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V, «<■# t r SOUTHERN BASSE Jh ^outljmt fanner. H. H. CARLTON, - Editor. Towns ot Subscription. „ $2 oo 1 oo so ONE COPY, Oa« Year ONE COPY, Six Months. ONE COPY, Threo Months. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Citation for Letter* *5 ™ Citation for Letter* at Administration...... ..... 4 uu Application lor Letters of Dismission Admin- # ^ Appi™t^n foTl^ettersoii)iVm'i»slonGu«rdi*n 5 25 Application tor Lease tc Sell Lands — » go Notice to Dobtors and Creditors — « W Sales of Land, fee., i>er square..........-— - -- » Sales Perishable Property, 10 days, per *q... 1 °0 Estray Notices, 30 day* — 2 Sheriff Sales. persquare.....*— —- * rr Sheriff Mortwio ft. f* **1*» per square — 5 00 Tax Collector'* Sale*, per square-..-.......... .-- » w Foreclosure Mortgage, par square, *»ch time. 1 00 Exemption Notices (In advance).... - - •iS-fec.®wiSStirtfisayf of Clarke county. Rates of A.«Avortlslnfit. Advertisements will he inserted at ONEW0L- LA P. Dor aouar* lor the f rst insertion, and r 1 r 11 CES’Fs per square for each continuance, f “ r “ n y time under cm* month. For lonsgcr periods a lib eral deduction will b* made. A square equal to 1 ‘"Not'icci Tn local column, less thou n square, 20 cents a line. The repeal of the bankrupt law by Congress is almost a certainty. The Naw, Specie Resumption Act and Pacific Railroad engage the at tention of Congress at present. Motions for the adjournment of Congress on the 10th of June are being offered by weary Congress men. Business failures have not been as numerous since the war as at present reported. The daily average amounts to millions ot dollars. South Carolina Senators and mem bers of the House of Representatives are advocating the establishment of a naval station at Port Royal, South Carolina. The House ot Representatives of Ohio on the 17th passed the Senate bill authorizing the issue of two mil lion dollars in bonds to complete the Cincinnati Southern Railroad. William P. Arnett, formeily a clerk in the post office at Augusta, who was c iu ged with embezzling letters from the maids was tried at Savannah last week and acquitted. A cargo of strawberries and eng- lish peas was shipped to New Pork from Charleston one day last week by Steamer City of Atlanta, valued at forty-two thousand dollars. AUer leading the scores of col umns of foreign telegrams the Euro pean situation is still a mystery to us. We will not know whether or not war is inevitable between Eng land and Russia until after a dash of arms is reported. From a tabulated statement of the number of Sunday Schools, teachers and scholars represented in the In ternational Convention published in the Atlanta Constitution of the 18th inst, the statistics shows 87,975 schools, 876,104 officers and teachers and 0,763,228 scholars. A Blund<£ m Dem .cic Organization. That State Democratic party or- -\y e re g rel t j ie blunder made, nn- ganizaticn should be preserved no thoughtfully, no douhU.Fy W. G one will deny who has the good of Whidby, one of the Secretaries of the his country at heart, unless, forsooth, j international Sunday School Conven- he may be an office seeker who tion, in raising tho question of pro- In consequence of a threatened reduction of ten per cent, in the wages of operatives in manchester and Lancashire Mills the operatives threaten a strike, which if carried into effect will throw one hundred and twenty thousand working people out of employment, and the hum of two hundred thousand looms and six million spindles will cease. desires to float to the surface on some pretext or whim' unknown to Demo cratic usage. Ambitious and de signing politicians in every section of the South are busy seeking to make inroads u pon the plan of organization of the Democratic party in order that they may create ’ sympathy for them selves, and distrust in Democratic ranks and thereby secure their own political preferment. No opportunity is lost to impress upon unsuspecting minds that fraud is practiced by and through organization and they call aloud for an independent movement —something entirely outside the pale of Democratic usage. Tho charges alleged by these disappointed Inde pendents will have more or less weight with a great many people, unless both sides of the question are presented and many Demo crats will, unmindful of political danger run astray after false political gods. Who will he to blame for the strength gathered by this bastard political movement? Wo answer the Executive Committees of the differ ent States of the South. Iu our own State we have a Democratic Execu tive Committee whose duty it is not only to keep party machinery in order but, by virtue of their office should so shape legislation as to secure the success of the party both as regards local and State politics. This being the duty of the Executive Committee, we ask if our exec utive officers are not and have heretofore been somewhat relax in their duties. Elected in 1876, they met and organized the same year and we have heard nothing from them from that day to this. The rank and file of the party has been left to fight its own battles without the advice of an executive head, while our enemies, taking ad vantage of our stupidity are more thoroughly organized than ever. bc. : fore. We deplore this lack of activi ty on the pait <f our chosen Execu tive committee and trust that in con sequence of the encouragement given to radicalism in differeut forms by reason of this