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A.. 7s/ E. C, RUSSELL,
Editor & Proprietor.
Buen i Vi Kin, ftla C u -'
■WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1877.
—The recmt cold spell did not
kill tho blossoms and buds of the
fruit trees around Buena Vista.
—We flight, the devil with fire
and the devil didn’t like ii. On
the contrary, he said “Alphabet”
at us—and run.
—Messrs. Lowe. John R. Rush-
In and E. M. Butt are opposed to
calling a Convention.
—Prof, Kennedy, Col. B. B.
Hiuion and Maj. Miller are in fa
vor of calling a Convertion.
—Under the Hayes usurpation,
•honesty will be treason and truth,
open rebellion.
We have for sale, on approved pa
per, the celebrated “Carolina Perth
liver.”
Siiumpert. Pickett & King.
Americus, Ga.
—lt is probably not out of place
to mention the fact that Messrs.
McMichaei & Stevens are erect
ing a substantial new stable in the
rear of their Store.
NOTICE TO FARMERS.
“Rhodes Ammoniatcd Super Phos
phate,' 1 for sale on time at $67,50, or
Middling cotton at 15cts per pound.
Freight, $4,50.
Siiumpert, Pickett & King.
Americus, Ga.
y —Col. E. M. Butt has beautified
his place, by planting a number
of /Sycamore trees in his yard and
in front of his residence.
50 Tons of Lorentz & Rittlcrs cel
ebrated Acid Phosphate, to arrive
the 24th inst. 325 pounds middling
cotton. Freight $4,60,
/Shumpert, Picket & King.
Americus, Ga.
DIED.
Tho many friends of Rev. G. T.
Embry and lady, will be grieved io
learn of the death of their br ght lit,
tie boy, George I’ietce Embry, which
occurred on Sunday night last from
membranous croup. lie was about
four and a half years old. The re
mains were interred in the Buena
Vista Methodist Cemetery on Mon
day evening last, attended by a large
concourse of the friends of the fam
ily. Rev. J. P. Wardlaw performed
the funeral ceremony.
—Our subscribers at Friendship
did not gel their papers on Saturday
last, but it was not owing to any fault
on our part. The mail was put. in the
office time enough to roach them.
MARRIED,
At the residence of the bride’s
mother, in Butler, Ga., on the 21st
inst., by Rev. A. P. Ashurst, Col.
W. B. Hinton, of Buena Vista, to
Miss Elba Carson, of Butler, Ga.
Joy and prosperity attend the tal
ented and popular bridegroom, and
his beautiful and accomplished bride
through life, and may their matrimo
nial pathway, from its beginning to
its close, boa bright happy buena
vista.
The printer’s fee O. K. and deli
cious.
BURNED TO DE 4.TH.
On Tuesday last a negro girl about
seven or eight years old, was acci
dcntily burned so severely, on the
plantation of Noah Butt, six miles
from town, that death ensued.
The parents of the child had gone
to work in the field, leaving the little
negro at home, in care of the house.
It is supposed her dress caught at
the hearth. She ran to a spring,
some distance off, and back, while
the flames were consuming her cloth
ing, Her screams brought Mrs.
Butts to the rescue, who smothered
the fire with a blanket, but too late
to save the life of the unfortunate
negro.
The Legislature voted itself four
more days over tho forty allowed
by law, to wind up tho business of
the session in. They are a set of
fathomless economizeis, but we
forgive them, inasmuch as they
have consented to permit the pco
pie to say whether they will have
anew Constitution or not.
WITTKN FOR TUB BUENA VISTA ARGUS.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
QUESTION.
