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State Government of Georgia.
A. II Colquitt, Governor.
N C Harnett. Secretary of State,
4V L Goldsmith, Comptroller General,
J W Renfroc, State Treasurer,
Jl X Ely, Attorney General,
Haralson, State Librarian.
Gustavus G Orr, State School Comm'r,
Geo B Little, State Geologist.
Thos P Janes, Comm'r of Agriculture.
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W A Harris, Sec'y of the Senate,
O A Bacon, Speaker House of Reps.
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SC PER IOR COURTS—WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Jlon. Geo. D. Bice, Gainesville. Judge.
A. L. Mitchell, Esq., Athens. Sol. Gen.
JACKSON COUNTY OFFICERS.
11. W. Bell, Ordinary.
T. H. Niblack. Clerk Sup Court and Treas.
J. S. Hunter, Sheriff,
W. A. Worsham. Den. Sheriff,
Geo. W. Brown, Tax Receiver.
Jas L Williamson, 'fax Collector,
J L Johnson. Count}" Surveyor,
M P Caldwell, Dep.’Surveyor,
Wm Wallace, Coroner,
G J N Wilson, Count}' School Comm.
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EXECUTIVE.
President—Rutherford B. llayes, of Ohio, to
March 4, ISSI.
HEADS Ol' UEI’AIITMENTS.
Scc'y of State—William M. Evarts, of New York.
Scc’y of Treasury—John Sherman, of Ohio.
Sec'of War—Geo. W. McCrary, of lowa.
Sec’y of the Navy—Richard Thompson, of Indiana
Secretary of Interior—Carl Schurz. of Missouri.
Ut'y Gcn’l—Chas. Devens. of Massachusetts.
Postmaster Gcn’l—David M. Key. ot Tennessee.
LEGISLATIVE.
President of the Senate —M illiam A. TV heeler,
of New York.
Secretary of Senate—George C. Gorham, of
California.
Sneaker of House of Representatives—Samuel
Randall, of Penn.
Clerk—Geo. M Adams, of Kentucky.
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Hon. Nathan Clifford, of Maine.
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Hon. David Davis, of Illinois.
Hon. Stephen J Field, of California.
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Hon. Joseph P. Bradley, of New Jersey.
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THE FOREST NEWS{
People tlieii own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
PtofessimuiC & {Business lords.
P 1 * 'JDFFORD, Altornoy.at.f^nv.
vv-n Harmony Grove, Jackson Cos., Ga.
ill practice in all the adjoining counties, and
giy e prompt attention to all business entrusted to
his care. Collecting claims a specialty,
March 3d, 1877.
" ILEY C. HOWARD. ROB’t S. HOWARD.
W. C. & It. S. HOWARD,
ATTORNEYS AND CO hNS ELL ORS AT
LA Ji ,
Jefferson, Ga.
Law Card.
term as Ordinary having expired, 1 am
devoting my time and energies entirely to
the practice of the law. Mr. Robert S. How
ard is associated with me. Either or both of us
can always be found at our office, except when
absent on business. Special and careful atten
tion will be given to all business entrusted to us.
and to advising Executors, Administrators and
Guardians in the management of estates, Office,
up-stairs, over Billy Thompson store-room.
WILEY C, HOWARD,
feb24 Counsellor at Law, Jefferson. Ga.
Medical and Surgical Notice.
DR- AV. A. WATBO4 respectfully tenders
his professional services to the citizens of
Jefferson and surrounding country. Residence,
at the old “ Watson Homestead, x ’ Sycamore st.
Office, in Col. J. B. Silman's law office. When
not professionally absent, can be found at one or
the other of the above places. Jan 27 Iy
DU. J. B PENDERGRASS
RESPECTFULLY tenders his professional ser
vices to the citizens of Jefferson and surround
ing country ; and by strict attention to his studies
and profession, hopes to merit continued confi
dence. He can be found at his office, one door
north of Pendergrass & Hancock’s store, at all
times, when not professionally absent.
January 13th, 1877.
DK. W. W. AI.EXA4DF.It,
SURGEON DENTIST.
