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THE COURANT. - T'uLli.-dit'd- Kvpry Thursday, < AKTKRSYILLK, GEORGIA. 7HKCOCI2AXT is ptthllshe/t erery Thursday morning end is delivered by carriers in the city or mailed , postage free, at #1.50 a year; six months, 80 cents; three months, oOcents. A L'VKIITIkJ .V G BATES depend on location In the. pitjxr , and will be furnished on applica- j ti". COBB ESnoynRSC a contain* nj im port ant neirs solicited from all pat Is of the county. A l>/>BE ''.S' nil lifters, ro.nmurilrnfioH* and t*l eyr<nu*,-aHd make till dr*tfts or cheeks jrryiible to 1H; COT KANT, i>. w. cubby, <:•,■>*,.niu, Ga. /insin. < Manager. DOCTOR AND MRS. W. H. FELTON. MARCH 5, 1885. Cen. Grant's condition, as we advised you last week, is very ethical. May heaven support his devoted wife and children! This article ot Hon. J. W. 11. Under wisjd in th:- i. -ue will he followed con tinuously with others, and as the subjects will coLiu in many people now living in this and other states, it will be well to subscribe to get the w hole series. - ♦ ♦— By an oversight, our correspondent at Ironville was credited with a little ejacu lation last week tbit belonged to the printer's devil. We have scourged the chap, and he b on his knees, until such a time as ottri .-teemed correspondent shall hid u.s let up on him. Seriously, we regret it very much and it shall not occur again. it is now claimed that Bayard, Gir l;l|id and Lamar will go into the cabinet, three persons who are class' and as South erners, so tlx* South need expect no more. It is not known, at this writing, who will be the Postmaster-General, lie is the m.iii we are anxious to hoar about. '1 hat department affects every section in tiie South. As Tiie( 'ot hant passes for an “adver tising sheet’’ only, by the attention of the Postoflice Department, we incline to think the offense grew out ot the popu larity of the paper and the flood of hand some notices that were made of it. That sort of advertising is, no doubt, very ob noxious, but still Tin: Gockaxt extends its scope in spite of opposition. 'I lie ( ornA.vi is glad to tell its readers that its subscription list grows like corn in June. Subscribers spring up in out side Htatos like magic, and our growth tit home is simply amazing. The attempted cheek on us in the postolliee, lias only added new strength. We only seek to do justice to our readers, and to ourselves, and honest }• is the best policy in news papers as well as in every other business. I lon. L, X. Tkam.vei.i, has a most ex cellent art icle in die Constitution against the stile of the State Hoad. We do not think, however, it should ho leased tit this time, w hen so many parlies tire una ble, from circumstances, to make the proper hid t<>l it. We do not advocate u large Iswii for the lease, either. Let people of honesty and integrity have some showing in the hid, even if they are not millionaires. The State Road will not run away, nobody can steal die t aek or right-of-way, and the halan e does not require a mammoth bond, espe cial l}’ as it has none at piesent. ♦ ♦ Silver men won theday. The old re liable dollar lmd'inore friends than the “gold hugs” believed. It w hipped out Wall Street in the House by a decided vote. The South and West are nearly solid on silver. It was a shrewd trick to depress all values a little more to crowd the poor people of the South and West in this financial extremity. Senator Sher man announces himself on the side of silver, and he has as clear a head on finance as this country affords, lie “pre ferred to boldly proclaim the purpose of the United States to maintain a bi-me tallic currency, even though we stood alone among the nations of the earth.” BKTTKJt LA It: Til A X X E VC It. The people who are now abusing Emory Speer will praise him in a short time. Our people havo very little toleration amino policy in po litical aiVair.-. Mr. Speer " ill use his judicial position tor the Lonbflt ami not for the oppres sion ot our eitizuns. lie has brains and sense ami judgment. Augusta Chronicle. The Chronicle, for the first time since the war. has made the above admission, that “our people have little toleration and no policy.” It is not the time now to show the Chronicle when it was one of tin* most intolerant and impolitic of politicians. That w ill keep until such a j time as it breaks the harness aiul takes the hit in its fie;h again. It is wonder- j ltd to see how it changed on Mr. Speer! We can supply it with some of its own literature w hen Mr. Speer did not even train w ith the Republican party. Does it want to sec its old self in print? no ir it is dose: llarpei's Weekly, edited by Hon. Geo. Win. Curtis, a staunch Republican, but not a I'hiultc, writes as follows on Feb. i'Sth, ISSS. “A gentleman of ascertained integrity and veracity who was euiploj'cd in that office .Oakland represented to the Cali fornia association that on the first of last November two members