Mr. Editor:
You have kindly offered yopr col
umns as a medium through w'hich the
Convention question may be discuss
ed, and believing it to be a subject
worthy of mature consideration, I
have concluded to give a few reasons
why it should be called by the voice
of the people, to whom it has been
submitted. The constitution or the
fundamental law of a State is the
standard by which all legislative en
actments must be measured, and, it
follows that no statute passed in pur
suance of tho Constitution can be
wiser than the standard by which it
is regulah and. An imbecile constitu
tion must necessarlv produce imper
fect and inefficient laws. A funda
mental law which fosters extrava
gance, and creates expenditures, can
not be other than oppressive to the
people. If we can show that our
present Constitution is properly
chargable with either, then we will
have shown good and sufficient
grounds for its correction, and an
argument which the voice of the peo
ple ought not to slide by an unwise
expression at the polls. We will not
discuss this grave question as many
have done, by saying it is not the
creature of our making, therefore, it
ought to be abolished. If no better
plea can be had, the Constitution un
der which we now live ought to con
tinue, and the expenses of a Conven
tion avoided. We base our objecuon
upon higher grounds. We assume,
and think we will be able to show
conclusively that it fosters evtrava
gance which are unnecessary and
burdensome, Sect'oa 3rd, Art. 3
1
of the Constitution provides that tho
Legislatuie shall “meet annually.’
This, being a part of the Constitu
tion, necessarily causes an expendi
ture of a very large amount of mon
ey, a low estimate being one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars. Tnis
amount may seem fabulous to those
unacquainted with legislating, but a
refiereree to the comptroller’s report
will show that this estimate is large
ly under actual cost. The next ques
tion which very naturally suggests
itself to the mind is, is this a neccs
sary or unnecessary outlay ? If the
former, then the fault is not with the
constitution, but if the latter, then it
is properly chargable to that instru
ment. We do not hesitate to say
that il is unnecessary, and it any one
will take the trouble to look over the
acts of tho Legislature, we think
act of looking will furnish an argu
ment, in support of our assumption,
incontrovertable. Nineteen-twenties!
of the work of that body will be found
to be of a local nature, in which no
one, except a few individuals, have
the slightest interest. Measures of a
general nature are so rare that a
very small pamphlet would contain
the acts of a half dozen assemblings
of that body. Now we want to know
upon what principle of law, or of jus
tice, ought the masses of the people
be taxed heavily for the relief of one
or a lew individuals ? We have only
to state the proposition, in order to
convince the thinking. Assuming
that wo have established the fact
that it is an unnecessary expendi
ture, the next step is to suggest the
remedy. The very first one would
naturally be “do not meet so often.”
But this though, although so reason
able, is met with tho imperative de
mand of the Constitution “shall meet
annually,” and, before you can give
utterance to it, you are estopped.
Relief cannot be found in that direc
tion. Tho next best remody, you
say, can bo foun I in iho reduction of
members, but ngi w turn to arti
cle 3, section, 2, and wo i ni that
thero •al be forty four Senatoiial
Districts in this State. And in sec
tion three of said article, you find the
following : “The House of Repre
sentatives shall consist of one hun
dred and seveutv- livo Representa
tives.’’
Thus it will be %een that we have
forty-four Senators and one hundred
and seventy-five representatives, n
ceiving $7,00 each, per day, for for
ty days in every year. The number
of members ami time of meeting, are
unavoidable, because demanded by
the Constiiiiticrßß. The question of
pay being left to ttio paities immedi
ately interested. Tho next and only
chance to reduce, under the Consti
tution, is (o be found in a reduction
of the pay of its members and the
length of time consumed in doing ihe
work of the session. Let us look at
t his in the light of the pas', Forty
days are the constitutional limits, no
Legislature lias fallen short of the
time since the adoption of the consti
tution, and nearly every one has
gone beyond. And as.the members
get much or little for their services,
in proportion as the per diem is large
or small, it is asking rather more of
human nature than is consistent with
personal interest to expect them to
cut off their own supplies. The Leg
islature which has just closed its first
session, was pledged to retrench
ment, yet, every member received
his $7,00, and the session was held
three days over the constitutional
limits. We do not doubt the patriot
ism of that body. They were good
men who composed it; choosen by
the people because they advocated
reform; if they failed, how can wc ex
pert a future Legislature to do bet
ter, either in the pay of its members,
or the length of time required to hold
its session. Then we cannot hope to
avoid this expense in this way. Sti 1
it is an unnecessary waste of money
and must be remedied. It can only
be done qy a change of the Constitu
tion. This can be done in one of two
ways: Ist, By a Convention of the
people. 2d, By a two-third vote of
two consecutive Legislatures and a
confirmation by a vote of the people.
