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THE POPULAR VOTE-
In the following table official
returns of tho presidential election are
given for most of the States. It shows
that since 1884 the republican vote has
increased by 384,685 in the thirty-seven
States, the Democratic by 357,259, and
the prohibition vote by 93,383, while the
nnion labor psrty gave 30,444 less for
Streeter than tbe greenback party did
for Bntler in 1884. Thq loss on tho com
bined labor vote will be somewhat low
er than 30.444 when all the returns of
the united labor party for Cowdrey are
made. The total vote of the four lead
ing parties was 10,9b6,742 > sgainst 9,985,-
9C7 in 1884, an increase of 970,775.
of health and wealth to tho cities has
continued and from the inexorable
law of tho “Survival of the fittest”
the cities have grown at the expense
of the country.
Again under a change of system, a
people do not readily adapt them
selves to the changed conditions. Be
fore the war, labor and land were
abundant and cheap; extensive culti
vation was the rule and the proper
one. Cotton sold well, as a rule, and
grew luxuriantly on our then fresh
and fertile soil. Now all is changed.
Our lands are poorer and therefore
much should be turned out to follow;
our labor is excessively dear from its
inefficiency—it takes two to three
negroes now to do what one ought to
and used to do. What then must he
done? Why obviously plant less,
turn out poor land and hire less la
bor. It is the poor acres that bring
you in debt and it is the trifling
hands that are eating you out of
house and home. At another time
wc will discuss the advisability of rais
ing your own supplies and the neces
sity of the rotation of crops, which are
co-relative terms.
(Alabama
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Ven Hampshire.
Naw Jersey
Now York..
North Carolina.
Ohio
Oregon
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Total
Plurality.
83.24?
826,001
21,080
13,7ft)
178,333
3,233 CM
5* ,107
66.732
121,80?
r.o.reo
74,5Hi
12.973
SS.659
40.443
aroAa
253,381
155,134
30.181
73,7:14
55,535
135,411
2Sn,S!)7
1'5,359
31,055
23G.2.-.S
108.425
7,ASS
43.7*
144.344
650,332 BP
131,784 147,602
416,054 396,438
117,310
85.062
U7,nu
87,84*
74.920
16.414
39,661
100.472
848,891
ft#
103.541
183.809
84.041
80,483
106,108
m.oso
213.404
09,664
86,471
301.064
80,560
5,149
4.3,336
1&1,<03
635,963,
126.624
446,633
17,633
■ 63*25
139,989 188,787
88,280 234,888
46,192 16,766
160.438 131.977
| 78,4911 79,359
553
614
8.761
2.109
4,234
400
413
1,802
24,552
9,381
8,560
6,462
9,225
130
2,690
4.760
8,641
20,042
16,000
218
4,640
9,129
41
1.592
7,9)4
30,231
24,856
1,677
20941
1*81
6,969
4.749
1,469
1,678
10,613
"1,263
136
8,466
2,694
9,105
1,346
4,644
21
16*39
4,249
ii
■"626
3.496
863
8,873
156,982 14,277
■4.450
8,551
5,384345 295,084 142*33
07,6601 1..
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DEPRESSED AGRICULTURE.
It is gratifying to note that
present depressed condition of
farmers is attracting general interest
and in some quarters a business like I fortune, and the gilded tongues of
NEWSPAPER OPINION.
That the recent message of Mr.
Cleveland is a strong, able and master
ly public document, no one, be his
political opinions whatotbey may, can
for one moment doubt or deny.
That it required no small amount of
nerve to write such a message, amid
the peculiar circumstances which en
vironed him is a fact equally true.
