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A'or-tli Georgian.
Bellton, Ga., April 1,-1880.
WILL THOSE SUBSCRIBERS
WHO ARE IN ARREARS RE
KIND ENOUGH TO PAY UP!
WE NEED THE MONEY, AND
WANT IT. DON'T DE LA F.
The Savannah Recorder in of the
opinion that the decrease in the value
of taxable property in Georgia, as
shown by the Comptroller’s books,
means an increase in perjury. That
is about the size of ii, but our system
of taxation needs reforming.
If fate has a Republican President
in store for us, by all means let it be
George F. Edmunds. lie hates the
South, but he is honest; and honesty
is a great thing in this world, particu
larly when you find an honest Repub
lican.—Atlanta Constitution.
The South is in the I.’ nion to stay.!
We are one people. This conviction
is being rapidly spread throughout
the North, and the party of the fu-'
ture must stand not on sectional
issues, but upon those that involve
the highest good of the whole coun
try.—LaGrange Reporter.
The North Georgian wants those in
arrears to come forward at once and
pay for their paper. We have been
in the same fix and made the same
kind of appeals, but it is no good.
The best way is to adopt the shot
gun policy mid go hunting for them.
They think the printer can labor and
wait—Athens Daily Banner.
The rush of immigration at New
York is somewhat remarkable. The
seven ocean steamers which arrived
there on the 21st and 22d tilt., landed
2.911 immigrants, making the total
for the month up to date 12,720.
against 6,051 for the entire of March
of last year, mid as the season ad
vances the numbers are expected to
increase.
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The board of directors of the Penn
sly vania railroad have directed a res
toration of the pay of all persons in
the service of the company to the
compensation in force at the time of
the reduction of June Ist, 1877, to
take effect from mid after to-day. The
wages of mechanics are too low, and
should be increased throughout the j
country. This will put a stop to,
strikes, and benefit both labor and
capital.
The correspondents insist that Dr.
Gatchell is unknown, and that Mr. [
Hayes appointed him because he is
an Ohio num. The Doctor is well
known in Atlanta and in Northeast
Georgia, and is not an Ohio man. It
he is confirmed, his Republicanism
won't prevent him from doing his
duty. He has already done a great
work for Georgia by correcting the
slanders circulating against us in the
West and Northwest. He is a good
man.—Atlanta Constitution.
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The friends of Justice Field, of the
United States Supreme Court, have
perfected an organization nnd estab
lished headquarters in Washington
city in the interest of his nomination
for the Presidency by the Democratic
National Convention. Documents are
already being sent out freely to nil
parts of the country. Those which
will be given the most profuse distri
bution are the two dissenting opinions
in the political cases before the Su
preme Court, which have been lately
announced by Justice Field.
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A Washington gentleman, who is a
shrewd observer of political events,
writes the Boston Post a prediction
that neither of the Republicans now
prominently mentioned for the Presi
dential nomination will secure it, ami
th it the Democratic nomination will
tall to some man little if any talked
of at the present time. He predicts
that Blaine will not come as near a
n< mination as he did four years ago,
and, though a friend of Mr. Tilden,
says his nomination by the Demo
crats would be inviting defeat.
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Atlanta special to Augusta Nows,
27th ultimo: “It is generally thought
to-day that since Governor Colquitt
returned from the Cincinnati excur
sion, he has found that he cannot be
nominated, and that Gen. Gnrtrell is
developing such strength that bis
nomination seems quite certain; and
hence Colquitt's friends now assert
that he will run independent. Some
of Colquitt’s best friends out in the
State held a long consultation with
him ns soon ns he returned, nud one
was frank enough to tell him that he
tould not be nominated. Politic' is
on lite eve of bi- changes."
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The State Democratic Executive
Committee met in Atlanta, pursuant
to call, on Tuesday, 30th inst. We
have not the time nor the space to
I publish the proceedings in full. The
Constitution says each member of the
Committee seemed to be impressed
not only with the necessity of secur
; ing the unity of the. party itself, but
of promoting harmony among all
who are desirous of establishing the
, principles of the Democratic party,
i The suggestion of the Committee,
: that the county meetings for choos
i ing delegates to the State Convcn
[ tions, be held upon the same day
■ throughout the State, is a good one.
If this suggestion be adopted by the
counties, the Democratic voters will
have full notice of the meetings, and
if they fail to participate, they can
not, with any justice, complain that
they have been taken advantage of
by political managers.
