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THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AUGUST 1». 1898.
IN TUt TdWH U® MBTY.
Mountains high and canons deep.
Orer which no pan can leap;
Baton he goes Ms wearyway^
No patter what the ir inds miy'saj.
Vallfjrs barren, ralleys green,
Erery now and them are sees,
Springs of water hare and there
Quench the thirst with liqnld dear.
Bail descends and snow docs fall, -
They come alike upon ns all.
Lightnings flash and thunders peal,
Make us each our weakness feet;
The storm increases as we go,.
Wet'and cold we tremble so.
Clouds above and douds below,
Teach us of the God of lore.
Rough and rugged are the rocks,
Scraggy bushes tear our locks,
Anxious are we to find a shed,
Under which to lay our head.
Time it is of toitjpd spite, ’
In hUhand each takes hia life, i
Such is the life which oacb man leads,
7?he through the Rocky mouatstaa speels.
Yoon truly,
J, Q. Hopkins*
The Tiraes-Enterprise
Hopkins proposes to run
the quarantine with at little cnet to
the city u possible. He 'says if nec-.
PunusiiED Every Saturday.
Stiliwii noir Oornertfickviii Street,
The cigar business, like ererything
else, is feeling the eflects of thepresent
frotneial deprano*. . Ai Thamurille
is greatly interested in thia business
the fallowing item* taken from- the
TobaccoJj«af of ba week, which ia
published in New York, concerning
the conition of bodsea in
will be read with more -than posting
interest
A, regard) the manufacture of ci
gars, this city remaini in about the
same position a* that of the put
fttontbet to. There bin ..been no
increase of Order* worth mentioning,
and the majority of tbw tnlwill: are
•till rnnning with greatly reduc'd
forces. ■ The bnelniu oatfeefc- ke» not
improved to up extent, and com
plaint* are heard from every quarter.
A huge number of factories have
doted, and thoee which an running
are still employing only a limited
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
One Year
Six Months,.
perfect.
While the'' smartest men In the
country are wrestling with the silver
question and trying to solve it, there
are hundreds ot people light here in
Thotnasville who think they know all
about it, and if only in congress could
settle the matter in twenty minutes.
The trail season is about oyer and
the railroad men are taking advantage
cf their summer vacation to go to the
World’s Fair.
The ooly subject ditcussed on the
streets now is the silver question. It
is the sU absording topic with almost
everyone.
Southern towns and cities will dean
up now. ' '■<
The State Agricultural Society wilt
meet in Brunawick next February.
Atlanta and Gainesville have invited
refugees bom Pensacola to stop with
them.
More trouble is apprehended at
Coal Creek. The miners are in an
ugly mood. " \
The general government will take a
hand in stampiog oat yellow fever at
Pensacola.
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
Vacation dayswiil aeon be over.
The schools'Will opes up again in a
r tew weeks, *
P - Christmas will come along after
I awhile and then everybody will have
a good time.
| - Mr. Keefer's new toe 'taetmy is
nearing ..completion. The roof is
i being put on.
i Or. Lee Neel is sow with the bow
’ shoe store opened yesterday by Mos-
! amnia Steyerman A Bro.
' Head the advertisement of Messrs,
fj Os*AM. Wolf, which appears in
I IftpMftmed plaoS this morning.
OAV7ATS, I
TRADE MARKS,
C1SICH PATENTS,I
COPYRIGHTS, etcJ
^rieatific American
Talk about reading Qrover Cleve
land out ol the democratic party.
It makes U9 tired.
Repeal the Sherman law at once,
then there will be plenty of time to
discum the silver question:
Atlanta has annexed the cyclorama
the great battle picture of that city.
Now let them annex West End.
The papers are generally agreed
that the Southern base ball league is
dead. There are bnt few mourners.
It has been suggested by both sides
that three weeks time be given to the
debate on the repeal of the Sherman
act.
Congress should repeal theSher*
man law, and then do its skyrocket
act, saye the Brunswick Times-Ad-
vertiser.
The country is waiting to see a bill
introduced in congress providing for
the bee coinage of silver at inch a
ratio aa will cstabbh and maintan a
j parity between the silver dollar and
’ the gold dollar. That is the position
; taken by the democrats in the Chicago
j platform. Time will be wasted on
jany other proposition.—Enquir er>
; Sun, Columbus.
