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THOMASVILIiE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY DECEMBER 16, 1693.
NEW SERIES, VOL. Y—NO. 26
‘My Ufe it Like thu Summer Rose.
Mjr life is like the summer rose,
That opens to the morning sky,.
And, ere the shades of evening close, ^
Is scatter’d on the ground to die:
Yet on that rose’s hnmble bed
The'softest dews of Night are shed
As though she wept inch waste to see;
Bnt none shall drop one tear for mo 1
My life is like the autumn leaf,
. Which trembles in the moon’s pale ray;
Its hold is frail, its date is brief.
Restless,—and soon to pass away:
Yet when that leaf shall fall and fade,
The parent tree will mourn its Shade,
The wind bemoan the leafless tree;
Bat none shall breathe a sigh for mi.
My life is like the priftt which feet
Have left on Tampa’s desert strand;
Soon as tUe rising tide shall beat,
Their trace will vanish from the sand;
Yet, as if grieving to efface
All vestige' of the human race,
On that lone shore loud moans the sea;
But none shall thus lament for me.
—Bt Richibd Huxt Wilsi.
WHAT HAS'TAKEN PLACE
DURING THE WEEK.
PutiLxsiiEi). Every Saturday.
Malison near Corner Jackson Streets
Interesting Items Pcked Up All
Over the Country and Care
fully Prepared and Serv
ed to Oar Readers.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Tariff Reform is still the jslogan of
the democratic party.
Soow fell la Lousiana yesterday.
Are the poles changing?
The bill to establish a medical exam*
ining board for the state was killed by
the house on Thursday night. Mis*
take No.—.
Six ^Months,.
Three Months,
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
That will be a notable gathering of
Methodists at Dawson tosday. The
chicken market will be firm with a
decided upward tendency.
Washington, Deo. 9.—Tho House
to da; killed the bankrupt bill by a
vote of 101 to 90.
Wash.ngton, Dec. 9.—Ex-congress
man Hemphill, oi South Carolina,
appeared before the House commit- 1
tee ou the judiciary, this morning,
and made an argument in favor of an
extension of the act providing for the
settlement of captured and abandoned
property war c'aims, throughout the
south who suflered from spoliation
during the late war.- It proposes to
extend the benefits pi the present law
to those persons whose claims have
been adversely determined by the
court. upon the ground of disloyalty,
without taking into consideration the
effect of the president’s proclamation
of pardon and amnesty. There is a
fund of abont $11,000,000 now in the
treasury which' would be affected by
an extension of the act.
Louisville, Cincinnati
A democratic cau
cus will be held next week to consider
conflicting interests of democratic
members.
The withdrawal of Mr. Clay from '
the contest for the democratic nomi. <
nation Ifor governor increases the i
chances of Gen. G. A. Evans for that
honor. General Evans is close to the
hearts of the old confederate solders,
and his distinguished services for the
confederacy insurelhim^hoets of friends <
who will do effective work in bis - be-
half from now Until the nomination
i3 made. The nomination ought to
come to south Georgia. This section
of the slate has not been treated
Airly in thejraatter of the guberna
torial office If, however, south
Georgia cannot have the honor the
claim of Middle Georgia to it should
be reoogniisd.—News.
indianapclis;
AND
CHICAGO AND THE HOfcfflWESV
Washington, Dec. 8.—Tho cabinet
meeting to-day wss devoted almost
entirely to a discussion of the Hawa
iian situation. Briefs showing what
letters, reports and instructions, of
dates within the period mentioned in
the senate resolution from 1881 to the
present time, were placed before the
cabinet by Secretaries Gresham 'and
Herbert, who entered into explana
tions of their context in instances
where information was desired by the j
la It Yonr Mule.
Any one who has lost a small mouse
colored horse mule can find out where
he is at by calling at this office. The
mule was taken up by a gentleman on
Thanksgiving day.
The kullman Vestibuled i lerrioe cn
Night Trains, Parlor Chur
Cars on Day Train,
The Monun Trains make the tastes*,
time between the Southern Win-
Cities and Summer Be*
. *>ru of the Northwest.)
^ When the bill for the admission of i
Utah as a stale came up in the heu e
on Friday there was n6 quorum. ,
This is~a reflection on the large dem
ocratic majority in the heme. Publish
the names of the absentees,of the men
who are drawing $5 000 per annum,
and shirking their duty. That might
I put a stop to the trouble.