But Mr. Cleveland is always equal
to any demand of courage, and never
fails to rise to the full height of every
claim of statesmanship and patriotism,
So completely has he laid aside his
disappointment, and so distant from
his manly document, is the least
spirit of chagrin, or sullenness, that
but for the knowledge, which we have
of his defeat, we would never know
the struggle that it cost him. Not
word betrays him, not a syllable re
veals his hidden feelings. Not
wave nor a ripple, disturbs the smooth
surface of his brave and patriotic
message. Every line breathes the
spirit of a pure exalted patriotism,
and proclaims the man, who, wearing
the laurels of his office without haught
iness or arrogance, can give them up
without regret, and who, unmoved by
of a bureau of immigration that could
send its agents to Europe and tell the
people there how much better they
could do in the Sunny South, where
laws are equal and where men are
sovereigns. And why do we advocate
immigration? As wo remarked, we
are land poor. Take a farmer with
five hundred acres of land, say worth
$4,000; as a rule he is carrying a
mortgage on his land of from $2,000
to $3,000. How much better would
it be for him to sell one half of his
land, pay his debts and work t^e
smaller area on a more intensive scale.
But says the farmer: ‘I can’t sell my
]and. I can find no purchaser.’ We
answer, import them.
If Georgia would advertise her
wonderful resources to the world—in
no niggardly way, but as a great State
should, the day would not be far dis
tant when every mile-post along her
millions of miles of road would be
marked by the home of a study cot
tager—the seat of thrift, happiness
and plenty. More people, smaller
farmers, more inteusive culture.
These are the watchwords of the
hour.
May the press, with its great pow
er, catch up the refrain and sound it
so loud that our law makers will be
forced to a;t and relieve their people
of a weight of unproductive and bur
densome capital, in the shape of half
worked lands, that is gradually but
surely dragging them to the ground
and enslaving them to Northern Shy-
locks.
I long to see my State—the farm
ers of my State, who constitute its
brawn and muscle, and much of its
brain—relieved of the burden of their
debt, but so sure as there is a God in
Heaven that debt will not be removed
without heroic treatment, and that is
by bringing into our State thrifty and
well-to-do settlers. Unfortuuately, I
may be pardoned in saying, but few
of the editors of Georgia have been
farmers, else they would join heart,
soul, pen, and if need be, blood in
pressing this matter.”
investigation is being pursued, and no
doubt the causes and remedies of the
depression will be discovered and
made known.
The Constitution has recently pub
lished letters from numerous farmers
and merchants throughout Georgia,
written in answer to queries as to the
condition of our agricultural interests
aiid the causes of the present depres
sion. The almost unanimous reply
was that the farmers are in worse con
dition than ten years ago and growing
poorer every year.
Among the letters published is one
from Mayor Hodgson, who, though
not a farmer, shows himself a man of
close observation and fine sense. He
strikes to the heart of the trouble and
in a few lines points out the remedy.
Let every fanner in Georgia read and
ponder what Mr. Hodgson says :
Athens, Ga., Dec. 6.—Editors Con
stitution:—Yours of the 3rd received.
1st. The majority are worse off and
getting poorer every year.
2d. The cause is buying every
thing they consume on credit and
paying big interest, and buying a
great deal of fertilizers from which
they never derive any benefit—and a
good many are-shiftless and indolent.
Those that have prospered are the
thrifty, hard working,that raise grain,
hay and stock, and cotton as a sur
plus. I don’t know of a farmer of
this class but what has money to loan
or invest..
3rd. Live hard, work harder, raise
more grain, hay and stock, and don’t
try to buy bo much on credit.
Yours trul
Hodgson.
them cold and white forever. The
sight was one of terror, and the heart
sickens even in the contemplation.
Is Hawes the murderer of his wife
and children? If so, Woolfolk, lift
up your head, and behold your broth
er, your companion, aud your
in enme!
THE SOLUTION.
While the condition of our farming
interests are under- discussion and
everybody is devising some excuse or
remedy for the generally distressed
condition of agriculture, we would
suggest that the depression has hut
fairly begun and will continue unabat
ed until everything is lost, unless our
farmers begin to live at home and
stop borrowing from Northern Loan
Associations.
Point ns to a man who raises his
food supplies and attends to his busi
ness and we will point yon to a success
ful man and a home of happiness and
plenty.
the distribution of public documents,
recently told a friend of Senator
Colqnitt’s that his speech had had a
wider circulation and was in greater
demand than all the other speeches
on the tariff combined. When Sen
ator Colquitt is fully aroused he
makes a fine effort. He is not a bril
liant but he is a safe man,and a sound
statesman. Senator Beck, himself,
leader of the Democrats in the Senate,
walked np to Senator Colquitt just as
he closed his speech and said: “Allow
me, to congratulate you, Senator, none
of ns can beat that.”
