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WELL DONE, GENTLEMEN.
' The House of Representatives did it
self proud yesterday by the passage of
the Soldier’s Home bill.
The passage of the bill carries with
a preposition to submit the question
to the people of Georgia on the first
Wednesday in January next, and on
that day Georgians will folly vindicate
the action of the House yesterday.
It will delight the people of Georgia
to say to the world that they are ready,
willing and anxious to maintain the in
digent Confederate veterans of this
great commonwealth.
This was a step in the right direction,
and will meet the full approbation of
the people of Georgia.
who desire a redaction of taxation.
Yet these as me men who wish their
taxes reduced, when they under
stand the necessities of the case, had
rather pay the tuxes now levied upon
them aid secure the benefits to be
derived from a just and equitable
appropriation of the tax money.
They are in favor of granting every
aid possible to the schools of Geor
gia, and not in favor of redaction of
their facilities. They are not against
the military of the State.
This policy of slashing right and
left at all bills that happen to call
for an appropriation regardless of
the merits of the bills is an unwise
THE CALVIN BANK BILL.
The Calvin Bank bill is a good
one, and is but carrying out the
wishes of the people of Georgia. We
said in State Convention assembled
that we favored the repeal of the ten
per cent tax on State banks; the
Democratic party at Chicago pat in
its' national platform a plank de
manding the repeal of this prohibit
tory tax, and now that victory has
crowned the party all over the Union
the time has come for a redemption
of this promise.
The Calvin bill simply proposes to
plaoe Georgia in a position to take
advantage of the situation should
Congress repeal this prohibitory tax.
This bill has been commended by
leading financiers of the State, and
State Treasurer Hardeman who has
handled the finances of Georgia so
well for many year9 says it will bring
about an admirable banking system.
It will be safe and reliable, and
bill should pass the General Assem
bly and become a law.
AN UNWISE POLICY.
It is well that the representatives
of the people of Georgia in the Gen
eral Assembly should carry out the
policy of economy. It is good Dem
ocratic doctrine to confine the ex
penses of government to the needs of
the State under a just and economic
administration of affairs.
It is commendable in legislators
to keep a watchful eye upon the
State treasury, to see that the tax
money is not squandered and to zee
that the income of Georgia is not
wasted in nselesa appropriations. As
Democrats we cannot afford to repu
diate the doctrine of economy.
Bat at the same time this doctrine
can. be carried to an extreme where
it becomes absolutely harmful,
can so be need as to absolutely
s irve the best institutions of a State,
and its blighting influences can be
m- da apparent on every band.
Such is the case in Georgia to-day.
The House of Bepresentativea in our
judgment is pursuing the retrench
ment policy too far, and its evil re
sults will be seen if these resolutions
and bills become laws. Sacha pol
icy, while it will lower the tax rate
'slightly will injure the interests of
the State in a great degree. There
is more loss than gain in it.
We regret to see the movement
against higher education ; we regret
to see the common school fond cat
down ; we regret to see the military
appropriation .reduced.
O .re riot resulting in loss of life
and property wonld mere than cover
the thirty thousand dollars refused
. the militia of the State, while the
children of Georgia will suffer in re
gard to their education on account
of the reduction of the appropriations
to schools.
• Think about the question serious-
]y, gentlemen. We know that the
’ of retrenchment is a popular one
it it finds favor with those
Tot? . / , . Jfifl ! ' ■ (
one.
LET THE HOUSE CONCUR-
The Senate has stricken the danse
from the Widow’s Pension bill shut
ting out widows who are worth a
homestead, and it wonld be well that
the House concur in this action of
the Senate.
The Senate did not think the pen-*
siots could go over sixty dollars per
annum, but decided that all widows
should be placed on an eqnal foot
ing. . < 1
It is a mistake to think that only
those widows need assistance who
have absolutely nothing of their own
There are hundreds of widows of
Confederate soldiers who by econo
my, hard work, and unceasing effort
have managed to purchase them'
selves little homes, and yet they are
dependent, for the value of a home
stead will not yield a living for one
widow.
We should not placA a discount
upon thrift and economy, bnt should
deal out our pensions to the widows
of Confederate veterans with equit.
and justice.