( XHEO. TITUS
".tornt-Y at Law,
ThomasviCe. - Ga.
129 Brood SU,
New faces are teec on the streets
every day.
Office uver Si-;
Special nitcDtio
ocL 1 dAw ly.
iflocollectta
Pay yonr state and county taxes.
Time will be up on the 20th.
g Gi UCLFKPrKR,
Physician and Surf-ton,
MOULTRIE, - - - GEORGIA.
Offers his services to the citizens o
olquitt and adjacent counties. *
Many a fat 1
squeal within t
Everybody is glsd to know that
Frank Smith will still remain in the
shoe business here.
g o. McLendon,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Some steps should be taken toward
arranging for the re-nnion of ex-con
federates on the 23rd.
Prompt attention given to all business en>
irusttd to him.
CU^OSice over Watt’s store, corner Brood
Hud Jjr.ckeou -tree's.
The clerpr young men, Frank Smith
and Pierce Harley, are pushing busis
ness at the old stand of J. T. Curt
right.
li, C. LANEY. £4. D.
r-'lYSIOIAN AND SURGEON.
SOULTR1E, COLQUITT r >.,GA.
' er9 his s. rvi. es to the «'*• le Golqtot
The bill introduced by Hon. J. I».
Hall, of Thomas county, to amend the
registration law oi the county, was
passed on Friday.
The eyes oi the little folks will
sparkle when they go into J, E. Robis
son & Co’s, to-day. O, there’s just
stacks of pretty things in there.
THOMPSON
Iron Works,
Miss Katie Andrews, a charming
and accomplished belle of Leon conn*
ty, Fla., society, has returned home
after a pleasant visit in the ci’y.
J-U KMM sTKBET,
THOMASVILLE, GA
l :im better prepuml than ever to
i«l all kind* *-f repair work
in iron and brass. In addition to long
years of experience, I am fully cquip-
|H*d with the latest improved tools
and can guarantee all work entrusted
to me Shops in rear of former resi-
di-iuc, on lower Jackson street. Give
me an up; ortunity to make an cati-
luatc on M*ur work.
(\ H. THOMPSON, Agt.
I represent one of (ho
largest and most reliable
monument houses in
ar.d can make
11 monuments, head-
ones, etc., lower than any
i<ly.
Artificial Stone Curbing
1 cemetery lots made to
•dcr.
IRON FENCING,
any aiul all stjlcs, sold at the most
reasonable rates. Call and see me
aiid get estimates.
**-• W. H.BUBCH,
Tliomasville, Ga.
5 C d&w tf
if. PALI & BRO.’B
Carriage Shops.
Lower Broad Street, Thomasville, Ga*
CARRIAGEm WAGON REPAIRING
HuRSR .SHOEING. RTC„
Dana tit rensonnoie rates. Having recently
purchased a number of labor-saving tools,
and havi.ig the
Best Equipped Shops
n .Southweal Georgia,
do till kinds of work in
ftatfe snd outim'.
aker has had Lis last
e past week.
Remember that the registration
and time of closing of the tax books
for state and county, expires on the
20tb. Call on {Collector Simmons at.
Evan’s warehouse and pay up.
Mrs. E. S Burbank, Miss Hattie,
her daughter, and Mrs. DeLaoo, of
Wiscjntin, Have arrived in the city
and are occupying the Burbank cot
tage on Uemiogtou Avt nue*
Col, J. W. Paxton and family, cf
Wheeling, W. Va., arrived Fiiday
night and have occupied their hand
some winter home on Remington Av
enue. Every one is glad to see them
among the pines again.
Maj. Bradford D.-inham, Superin
tendent of the Alabama Midland
railroad, was in the city yesterday,
Major Dunham is one of the ablest
and most popu’ar railroad men in the
South.
Mr. Plant's Reply.
Mr. H.B, Plant, president of the
Plant system of railroads, has written
the following letter to the committee
in reply to the resolutions adopted by
the citizens meeting, which were sent
him: ~
Tampa, Fla., Dec. 8tb ( 1893.
Messrs. H. TP. Hopkins, W. K Davies,
E, M. HaUette, S, L. Hayes, Thomas*
vilk, Oa:
Gentlemen.:—I have to day your
favor of the 5th inst. enclosing a copy
of resolutions passed at a maw‘meet
ing of leading citizens of Thomasville.