of a Republican committee entered the postmaster’s room, and seating themselves at a table, with a list of the employees in the office, and their compensations befoie them, and the clerks were then summoned. The gen tleman w ho made the statement said thev told him that the committee assessed him tvvo per cent, of his salary. Ir might be paid by Installments, and the deductions from the salaries were made and the amount collected by the assistant pos - master." The ease wag presented to the grand jury and no indictment was made, ‘‘because no violation of law was eviden ced.” Mr. Curtis ictua.'ks, “this plundering of employees was done by consent of postmasters and law officers of the Uni ted States.” Colttun tis needless. j loca l cubrexc r. If there is any financial question upon which tiie people of the United States are almost agreed, it is opposition to a local currency.- We have seen the propo sition several times, in some shape, sub mitted to tiie Houses of Congress, and every time it was rejected by a decided vote, we suppose, on the principal suggested by the old adage, “ a burnt child dreads the lire.” If there is one question more than another upon which tiie people of Georgia, and of oilier States, have large experience, it is that of Stale hunks and of local currency. Tiie very term “local,” which is ap plied to such a medium of exchange ex plodes the idea of a money value hoing .attached to it—ail the seeming value it iimy possess in some neighborhood, is artificial. Its very existence is a cheat and a fraud, invariably intended to en rich a few wealthy hankers and specu lators at the expense'of tiie ignorant and unsuspecting masses. Some years before the war, w hen the weekly newspaper was received at the country home of some Georgian, it was no unusual thing to read tiie announce ment that the “Macon Bank, or tiie Co lumbus Bank,” or some other hank, “had tailed,” and tiie old farmer would hasten to his little deposit and find that his year’s labor, the entire proceeds of his cotton crop were before him in ti e shape of worthless rag-. There is no term so descriptive of such a circulating medium of exchange as “rag money”— having about the same guarantees of value and usefulness as the rag picked from the gutter, A paper currency, acceptable to the people, must he interchangeable with gold or silver, the money of the world, and secured to the holder by the common government of tiie people, who trade and traffic with each other. Railroads and other means of trans portation have so increased our inter state commerce, that the people of Georgia buy more and sell more com modities to and from neighboring States, than they do among each other. The idea of a currency which w ill move com modities only in this State, or maybe w ithin the limits of some city, is pre posterous. It is an effort to throw the pin-hook of our fathers into the great ocean of modern commerce. But the richest suggestion of this re cent wild-cat monument D, that the Cen tral and Georgia railroads, which are now one consolidated road, shall he au thorized to issue local currency to the amount of two millions of dollars —of course the other railroads in the States would be permitted to issue their mil lions, and thus Georgia is to be Hooded with a paper currency, based solely upon railroad property now largely mortgaged, and whose stocks and bonds now lluet uate in value with ever} 7 wind and tide. That is, these corporations can buy labor, and the products of labor, from the people of Georgia, with their irre redeemable promises to pay, hut the man who receives these notes, cannot buy with them, in any other State, a “mess of pottage.” Not content with the millions they are now extracting from the people, this is a proposition to turn over to these corporations, all the labor and all the property of the people of Georgia. But do not he alarmed, dear reader. The prohibitory tax levied by the Federal Government upon the “local currency,” is not repealed, and not. likely to he. It will he a long time before you hear of wild-cat hanks in Geergia. W. 11. F. THOUGHTL ESS SCRIBBLING. llow many persons are wounded in mind and pocket by people who write thoughtless paragraphs? These scrib blers remind us of a story we read in a magazine when a very young girl. A merchant Yvas on the eve of bank ruptcy. Tiie tide was strong and tiie eurreut swift, but he had found two good moneyed friends who agreed to bridge the chasm, lie sought his family, was telling them of the strain and agony he had endured that day—ot tiie relief— and was just sitting down to rest with a prospect of quiet for the night. Just then thedoorbell rang and a “sur prise party” was seen on the threshold with music, refreshments, and a Hood tide of jollity that tortured those poor sufferers beyond measure. But there was nothing to he gained by telling them of his financial condition. Neither was it possible to close the trout door