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O 0 $l)c 4ber0kce 2ltaMutce. MARSHAL ▲.THOMAS, Emtok. CtlNR, ClUOfN Cmvtt, 0a. THURSDAY. MAY 5,1881. WIT klOOlDAlUlDIBni Bo Boqoinwdod to Mercy r II • man deliberately fakes the life blood of hie fellow-man, we can eee no equitable reaeon why he ehonld be recommended lo the mercy of the oourt. We sincerely trust that the members of oar next legislature will repeel thie act. Now why ie the murderer recommended to mercy? It ie eymply thie: A jury is summon ed and the oaee is broght before them for the purpose of being tried. Well, they hare eloquent speeches deli vet - ed before them in behnlf of the pris oner at the bar. anil their sympathies are arroused, and thev are plead with to give the prisoner the benefit, ol all doubt and speakers go on to elabo rate on the feasibility of their clients innooenoe and finally winds up his lengthy argument by appealing to their conscience, nnd arraying them, as it were, in the presence of .their God, to answer for the terrible crime they hare or will oommit by not reo ommeuding the murderer to mere}. The consequence is thut a jury is hard to find that will deliberately find a man guilty of murder, after baring heard eloquent orators pioture to them tbs punishment that awaits them for so doing. No, sir, there are enough “conscienoious” men on al most erery jury to sare the murder nr'a neck as the law now stands. They are afraid they will do the man “injustice” if they fail to recommend him to mercy, and the consequent is that the gallows is rirtnally dons •way with in this oountry so long as this gap in the law is left open. Hod* •ft men's sympathies are easily arous ed when plead for by eloquent speak* ere, and if thay do find a man guilty of murder they ure told thut in the erent thut ho should be innocent his blood will rest upon them as a body nnd as individuals. We hare had anmerons examples to oonrince us of the troth of this statement with out siugling out ony particular case nod when we say that we want the law repealed, we beliere that we apeak the sentiments of erery law abiding man in the conntry, and we oal) upon the members of the next legislature to act in accordance with the wishes of their constituents. A considerable stir is now be* ing made in Washin gton, and among Congressmen, sbont what is called tbs Star Postal routes, meaning the routes orer which mail is carried other than by steum conreyance. Ace Pattebson, who killed Mr. Robert Simmons, near Juaper, in Pickens county, several weeks ago, was sentenced to a life-time impris onment in the penitentiury at the Pickens 8nperior Court last week. Jndge J. R. Brown bos telused to grant Patterson a new trial, but ef forts will be made to get a new trial through the Supreme Court. The Railroad Commission is gain ing favor in Georgia all the while, and those who were once bitterly op posed to the commission, now speak of it as a necessity. The public and the railroad companies as well, are beginning to see its merits, und the result is that the commission will be a permanency in Georgia. The abase tt received heretofore has uow turned to praise, and all hands unite in saying long live the commission. The Columbus Enquirer-Sun says that last winter, during a heavy wind eight or tec English sparrows were blown to that city (probably from Maoon) and found a stopping place in the trees bock of RoBette & Law- hon’s carriage repository. Jack An thony, a negro man, has a lot of ehiohens in the yard, and when he wanta to feed them he whistles for the purpose of calling them up. The gpariwws have learned the whistle Bad drop down among the chickeuB •t hit oall. They have increased nn- til aboat fifty or sixty ars now there, mm becoming demfilifitrd ▲BOUT FARMING., If this county should happen to fail in the cotton orop this year, the county will be atotnl bankrupt. Oar merchants have sold largely to the farmers on time and have to.depend upon the next crop to get their pay. It is a strange idea the farmers have of earning a living by the cultivation ofcottou alone. If they won Id raise their corn, meet and hay necessary for home consumption on their own farms, they wonld find it would pay them muoh better. As it is they are dependent for everything they use at home on the west. This all cotton planting is prao- tioed to such an alarming ex'snt that we fear great damage will result in the end. No oountry oa» afford to pay the prices our farmers pay for their gnano nnd othvr supplies and make both ends meet after their debts ore paid. Such