Harmony Grove, Jackson Cos., Ga.
July 10th, 1875. Cm
J. A. B. MAHAFFEY. W. -. M'GARTY.
\TAHAFFEY & McCARTY,
ITJL ATT O R NEYS AT LA W,
Jefferson, Jackson Cos. Ga.,
Will practice anywhere for money. Prompt at
tention given to’ all business entrusted to their
care. Patronage solicited, oct3Oly
DR. C. It. GILES
OFFERS his professional services to the citizens
of Jefferson and vicinity. Can be found at
the office recently occupied By Col. Mahaifev.
Jan. 22, 1876—tf
J. J. FLOYD, j J. B. KIT.MAN.
Covington, Ga. j Jefferson, Ga.
171.0 VD A 811.V1A4.
A TTOR NE YS-AT-L A W.
Will practice together in the Superior Courts 01
the counties of Jackson and Walton,
j unci2 —I}'
WI. 1*11412, Attorney at I.snv,
. JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO.. GA.
Practices in all the Courts, State and Federal.
Prompt and thorough attention given to all
kinds of legal business in Jackson and adjoining
counties. June 12 1875
STANLEY & PINSON,
JEFFERSON , GA.,
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Cheap for Cash, (’all and examine their stock.
June 19 ly
.lackMon County.
Whereas, J. T. Wood makes application to me
in proper form for Letters of Administration, with
the will annexed, upon the estate of Andrew Haw
kins, late of said county, dec’d—
This is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned,
kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any the}'
can, at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary
of said county, to he held on the Ist Monday in
May, 1877, why Letters of Administration, with
the will annexed, should not issue to the said J.
T. Wood.
Given under my official signature, this March
7th, 1877. marlO 11. W. BELL. Ord’y.
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JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY. APRIL 28,1877.
THE CONVENTION.
Mr. Editor ; — The Constitutional Conten
tion is a question that we are all vitally in
terested in. We see from the Comptroller
General s report, that the grand total expen
ses of the last Legislature cost the State of
Georgia, in dollars and cents, the sum of
$111,193.05, and now, they have recommend
ed the call of a Convention, and have appro
priated $25,000 to defray the expenses of
said Convention—to remodel the organic
law of Georgia. Now, if that sum will defray
the expenses of said Convention, we will
have to get a much better set of working man
to do that work than we had in the Legisla
ture ; for they did nothing of a general char
acter that was worth the snap of your finger
for their constituents, that I can see.
Now, to the question of a Convention. 1
think we ought to have a Convention, and
put a stop to this extravagance in the way of
high salaries and extravagant per diem pa}'
of Legislators, as well as high salaries of all
officials. Voters, 1 appeal to you—either
white or colored-—to see to it that you vote
for no man who will not come out squarely
on these points. Say that the Governor's
salary be $2,500, in the place of $4,000, and
all other salaries in proportion—down to the
lowest—and the per diem pay of members to
the Legislature be $4.00; abolish the Su
preme Court of the State, and allow parties
at law the right to appeal to a Special Jury
if the}' are not satisfied with the verdict of
the first fury, and let that be the end to all
suits at law in Georgia. Give the election
of the Judges and Solicitors* General to the
people and shorten the term of office to two
years in all cases, as that i9 long enough for
a bad officer, and if he is a good one we can
elect him again.
Now, as for the 11 timber of Representatives,
T do not think that we have too many ; every
county should have a Representative, but the
Constitution should provide for the Legisla
ture to convene only once in two years, and
not to remain in session more than twenty
five days. As for the Homestead—as that
is the Elephant in this Convention question
—that should he met squarely, as there are
two parties always interested in this ques
tion—the debtor and the credit class. Now.