on his daughters’gay friends, so there was noth ing left to do but make the best of it. While the free-gratis entertainment was in progress the two friends walked past the door. Never imagining the real condition of affairs in that almost bank rupt home, they decided to hold their money for a more worthy cause, and when the poor merchant, worn to ner vousness by want of rest and sleep, reached his counting room next day lie found his ruin complete. That day’s run on his weak credit threw him fiat. He was victimized by thoughtless people. Just so, do thoughtless words in print j wound credit, and leave sears on a good man's financial progress. Ifaw little it takes in times like these to shake down a tottering fortune, and to make a good, strong house pray to be delivered from thoughtless scribblers. A WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS. It pains us to know from frequent let ters that our suberibers do not get their Cot KAMs. We wrap, direct and deliver to the postoffiee, one for every name on our books. There is no mistake in this matter, but there is a screw loose some where which we are now looking for and hoping to find. Our postal rates are paid, and there should be no delay and no difficulty. We hope the time is near at hand when the Coin avr will go to every address without trouble or hindrance, when the Coe want can pass through postoffices and bo delivered acd-handed out prompt ly asa newspaper. We w ill do all we can to correct the trouble for your sakts as well as our own. xc ir.s rick i:ns. Il tiiere is one man in the United States, that is wanted in Macon, Georgia, It is one F. S. Brown, who hails from Cincinnati, Ohio. It is understood that an untold sum would he given for his apprehension. Some days ago, he visited Macon, stayed a part of two days and nights, and while there he dished up such a lot of filthy scandals on the people of tiie town, as to infuriate that higlil}- cul tivated elf}'. Men and women were dealt with in a manner that was exas perating. Tiie “news-picker,” (who represents tiie character of “rag-picker,” in jour nalism,) informed a news dealer of the article he had sent to the Cincinnati En quirer, and that creature plied his trade bv ordering one thousand copies of 8 sheet that was to fall on a people of re fined intellectuality, like the sticking mud from a dredge boat on the deck of a clean, white pleasure yacht. The papers sold, of course. Self pro tection and intense desire to see what other people were eagerly reading, made the traffic brisk and profitable. Two creatures of low instincts were thus paid tor their villiainy in ready money, while a whole community was prostrated by a flood of unutterable and untruthful filth and scandal. Such “news-pickers,” are the curse of the country, and the lenience with which the}' are treated or endured, is inducing them to widen their margin and double the number of their victims every day. llow often do you find a paragraph that brings a blush to the cheek of a man or woman, wjiich if legally investigated, would contain no indictment, and yet which contains a libel and a stain that is almost intolerable to virtuous people! In such inueudocs, and filthy flings, the “news-picker” nourishes. Having noth ing to write that is legitimate or correct ly journalistic, he covers up tiie basest falsehoods by the thinnest tissue of truth and throws the nauseous product into a questionable journal and the deed is done, tiie design accomplished, and the ques tion asked, “What are you going to do about it ?” If you undertake to chase each of such libellers into jail, your life, if your are prominent in society or polities, will he a “perpetual flea-hunt.” If you treat them with contempt, the cynic, will say, “Ah ! whiTfe there is smoke there’s fire.” We are not surprised than certain newspapers are compelled to “stand and deliver” when forbearance gives place to outraged justice. 'l’lte city of Macon will he relieved of the “ghouls” fora spell, just as a blaze of lightning clears tiie air, although it takes human life at the same time. “F. 8. Brown & C 0.,” will retire to private life for a season. Let us hope for ieforma tion and repentance. There is a mania for filthy news and for news items that “hurt somebody,” which betokens a wretched state of pub lic morals. A dish of scandal, like a dog gerel song, will go. A double entendre or a filthy pen will raise a laugh, and no matter how unjustly it afflicts some ten der boy or delicate woman, it will al ways find a listener or an apologist. The terrible slanders heaped upon Ma con society worked its own redemption for onetime. If one or two had been as sailed the affair might have passed, as did Brown’s effort in a sister city. But when Macon arose in her might and majesty, throttled the vipers and stamp ed them into disgraceful obscurity, she did more to protect her society than a Chinese wall could do for a heathen city. Hon. Mr. Stephens