We think the former the better plan,
for the following reasons : It would
cost less money to call a Convention
than it would to change according to
the latter method. It would enable
all the errors of the present Consti
tution to be corrected at once, in
stead of by piece-meals. But it may
be thought that when wo siy it
would cost less money, we are mis
taken. Let us see : The discussion
of the Convention Bill at the last scs
sion consumed not less than four
days, at a cost of $3,000,00 per day,
or an aggregate of of $12,000,00 ;
half enough to defray the expenses
of a Convention, now if the proposi
to call a Convention cost the State
$12,000,00, what would be the cost
of a proposition to ameyd or change
the constitution? It is not reasonable
to suppose that a ehang, a ould elicit
loss discussion than a bill to call a
Convention. Then this discussion
must not only bo thorough by the
Legislature passing it, but there
must be a rediscussion by the suc
ceeding Legislature. Say that each
proposition to change completed con
sumo four days each Legislature,
you have an aggregate of eight days
to each amendment, at a cost cf
S3OOO a day, or a grand aggregate
of $24,000,00. Now as there are
manj changes necessary, it would re
quire a very superficial knowledge of
figures to convince any one that to
corrcct the evils by legislation would
cost a vast deal more than a Conven
tion. Now that we have seen a
change is necessary, and that it can
only bo accomplished in one of two
ways, and that the Convention plan
is the more effective and less expen
sive, can any one doubt the wisdom
of calling one. iVe have just glimps
ed at one of the many errors to be
found in tho present Constitution,
and the roinody for its correction.
Wc will in our next, notice tho “Cap
itol” question, and ono other error,
and, perhaps, before wo aro dono,
may point out many defects not now
thought of by the masses.
Very Respectfully,
CITIZEN.
Rato* and Rules for Legal Adver
tising.
lioriff Sales, each levy • •••$ 4.Of'
Ucrfgugo fl la Rules, each levy tf.Ofi
I’ax Collector's sales, each levy 4.0f
itation for Letters of Adiuim*.,-.. Uou autl
Gunrdiausbip 4.00
Xppli cation for dismission from Administration
Guimlinnshinand Exoentorlit)>.. 7.00
\i'l'!ieuiion for leave io sell land for one sq’r.. 6.00
Notice to debtors and creditors 4.00
Land Rales, h t square, $4, each additional... 3.00
-tales of perishable property, per square 2.60
Lstray notice. 00 days 7.00
Notice to perfect service 7.00
.:iilcs ni si to foroelose mortgages per sq’r.... 8.50
ules to establish lost papers, per square.... 3.60
dules compelling titles t 8.60
•biles to perfect services in divorso cases.... 10.0'•
application lor Homestead 2.01;
All Legal Advertisements must bo paid for in ad
id vance.
Bales of land. &c'., by Administrators, Executors
or Guardians, are required by law to be held on the
First Tuesday in the month, between the hours of
fen in tho forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the
Oourt House in the county in which tho property is
situated.
Notices of those, sales must bo given in a public ga
zette in the county where tho laud lies, if thero bo
my, and if there is no paper published in tho county
lien in tho nearest gazette, or tho ono having the
irgest general circulation in said county, do days
previous to the day of sale.
Notices for the sale of personal property must be,
in like manner ten days previous to sale day.
Notice to the debtors of creditors and an estate
must also be published 40 days.
Notice that application will be mado to the Court of
ordinary for Leave io Sell land, &c., must be publish
'd once a week for 4 weeks.
