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Sjmopsis of the Railroad Bill P Passed the Senate Section 1 Repeals section sos the act of 1879, (Code 719e) which prescribes the duties of thecommis sioners as to making rates of fi eight and passengers tariff and rules and regulation to be observed by railroads in this State, and provides as follows: That the commissioners appointed as heretofore provided shall be au* thorized to make such just and reas onable rules and regulations as may bo necessary for preventing unjust discriminations in the transportation of freight and passengers on the railroads of this State; and to that end shall be authorized to make such rules and regulations to designate and fix the proportion of diffefence in rates of freight and passenger transportation to be allowed for longer and shorter distances on the same or different railroads of this State, and to presetibe what shall be the limits of longer and shortci distances; tha‘ they shall be authorized to make just and reasonable rules and regulations to be observed by said railroad compa nies on said railroads in the State to prevent the giving or pay ing of any rebate or bonus, direct ly or indirectly, and from mislead ing or deceiving the public in any manner as to the real rates charged for freight and passengers; and that they shall be authorized to make such just aud reasonable rules of procedure for the hearing and determining of the complaints here inafter provided for as to them shall seem meet and proper: Pro vided, that all such rules and regu lations shall be consistent with the laws of this State and of the Uni ted States; and provided further, that nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize any inter ference with or regulations of inter state commerce. Section 2 Provides that section G act of 1879 code section 719(f), prescribing that the commissioners shall make schedules of rates and declaring the effect of the same as evidence,be, and the same is hereby repealed, and that hereafter section 6of said act and section? 19(f) of said code of Georgia shall be as follows: That the several railroad corporations doing business in this State are hereby authorized and required to make each for itself, as soon as practicable, a schedule of just and reasonable rates of charges for the transportation of pasengers, freight and cars on the respective railroads in this State, and said railroad companies shall from time to time and as often as circumstances may require, change and revise said schedules, and when any schedule shall have been made or revised as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of each of said corporations respectively to cause publication thereof to be made for two successive weeks in some pub lic newspaper pupblished in the cities of Atlanta. Augusta, Albany, Athens, Savannah, Macon, Romo and Columbus, in this Stat*, and after the same shall be so publish* cd, it shall be the duty of each of such railroad companies to post at all of the respective stations, in a conspicuous place, a copy of said schedule to be observed by them for the protection of all persons concerned. Any person, town, city or corporation affected by the schedule of rates so established may at any time tile with railroad commssloners a petition in writing in which petition the ground of ob jections to said schedule and rates shall be distinctly set. forth. If the ground of complaint is that the rate in any particular class of frieght is unreasonable or unjust said petition must set forth clearly the rate charged by the railroad and also the rate which the peti tion claims would be just and reas onable to charge. When such peti tion is made and tiled with the railroad commissioners it shall be the duty of said commissioners to cause a copy of said complaint to be served on said railroad company or its agent,and give notice to both parties of the time and place of the hearing, which shall not be in less time than ten days from the time service is perfected on the railroads. If at any time before the hearing the railroads shall so alter their iates in the matter complain ed of as to conform to rhe rates asked for by the petitioner, then no hearing shall be necessary, but the petition may be withdrawn by con sent of parties. The commission ers shall have power to alter and amend the rates complained of whenever they shall adjudge, after a full bearing, that the same are unresonable or unjust and shall fix ,45uch rate as to them shall seem reasonable and just, and from the decision of the commissioners on the question of rates made by the pleadings either party may appeal to the superior court of the county i where the complaint originated, under the same rules and regula tion as to the manner of appealing as now provided by law’ in cases of appeal from the court of ordinary, and said superior court shall hear and deteimine such case under the same rules and regulations as are now prescribed by law’ for hearing equity cases in said court; that said causes shall have precedence of all other causes on the docket and shall be heard and determined at the first term. 