always advocated the code duello in certain cases, hut we never could see how killing somebody or allowing somebody to kill you could ease the pain or blot out a libel. We commend Macon for her defense of her self. In her union there was strength. Her leading paper never lost a friend by its refusal to dish up sensations for the morbid appetite of depraved morals. The Chronicle had a most admirable article on the subject a few days ago. But Macon added example to precept, and nothing has occurred in many a day | which promises so much real benefit as this vigorous attack and complete annihi lation of a lot of pestiferous news-pick ers. PACIFIC MAIL SUBSIDY. It is painful to see the good work done in the House of Representatives brought to naught by the Senate. The Pacific mail subsidy passed the Senate, four Southern Senators aiding the measure. Senator Hill, a Republican from Colo rado, stated that this fine had made clear profit last year, $1,393,000, and is paying dividends of G percent, on $20,000,000 of stock. The Pacific railroad companies pay it guarantees of $5,000 per month and it gets foreign subsidies for $291,000. The senate increased the subsidy to $800,090, to be paid by the United States, to “grease” this already “tat sow.” Thus the country is brought to grief, and the report is, “the lobby button holed every member as fast as they left the senate chamber.” Hill, Van Wyck and John Sherman voted to kill the bill, and it would have passed into oblivion ; but for these four Southern men. The House will again fight if. BLECKLEY’S TRIBUTE TO AKERMAK The following inscription is on the ! tomb of the late Amos T. Akerman, who was so renowned as a lawyer and a citi zen , and was written by Judge Bleckley: la thought clear and strong; In purpose pure and elevated; In moral courage immovable. He lived loyal to his convictions, Avowing them with candor And supporting them with firmness. A friend of humanity. in his zeal to serve others He shrunk from no peril to himself. He was able, faithful, true. We are glad to know that the people of Georgia are waking up to Col. Akerrnan's w orth as a man, a citizen and a patriot. In a few weeks there will appear in The Coe kant an extended notice of his life, and some national facts will be set forth that w ill convince the people that an “in tolerant and impolitic” press did great injustice to a patriot and a distinguished eabiuet officer of the United States. OFFICE-HOLDERS FROM OHIO. We took down the Blue Book the other day to see what State held the bulk of the offices and we find some surpris ing things in regard to Ohio. The list is taken from Mr. Hayes’ regime. H. I?. Haves, President, per annum, $ 50,000 W. K. Rogers, Secretary, per annum, 3,250 Two other Clerks, awj Stenographer, about 5,500 C. M. Ilenilley, Clerk ex-officio, (what ever that is,) 1,800 Chief Justice Waite, 10,500 Chief Justice Sway no, 10,000 Chief Justice Matthews, 10,000 Chief Justice Woods, 1(1,000 Ciias. Drake Cartier, Court of Claims, 4.500 Seth Phillips, Coin. Pist. of Columbia, 5.000 E. French, Auditor Railroad Affairs, 5,000 YV. G. l.ePuc, Com. of Agriculture, 3,0 0 T. M. Osborn, Minister Augustine Republic, 7,500 N. S. Pettis, Miuistcrto Bolivia, 5,000 David Baity, Consul General to China, 5,000 J. M. Wilson, Consul General to X. S. Columbia, 3,000 J. M. Comly, Minister to Hawaii, 7,500 J. A. Bingham, Minister to Japan, 12,000 John Sherman, Secretary Treasury, B,o' 0 D. Lyman, Chief Internal Revenue, 2,500 E. Clark, Chief Revenue Marine, 2,500 W. B. Moore, Fourth Auditor, 2,250 J. M. McGrew, Sixth Auditor, 3.(500 Alex. Stern, Assistant Treasurer, 4,500 . $181,900 Now recollect, employees from Ohio, are sprinkled ail over tiie rolls in the Treasury, the War Department, the In terior, the Postoffice, tiie Navy, the Light House, tiie Seciet Service, and every oilier department, as thick as blackberries in June, and you can get some idea how tiie money wag poured out in Ohio. In presidential campaigns, every em ployee in those departments was assessed, and every one was sent home to Ohio, to work for the Republican candidate, while the United States salaries and per haps their expenses to and fro —and the departments stood still. There are said to be something over 800,0 c) votes in Ohio. Allow nine-tenths to be Demo crats, and there are more, you can readily see what they had to fight and who they had to fight. George William Curtis exposes the manner of collecting money in tiie cities .and places outside of Washington, and the wonder is that anybody but a Repub lican has ever secured an office in that State. It is not surprising that a bountiful crop of civil service reformers should spring up in Ohio. That sort of soil would germinate civil service very rapid ly. It is said that Mr. Cleveland pro poses to follow civil service reform in his administration. If he is sincere, four years will find him looking about fur a job. The principle is