Chicago, Aug. 11.—The beat
wheat market in months developed
to-day. The cash price ie up three
i cents a bushel. For September op-
I tion there was an advance of 2J cents
per bushel, and the closing wassteady
within J cent of top figures. The
t low crop estimates, light receipts, and
r better financial outlook were the
maun reason.
The man who keeps hi* money in
an old sock nr beneath » rook in some
out of the way place is a factor in the
present fiuancial problem.—Albany
Hews and News and Aeyertiaer.
be sold at and below coetbi order to
redoes the stock. Mr. Outright has
bought the interest ot J. C. AI Dan
iel in the burinemjo take effect on the
first of September, and they Bn es
pecially anxious to sell off aa many of
the goods before that time as possible.
Bead the ad.
foal., after a brief fltnessof only three
lays. The sympathy of every one
goes out to jthe 'bereaved parents in
their greet torn.
g O. CULPEPPER,
Physician ana Skrcos, j
MOULTRIE, - - • GEORGIA-
Offers bis services to the dtiUDS o
elqnitt and adjacent counties.
G. McLENhON,
ATTOllNEYAT LAW,
Prompt attention given to nil business ea»
trusu.i to him
over Watt’s stow, corner Broafl
mud Jwi-ksnn
V.XllORROCKS
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Hut and Estivates Finolei
1 offer my services to make contracts for
or super.mend a.', kinds of buildings, pubtie
•r privute, ta either brick or wood. Best
•f referenced given
4-4-ly
HERRING & WALKER,
Undertakers.
188 BttOAD STREET.
TlltiUAMVILLU DKIIRUIA
grape* an on the
They are, in the opinion of
tiaaay, the finest grape that grows.
The boys ot the “Gas Pipe” nine
tay that the female ben ball dub
will play here tome time about the
25th.
Thomasville is holding her own.
More, she ts making .progress every
day. It is one of the solidest of solid
towns.
THOMPSON
Iron Works,
JAtkttO.Y STREET,
THOMASVILLE, - - - GA
(o)
I am better prepared than ever to
do any and all kiuda of repair work
in iron and brass. In addition to long
years of experience, 1 am folly equip
ped with the latest improved tools
and can goarautcc all work entrusted
to me Shops in rear of former resi
dence, on lower Jack ton street Give
me an apportunity to make an eati-
mate on your work.
C. B. THOMPSON, Agt.
tfSw-t
I represent *ne of ihe
largest and reliable
monument housed In the
country and cflfli I
prices on monuments, h
■ stones, etc^ lower thin any
I body. ~
I Artificial Stone Curbing
I for cemetery lots made to
I order.
IRON FENCINW,
any and all styles, sold at the most
reasonable rates. Call and see nr
and get estimates
W. H. BUUCll,
Thomasville, Ga.
I REVOKtl
1 This standard biei stalll <a will
make the present season at th6 Ke»-
tucky Stables, «t the low pries «t
$15 THE SEASON
Invariably in Advene*.
PEDIGREE:
REVOKE is by King llenc, he by
Belmont (sire of Ntiflfrood, 2-18^;
and of WcdecwccrJ, 2 :lfi) he by
Alexander’s Abdallah, (sire of Gold
smith’s Maid). Revoke’s first dan
was Rosewood, by Blackwood, (sire
ofPortinc, 2;10K; second dam by
Paul Murphy, third dam by Cock
•pur, fourth dam by Sir Wallace.
•». RICHEY-
For Sale at a Bargain,
IVe will sell at a bargain a com
paratively new 11-Hone Power Lew
is Vapor and Gae Engine, which we
have been working about 12 mouth*.
It is the beet thug of tiie kind ever
ends and is especially suited for * J—
borne purposes, as there
fetid no danger of ex;
engine can be ran at q cost
per day an-1 no fireman or
3 aired. Yon simply s
I it runt until yon stop
the beet get engine .made,
nee it at Ike office oi the
Thosasrillu Maunfjcmring Co.,
Madison Stfset. iesooey ie —
*wtf j or the merchant, iii. tkat atfeioa.
j.
• An Amusing Game.