another change as never was b fore si-en awaits the farmers of this country who persist in this foolish practice. The farmers of Cherokee county would be much better off if they never had seen a pound of gu* ano. The result ol using guano is the ultimate ruin of the soil, nnd those of us who live to see another ten yeur'a use ol this artificial mn nnre will find that the land so culti vated will be ruined beyond redemp tion. The farmeis who now own the land need not trouble themselves on this score, for the land will not belong to them ten years hence. It will have to pas* on down nnd down tli rough the hands of each succeed ing merohaot as he sells the farmers goods to keep up this artificial fer tiliser practice. The only success* fill farmers we expect to see then will be those who will look far* ward and see the fate that awaits them in the neur future. Pay Cash. The New York Grocer has this to say in referenoe to payiug cash for what we buy: “There is bat one way for any man id business to lie thoroughly indepen dent in its conduct, and that is to have plenty ol oash to pay ns he goes. It makes no difference then, where he trades. He cau always command the bottom prices as to quautiiy, whatever he buys, uud can take nd vantage of the markets whenever he pleases. Of course, everybody knows all this, but it will do no barm to remiud our readers of it Men some* times get to thinking that their credit is so good thut it makes no difference whether they pay oash or uot. But it does niuke a difference. Gash is u hundred per cent, better than any man’s credit.” This is all true enough, but how are all men to get the cash ? There must be a source from wbeuce it conies, and ! f that source be dried' up, or ceusea to flow, ti en all the va rious industries and avocations ot every day life, are stopped or retard ed in their operations. The farmer lies at the lower stratum, or at the the foundation of all moneyed trans actions, and is ths great source of wealth to any country, and if he so manages his affairs, os to require him to pay his raonsy for fertilizers to produce cotton, which is very er roniously called “King Cottou,” and to this devotes almost his entire at tention lo the exclusion of the pro- daction of lucessaty and indispensi ble supplies,' tnen ruin and failure are inevitable. For the farmer liav ing expeuded hia receipts ofcottou in paying for that which lie conceives to be essential to produce thy cot ton, there is nothing left to pay out at home, so as to create a sufficiency to enable his neighbors to pay as they go. Hence a credit system becomes the only alternative, then this alter native, iu its turn, cause failure to pay, which is followed in its turn by a financial crash throughout the country. Let furmers beware! Dave Ellis, who was committed to jail last week for robhiag Mr. John Petre, says he has been in worse places than be now occupies. Well, we’ll see what Judge Brown has to ssy about it. A letter has been received iu At lanta from a leading Alabumian ask ing if there is any probability of the Georgia Western Read being built Where do the Immigrants gof So fur a* was learned at Csatte Garden last year, the intended loca tion «f the 827.371 immigrants ar riving in 1880 by steamer shows some carious and interesting tacit. (There is n very considerable immigration from Canada, which ia never fimard of at Castle Garden and which l jgi-ly strikes It New England). Doubt less the gcnerel idea is that thr»e- quarters ol all the European immi gration goes directly 4o the Western States. The answers givan to ques tions pat at Castle Garden did not oonflrir. that idea. Aa far aa report ed, 137,501 ol these immigrati's in tended to *'ny in New York 8tate, and 44 180 were bom d for the other Middle St.jt»a; 21,218 were headed f°r New England, 4064 to the South, 99.919 lo the Western States east of the Mississippi, und 12,200 to the country beyond the Mississippi. The notable fact revealed 'in.Thssc figures, aside from the unexpectedly large proportion of these immigrant* who intend to remain in New York city or State, ia the aroali uuinlxr b«und lor the South, It wits jess than a fifth of even the Now Eng land portion, nnd only about a for ty-filth part ol the namber intended to locate in New York and oiher Middle States, "But,” says the Hart- lord Times, truthfully, "the South will uot always be thus shunned by European immigrants. When it be comes widely known that ths stories of fevers, etc., and of murder and general lawlessness, us prevailing in that region, are unfounded