to do justice to these two conflicting interests
is the point. And as a great mail}’ have
availed themselves of the benefits of the
Homestead, will it not be just to the others
to let that remain, but provide that every
thing which is made on the. Homestead, afler
parties have availed themselves of the bene
fit, be subject to all debts, the same as money
expended and labor done on the Homestead,
except an actual support of the family. I
appeal to the voters all over Georgia, to se
lect the best men that 3 011 can for vour Del
egates, and elect them. Do not ask them if
they will serve ; call a meeting in every coun
tv in the State—of the people—not a party—
and put forward the best men you have, and
elect them : they cannot refuse to serve the
people, and my word for it no party will be
hurt by the Convention. But if you should
go into a party scramble for the |>o*ition. we
are seriously damaged. Ignore all party
lines and go for the good of Georgia. I will
take the liberty of suggesting the first Tues
day in May as a suitable time to call the
county meeting to select the men to repre
sent us, and?l would suggest the names of
James G. McLester, Dr. W. B. J. Hardeman
and Washington Arnold, for the considera
tion of our people. With either of these men
all will be safe; for the}' will look to the
interest of Georgia and not to self, in the
Convention.
We are entitled to four delegates in this
Senatorial district; let each county, in coun
ty meeting, select one candidate and then
send delegates to the Gillsville meeting, to
nominate the fourth man. As the three
counties are equally interested in the fourth
man. the people will be satisfied—as that
will be fair for all. N. W. Caritiikrs.
Mu. Editor: —Much is said in the papers
about the Convention ; what kind of men
should be selected to represent the people in
said Convention —which is all well enough.
But it is very strange not one word has been
said in reference to the changes or altera
tions in our Constitution. I think it is very
important that the people should know what
changes are proposed to he made in our Con
stitution ; and I furthermore think that the
people will be very loth to support any man
—it matters not who he may be—without
knowing his sentiments fully.
Mr. Editor :—Altering, or changing a Con
stitution, is a very serious matter ; if done at
all, it should be done by the best and wisest
men in our State ; politics should be ignored
entirely. The question then arises, can we
get a Convention composed* of such men ?
If not, then the people should vole for “No
Convention." That our present Constitu
tion should be changed, in some respects, no
one will deny. But are those changes impor
tant enough for the people to run the risk of
having the whole made worse ? The people
are considering the question, and I think, by
the time the election is held, there will not
be a corporal’s guard to vote for a Conven-
tion. The da}* has come, Mr, Editor, when
the people are no longer to he led astray by
the politicians of our country. The}’ are
tired of heing oppressed and made “hewers
of wood and drawers of water*’ by high taxa
tion and unjust laws.
But, Mr. Editor, as it will not be left with
Jackson county to decide whether there
shall be a Convention in the State. Is it not
time that some move should be made to se
lect some good men to represent us in said
Convention ? \A hat say our Chairman of
the Democratic Club, of calling the people
of the county together the first Tuesday in
May, to move in the matter? Let ns do
something, or decide to do nothing.
Yours, ClarKesdoro*.
Jackson Cos. April 15.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
A Skeleton Factory in Ohio.
A GHASTLY TRADE —SNYDER’S SKELETON
MANUFACTORY —SEVEN CORPSES ROLLING
ABOUT IN A BOILING CALDRON.
Columbus, 0., March 30. — For some time
past there have been rumors ill circulation in
regard to what business a certain fanner by
the name of Snyder, living about five miles
from this city on the Grovesport pike, was
carrying on, Suspicious wagons of something
which it was impossible to discover have been
seen to Cuter the premises at all hours of the
night. A rank odor filled the air and caused
considerable comment, but the true character
of the establishment did not become known
until yesterday. The first information of the
true character of the place was learned through
a pilmpmaker. who had been engaged by
Snyder to put in a pump on his place. Smell
ing a strong stench issuing from the rear por
tion of the building, lie proceeded thither and
entered an apartment, where he discovered a
large kettle over a furnace. Wondering what
use Snyder could be making of so large a
kettle, he removed the cover and was struck
with horror on finding that it contained the
remains of human bodies. These facts were
made known to a reporter of the Statesman.