THE PROBLEM OF THE FUTURE.
If the white people of the South
would resolve to let the negro alone
in municipal and state elections the
great body of the colored population
would soon disenfranchise itself by
arrearages on the tax books.
The only way in which the race
question could then trouble us would
be in national elections. It is gener
ally agreed that we should extend the
presidential term to six and the con
gressional term to four years. If
this were done the negro would drop
out of politics and the greatest evil
which threatens our section would be
obviated.
Will tbe manhood of the South
stand the test or rather will the dem
agogues of the South forego tampering
with the negro and allow all elections
to rest where they belong, in the
hands of the whites. Think on these
suggestions.
flattery, indifferent alike to adula
tion and to slander, can stand heroic
and undaunted in adversity.
No one has dared to unjustly crit
icize the message of Mr. Cleveland.
We give the following as an index of
the opinions which his message has
elicited:
The Chicago Herald, (Dem.) says:
“There is not a passage in the impor
tant and significant state paper but
impresses the country with a ' sense
that Grover Cleveland, as President,
was the right man in the right place.”
The New York Times, (Dem)
says: “Many millions of citizens,
reading this last state paper of Cleve
land’s will find themselves deeply
regretting the failure to re-elect him
to the presidency.”
The Chicago News, a Republican
paper, has this to say of Cleveland’s
message: <( None but a bitter partisan
can fail to be aroused to admiration
of the man. who, in the hour of polit
ical defeat, can still keep his rudder
true absolutely suppress all per
sonal feeling in his last official utter
ances. If a Democrat, he must be
proud of the rugged statesmanship
and earnest striving for the best in
terests of the country which marks
its every line. If a Republican, he
can do no less than hope that his
chosen chief may come as well out of
the fray, with a heroic port and un
daunted mien, in 1892, as Cleveland
in these closing days of 1888.”
It is not a matter of surprise that
the farmers are not in a prosperous
condition. Having stood the brunt
of the hardest fought and most dm
astroua war ever waged, hating re
turned alter four years of hard ser
vice, weakened by exposure and pri.
▼ation, in many instances maimed or
halt or blind, to homes laid in
ashes, slaves freed, everything in de
moralization and almost total wreck.
This was the condition of the farmer
twenty odd years ago. Nor was this
all, years of reconstruction and politi
cal death, during which all that was
left from the war was exhausted, is it
surprising that the farmer is poor and
has not yet regained his loss?
Again, after the war, owing to the
changed condition anl the demorali
zation of labor, the stronger, and we
might add, the brainier youths left
the country, where all looked so dark
and flocked to. the cities leaving aged
parents and the old homestead to the
son and brother. This flocking
' >. . ~ , - *-\.i Jly
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A VITAL QUESTION.
In conversation with one of the
most prominent pnblic men in the
country, the head of one of the lead
ing departments of the government,
though not a cabinet officer, he re
marked that the two great questions
of vital interest to Georgia are the
establishment of a bureau of immi
gration and an educational qualifica
tion for the right of suffrage.
He ceuld not have gone more di*
rectly to the core of the living needs
of our State. We want more people.
Our farmers are land poor. They
need intelligent foreign settlers to
whom they can sell a part of their
lands, and who, with them, will work
oat the great destiny of onr State.
Said this distinguished gentleman:
“If the people in the Northwest,
where thousands are freezing to death
every winter, knew what a balmy air,
what fertile soil and what pare
i you have in this section, they
of the weaker, though, jn many wqujd come and settle here by hun-
instances, the nobler and-'tnaWTfcvofr* ‘ *
dreds. So abroad. We need a State
appropriation for the establishment
THE RECENT TRAGEDY-
Tragedy is the order of the hour.
