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THOMASVILLlE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY OCTOBER 28, 1893. NEW SERIES, VOL. Y—NO. 19 liainiuirillf' 17- hcauvlll* ::ntrrprur, V#l. 37. THE FARMER^’ SONS. knowledge and belie! it did. Marshal Height swore that Odom told him the day after the burning that the dog was his; Mr_'J. A. Horst was put on the stand and swore that Odom, told him that a negro named General Stephens offered him $5 to help him bum the bridge and would pa; him more if be had good luck; that Stephens said that John Fitzgerald'had offered him fifty dollars, to .bum it; that he went with Stephens almost to the bridge and stopped. Stephens fifed the bridge and they left. While he was waiting the train from Thomasville came by. This was the train that killed his dog. Mr. Horst stated that be also beard a conversation in the jail between Odom and Stephens last Friday. Odom asked Stephens where was the $5 he promised to pay him for helps ing to born the bridge. Stephens denied making any such promise. Sheriff Dorn was pot on the stand and testified in substance to the same facts as above in regard to the cons vernation betweeh Odom and Stephens. Mr. Arthur' Fatten testified that he Hard part of the conversation be> tween Odom and Stephens. He understood Odom to say that Steph ens promised him five dollars to burn the bridge, not to help do it, and that he-left the jail under the impres- shn that Odom had admitted doing IVausiiBu Evickt Saturday. WALTER ODOM NARROWLY ES CAPES HANGING. V Cornar Jackson Streets “Golden” opportunities are- scarce in the Senate. /' . V- ; SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year, Six Month?,.. Three Month? Confound 1 the senate. There sow; wo feel better. I'AYAIIM! IV ADVANCE. Will the legislature find time Gt make some better road laws? How much longer will the Senate keep the counliy in suspense? Great preparations are being made in Chicago to close the World’s"fair. To the Senate; Watchman, tell us of the night, and what its signs of promise are. Repeal still peals in the Senate. The end is, somewhere, in the dim- and distant future. There appears to be a kind of a lull, as it were,in Georgia politics. Wheie are all the candidates? The great World's fair will soon be a thing of the post. Only the. mem- oiy of it will remain. Thousands and tens of thousands will look back to it with pleasant emotions. It has been a great educator aud it would be dif> ficult to calculate the amount of good it will leave behind. Louisville, ClucOinatl IN Dl AN A PCi'Ll S: AND CHICAGO AND THE NGHHWES1. Some of the ancient rales of' the Senate will probable be shaken np considerably before the ' scrap" is over in the Senate. They are musty with age and cobwebbed with the ac cumulations of a hundred years. Shake ’em np. The i'u'ilnian Vestihuled ; lerviee cc Night Trains, Parlor Chair Cars ud Day Train. Mrs. Daniel, wife of Lieut Luns ford Daniel, of the United States Army, who is stationed oat in the Yoeemite Valley, left yesterday for Chicago, where her husband will meet her., Mrs. Daniel hss been spending- several months with rela tives' and friends in Thomasville. Every one wishes her a pleasant and sate trip to her far western home. The Monon Trams make the fastest time between the Southern Win- Cities and Summer Re torts of the Northwest We believe it is probab’e that the Georgia legislature will re-enact a tax equalization law. Experience has demonstrated that there is much merit in such a law. The law're pealed last year was not perfect, bat it was on the' right Iiaei.—Bainbridge; Democrat. •> DUEL, General Hunger, KD.Ucn. P. A., Chicago. UKAOING>QcaflAgMit ra»j Street Tbcm asvlUe. • Married. At the-residence of the bride’, parents; in the 17lh district; -Thomas county, oh Sunday, Oct, 22, Miss Maggie Singletary to Mr. J. H. Rast, W. B. Bibb, Esq., performing the ceremony. - - The Tints Enteki'Iiise lender* congratulations and best wishes. MENTAXJNE A mogul engine blew up in North Birmingham on Saturday night. The engineer’s body was blown 300 yards and tell through the roof of aresidence while the fireman was blown 200 yards in the opposite direction. Both bodies [ were terribly mangled. Railroad hors rors appear to be multiplying. Washington, Oat. 23.