in,truth, the natural advantages of the South ern winter climate, united to the fact of large ureas of arable and pro ductive soil there, will have the effect of swelling the stream of European immigration to the South, now a mere trickling und unseen rivulet, to the proportions of a copious riv er.” Regarding the recent decision of Judge Crisp in the Rome Bank case, the Augbsta Chronicle exprease the opinion that the decision is able, learned and conclusive. It says: “A brief, lucid history of ths onase is given, and the objections obgpansel for the plaintiff in erro^ are ..stated with absolute fairness. Tbest ob jections the J udge severally over throws. by supreme logic and author ity. Hu cites the constitutional duty of the Treasurer and Governor, and demonstrates that their action was entirely in consonance with the writ* ten law. He shows the primary lein of the State upon the bank’s assets and that an aes'gnment does not af fect the rights of the State. The as •ignee takes the assets, subject to preference and priorities commanded by the Code. The State’s priority is also insisted upon by the common law, aud so held In Georgia fioce 1874. The proofs adduced to estab lish this principle are simply over whelming.” Republican Caucus.—The com mittee appointed by the Republican cuucus to prepare a plan of action in regard to the contemplated holding of an executive session, readied an agreement on Mondaay. The com mittee will recommend to the caucus that an executive session be held forthwith lor the trausuclion of bu* einess in the following order: First, to refer to appropriate committees all nominations now on the table; s*-c ond, to take up for finnl actio# the various treaties which await luiiflca- lion ; uud next, to consider all un- contested nominations already re ported Irom the-Senate. The com mittee’s report will not take the ground that no other nominations should be considered during the present session, but the programme of business for the present should be restricted in this manner. The re port if adopted by the caucus will probably result in the holding of an executive session soon. Office Com'kof Land& Immigra tion for State of Georgia. Atlanta, Ga., April 27, 1881. 1 ’o the Farmers of GeorgiaAt this season yon will, doubtless, find it profitubh- to employ additional la borers. I am enabler] to state that, if farmers in this Slate will employ a sufficient number of while laborer* to givv them some companionship to which they h;. ve. been accustomed, and will board and lodge them in their home*, or in such maimer as will give satisfaction, payiug them g;>od wages, it is probable that as many as may he needed can be sup plied. A charge ol five dollars p-r head will be required in order to pay ex (lenses. Female domestics are no> included. If the laborers are not de livered at the ptaoe agreed upon, the money will bo refunded, less one dol lar registration fee, to pay for eorres pondence and postage. It is hoped and believed that llie public will ap- primate the difficulties attending my position, and realise that the under taking is far from pleasant, exceed ingly laborious, nnd un experiment at best. It bus succeeded in the West, and ought to succeed heir. Il successful, several thousand can b. furnished ; if unsuccessful!, ii will I a difficult to inaugurate so comprehen sive a scheme again. It is very important that good wheat bread be supplied them,as they know nothing of corn bread, and Will not take kindly to it. It is es sential that they should receive good diet and lodging until they learn our language and can provide for them selves. A few months will accom plish this, and alter that it is co Ii- dently believed they will either buv laud or woik for the same wages now paid our excellent negro labor ers. My agents in Europe, together with the facilities described in the following telegram, will insure sue* cess if the effort is sustained by the people. It is proper to state that I have been in correspondence with Colonel Pope and other railread muuagers for some time. [Copy of Telegram.] •Naw Yuan, April 2a, 1861. ' Fran*It Fontaine, Commissioner, Atlan ta, (la.:— Gan good white farm laborers be used in your section, with fair wages, comfortable accommodations, and g>>od treatment? I can aibtVn daily, through our foreign emigrant agency, a good class of people, and I wish lo locate them without waiting for land arrangements. Please inquire among your farmers and nnawer promptly. A. Pope.” The newspapers ot the State are re quested to copy this circular. Respectfully, Francis Fontaine,’ Commissioner. * Preparation c! iP.0N and CALISAYA BARK, In comblesticn with tki PtoffWii Kn.lor.