting.
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A LOT OF
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THE LARGE STOCK OF
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IR,. a. BLACK
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fnr A S r C , t ?.Ji C „i P t £ e , sto S k J np to the present high standard of excellence in quality
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