Ope of the moet amnsing games of
base' ball we have aeeo this seaaoa was
played on the grounds in rear, of
Paradhe Park Friday afternoon
between tUOoboCreek Club and a
•crab nine of towa boys. The Coon
Creek boys 'challenged oar boy* on
Thursday lor a game.. Two or throe
of the Thomasvihe team are absent
and two or Hues are disabled, and so
the challenge was declined. Thp
Coon Creek club failed to receiye
the message and thinking everything
was all right, they came down ready
for playing. They were anxious to
play and in order to accommodate
n, a scrub nine was ecmptd to
gether and at three o'clock both learns
reported , at the grouads ready for
playing. Joet before the game was
called a Treavy rain set in, which
lasted some time. As soon as it
ud op a bit, however, the boys
started'the. ball to rolling; notwith
standing the drizz'ing rairi which con
tinued to fall- The ground* and ball
Was very wet and it was impooible to
play a good gauie, had there been
nothing else the matter, bat the boye
naturally could not play much ball,
end tome of the plays made on both
sides were'extremely ridiculous and
amusiag. Quite a crowd stood on
the wet ground in the nun and
watched the game. At the end of
the fifth inning the teams concluded
they had .enough and the game was
oailed.’theacorn standing 25 to 8 in
favor of Tbomasvil'e The following
were thd teams:
'Tbim.xsvitie baa more pretty grls
ttisn »uy «thvr town on earth,” esid
uaVeling nia-i to the reporter yes
terday. And this man knows shat
he ie talking about.
On account of yellow fever and the
quarantine regulations at vari-jui
points, Mr. T J. Bottoms has p«'
poned his SevaBoah egenreion from
August 23d, mitiliaae Asa*'early in
September.
Mr. Robbie Hopkins and iamily
and Mr. C. W. Wiggins and family,
of Brunswick, arrived on Sunday
morning just in time to get in before
quarantine against Brunswick was
declared by the city council.
“Mugs” is the name of the new
district In Thomas. The number is
$o8. An election win be held in the
new distric on the snd Saturday- In
September for w justice ot the peace
and two constables.
Talk about lawn tennis, base ball,
polo, and lb* new fangWd games ot
the day, how would it do to get up
aa old fashioned game ot ’‘Bull Pen?”
Rome had just stacks of iuo over this
old-time game the ether day.
We hope every one »t our readers
will retd carefully the communica
tion o! Rev. A. M. .Wynn, setting
forth the importance - ot cleaning up
the city. Mr. \V> unit »uexactly the
right line and w> hope onreity fathers
will take atepe at once to have the
work well done.
We pro indebted to Dr. McTjre
tor some onusuxlly fine specimens ol
LcConte pears, rhej are just ripe
enough, juicy aad palatable. The
docor is a conaausnretn the matter ot
frtnL Few men nodenUad butt
culture better or give it more careful
attention
Tbomaa«ilie.
Puritan.
Coon t'r««k.
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Brown
DaveniHjrt'T.
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Norton
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Rick*
Walker....;
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Norton
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We are informed by Mr. Wm.
Campbell that the movement to estab
lish a Hagey Institute here fas not
abandoned by any meant. On the
contrary at ta almost aa-.amfeed tact
that one wifi- tie opened here soon.
The Hagey treatment is said to be a
positive cure for drunkenness and the
opinm and cigarette habit.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Georgia Cotton Company, held in
Albany the other day, Mr. E. Sim-
kin*, of that'city, was elected Presi
dent to fill the vacaocy closed by the
death of Mr. C.C. Campbell. Mr.
John Whitehead, well known here,
was elected Secretary and Treasurer.
The capital stock of the company wae
increased. We understand that the
company will have one or more bay-
ere here this reason.
The Macon Telegraph says
The farmers or wingiam Georgia,
or the extreme eouthweetem portion
of the state, have made their crop this
year at very little cost, and the eon-
sequence is they are leie in debt, owe
lete now. than they hare OB any crop
made in the bat. fire years.
This information -onreer froa
who tarried h that aeelte of Geor
gia, and who come in drily contact
in that -*>•■
«N|
the
sa
thacte-
WfSt
the whole of NSiSMl a “
a very
Young Female College.
