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VOL 1 —Ts O 135,
THOM ASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAT MORNING, OCTOBER 18, ’889
5.00 PER ANNUM
Letter.
We have heard
people wonder why
it is that at Lohn
stein’s you can al
ways find more
customers than at
any other place in
town.
This question we
can easily answer:
The people like to
trade at Lohnsteins
store,
1st. Because they
receive every possi
ble attention and
consideration from
the proprietor, as
well as from the
salesmen.
2nd. Because
they find a better
selection of goods
at Lohnstein’s than
at any other place
in town, and
Last, but not
least, because a dol
lar goes farther and
reaches deeper at
Lohnstein’s than
anywhere else.
Politeness,square
honorable dealing,
excellence and
great variety of
stock, small mar
gins and quick
sales; These are the
cardinal reasons for
our flattering and
unprecedented suc
cess. And the good
work still goes on.
Come and see us
this week. We
will divide profits
with you.
Dry goods, cloth
ing, shoes, hats,
complete in every
department. Bar
gains in every line.
They are waiting
for you. Come and
AUTUMN LEAVES.
Autumn leaves are falling
Softly to the ground;
Angels sad are calling:
“Come,” to weary hearts, with mournful
sounds—
Solemn sound.
Autumn leaves are sailing
Slowly through the air;
Loving hearts.are failing—
Azrael hovers, beck’ning,'everywhere—
Everywhere.
Autumn leaves are dying
With the waning sun ;
Broken hearts are lying,
Gathered to their kindred, one by one—
One by one.
Autumn leaves are speaking
To the many souls,
Phantom pleasures seeking,
While life’s river swiftly onward rolls—
Ever roll*.
But in warp of sadness
Hope e’er interweaves.
Golden weft of gladness,
As we ponder on the autumn leaves—
Dying leaves.
—Emile Pickhnrdt.
BROWifSBETOMENTS.
THE SENATOR SUBMITS HIS AR
GUMENTS IN WRITING.
The Claim of the Lessees $887,412—The
Lease Now in \oguc First Passed by a
Republican Legislature and Signed bya
Republican Governor—The Inventory.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 15.—There
was au interesting gathering in the
Senate chamber this afternoon when
the joint con 'erence committee met to
receive the claims of the. lessees for
betterments. Senator Whitfield pres
ided over the meeting with dignity
and courtesy. The Senate chamber
was well crowded tvith members of
the legislature anti others. Senator
Brown was present, flanked by G’ol.
Stahlman and Boykin Wright, one
of the counsel for the lessees. It was
decided, after the written clnim was
submitted, that the written argument
of President Brown for the lessees
might also be submitted, owing to
President Brown’s feeble condition
Both these matters were presented to
the committee.
they are to return the road at the
expiration of the lease in as good con
dition as it was when received. The
word “condition” is the pivotal word.
If the state demands the road back in
a better condition it violates the con
tract. The state has no more right to
receive the road back in better condi
tion than the lessees have to return it
in worse.
THE INVENTORY.
The lease act required an inventory
of the property made by a commission
and recorded in the office of the sec
retary of state and* filed in the execu
tive office. The lessees stand ready to
comply essentially with that invento
ry. Whatever surplus there is over
will belong to the lessees; and no
lawyer who values his reputation will
insist that the state has a right to take
it from us without paying for it,
merely because we have used it on
the track of the road during a portion
of the lease. So with the other im
provements made by the lessees. •
NEW SIDE TRACKS.
We have done most of the grading
and laid the crossties and iron on
twenty-three miles of additional side
tracks. , What right has the state to
claim that these side tracks belong to
her ? It has been said by many who
opposed the claim of the lessees/ that
they had made money out of it.
President Brown admitted the fact,
but said the lessees had the right to
make it, and they had made it fairly
and honestly. He described the men
who took the lease, and said they
would never have taken the road in
its condition without the prospect of
making money, and a largo sum of
money.
THE TREE QUESTION.
ing a new lease to settle this question,
as the state would be embarrassed at
every point unless there wa s an
honest settlement with the present
lessees.
TIIE EFFECT ON DIDDERS.
A corporation which will probably
bo a competitor for the new lease is
largely interested in this scttlemeht.
Tt was also stated that if the Rich
mond and Danville and the compan
ies controlled by it, and the Louisville
and Nashville, should not bid, but
should pool to throw all the traffic
controlled by them over the East
Tennessee road, no company could
afford to pay the minimum price it is
proposed to ask for the new lease.
They could thus do the state more
harm in a single winter than it would
cost to pay the whole claim for bet
terments.
brown’s LOVE FOR GEORGIA.
The argument of President Brown
closed in these words: “I am a Geor
gian, and nearly all my life has been
spent in the state. I feel the deepest
possible interest in her posperity, her
honor, and her glory, and, as a Geor"
gian, I shall blush for shame if it
should be justly said that she has
repudiated a just aud honest claim
which, upon every principle of equi
ty and justice, she was bound to pay.”