Citations for Letters of Administration, Guardian
ship, etc., must be published 30 days—for Dismission
fi oin Administration, Guardianship and Executorship
io days.
/biles of Foreclosure of Mortgage must bo publish
ed monthly for four months—for establishing lost
papers for tne full space of three mouths—for com
pelling titles from Executors or Administrators,
where bond lias been given by the deceased, tho lull
-pace of three months.
Application for Homestead must be published twice.
Publications will always be continued according to
these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise or
dered.
MARION SHERIFF SALE 4.
GEORGIA—Marion County.
Will be sold before the court house door
in the town of Buena Vista, on the Ist Tues
day in April next, under and by virtue of
three Fi. Fas., issued from tha County Court
in favor of W. 1). Haynes C, W. & John
W. Epps, the following property, to-wit:
One olack maie, levied on as the property
of John W. Epps.
ALSO,
At the same time and place, tho following
property, to-wit:
2(>2J acres of lot of land number 242. 2021
acres of lot . umber 241, and 50 acres off the
East side of lot number 239. All i the sth
District of said county. Also one hundred
bushe's of corn more or less. All sold un
der and by virtue ot a Fi, /-a. issued from
the Superior Court of said county, in favor
of Susan I Clements v. Thos. 1 Clements and
John VV. Clements and Sarah B. Clements,
Executors. Property sold as the property of
John W. Clements, Executor of I. A. Clem
ents, deceased, there being no property of
said estate upon which to !evi\
ALSO
At the same time and j laee, tha following
property, to-wit:
One boring machine aud fixtures, as the
property of John Carpenter to satisfy a cost
ii. fa. in favor of the officers of Marion Supe
rior Court vs. John B. Carpeut. r. Also, at
tho same time and place one pump and fixt
ures, as tho properly of the Southern Pump
and Pipe Company, to satisfy a cost fi. ia.
in favor of the officers of Marion County
Court vs. Southern l'urnp and Pipe Compa
ny.
AldO,
At the same time and place, the following
property, to-wit:
140 acres of land, more or less, adjourning
the lands of John F. llo'li.s on all sides as the
property of eoel F Bushin, Sr., and J. F.
Bushin, Jr., to satisfy a fi. fa. in favor of
J. C. Andrews <fc Cos., vs. Joel F. llushin Sr.,
and J. F. Bushin, Jr.
Said property pointed out by plaintiffs’
attorney. 7cmint in possession notified.
i> A. MADDUX,
Feb. 27, ’77. Dept, Sheriff.
F. L. WISDOM, jI. D.
BUENA VISTA, GA.
4@“Calls may be left at my rcsi
lence at a hours of the day or
: light. “®p
DR. E. T. MATHIS,
Buona Vista, Ga]
C ills left at my office or residence promptly
ittended. Dec24-ly
. B. ISisitun & W. H. ISiiiton,
- A'TOiSNEYS AT LAW,
BUENA VISTA. GrA
\V ill'practice in the Courts of this {Statee
and the District and Circuit Courts of th.
United States, mchSl-ly,
dT. x*. o. liorr,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
IHIffiNA VISTA, GEOROIA.
Mareh 10, 1876-1 yr
e. m.:b€w,
VT J OItNKY AT LAW,
BUEVA VISTA, GA.
SIMMONS & SIMMONS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AMKIIICUS, GEORGIA.
AiuruU 10-1 yi\
'k iX Li <fcO!rt*' er da y at Lome. Sain;>les worth $1
IU lree. ftinhon & Cos., Portland, Maim;
END sc. to G. P. IiOWELL & OO. f New York •
Pamphlet of 100 pages, containing lists ol GOOD
utrtvspapers aud estimates allowing cost of adycr.ising
Ilf?) !$•& tilf Ik iUHi)
101 Broad St, Columbus, Ga.,
Gold Watches, Jewelry and Diamonds, Giver
AH® PEATED WARE,
(A Spec ! alty) which do not tiro tho Eyo, and last many years without change
ENGRAVING NEATLY DONE.
