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VOL. U.
The Times
W. At. Pewlar, Editor
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SOME GOOD CHANGES
■ ’ The constitutional commission in
Louisiana has reported to the legis¬
lature the amendments it has agreed
upon. Several of these are of na
tioaal interest.
Among the judicial reforms pro¬
posed is the authorization of the
,tu*e to provide that less than
twelve members of a jury may bring
in a verdict. This change, so faT,
at least, as it relates to civil suits,
lias for a long time been growing
in favor all over the country. That
it should be recommended by the
constitutional commission in so con¬
servative a state as Louisiana indi¬
cates that it will be widely adopted
the near future. The property
involved in a civil suit is as Kkely
io be the due of the plaintiffof
(he defendant, and it is manifestly
unjust that the plaintiff should be
deprived of rights which nine, ten
mid even eleven men upon the jury
believe to be his.
; Another proposed constitutional
amendment of much importance
permits school districts to increase
their taxation for school purposes
by a majority vote of their prop¬
erty-holders.
. The exclusion of non-property
.holders from the right to vote at
such election introduces the third
important amendment offered by
the commission. This changes the
electoral qualifications and requires
every voter to have prepaid his poll
tax aad to be able to read said write
or to possess property valued at
than faoo, .'In California a
similar constitutional
submitted to the voters of that state
at the coming election. The Cali¬
fornia amendment, however, pro¬
poses no property qualification,and
permitaaU present voters to retain
THAT INCOME TAX
The disposal of the free list re¬
cently in the senate brought the in
come tax before that august body.
The committee in charge proposed
the amendments so widely de¬
manded, exempting from this tax
building and loan associations, sav
ings hanks not conducted for the
profits of stock-holders, and mutual
insurance companies. At a later
session the committee further pro¬
posed to exempt from tax on cor
poraitons the sums paid in interest
to hond-bolders, and also to reduce
the limit of individual exemption
froml^oooto | 3 ,ooo. This last
tor Hill ef New York, who
ttaeked the hence bills* a class
are leveled at the very rich.
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DEilOREST, HABERSHAM COUNTY, OA., JULY 6, I89 4 .
bill, taken as a whole. Senator
Sherman, who was one of the re¬
publicans supporting the income tax
of 1871, urged that there was great
er necessity for it at that time than
there is today. Senator Kyle gave
some interesting’ statistics to tjie
effect that in England, under the
income tax, the separation between
rich and poor had rapidly lessened,
while in-this country, under a pro¬
tective system ^the separation be¬
tween the two classes had rapidly
widened.
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The platform adopted by the Ill
inois State convention of Populists,
at Springfield, suggests some very
sensible improvements in the char
acter of the State and national econ¬
omy' Among others we notice the
following: Declares “that the ap¬
peal for the adjudicating of indus¬
trial and political wrongs should al¬
ways be to the ballot and [never to
the bullet,” “that we denounce the
license system of dealing with the
liquor traffic as fostering one of the
most corrupt monoplies of our times
and the saloon system, as supported
by the Republican and Democratic
parties, as one of the chief means
by which the money power oppesses
the producers; and we demand that
wherever a majority of the people
petition for the sale of intoxicating
liquors,' such sale shall b$ conducted
by the state, as a matter of police
regulation, ’without profit’ and
“that womeifishall have equal pay
with men (pr the same labor and
shquld- have an equal chalice to
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Columbian , might have
stamps
been improved, in size at least, had
we the public-competition in de¬
signs which is in vogue in France.
The effigy of Joan of Arp, the pop
many of the. six hundred designs
jpst sent in for the new set of stamps
about to be issued in that country.
Speakp^f Columbian stamps, the
islanfimja^iaica set-in proposes fourth to issue
a honor of the centen
ary of its (^KOV^y, of this*; commemorated “Thfc
on May 3 year.
Gleanssd’ of Kings ton, the capital,
sensibly says: “The stamps.wrill
possess a design indicative of
purpose for which they have been
issued, tad will be in circulation
for one yea*. Stamp-collecting is
supposed ^ impart geographical
knowledge tef the collector, ;, and
probably a multitude of youths-—
and adults also—would obtain more
Information about Jamaica from
their stamps than they ever did from
schoolmasters.” -
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Democrats of Pennsylvania
held their convention and amOng
other things the platform began by
denouncing die republieansand the
McKinley bill as * responsible for
business depression and dissipation
of public surplus. Ttendorseif the
Chicago platform end spdroved of
the 4
flexible determination” of the prsri
oent rlomV Iff! in fiemtU nnancvai Hn l I. .It do
ooonced the $40■ te.tfi-j individual
inflation scheme of the sti ft
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dorse the upright and f
pectation of the people. „
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A 5,000 Mile Trip
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In compliance writfi an invitation
from the editor of the Times the
writer will attempt to inflict on
the readers of that paper a few
remarks on what he saw in the
Smith west. Having just returned
from that section of our country
possibly something interesting, if
not particularly instructive, may be
said- It is generally f conceded. ' .V that all
travelers are' apt to indulge in
rather doubtful descriptions, but
your humble servant at the outset
w ju promise not to attempt any
rosy pictures,
Early on the morning of Febru¬
ary 15th, 1893, kissing wife and
little ones good-bye, I took my
traveling bag and hurried over un¬
certain paths to the depot and as
a “sorter” souvenir of the trip I
carried for sometime a black and
blue spot on my shank, which I
received near Mr,.. Stambaugh’s
Novelty Works,
Arriving at the depot just in
time t<rcatc h the train, I soon ar
rived at Cornelia and the heavens
ope ned and that was the last rain
j 8aw for man y months. Arriving
in Atlanta 1 purchased a ticket for
gan Franco, Cal., over three
^^nd m ii e8 aw ay. - Then com
m enced the long journey to Phcenix,
Arizona Territory, otir destination.