In arranging the schedules which
went into effect on the third instant,
it was our purpose to give Thomas-
ville the benefit of as good passenger
service to and from the east and west
as was consistent with the interests of
other localities reached by onr lines.
In making the schedules, a great
many things had to be considered;
we had connections al Jacksonville,
Jesnp and Montgomery whose Eched
ules we could not control and were
obliged to a certain extent to run our
trains so as to accommodate through
travel .making these connections. Yon
will readily appreciate that with so
many conflicting interests to serve it
is impossible to make schedules which
will be entirely satisfactory to all' of
our patrous.
We fully appreciate the spirit of
enterprise existing in Thomasville
which has made it so considerable a
factor in onr business, and we wonld
not &williDgly do anything which
would iijurioQsly aflect the interests
of your city, which are. to a large '-xv
tent, ours also.
The schedules which went into ef-
efect on- the 3rd inat are, to a certain
extent, experimental, and if it i* found
that they work too great an incon-
ven'cnce to the people of Thomasville
we shall endeavor to afford a remedy.
Assuring you, and through yon, all
the good people of Thomasville of our
earnest desire to do everythiog in our
power to help bnild op the business of
your city, I am,
Very respectfully Your?,
H. B. Plant, Pres.
It will be seen from the above that
Mr. Plant has given the matter con
sideration and we hope and believe
that the existing inconveniences of
the schedule wid be remedied.
The Missionary Anniversary.'
Tho Methodist Sunday school cele
brated its Missionary Anniversary ift
the Methodist chntcb Sunday night,
and the large and spacious chnrch
was filled with an attentive congrega
tion. The exercises were very inter
esting indeed, and the shoeing made
•by the treasurer of the^ past year’s
work, was a very good one.
The tollowiogjprogramme ’was car
ried out:
Drill by the little children.
Song by school.
Prayer by Mr. Wynn.
“Welcome.”—John Lee.
‘ Give TosDay”—Louise Pittman.
* A Missionary Man”—Albert Prin
gle.
'Do What you Can* —Bama Ev
ans.
“The Pennies”—Goodman Pittman.
Song by School.
Report of Treasurer, W. L. Ball.
Song by School.
Missionary Report by Mr. Wynn.
“Let the Lassie Go”—Eva Lake.
Song by School.
‘ Give me to drink”—Clinton Betj-
Song by School.
“How to Shine for Jesus”—Miss
Stella Hnrst.
Reading—Miss Delia Smith.
Bong by School.
“Don’t yon Care’—Miss Leila Gro«
vatt
•Biddy Redwings Nest”—Miss
Pauline Mitchell.
Collection
Song by School.
Benediction*
A Letter from Wesley Peacock.
Our people are patiently and hope
fully awaitsng action on the part of
the railroad authorities, touching the
present schedules. We believe they
will be corrected. They certainly
should be, ai d that without unnec
essary delay.
Judge Hopkins has rented the
Mason cottage in East End to Mr.
Jas Larmon, a wealthy manufacturer
of Cincinnati, for the season. Mr.
Lamar will occupy the same shortly,
bringing down his family, horse?, etc.
Thomssville wilKgive Mr. Lnrmon and
family a cordial welcome.
The Guards will soon bo equipped
with new hats and leggings. The
government has decided to furnish all
companies in the state with campaign
hats and leggings and Lient. Jerger
forwarded a requisition for these arti
cles to Col. Varnedoe at Valdosta
yesterday.
HERRING & WALKER,
UNDERTAKERS.
Miss Emma Tierney, of Niagara
Falls, N. Y., arrived Friday night
and will spend the winter in Thomaa-
ville the guest of her brother, Mr.
John R. Tierney, the clever manager
of the Masury. We trust Miss Tier*,
ney will find her stay in Thomasville
a p’easant one.
Mr. J T. Chastain i*. in receipt of
the following letter from Pnf. Wes
ley Peacock, wlurwM be remembered
by many ot our -readers. Mr. Pea
cock is an old Thomas county boy
who went to Texai some years ago,
and we are glad to know has prosper
ed. He is now superintendent of pub
lic schools in Uvalde, Tex., and al
though fortune has smiled upon him
his western home, the letter below
will show that his mind is still filled
with pleasant recollections of the
home of bis birth:
Uvalde, Tex., Dec. 4,1893.