It is true that rich widows wil.
share these pensions. Let it be left
with such ladies to take the money
or not as they choose, bat do not cut
off those who just barely own a little
homestead and have no income with
which to maintain themselves
A P.ECE OF FORMALITY.
President Harrison’s message to
Congress was a pare formality, and
he wouldn’t have written it at all if
he conld have gotten out of it. He
had to come to time, however, and
the message was written It is not
surprising that it shonld be a rather
mixed np affair. Ind( ed, the present
Chief Executive has not yet entirely
recovered from the effects of that
earthquake placed under him and
his party by the people of America
on the 8th of November, and he has
hardly found, out what was the mat
ter, or where he is at
His discussion of the tariff
clumsy and ineffective, andirv^was
doubtless a terrible doce for, hin
defend a principle that has been res
pndiated by over a half million ma
jority of the people of the Union.
The Force bill didn’t receive much
attention at the hands of the Presi
dent, bnt he delighted to tell of the
glorious condition of the country as
regards both foreign and domestic
affairs. . ,v. to
He took occasion to refer to colored
people being lynched, for his mes
sage wouldn't have been trnly, Har-
risonian without such reference
And to cap the climax fcs tries to
teach the Democrats a lesson on the
purity of the ballot.
And now yoor work is done, Mr.
President. Yon can go ’now and
form a partnership with Hr. Hayes
and raise chickens the balance of
your life. The oountiy is done with
you.
-tdrtorial Comment.
feat he has incessantly sought to sp- j —
ply the firebrand of the fanatic. He —" - .
has been . praoher of Ineeudlarlam, I Ijrow tie preeidenUel o»mp?l«n,
, „ c _t v Editor Claike Howell, of the Constitu-
an evangel of anarchy. He has pro- tion> attributed a number of valuable
Claimed from one end of the State to letters to the New York Herald on the
lie other that he was-electid, but I campaign as viewe<tfrom the attitude
defrauded, and in the most violent}of a Southern DemocraL Although
1 Mr. Howell had to discuss the snbj ot
with snob veterans as Murat Halstead
and John A. Cockerill, he maintained
himself well, and showed hy his letters
that of the three writers he had the
dearest view of the situation. The At
lanta Constitution has pnblished these
letters in pamphlet form and distrib
uted them to a large number of its
friends. They furnish interesting
reading matter andean be kept as a
souvenirjr-f the campaign of ’92.
Why don’t the statesmen at the Cap
itol who are always ready to stab the
University in the hack, and attack it on
the flank, have the courage and honesty
to make an open fight against that insti
tution? The people if Georgia will
take a hand in the business after a
while, and when they do, the Univer
sity will get the recognition and sup
port it deserves. And when they do
the class of statesmen who have been
conspicuous in the flank attacks will be
jnisftd from their accustomed places in
oup legislature,—Colqmbys Enquirer-
Sun,
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Everything tend* to draw the people
of Canada and the United States to
gether. They are of the same race, the
same language and look back to the
same traditions. They are, divided at
present only by an arbitrary line, and
Canada suffers too much from the di
vision to subroit to it much longer if
she can gain the consent of the United
States to share in their great and grow
ing prosperity.
terms has denounced the successful |
party and sworn time and again that
he will defy opposition and take his
seat as Governor at whatever cos’.
It is not strange at all that many
of his followers have taken him at
h s word, and that they are now in
reality as desperately in earnest as
he has pretended to be It is not
strange that they will not allow him
to retreat now if he would, and that
the fires whieh he kindled for the
destruction of his enemies, should
imperil his own safety. The threats
of his henchmen to lynoh him shonld
he falter now and fail to proceed
with his revolutionary programme at
the critical juncture are |bp logical
resnit of his own course. SaoulJ
they end in physical injury to him
self, the responsibility will rest upon
his own shoulders.
IN REQARD TO SCHOOL HISTORIES.