—Senator Sherman says- that he is opposed to tho proposed compromise, and in favor of the cloture rule to bring the Senate to a vote. He says that not a repub lican Senator will vote for the com- j was at home. On the cross czamna* tion Mr. Austin said he would not swear positively that the dog belonged ' Send ns your orders for printing. We do first clam work at low prices. to Odom, but that to the best of his promise. THEO. TITUS A\toi*nt>v Jit Law, -ThoRjasvtllo, - - - - C Office over St. Jt-riaatt’A, 129. Broad S Special nUcnlio jjivea to collections. a.\ -UN, *• u n r: v at ■ given to all business ea V-itt’s store, corner Broad g G. CULPEPPER. i'iij'siclin and Surgeon, MOULTiUE, . - - GEORGIA. O-fera his fi n ices to the citizens o ol'juitt AO J a l-.t vnt •■nnnties. i lively diy anil all re well attended. the cr.urc! G. C. LANEY. i'll. D., mytitciAN and sor qeon. ■'I'f I.TitlE. C(JL(jntTT r ).,OA. (Jl.r* tii^ fun,.; to tbe J r ' ie Col-|«rt WHAT HAS TAKEN: PLACE DURING THE WEEK. Interesting Items Pcked Up All Over the Country and Care fully Prepared and Serv ed to Our Readers. MU. Annie Poland is now with the crockery bouse of C. B. Quinn, On Broad street. ' Sugar boilings will soon be in fall blast. The young people won’t care s pin whether the senate stays in session or not. Mr. Keefer’s elegant new house facing the park is almost completed. It is one of the handsomest, homos in the city. Keep a lookout for tramps. Two ot them were making a begging ex pedition through Tookwotten yester day morning. The attention of any onojvauting a pair of males is called to tho local ad headed mules. The pair is ono ol the best in the county. Mr. C. P. Davis, of Iatnonee, Fla, was in the city yesterday shaking hands with his numerous friends. Charley always finds a welcomo in Thomasville. sent one of tlio til most reliable t boascs in ;he anil can mate i.ouuments, head- . lower tlmo any WrSY lOHI? Cl.llUllg lots made to . KUKCII, omasville, Ga, Thompson forks, ron -i .uricEET, THOMASVILLE, - - - GA (o) •re pa red Ilian ever to ;•! :■ ii kimls of repair work :.\ In addition to long perU-nce, 1 am fully cquip- ihe latest improved tools rn-irauiee all work entrusted lit*!"* in rear of former real- lower Jackson street. Give pomfnity to make an esti- iiiitr work. (*. B. THOMPSON, Agt A. W. PALIN & BRO.'S Carriage Shoos. Lore? Broad Street, Thomasville, Ga It is patting it mildly to say that the trams appear to be in a state of chronic lateness. If the thing keeps they will arrive this winter some time next day. We would, again, remind farmer.-* that Tbonia*ville, as she hss been d.dog tiucc the market opened, is paying tho very -HIGHEST market prices for cotton aud in spot cash. The friends of Mr. Charley Pid- cock are glad to see him in charge ol the Boston aud A.bmy load again. Charley is a pusher. lie keeps things going at a lively rate. Surgeon General Wyman says the worst ol the epidemic is over at Brunswick. He thinks there will be a marked decrease in the number of cases after the first of November, Everything is being put in first- class trim at the Piney Woods for the coming season. The hotel is being freshly painted and the interior touched up. The Piney Woods easi ly bolds its own with the leading hotels in the South. “Dr. Bill'* is the next attraction at the opera house and it is a good one. This play was presented here la*t year and made quite a hit. It is a bright, clean comedy, free from all objectionable leatures. Thomasville’s Sanitary Condf- tion. From a paper by Dr. Boardman Reed, of Atlantic Chy,.entitled .“ The Need ol ’Improved Sanitation at Health Resorts,” published in the September issue of the Illustrated American Climates and Resorts, we take the following extract in regard to Thomasville: Last winter I spent some time at Ashville, N. C, and Thomasville, Ga., and had the oppormoity, therefore, of looking into the Sanitation of those well known tesorts. Ashville has supply of unexceptionable jra brought in pipes from springs in the neighboring mountains and the hotels are generally connected with under* ground sewers. Privies are still used by many of the private dwellings and boarding booses, But the town is scat* tered over sj wide an area and the surface is tverywT? r; so hilly -that there is the wry best of drainage and, all things considered, the sanitary cord lions miy be ace muted good ThomasvilV, having the highest altitude ot any ot the tar southern orts—about 841 feet above the sea level—and being situated on the top u ridge with water courses near by, s also exceptional natural advans g< s as to draioage. The hotels and >t boarding