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THE TOCCOA NEWS.
HW. SCHAEFER, Editor A Prop tor
REDISTBICTING.
AttobnetG ekeral’s Otfick,
State of Geoeqia,
Atlanta, Ga., March 11, 1882.
His Excellency A. H. Colquitt,
Gover a or. Etc .:
Sir — I am in receipt of your com¬
munication requesting my opinion as
to whether the additional representa¬
tive allowed the Stattof Georgia by
the Apportionment act recently passed
by Congress can be legally elected by
the voters of the State at large under
existing laws. The act provides that
‘/fthe number, as hereby provided
for, shall he larger than it was before
this change, then the additional rep¬
resentative or representatives allowed
to said State under this apportion¬
ment may be elected by the State at
large and the other representatives to
which the State is entitled by dis¬
tricts as now prescribed by law in
•aid State ; and if the number hereby
provided for shall in any State be less
than it was before the change made,
then the whole number to each State
hereby provided for shall be elected
at large, unless tbs Legislatures of
such States have provided, or shall
otherwise provide, before the time
fixed by law for the next election of
Representatives therein.’
The section quoted is founded on
section 4, article 1, of the Constitution
of the United States, which declares
that: ‘The times, places and manner
of holding elections for Senators and
Representatives shall be prescribed in
each State by the Legislature thereof,
but the Congress may at any time
by law make or alter such regulations,
except as to the place of choosing
Senators.’
Congress has, in pursuance of the
power thus derived, prescribed that
the additional representative to which
Georgia is entitle! shall be elected
by the State at large, unless the
Legislature, in the meantime, other¬
wise provides; for although the word
*may’ is employed, it means ‘shall/
according to a well settled rule in the
interpretation of statutes. In 7th
Georgia, page 89. Judge Warner
says: ‘The true rule for the con¬
struction of the word ‘may’ in a statute
is that when such statute concerns the
public interest, or affects the rights of
third persons, then the word ‘may’
shali be construed to mean must or
‘shall’; and in 33d Georgia, page 419,
Judge Jenkins says : ‘In the con¬
struction of statutes ‘may’ is held to
mean ‘shall in two cases, viz: Where
the thing to be done is ‘for the sake
of justice or for the public benefit.’
Chief Justice Brown lays down the
•ame rule in 38th Georgia page 542 ;
see, also, Dwarwis on statutes, 7l2,
5fch Comyn’s digest, top p. 330, title
parliament letter R, 22, Aid. Black
nell’s case, first Vernon, 152.
If it is claimed that the act pro.
yides «• machinery for holding the
election the reply is that it was un¬
necessary. That had been already
fully provided by our State legisla¬
tion, which it adopts by leaving it
undisturbed. That the machinery
furnished by our State laws is suffi¬
cient, is easily shown.
It is conceded that under our Code
the machinery for holding elections
in all the nine Congressional Districts
is ample. (See sections 1297 and
1305 of the Codeg There is no diffi¬
culty then la holding elections for
Congressmen in the districts. When
all the nine districts have voted we
haire the vote of the 'State at large,’
for there is no territory and there
are no voters outside these districts.
They arc the ‘State at large/
Under the law, as it now stands,
each district will elect a Congress¬
man, and the nine districts joiutly (or
the ‘State at large’) will elect another.
Each voter in every district will vote
for a representative from that district
and also for another representative to
which that district with the eight
ethers is jointly entitled. We will
thus have an election for each of the
districts and for the ‘State at large.’
It will only remain for the Governor
to‘count up the votes' (in the not
very elegant language of section
1308 of the Code) and declare the
rcaalt*
I cannot think it necessary for me
to elaborate.
It is almost needless to add that in
mv opinion there is no legal obstacle
a Congressman
State at large.
Very respectfully,
Cuytoru Andkkson,
Attorney- General.
REMINISCENCES OF GENERAL
WASHINGTON.
Max Adder.
•You say/ I remarked to the old
negro who drove the hack, ‘that you
were Gen. n? JFasbington’s body ser¬
vant?’
‘Dat’s so ! Dat’s jes so, Mossa. i
done waited on Washington ever
sencc he was so high—no bigger n a
small chile.’
•You know the story, then, about
the cherry tree and the hatchet?’
‘Know it! Why 1 was dar on dc
spot! J seen Mossa Gawge climb de
tree after de cherries, an’ I seen him
fling de hatchet at de boys who was a
stonin’ him. I done chase dem boys
otT de place myself.’
‘Do you remember liis appearance
as a man. What did he look like?
‘Yes, indeedy. He was a Ainder
short, chunky naan; sorty fat and
hearty lookin’- lie had chiu whiskers
and mustache and spectacles. Mos'
generally he wore a high hat ; but
seed him in a fur cap wid ear-warm
crs.’
‘You were not with him, of course,
when he crossed the Delaware—
when he went across the Delaware
river.’
‘Wid him? Yes sir; I was right
dar. I was not more’n two* feet oflTn
him as he druv across de bridge in de
b l, ocT • Dat’s a fac’. I walked long
side de off hind wheel of dat buggy
all de way.’