The Memphis Appeal-Avalanche
has the following^ sound editorial on
the subject in which a stinging re
buke is given the New York Herald:
The New York Herald says:
“ Those misguided Southerners who
object to school histories because the
Union soldiers are not called Lincoln
hirelings, etc., shonld take notice
that it is some time since a Northern
newspaper has referred to Jefferson
Davis and sour apple trees in the
same paragraph. The war is ove r .
Hew to the historic line and if the
flying chips are likely to hurt just
dodge a little.” The Herald is right
in its conclusions, but wrong in Us
premises. No sane Southerner ob
jects to hewing to the historic lin”.
What he objects to is the misrepre
sentation of bis motives, the failure
to do justioe to his valor and the co
pious denunciation of the Sooth to
bs found in many of the Non hern
histones. Take, for instance, a book
j< a pnblished by a Northern firm
which purports to be a life of Abra
ham Lincoln for..children. In thi*
book the author tells the child read
er that while there were some honest
people in the Sonth those who estab
lished the Confederacy were very
wicked indeed, that they were trai
tors—in italics—and all that was
despicable. Now, it occurs to ns
that the Southerner has the right to
protest against filling the minds of
Northern ehildren with hatred of
this section of the country. Impres
siona received in childhood are the
hardest to eradicate, and such books
as we have mentioned are crimes
that no really pabiotio person wonld
perpetrate.
REAPING THB WHIRLWIND.
If the reports from Alabama are
accurate, Kolb, the defeated bolting
candidate for Governor, is reaping
some of the harvest of bis own sow
ing, says the Courier*Journal. i •
For several years be has been the
chief sgitator of discontent and revs
olution in tLe State. He has resort
ed to every extreme toexcite and in.
tlame the passions of the ignorant
and the weak. He has decried law
and the forms of law as maintained
n the Commonwealth. Since his do-
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.-SiOUR NSW PREACHERS.
A By action of the North Georgia
C inference, of tire Methodist Church,
Dr. Kendall and Mr. Borie, our two
beloved Methodist pastors, go to
qther ; fields of work, and Bern W. P.
Lovejoy and Sherman B. Ed
take their places.
The people of Athens ate loth to
j>aH with Dr. Kendall andjjir. Rorie,
who.have endeared themBelvee to all
witir whom they came in contact.
The best n iahes' of the community
go with them to their new fields of
labor.
a Rev. W. P. Lovejoy and.Bor.P. B.
England who are appointed to take
charge < of the Methodist Churches
in the city are ministers of conse-
cratioa and ability and will receive
a warm welcome to the Classic City.
The venerable Presiding Elder,
Best H. II. Parke, is still in
of JJie-District, much - to the graiifi
cation oihis many friends, who iad
mire him as a minister and love him
M a man. \
GBBBR2if5Jllllnil33Cllil2SlHlRHHkHHi|l2 "
I qa « TOO MANY ELECTIONS.
It is undoubtedly true that there
are too many elections held in Geor
gia, i. 6.-, they are • scattered over too
long a stretch of lime.
Elections, undoubtedly unsettle
business, arid in addition to this
they nearly always engender bitter
feelirgs to some degree.
would be well for our Georgia
law makers to enact some law wLere-
by elections will be letsened in num
ber and thrown into a limited num
ber of days in one or more months,
thus avoiding the necessity of hold
ing elections almost every month in
the year.
▲ step in this direction would be
sanction^ by the people of Georgia,
Thebe see ms to be an element In the
Georgia legislature that is opposed to
everything that locks like aid to higher
education. These legislators would do
well to learn the truth of the matter
that the common school system will
never reach perfection until the State
reverses its present policy towards its
higher educational interests. The two
systems most go hand in band if either
attains success.
Among the special publications of the
year the forthcoming novel by Mr. W.
T. Stead, whieh is about to be published
as an extra number of the Review of
Reviews, is likely to create the most
profound sensation. It is entitled,
“From the Old World to the New: A
Christmas dream of the Chicago Expo
sition.”
The Oglethorpe Echo says: ’‘If far
mers get the same for six million that
they do for a nine million bale crop and
make a. supply of meat and corn at
borne beside* isn’t it plain enough to
see that they are in better condition?”
Congressman Oates was bright and
early in the first assault on the Federal
election Jaw, under which Johnnie
DaVenport operates He wants it
wiped off the statute hooka.—Columbus
Enquirer-Sun.