houses as well as many of theprivate residences are connected with the system of underground sew*, crage which has amp'e fall and dis* charges into a creek ou'side of the town. W hen I lefc there a new sew* er was about to be constructed to accommoda e more fully the residence and business places, and the public sp rit of the local authorities promise well for the lu ur«. O-ie especially praiseworthy sanitary regulation is forced -at Thomasville, wh ch I have :i seen tr. tp.ratioji anywhere else in the South. It n.qi res all privies to be built entirely tbjve the ground d public employes then regularly re move the offal and cart it a vay from the town every d»y or two before de*» composition has had time to occur. Some of the underlying ear ; h is re-* moved in addition and a quantity of some disinfectant spread do vn ?n its No jiou;e however humble is lighted in this mast. imponaot rcav- engering and ihe healthfulness of the place is of course vastly promoted thereby. S >me years ago a*i abun** dant supply of \ u*e and who’esome water was introduced from a deep artesian well. Th : s is conveyed in pipes to all parts of the town. I upplied to a-1 tho hotels a*,d most if not all the hoarding houses, but the occupants of some of the cottages which are rented to winter visitors, still have to depend upon a v«ry dubi- water from surface wells. CARRIAGE m WAGON REPAIRING HOKSK SHOEING. ETC, Mi Equipped Shops Cards arc out for tbe marriage ol Miss Emma L Whelan and Mr. Kenneth L. Thompson at Fort How ard, Wisconsin. Tbe ceremony will be performed to morrow evening. The young lady is a grand daughter of Mr. David McCartney, and she has many friend* here who will join os In tendering congratulations. a Southwest • do ail kinds ot d x ti:gr md u«*i We regret to learn that the exec* sure cotton ginnery of Messrs. Harts* field, at Hartsfield, Was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. Four gins, two for kng and two for short staple couou, together with twenty odd bales of long cotton, went op in flames. The loss is quite heavy and there was no insurance. The burning was caused by striking a match. One of the Messrs. Hartsfield was severely burned in trying to smother the fire. United Confederate Veterans. The Pullman Gar Line . General Evans issned the following order in reference to Veterans day at the Augusta Exposition: Headqarters Ga.*, Division United Confederate Veterans, Atlanta, Ga., G- t. 20.—A cordial invitation having bee- extended by tbe Augusta Ex position Company and the Confede rate Survivors* Association of Rich mond county to Confederate Sur vivors throughout the Union to meet in Augusta, Ga., on Noy. 23 and-24, set apart during the great exposition as Veteraos’s days; This is to signify our acceptance and all Confederate Associations and all ex-Cenfederstes in Georgia are earnestly requested to be present and enjoy the great social oo casion. It is believed that specially low railroad rates will be "fixed for these dates so as to enable large numbers to attend from all parts ot this state and from many other states. By order of Clement A* Evans, Msj Gen.Com.Gs.Dnr. A. J. West, Adju Gent. At the last meeting of W. D. Mitchell Gamp, a. committee was ap pointed to represent the ‘ Camp,” on tbe occasion mentioned in the above order, and we presume that most, if not ah, of the committee will attend. Superior Court. The mills ol justice werekfpt grind ing all day yesterday and several cases were disposed o r . The civil case set for yesterday morniog was called up, but on aec >unt of the illness ol defeudaot was continued. The case of the Sate against Wal ter OJtim, charged with arson, was next ca'led. Odom bad n> council and tho court appoiutod Mr. B. F. Hawkins to defend him. Mr. Haw- kios having just come into the ciee was unprepared to go t > trial and he asked for a continuance, which granted, the court putting the case down for the first thing Monday moruiDg. Odom is charged with burning a bridge on the S. F. & W' Ry. a Ipw months ago. Tbe case oi the State vs. Henry Jones and John Jones, father and son, charged with hogstealiog, was taken up next. Mr. J. H. Merrill was appointed to represent the de fendants. He and the Solicitor agreed upon a compromise verdict. There was hardly sufficient evidence to convict tbe old mao bo he was turned loose, and the Solicitor agreed, with the consent of the court, to ac cept a verdict of guilty with record' mendation to mercy in the