inactivity the Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee will call the members together, and so amend ihe Consti tution and By-laws of t he party as to allow every good citizen ot the State to rally to and support the Demo cratic platform. Our enemies are not only thoroughly organized but are entrenched, and have their videtts and spies to aid in securing their victory, and if we would combat their influence we must at least inspect our lines and provide for any deficienees that may exist in our organization. What says lion. Thos. Hardeman, the Chairman of our Executive Com mittee ? priety in having a colored delegate as one of the representatives of the Sunday School interest from the State of Ohio. If Rev. B. W. 7 j Arnett had come to Atlanta he would have been thrice welcome in his ca pacity -as a delegate, and-would have had the fellowship of all Christians in the body. It does appear indiscreet in Brother Whidby, after so much time for reflection and .in which to seek advice, (his own keen sense of Christian duty should have dictated a different course thanJ^mt pursued) that he should ha've persisted in car rying out the idea suggested tb his mind when he saw A.AI. E, after the delegates name. Has he forgot ten that there are many colored peo ple in Georgia members of white churches ? Has he forgSUen.lliat it is only since the war Unit -separate churches have been erected in obebe- diencc to their own wishes for colored wofsliip, and that prior l« the war they were regularly admitted to every white service which they de sired to attend ? Surely these things had escaped his memory. The Inter national Sunday School Convention is purely a religious bodj'J’and to he strictly inter..atioiial .-liDtild bo-repre sented by a'l lovers of and workers iu the Sunday School ca'use. The political dogma of social equality should not bo allowed to rest iu the mind of any member of Bitch fin as semblage if lie would be useful m the cause he represents. The International Sunday School Convention which assembled in At lanta on the 17th was tiic largest body of the kind ever assembled in the United States—about 500 dele gates being present, representing all the States, and some of the territories and British provinces. Our honored Gov. Colquitt was unanimously chosen President of the Convention* There are still upward of 280,000 people on Government relief in India, either employed on public works or being feci in camps and hospitals, and tho prospects of any speedy decline of distress are getting more remote as the season advances. Practically the effects of famine will press on the Government resources for at least an other year. With regard to tho area of existing distress in Southern India, certain parts of the Mysore State are undoubtedly the worst of all. The plan for the income tax that the Ways and Means Committee will submit will be to assess a tax of two per cent, on all incomes exceeding 82.000, and not exceeding 85,000, three per cent, on all incomes that are more than $5,000 and less than $10,- 000, and four per cent, on all in comes exceeding that sum. The ex emptions proposed are military and naval pensions, and $2,000 of ordina ry income, $2,000 for each five per sons of every religious or social com munity holding all their property and the income therefrom jointly and in common ; all -national, State and mu nicipal taxes paid within the year; all losses actually sustained during the year, arising from tires, floods or shipwrecks, or incurred in trade or debts ascertained to be worthless (but not estimated depreciation of value); sums paid for iuterest and labor to cultivate land or to conduct any other business from which income is de rived, rent of residence, amou 1 ** for ordinary repairs of res'* * salaries of the Presideii ted States, and of all United States, and of V. executive, judicial and le every State of the Unit assessment will be for tl ing December 31, 1878. I The Xu Klux Story. Very important elections are to be held this year in Georgia, and we may expect to hear of Ku-Klu.v out side of circus parades. Indeed the over-zealous editor of that unfair ai d prtjudiced sheet, the Atlanta Bepnb- licc.ii, has ,already, fallej^qut .with District AtWrney' Farroi^fof*issuing *a recent circular to the United States Commissioners in which lie sets forth the fact that heretofore there has been too much laxity in the matter of issuing warrants uder what are known as the enforcement laws—iu the matter of quarrels between whites and blacks. The United ‘States Supreme Court has decided that they are offences against the State laws only, and matters with which the United States laws have nothing to do. In view of this decision, which is a very righteous oi e, Attorney Farrow instructs his commissioners not to issue any warrants w ithout first taking a written statement of all the facts and forward that statement to him for his consideration. This is right; for how often, heietofore, h&vo innocent parties been arrested and taken from their homes on the statement of prejudiced parties, in a spirit of revenge, when they no hope of making out a case against the accused. On account of the publication ot this circular, however, Bryant hoists the Ku-Klux flag and says Farrow is not in sympathy with the Republican party. All good citizens, white and black, will approve Farrow’s course. _!! I Senator Davis, ot West Virginia, chairman of the Committee to inves tigate the Treasury accounts for the past twelve