Senator Edwards, of our senatorial
district, i» one of the most energetic
members of the present Senate, and has
introduced and passed several good
bills.
The Winter school of Agriculture, to
be opemd by the University of Georgia
on January 4tb., is being favorably dis
cussed all over the State.
KIND WORDS. |
Savannah Horning New*.
The Athens Banner of Tuesday
was an ia*ue of which the oity and the
proprietors of the paper should feel
proud. -It contained twenty pages of
interesting matter reviewing the trade
Athens for. the past year aid setting
forth the advantages the oity has to offer
to persons who might desire to make it
their home for business, educational or
social purposes.
Atlanta Constitution.
The trade edition of The Athens
Bannnb iaoneof the best papers ever
issaedfrom that city. It consists of
twenty well-filled pages, and is a splen
did advertisement for Athens, and
credit to Georgia journalism. Editor
Reed has surpassed bis highest record
in this notable achievement.
Maoon Evening Rows.
The Athens Banner comes to oar
exchange table in a twenty page form.
Editor Reed has done himself proud
in this magnificent issue, which re
views the history of Athens and illus
trate her possibilities as a commercial
and educational centre. The Banner
is a credit to Athens and a vigorous ex
ponent of her prosperity.
Atlanta Journal.
The trade issue of The Athens Ban
ner is a splendid one. it makes a great
showing fir Athens, and rtiLots credit
on its m anagement.
PRESS OPINIONS.
Savannah News:
Speaker Crisp will be re-elected, but
he will meet with a good deal of oppo
sition unless he gives some assurance
that be win moke up ihe leading com-
mittei s so that they will more closely
rtfl ot the will of the Democratic par
ty than the present committees do. In
the Democretio papers o£ the north and
west evidences of hostility to him are
cropping out. It is asserted that the
ways and deans committee of this
congress is not in entire acc. rd with
the policy of the Democratic party with
respect to the tariff, and it is pointed
oat that the committee on ooinage ie
free coinage of silver, instead of the
honest dollar cabled for by the national
Democratic platform.
Savannah Tews:
The descriptive word “poppycock”
has been going the rounds of the press
for some time, doing duty in a dozen
different senses. Where it oame from
or what its originator intended that it
shonld mean, have been veiled in mys
tery until a few days ago, when this
explanation was forthcoming from New
York: “When the anti-snappers or
ganized their convention at Syracuse,
Commissioner Ridgway declared the
anti-snappers were ponpyoooks, and be
defined a poppycock as a bird that is all
tongue and no talon?, that oonld talk
and not fight.” Aocording to this, if
the poppycock lived in Georgis, Ora
tor Ham wonld call him a snollygoeter.
The -differecce la merely a matter of
geographioal position.
Boston Herald:
Mr. Cleveland will be called upon, as
the distinct exponent of the Democracy
in its national aspeot, to give foroe and
effeot to the party wishes as defined in
the Chicago platform, and it seems to
ns that this can best be done by ad
ministrative action, and that a tariff
commission would simp’y.delay and
embarrass the wished {or work of re
form.
Philadelphia Record}
“There are noles* than 6,COO intoxi
cants of different kinds known to the
oustom house official*,” said an attacLe
of the customs collection department
yesterday, “Ninety-five per cent of
the foreigners in this country are ad
diotod to drink, and none of them have
ever heard of total abstinenoe. They
have all of their native liquors wbiob
often cann-'t bepiOi,urud in this coun
try, ar.d t'ey soon make arrangements
tohaveth-'r favorite tipple sent to
them. In this way the oustom house
people accumulate a wide knowledge
f intoxicants.”
CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, es
they ca .not reach the scat of the dis
ease G -tarrh is a blood or constitu
tional disease, and in order to onre if
you must take internal remedies. Hall 1 ?
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the Mood and mucous
surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a
quack medicine. It was prescribed hy
one of the best physicians in this conn-
j for years, and is a regular prescrip
tion. It is composed of the btat tonics
known, combined with the best blood
purifi- rs, aoting directly on the mucous
surfaces The perf-ct combination of
the two ingredients is what produces
such wonderful results in oaring Ca
tarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F J. CHENEY & Co., Props.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by drugg'sts, price 75c.