Again is the country shaken from
one end to the other by the hurricane
blast of crime. This time, the cen
tre of the shock, is the modest city of
Birmingham. In the still hoars of the
early morning, that'darkest period
that just preceeds the morn, when the
veil of thick and utter darkness, like
a pall of death, conceals the face of
nature, and every voice is hashed in
the reigning silence, a fit companion
of the awful gloom; that hour when
even the stars grow sleepy, and the
moonlight, tired of the death-like
darkness, which it fails to penetrate,
flies to less benighted regions; in
the hushed and solemn stillness of
that awful hour the foul and hellish
deed was done. No knife or pistol
hurried the execution of the deadly
errand. No eye beheld the crouch
ing form as slowly it crept along the
shadowless scene. No noise betrayed
its entrance to the chamber, where
reposed in the arms of glnmber, the
sleeping forms of wife and children,
little dreaming that their sleep would
be eternal. Neither eye nor ear were
watching as he hurried off with his
victims in his grasp, no hand reached
out to interfere, as with a demon’s
purpose, he tied the massive weight
to the unresisting body, aud harried
the unconscious form into the bosom
of the lake. In quick succession went
the sleeping babes, iron drew them
down as they touched the surface, and
without a murmer they were buried
in the cradle of the deep. But alas,
the conscious lake, blushing m the
crimson flush of the dawning day, re
fused to bide her secret, and in no an.
certain voice she whispered to the ear
of tbe early traveler the story of the
silent tragedy.
Bat alas, this is not the whole-
only the brief prelude, the introduc
tory chapter to the tragic drama.
Suspicion pointed to the husband of
the wife, the father of the children.
Belief, like a pestilence, became con-
tageous, and like the hungry flames
it leaped from mind to mind. Indig
nant blood rose and burned and boiled.
The cry of vengence smote the air,and
the voice of tumult, like the clash of
mighty arms, was heard throughout
the city. “Hang him 1” “Hang him!”
were the watchwords of the mob. “Let
the murderer die!” “Let the murderer
die!” But the hand of justice sought
to interpose. “Let him be heard in a
fair and honest trial before a jury of
his countrymen.” But the mob was
irresistable. As well might the angry
flames cease to rage at bidding, as the
spirit of the mob to yield, without a
desperate struggle. Words were use
less, entreaty was vain. More des
perate means were,needed. The pis
tol ' flashed. The
to one of bloodshed,
tered the crowd and touching the
burning brows of his victims, made
A Bill to increase the Governor’s
salary has at last been introduced.
It proposes to raise it from $3,000 to
$5,000. It has already been favor
ably reported by the finance commit
tee of the Senate, and will no doubt
pass the higher House. But as to
its fate in the House of Representa
tives it is rather difficult to predict.
The movement to increase the Gov
ernor’s salary is a step in the right
direction. For a long time we have
advocated a higher salary, aud we are
glad to see that the legislature is at
last aroused to the importance af this
matter. The great State of Georgia,
with her teaming population, and
her varied industries which have al
ready crowned her with prosperity,
and raised her to the elevation of j
the Empire State, cannot afford to
pay her Governor a salary less than
is provided in the bill.
Hoq. G. Edwards Lester,
Late U. S. Consul to Italy,
author of “Tho Glory and
Shame of England,” “America’s
Advancement,” etc., eto., etc.,
writes as follows:—
New York, August 1,1886.1
122 E. 27th st. J
Dr. J. C. Aykb & Co., Lowell, Mass.,
Gentlemen:—A sense of gratitude
and the desire to render a service to the
public impel we to make the following
statements:
My college career, at New Haven, was
interrupted by a severe cold which so
enfeebled me that, for ten years, I had a
hard struggle for life. Hemorrhage
from the bronchial passages was the
result of almost every fresh exposure.
For years I was under treatment of too
ablest practitioners without avaU. At
last I learned of
THE TREASURER’S REPORT-
The Secretary of the Treasury has
just issued his annual report. It is
clean, precise and comprehensive
statement from the nation’s books,
and shows exactly the financial status
of the government. The magnitude
of the expense required to carry on
the government shows at once the
vast and varied resources of the coun
try, which enable us to bear the bur
den of its great debt. But one fact
cannot fail to attract onr closer notice,
and arouse our serious thoughts. That
fact is this: The excess of taxation
over the actual needs of the people,
for the year ending Sept. 1888, is
something more than $96,000,000.