years, on Wednesday, the 10th inst., charged boldly in the Senate that there had been defalca tions of over $50,000,000. Dawes undertook to defend the steal, but could only say that Democrats did’nt understand the Republican system of keeping books. In an article on the straw bat trade, an English paper says that “art lias gained immense value from the pres ence of a straw l\al, adding so much additional beauty and grace to Dolly when painted by a Maclise, ’tineas are not considered ■■*. The almost fabu- tbq celebrated Vl -rived an grajef’^ \ Thlt. Lodge K. very enjoyable «. . gates. A new Com government of the Gr adopted : The next session of the Gran Lodge will take place at Macon, on the third Tuesday in April, 1879. INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS. The following officers were public ly installed at Masonic Hall, last evening: G. D.—8. H. Shepard, Augusta. G. V. D.—R. G. Powell, Barnes- ville. G. A. D.—D. M. King, Athens. G. G.—R. H. Mitchell, Acworth. G. R.—S. D. Cook, Barnesville. G. T.—R. II. Jones, Cartersville. G. C.—J. W. Pullen, Cave Spring. G. Guardian—C. W, Davis, Athens. G. Sentinel—J. R. Brown, Toccoa. G. Trustees—G. A. Cahaniss, For syth ; E. F. Dawson, Waynesboro; J. M. Brauner, Griffin. G. Rep.—O. T. Rogers, Coving ton. Alternate—J. E. Blackshear, Ma con. F. Com.—A. W. Hull, Washington; J. E. Blackshear, Macon; H. C. Roney, Thomson. .urfhlt Uuu -v .lurch Sunday rigged out in all the appendages of security. P. W. Trammel and N. B. Shen- nault, are said to be the bnisieat men in College. Our quondam college-mate, Philip W. Davis, will be the orator on the •26th. Both candidates for the Senior medal in the Phi-Kappa Society are now battling with the measles. Suc cess speedy and complete to both. The students generally—(candi dates excepted) are glad to see the ice cream signs hanging out again. The measels on the increase rapid ly among the students. We are pleased to see Mr. -R. T. Du Bose and II. II. Russell have recovered. We regret to chronicle the illness of Mr. Dupon, our college mate, who is suffering from an attack of rheu matism. May he be speedily re stored to health. The Moffett Bell Punch. Alluding to this contrivance, the Augusta Chronicle and Constitution alist remarks: We shall not be sur prised to see the scheme put in oper ation in most of the cities and towns of Georgia. If adopted in Augusta the Moffett machine would yield an annual revenue of probably thirty or forty thousand dollars, or enough to pay the annual interest on onc-half of the city’s bonded debt. The present license tax on retail liquor dealers is, like all license taxes, unequal and un just, because the smallest dealer is compelled to pay just as much tax as the largest, and many of the liquor -iien would’doubtless be glad to have the punch put iu operation. The experience of Virginia seems to show that the Moffett law furnishes a cheap and easy method of raising revenue and a number of States and cities are inclined to give it a trial. As the tax ordinance for the current year has already been adopted nothing can be done in this city until after the elec tion ot a new council. may ex pect, however, that the matter will receive public attention and that next year an Attempt will be made to es tablish the hell-pnch in the drinking saloons of Augusta. Senator Conklin was interviewed the other day, and the Chronicle c£ Constitutionalist has the following in regard to the matter : Senator Conkling has spoken at last, and in a way to make the dry bones of the Administration rattle, lie denounces .the President in un measured terms as being a hypocrite, sham reformer and corrupt man generally. Lord Rose® has no doubt that Ilaycs made a bargain with Governor Nieholls and thinks the facts will one day force themselves to the surface. It is a pity the Repub lican lights have such a poor opinion of each other, but we-don't know that the Democrats need put on very deep mourning. It is not a funeral where they have any special interest in the corpse. Tea is beginning to take a place almost side by side with coffee in Ceylon, and samples of Ceylon grown leaf have been received and favorably leported on in London. The -culti vation of the plant is encouraged by the offer of prizes at the colonial ag ricultural exhibition, and experienced planters have given a very favorable opinion of the capabilities of the soil and climate of parts of Ceylo" fi^* the production of a high-clas? No Opium! No dangerous drug Bull’s .B* Colic The editorial corps of the Univer sity Notes will now have the assis tance of a fair unknown, who lias most graciously consented to furnish Society dots. Of course Mr. Editor will be compelled to call once a week for mss. O how enviable is the thrice happy editor. At present there are three secret fraternities at the University viz: The Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Kappa Alpha. The laws passed by the trustees at their last meeting will prove to be their annihilation in one more year unless they are repeated. We propose at an early date to present some thoughts •n secret societies. Pursuant to notice the moot parlia ment of the University met in the Phi Kappa hall last Wednesday. A large attendance was present. Mr. T. S. Mell was unanimously chosen pres ident, and Mr. B. II. Walton, secre tary. A committee on credentials was appointed consisting of Messrs. Russell, Floyd and Mell and reported quite a long list of names. A com mittee was appointed to prepare a