The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder.—No Ammonia; No Alum
Used in Millions of Homes—40 Years the
Standard.
PERFORATED WITH BUCKSHOT.
Assassination of Father and Son Near
Bast Point.
Atlanta, Deo. 8.—John Roberts, a
farmer, and his eight-year-old son were
shot and probably fatally wonnded by
unknown parties six miles from At
lanta. The shooting occurred at East
Point on the Sandtown road at^daylight
this morning. Mr. Roberts is a farmer
and lives beyond East P dut. Last
night he and his son prepared a load of
prodnoe to bring to Atlanta this morn<
ing. They left their home early, and
when within a mile of E ist Point the
shooting occurred. They were sitting
together on the wagon seat. The at-
sas’Jn, who was hid in a clump of bosh
es by the roadside, waited till the wag
on passed him and then fired, and Rob
erts and his son fall back In the wagon.
Roberts was wounded in the side and
head, and his sou was shot in the back,
the ballet passing through the stomach.
The male palling the wagon started to
ran, hut in a short while it stopped* and
parties traveling on the road found the
two men unconscious.
They were taken to a bouse near the
scene of the shooting and a physician
was called. The wonnds of young Rob
erts are more serious than those of his
father, bnt it ia thought that neither
oan recover. About 11 o'clock today
the matter was reported at police head
quarters, and special officers were de
tailed to investigate the ease by Chief
Connelly. The assassin is unknown
and no due as totals identity has been
obtained. Mr. Roberts is said to be a
very quiet man and it was not known
that be had any enemies.
SOUTH CAROLINA’S BIG FIGHT.
The Battle In the Legislature Over
Prohibition Has Opened.
Columbia, 8. C., Dec. 8.—The prohi
bition struggle is on. The considera
tion of the majority report recommend
ing the passage of the Childs bill, a
lengthy measure providing for the ap
pointment of oonnty agents to dispense
liquor only for sacramental, medical
and scientific purposes came np in the
house today.
Mr. Blease, of Newberry, moved to
strike out all the bill after the exacting
words and insert his, bill which, in a
few words, prohibits the salePf liquor
under penalty of a fine of from $600 to
$1,000, or imprisonment in the peni
tentiary from five to ten years for each
offense. The amendment was tabled by
a vote of ninety-one to twenty-five.
The debate then continued several
hours.. The speech of the day was made
by Representative John P. Thomas, of
Richland, who showed that with a li
cense law South Carolina how had a
fewer number of taxed retail liquor
dealers per capita of population than
any state in the anion except Alabama
and Arkansas and that the prohibition
state of Vermont has thirty-three per
cent, more saloons In proportion to pop
ulation than Sonth Carolina. - 1
INTERESTING NEWS
From Harmony Grove—A Romantic
Marriage.
Harmony Grove. Ga., Dec. 8.—Spe
cial.—Invitations are out to the recep
tion of Dr. and Mrs. Is. F. Adair at
their elegant home in this plaoe on
Wednesday evening Deo. 21st. These
invitations are the first announcement
of the marriage of Dr. Adair to Miss
Leila Westbrook, which occurred on
October 231 last. There have been
many flying rumors of a secret mar
riage in the Grove for some time past,
bnt they have never been traced to any
authentic source until the announce
ment today by Dr. and Mrs. Adair of
their recent marriage. This wedding
savors considerably of the romance of
the last oentary, and is the sole top'c
of conversation here to-day. Dr. and
Mrs. Adair certainly “stole a march”
upon their many friends, and were
married nearly two months before any
one knew anything of it. Dr. Adair is
a prosperous and prominent young den
tist of this places and has already taken
his rank among the leading members of
bis profession in Amerioa. He is also
a fine financier and his ability in this
line has been recognized by his bpIfc-
i >n a? one of the directors of the North
*08(010 Bank, of this place. Miss Leila
W estbrock, the beautifnl bride, is one
of Franklin oounty’s fairest and most
accomplished daughters, and is endow -
ed with many oharms both of person
and of intellect. We join their many
friends in vi«bing them a lo?’g and
hippy journey down the stream of life.