After some inquiry, the reporter became satis
fied there must !>e some truth in the state
ment, and yesterday, in company With anoth
er gentlaman. visited Snyder's place, where
he found a boy at work chopping wood. In
quiry was made for Snyder. The boy replied
that Snyder was away from home, and asked
the reporter’s business. The reporter replied
“My name is Wright. I am a medical stu
dent, and a certain physician in Columbus
requested me to call on Snyder and see what
a fine lot of skeletons he had.” “All right,”
the boy answered ; “ Mr. Snyder is sick in bed,
but I will get the keys and show them to you,
and you will own up you never saw a finer
hatch of skeletons in your life.” The boy.
after getting the keys, escorted his visitors to
a log cabin adjoining the dwelling house. The
scene presented to the reporter’s view on en
tering is told in his own words: A strange
sight met our eyes. To the left of the door
were seven white, ghastly skeletons standing
in a row, braced against the wall of the build
ing. We followed our guide up stairs, and
there was another ghastly, horrible sight
awaiting us. The “up stairs” of the cabin
was all in one large room, and on the floor
were piled up little heaps the bones of human
beings. There must have been the remains
of twenty bodies scattered over that floor.
We did not care to see any more. We had
evidence enough, so we retraced our steps
and left the cabin. But before I left I wanted
to see one more thing, and that was that
“hennery.” We informed the hired man of
the same, and he led us over to the place,
opened the door of the shanty, and then we
stood by the side of a 100 gallon kettle used
for the purpose of boiling human bodies. The
hired man took off the cover of this large ket
tle, and. good heavens ! There before us were
the bodies of seven human beings wrapped
up in coffee sacks, going through the process
of being boiled until the flesh would leave
the bo ly and the limbs would be clean en
ough to be worked up properly. It was too
much. We were glad to sav “Goodby,” and
beat aquick retreat. Snyder claims that the
business is perfectly legitimate, and it is
loubtful if the law can reach him, but the
neighbors will see that the locality is rid of
such a creature. The whole neighborhood is
aroused, and women and children are frigh
tened over the disclosures which have come
to light. It appears that Snyder, in order to
guard against surprise, had an electrical ap
paratus running from his “ hennery” to his
residence. The flesh obtained from the bo
dies has been fed to his proultry, which has
been sold in this market.
Inp’Thc will of the rich man of the future
will read: “To the respective attorneys of
my children I give ray entire estate and
worldly goods of all descriptions. Personal
ly to the children and to my beloved wife I
give all that remains.” This instrument will
satisfy the family and save the trouble of prov
ing the old man insane.
The. cotton blanket, quite common in
France and Germany, is made bv only one
mill in the United States, the Eagle and
Phoenix, at Columbus, Ga.. and doubtless, in
the event of war. there will be an extensive
demand for theso fabrics.
The Sublime Extract.
We make the following extract from an
“Essay on Homes,” prepared for the Dalton
Agricultural Society, by W. G. Willdby, Esq
STAY IN AND STAND BY GEORGIA.
Georgia, land of my birth. I love thee,
there is no 9pot within all thy borders that I
do not revere.- To thee I owe paramount al
legiance and unswerving fealty. Tell me
not of the sunny skies of Italy or of vine
clad France. Georgia, I would have no
brighter shies, no lovelier clime than thine.
I love thy memories. I love thy sons who
have illustrated thee on the battlefield and
in the councils of the nation. 1 love thy no
ble matrons and thy lovely daughters, who
are like perfect music set to noble words. I
would have thee addrtie 1 with happy homes,
the scats of refinement and culture. Not one
of thy children should be without the benefit
of thorough education While I Would not
lessen the height of our Hills, our Norwoods,
our Gordons, and our Colquitt’s. I would el
evate the great mass until ignorance shall be
entirely dispelled and knowledg shall cover
the State as “ waters the great deep.”—
Churches and school houses should dot every
vilage and lmmlet. and everywhere intellli
genec govern because ignorance and vice are
not present to rebel against it. I would
clasp the busy industry of the week with a
golden Sabbath, whose silent farewell should
ripple in smiles, broidered in banners of blue
clouds lined in crimson, its sunset bound
with amber and crowned with purple fire,
while over its twilight dews float the organ
overture, and the day departs with the vesper
hymns of birds, intermingled with the silvery
sounds of the church bells, seeming as if na
ture and art united in 011 c great ascription of
praise, “ Thank God for this holy day of
Rest.”
WHERE IS HOME.