case of tbe boy. This redncea the crime to a misdemeanor, which is a chain gang offense. The next case taken up was that of the State vs. Alex Grey, charged with burglary. Mr. Theo Titus represent ed Grey, rhe prisoner was charged with entering the boose of Mr. W. W. Linton, some three years ago, and taking- therefrom a coat. Mr. Iin< ton did not see the coat again until a few weeks ago, when he saw Grey with it on, and he had him arrested. Grey claimed that he bought the coat. The solicitor made a short Speech , for the prosecution, and was followed by Mr. Titos for the defenses The jury was only outn short time be* ore bringing in a verdict of acquittal. Mr. Titus received many congratula tions on his management of the case. At the conclusion of the case the Judge adjourned court until nine o’ciock Monday morning. The grand juiy also adjourned un* til Monday morning.—Daily T.*E. Oct, 2L ' Secretary Hoke Smith Appoints Twelve of Them as Mes- j; > sengers. Washington, Oct 20th, 1893. Some time ago Secretary Hoke Smith conceived the very sensible idea of offering a'posi tion as messen ger to the son of a farmer in each Congressional District of Georgia. This offer was made as a special cour tesy to the agricultural classes—a special recognition of that class o£ people who are so largely affected by the po'icy of public official and who get bo few of the offices. It was a close shave to spare to Georgia these messengers* places in addition to those previously given the state. It tended to aggravate the charge, already frequently made, that Georgia was getting an overplus of plums from the Interior Department; but Secretary Smith considered the action in this case peculiarly justified by tbe 70,000 democratic majority in the last election which the farmers of Georgia aided so materially in giving. ihe places given these farmer boys pay them $60 per month each. They are kept busy seven hours a day. They have an opportunity of going to school aft night to tho best teachers the country affords. They .can get any kind of an education they want —common school, classical, literary, scientific or professional. Besides making money in the four years they will be in Washington, they will go back to their people well educated men, well prepared to make their mark in any line of work which they may ehoose. These farmer boy messengers were naturally selected by the Congress men from tbe several districts. The one selected by Judge Lester, of the First District, has not yet arrived in Washington. Congressman Ben Russell, ot the Second District, selected James T. Prevatt, a son of A. F. Prevatt, one of the leading farmers of Thomas county. Young Prevatt is just twen ty-one, tall and .fairly slender, with a pretty young mustache and an ear nest look that at once commends him. He already has a fair education,' got- teu at the South Georgia Agricultural Col'ege. He will enter here tbe Georgetown University Law School. The representative of the Third District, selected by Speaker Crisp, is William H. Liggin, a son of H. H. Liggie, ono of the leading farmers and democrats of the county of Dooley. Mr. Liggin ‘is seventeen years old, bnt is a bright, capable- looking fellow, who might be taken to be several yeais older. He had hardly settled in Washington belore he commenced attending one of the leading business colleges ot the city, aud in the classes of that college be is now doing excellent work. Ramsey Williams, a young fellow of nearly twenty who might be taken for sixteen was wisely chosen by Con* greisman Moees, of tho Fourth Dis trict. He was educated at the Sjuth era Shorthand Business Col'ege in AtlanU,.isagoodBtrenographer and in every way a bright young fellow, lie is now attending the city High School. He is the eon of Hon. B. H. Williams, of Harris county, who has several times represented that connty and district in the Georgia legislate e and state senate. emy, and is now' taking a special Course at the Columbian University. Representative Tate of the 9th Dis trict chose Mr. A. N. Coffey, one of the most influential citizens of the conhtj .ot Towns, to represent the good farmers.of bis district in this classification". Mr, Coffey^ is a well known Democrat and a thoroughly capable man who will well improve his time under any circumstances and in any place. Representative Black, of the 10th District .made one of the best selec tions ol the lot m choosing Bayard Lumkin of Columbia county to sus tain the