In another column will be found
the announcement of the above col
lege. "The fall session opens un Wed
Deadly;' Sept. 6tii, 1893, end the
terms Ss published in the advertise
meat are very reasonable. There has
been,, only one change made in the
faculty since last term. Min Grieve
having resigned, Mrs. G. U. Spinner,
of Virginia, baa been elected to fill
her place.! Mrs Spinner comes with
the strongest endorsements possible
from the highest sources, and is a lady
well qualified to fill the responsible
position to which (lie has been elected.
The remainder ol the faculty, con
sisting . of President Baker, Miss
SaUie Baker and Miss Ladie Stegall,
are too well known to need any re
commendation at our hands. As an
educator President Baker has few
superiors, and h<s assistants are all
that could he desired by the most
exacting 'parent of gnardian. They
have made Young Female Cullege
one of- the foremost institutioi-s of
teeming in Georgia. We are glad to
know that the indication* now point
to even * larger attendance at the
approaching session than ever before.
Read the announcement.
At the Fair.
Mr. John Montgomery ie in receipt
ofa tetter from a friend from Thom
aeriUe who ie visiting the World’s
fair. He ie evidently taking in every
thing in right We mike the fol’ow-
ing extract from the letter:
We are all on the mare. Every.
thing it business here. No time to
•pond on you fellows- down . there.
Wish you and Jim Reid were able to
earns, bat as yon can’t don’t fret or
worry about it Everything it going
on in perfect order since we put in an
appearance. There is plenty of
room here. Tell oar friends to put
on a move down there, to start the
street, cars and make things ham.
Tell Tom Ball to pnt another story on
that new store. Things most change.
Wo are behind. Tell Jim Reid to let
the boys have plenty of money.”
* * *
The South Georgia College.
We call the attention of our. readers
to the advertisement of the above
college-' in this issue. This college
now hts.a faculty equal in all re
spects to the best ip the state aad the
people of South Georgia ehoutdgire
-it' their patronage. The president,
Col. J. Colton Lynes, has a wide repu
tation as an educator and b malting
this college famous. Thomasville is
healthy, its dtizeni cultured, morel
and refined, snd the surroundings of
a student at this college are all that
oottld be desired-by chriitianparenta.
Write for any- information desired.-
Camilla Clarion.
Biuna Vista, Colo., Aug. 5; ’93.
Dear Tnsas Enterprise:
When I last wrote I was about to
ttart across tbe mountains, or as ter
I wished to go 00 horseback, with Sam
Wallace, ol FUaddphia. We hare
reached thia place, 10a mile* from
Colotado Spring*.
Oar gray colta being joong would prance,
They kept op a tattoo oa our pants,
So being sort we’re stopped to rest,
We know you, too, would thiak it best. .
This is a pretty little town in a valley.
It has an attitude ol 7,970 thet aod is
stmt in by lofty now tipped peaks, ex
cept to tbe South, in which direction
the valley extends several miles. Like
every other place I have seen in (he
state, dure is almost absolutely
nothing doing. The Princeton ts Ihe
finest hotel in the place. It is named
•he highest peak in right,
which is several hundred feet higher
than Pike’s. When we opened the
book to register, our.eyes fell on tbe
following: “Monday, July 34th, 1883.
To day this hotel closes until silver is
again made money.* We could only
get rooms, which we were glad to se
cure, and we got oar meals elsewhere.
Every where we go hotels, business
houses and dwellings are closed and of
ten entirely abandoned and advertised
tor sale or rent. There are practically
no tourists, icvalids or drummers
the state. Neatly everybody seemrjo!
idle. Silver, silver, ail -sr, is the all
absorb ng topic. There Is a great
d-.-al more silver on the tongue than
ix the pocket, and everybody abuses
Cleveland as though he was personal
ly responsible for their having no
money. Men no longer have confi
dence in men. They seldom pass
each other on the highways, even in
broad day time, without grave suspi
cion. For instance, yesterday about
four miles trern here we passed a man
on horseback; before we were
speaking distance, bis Winchester was
out, his finger on the trigger and his
thumb on tbe hammer. At the self
same moment my hand grasped my
"thiity eight” and Sam had his Marlin
t n position. This situation prevailed
until we were out of reach of eat h
other. This is the usual way ^greeting
is made. Men dare not take any
chances. Too many are held up and
robbed by some ot the hordes of men
upon whom enforced idleness has in
duced the desperation of hunger.