AY ho re is God's Temple? In the home
Where wife and children arc.
And he is an annointed Priest,
Who though his store be not increased
Nor sits he down to sumptuous feast
Of viands rich and rare.
Sheds joy in hearts besides his own
And this is prayer and prayer alone.
Where is God’s Temple? In the heart
The altar cloth is spread;
And unto him who doeth all
11c may, in things both great and small,
The grace divine will surely fall
In gifts of wine and bread.
Man does not hold the key of Heaven
Nor are inan's sins by man forgiven.
Where is God’s Temple? Everywhere.
In everything around.
In church, in field, in grove, in street.
There conies a voice, still small and sweet,
“ Take thou the shoes from off my feet,
The place is holy ground.”
And he subserves his Master best
AYho makes his human brethren blessed,
A Cash Transaction.
A gentleman living on Duffield street yes
terday hired a boy to walk home beside him
and carry a bundle, having first agreed to
pay the lad fifteen cents. Reaching the house,
the man found he had no smaller change than
a quarter, and he said :
“If you will call at my office at two o’clock
I’ll have the change.”
“But it was to be cash down,” protested
the boy.
“So it was ; but I haven’t the change, you
see. You’ll have to call at my office.”
“I’ll call,” growled the boy, as he turned
away, “but I know just how it will work.
When I knock on the door a cross-eyed clerk
will yank it open, ask me what I want, and
when I tell him he will yell out: ‘That man
went into bankruptcy last .September, and
now you git!’ That's the way they alius
play it on me. sir, and I druther lose the
fifteen cents than to call the clerk a dodo and
have to dodge coal-scutlcs all the way down
stairs.”
The gentleman walked with him to the
nearest grocery and there made change.—
Detroit Free Press.
The Hessian and his Bride.
NULLIFYING THE LAW PROHIBITING THE INTER
MARRIAGE OF WHITES AND BLACKS.
The other morning a man sent to the office
of the Register of Deeds to get a marriage
license. The Deputy Register was surprised
to hear in response to his questions that the
man was white and the woman colored. Of
course the license was refused.
In the afternoon we were in the Register’s
office, and the man who had wanted the li
cense entered. He had come to inquire why
it was refused him, and, though he had it
fully explained that the intermarriage of races
was illegal, he left evidently not at all sat
isfied.
There was present in the office a gentle*
man, to whose mind the circumstance recalled
an incident of bygone times, lie remembers
to have heard of a Hessian who came into
Halifax county, in this State, just at the end
of the Revolutionary war. and became much
infatuated with a negress living in the neigh
borhood. There was a legal prohibition, as
now, of the intermarriage of the races, but a
clause of the law provided that if a white
man desiring to marry a negro woman, or
vice versa, would appear before a magistrate
and make oath that lie or she had negro blood
in his or her veins, the marriage might he
solemnized. The Hessian was aware of this
law. and so. in order to dodge its intent, as
well as to shield himself from indictment for
perjury, he drew a pint of blood from the arm
of the negress, drank it, and then went forth
with and made the necessary oath before a
magistrate. The marriage was thereupon
solemnized, and the descendants of the couple
are still living in Halifax. —Raleigh Neics.
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GLEANINGS.
lii 1876 there were 1.400 mortgages and
220 lien notes recorded in Pike county, Ala.
A million dollars is the price of a first class
sugar plantation in Cuba.
The annual egg product of Maine is estimat
ed to be worth at least n half million of dol
lars.
Hampton's reception in Charleston on
Wednesday of last week, was one of the most
brilliant and enthusiastic displays on record.
A Rome girl, upon a wager, rolled a wheel
barrow full of goods up the street, the other
day.
Gus Johnson, a white desperado in Rome#
Ga.. was recently sentenced at that place to
be hanged for the murder of a colored man.
.Since 1867 the English Baptists have form
ed 260 new churches and the increase of
members has been 55,727.
Virginia has 173 000 Baptists, 89.000 Meth
odists, 17.000 Catholics, and 11,750 Episco
palians,
Watermelons are as large as nail keg 9 and
corn is beginning to tassel in Sumter county#
Florida.