Soon we were f ar from Haber-
8hara - 8 woo ded hillsides, speeding
through the m&rshea of the gulf
coast; the prairta of Texas and
through the border of the Great
American Desert, arriving at Phe
nix,on the morning of the fifth day.
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We did not see much pf the
country on the trip, but we did on
our way back. ^ If you whhtose?
the country by rail it is a good ide^
to ride one way and walk the other,
as the “stop-overs,” which the rail
road company would not'let you
hake on your way out, will come in
real convenient now and the tail
road people offer no objections. -
•This mode of travelimjfjin many
respects, is hlfehly commendable,
Jt is a sure cure for dyspepsia, affords con
sumption, gout, etc., and
opportunity to study histoiy, geog
raphy, geology, and scenery and to
cultivated taste for good grub and
plenty of »t.^.,The trj^ller descriptive story
of a country by a j^dekuion with +
through railroad ticket is
and & snare and to be accepted in
homoeopathic doses and with a due
allowance of salt. & & ^
Phtsnix, I found, n, quite .
33? village, fairly I up to the fflS' ogpecta*
mg die wonderful pemphlet loeelity, ueued
by tfceUnddu.rk.of the
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portion ofthe inhabitants, He is
distinguished by his look of ex*
pec tat ion. A prospector with np
big find on hand is unknown, but
he must be given credit for much
of the prosperity and. the enthusi¬
asm he creates over the occasional
genuine find. l '
While mining is of considerable
importance, agriculture is of far
more importance. The city is the
center of a truly great and rather
phenomenally rich section. Space
will not admit of a full description
pf the local traditions, past, pres,
ent and future prosperity, etc.—B.
(Continued next Week.)
. Whet They Think of Ut
“Vol. If, Number 49 .of the
Demorest Times came to us last
Week. It is. a six column four
page paper and we welcome it to
our exchange list and' wish it
success.”—Clarkesville Advertiser.
- “The Demorest Times, after
an absence Pf two years from the
place of its birth, has returned to
the old home, and last week re¬
sumed publication. We are glad
to see it as a visitor, and it will
find a welcome on our table.”—
Taccoa News. f ,
“The first number of the Demo
best Times appeared last week.
It is a neat six column folio, inde¬
pendent in politics, issued every
Thursday, by W„ Al. Fowler, It
revives the former Demorest Times,
discontinued in 189I.”—North
East G eorgian^ *
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u^dy Cecilia Rose’s jewels have
^ the object of quite an
iaten *ft ng lawsuit in London in
w ith the bankruptcy of
Captain Roea, her husband, whose
frther the late Sir John Rose, was
4J* tyhdoa partner of ex-Vic*
President, Morton in the well
known house of Morton, Rose &
Company. - ^ ,
It seems that Captain on^ Lady
Cecilia Rose, who are well known
] n New York, where they *spend
much time, deposited a number of
court jewels, including a pearl
necklace, with the court jewelers
before the bankruptcy proceedings
were instituted, with the object of
securing for the firm the amount of
a large account which it had on its
books against the capUin and his
wife. # . W V
The latter entertain# hopes at
the tithe of being able to avert the
bankruptcy proceedings. These
expectations were not realised and
the trustee of the bankruptcy has
««d (beJonHen to, Ok return ef
tluMe 5 jewels on the ground that
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Call the attention of milt and machinery O’
doing their work and repairs. Good wont
enables do repairs e of
dry and with pattern leasvpossible shop delay. us to We solicit j 1
brass the
those who desire work in our line. Our
rdpairs on engines, sawmills, cane-mills, |
They all ML ’ •.v’fSSWSprg
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Complain of hi
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promised for ms&m
Some have to secure us
time, while the hard times are on us, v.— U ' 1 1 pm 1
MIZE? But how economize? This is oi
:st. Bay only what yea need; ?«*. Tn *
quality than to quantity; 3d. Do not be d—
“Largest stock,” “cheapest Be prices,” etc.
goods to the purchaser. yourself. In your fnves ow;
Investigate for your
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