‘You saw him then when ho fought
de British at Trenton?’
‘Sho’s you’re born J did ! I held
Mossa Gawge’s coat an’ hat while he
fought the British at dat werry place.
Mossa Gawge clinched him and den
dey rasslcd and rassled, and at first
he frzw A/ossa Gawge, and den Mossa
Gawge flung him and set on him and
done hammered him till he cried
nuff! Mossa. Gawge won dat fight.
I seed him wid me own eyes ! An' 1
come wid him in de kyurs V
•You weren’t with him though when
he shot the apple off the boy s head?’
‘Who wa’n t wid him? 1 ica’nt? 1
was de only pusson dar, 'ccptin* one
white mau. I loaded Mossa Gawge’s
revolver and lian’cd it to him, an’
picked up de apple an’ et it soon as
lie knocked it off’. Nobody can’t tell
dish yer o’e niggali nuffin ’bout dot
circumstance.’
‘You know all the General’s rela
tions, too : I suppose? Martin Luther
and Peter the Hermit and the rest?
‘Knowcd urn all. Many and many s
de time I done waited on de table
when Mossa Gawge had um to dinner.
I remember dem gemmens jes’ s
well’s if id seen um yesterday. Y'es,
aah ; an / druv ’em out often !’
‘J’ve frequently seen pictures of
IFasLiington in which he is repre¬
sented sitting upon a white horse.
Did he really ride a white horse, or
don t you recall the color of his
horse?’
* W hy bless your soul; ’call de co¬
lor ob de hoss—’call de color ob it?
Do you see dish yer nigh hoss dat 1 m
drivin now, right yer? JFell dat’s de
werry hoss Mossa Gawge used to
ride. He lef’ it to me in his will?’
Just then we reache.l the station,
and I dismounted from the hack and
paid Washington’s body-servant for
bis services. No doubt a longer con¬
versation with him would have re
vealed other new and startling facts
relating to the father of his country.
A CHILD BURNED TO
We yesterday mentioned the fact
that a little girl was burned to death
on Mr Elders place, in Oconee
county. Since then we have seen
Mr. Jiiller, who gave us the following
horrible particulars : It seems that
some hands on Mr. D. W Elder s
placa, near Goshen Academy, were
clearing off a new ground and burning
the logs and brush. About dinner
most of them left for home, a colored
woman and her daughter, aged about
11 years, remaining behind to attend
to the Area, It sfems that the little
girl began to punch at a large heap,
in full blaze, when one of the logs
rolled off, catching the child baneath
it and holding her securely. Her
screams brought the mother to her
assistance, and the mother did all in
her power to remove the log and
release the prisoner, but it was so
heavy that her efforts availed naught.
la the meantime the flames were
slowly devouring the child, whose
moans were heart-rending. She was
some time burning to death. When
help arrived they found only the
charred body of' the girl and an
agonised mother, who had been
forced to stand and witness her child
slowly tortured to death before her
eyes. —Athens Banner.
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1882. 1882
THE CONSTITUTION,
The ATLANTA, GA
present year will be one of tht most
important in the history of Georgia .
New parlies new ideas new growth, new
enterprises, new conflicts, all press for atlen*
tion provoke inquiry and force discussion.
No man of intelligence, no mau who would
understand the situation that he mav fill the
full measure of his duty and improve his op»
portunity can afford to be without a good
uewspaper.
THE ATLANT A CONSTITUTION
Iii either its daily or weekly editiou, offers a
thorough and comprehensive paper.
Published at the capital, fully equipped for
mw—gathering, with strong ediPaial and
“local” foBces, with an unequalled (ovps of
emrespniideufs covering the entire country
and noting every interest, THE CoXSTITU*
Tios is
Stronger, Better and Brighter Than
Ever Before,
Th - * constant increase of its business has
demanded an increase in its service until in
every essential particular it has established
itself as
Thff Leading Southern Newspaper,
And a necessity in one or tb® other of its
editi ms to every Georgian.
TERMS—The Dailv Constitution-
per annum, $5 for six months, $1 per
month.
The Weekly Cowstitution—i ..sQ per
annum; in clubs o. ten, $J 25 eedj in club*
twenty pleach. W ... ,,
THE CONSTITUTION,
Atlanta, Gs,
S. Jit. Smith ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
foCOOA Ga
VMTLL VV practice in the counties of too*
HaU Ba " ks * Wlin Spe-
•ia! atti-ntion {riven to collections
Jai'2:’tl
LEWIS DAVIS,
hT TOR NET AT LAW.
Toccoa City, Ga.
TX7IT.L V i vacriee in th«* counties of Haber
V s am and R than, of the Northeastern
Circuit, and Franklin and Ranks, of tin*
Western Circuit. Prompt attention will be
oiven to all business entrusted to him T he
coll •c t ion of debts will hava special ttenliou
Oct 15 81—1 yr
JOHN W OWEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Toccoa, Ga.
