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THE ATHENS GEORGIAN: SEPTEMBER
1876.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
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istrator....— —- - —• 5 ®0
Appl.’iion for Lett rsot Dismission tioardian S 25
Application for Leave to Sell Lands 5 CO
Notice to Debtors and Creditors .. s 00
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Estrav Notices, 30 days 3 00
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Foreclosure Mortgage, per square, each time. 1 00
Exemntlon Notices (in ad.ai c 0. "
Rule NDi’s, per square, each time. 1 oo
wit' Tlie al> ive loaal rates corrected by Ordinary
of Clirke county.
FUR PRESIDENT:
HAMVEL .T. TILDEX,
OF NEW YORK.
VICE PRE'IDKNT:
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS,
OF INDIANA.
S'fccvfco tDarsa.ocra.-bio TicTsa-fc.
FOR GOVERNOR:
AI,FHEI» XI. COLQUITT,
OF DEKALR.
2UI)nis o3roruian.
H. H. CARLTON, - Editor.
Our Eight Page Paper.
With this, the concluding number of
our fourth volume, wo |ne-ent our
rentiers tlie (iisokoIaN to he issued
in future ns :ui eight page forty-eiglrt
column newspaper.
Owing to the large increase in our
advertising business, thus allowing
us but a limited space for reading
matter, as well as the fact that the
weekly issues of the different daily
papers of the State being of much
larger size than the ordinary week
lies and hence containg much more
of general news, thus giving them a
decided advantage in meeting the
wants of a reading public, we have
for sonii time intended making this
enlargement in the Georgian ^ This
being tlie opening of the trading sua
sion, as well as the beginning; of one
of the most important political cam
paigns, which has ever mat ked the
history of this government, we have
deemed this an exceedingly favora
ble time to make the change. With
the Georgian thus enlarged, ena
bling us to so organize it in all its de
partments as to meet the demands of
every class of our readers, we entreat
a renewed interest on the part of our
friends and patrons, which together
with a full determination on our pari
to do our whole duty as a journalist,
will soon make it second to no week
ly paper in the State.
To the people of North Georgia,
we would then say, with a paper so
enlarged as to enable us to give you,
in full uch week, the latest political,
commercial, agricultural and miscel
laneous news of the country, we hope
on your part a large increase of our
subscription list.
To the merchants and business
men of Athens and its vicinity, we
■would beg leave to call your atten
tion to the fact All at the Georgian,
with a circulation now exceeding
two thousand, daily increasing and
now withr the each renewed interest
given thereto, which justifies us in
expecting a still larger increace in
the the number of our subscribers,
offers to you much valuable medium
through which to present your busi
ness to the public.
Important Facts for the
People.
Tljc amount saved to the General
Government by the present House of
Representatives of Congress may be
summed up from the following items
which we extract from the speech of
Hon. J. W. Wofford, State Elector,
made at Cedartown, August 22nd:
The Government asked for an ap
propriation to fortifications of $3,406,-
000. Appropriation made by Con
gress, $315,000. Over 83,000,000
saved.
Government asked for the Navy
*20,871,666 40. Congress appropria
ted $12,740,355 40. Little overSS,-
000,000 was saved there.
Government asked for the Post-
Office Department $8,431,602 90.
Congress gave $5,997,498. Nearly
$3,000,000 saved there.
Government asked for the Army
$33,348,748 50. Congress gave 125,-
987,167. Nearly $8,000,000 saved
there.
For Sundry Civil Service bill, Gov
ernment asked for S32,500,475. Con
gress gave $16,357,905 47. Amount
saved, about $16,000,000.
Savings made in appropriations to
Navy Yard, public buildings, etc.,
by the House, is over half a million of
dollars.
Government asked for the Military
Academy $437,470. Congress gave
$290,035. Amount saved, 8150,000.
For support of an Indian bill. Gov
ernment asked for $5,878,995 GO.
Congress gave $4,670,117 02. About
81.000,000 saved there.
For appropriations to the Consular
and Diplomatic service, Congress
saved to the Government about $30-
000.