The R. & D R R is erecting one of
he handsomest passenger depots in
Northeast Georgia at this place Oar
town does more business than ail the
other towns oombined on the North
eastern Railrord, and it ia meet and
proper that it should be treated hand
somely by the railroad authorities. We
already have a large freight and pas
senger depot combined, but the busi
ness has increased to such an extent
litely as to r* quire a separation of the
passenger from the freight department,
and consequently the erection of a new
pasrerger depot.
Apropos: Mr.R S. Cheney, the pop
ular and efficient depot agent at this
place, has resigned bis position and will
move to Carlcon, on the G', C. & N
railroad and engage in teaching and
preaohing next year. Mr. Cheney has
been the ageut at this place ever since
the completion of our railroad (with
the exception of a few months tpeut at
Tallulah Falls and at Black’s Station in
the employ of the same company) and
has given universal satisfaction. Oar
people greatly regret to give him up,
bnt as his health d manda a change of
occupation, we wish him health, wealth
and happiness in his new h< me.
A great many improvements have
j st been completed or are in course of
completion in onrtown.
Dr. E. F. Adairs' elegant house is
rapidly nearing completion. When
finished, it will be one of the hand
somest modern mansions in onr town
Dr. L J. Sharp’s six room o ttageis
a beauty, and will soon be completed
taestra. C. J. Hood, D. J. Ryley and
Jack Farrable have each had handsome
cottages built this fall, all of whioh
were quickly erected.
Mr. H. O. W illiford has bad a tasty
addition made to his home near the
depot, whioh greatly improves its ap
pearance.
Besides the improvements above
noted, others are in contemplation and
the Bound of the hammer and saw will
ring ont right merrily throughout our
booming little metropolis for tome time
to come.
THE PORT ROYAL ROAD.
A Movement to Toko It from the Central
Railroad Management.
Augusta, Ga., Deo. 9.—A movement
is quietly being worked and plans form
ulated to institute suit to break the lease
of the Port Royal and Augusta railroad
to the Central Railroad of Georgia.
If this effort is successful, the Port
Royal and Augusta road will likely be
thrown into the hands of a receiver.
This is believed to be one solution of the
problem in the lino of Governor Till
man’s views, which wonld further pre-
venibotthng n. l 0 f Port Royal, which
has the finest harbor on the Atlantic
coast.
, Gweenor Tillman, of Sonth Carolina,
has become interested in the matter of
watering the interests of Port Royal,
and is after lus legislature to proceed to
adopt some measure, even if they have
to revoke the charter of the Port Royal
and Augusta road, to preqent the Cen-
wal from furtherdiscriminating against
Port Royal. The parties interested in
this movement are holding a conference
in Augusta. They have also secured the
co-operation of European capitalists to
build and run a now lino of steamers
from Port Royal to all foreign ports.
IT IS ONLY IA RUMOB.
. *4 to I
Mbltaty.
Economical Le 8 lsiation 0n
Encampment For ,
Atlanta, Dec. 8.-(j n i
recedes from its act>on i„
the whole there will not be » , «I
propriated for the miliiar v ,H ‘ I
After discussing this section 0 , Im
propriation biil for uearly ,' > I
this afternoon the house in J ho{ '
of the whole struck 00t ectir ®“4
section appropriating tao.oco M
equipment and maintenance ! * [
State militia for the comi De * I
sum having been recommended h’ Z
finance committee. Sixty
which defeated the L.J. Tot »
though on several efforts^
mise by giving a smaller sum
time $20,000, another $15,000 and, ^
$7,600, a majority of twenty-fi Ve
developed against such
*w.
This shows that there is a sfaSS* ]
ment against any appropriation st J
aud it is not probable that today’s
tion will be revoked by the house'
the bill is put upon the passage. ^
The argument against the a'ppronn.
ation waB that the militia of the st-
was just as efficient before any tppro> I
priation for encampments was tnude-j
since; that the encampments have be«
frolics, of no benefit to the service,^
therefore the money appropriated »u
practically thrown away.