right, hut you cannot cleanse a mighty river unless you go first to the source to purge and cleanse the springs and fountains. If he under takes to feed and house fat aliens, and leav r es his own poor in tiie streets. Ohio will he the first State to put its thumb to its nose and make faces at him behind his hack. Modern polities means outlay of mon ey. Men do not go into elections, work at night, carry banners, and shout them selves hoarse for the fun of the thing. They mean business —or the leaders do. The party that feeds its enemies and starves its friends, will soon have no friends to feed or starve. It is not pleasant to know these things to he facts, but they are such neverthe less. Mr. Cleveland will find the depart ments aud the offices all over the coun try full of Democracy just now—we see some of it down this way—but he is too old a man to be crammed with that sort of stuff, and call it patriotism. We credit him with more sense and judg ment. TSOYS' AND GIRLS’.£ Cartersville, Ga., Feb. 22, 18S5. Mrs. W. H. Felton: —Dear Madam — The beautiful sunshine contrasts strange ly with the cold, crisp weather to-day —a bright, winter Sunday—such a day as a school girl knows how to appreciate after sitting in the school room all the week. There is recreation in attending preaching and Sabbath School. I am a girl of fourteen summers— studying spelling, Latin, algebra, phi losophy, arithmetic, rhetoric, physiology, French, and also taking music from my sister. I like both of my teachers; think they are both just as kind and good to all the pupils as can be. In our school we have a very interest ing little society, the “Irenean Society” —it meets every Friday afternoon—the members of which were requested by our teacher, Mrs. Harris, to write a let ter to some one by our next meeting. We have a different programme for each meeting; readings, recitations, dia logues, enigmas, rebuses, etc. Our meetings are also enlivened by solos, duets and instrumental music. The officers are : Josie Nichols, Presi dent; Ida Wikle, vice-President; Min nie Leake, Secretary; Fannie B. Jones, Corresponding Secretary; Tom Wil liam-, Treasurer: Willie Satterfield, Critic. Our meetings are closed by the watch word, “Excelsior.” There are 50 pu pils on the school roll, about 20 members of the society. Mrs. Harris and Miss Lucy have been looking ever}' day for Prof. Bristo, the music teacher. lie was to have been here a few weeks past, but was delayed on account of his father’s protracted meeting. He will also teach French and German in our school. Prof. Self is going to commence teach ing writing lessons next week in the : school. I think be wiH have a very nice class, Mrs. Harris has offered a nice box of stationery to the one that composes the ! best letter. Hoping I will be victorious I will close. Yorit Little F riex . j Favorite Cigarettes, Sweet, <■(*..) and a real pleasure. (July a trial and you will b. convinced. namixg the cabinet. Visitors A reiving for the Inauguration. Washington, March, 2.—lt may be said to-night that the Cabinet is complete. It can be Said positively that Judge Ln dicott has accepted the war portfolio, and that the naval portfolio has been formally tendered to Mr. Whitney, who will most probably accept. The list as completed stands: Bayard, Secretary of State. . Manning, Secretary of the Treasurer. Lamar. Secretary of the Interior. Garland, Attorney-General. Emlicott, Secretary of War. Vilas, Postmaster-General. Whitney, Secretary of the Navy. Little doubt is now entertained that both Manning and Whitney will be in the Cabinet. Both would have been de termined upon earlier, it is said, but for Cleveland’s reluctance to give two port folios to New York. This action is net without precedent so far as the cabinet is concerned. In Grant’s first term, Geo. S. Boutwell, of Massachusetts, was Sec retary of the Treasury,- while E. Lock wood Hoar, of the same State, was At torney-Geberal. The difference in this case is that the President comes from the same State with the two most important officers of his cabinet—Manning as "Sec retary ot the Treasury, and Whitney, Secretary of the Navy. Some change n>av be made even after Cleveland reaches Washington. On the day of his inauguration, Garfield, for some reason, wrote the name of Windorn in place of that of Allison, for Secretary of the Treasury. That Washington is to have an un precedented crowd is already evident. Loaded trains have come in every hour to-day, and at midnight all the available accommodations seem to be employed. The committee on public comfort, how ever, declare that they haye room for thousands more. They meet every train, receiving visitors with remarkable cour tesy, and rapidly placing them in quar- ters. Among the Georgians in the city are J. N. Anderson, R. N. Ely, W. T'. New man, J. T. Glenn, B. 11. Hill, Jr., D. P. Hill, J. B. Zaelu-y, Tom Day, T. A. Hobbs, Frank Gordon and W. W. Rich ardson, ot