There will be two State Conven
tions held—the first on the 9th of
June to elect delegates to Cincinnati,
and the second on the 4th of August
to nominate candidates for State ofii-.
cers and to choose Presidential elec
tors. No action was taken with re
spect to the two-thirds rule in the
State Convention, but in accordance
with a request of the St. Louis Con
vention, the suggestion is made to
County Conventions that they make
some expression of their opinion
upon the subject. It is suggesed that
the county meetings to select dele
gates to the first State Convention be
held on the first Tuesday in .June,and
that the meeting to select delegates
to the second State Convention be
held on the 21st of July.
The Constitution interviewed the
members on National and State poli
ties. For President, Thurman 4; Hen
dricks 3; Field 3; Bayard 3; nominee
3; Tilden 1; Pendleton 1.
Hon. IL P. Bell said: I do not think
that tiie Independent movement in the
Nintli is as strong now as it was when
Speer was elected.
W. E. Simmons said : As to the In
dependent movement in my District,
I do not think that it is gaining any
ground. Speer is not a bit stronger
to-day than lie was when elected, ami
I have heard some of the voters of
tiie District say that they would not
vote for him again.
Atlanta was selected as tiie place
for holding the Conventions.
We conclude by saying: “Weil
done thou good and faitliful servants.”
In view of the vast Importance of
the present year, politically speak
ing, the people generally are mani
festing a small degree of interest.
We are very much averse to the
fierce and bitter contests that often
characterize political campaigns, and
in tills view of the matter, the strong
efforts that the people are making to
make this a prosperous year agricul
turally, even to the great neglect of
politics, lias a great deal in it worthy
of tiie. highest approval. But while
this is true, the selection of wise
rulers to discharge tbe duties of office
is a matter that, cannot be too
vigilantly guarded and protected.—
The time is rapidly approaching
when the people of this country will
be called upon to speak their sover
eign will through the ballot box in
the selection of officers from Presi
dent, down. While we would not urge
our people into politics, sufficient in
terest should lie taken in this matter
to not leave the choice of officials to j
a few, but the great masses should
, make their preference known and
j demand that it be respected. This
I thing of letting matters drift along is
j not a safe plan. Tiie people should*
! see to it that good and upright men
are chosen to fill nil the positions of
trust which they will be called upon
to fill. In all instances let men be
chosen that will honor the great State
that they serve, as well as the people
who honor them with tiie positions of
trust.—Hartwell Sun.
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There seems to be a great diversity
of opinion ns to when the rules fixed
by the Railrond Commission for pns
senger nud freight tariffs will go into
effect. A reporter of th<‘ Constitution
called on Gov. Smith and asked when
the rates would become of force. He
stated that the law required that tiie
rates should be advertised once a
week for four weeks. .Since tiie first
advertisement there, hnvu been some
revisions, and after each a new publi
cation was necessary. Therefore, die
rates cannot go into effect until about
four weeks from the present time. Il
lias seemed to some that tiie Commis
sion was going rather slow, but they
have endeavored to perfect their
schedules so that they may operate
in justice to all parties concerned.
The rates have been very carefully
considered in every particular.
Next to Samuel J. Tilden we be
lieve that Hon. Hugh J. Jewett, the
man of many States, is tiie most
available Democratic candidate. He
was born in Maryland: spent many
years in Ohio and New York, and
now lives in New Jersey. He is a
good Democrat and would, we think,
be elected.—Darien Gazette.
WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION.
Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, in the Sunny
! South, makes the following wise sug
; gestion, which we commend to our
mountain friends:
‘‘Walking slowly home we revolve
i the question that puzzles Uncle Sam
what to do with the illicit distillers of
the mountains. We have an idea that
the solution of the problem lies in
grape aiitLchestnut culture upon these
mountain slopes so favorable to their
growth, though this will take time.
But why will not tbe government
concern itself in trying to understand
1 the real nature and needs of its
poverty-stricken, uninformed children
that dwell upon the isolated, half
barren heights? Why not get them
to cultivate something more market
able than corn? Those mountain
sides might be clothed with fruitful
vines as in Italy and Switzerland, and
the chestnut plantations be, cultivated
as in Tuscany and Lucca, and many
other sections of Southern Europe.
; where the use of corn meal and
I wheat flour is superseded by the more
J nourishing, richer and cheaper chest-
I nut flour. Mr. Schuyler, our Consul
at Florence, has lately proposed to
our State Department to import the
Spanish chestnut, and graft it on our
indigenous variety, with a view to ex
tending the food products of the coun
try. “A careful study of the subject,”
he says, in his report, “has convinced
me that the chestnut, so largely culti
vated here, may become a source of
wealth and profit in the. United Slates,
especially in certain mountainous dis
tricts where it is almost impossible to
raise cereals, owing to the nature of
the. soil and the steepness of the ;
mountain sides, ami where transpor
tation is so difficult and labor so high
and scarce.”