This divided out per capita among
the masses would he nearly two dol
lars to each man, woman and child in
the United States. This is certainly
a very discouraging fact, and one that
urgently demands the remedy of im
mediate legislation, To use a sound
political maxim expressed in the
words of Mr. Cleveland, “unnecessary
taxation is unjust taxation,” and here
is an excess of $96;000,000, for which
there is neither present nor possible
necessity. It is therefore, a manifest
injustice to the people, to continue
this opposition. To narrow thd state
ment down to smaller figures, it is
this: Every year four dollars are
actually collected from the people for
every three dollars needed by tbe
government. At the rate of the past
year the surplus by the end of the
next fiscal year will be $170,000,000:
Before that time is reached, not only
will the united democracy raise her
voice in protest against this flagrant
outrage, but the voice of justice every
where will be heard in terms of no
mistaken condemnation.
SOBDAN-ADAMS.
On Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock
Mr. James M. Gordan, of Banks county,
was married to Miss Annie Adams, of
this city, at the residence of the bride’s
mother on Pulaski street. The ceremo
ny was performed in an impressive man
ner by Dr. W. li. J. Hardeman, of Har
mony Grove.
Mr. Gordan is one of Banks county's
nicest young men, and Miss Annie is
one of Athens’ charming young ladies.
We congratulate both bride aod
groom upon the choice they have made,
and wish that their pathway through
life may be one of undisturbed happi
ness.
Messrs. Geo. W. Gordan and Willie
Thomas and Miss Roxie Farabee came
down from Harmony Grove to be present
at the marriage.
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral,
which I nsed (moderately and In small
( )ernes) at the first recurrence of a cold
or anv chest difficulty, and from which
I Invariably found relief. This was
over 25 years ago. With all sorts of
exposure, in all sorts of climates, I havo
never, to this day, had any cold nor
any affection of the tliroat or lungs
which did not yield to Aykh’s Cherry
Pectoral within 24 ltours.
Of course I have never allowed my
self to be without tills remedy in all my
voyages and travels. Under my own
observation, it has given relief to vast
numbers of persons; while in acute cases
of pulmonary inflammation, such as
croup and diphtheria in children, life
has been preserved through its effects.
I recommend its use in light but fre
quent doses. Properly administered, in
accordance with your directions,'it is
A Priceless Blessing
in any housa I speak earnestly because
I feel earnestly. I havo known many
cases of apparently confirmed bronchitis
and cougn, with loss of voice, particu
larly among clergymen and other public
speakers, perfectly cured by this medi
cine. Faithfully yours,
C. EDWARDS LESTER.
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, 4
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Zebulon has a new paper called tha
Pike County Jo arnol. It kveryncatl?
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Eatonton will not reoeive as much cob
ton by about 4,600 bales m si,a did
season.
Elberton is a groat ohuroh-going town
Nearly every one attends divine eervicei
regularly.
Henry Vickers, the Lowndes county
murderer, has been taken to the state
insane asylum at Milledgevffie.
Dr. W. H. Weaver has retired from
the editorial, local and business manage
ment of the Eatonton Messenger.
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THE LEGISLATURE.
AJ Very
Interesting Day In the Honae
Wednesday.
ATHENS AND GRIFFIN.
It has been rumored for some time
that the Covington & Macon would be
extended to Griffin. The Griffin Sun
yesterday has the following: “Mr Searcy,
of this city, has a letter from Col.
Machen. of the C. Sc M., stating that the
line to Griffin will be built right away.
Let the good work go on. We will not
be satisfied until we bear the whistle of
the Covington Sc Macon at our union
depot
The B.-W. called upon the Colonel at
the Commercial, to see if he had any
thing to say on the subject, but he was
told that Mr. Machen had left for Macon.
Blaine or not Blaine, for a Cabi
net position, that is the question.
In the event of the death of both
President and Vice-President, the
office would not descend to the Presi
dent of the Senate as heretofore but
to the Secretary of State. This is
under the operation of a new law.