For the Legislative Appropriation
bill, Government asked for $20,837,-
307. Congress gave $15,373,960.
Amount saved $5,000,000.
For the usual appropriation bills,
Government asked for $203,099,025.
Congress gave $147,719,774. Amount
saved, $6 >,37 9,35 ].
All appropriations originating as
they do in the House, the amount
saved to the Government would
have been much greater, had the
Senate agreed to the reductions sug*
gested by the House. But such whs
not the dose, and the appropriations
made upon conference of the two
branches of Congress. Neverthless
to the Democratic House is due the
credit of these savings. Had the
Senate agreed to the House reduc
tions, and passed the appropriation
hills as they passed the House, the
savings between what was given last
year and what would have been giv
en this year, would have been $40,-
430,192. Had the Democratic House
not been there, a' constant check to
the Republican rulers, in their extrav
agance the approbriation would have
been what was asked for by the Gov
ernments, to-wit: 8203,099,025. The
difference between tills amount and
what the House on Confer«^£:e with
the Senate actual saved is, $55,379,-
951. Had the Senate agreed to the
House bills as they passed that body,
the amount saved between what was
asked for, and what was given would
have been $65,865,890.
A Democratic House of Represen
tatives has, in time of peace, saved
more money from the civil expense*
of the Government for one year than
was spent by President Polk in the
same time in carrying on a war in a
foreign couutry, including all civil ex
penses at home.
In the language of the honorable
speaker, from whose remarks we ex
tract “is this notan earnest proof of the
good faith of tha Democratic party, as
exemplified by a Democratic House of
Representatives.” And m it not a suf
ficient guarantee that the Democratic
party will do to trust with the admin
istration of public affairs for the next
four years. Especially under the
guidance of Samuel J. Tilden the great
political reformer.
The New York Herald thinks,
“the result in Vermont is of but
•light significance in its bearing on
national politics, but so far as it goes,
it is favorable to the hopes of the
republican party.” This is only a
Herald view of the matter, and,
judging from its usual course, it is
more than likely to change its opinion
by its next issue.
Elsewhere will be seen the card ot
Col. A. R Lamar, Agent Benevolent
Association of Savannah, making an
appeal “ to the people of Georgia ”
in behalf of yellow fevec sufferers of
that now greatly scourged city. In
connection • with this card is a note
received on Monday morning, by
Maj. Lamar Cobb; from Col. Lamar,
making a direct appeal to the people
of Athens. Maj. Cobb states in the
communication to the Georgian that
he will receive such contribution- ns
our people may feel disposed to make
to the sufferers of our sister city
Let every one, who may be able,
come forward, and contribute to the
relief of this greatly afflicted people.
It is but our Christian duty to respond
to this call, and though heretofore
blessed in our healthful region, we
know not when it may be necessary
to ask aid in our own behalf. Let
the contributions from Athens be
liberal.
The only Remedy.
The Augusta Chronicle and Send-
nfl in commenting on the following
paragraph from our columns puts it
thus:
“The Athens Georgian thinks the
whole system of taxation in Georgia
fs speculative and conjectural, and
until established upon some sure, cer
tain and positive^ basis will ever
prove unequal, unjust and oppressive,
thus furnishing just and legitimate
grounds for complaint among our
overburdened tax payers.”
It is not in Athens alone that com
The Primary election for deter
mining a candidate to represent this
county in the lower branch of the
next General Assembly takes place
on to-morrow. This is a matter in
which every citizen of the county
should have a voice, and as the pro
posed system gives such an oppors
tunity, let every one turn out and
poll his preference as to who shall be
representative.
We extract the following wise ut
terance from the Augusta Constitu
tionalist : Tlie arrangements at the pri-
We extract the following from the
New York Herald which is highly
significant of the great need of that
reform, which th_- election of Tilden
and Hendricks surely guarantee.
A Sign of the Times.—A recent
report from the Department of
Buildings shows that the estimated
cost of new buildings erected in this
city in 1870 was, in round numbers,
thirty-eight million six hundred thou
sand dollars; in 1871, thirty-seven
million five hundred thousand dol
lars, and in 1875, only eighteen mil
lion two hundred thousand dollars.