Hundreds of men willing to work
are being fed by the government In
order to prevent starvation and crim,.
Often the east bound trains are cap
tured by large bodies of men and the
crew forced to run the train eastward
wi hout collecting fares.
In coming here we crossed ‘ South
Park" which is a valley, yet has an
alti'udc of about 8,ooo feet, is three
miles w.de and perhaps twice that
leng h,' It is covered . with nothing
but grass, which looks as thopjh Ladd
Bailey bad been over tt.with a pair ot
horse clippers. It is poor support lor
the birds of cattle which traverse
aod it is no wonder numerous carcass-
stud the country, particularly
around sandy depressions, which ap
pear to have once been water boles.
For quite a while we followed up the
Platte river, which at that point is a
small swift stream, ted by springs ud
melting snow from the^mountins.
There are a few wohres in this section
yet and occasionally the traveler is
disturbed by the plaintive wail of a
mountain lion. His ciy is to like
that of a child in distress that one
might be earilymistaken for theother.
I’m not going to tell too many tales
out ot school bnt I know that this
error will not be committed a second
time by the tame person. The sheen
of sharp ivory, bright demonisb eyes
and a suggestive auari are too much
even for a “38” unless there seems no
other avenue of escape. One feels
u instinctive desire to see hi* pa.
Along the fine of the Colorado
Midland railroad, which was built
through tbe mountains about six years
ago, there are a good many randies,
bnt stock is tbe prindpal production.
This is the tend of beef. No hog and
hominy here. I’ve seen bnt three
hogs and not a grain of ccwn since
started. Nothing bat hay, Irish pota
toes and a lew oats are raised. It b
too'cold foe other crops*. It boats
nearly every night notwithstanding the
mercury was at 7s 0 today. It
said never to have gem above 73°**
this town. Cora is like the gerau of
consumption when infecting persons
who do not torririi peeper conditions
lor their sustenance, it dill grow nicely
it footer mote high aritj die before u
ear is produced.
Sorely there can be no mote beau
tiful country to travel in than this, bat
itbroagh. -T -
Mountain, greatand mountaias small,
a coatinaous wall;
Card- From Mr. MacIntyre.
rnoHASvrLLE, Ga^ Aug. 12.
Editor Tikes Extebprmx :
I wilt not trespass on -yon again
alter this. I hare dona all I desired
todo,L*., exoaeiatoJndge Haawll.
Mr. Thrasher, the Sheriff of Brooks
county, ie a good officer, a brats, aad
courteous gentleman. I did notin
tend in my card, to reflect on him.
He wrote a card to the News dreffbv
telling me that there were two other
warrants against Connell. He may
have said that there were two or
would be. I may be mistaken in the
exact language. To convince him
his mistake, which was no doubt
an honest one, I ask you to pqblish
the statement 01 Cspt. R. P. Dose,
Sheriff of Thoms* county. With this
card, I am done.
Yonre truly,
A. T. MacIntyre, Jr.,
CAFT, DOSS’ STATEKEST.
Thomasville, Ga.,
Aug, 10th,' 1893.
Mr. A. T. MacIntyre, Jr:
Dear Sib—In reply to yonr ques
tion as'to what I understood Sheriff
Thrasher to aay, in regard to warrants
the John G. Connell case, “Wae
that there had been two other war
rants issued, or would be, one for
poiutiog a pistol, the other for carry
ing concealed weapons.
Respectfully,
R. P. Doss.
Cleanliness—Suggestions.
Editor Times-Entertrise:
It has been truly said that “cleanli
ness is next to Godliness,* and that
order is the first law - ot
These maxima an true, not only in
individual life, bnt in community life
as well. Bnt rarely has it ever been
so necessary in the hixtory of oar city
that everything be kept scrupulously
clean tujust now. We are
the close of an excessive and protrac
ted hot and wet rammer, with tha
earth fall ot water, onr wells
teas impressed with anrface. water,
which is never pure or healthy aad
with the face oi the earth covered
with a meet luxuriant growth of vege
tation, noxious weeds and the like,
which will soon be decaying. The
authorities have had the weeds in the
streets cat dawn, bat left to decay on
the ground. But almost every no.
tenanted lot, and many that are oc
cupied, are a mass of all aorta ef weeds
and decaying matter that must nec
essarily impress onr whole atmoephere
with malarial poison.