Simultaneously with the announce!
ment that Stanley was supposed to
have been located near the great oil
river beyond the Upper Niger, comes
the statement by Dr. Williams that
the explorer is dead. Dr.Williams
was with the exploring party in
Africa, and has -recently returned.
He has no positive evidence that
Stanley is dead, but he is decidedly of
the opinon that he is. The public wil
have to wait a little longer before it
gets the troth with regard to Stanley,
scene grew
Death en-
Some who are inclined to under
rate Senator Colqnitt and sometimes
slur at his effort on the tariff in Con
gress, during the last session,, will be
surprised to hear it said that Senator
Kenna, of West Virginia, who is
chairman of the Democratic Congres
sional'committee and has charge of
JOE BAUGHN.
The above named gentleman has al
ready had his praises sung both in prose
and verse. He is from Oglethorpe coun
ty and is not a man of tender years, but
a hard and confined old bachelor. Joe
Baughn has tried his best to get married
and has advertised in all of the Georgia
papers for a wife, but so far he remains
on his roost. Joo Baugh is one of the
kindest hearted men in Georgia, bnt he
never can bring himself to the point to
ask any one to be his wife. We are al
ways glad to see him in onr sanctum.
DICK 8TATUM.
The boss horse swapper of the famous
Sante Fee district of Jackson county,
was in the city Wednesday, and like all
good men, subscribed for the B.-W., and
took a chance for the prizes. Uncle Dick
is still hale, hearty and seventy. He
Dever owned a horse worth over fifty
dollars, but always managed to get rid
of them at a profit. Uncle Dick Statum
is an original character, and it is a treat
to hear him tell of hie ups and downs.
SOLD OUT.
In this issue appears the notice that
A. G. Elder has sold out bis business on
Barry’s corner, to Mr. J. C. Bernard. We
regret to give Mr. Elder up, bat we will
get a live young man in his place. Mr.
Elder will move to Anniston, Ala, where
he expects to open business. Mr. Ber
nard is a young man, who has been
doing business on Thomas street, and
has made money.
MAYESVTLLE DOTS.
Mayxsvill*, Dec. 12.—Dr. J.K.Barns,
of (Jlarkesville, is visiting relatives here.
Mr. H. H. Hale [has moved to Bir
mingham, Ala.
Mr. Thomas Henderson, an energetic
clerk of the firm of Carr Sc Bacon, ‘is ill
with typhoid fever.
Mr. B. D. Wallace and his son. Master
Doc Wallace, have returned from a pros
pecting trip to Anniston, Ala.
■WARNING.
The puulio is cautioned to pay no
money due me to Bud Merriwether, as
he has no authority to make collections
for me. He has been in my employ
and was discharged for larceny.
12-15 Wkslsv Merriwether.
ANOTHER TRESTLE.
Mr. Stiles, who has charge of build
ing the bridges on the Covington &
Macon road, started ^Wednesday on the
Biver street trestle. This trestle will
be about five hundred feet long, and will
be finished about thp last of the week.
A smaller trestle near the Northeastern
depot will complete the work. Mr.
Stiles expects to leave about Christmas
for his home in Kansas City.
Atlanta, Dec. 12.—The House met
at 10 o’clock. Roll call was suspended
and the journal read.
A motion to have a night session from
7:30 to 9, to read and pass local and cha:
ter bills was carried.
A motion was also passed providing
that the House hereafter convene at 9
a. m.
The Senate resolution that the session
j be prolonged indefinitely was taken up
and tarried, by a vote of ayes. 136, nays
14.
Committee reports were received.
The Hoase then went into a commit
tee of the whole for a farther considera
tion of the appropriation bill.
Mr. Smith, of Gwinett, spoke against
the appropriation of f18,000 to the Tech
noloeical school.
Mr. Park, of Greene, also thought that
the appropriation was unjust and should
not be given.
Mr. Huff, of Bibb, bad received no
other than a common school education
but could appreciate it the more on ac
count of that fact. As his city (Macon)
bad been instrumental in founding tho
Technological school, and he thought
that it would be shirking his doty not
to lend his efforts toward securing an
appropriation to support it, he was hear
tily in tavor of the appropriation.