Will practice in the counties of Hanersham
and Franklin. Collections attend id to
promptly may If ly
L. J. GARTRELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW ,
>o. 31 WhltebiillStreet, ATLANTA,GA
Will practice ia the V. S. Civcnil and Dis¬
trict etoauds at Atlanta, and the Supreme and
puerio* Courtsof L a 1 - ly
A GOLDEN TRIBUTE
TO MERIT.
The Atlanta Exposition, as well, as the Ex¬
position at Paris, and the Centennial.
Kecogniae the Beauties and Advantages
the American Gold Sewing Medal Machine, It is
Awarded the in Preference to
all Other Machines Competing.
Atlanta is gradually but surely becoming
recognised throughout the country as a iner
cautile centre, that lots improved move during
the last tew years than any city in the Uni¬
ted States. The merchants ore beginning to
see the advantages she possesses in position
as a distributing point; the beauties of her
climate and the absence of that terrific com¬
petition cities, noticed in makes, Chicago and some North
ern which the iace fora living
almost mibeavabl* to all who have not solely
given themselves up to the acquisition o!
wealth.
Manufactories are goring;ug Hp on every
hand, and the merchants of the Gate Cit\
never lose an opportunity wh u, by a display
of their inventions or manufactures, at h<
or abroad, they cau meet with competitors in
trade.
WORTHY OF THEIR STEEL.
At tliei A'lauta Exposition .hole w«*r« utany
fin**. »‘xliil.its. rttid iimonpf thorn, towoiino
ahovp ovevvthiner in iht* buiklingr, \v:«s tin
ma^iiiiic* lit Cenu*!mi:\l pavilion of .lie Amen
can Sewing M«ebine Company, whose {jeu-
eral Sol fhei n depot Lv V<> 5 Pryor stiver,
in Kimball House, tiaderche diret tion of M .
W A Camp, a gentleman well ki.ovvu here {. r
his great i*in*rjy an I business Iffi nt . Ntir
vvi;lis/anding the fact, there were a givat
m n*' inac-hines competing for ilu*
GOLD MEDAL was unanimously award d
t i the Ameiicau Sowing Machine Company
Tin* Company aiso received three other
awards for excellence, making fotu in al:,
and it is one more awaid than was giauted
to any sewing macl iiie No medal of any
kind was given to any mach.ne. »*xc» pftng
the Grand Gold Medal a winded to (:<e Aineii*
can. The fo lowing ofircial document :s
received from the judges speaks for it>e fi
OFFICIAL.
American 13 If. 0. and fcOwirg M; chine
Comp: tiv. Pa adelphia, G.
Group 7 — v ass til.
Thir exhibit is win thy of special praise for:
A ti-tic arrangement
Beauty of specimens of needlework shown.
The auaptahi i:v of American Sewing
Machines fo all kinds of work,
Chus*e design and the small amount ol
powei to operate them.
Aa.erieaii 13 II 0 and Sewing Machine
Group Company 25—class Philadelphia, fry Pa
For the fine display of lad’es, 1 misses
and geuts’ garmcnis. showing great skill and
prtietice in tl*.**ir constru'dien
American B H O and Sewing Machine
Company. Philadelphia, Pa,
Group 7—.class 31,
The button holes made by this machine
ate perfect copies of the hand made bu ten
holes and more oeautiful, as they are made
with mathematical accuracy and are made
with great rapidity. T in^overseamiiio* i-
* •quid y perfect and beaut ilul and we consider
it worthy of a high award and recommend
toi it a gold medal.
As the American Sewing' Matkins
Company has become one of our leading
ou.siue.sB concerns a few 'im's about its career
and inventions would not be out of place
Estahlish-d in fefio, it has continued to
grow ..ml prosper till to day, when its various
manufactures are recognized for their sterling
worth in every part of the known world,
Tln-y possess more good points than any
<dher machines, and are in fact just what the
Company claims they are
THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
There are nr ny mac.dues mad* hr this
Company number for different kinds of work, rmong
the the most noticeable are the No I
machine for family use. iu many handsome
s vles. No 2. which is a great favorite with
tailors carriage trimmer* and all who desire
work- the best the machine but hole for machine light*manulacturiirg A T and
on o 3 the
extra manufacturing machine No 11.
All these machines are sold al very modest
prices, and are within the reach of elj classes
of society, Columns could be wiitten about
the superiority o' these machiues over a very
great many on the market, but the writer
ihinks the interested foregoing will be suffieient to
induce all in the matter, who read
Thr SCSi>av Gazette t# visit the elegant
estabUsmneut Street, K mball of the House, Company, No 5 Rryor
in and inspect the
beautiful iuvei tions he has attempted to
describe, or to send there tor an illustrated
pamphlet, which more fnllj describes them,
January i|8 1882
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INVENORS
Should address EDSON * BROS Attorney**
at Law and Patent Solicitors 6l7 Seventh
Street. Washington D C. for circulars or
instinotions. Reasonable terms. References
auo advice sent bee We attend exclusively
to Patent business. Reissues, Interferences
and cases Marks rejected in other hands a specialty
Trade and Caveats solicited. Upon
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we give opinion as to patentability free of
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