Instead then of the breach loader
and the chain gang, may not tbe
grape and the chestnut (together with
the school master) be the solution of
the problem, “How shall moonshin-1
ing be done away with?”
FLOWERY BRANCH.
I
Editor Georgian: It was my
good fortune to sojourn a few days,
the past week, in this flourishing
little town, and become, acquainted
with a number of its good citizens. I
was the guest of Capt. F. W. Delain i
and his most excellent family, who i
made every effort to make me feel
perfectly at home. Tiie merchants
are doing a fine luisiness. The trade
of tiie place extends to tiie Etowali
river settlements. There arc two i
cliurclies—Methodist and Baptist—in
tlie place, and one new academy just
completed, which was dedicated Tues,
day night with imposing •eremonies.
I attended prayer meeting nt tiie I
Methodist church, Wednesday night,
and was deeply impresseil by the
way and manner tiie good people are '
doing their Master's will. The place '
is now noted for peace and quiet.
The people are united, and all meet j
together in one common brotherhood.
They all work together for one com-'
mon good.
Mr. Editor, another item in the liis- '
tory of Flowcry Branch, is the pretty >
girls 1 happened to see. They are
perfectly charming, especially to an
old bachelor. I don’t wonder at Phil
Delain, of the Air Line, visiting the
place so often, where so much beauty
abounds. Let’s go again. Phil?
In taking leave of this place. I
cannot help but heartily wish that all
towns was united, the people, 1 mean,
as the good people of this town.
March 27, 1880. W. L. R.
UPLAND RICE.
> Col. J. 11. Nichols, of NacoiK'liee
Valley, writes the following letter to
the Piedmont Air Line Headlight,
and we reproduce it for the benefit of
our farmer friends :
“I have been quite successful in the
culture of upland rice on my place
here. On my best land I have grown
it at the rate of ninety-three and one
half bushels per acre. The common
impression that it requires damp land
is erroneous, ns my best yield was on
land which was ns dry as any of my
Valley farm. 1 prepare the land
thoroughly in the spring, plowing
deep, and if the land is disposed to
be cloddy, harrow well after plowing.
Lay off in shallow drills twenty-four
to thirty inches apart, and cover
lightly. Sow the seed as soon as the
danger of frost lias passed. In the
j first working great care must lie
' taken to remove all grass and weeds,
as the rice plant is delicate. Atter
| wards, good hoeing and plowing with
a narrow hull-tongue plow is all that
!is necessary. In tbe tall see that
none of tiie little morning glory
’ vines, which infest our bottoms, are
1 allowed to remain in the drills, as it
■ is impossible after cutting to separate
■ the vines from tiie rice straw, and the
seed being black injures tiie appear-
i anee of the rice.”
Let our farmers give rice, and also
tobacco a fair trial. We believe they
' will pay much better than cotton.
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Tiie Athens Banner says there is a
firm in that city which does more
business than any house in Atlanta.
NEWS ITEMS.
' The king of Siam speaks of visiting
-1 the United States.
The survey of the Georgia Western
| will soon commence.
■ I Athens wants the normal school,
Fj and we want her to have it.
A negro was hanged in Dallas,
1 , Paulding county, last Friday.
•' Turpentine farming is getting to be
. quite an industry in this State.
' There are no new developments in
the district attorneyship for Georgia.
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1j The colored exodnsters keep re
• turning South from the happy land of
Kansas.
A woman delegate attended the re
cent Greenback State Convention of
I . New York.
1 It is now thought that *6,000 will
cover the State’s loss by Sam Hoyle’s
, I defalcation.
The friends of Sam Hill are going
1 ,
I to make a strong appeal for Execu-
I tive clemency.
I The successful growing of the coffee
plant in South Florida is established
beyond question.
Tobacco, upland rice and the cin
chona tree will be tested in Northeast
Georgia this season.
The New York Slate Democratic
.Convention will be held at Syracuse,
i on the 2<»!h of April.
Tennessee is nearly one-third larger
’ than Ireland, out Ireland has a popula
tion of nearly five million.
The wheat prospects throughout
Middle Tennessee is represented ns
I being ti e best known for several
■ years.
It is thought in Washington that
i Dr. tiatchell will be confirmed super
visor of census of the first district of
I Gear -ia.
Tbe Athens ’ ally Banner has b >en
decreased in s • but not m interest,
lit is a -nicy little sheet, and deserves
to sccecd.
The Texas Republicans instructed
their delegates to Chicago to vote as
a unit. The majority is supposed to
I be for Grant.