Atlanta; A. O. Bacon and Charlie Ross, of Macon; Tom Crenshaw, of LaGrange; Charles Phinizy, Patrick Walsh, Phil Carroll, Adolph Brandt, of Augusta; P. M. B. Young, T. W. Mil ner anil A. W. Fite, of Cartersville; Gen. A. R. Lawton,. J. C. McNulty, E. J. Acosta, of Savannah; Colquitt Carter, of Murray county; Captain McArthur, of Lumber City; John Turner, Harper Hamilton, of Rome; William Simmons, of Lawrenceville; James Griffin, of Covington. Many others are expected. Tammany, one thousand strong, has just arrived, and raised the first inaugural enthusiasm. Escorted by a great torch light procession and headed by Gilmore’s band ot one hundred pieces, they marched up Pennsylvania avenue, which was lined with thirty thousand cheering Democrats. Tammany’s sins are all tor gotten to-night. Favorite Cigarettes, DAVID W. CURRY, Wholesale Agent, Car "-5-2in tersville, Georgia. THE STATE ROAD. Rome Courier.; The proposition to provide for the sale of the Western and Atlantic railroad was only scotched, not killed, at the recent session of the Legislature. We may ex pect a renewal of it before each Legisla ture that wiil meet before the expiration of the present lease, unless a sale is sooner ordered. It is time, therefore, that the State authorities were informing themselves and the public of the actual value of the road at the present time, which may he ascertained by finding out the amount of its business and net earn ings and obtaining an inventory of its rolling stock and other property. This may not be provided for in the lease, but the State ought surely to be informed of the worth of such valuable property be fore it makes another lease or takes any step towards effecting a sale. How else can it reasonably expect to get the worth of it by either a lease or a sale? There will, also, have to he a settlement be tween the State and the present lessees as to betterments claimed before the road changes hands, and until an agreement about this matter is reached, the State cannot know what it is ofiering to a pur chaser, nor the purchaser know what he is buying. We insist, therefore, that all propositions to sell the road, or lease it, before this information is obtained, are premature and should be rejected. As to the present value of the road, we believe it to be worth more now than ft ever was before. The arqount ot busi ness which it is doing is simply im mense. We copied, the other day, a statement of the number of loaded cars brought on the road in a day into Atlan ta, and it was surprisingly large. The Marietta Journal Thursday last says: “The Western and Atlantic railroad has every engine owned by them in dully l ' use, except one, in transporting freight from Chattanooga to Atlanta, as much as 215 and 240 loaded cars per day going over the line. * * * It has all the business it can safely do, and the volume is increasing.” The pre diction that the E. T. V. A G. railroad would curtail its business and depre ciate its value have not been realized, for both roads have as much to do as they can manage. At the same time the people ha ve been greatly benefit ted by their competition. The State road is, a" 1 always must be, a great artery of commerce, and the people r>{ Georgia should visit with their severest con demnation any of their representatives who may take hasty steps leading to a sacrifice of such valuable property. A-k \mir druggist for Snriner’s In dian Vmn.d'uge, and it' he tails to sup ply you, address tiie Proprietor, David E. Foutz, Baltimore, Md. latest news. esterday's dispatches tell of the fatal illness of Rev. Joseph 11. Echols, of Lex ington, Ga. He was a member of the Confederate Congress- llj had al.-o served as president of the Madison Fe male College for many years. He pei fortned the marriage ceremony for Dr. and Mrs. Felton many years ago. May the Father grant him resignation,and his family strength to bear the approaching struggle! l’o-day [ Wednesday) while we write, the are gathering people at the Capitol in to see President Cleveland inaugurated. From the Constitution of to-day we infer that Mr. Cleveland had never seen the M bite House. This is Jelh rjonian sim plicity. Tuesday nigh t, Congress, as usual, is in an all-night session. The lobbyists, as usual, are putting in theii best licks. The Pacific Mail subsidy’ nearly went through and when the last dispatches were re ceived Holman, of Indiana, was standing at the front, entreating the representa tives to remember the tax-payers at home before they threw away SBOO,OOO. Blackburn, of Kentucky’, was celebra ting his entry into the Senate and depar ture from the House by a negro minstrel entertainment. So Nero fiddled when Rome burned. At 4 o’clock this niofn ing the subsidy was in dispute. Mr. Arthur will move his trunks to Secretary Frelihghuysen’s and president Cleveland will take possession as lie re turns from the Capitol. in parting with Hr. Arthur, The Cocrant thinks he acted the perfect gentleman