Mr. J. T, Chastain, Thomasville, Oa :
My dear Friend.—I have just
raid in the Timei- Enterprise your
invitation to the visitors, printers and
miniiters of the city to go out to yonr
sugar b tiling, and I tell you it makes
“my heart torn back to Dixie”
deed and in truth.” I know what a
sugar-boiling means. I ask jour
sympathy. However, I shall try to
make out on metquito beans, freijoles,
tamales and chili con carne.
With kind regards, I am,
Your friend,
Wesley Peacock
168 BROAD STREET
Of course everybody is gad to see
Mr. B. F. Schurmeier, ofSt. Paul,
in Thomasville again. He arrived
on the delayed sleeper Thursday
night and registered at the Masury.
Mr. Schurmeier spends every season in
Thomasville and is one of the most
popular of our numerous winter visi
tors. The quail are put on notice of
his arrival. He csraea j repared to
slay them.
The Forum's Reduction of Price.
The Forum, which its readers regard
as the toremost of our periodicals,
reduces its price, beginning with the
December number, from $5. to $3. a
year, from 50 cis. to 25 cts. a copy.
This is the most noteworthy reduction
in periodical literature that has taken
p’ace—perhaps that can take place.
Magazines of fiction and adventure,
the illustrated monthlies, were within
trybody’s reach even before the
recent reduction in the price of some
of ihem. But no periodical of the
class of The Forum has ever been
sold for 25cts. It becomes the cheap
est by half of all great Reviews in the
world, and it remains the largest of
all our periodicals o! its kiod, and i:
character is in no way changed.
This reduction of price puts The
Forum easily withiu the reach of every
reader who cares for it—of every man
and worn in who desires to keep
abreast of the times. The extent to
which this reduction will add to popu
lar education cn gr. at subjects is in
calculable. The ablest articles by
the foremost writers are now offered
at less than two cents each.
The Forum easily takes rank with
the foremost periodicals oi this coun
try and Europe. The ablest writers
of the two continents contribute to
the pages ot this splendid publicat ; oo.
The New Schedule.
The Savannah £resa**keepfl ham
mering away at the jiew schedule of
the S., F. & W, Ry. It has been
studying the schedule and in a recent
issoe has the following to say:
The new through schedule of the
Savannah, Florida and Western rail
road is a good schedule for Port Tam
pa and other Florida points, as a Sa
vannah merchant s&id to-day, bnt
certainly can cause no great rejoieing
to persons wishing to leave here and
get cffth9 train with a radius of two
or three hundred miles. It is conced
ed to be the worst schedule the Sas
vannab, Florida and Western has
ever given Savannah and points on
its western division.
To go west of Waycross, via Thom
asville, a passenger now has to leave
here at 2.29 a. m., arriving at Way-
cross at 5.45 a. m. Here a stop is
made until 9 30 a. m., and Thomas
ville is reached at 1.07 p. m. By the
time tho train reaches Thomasville it
isnoealier in the day than when it
reached there at the time when the
train left here at 6.10 a. m., which it
did previous to Sunday.
If a passenger does not care to leave
here during the (< we sma’ hours” he
can prevent it by taking tl^e 6. 50 p.
, accommodation train and arrive
m Thomasville at 2 39 a. m. A
sleeper will be pat on next Sunday
for the accommodation of this night
train It will go through to Tampa,
and a passeDger bound via Thomas*
ville will leave the Pullman at Dupont
at 1140 p. ra , and get into Thomas
ville at the hoar above mentioned.
Under the old schedule, before Nos.
5 and 6 were taken off, a passenger
left here at 8.10 p. m. and arrived in
Thomasville at 9 25 a. m.
When trains Nos. 5 and 6 were
t tken off Savannah was promised the
same schedule or something better
after the fever was over.
When one considers that No. 5 used
to leave at 8 p. m. and did all the lo
cal work through to New Orleans,
that No. 6 left Montgomery at 8 a.
m. and arrived there at 6,30 a, m.
stopping at all stations, it is hard to
just where better, or even jost as
good, service i* being given now as
before the epidemic.