An amendment to the clause intro
duced by Mr. Candler, ef DeKalb, was
read for information.
That an appropriation of $250,000 be
made for support of common schools for
1889, and $500,000 for 1890 The
amounts to be additional to that usually
appropriated.
Mr. Candler favored the resolution.
Mr. David, of Burke, wanted this leg
islature to make itself remembered for
time immemorial by voting the small
pittance asked for the support of Geor
gia's educational institutions.
Mr. Tigner, of Muscogee, favored the
appropriation.
Mr. Humphries, of Brooks, was op
posed to the measure.
The committee here reported progess
and asked leave to sit again.
On motion it was decided that when,
the house again goes into a committee of
tbe whole, tbe debate be discontinued
and aetion taken upon tbe subject. The
House then again was resolved into a
committee of the whole to take action
upon the subject The clause appro
priating $18,000 to the school of technol
ogy was adopted: ayes 84, nays 4L
The appropriation of $3,000 to the
branch colleges at Dahlonega and Mill
edgevilie, and $4,000 to that at Thomas-
vilie, was adopted.
An amendment offered by Mr. Can
dler, of DeKalb, to amend the section by
adding for the general school fond
the Bumof $280,000 for the year 1889
and $500,000 for 1890 was’ adopted.
An amendment to appropriate $2,000
to the college at Guthbert was adopted.
Mr. Harrell, of Decatur, thought that
every county should receive an appro
priation of $2,000, if that amount should
be given to each branch college.
The committee reported progress and
asked leave to sit again.
Several committee reports were made;
The house then adjourned.
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date for Coroner of Clarke conntv. Elec
tion January, 1889, *r n r, , n mfi.'i fWtel
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Covington & Macon Railroad.
O N and after Pee-mber loth, regular sched
ule* will be run as follows:
Leave Athens - - - - - 8:30 am.
“ •• - - - - - 1 :U0 p in
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A. J. McEVOY, Superintendent.
MONEY TO LOAN.
On improved plantation property, in
this and Madison counties, at 8 per c^t.
per annum, in snms of $300 and upwards
payable in insUllments. Apply at the
office of 1 Hknby C. Tuck,
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I AM A CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY SUR
Veyor and ask the support of »U the Vowr- in tbe
county,C, B. 11ANIKU
I respectfully announce as a candidate tor re
•lection to the office of Ordinary of t lsrk conn-
1AM.
ty.
ASA M. 1APKWN
I respectfully announce for re-election to th
ot tax receiver t
office
r of Clarke county.
DAVID £. SIMS.
8. D. MITCHELL, announces as a candldat
for Clerk of the Superior Court of Clarke County
at the electloatn January 1689. i
I hereby announce myself as candidate for
llerk of Superior Court, and respecUly sollst tbe
uflrage of the people at the electiouTn January
CHARLES D. VINCENT.
To the Voters of Clarice County. At th
solltation of raauy friends and my own volition
I announce myself as a candidate for Ordinary
and respectfully ask
I am a candldat- for -Clerk of the Superior
Court ot Clarke ooun-y. EleoUon January 18.
W. B. PRUITT.
I hereby announce, myself for selection
Treasure ot t larke coiiuty.
U. J. O’FARRELL.
—■ . ; — ■ 1 .
announce for re-election to tbe office otsheriS
Of Clarke county. Election January 1889.
JOHN W. WEIR
I neroDy announce for re-election to the office
of Tax Collector ot Clarke county.
H. H. LINTON.
DR. J- C. ORR will ba pleased to have the
snpport of the voters of Clarke county, tor the
Office of COUNTY TREASURER,
1 heraby announce ravsolf 8* a candidate for
the office of TAX RECEIVER of Clarke county
at tho coming election and respectfully uk tbe
support of the voter* f raid c. uuiy. _
W. T. CARTER
I hereby announce myself as a candidate fo
Treasurer of Clarke 'county Election J8h u V
189. and respectfully ask the support of ;a
oters of said county. W W.,TURKEY*.