This is a good illu-’tration of the de
pressed condition of business, and
explains the scarcity of labor. Twen
ty million dollars more was expended
on labor and materials ii: 1870 and
in 1>71 than in 1S75. Real estate
lias been so heavily loaded with tax
ation and so paralyzed by the shrink- i have a new organic law
age of values and the general depres-1 alH i Sentinel.
sion that it lias been impossible to
take advantage of the decreased co-t
of building. Yet the "city taxation
will be as heavy next year as it is
this year.
plaint is made of the present system ma y election,o,. t nday, whichexchitl-
of State, county and municipal taxa- td thc ne S**° from voting in the muni
tion. In every section of the State nation > " a * a bUud s,rokti of P°hcy.on
there are heard complaints of the j 1,1 e l> arl of tlie Democratic managers.
inequality and injustice of taxation. Numbers of ue « roes in tbe Clt - V a P'
Some taxes arc too high, others too | l> lied for the P riv,le °' e , *>ut "'ere re
low, and all are wanting in uniformi- J tu9ed - The ne » rws avowed tlmr
ty. Our whole svstem (if such it loynUy to the Democratic party and
may be called) of taxation needs I also thoir intention to vote the ticket
careful revision and an adjustment to j stra, S bt oat > Y et * the - v " ere denied
the present condition of affairs. To ! lhe P riv51e S e ot ' vot,n S for thc candl '
accomplish this most desirable result! dates * We hear '}'* act 0,1 * he P ai ' 1
i of the managers bitterly condemned,
it is absolutely necessary there should | _ f J
behefd’a Constitutional Convention
and is calculated to mar tlie harmony
of tlie Young Men’s Democratic
Club of the city, of which so much is
expected. The Club should not go
to pieces, as it threatens to do at
this time.
Through a Convention alone can the
evil so grievously complained of be
reached and remedied. Since the
State was resorted to the control of j
its citizens various pretexts have I
been used to defeat the holding of a •
Convention. Earnest opposition has '
been encountered from cverv politi- j A Challenge from Texas to
cian afraid to trust the people. We Every State ill the Union,
think now that these pretexts have! Dallas, the Queen City of Northern
PASS IT A ROUND.
Devs,..,
Tilden weighs H]
Arkansas goes tWjV
rs
J
Hi
Hon. A. D. Candle,2^
ed from Halt county.
F. Colley and W. j;
the Wilkes county n „3
G. E. Wise Es
county nominee.
Gov. Rice l ms \ Kn
by the Massac-husem. .
New i ork tailors p
their prices.
Chamberlain stijj, •
1 files fur
troops for South
The New York
vejition will he re-co^
Ben. Hill will lie
mingly returned.
Presidential electors;
title |
most
U. S. Marshalls have 4
thority to summon a
as a sheriff.
P. H. Brewster of Coweta ‘
candidate to the State Senatifi, ’
36th district. ?
Ex-Governor Gaston
receive the Democratic
for Governor in Mass,ichiit»u
J. M. Smith and Frank p„,
the nominees for the 1,^
Oglethorpe.
Horatio Seymour is ]'er>i»tent
refusal to accept the New Yoh
initiation for Governor.
Col. A. R. Lamar of
calls upon the people ofGw^
help for the yellow fever sufftM
Clifford Anderson has bsurf
“Three cheers and a tiger” tor
Ben. Hill. He will be rc-nominated
from the old ninth with such enthu
siasm as will make him think he has
always represented the sturdy people
of this district. So fully will Mi-
Hill’s course in Congress be endors-
ed bp the people of this high atmos
pheric section, whose very habita
tions makes them of that pure blood,
which ever defends friendship, South-
them honor and the right, that the
unanimous and acclamatory action of
his constituency which is to be repre
sented inj the Convention, to meet
in Gainesville to-morrow, will make
been exhausted and this opposition Texas, sends forth, in behalf of the
stilled. There is every reason to be- ! State of Texas, the following clial-
lieve that the new Legislature to be ! lenge:
elected in October will hasten to pass \ We challenge each and every
a bill submitting the issue of Couven-! State in the Union to meet us in l triotie address to the Georgia ft
tiou or No Convention to the decis- 1 friendly contest in November next, I crats.