'Depositions of all wit nesses. irrespective of residence, may be taken in said cause and the cause shall in no event be continued beyond said term on account of the absence of witnesses or counsel or for other cause whatever. Either party to such proceeding may move for a new trial or except to the ac* tions aud ruling of such superior court in the same manner as is now provided by law in other cases.— Pending the appeal the rate ad judged by the commissioners to be reasonable and just shall be the legal rate and the railroad compa nies shall be subject to all the pen* alties provided in section 719, I. and J. of the code, when they shall charge higher rates than the rates so fixed by the commission pend ing the appeal. In all cases made, under this section the burden of proof shall be on the railroad, the presumption of law’ being that the commissioners rates are right and just. The rate adjudged to be the correct rate by the railroad com missioners shall remain of force until set aside by the courts of this State. But the commissioners of railroads shall have no power or judisdiction to alter, change or in any way interfere with rates made by the railroads except on com plaints made, filed and heard as above set forth, and then only as to such questions as are made and put in issue by pleadings. Provided that when an appeal has been made to the courts and the case has been decided by the supreme court than the decision in such case shall be legarded as a precedent by the courts of this State, and no ap peal shall be allowed on a similar case to the courts. Sec. 3. Makes the law applicable to receivers. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted that no increase of freight or pas senger iates shall go into effect un til thirty days after the beginning of the advertisement required in section 2of this act. • Section 5. Be it further enacted, that whenever a complaint shall be filed with said commissioners as provided in this act, it shall not be necessary for the complainant to appear in person or by attorney be fore said commissioners or furnish any evidence further than to estab ish the fact that the rate, charge, rule or discrimination complained of actually exists, and a bill of lad ing or receipt for freights or the ol der of the company establishing such rate, rule or discrimination shall be sufficient proof of the fact, and when such complaint is filed and such proof furnished it shall be the duty of the commissioners to notify said railroad company complained of, by serving them by mail or otherwise with a copy of the complaint, and at the time set' for a trial thereof shall proceed to I investigate and try the same and j pass judgement thereon and to that end may require any evidence from the railroad company as they may deem proper to a full and fair under standing of the facts complained of. Sec. 5. Repeals conflicting laws. Words of Wisdom. Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thoughts. The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when brok en. An open mind, an open hand, and an open heart will find every where an open door. A man’s own good breeding is the best security against other peo ple's ill manners. Scolding and fault-finding have sent more people to desperation and destruction than all the great evils of life put together. Nothing is easier than fault-find ing. No talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character are repaired to set up in the grumbling busi ness. Disappointment in friendship arises chiefly not from liking our friends too much, but an over-esti mate of their liking for or opinion of us. One great reason why many children abandon themselves whol ly to silly sports, and trifle away their time insipidly, is t because* they have found their curiosity ‘ balked. The difference between war and . peace has been well defined by one I of the ancients: "In time of peace the sons bury the fathers: in time • of war die fathers bury their j sons," ADRIAN- (Continued finm Fir ft page. off!" said Master Block Snyder, who as jamming himself in “be tween some boys at the postoffice door. Every eye was turned toward the coming hack, and little excla mations in different styles of rhet oric without attempt at clearness in meaning were uttered all around among the lazy bystanders. Ata street one block from the square Adrian alighted from the hack and walked homeward. The reader may well surmise the particulars of the meeting between mother and son. Having received a letter frem Adrian, she expected him home, and had everything in readiness to make hi tn feel as cheerful as possible. As she clasped him—her hope and pride —in her arms, words would not flow; they were tuo dry and could never have expressed what the gush. ing tears told in brief language. Adrian went up into the village the following day, and called to inform Jones & Carpenter of the full particulars of the wreck of the train, loss of the deeds, etc. (He had wiitten them briefly stating that he would see them.) Mr. Jones, a large, fat gentle man, with a good heart and a splen did mind sat in his arm chair and with his arms folded, listened to Adrian's story. “Well, said he, your story is very plausible, and you. shall be given the full benefit of every advantage, but we will, as much as we dislike to do