The committee took the papers,
and Senator Whitfield will call a
meeting to-morrow to decide what to
do with them and what report to
make.
FORSAKEN FLORIDA!
AMOUNT OF THE CLAIM.
pluck them,
will pay you.
It
Ihe Great Leader and Benefactor,
132 BROAD ST.
The itemized claims of the lessees
aggregated 8887,412,25, which in
eludes the expenditures for the im
provemeut of the tracks; for the
depot buildings, bridges, locomotives,
cars, machinery, grading in and about
Atlanta, changing the gauge, and
taxes paid in Tennessee, the latter
item footing up to the expiration of
the tense 8136,522.
The written argument submitted
was bulky, covering twenty three
pages of close type-written matter.
brown’s EXPLANATION.
In his argument Senator Brown
began by saying that as president of
the company he desired to protect its
interests, and that other agents and
attorneys of the company and'of those
interested iu it arc here to aid in its
protection. Under the contract the
lessees are bound to pay into the
treasury of the state, at the end of
each month, §25,000 rental, and also
to return the road and its appurtenan
ces at the termination or forfeiture of
the lease iu as good condition as it
was received. The only cause of for
feiture is failure to pay the rental
within twenty days after the end of
each month. The lessees have
promptly ' paid this rental. Another
company made a higher bid, in which
the law was not complied with, and
a strong opposition sprung up on that
account to the present lease after it
had been granted by the company.
CONFIRMATION OF TIIE LEASE.
After a thorough examination by
the legislature the lease was confirm
ed. The lease was made by an act
passed by a republican legislature,
signed by a republican governor, and
confirmed by a democratic legislature
and democratic governor. The terms
j of the lease have been faithfully com-
I plied with so far. No one denies that
The true question is not what wo
have made, but have we complied
with the contract so far, and do we
offer to comply with it the balance of
the lease ? While we may not he
permitted to go into the courts to set
up our rights to the full extent of the
improvements made, and may not be
legally entitled to pay for all the bet
terments placed upon the road, we
are entitled iu equity and natural
justice to be paid the difference in the
condition ot the road, which we esti
mate at more than 81,000,000, but we
are willing in settlement to take less.
The lessees as willing to settle for
the betterments are reported by the
commission authorized by the last
legislature.
. THE AMOUNT RETORT ED.
The amount reported by that com
mission was 8750,889, In addition
to this amount the lessees claim that
the state should refund them the
amount of taxes paid by the company
in Tennessee, which under the con
tract they were not legally bound for.
If the state agrees to settle on this
basis then the company will deliver
the road with its appurtenances in its
condition, either to the state or the
new lessees, if there should be such,
when the present lease expires.
THE TERMS OF PAYMENT.
As to the terms of payment the
lessees arc willing to leave that to the
state; the payment cither to be made
out of future rentals, or in 4 per cent,
bonds, or in money in any otherform.
The lessees further say they are will
ing to submit the whole question to
arbitration, the arbitration to be
selected by the state, or they will
leave it to any intelligent court the
state will throw open. Outside of a
settlement the lessees clnim that they
could reduce the rolling 6tock and
road to their original condition.
TnE TENNESSEE TAXES.
As to the Tennessee taxes, a levy
could be made ou the state’s property
in Tennessee. But the company
desires no litigation with the state,
and will have none, if it is possible
to avoid it. We only want a fair,
honest, and just adjudication of our
rights. Wc do not want to be hung
up in a long litigation with the state.
It was then argued that it would be
to the advantage of the state in mak-
A Specimen of Alligator Gall and Citrus
Choek.
- ■from the-Loutivllle Courier-Journal.
. The mayor of Pensacola has put
him self to the trouble of writing a
letter to the secretary of state calling
the attention of that functionary to
certain geographical eccentricities in
the line of travel marked down for
the international congress. Our inno
cent Floridian, observing that, though
including twenty states of the Union,
this chart de voyage does not touch
a Bingle southern state, has the effron
tery to offer a protest, or something of
that sort. Such a case of case-mated
hardihood has not appeared since the
present administration came into
office; though it is natural that it
should emanate from the land of alli
gators and porcupines, and be hurled
upon the powers that be at very long
range. Let us hope that Mr, Blaine
will take it os a joke.
Truth to say, the Courier-Journal
did not fail to note the exclusion of
so great a section of country from the
secretary’s program for his Spanish
American guests immediately upon
its publication. But we said nothing.
We have grown so used to that kind
of thing that in its line nothing sur
prises us. Under the existing order,
the country is run, primarily of course,
for the Grand Army of the Republic;
but, next after the Grand Army, for
New England, then for Pennsylvania,
and, finally, for the president aud his
iugeniousprivatesecretary. It would
be strange if upon the general cartel,
Mr. Blaine should omit to engraft
himself and get iu his work. Hence
all the yankee states have a whack at
the gentlemen with sombreros, though
the season is over both at Newport
and Bar Harbor, and, having ex
hausted exhibitory possibilities of the
east, our excursionists arc carried
west as far as the good city of St.