All well ordered cities not only at
tend to sewerage aad draiaege. but
compel ever, citizen to keep their
private premises in fiat class order,
especially iinhe rammer and fall, and
in times of epidemic. While I
Iieve onr location and climate here
will insure exemption from yellow
fever and cholera, I am not rare that
wo can Ignore the laws of health and
be exempt from other forma ot disease.
have noticed , that almost every
family using arteeian water have es
caped the proviuling fever, white
those who tue well water, subject to
the inroads of anrtaee water, have
or- leas affected - unfavor
ably.
Allow mo the Eberty of making one
or two suggestions: First, that ouf
anthoritte* insilt on a more thorough
and rigid inspection and cleaning up;
not only of afreets, hot private loth
aod the exiting down and burning of
this miss oi rank weed* everywhere,
and that cvwy eitiaen cooperate wjtit
them. Again, that aS whose wells
Pohalski A Co. are working only a
few men—just enough far keep up
with their orders.
Tbe Havana and Key West Cigar
Co's, factory still reasams ahead, if
is doubtful if work wiQ be resumed in
the factory for a month.
The factory of Baker A DnBois
closed this week on aooonnt of alack
of orders. It wEl probably rerams
operations again next week.
D. L. Trujillo A Co, are working
only a few men in order to keep np
with their immediate orders.
Navarro A Co. have been working
fair force since the business depres
sion began.
rieidenberg A Co. have been closed
for several days on aooount of a lack
of orders. The firm ie expected to
commence business again shortly.
The Cortex Cigar Co. has suspended
work for a few days.
MoesAOo. have been closed for
some days on account of slack orders,
but will resume shortly.
TrojUlo A Benemelit are walking
only a email force, and that on the
beet of their brands.
The Spanish steamer Julia came
into port yesterday morning tor the
purpose of conveying destitute Cu
bans to their native tele. The veseel’a
arrival was hailed with delight by a
majority of the Cuban residents, ts
they saw in her a means of getting
back-to Cuba. There were some
three hundred and fifty people who
took passage on the steamer. A good
many more went across on the Mas
Itte rumored that another
steamshipiwifi arrive here to-osorrow
for the purpose of conveying as many
Cabans aa desire to go to the Queen of
the Antilles.
Brunswick Quarantined.
Upon receipt ol the news Sunday
morning that’ there was a case ol
yellow lever in Brunswick, Mayor
Hopkins immediately called a meeting
of the Chy Council and Board of
Health, toponiktef the aviaabQity of
est*blishio| quarantine against that
place. It was the universal opinion
that such steps be taken and .the
mayor at once put in force the retro
lations, and had an Inspector meet the
noon train from Waycrots.
There are quite* amber ot Thom,
ville people oq.St- Simons Island and
the question was brought ap as to
whether they would be aflowed to re
turn home. The members of the two
boards were oi tbe opinion that the
law shouldapply to all alike, and
was canted that these parties could
not enter the city without bring de
tained at quarantine station the legal
length of time.
The Thomasrille base ball dub will
go up to Coon Creek on Thursday to
pity ball. The boys think they have
at last found a dab they can beat and
they propose to play them as often
poerible. We understand that the
Quitman, Moultrie and Little River
eiohe wiBphy ben one day
watte. Baseball bat bees all summer
getting-teere.bat it ie in town now by
p large majority.
There-it barely a quorum of the
city council in town
Malltltct Stephen* tad Jerger being
absent from the city. Should ooly
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Georgia’s School Census.
Atlanta, Ang. 12.—Stale School
Commiarioner Brad well this afternoon
completed the consolidation ot the
public school census which was re
cently taken in the various counties
of the state. Tbe consolidation shows
important point in the advance-
mentof education in Georgia. There
has been in the last five yean an in
crease of about 8 per cent in the
school population and tbe decrease in
illiteracy has been marked.
