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§!< §tti-§W B tan C. W. HANCOCK, JC-DITOIR, A>TD PROPRIETOB. 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.” ■—■ ♦ 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. nov29tf TO THOSE WISHING TO MAKE UP ■lll KB! I HAVE MATERIALS OF ALL KIND IN ALL THE NEW STYLES, A pplique Figures for Table-Cov ers, Lambrequins, Tidies, Applique Silk Embroidery for Bannerettes, Pincushions, Watch Cases, Etc, Embroideried Slippers from 50c to $2.50, Slipper Cases, Perforated Panel Pictures for Embroidery, Plaques and Palettes for Painting. JUST RECEIVED! A LOT OF Beaver Hats and Turbans WHICH I WILL SELL VERY LOW. •Mrs* •?!. T\ Elam* nov29tf fiOSjtQIBJ . 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