ion ot the people. We have no rca-. to see which can roll up the largest Solicitor* Gen. T. 11 Cabaf.
son to doubt what that decision will majority in favor ot Tilden and Hen- j Monroe county has received the
he. In less than a year Georgia will dricks, the prize to he a splendid silk I nation tor the Sent torship fra
Chronicle banner. j 22d. district.
Tlie terms of the challenge are _ , „ .
I . c . „ , i Queen Isabella is going
these: It any State gives a larger
majority for Tilden and Hendricks
than is given by the State of Texas,
then Dallas will send to that State a
Owing to some supposed inisunder-1 splendid silk banner. But if Texas
To the Voters of the Respec
tive Mali Ha Districts of
Clarke County.
gives a larger majority for Uncle
standing as to the Primary election,
to be held oil next Wednesday, the
13th, inst. for the purpose of deter
mining a Candidate to represent the
county in the next LegisliUure, I beg ! Dallas to be its custodian,
leave t6 make tlie following an-! Whichever State wins thc banner
uouncement. ! is to he considered the Democratic
France. The stability of
throne is weakened hv her prop
and Spain cannot fail to rejoice
departure.
Hoik Phil Cook has been nd
Samuel than any other State, then ■ bm Congress in tlie 3rd, lion, i
the State giving the iiext largest j Stepens in the Sth, ami
majority must send a banner to Texas. Blount in thc Cth, Hon Ii!
Hartridge in the 1st., W. II.Du
in the 7th,
Parson Felton wishes to silks
The eleotion will be held in each ! Banner State of the Union, and holds
Malitia district, on Wednesday the ^ the flag until the next Presidential
13th, inst. under the management 1 election, and then give it to any
of the officers qualified by law for thc ! other State which may win it by giv
holding of such elections, and so far ! b, g ^ largest Democratic vote,
as applicable said elections to be held I Now, while this challenge is .given
in accordance with the rules govern- to eaeli and eveiy State in thc Union,
ing State elections. Returns of elec-1 >’ et * ' vu would single out the great
tions to be made to the following Abates of Kentucky, Georgia and New
his U;S. Senatorship almost as great ’ cum,ni ttee, to-wit: S. M. Herrin«•-1 York, and invite them to the contest.
a certainity. As the New Y'ork
Hcrahl, that journal which ever
wears the garb of conservatism if not
of patriotism, has already shouted
the “song of glory ’’ over Mr. Hill’s
return to Congress, by all means let
us of the Ninth Di-trict add our
unanimous appreciation of such re
form as Tilden and Hill favor, by en
dorsing our able Representative with
out a single dissenting voice in the
Ninth Congressional District.
claims in the 7th by a district
mary ; W. H. Dabney is tlu- iej
nominee and will annul that
lujah lick ’’ of 31 r. anil Mrs. F.
Edwin Booth opened in “Hm
to a crowded house in tlieCaliii
Theatre, San Francisco, cn Mo:
night, and was cntliusiastie.il r
ceived.
People of Athens, stockholders in
the Northeastern Railroad beware,
least a ring is formed to bny out your
road. The Georgia railroad has
been too long antagonistic to Athens,
and our enterprise to expect such
sudden interest as it manifests at this
time in oar behalf, without our sus
pecting some selfish motive, at any
rate on the part of some prominent
stockholders. There arc some impor
tant facts pertaining to this subject,
which we will try and submit to the
stockholdcrrs of tins road, ere their
annual Convention in October. At
present we will only add, that “ a
hint to the wise should be suflicicnt.”