in inviting Mr. Cleveland to he ids guest yesterday. How graceful such tilings arc, and how few can conquer self anfl appear so gen tlemanly in a crisis! SOUTHERN MAIL FACILITIES. Trio Savannah News has a very timely 7 editorial regarding the operations-of the postoffice department in the South, which we cordially endorse. The fact is, so far as this department is concerned, the South has been made to feel that it had no rights which the general govern ment was bound to respect. Our mails have been handled with a carelessness that was criminal, and our facilities haye been so meagre that it looked as if the department thought it was magnanimity that any at all was given us. At the same time, we have been made to pay exhorbitant charges for box rents, while the people of the North were charged only nominal prices. * * * Nine tenths of the postmasters in the country have been active Republican politicians. The Republican head-quarters in almost every village, in the South especially, lias beenjn the postoffiees, and the post masters have generally considered it the main part of their duty to do all in their power, whether legally or illegally, by fair means or foul, to advance the inter ests of their parly and. contribute to its continuance in power. * * * The’ postolliee department, extending as it does into every part of the Union, shoulo not be a political machine. It should be separated as much as possible from mere political influences. It should be administered in the interest of the whole people, and every 7 office, whether large or small, should be conducted on strict business principles. What with turning the rascals out and putting the right kind of officials in, the new postmaster general will he sure to have his hands full.—Americus Recorder. The Cost of the White House. A Washington correspondent writes: Most people believe that the $50,000 a year which the President gdts as his salary is the sum total. This is a mistake. The estimate of the amount which Congress is to appropriate this year lies before me, open at the page relating to the President. I see that $36,064 is asked for him in addition to his salary of $50,000 to pay the salaries of his subordinates and clerks. llis pri vate secretary is paid $3,250, his assist ant private secretary $2,250, his stenog rapher SI,BOO, live messengers each $1,200, a steward SI,BOO, two doorkeepers who each get $1 ,200, four other clerks at good salaries, one telegraph operator, two ushers getting $1,200 and $1,400, a night usher getting $1,200, a watchman who gets S9OO, a man to take care of fires who receives $863 a year. In addi tion to tills there is set down SB,OOO for incidental expenses, such as stationery 7 , carpets and the care of Presidential sta bles. And further on, under another heading, there is a demand for nearly $40,000 more. Of this $12,500 is for re pairs and refurnishing the White House; $25,060 is for fuel, $4,000 is for the green house, and $15,000 is for gas, matches and the stables. The White House, all told, costs the country in connection with the President considerably over $125,000 a year. PILES! PILES!! PILES!!! A SURE CURE FOUND AT LAST! ! OISTTi! IN'.RED SUFFER. A SURE CURE FOR JOIN'D, BLEEDING, Itching and Ulcerated Piles has been dis- I covered by Dr. Williams, (an Indian Remedy, i called Ur. Williams 1 Indian Pile Ointment. A | single box lias cured the worst chronic cases of : 25 years standing. No one need suffer five minutes after apphing i this wonderful soothing medicine. Lotions, apd electuaries do more harm than good. Wil liams’ File Ointment absorbs the Tumors, allays the intense itching, (particularly at r ight after getting warm in bed), acts as a’ poultice, gives instant relief, and is prepared only for Idles, itching of the private parts, and for nothing else. Read what the lion. J. M. Coffin berry, of Cleveland, says about Dr. William# Indian Pile Ointment: -f have used scores of Pile Cur. -. and it affords me pleasure to say that I have never found anything which gave such imme diate and permanent relief as Dr. Williams’ In dian Ointment.” flon. Ju irc W. P. Coons, Maysville, Kv.. -avs: “I have suffered for years withiieliing plies, and have used many remedies I have used Dr. W illiams' Indian Pile Ointment and licen ccbkii, while every other remedy has failed.” For sale by all druggists, and mailed on receipt of price, 41.00. WILLIAMS M'F'O. CO., Rxop’rs., 3 5 ly Cleveland. O. STOP THAT COUCH By Using Dr, Frazier’s Throat and Lung Balsam —the only sure cure for Colds, Coughs, Hoarse ness and Sore Throat, anil all diseases of the ttiioat and luugs. l>o not neglect a cough. It may prove fatal. Scores and hundreds of grate ful people owe their lives to Dr. s raider’s Throat and Lung Balsam, and no family will ever tie without it after once using it, aud"discovering its marvelous power. It s put up in large family bottles, and sold at the small price of 50 cents per bottle. WI LLIAM.fi M F C. CO., 3 5 ly Cleveland, O. [PREMIUMSFORIBBS. 