Watches, Jewelry and Clocks repaired promptly. All orders will receive piompt attention
BLANCHARD k®T
133 Broad sroot Oolumtous, Ga.
The friends of MR. JOHN E. BOOTH
will find him with this House.
F, 7—M. 4.
BIT3DNA VISTA, OA.
DEALERS IN
STAPLE DRYCOODS, NOTIONS, CLOTHINC, HATS,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Ilnrdwaro Family
and. patent Medicines.
FANCY AND FAMILY GROCERIES
CROCKERY, TUT,’ WARE,! ETC,
Thankfull for Past Favors, We Solicit your Trade for the
coming year, 'Respectfully,
McNI€IIAEL & STEVEXS.
Wilcox, Gibb & co.’s
au^nsro.
TIIO’S B. LUMPKIN is beady to take your orders for the same.
CERTIFICATES FROM PARTIES IN THIS COUN
TY WHO USED IT LAST YEAR.
The best I have ever used. Jas. L. Baker.
Wilcox, Gibbs & Co.’s Guano increased my crop ol cotton fully one-thir
or more last year. Henry G. Jackson.
I used Wilcox, Gibbs & Co.’s Guano last year with very decided benefit.
Thos. L. Rogers.
I used 1000 pounds of Wilcox, Gibbs & Co:’s Guano last year on 5 I 2
acres of poor pine land, which I am confident would not have made 250
pounds ol lint cotton (the 5 1-2 acres) without the Guano, and I gathered
1085 pounds of lint cotton. G. W. Pool.
AMERICBS PRICES CURRENT.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY
D. C. N. BURKH ALTER,
OR THE BUENA VISTA ARGUS.
Americus, Ga., Feb. 20,1877
Bacon—C R Sides, per ®> ~ 10|@10|
Shoulders 9c
Bulk—C It Sides 9J@lO
Hams—per lb 15@16
Coffee— C hoice 28@
Java 35
Corn —per bushel 75@80
Fiour —perbbl $9,10@ 10,50
Lard—per lb ; 14@15c
Potatoes—lrish, per bush $2,50
Sweet .50c
Rice—per lb 10c; per 100 lbs 8c
Field Peas —per bush 80o@l s OO
Eggs—per dozen 12J&15o
Chickens—apiece lSe@2sc
Butter—Country, 25
Goshen, 40c.
Hides— Dry 9c
Green.... 5o
Meal —per bushel 85@90
Syrup Country ...... 6S@7sc
Sugar —per lb 12J@15
per bbl 11@12 J
COTTON—GoodOrdinary, 8J
Low Md Rings ..9c
M ddlingUplands sic
Good Mddlicgs 10jc
August Flower.
The most miserable beings in the
world are those suffering from Dys
pepsia a nfd Liver Complaint.
More than seventy-five per cent of
the people in the United States are
afflicted with these two diseases and
haeir effects; such as Sour Stomach,
Sick Headache, .Habitual Costiveness,
IVpitation 0 f the Heart, Heart-Bum,
Water-brash, gnawing aDd burning
pains at the pit of theStomaeb, Yeflow
Skin, Coated Tongue and disagre
able taste in the mouth, coming up of
food after eatmg, low spirits, <fco. Go
to McMichael A Stevens and get a 75
cents Bottle of August Flower or a
Sample Bottle for 10 cents. Try it
Two-doses will relieve you.
.Fit E^€.Sl' IEO
(public square,)
AMERICUS, GA.
J. S_ EASON, - - Prop ritor.
First Class accommodations, Tivo Dollars per Bay
C.S'rNo efforts will be spared to make the
“Fjslnch House” the popular hotel ofAmer
ieus. The best fure that tho market affords,
polite and attentive servants and comfortable
sleeping accommodations will always be
found at this House. It is conveniently situ
ated to the business portion of the city, tho
post office and the depot.