The rain which occurred on Sun
day and Sunday night last, was cor
rectly predicted some days before
hand by the barometrical reports. It
is remarkable with what precision and
accuracy these reports are made,
furnishing sufficient warning to those
sections of country exposed to dan
gerous storms to protect themselves
against the destructive results of these
fearful visitations.
ton, W. B. Thomas, M. D. L. Pitt- : What says Louisville? Will she take
man, C. G. Talmadge and Myer ! up the glove in behalf ot Kentucky ? ■
Stern. And what do you say, Atlanta, in !
Returns to be made on the evening
of the same day of election, if con-j grabbing State ofGeoigia?
l enient, and if not, by 12 o’clock, M.
the next day, when said committee
will consolidate the returns and
make a return thereof; to tlie
proper authorities. The voters of
each district, in accordance with
:v resolution adopted at the late
county meeting, will also determine
on the day of said election, in such
manner as they may deem best, the
names of four suitable persons of
their respective districts, to serve as
executive committeemen of the coun
ty for the"ensniug two years. The
names of such persons when selected
shall be furnished the above cited
committee, who shall notify them of
their selection and appointing a day
for their meeting, said executive com
mitteemen shall in accordance there
with assemble at such time and
place as indicated, for the purpose of
perfecting tlieirjorganization by select
ing a President, vice-Presidcnt and
*ach other officers as they may deem
advisable, for the interest of the party
and their perfect and completed or
ganization.
Respectfully,
J. B. Carlton,
Cihr. Dem. Clnb. Clarke county.
Athent, Sept. Sth, 1876.
Tlie New York Herald thinks the
nomination of George Francis Adams,
good for the democratic party.
Rutherford B. Hayes’ tax re®
have been examined an*l it tans ff
that he has sworn falsely, gare in
, , , , . property at half rates ami in j'® 13
behalf of your grand old goober 1 , c , . .,,n
b i stances faded to give man/. 1 -
Ex-Secretary of the
Come,
now, New York city, we dare you to
enter the list.
Every city or State which accepts
this challenge, will please make it
known by publishing their acceptance
in the Democratic papers of New
Y'ork, Atlanta, Louisville and St.
Louis. James B. Simpson,
Pres’t First Ward Tilden and Hen
dricks Club.
Barnett Gibbs,
Pres’t Second Ward Tilden and Hen
dricks Club.
V. W. Cleveland,
Pres’t Third Ward Tilden and Hen
dricks Club.
J. Kerfoot,
Pres’t Fourth Ward Tilden and Hen
dricks Club.
We arc glad to see that that ster
ling advocate of Georgia democracy,
the Atlanta Constitution, has been
true to that State pride and patriot
ism which it ever seeks to illustrate,
and has accepted the challenge in
behalf of our grand old “goober
grabbing” Commonwealth. We beg
of our worthy contemporary to keep
the issue constantly before the peo
ple, and we now pledge, without the
slighest doubt, equivocation or hesi
tation, a winning contribution on the
part of Northeast Georgia. ,
The Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks,
democratic nominee for vice president,
has taken the stump in Indiana, and
is making some telling speeches.
Wells has written a letter lotted®
Montgomery Blair, warmly endow"
Tilden and Hendrick-. Mr. M
was a member of Lincolns oto*
Wild Bill of Texas, the reno^
scout aud murderer has l>e fn ‘
“Blue Jeans” William*wH*
Indiana by 20,000 majority, Mo^
and Schurz to the contrary.
A marked falling off in the n®*
of immigrants arriving at this
apparent. In the first six " l0 " 1 j
1875 the number reached SM
while for the corresponding
of this year it has been only 44
—JV. Y. Herald.
Gen. Sherman will leave b ^
ton on Saturday for
where he will be joined by
Cameron. They will then p«^
their tour of inspection in tfe
and on the Pacific coast.
’ Mr. Boutwell expresses liisf?
the death of the two great
cans of Massachusetts, Charles
and Henry Wilson,bathe
say that these two men the 1
ring the practices of the
party and execrated by its l ca ^
Tom Ewing, of Ohio, will he^
rag money leader in the nC * <
gress, to which he is sure to e ^
His father was a famous " .
- -uudef*
Secretary of the Treasury
eral administrations.