Here is what Attwood, Violett &
Canned Tomatoes. r
One of the attractions in Talbot
county’s exhibit is a large display of
canned tomatoes, cultivated and put
up by^Mr. W. K. Dennis. Mr. Den-*
nis has a model farm, conducted on
the intensive system, and every acre
is made to pay. him. He is an intclli*
gent and industrious man and joining
the willingness with ihe ability, he is
condacUhg the various enterprises of
his farm in a way which should be
taken as an example by &U who may
be disposed to believe that Georgia
farmers cannot become independent.
We will dwell here particularly on
the exhibit of tomatoes. Unfavorable
persons did not allow the peach crop
to develop as it should, so Mr. Dennis
confined his canning to tomatoes. From
ten acres planted in this vegetable he
sold $400 worth of green tomatoes
and put up 6.009 cans. With any
thing like a good season, Mr. Deunis
thinks the crop would have yielded
50,000 cans.
All this canning is done right there
on the farm with an outfit which cost
♦15. To put up 1,003 cans is a small
day’s work. These goods find a ready
market aud bring a good price. Thero
is no.reason why farmers all over
Georgia should not can their fruit.
There is every reason why they
should.—Augusta Chronic e.
There is a pointer in the'hbove for
Thomas county farmers and garden
ers. We are neglecting, sadly neg
lecting, opportunities which should be
utilized. When will oar people wake
up to the importaaco of using, to the
best advantage, the soi and c imate
of this sectiou? -
The Curtnght Stock Sold.
Dr. W. A* Candler, executor of
the estate of the late J. T. Curtright,
sold jeaterday the stock of shoes,
hats, umbrellas, etc., of the Curtright
shoe store ou Broad street, to Messrs.
James Watt and P. N. Harley, who
will continue the business. Mr. F.
H: Smith and Mr. Pierce. Harley will
be in charge ot the business and will
conduct it on the same high plane
which characterized Mr. Cnrtrighl’s
management. Mr. Smith has been
identified with the business for many
years and is thoroughly familiar with
its every detail. He is one of the
best and steadiest young business men
in the city. Mr. Harley has also had
experience in this business- and is a
young man possessing.good business
qalifications. ! Frank Smith and
Pierce Harley makem strong team,
and they wi&l make a success of ^.the
venture. They have the best wishes
of every one.
Happily Mamed.
Mr. R. C. Dickinson and bride
arrived yesterday afternoon and have
rooms at Mr. Henry Mash’s, on Daw
son street. Mr. Dickinson and Miss
Carrie Jacobshagen were married on
last Wednesday, the 6th inst, at
Union Plantation, St. James Parish,
La. The bride is a charming repre
sentative of Louisiana society and a
young lady greatly admired and
universally popular in her State.
Mr. Dickinson is the well known
junior member of the firm of Thomas
& Dickinson, and one of the most
prosperous and prominent young bus-
ine?8 men in the city. Mr. and Mrs.
Dickinson will be at borne to their
friends cn Wednesdays after the
fifteenth inst. They have the best
wishes of a host of friends for a long
life of happiness and prosperity.
Co- have to say about the cotton
crop:
“Our crop advices continue of the
same character as those we have been
receiving, to which we have continu
ally referred, daring! the (past sixty
d iy*, as indications of a small crop
character. What bullish opinion we
have had has been based upon letters
from the entire cotton district, and
unless the writers have boen extreme
ly mistaken injtheir [opinion of the
outturn iu their respective sections,
the foiling cfl, comparatively and
relatively, must begin ia the near
future to confirm the reports that
have been so universally received from
the cotton belt.
To order to realize a crop of 7,<
750.000 bales there must come into
sight 3,500.000 bales, as the amount
in sight yesterday was about 4,250,-
000. The crop of 1888-89 was 6,-
935,028, and yet during the month of
December, 1,528,000 bales came into
sight, which we BbaU hardly equal
this month at the present rate. How<
ever, it does not seem to be so much
a matter of the size of the crop as it
is that the supply is greater than the
demand, and until theso conditions
are reversed it looks as though we
wUl have to wait for an advance that
will be permanent.
Legislature New3.
Atlanta, Dec. 11.—The senate le-
fused this morniog to reconsider the
Veach-Calvia bank bill which was
passed yesterday, also to reconsider
the bill to pay the.Scotts bond, which
bill was lost Saturday.
The house reconsidered the bill, last
Saturday, to reqnire county school
commissioners to b9 elected by the
people. It will not pass the senate, if
it gets through the house.
