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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.