reputation of the progressive farmers of the 10th District, He a the son of Hon. 8. C. Lumkin, a for- merjrepre£entativc of the county in the legislature ai d the district. in the Senate. He is one of the leading Democrats and farmers of the dis trict. Bayard is 17 years ..old, large for bis age, smooth faced and serious looking and ia starling cat with a full determination to wisely improve his time. ' He is attending the grammar school. r Jn a few days Judge Turner es» pecta to have a fine young fellow here to represent the .11th District. Tbe weliore of these Georgia farm er boys wilfcbe carefully looked after Waririugtou, and they will have an opportunity in the future ot doing much good for themselves and their section. R. Col- Livingston’s representative from the 5th district has not yet ar rived in Washington, bnt will be here iu a few days. John P. Blackmon, of Bibb county, was selected by Captain Cabaniss, of the 6th District. He is 19, and haa the dignity and air of determination of a young man of 22, He is a con of Henry V, Napier, a well known Bibb county farmer. By the aid of the Superior Court he takes his mother’s madden name of Blackmon, there being no boys in the Blackmon family. He was educated at tbe Gresham High School in Macon. He is now reading law under a well known Washington lawyer and will next year begin a special coarse at the Georgetown Law School. Thomas N. Adams, of Chattooga county, comes from Judge Maddox’s District, the hard fought 7 th. He is a bright, boyish faced young fellow, 17 years old, larger than his age would indicate, and determined, if appearance Indicate anything, to do much to benefit the good people of Chattooga county when hVshall have had enough oT Washington. He is now putting in good work at night in the Washington Grammar School. John R; Hudson, Jr., the smallest’ and youngest of the boy messengers, comes from the 8th, Judge Lawson’s District He is a son of M. R. Hud son and a grandson 6f John R, Hud son, and is one of the best representa tives of Young America that ever came from the good county of Put nam, He is 15 years old, but has received a fairly good education from (he Eatonton Male and Female Acad* FOR SWEET CHARITY. An Entertainment to be Given For the Benefit of Bruns wick. Tbomssville is responding nob'y to tbe Cali for assistance from the dis tressed aud fever stricken cit«z2ns of Brunswick. Our people are never slow to go to the aid of those who need help. Large sums have been sent to the relief committee at different times siuce the city has been.in the throes of tbe direful epidemic, aud almost daily small amounts, individual cons trobulions, are forwarded. The Deni- orest contest at the Methodist church Tuesday evening netted quite a neat sum, which has also gone forward. While.much has been done to ameli orate the sufferings ot these afflicted pe< p'o, our citizen* feel os if they have not done enough and they pro- , ose to keep up the good work. We mentioned a few days ago that a number of the young.ladies of tbe place proposed giving an entertain 1 ment, the proceed* of which to be devoted to this cau?e. The youDg ladies referred to have arranged a programme for this entertainment and it will bs given at the opera house on next Friday evening, the 27th. -The programme embraces tableaux, charades, music, etc, but the main feature will be a farce come dy entitled “A Box of Monkeys,” As tbe name implies it is extremely fuuny. Those who will take the characters in the comedy are Miss Ella Stuart, Miss Bessie Hopkins, Miss Iloroniue Mitchell, Mr. £)uncan Barbee and Mr, C. M. Smith. Some of the best talent in the city will take part in the entertainment Bud we can safely promise the people a most pleasing entertainment. Of course everybody will go. Aside from the attractiveness of the enter tainment ltseli, when it is remoiubered that it is given for sweet charity we know that all who possibly can will attend. Sad Death. Wc regret to chronicle tho death of Mr. Heury JuhnsoD, a gentlemrn well ktosn and highly esteemed by all who knew him. His funeral tc ok place at Salem church on .Wednesday afternoon, 26th ol September. Mr. Johnson was the"son of Mr. S. A, Johnson, deceased. Sad indeed was his death to a great number of friends who followed him to his resting place. He was born and raised near Patten, Ga.' A great sufferer he bad been for quite a while, though^uuknown to only a few* H^was highly respected on account of his upright