Tiie Americus Republican learns
that in some places in that section
wheat and onls have been eompleti ly
destroyed by rust.
I The water power of the Muscle
.Shoals, in the Tennessee river, in
Alabm a. is suffii ient to move all tin
spindles in the world.
i At largo meetings of Republicans
in Richmond, last week, the Mahone
independent electoral scheme met
i witli little encouragement.
Mr. Dillaye declinesjtho nomination
of tiie Pomeroy greenhai kers for Pre
sident. unless it is endorsed by tiie
i other wing in Chicago, June 9th.
i No hope for tariff' reform this sos
! 'ion. Ton much bribery. Tile pro
; tectlonist have tiie money, and some
Congressmen are very fond of the
! filthy lucre.
The trades are striking one after
I anol her in the Eastern ci'ics. Wages
iar< too low.aivl tiie working people
iof Ibis country are determined to
; have living prices for their labor.
The strike of the cabinet and piano
makers of New York city, which put
I over four thousand mechanics out of
| work, ha' end”d in a submission by
tiie r anufaeturers to the demands of
' tiie workmen.
! Vice President Wlieeler contem-
I plates leaving Washington about the
! first of May. not to return during the
! remainder of tiie session. Wlien lie
. leaves Judge Tiinrman will be elected
i President pro tern.
Tiie Albany Advertiser says the
wool market in that section promises
to open earlier than usual, and that
tiie crop of Southwestern Georgia is
expected to be the largest ever pro
duced in that vicinity.
Nearly all the Democratic candi
dates for the presidency have Mary
land blood in their veins. Tilden.
Bayard. Davis and Jewett were all
either born there or are closely re
lated to Maryland families.
Keely says his motor will be ready
for use in about six weeks, and that
the first public experiment will be
the running of a circular saw three
feet in diameter, at 2.51 K) revolutions
a minute, which will saw ten cords of
wood with five drops of water. This
beats perpetual motion at least a
quarter of a mile.
Below wc publish a correct list of
tiie imes of holding the Superior
Court in the several counties of the
Western Circuit:
Banks—lst Monday in April.
Frauklin —2d Monday in April.
Habersham—3d Monday in'April.
Rabun—4lh Monday in April.
White—Monday after 4th Monday
in April.
Clarke--2d Moudav in Mav.
Tin: PUCE 111 BIT IB MJ!
J. c. QUILLIAN & BROS.,
reei-ton.
HAVE NOW IN THEIR STORE THE LARGEST
STOCK OF SPRING GOODS
EVER BROUGHT TO THIS I'LACE.
I Dress Good**. CJlot liiiitf,
BOOTS AND SHOES, NOTIONS,
Groceries Hardware. !£<<•.,
In fact, just ask for what you want, and they will show the THING
that will exactly fill the Mil. mar2.»-tf
We do not believe that Mr. Tilden
can carry New York, nod without the
thirty-five electoral votes of that State
the election of the D-'tnocratie ca di
date is hardly possible. Last fall
John Kelly and Tammany Hall de
feated Mr. Tilden's candidate for
Governor in New York, polling "0,-
tmn votes. The opposition was not
so much against Mr. Tilden’s candi
date as against Mr. Tilden himself.
It is against Mr. Tilden now ami
would be against him next fall. If
he should be the Democratic candi
date for President the 70.0 M vot- s
that were east against Robinson by
John Kelly and Tammany Hall will
be east against Mr. Tilden next No
vember. If. therefore. Robinson was
defeated, it is reasonable to conclude
that so would Mr. Tilden be. We
cannot afford to lose New York.— Co
lumbus (Ohio) Democrat.
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Provided with a pen. meeting Mr.
Sam Weller’s requirements, viz: ‘One
that don't splutter.'a veracious chro
nicler might record volumes in praise
<>f Cousset s’ Lightning Liniment, the
best remedy in the world tor rheuma
tism, lame Itnek. sprains, bruises, etc.
For animals, it is invaluable, when
used for spavin, gall, ringbone, etc.
Farmers should keep it on band in
case of injury to a valuable horse.
For sale by J. B. Hughes & Co.
Wherever Coussens’ Honey of Tar
has Iwen introduced, in hamlet, citv
or country neighborhood, it has won
its way to popular favor as a reliable
remedy for cough?, colds ami diseases
<>f the throat and lungs. It also affords
relief when used for croup, hoarsness,
bronchitis, etc Price 5u cents. For
sale by J. B. Hughes & Co.
The emigration from Italy to thi
country has grown to sik-Ii propor
tions that tiie Italian trovermnent is
becoming alarmed. Last year tin
number of emigrants was 135.U00
and this year it promises to lie much
larger.