Savannah leads alt other cities in
the state in this particuler. Out
of every 400 whites there is only 1
who cannot read and write in that
city. Commissioner Brad well is of
the opinion that no other dty in this
country can make such a remarkable
showing. The credit for this is doe
Savannah's splendid public school
system.
In 1888 there were 140,000 men in
Georgia who could nut read and
write.' The percentage of illiteracy
among tbe whiles ie now eleven end
twenty-eeven among the blmckr.
There are more males in (be public
schools in Georgia than f- ua es. the
total number of males being 306.594,
and femaliB 296.374. riix hundred
and four thousand nine hundred and
seveotv-onc is the total school popu
lation, snd there has been an increase
of 44 690 since tbH8.
Atlanta's school (lopuiurion has in-J.,
created 23 per tent, ilt five :■ Hrs
among ihe whites. One in one hun
dred between the age, ol 10 aod 18'
cannot read ami -irite. The average
of white and biac-t being five in the
hundred. There are 356,380 white
iUiteratea in the state, and 78,889 are
colored, or 11 per cent- of the white
population and 27 per cent, of tha
colored population is illiterate. Geor
gia has 4,605 white schools and 2,680
school tor colored people, and the
number of teachers in these schools is
10,000 in round numbers. Twenty-
five thousand five hundred and thirty-
one children in tbe state have never
attended public school, and 6,000 have
attended private schools, but never
went to the public schools. The
amount is $1,250,000.
The oldest newspaper in the world
is said to be the British Press, which -
was first issued in 1662, and has just
celebrated its 281st birthday.
The people are ia no mood to tole- '
rate any "jingoism’' on the part of
congress. They demand prompt, in
telligent and patriotic action.
Grover Cleveland will be remem
bered as a democrat, aod as a broad
and liberal statesman, long after tha
men who are assailing him have been
forgotten.
Southerners nowadays smoke cigan
'made by southern workingmen ont of
southern raised tobacco. This is true
•ouebern progress, says the Savannah
Press,
Ouly two Georgia congressmen, ’
Livingston and Moses, 'attended the
silver conference ia Washington.
Republicans and third party men
participated.
Mr. Carlisle, secretary of the treas
ury, has ordered fifty millions of car-
rency to bs made available in the
sooth for the purpose of aiding ia
moving the cotton crop.
Mr. Cleveland having laid the foun
dation for the work to be done by
congress will return to Gray Gables.
He proposes to stay there until about
the 1st ot September.
All agree that the pledges made in
the Cbibago platform should be re
deemed. On tbe free coinage question
many have not studied the exact
language of the platform. Referring
to Ibis the Telegraph says:
The question has not been tiiily
sauted. The democratic* platform
declares for free coinage —but not for
the free coinage now demanded, and
which certain men and newspaperi are
trying to make the test of loyalty to
the democratic party. The platform
attaches conditions when it declarer
for free coinage which are vital and
which they ignore.
First, it insists that there shall be no
discrimination against either metal.
They insist that less than a dollar's
worth ot silver, at the market price,
shall be made into a dollar. If this
were done there would be discrimina
tion against the. gold dollar, which
WiQ aland Senator Hill’s teat ot Ihe
•ratting pot, and tire platform would
be violated.
The second condition is practically
a repetition of the first. Ii u ‘.hat the
gold and silver dollar mas’, be of equal
intrinsic and exchangeable value This
eoald no: oe unless the metal
silver dolar were worth ss much as
that in ihe gold dollar ia the markets
ot the world. To put less in
be to violate the platform^
Representative Hall, of Minnesota,
declared there are $21,000,000 of pen
sions paid annually to. non-residents
and non'eitizens of the United States
which ought to be stopped.
The Sparta Ishmaelite says that it
is not within the reach ot human wis
dom to devise a scheme for keeping
money in a section whose people
make it their mission in life to sprad
all they can make on the products of
other sections.
woman who had been a bride
bnt two months procured a divorce in
Superior, Win., the other day, be
cause her hubby refused to scratch
her back.
The fellow, it seems, failed to come
to the ‘'scratch."
The August!: Evening News offers
the following advice to Congress:
Repeal it, gentlemen, at once,-
without condition and without de
bate—that silver purchase law, we
mean—and then talk about eUver
coinage and ratio all rammer, if yon
desire.