it, be compelled to require you to give bond for appearance, etc., under charge of larceny after trust —" *TIow dare you Col. I had not expected such dastard—” “Be calm, Mr. Sterling. I only state what is the better course for us all, both that we may be safe, and that you may have the better opportunity to prove before the country that you are inno cent, which I believe to be true.” “Then why do you—” “Oh it cannot be helped. My partner insists, and you will be do ing the right thing to simply give bond and arrange to prove the case out as it is." Adrian knew that this would be fair, and was really the right course to pursue, and although his blood had been heated at the mention of a criminal charge, he became more cool and submitted gracefully, duly giving bond. * During the day, as Adrian was walking along the street in the village, he met the man whom he had seen climbing the fence the evening before. The fellow passed him only glancing corner-wise into his face as he walked briskly by.— He seemed afterwards to avoid Adrian whenever he happened to see him in any portion of the town. All at once, as this man lit a cigar and leaned back against the wall of the piazza of the hotel one eve* ning, our friend, who was passing towards home, looking into his face, remembered, at a glance the man who had traveled on the car with him on the unlucky night of the cyclone. "Why,” thought he. “does he not speak to me?” and as he walk ed along he attributed the action of the man, Wilberly, (as he had known him) to the feeling which had been shown him by x great many since he arrived—disdain towards one suspected of crime. Adrian felt that he must see his Ellen, and hear from her lips the loving welcome that his heart yearned for. Writing a short note asking to be allowed to call upon her that evening, he sent it by Block Snyder, who, wc will see,was as ready to make a nickel as to quarrel with the printer’s devil.— That distinguished young gentle man pulled his left suspender over his arm as be strode in at the gate of Bi of. Estes' yard. Ellen was at the door. Block Snyder handed her the little note acccmpanying it with the following touching query: “Isn’t you very glad Mr. Ster lin' has came back, say Miss Ellen?” “I suppose I am,'’ (reading on to herself.) “I jest guessed you wuz. 1 don't bleeve nothin o' that ar stealin business, do you s'Ellen?" “Why do you nor? ' ’ “Jest koz.” “Well, I must say your conclu* sions are spoken in language rather questionable of meaning, my dear Mr. Snyder.” “Don't yon please talk to me in those language. I never studied my Gormin $ lessing yistiddy," and he gave utterance to a series of ha has calculated to arouse the dormant energies of any one's laughing or gans,* while Ellen retreated into the house to write an acceptance. Adrian called, was received in a manner something between conven tional civility and extreme stiffness. He could not quell a chill of anger that a v ose within him, as she to whom he had given ail his heart coldly motioned him to a chair. He sat down and buried his face in his hands. We leave him to his thoughts, as the woman in whose constancy he had ever trusted stood by nervously watching his changing countenance. (concluded next week.) A Fine Onion Crop, Mr. R. 11. Shirly of ChuMo dis trict, a subscriber of the Courier, yesterday brought us a very tine onion, of the red Weathersfield vciiety, as a sample of his ciop. It measures 14 inches in circumfer ence, and we suppose would weigh three quarters of a pound. Mr. Shirly informs; us that he planted about one acre of seed (not but tons) in March last, aud that he ex pects the yield will be 250 bushels, and would probably have been twice as much but for an imperfect stand. He brought jn 15 bushels yesterday and sold them readily at $1 per bushel. glad to note his success. It proves that there are crops far more profitable than cotton, if our people would only give them proper attention.— Rome Courier. Lynciibl kg,Va., Sept. 18.—Spec ial reports to the Advance just re ceived from the bright tobacco belts of this State and North Caro lina, agree with few exceptions that the crop is a failure. The estimates range from 20 to 40 per cent loss on weight and color. The plant, owing to drouth, is far ing badly, and is being cut to save the total loss. In some districts no rain has fallen for a month or six weeks. —Rome Courier. The Pickens Marble Quarries. Elijay Courier ♦ Several days ago we had the pleasure of visiting the works of. the Georgia Marble Company near Tate’s Staipn in Pickens county. To begin,; there are three quar ries; first is the Cherokee 100 feet by 80 feet, and by going down one floor, 4 feet of marble; second, the Creole, which is rather dark, is 75 feet square —one floor yields over 22,000 cubic feet; third is Etowah, a beautiful pink marble, 100 by 80 feet —one floor yielding 32,000 cubic feet. The marble is quarried by means of channelers, which are little locomotive engines mounted on a track; and is arraugs ed to move itself and Tun the chan nelers. Some of the engines have a channeler on each side which cuts a channel about one inch wide and four feet deep. Each machine will cut a channel from 80 to 100 feet long and one foot