The aotion of the hou^e createdssn.
aation when it became known in lot*
military circle*.
The house finished discussioaon tk
appropriation bid ia committee of %
whole. Six hundred thousand dej,
is the amount of the appropriation)
the common schools. An effort n
made to amend theb ll by making tl»
appropriation $1,000,000, but to do tb
would have necessitated an increase it j
the rate of taxation.
A New Cc Untt.—The citizens of Har-
That the Telegraphers on the Central
Will be Called Out.
AuGUtTA, Ga., December 9.—Ic is
Tumored here that the telegraph opera
tors on the Georgia Central and branch
es will be ordered out at coon tomor-
i row. The conference between repre
sentatives of the
AS TO THE NEW SENATE.
Senator Faulkner Is Confident tt»j
the Democrats Will Organize It
Washington D. C., Dec. 8.—Senator 1
Faulkner, the leading democratic trem-
b-'r of the senate c mmittee on km-
tones, ia confident that the demo r h |
will reorginizs the mxt eewde, He
and Senator Gorman tog-ther have be a
placed in charge of the democratic in
terests in the western state*. They be
lieve that they will secure enough aer
ators from lh< s 1 it»testoreotganizjtb»
next senate. Senator Faulkner aiso be
lieves the tepuMicans < t the piefent ]
senate al30 realize that the <1, mocrai* 1
are certain to organize the next senate I
and will agree to the passage of the j
bills admitting New Mexico and Ari- f
zona. The republicans of the cemoit-f
tee on territories voted with the demo-1
crate to report the bill tdmi tirg N«»|
Mexico. This vote, how. >er, wast wl
daring the last fe w daya of the ladw|
■fion and it was reported with tha *
derstanding that itehou'd not be citij
up for pvsssg* until : fter 'be elects
Senator Faulkner think3 now thet k I
will have no trouble in securhzeoo^ |
republican votes to pass both bill: I
the.present sefsion.
JAY GOULD’S WILL.
Hla Son George Comes In for tin
Biggest Share.
New Yoke, Dec. 8 -Jay Gould’**2
has been given to the public- It f,!
made in December, 1881, durirg d*
lifetime of his wif“, making provision
for her benefit', which failed by
of her death, after which various « *
oils were attached. Several leg w 3
offered tb bis siBters and 01 her*
comparative small amounts
namesake and grandson, J»y Goa l '\ ,
ot George, he gives $600,000 to be
in 1 rust by George.
To his son he makes a bequw ,
stantially in the following words- j
beloved son, George J Gould,
developed remarkable business*
and having for twelve yeaf* tT
himself entirely to my bii?^ 83 .
during the past five yea's i* <en f ,
charge of all my different inter f tJ
hereby fix the value of bis s* 1 ”
$5,000,000. &
He appoints as ex< cutors and ^
of his will his sons, George, E l wl
Howard, and his daughter, B®
most ample provision is made
younger children. Frank and A®® '
There ia the usual provision
property of his daughters 1® j ox ^
sole and separate use, free ^
estate or control of their husb*
prohibiting all dispositions or ^
by any of the legatees by way
ticipation or otherwise. nV 0 f hk
There is a provision that» a * gi
children marry without the D ‘ ^
majority of the executors an tfc ji
then the share allotted such c ^
be reduced one-half and the 0 ^
of such share shall he tr ® n * t c (N«^
such persons as under the la f
York could take the same u
died intestate.
mony Grove 1me order, telegraphers
5 - 4 . making ar. effort to di- and Superintendent Wadler takes dIsca
_ rid* toe county of Jackson, making two in Savannah tomorrow and StllZ.
largely composed of men who favor the f "' au> " 7 Grove as toe believed tost any move will be
A Coming Marbiags-—W ^
have been received in this ci y 1
Uiviiin. v !
#J«nty seat of the new county.
nhtil after the meeting.
empms, nuim ir> rhatcity- *
inst. at Calvary church id tna u .
Broun is the son of Preside' ^
roy Broun, of the Alab f“® £ an io ^
lege of Agriculture and Mecha
made And is well-known in tins <
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