The house reconsidered the bill to
allow women to enter the Normal
School at Athens, and Mr, Fleming
thinks it will become a law. Both
houses are engaged in rushing through
all local bills that have been delayed.
Only a few important general bills
are yet to be acted upon.
New Orleans, Dec. 8.—A positive
sign of the departure, in the near fu
ture, of the Louisiana lottery for
Honduras, or some other place, was
the appearance this morning of cer
tain placards posted up over the
granite headquarters at the corner of
Union and St Charles streets an
nouncing the building for sale at auc
tion. The sign was stared at by
many people; who, notwithstanding
the frequent annonneements of the
departure, were of the opinion that
the lottery would make another stand
for existence. The cards were taken
as the best evidence of the winding up
oi the business of the concern.
It will be a good thing for the
country when the lottery is run ont.
Vice President Stevenson will be
given a rousing Georgia welcome in
Augusta to-day. If he doesn’t see
what he wants all he has to do is tcP
ask Pat Walsh for it.
George P, Woods, late editor of.the
Hawkinsville Dispatch, is dead. He
was a bright, genial fellow, and pop
ular with every member of the Geor
gia press.
The News pub’is.ves an accoua c of
two ladies who cultivated one-half
acre in lettuce and cucumbers this
year, near Savannah. They realized
$2,000 on the little patch of ground.
Chicago has a new sensation. The
recent firing of two Catholic churches
in that city has given rise to the rus
mor that a systematic effort is to be
made to burn all the Catholic church
es in that city.
Jacksonville, Fla.; Dec. 10—The
selection of Mayport as the place for
CorbetMo train by Delaney, and the
selecUon-of the Jacksonville grounds
by the Athletic Club as the site for
the battle between the American and
Englishman, were the most important
developments, pugilistically speaking,
ot the past week. The fair grounds
and building have been placed at the
disposal of the Duval Athletic Club
by H. B. Plant, and yesterday an arch
itect was on the ground taking
notea for a sketch for the building.
The old building will form the center
of the new one, and aronnd it will be
bnilt an arena, whloh, when comp*et>
ed, will form a structure 205 feet long
by 155 feet wide.
There will be 508.boxes with a seat
ing capacity of 2,038 people, and out
side of these will be the arena, with a
seating capacity of 8.952, and at each
end there will be galleries with ac
commodations for 1,248, making a
total seating capacity oi 12,238.
The ring, 24 feet square, will be in
the center of the building, surrounded
by boxes, and 3£ feet high.- Outside
of this will be a space 8ieet wide for
members of the press and telegraph
operator.
Legislature Work.
Atlanta, Dec. 9.—The house to
day passed Mr. Bdtile’a bill to require
county authorities to purchase food
and clothing for indigent confederal'
soldiers instead of sending them to the
poor house; also a bill that widows of
confederate soldiers who may die
from disease? or wounds received in
the confederate army shall receive
pension:; a'so a bill changing the
meeting of the legislature from Octo
ber to July in each year.
The teiate reconsidered the mob
law bill which was lost yesterday: It
also passed the Ca!vin-Veach bank
bill.
The house killed Mershon’s State
board of health bill.
That was a cruel, cowardly and
most dastardly crime when the anarch<
ist—August Valliant, threw a bomb
into the French chamber of deputies.
He threw it from one of the galleries
and intended to kill Premier Dupey
but a woman, who was near him, see*
iog that he. was about to throw the
deadly missile jerked his arm and thus
saved the life of the premier. How
ever, he and ten deputies were wound
ed. The bomb thrower was badly
hurt himselt by the explosion. He was
caught aud has confessed the crime
and boasts over it. These murderous
anarchists, the natural offspring of
socialism, should be swung up in
donble quick time when they under*
take to regulate society with dynamite.
Speaking of Savannah’s new outlet
to Florida the News of yesterday says:
The Florida Central and Peninsular
railroad will be running its trains into
Savannah before Christmas. In all
probability a through schedule from
Columbia to Tampa will be in opera
tion by that time. There are only half
a dezen miles ofroadto>be completed
now. Work is being pushed rapidly.
Maj. Lee, the engineer in charge of
this division, said yesterday that the
contractors had given orders to close
up all work by Wednesday. It will
take a few days after that time to
search out the defects in the track and
get everything in readiness for th*
operation of the regular schedu’es.