character. It can be truthfully said “to know Mm was to love him.” He leaves a devoted wife, a mother, brothers and sisters to mourn his death. Although he was no member oi Che church; he gave evidence before his death that he was saved. The deceased was in his thirty-third year. The sympa thies of the community goes out to the bereaved family on account of tbe death of their loved one. A. Fbiend. The trial of Walter Odom for burn* ing a. bridge, or rather two bridges, on the S., F. & W. Ry.. occupied the whole day in the Superior court yes terday. * Our readers doubt’ess remember the burning alluded to. On a Sun day morning about the middle of July, 'the morning passenger train from Savannah came very near run ning into a burning trestle about a mile and a half this ride of Boston. The engineer saw the flames in time to stop his train just before reaching it About a half mile further another and a larger trestle was found to be in flames a few minutes later. This last trestle was just around a curve from the way the train was gong and had it not been that the eegmeer was stopped by the first he would un doubtedly have dashed his train into it, as it would not have been discovered in time for him to stop. Had the train run into th^burning bridge the loss of life would certaioly have been' terrible. Tbe following night Walter Odom, negro living in Boston, and who bore % rather bad reputation, was arrested and put in jail. Sheriff Doss, Mr. J. A. Hurst and Marshal Height of Boston, have been at work on the case ever since, and have succeeded in weaving around Odom a strong chaiuof circumstantial evidence. Immediately alter court was opened yesterday morning the case was called Mr. B. F. Hawkins was appointed to defend the negro, who was unable to secure counsel. Mr. A. T. McIntyre, Jr., railroad attorney, conducted the prosecution. The first witness sworn was Engi neer McGee. He said that he went down on the night train on the even ing before burning. Had engine 33, which is a good engine, and did cot throw fire. Passed over ih6 bridges about 10:30 o’clock. Engineer Dubose, who was on the train which came so near running into the bridge, was next introduced, lie swore that the first bridge burned was at about the 190 mile post; the last over the Aucilla creek, half mile nearer Thomasvilie. He was on train No, 5 bound for Thomasville. First bridge was turning before he got there. Saw smoke before reaching the place, thought it was ties on side of track at first. Stopped train just before rosch.ng it. Left side of bridge was burning. Indications were that it was set on fire. McGee’s engine is one of the best on the road, and it is iot probable that the bridge was set by iparks. .Never saw a bridge burn m this xmnnt-r which caught irom spaiks Saw a black d ig near the last bndge, which had been cut in two by engine cars. The Aucilla bridge was about 25 feet high. About 75 feet of it was burned. There were no signs of fire around cither bridge from which it might have caught. A. A. Phillips swore that he was on the tram coming from Savannah. Saw the burning bridges, and threw water on one of them. Smelled kero sene. Henrietta Thcmas said she saw Odom the day before the burning go- iug in direction of railroad. He had his dog with him. Saw him next morning between Boston and the bridges going from tbe railroad. The dog was not with him. Had never seen the dog since. - Another negro woman swore that Odom told her the day before the burning that his wife wanted to go to Jacksonville, bat that he didn’t want her to go. He was afraid she wouldn't return. Deck Slater swore that he knew both defer dint and his dog. Saw the dead do£ at the bridge after the burning. Ou the cross examination he wculd not swear positively that the dog was OdomV, or the same one he had seen with Odom, but it looked hke the same one. Mr. Crosby Austin testified that he saw Odom’s dog, which had been cat in two at t h e bridge. Knew the dog well; Had noticed it closely only is few days before, but cotild not tell its gender. Saw Odom the day after bridge was burned. The' dog was not with him and have never seen it since. Odom came to ray house day after burning. He asked me if I had said he burnedJhe bridge and was going to prosecute hpa. I told him no and asked him it be burned the bridge. He said no. Be also said that it was it. General Stephens was next put on theBtand. He denied emphatically that he had ever had any conversa