There are forty five cotton factories in Geor
gia, all in active operation and paying divi
dends, either in money or stock.
Every farmer in Georgia should keep a
few colonies of bees. They arc the only la
borers we have that work for nothing and
board themselves,
A negro, Charlie ’lhomas, brutally mur
dered Mrs, Jas. Caraway in Sumter county,
and rifled the residence, in her husband’s
absence, last Monday week.
A negro man violated the person of a
twelve-year-old girl, in Lafourche. La. lie
was put in jail. A mixed crowd of whites
and blacks took him out and hung him.
M rs. Nancy Woodward, of Marietta, on
her sixty-seventh birthday ironed twenty-five
shirts, twenty collars, six pair of cuffs# and
four unstarched garments,
Rose Henderson, negro, of Dahlonega, cut
the throat of her new born babe and threw it
in a ditch the other day. She has been ar
rested.
The Washington National Republican
(Radical) predicts that the next candidate
for the Presidency will be a Southern man,
and that man will be Wade Hampton. “So
mote it be.”
The people of South Carolina intend pre
senting General Gordon with some testimo
nial of their appreciation of his valuable
and patriotic services in aiding to liberate
their State.
Mr. Tildcn disclaims any intention or de
sire to bring suit against Mr. Hayes. lie
says such a proceedure would disturb the
quiet and peace of the country, which show®
the noble patriotism of the man.
James Baxter of Baltimore would be i
good man to send to the Black Hills. A pis
tol was fired at him in a recent fight, arid the
ball flattened on his forehead without injur
ing him.
The General Conference of the Congrega
tional Methodist church will convene at
Mount Zion church, Newton county, Missis
sippi. on tne Bth day of May next.’ Georgia
it is said, has elected 18 delegates to attend,
A man named William Clark, a quiet, in
dustrious mechanic of Atlanta, drank a few
times from a bottle labeled Schiedam
Schnapps, on Sunday week, and snapped the
brittle thread of his existence in twain.
Horses which eat too rapidly for good di
gestion should have their grain ground, and
the hay or straw should be steamed, or wet
with hot water, and the meal sprinkled over
it for a few hours before feeding it.
Dr. FI Thompson Baird, of Richmond, Va.#
has resigned the Secretaryship of the Board
of Publication of the Presbyterian General
Assembly. Rev. Wm. A. Campbell, of Vir
ginia, hasbeeu appointed to fill the vacancy.
Before the war the States of Mississippi
and Alabama were the largest cotton-produc
ing regions of the South, but neither one ev
er exceeded the 650,000 bales produced by
Texas last year.
The Supreme Court of Georgia, in the
case of the Central Railroad vs. Opife, horse
killed by train, affirms the verdict for dam
ages. The case was tried three times in
Seriven Circuit Court. Train hands must bo
more careful to avoid such accidents,
The counsel of Gen. G. W. C. Lee, in his
suit for the recovery of the Arlington estate,
are F'rancis L. Smith, of Alexandria, and W.
J. Robertson, of Charlottesville, formerly one
of the judges of the court of appeals of Vir
ginia.
Large quantities of counterfeit silver half
dollars are being manufactured and put in
circulation. The secret service officers of
the Treasury Department have now on hand
about a half bushel of these counterfeit pieces
which they have recently captured.
On the 27th inst.. (Friday) ten poor Afri
cans were to be precipitated into eternity—
to pay the penalty of the law—-at Abbeville,
S. C., by hanging by the neck until they are
dead, dead, dead, for having been engaged
in the murder of young Allen.
The Presbyterian church at River Bend,
Dakota, is almost entirely Indian. The
pastor and eiders arc Indians, as also one
hundred and twenty of their members.—
Twenty j’ears ago all these people were abo
riginal pagans.
Connecticut has taken a step in advance
of all other States in its legislation for wo
men. The aets of this year’s legislation pla
ces the wife on an equality with the husband.
She is secured the absolute control of her
own property during life, and on the death
of either party to the marriage contract, the
survivor inherits one-third of the real and
i personal estate of the deceased.
NUMBER 46.