Paul, whose name at least will com
mend it to their pious homage, and
brought thence back to Washington
by way of Omaha, the refuge of hus
bands who have discovered disagreea
ble truths at home. The Mammoth
Cave, we are glad to see, is put down
en passant for a peep at Mr. Blaine’s
congress; for which let us down on
our marrow-bones and give thanks to
the Plumed Knight, who had always
had a soft spot for Kentucky. But, ex
cepting the all-night run through
Missouri, and the dash across the
Pan-Handle of West Virginia, no
time will be wasted upon the vanish
ing civilization of the too, too Solid
South.
What is our worthy mayor of Pen
sacola kicking about any way ? It is
true, perhaps, that these foreigners
might have been interested in the
capital of the defunct confederacy,
with its surrounding battle fields; an
inspection of the pine land and rice
fields of the Carolinas, with a look
upon Charleston; and even a detour
down into Florida itself. Savannah
offers attractions at least equal to
Kalamazoo. Then, there are 'New
Orleans, not to mention Mobile and
Birmingham and Texas, Hell-for
Sartin and Hot Springs.—but what
of them? The “protected industries”
of Macon and Augusta, tho “protect
ed leanings” of Chattanooga and
Atlanta, might, indeed, have pleaded
for them. But the secretary of state
doubtless thought it best not to quit
God’s country, nor run the risk of the
shot gun policy in any of the states
lately in rebellion.
Lot Florida bide her time. Her
time will come. The South wants
none of the meretricious aids to her
development of which Mr. Blaine
seems to think the East and West
stand in such need. We have the
climate and the soil, and the rest will
come. Let the poor devils, for whose
exclusive benefit the administration
has planned this trip, make all they
can out of the artificial advantages a
one-sided political arrangement can
throw their way. God and nature
are on our side, and, in tho long run,
they always win.
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES.
Letters From Cleveland and Randall to a
Convention.
Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 15.—Ihe
first general assembly of
‘cratic societies of Pennsylvania began
•to day in tho ^Thalia theater in this
city. Over 800 delegates, represent
ing democratic clubs in all parts of
the state, are in attendance.
A number of distinguished demo
crats are present, including Hon. W.
L. Scott and Hon. E. A. Bigler, can
didates for state treasurer, Ex Liet.
Gov. Cbauncey F. Black, president
of the democratic societies presided.
A LETTER FROM CLEVELAND.
The following letter from cx-Presi
dent Cleveland was read:
New York, Oct. 15, 1889.
Hon. Chauneey F. Black:
My Dear Sir—I am sorry that 1
shall not be able to be in Philadelphia
at the general assembly of tho demo
cratic societies ot Pennsylvania on
the 15th inst., and cannot, therefore,
attend the meeting which will follow
that ajsembly. My estimate of the
value of these democratic societies as
agents for the instruction of the
people ou political topics and for the
accomplishment of legitimate political
work is well known, and there never
was a time when, in the interest of
good government and the national
prosperity, they were more needed.
The condition of political nflairs is
such that the attention of all demo
crats should be directed to the en
forcement of tho distinctive principles
of the party, and in my opinion this
is no time for a search after make
shifts and temporary expedients. We,
as a party, are fairly enlisted in the
cause of tho people, and patriotism,
duty and party success require that
we should he consistent and steadfast.
All personal aud selfish aims should
be subordinated. I confidently ex
pect that in the work we have iu
hand our democratic societies will ex
hibit au efficiency which will be gratci
fully acknowledged by all who have
at heart the welfare and posperity of
the American people. Yours very
sincerely. Grover Cleveland.
randall’s letter.
The following letter was received
from Hon. Samuel J. Randall:
Washington, D. C., Oct. 7, 1889.
To Hon. Chauncey F. Black:
My Dear Sir—Your letter asking
my presence at the general assembly
of the democratic clubs of Pennsyl
vania, to be held at Philadelphia ou
the 15th inst., received. I shall go to
Washington before that time, and
cannot accept, but appreciate your
courtesy. 1 hope the meeting will be
successful iu every particular. Organ
ization is what is needed in our state,
and every effort in that direction
should receive the encouragement and
support of every democrat in our
g<5od old commonwealth. Yours
truly, Samuel J. Randall.
-A.-
Now Going on
-AT-
ILEIWSTS
DryMsHsw.
Our «Mr. Levy
having closed out,
while in N e w York,
large lots of
Wanting Jackets,
New Markets,
lodjeskas.
ALSOU LARGE LOT OF
Misses’ and Childrens’
Cloaks & Reefers,
direct from the
manufacturers, we
feel confident in as
serting that our
Prices
on them are
FAR BELOW
the cost of manu
facture.
Call early before
the choice ones are
picked over.
Levy’s
Mitchell House Block.