--i! bjr Urn Medical Profession, uni recommended by them ter Qpptpli, Stnsral Debility, Female Diseases, Waal el Vitality, W. T. lltU.. ('-.**„( r-..,, wrltriu “l>H. IIah- raa'n Toxic li»# done wonder* In-re. A who had hc-rn doctored m-srly to d.ctii for ser er*l Ji.rl. liar Ik-i-ii enn-d uf limit JV-i.tr.ilio. Iiy tile U»C of OK. - _ i Haxtkm'* laox Toxic. whtch^aOP Mates Srewn or - ^otircoualy. has requests* to tender yon Id. *r»WI»t Mknowle.*eme-Ats for the treat bwas- Ms trite recet.ed l*tnn the a*e uf yoar .aweTonic. He tell* n. that, after bavin? paM re* or futir hundred dollar* doctors' Wilt. l»« Indites Ikon Toxic did her more rood than all other urn*, er used. Mu- tmulded with ifceu«f«n»al •>/ He r.i.t-'l her from her where .he lied Irlr-r ter minjr y.s.PsniaSoo. ^ TelnSsW „ „ Trhwt. M A.i... -1.-., from which she l» much relieved. 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HAND OJf HOUSE POWER, SHAFTING, PULLIE-t, HANGERS. SAW MILLS, AND MILL GEARING OF EVERY DESCRIP TION. ENGINES AND OTHER MA' HINE/fY REPAIRED. ESTIMATES FURNISH ED ON APPLICATION. Correspondence solicited. Address, WmSHIP & 01. If You Are Sick Read the Kidney-Wort advertisement in anotk Sr column, and it will explain to you the rational method of getting well. Kid ney Wort will aave you more doctor’s bills than any other medicine known Acting with specific energy on tiie kid neys and liver, it cures the worst diseas es caused by their derangement. Use it i at once. In dry nnd liquid foim. Eith er is equally efficient, the liquid is the easiest, but the dry is moat economical Interior. J^JjCLltnnL &L fl&uakLnA, Dkai.krs in DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,"BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, HARDWARE! Clothing, Family Groceries, Etc FL0W1BY BRANCH* G50B0IA And Agents for the safe of Soluble Pacific and Pendleton’s Ammoniated Super phosphate and Soluble Pacific Acid—the very best Furtili7.ers on the market. High est Cash prices p*<d for cotton. March 8 ly. F. S. BARRETT, Flowery Branch, Georgia. Keeps constantly on hand a large and full assortment of Columbus boosts of a yonng lady drummer in the person of Miss Ida Sykes, who is traveling for u business house of that city, and has received many flutteriug compliments Irom the press iu the various cities she has visited. To be angry with a weak man is a proof that you are not very strong yourself. I LLUSTNATIONS 11Y PICTURES.— One of the great contrasts between the School books used by the fatbenrs and mothers of the laud, when young, and those now used by the cmldren, is the use of pic ures. As u curious instunce of illustrating the meaning of woids by pictorial illustrations, the pictures in the uew edition of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary in connection with the following twelve words': Beef, Boiler, Castle, Column, Eye, Horae, Moldings, Phrenology t (Ravelin. Ships, Steam engine, Timbers illustrate and define the meuuitig ol more than 340 words and terms, as may be Been by examining the Die tiouury. Mr. Phinisy, president of the Geor gia Railroad, still adheres to his opinion that, under its charter, the Central Railroad cannot b- leased. Nevertheless, when asked il some ar rangements equivolent to a lease could not be effected, replied that he knew nothing about that. If you would be capable, cultivate your mind; if you would be loved, > cultivate yoar heart. j J^rietal jiLelchcLncltAeL, Which he sells at bottom prices, He is also agent for the sale ot BffADLEY’8 and ZELL’S STANDARD GUANOS and the very beat Acid Phosphates. Terms — cotton option and fair grading of cottou iu the full. J/iircb 4 ly Highest eash price paid for cotton gJK I keep constantly on hand a good stock ot SAW MILLS, Both Screw itml Uutchet hand Block*, suited to LIGHT or V1EAY Powers. Also PORABLE ENGINES Up to Fifteen Horse Power, aud furnishing Larger Sisw.on short nottes. CIRCULAR SAWS Both solid blades and inserted teeth constantly iu stock at LOWEST PRIC I handle nothing but the Best ot Machinery, YET MY PRICES ARE LOW. |^~Don’t buy Machinery of any kind until you write me for Prices and Terms ALSO Wholesale dealer in VICTOR c*F.WJNG| MACHINE, wairant;-.' first cia.s. equal to any machine made. Reliable ng* i ts wanted in «veiy toau in the State (Merchants preferred.Liberal discoi ntto the v 8. F. PRltKINS, O 0 i4 West Mitchell Sued, Atlanta, Go. Jfarch 3 ly. (P. O. Box43.)