It is thought that this hoe wiil catch
a good portion of the travel heretofore
controlled by the Piant system.
Stevens, late of Honolulu, and
Eagan, late of Valparaiso, are about
as many diplomates of that kind as
the United States can afford to have
a generation or two. May we
never fee their like again, remarks the
Enquirer-Sun.
The Tax on State Banks.
Washington, Dec. 8.—The bill to
repeal the 10 per cent, tax on State
banks has been framed by the commit
tee on currency. It does not repeal
unconditionally, but provides that
issues of currency be made under the
direction of the Comptroller of Cur
rency, and it will be provided that the
comptroller will prevent issues unless
amp'y secured, and will prevent wild
cat issues.
The bill has the approval of Mr,
Cleveland, who desires the repeal of
the tax if surrounded by proper safe*
guards.
Making up the deficit cause! by
o vering the tariff is a serious one.
Touching this phase of the su'.»jfct, a
dispatch from Washington yesterday
says:
w:d .* d varsity ol opinion y:t re
mains regarding the scope and rate of
the income tax. Srom the data at hand
evident that a r per cent, tax on
corporations and legacies alone will
not furnish the revenue needed to off-
set the di. ficiencies next year. Either
the rate mu t be increased to 2
cent, or, if it remains at z per cent,
the scope of the tax must be broaden
ed to include individual incomes ot
$4,000 or less.
Meanwhile the suggestion is again
made that an additional tax be im
posed on whiskey. Thera is no doubt
that the commitltee will consider that
suggestion seriously when the general
subject ot internal taxation comes up,
In The Legislature-
Atlanta, Dec. 8,—To-day the"House
passed a bill making it a crime for
prize fights to take place in the state,
Ano.her bill passed the House that
all confederate soldiers who, from age
and blindness, attended by poverty,
shall receive a $100 pension.
The bill to codify the laws ot Geor
gia was passed by the House.
And Valdosta dues not like the
schedule. The Times says:
The new schedule on the S., F. &
W., is causing great dissatisfaction all
the way from Waycross to Albany
and to Alabama. Valdosta finds little
of benefit to comtemplate in trains
reaching here at midnight from the
west and 1 a. m. from the east. No
local traffic can be accommodated,
but for through travel to Florida, the
new servjce may be the new thing.
Another objection is the 4 hours wait
at Waycrors coming out from Savan
nah in the morning and 5 hours lay
over a5 Thomasville before you can
start to Albany.
It is said an effort will be made in
the eeoa’e to change the Wilson tariff
bi'l. The house bill should pass just
as it was reported to the House.
There should be no tinkering with
the bill. It suits the people, thd
common peop’o.
The decision ot the legislature that
females shall not be admitted to the
summer sessions ot Rock college,
Athens, ia being generally condemn
ed, as we think it should be. There
are more females than male teachers,
and the former should , be denied no
instruction to which the latter are en
ticed —Toccoa News.
The News is right, there are no
gtod reasons why female teachers
should not have ail the advantages ex
tended to male teachers. Some of
the finest teachers in Georgia are
women. Give them an equal showing
with the lords of creation*
Steve Clay will not bo a candidate
for governor. He ha3 written a letter .
which takes him out of the raco. Mr.
Clay is one of the popular young men
in Geoigia, and had he decided to
make the race, he would have had the
support of a large element ia the
democratic party. Honors will yet
cotrc to him. He is young and can
afford to bide his time. This leaves
but two gentlemen, Mr. Atkiuson
and General Evans in the race. How
ever, the entries are not closed and
there may be others who will seek the
office. This is a free country. Any
body can run for an office, from pres
ident down to bailiff.
The Georgia legislature will itself
have to be reformed before it will be
competent to grasp such advanced
ideas as the reformation of youthful"*
criminals, the equal education of the
sexes, etc. It can tackle a dog law, .
or a law authorizing the construction
of a dam over which a fish can climb, ~
or a law to protect ’possums. But it
cannot understand why a state should
invest $15,000 in an institution to
separate the children, who have gone
wrong and been sent to prison, from
the hardened criminals. It is a sad
commentary upon the legislature to
say that it prefers to see children,
who might be saved from a life of
crime, become thieves and thugs rath
er than offer them a hand to help
them become good citizens.—News.