7 OFFERED BY GEO. W. SCOTT & CO, Atlanta, Coorgia, M VNUFAt Tl KKIJS OF BOSSTFinH FBOBFBD Tlic Great Corn art Cotton Fertilizer. For the Largest Yield of Cotton or Corn made by use of Cos sypium in Georgia. 25 PREMIUMS on COTTON. Club jfcrsfh inm. To the five farmers belonging to any one Agricultural Club in Georgia, or who live withitf a radius of ten miles, who produce the largest quantity of cleail lint cotton on 25 acres , cultivated live acres each fly these live farthers, and on which GOSSYPIUM only has been used, we offer a 2-year old registered Jer sey Bull, valued at $250, or if the Club prefers, in gold $350 Individual Premiums. For the largest yield of dean lint Cot ton made on Five Acki:s in the State of Georgia, on which GOS SYPIUM only has been used £250 For 2d largest j ield on 5 acres . * * 7.. 1 50 For 2d largest yield on 5 acres 100 For 4th largest yield on 5 acres 50 For sth to 11th largest yields on 5 acres, (10 premiums) ! Ton Cossypium For the 15th to the 2Sth largest yields on 5 acres, (10 premiums) half-ton Cossypium TEN PREMIUMS on'CORN. For the largest yield of sound Corn made on Five Aches in Georgia, ou which onlv GOSSYI’IUM has been used $l5O For 2d largest yield on 5 acres 50 For 3d “ “ “ “ 1 Ton Cossypium For 41h to 10th largest yields, (7 premiums) ha if-Ton Cossypium Fully 100,000 Acres Of Southern soil were fertilized with GOSSYPIUM during the season of 1884. Agents at til! prominent depots in Georgia and Alabama. fej?y'‘Bend for Circulars. • CEO. W. SCOTT & CO., Atlanta, Ca. The following gentlemen will take orders for Gossypium: A. KNIGHT & SON, Cartersville. J. S. HAKIMS, Kingston. LEMON, McMILLAN & CO., Acwoi th. WINTER & LEGG, Marietta. :i5-6t Cherokee Boute. EAST & WEST RAILROAD OF ALABAMA. On and after Sunday , January 18,1885,the trains on this ltoad will run daily aft follows: Westbound. Leave Cartersville 9:55 am Leave at Stilesboro 10:07 a in Leave at Taylorsville 10:30 am Leave at Kockmart 11:05 am Leave Cedar town 11:47 am Leave Cross Plains 1:14 pm Leave E & W Junction ....... 1:48 pm Leave Ohatchie 3:07 p in Leave Fair view ........ 4:02 pm A*rrive at Broken Arrow , .... 4 :25 p m Eastbound. Leave Broken Arrrow 8:55 am Leave Fairview 0:22 am Leave Ohatchie 10:27 am Leave E& W Junction 12 :'i:j p m Leave <Toss Plains 1:10 p m Leave Cedar town 3:oopin Leave Kockmart 8:45 pm Leave Taylorsville -4:l7pm Leave Stilesboro 4:32 pm Arrive at Cartersville 5:00 pm G. T. KICKSHAW, Gen’l Pass, and Ticket Agent. Keimesaw Etont©. VIESTER 1 ,4 AND RAILROAD. rpilE FOLLOWING TIME CARD IN EFFECT JL Sunday, January 18th, 1885. Northbound, NO. 3 EXPRESS—DAILY. Leave Atlanta 8:00 am ueave Cartersville 0:■ _a m Leave Kingston 9:21 a in Leave Dalton 10:20 am Arrive at Chattanooga 1:15 pm Stops at all important stations. NO. J EXPKESS —DAILY. Leave Atlanta 2:fopm Leave Cartersville 4:85 pm Leave Kingston 5:00 pin Leave Dalton 0:88 p m Arrive at Chattanooga 8:02 pm NO. 14, home kppkess—Daily except Sundays. Leave Atlanta 8:55 pm Arrive at Cartersville s:slpm Arrive at Kingston . 0:19 pm Arrive at Rome 7:05 p m Stops aWill way stations and by signals. NO. 11, EXPRESS —DAILY. Leave Atlanta 11:40pm Lfeave Cartcrsvflle ........ 1:49 am Arrive at Chattanooga 5:15 a in NO. 19. KENNES iW EXPRESS—PAIIA. Leaves Atlanta . * s:oopm* Arrive at Stops at all important stations when signalled. THROUGH CAR ARRANGEMENTS. Ns. 1 has Pullman Palace ear- from Atlanta to Nashville and Pullman cars Jacksonville to Cincinnati, and Pullman Drawing Room Sleeper Atlanta to New York without change. No. 14 runs solid to Rome. No. 11 has Pullman car Jacksonville, Fla., t.j St. Louis without chance. No. 19 hu- l’uliman Palace cars New Orleans to Washington, and through first-class coaches Atlanta-to Little Rock without change, via Mc- Kenzie. Southbound. ’ NO. 4 EXPRESS— DAILY. Leave Chattanooga 8:00 am Leave Dalton 9:32 am Leave Kingston 11:15am Leave Cartersville 11:28 a in Arrive at Atlanta 1:25 p m Stops at all important way stations. NO. 2EX PP. E s D AIL V. Leave Chattanooga 2:15 p m Leave Dalton 4:12 p ni Leave Kingston 5:42 p ni Leave Cartersville ........ a:O9 pm Arrive at Atlanta 8:97 pm NO. 12. K.VP£ :j —j. •, .v. Leave? Chattanooga 10:25 pm Lerve Cartersville ........ 1:11am Arrive at Atlanta . . . . , . . . 3:40 am Stops at all important way stations. no. 14, ROME EXPKE3S—DaiIy except Sunday. Leaves Rome B:t*> a m Leave Kingston . 8:40 am Arrive at Cartersville 9:15 am Arrive at Atlanta . . ... ll:lsau] Stops at all way stations and bv signals. THROUGH CAR ACCOMMODATIONS. No. 4 has Pullman Palace ears Cincinnati to Jat ksoi.ville. and Washington to New Orleans. No, 12 has Pullman car St. 1 -us loJucksen ville without change, and New York to .Atlanta without change. JOS. M. BROWN. Gen’l Pass, and t icket Agent, ALTOV ANO IKK, Ansr Hunt Gen’l. Pass, and Ticket Agent. It. A. AN DKRSON, General superintendent.