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lawful hours of snip, the land b. b»u- n
to the estate <>f Mary deceased' ad
ioining the land of Job Hill.. John J. J
Sh. ppate and others, reiita uiug IMO ai re
mote or b*'. with about .Mt ar re <in unit
ration—the rrmamder in old fb Id p n
and or u ti il forest. So»d lor the !>« up .
of the heii> and ci editors. Terms < a h
M< M N. HAItIJY.
Adm’r dr holt’s non o< Maty Tapp, der’d
One Hundred Lots
TO GIVE AWAY.
COME AND LIVE IN BELLTON.
SM ILL GTX E to any good fntnilv ot
person a beaut.fnl town lot. who will
srttir here ami put on the lot improve
ments to the amount of two hundred and
fifty dollars. Come and look.
mar2s-tf M BUTf’E.
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!*i A 15 I " 1 "
HAS l»ern used in private nraetiee
more than tour years, and has not
failed to ( l in a single instance. I
am a-ready receiving orders for my Snutl
from persons aHl:cte«l with this universal
scourge of the human race—some of them
from Philudelph a— w lute cures liuve been
pi-rformed b\ mv remedy, upon rases ot
long standing, defying the ski’l of the
most learned ami scientific phys-<*ians.
Price—*l per box. po.«tpaid. Address.
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THE ATLANT t CONSTITUTION.
During the coming year—a year that
will witness the progress and ctilmi: a
ti-'ti of the most interesting political
contest that has ever l iken place fat
this country—every citizen and every
thoughtful person will lie compelled
to rely upon the newspapers for in
formation. Whv not get the best?
Abroad The Constitution is recog
nized. referred to and quoted from as
the leading Southern journal— as the
organ and vehicle of the best South
ern thought a id opinion, and at home
i s columns are consultedfot the latest
news, the freshest comment, and for
all matters of special and current in
terest. The Constitution contains more
ami later telegraphic news than any
other Georgia paper, and this particu
lar feature will be largely added to
during the coming year. All its faciii
ties for gathering the latest news front
ill parts of the country will be en
larged and supplemented. The Con
stitution is both chronicler and com
menter. Its editorial opinions, its
contributions to the drift of current
discussion, its humorous and satirical
paragraphs, are copied from one end
of the country to the other. It aims
always to be the brightest and best
newsy, original and piquant. It aims
>arlii ularly to give tbe news impar
iailv and hilly, ami to keep its read
rs it.formed of the drift of current
■ discussion by liberal but concise qu >-
' alions from all its contemporaries.
It aims, in short, to more than ever
' leserve to be known as “the leading
Soul hern newspaper.” Bill Arp'will
continue to contribute his uni pie let
ters. which grow in savorv humor
, week by week. Old Si' will add his
, plaint fun to the collection of
; things, and ‘Unde Remus’ has in
i preparation a series of negro myth
. legends, illustrating the folk-lore’ of
I he old plantation. Tn every respect
' she ( onstituijon for 18S() will be bet-
I er than ever.
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, he freshest anil its market reports
he latest.
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iJournals is issued from the printi g
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Address The Constitution,
nov27-lm Atlanta. Ga.
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The invention of that Superior and
t'ompletc Sewing Machine (the Fam
ily Shuttle Machine), marks one of
the most important eras in the history
iof machinery, and when we consider
its great usefulness ami extremely
! low price (*25). it is very difficult to
.conceive of any inventio'n for domes
| tic use of ihore’or even equal impor
tance to families. It has great ca
! parity for work; beautiful.’'smooth,
and quiet movement, rapid execution
■ certainty of operation, and delightful'
lease, that at once commends it above
.all others. The working parts are al!
; steel; the bobbins hold lo<> vards of
j thread; the stitch is the firmest of all
the stitches made, neat and regular,
ami can be regulated in a moment to
I sew stitches from an inch in length
j on coarse materia) down to the finest,
iso infinitesimal as to be hardly dis
cernable with the naked eve, and
| with a rapidity rendering it i’mpossi
: ble to count them as fast as made; it
does to perfection all kinds of heavy,
i coarse, plain, fine, or fancy needle
! work with ease, and far less labor
j than required on other machines. It
.needs no commendation, the rapid
sales, increasing demand, and volun
tary encomiums from the press, and
j the thousands of families who use
them, amply testify to their undoubt
ed worth as a standard and reliabl
houseladd necessity, extending its v
popularity each day. Agents wanted
by the company. Address them for
( information. Family S-wing Machine
Co., 755 Broadway,'Xew York, N. Y.