deep in a day. The blocks of marble are drilled under with a small steam gatting machine, which drills a hole two feet deep in 8 minutes. The marble is then lifted out of the quarry by large steam derricks; and is placed in a little hand car and carted to the mill. Here are five gangs which run any number of saws almost. The saws are set bo as to saw it from one half inch to several inches thick. The saws are thin bars of iron, and the saw* ing is done by sand being thrown upon it, and letting water run on it. They saw down Bto 12 inches in 24 hours: capacity now is about 2500 feet per month. More gangs are being erected and the number will be increased as the demand increases. The marble is then carried to the dressing room, where all the rough edges are chiseled off, and it is then placed upon the rubbing bed. This is a smooth iron wheel 12 feet in diameter, and runs horrizontal like a mill stone. Sand and water is dropping upon it continually, and the marble is laid upon it, where it is soon rubbed smooth. This is a great improvement upon the old way of rubbing. The marble is then carried to the polishing room, where it receives its polish. It is now being done by hand, but a pol ishing machine will soon be put up. Fast-Living Americans- “Well, Rober*, an’ 'ow did yon like Harnerica?" “Oh, Hilliked it well enough, ye know, only they live soblarsted fast over there." “Do they, though?" “Aye, an' they do that. W'y bland me if they don't live so fast that when they send a man to prison for ten years hi* serves limit 'is tbrm in seven, ye kn«w.’’ —Chi- cago N ews. How Philosophers Are Maae. “Good gracious, Dusenberry! I didn't know until to-day that you had been married three times.” “Yes, Bromley. I have taken all the degrees. The first wife knocked all the romance out of me; the second taught me humil ity—’' “And your present wife?' “Abide a philosopher out of me. I I can bear other people's troubles ■ with a great deal of self-complac ency. —'’[Philadelphia Call. Kot Expecting Ca-llers. “■Bridget, did you hear the door bell? 1. Yes'in." “Why don't you go to the door, then?” “Sure, an' it's nobody to sec me. I'm not expectin' callers to day.”— | Chicago News. Was Going to BaEasy. The druggist had tilled the pre scription while the man walked up and down the store and drummed on the showcase with his fingers, but as he was pasting the lable and directions on the bot tle he gave a sudden start. “Anything wrong?” asked the q uic k- eved c u sto m ey. “N-o-a. That “I ou have made a mistake in the compounding and got in poison of some serf!” “No, I haven’t. 1 thought I had left out the tincture of opium, but it’s all right—all right. I knew I hadn't made any mitsake.” “Oh, well,” said the customer as he received the bottle, “I wasn’t going to kick about it anyhow. I am getting it for a neighbor!”— Detroit Free Press. ■How To Treat Children. The Princess Alice of England was a high minded and practical woman, with a warm heart and much good sense. She was espe cially wise in training of children, us her “Memoirs” testify. “You are, indeed, right in say ing," she once wrote to her mother, Queen Victoria, “what a mistake parents make in bringing up their daughters with the sole practical object of marrying them off. It seems that this is the leading char actcristic of English education among the upper classes. It shall be my endeavor to bring up my girls in such away that they shall not regard marriage as the one thing needful in their future, and that they may feel themselves equal to employing their lives just as use fully in other directions. Marriage for marriage's sake is sur cl J’l the greatest error a woman can commit. I never forget anything you tell me, and as you say, nothing is more dis advantageous to children than to make too much of them. They ought to be unselfish, unspoilt, and easily satisfied. “Up to the present this is the case with mine. That they occupy a more salient position in my life than is often the case of families of our rank is simply because I have never been able to employ persons enough of a responsible kind to look after them; upon tin's account certain things remain undone unless I do them myself and the childien would suffer were they not done. I certainly do not belong by nature to the class of women who are wives avant tout; but circumstances have compelled me to be a mother in the true meaning of the word, and I had to school myself to it, I assure you, many small sacrifices proving una voidable. But child worship, or having one’s children always about one without intermission, is bv no means the right thing; and women are-intolerable who continually talk about their own children. I hope lam frqjj from these faults—at least 1 try to be so; for I agree with every word you say, and so did Louis when I read him your let ter."—Christian Index. CARROLL COUNTY TIMES, o . HE OFFICIAL ORO AK OF THE SHERIFF, A weekly family and news jour nal devoted to the interests <4 q le PEOPLE OF CARROLL AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY. e Having now a Circulation of Over 1,100 and that steadily increasing, is one of the best ADVERTISING MEDIUMS IN WESTERN GEORGIA. 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