constitution and report at the next meeting. The i.ext meeting will be on next Wednesday, at 10 o’cclock, A. si. The enterprise thus far prom ises to be a success. We hope to see a still larger number present at the next meeting. The Phi-Kappa Society made a very valuable purchase of book*-. Among them we notice the Globe edition of Charles Dickens’ works in fifteen volumes, Gibbons’ decline and fall of Roman Empire, llume’s Eng land, Shakespeare’s works, Johnson’s live3 of the poets, the works of Sever, Smollett and Scott, and other very valuable works. Many if not all these books the Society already has, but the latest and most improved editions were desired. We congrat ulate the Society on this addition to the library. Our library is one of which we may well feel proud cons taming as it docs some 3 or 4 thousand volumes of the best works in the English tongue and many good works of other languages translated. For some time, however, we are sorry to say the library has been in the utmost disorder, but, last Saturday a com mittee of 12 gentlemen were appoin ted (of which our efficient librarian is chairman) to arrange and make a catalogue of the works. This com mittee will coinmense its work im* mediately and continue until their duties are discharged. All persons '"ebooks in their possession ‘ r to the Phi-Kappa Society, ’y requested by the com- Return them without delay, ll be allowed out of the are arranged. But this 4d industrious committee :bt, have the library in a .c and orderly condition. It has been a noticeable fact in all ages of the world that beautiful wo. men very frequently marry despar- ately ugly men. In other words tin t jiman, herself, the highest embody. ‘ of bea uty is rather indifferent to >f it with the opposite sex. From fact a philosophic bachelor or a cynical woman-hater might draw conclusions rather disparaging to the fair sex. It might he argued from this that the. sex are incapable of perceiving and .unable to appreciate the highest and finest manifestations of the beautiful. * Or one fond of holding; up to ridicule woman’s al leged weakneta,-viz: Vanity, might infeu that like, a gorgeous bird, she pinks and plumes herself wholly wrapt *in the contemplation of her own loveliness, or with a fine eye for contrast so chooses her partner that her own gaudy feathers may appear more brilliant by comparison. But all such deductions from the fact are the work of a shallow philosophy or au important malice We allege that this very Let is an evidence of wo man’s high appreciation of beautv and that as in other points she is more finely organized and more delicately sensitive than man so in regard to beauty she lias a higher taste and a far more exalted ideal. This may seem paradoxical but it is nevertheless true. This is our ex position of it, Man is taken by what is obvious [and outward. That which addresses his senses and from which he cannot hut receive an impression attracts his attention and excites his admiration. His taste is low, heavy, seasons. He does not tise to the contemplation of a higher and more enduring though concealed beauty, to which this lower is designed to raise him. He bows before his Idol of clay and sees nothing above and beyond. Not so with woman ; mere blood and bone and flesh will not satisfy her. She sees something higher, nobler, Godlike which fills her mind and raveshes her soul. This “some thing ’’ it is which beautifies the clay. This mpral, this intellectual glory casts its radiance over hom&y fila tures and to this her soul pays homage. In all the famous instances ot history where women of great beauty have married homely men, you will find that they were distinguished for something grand and noble either intellectual or moral. To every woman the man whom she loves is a hero, an ideal, she loves him not for his looks but bcause of a tar higher beauty which she 11;inks shines forth in him. Therefore wc maintain tha’; we are risrlit. A Gentile with Five Wives. If it be necessary to the existence of a domestic stew that a man should hr ve more than one wife, it is only common prudence, in view of ilie contingencies of the law, to have a good many. Here is a Western gen tleman who has had five wive?, contemporaneously, or as may be said, without much stretch, simulta neously. Charles II. Roemcr, doctor of medicine, lately at least of Winona, in 1872 espoused a lady in Wisconsin, he then calling himself Dr. Arnold. In 1873, while the Wisconsin mar riage was yet valid, lie was unlawfully joined, as Dr. Charles Ream, to a Buffalo damsel; in 1874, the last marriage being still in force, lie led to the altar one of those paragons of the sex, “ a widow, possessed of con > siderablo property,” iu Columbus, Ind. ; in 1875, as Dr. Roerner, lie took to wife in St. Louis, Mo., a beautiful maiden; and in 1877 he was joined to Mrs. Artz, in Chicago, Ill, with whom he subsequently lived at Winona. Here the State’s Attorney caught him and would have indicted him, but when it came to arranging the matter for tho grand jury, the whole thing proved to be such a legal puzzle that the attorney had to give it up as a bad job. lie could not prove that at the time of the Artz marriage there was a former legal wife still living. Some of the Mrs. Roemers had been divorced and most of the marriages ’ were good for nothing. So they were obliged to let the gentleman go scot tree. In a short time he will probably be heard of again with five more dubious and distressed brides added to his list.