tion with OJom; ho was innocent of having anything to do with it He said he was a farmer and worked all the time, while Odom did nothing. The prisoner was put on the stand to make his statement, which was in substance tbe same as he told Mr. Hurst, with the' exception that he said nothing about John Fitzgerald. This closed the evidence. Mr. Mc Intyre opened the argument and spoke about an hour, making a teffing speech. He was followed .by Mr. Hawkins, who occupied about the same length of time for the defense. He made a fine speech. The Judge’s charge was clear and concise and covered fully all the law in the case. The jury was out about 11 minutes. Whfen they returned the following verdict was read out by Sdicitor Peeples: “We the jury find the pris oner guilty, but recommend him to tho mercy of- the court,”" Although on trial fur his life, Odom showed no signs of excitement throughout the whole trial. It is due Mr. Hawkins to state that he was badly handicapped in the case, inasmuch as be was appointed to defend a -man who had virtually confessed the crime to several parties. He made a good fight under the cir cumstances.—Daily T.-E. Oct. 24. To Amend the Registration LaW. Notice is given elsewhere that bill will be introdneedat the approach ing session of the legislature to a ttend an act entitled an act to requ'-re and provide tor the registration of the legal voters of Thomas county, so as to provide for registration by the or. dinary ia certain cases, to compel registrars to register names on pay> racot of taxes, to register tax receipts, to allow corrections in names and districts and for other purposes. Tr.e present law caused no end of trouble last year and the proposed amend' meets are intended to relieve it of objectionable features. Wheat is down to 68 cents per bushel, the lowest price reached for years. Biscuits ought to be cheap. The business of the country is suf fering, and suffering badly, by the senseless and useless delay of tho Sen ate. Bob Ingersoll has been guaranteed ,000 to deliver a lecture in Atlanta some time during the next month. Where is Sara Joneri? The losses by fire for the year end ing Septt mb; r 30th were almost $ 122,s 000,0*00, an increase of $27,000,000 over tbe year before. If Clay, Webster and Calhoun cou’d see the wrangle going on in the Senate, it is fair to assume that they would be very much disgusted. Does the “Democratic Steering Commitiee” need a stecrer? The stetring apparatui appears to be out of order. The helm does not seem . to work well. The silver senators say they will vote whto the debate is “exhausted.” But blame it all, the people’s patience is being ixhaus*cd in tbe meantime. Vote! . Tha Usual Way. Didst ever observe when a pig in the fence Sends forth its most pitiful shout How all of its neighbors betake themselves thence To punish him ere he gets out? And the hubbub they raise ’so. others afar May know h!s condition and hence Come running to join them in adding a ecar To the pig that is fast in the fenca. Well, swine are not all of the creatures that be Who find themselves sticking between The rails of the fence, and who try to get free While the world is still shoving them in; Who find that the favor they meet with de pends Not on words, bnt dollars and cents, And that ’tis hut who will prove them selves friends To the pig that is fast In the fence. * —Philadelphia Ledger. There were no new cases ia Jesup on Sunday. Ouly six are under treatment there, and they will soon be discharged. Jesup will soon show a dean bill of health. Tho man who invents big snake stone?, like the snakes, has sought winter quarters And this reminds us that the fish li*r is out of a job also, until next spring. It looks as if the Senate had forfeit- e l the cocfi ience of the people. Sen ator are acting like a lot of ovtr- growu boys, while the country is b'ced ing at every pore, and begging for relief. The life of E* Senator Joseph E. Brown is slowly ebbing away. He is very feeble, aud, in the course of na ture, cannot live much longer. Joe Brown has been a wonderful factor in Georgia politics. The latest from Washington would indicate that the democrats liaye at last conc’uded that it is best to com* promise their differences. To say that the whole country is thoroughly disgusted with the squabble ia that body is putting it very mildly. Of Gen. Evans the Atlanta Herald „ ys: “He is that anomaly in politics —a pure man without a stain on his record.”