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K. B. TRIPPE. J. M. NEEL.
TKIPPE & NEEL,
>Y T V ORNEYS-AT-LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
\\T ILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS,
\ \ both State an<l Federal, except Bartow
county criminal court, J. M. Neel alone will
practice in said last mentioned court. Office in
northeast corner of court house building. feb27
JNO. L. MOON, DOUGLAS AVIKI.E.
MOON & WIKLE,
Attorneys-at-La w,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
iff Bank Block, over the Postoffice,
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W. T. WOFFOKI),
ATTORNEY-AT-LA w,
—AND—
DEALER IN REAL ESTATE,
CASS STATION, BARTOW COUNTY, GA.
G. 8. TUMLIN,
A. T r r ORNT K Y -AT -I;Y W.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL TIIE COURTS
in Bartow county, the Superior Courts of
the Cherokee Circuit, the Supreme Court and the
United States Court for the Northern District of
Georgia. decliMmos
T. W. H. HARRIS,
>Y r r TORNE Y-AT-LA W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
PRACTICES IN ALL THE COURTS OF
Bartow' and adjoining counties, and w'ill
faithfully attend to all business entrusted to him.
Office over postoffice. decs-ly
R. W. MURPHEY,
ATTORNEY -A. T - I. A. W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE (up-stairs) in the hriek building, cor
ner of Main & Erwin streets. julylß.
J. A. RAKER,
>Y T T ORNEY-AT-LA "W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
WILL practice in all the courts of Bartow
anil adjoining counties. Prompt atten
tion given to fill business entrusted to bis care.
(Hlice in Bank Block over the post office.
j uly 18.
E. D. ORAHAM, A. M. FOUTE.
GRAHAM & FOUTE,
r U TORNEYS-A T-Tj jY W.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Practice in all the courts of Bartow county, the
Superior Courts of North-west Georgia, and the
Supreme Courts at Atlanta.
Office west side public Square, up-stairs over
W. W. Rich & Co’s. Store, second door south of
Postoffice. july!B.
T. W. MILNER. J. W. HARRIS, JR.
MILNER & HARRIS,
ATTO W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office on West Main Street. jnlvlß
F. M. JOHNSON, Dentist,
(Office over Stokely & Williams store.)
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
’ X WILL FIL j TEETH, EXTRACT TEETH,
X and put in teeth, or do any work in my line
at prices to suitthe times.
Work al. warranted. Refer to my pat
rons all over the county.
aag 15-ly. F. M. JOHNSON.
JOHN T. OWEN,
(At Sayre & Co.’s Drug Store,)
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
WILL sell Watcnes, Clocks and Jewelry.
Spectacles, Silver and Silver-Plated
Goods, and will sell them as cheap as they can
be bought anywhere. Warranted to prove as
represented. All work done by me warranted
to give satisfaction. Give me a ejilL julvlS.
OH AS. B. WILLINGHAM,
SI ten of? rap Lie Court Reporter.
[ROME JUDICI AL CIRCUIT. |
I MAKE a CLEAN RECORD OF CASES,
taking down the testimony entire; also, ob
jections of attorneys, rulings of the court, and
the charge of the court, without stopping the
witness or otherwise delaying the judicial pro
ceedings. Charges very reasonable and satis
faction guaranteed.
Traveler’s Griiide.
COOSA RIVER NAVIGATION.
On and after Monday, November 30th, tlio fol
lowing schedule will be run by the Steamer
MAGNOLIA: „
Leave Rome Monday a 111
Arrive at Gadsden Tuesday 7am
Leave Gadsden Tuesday Bpm
Arrive at Rome Wednesday 6pm
Leave Rome Thursday 9am
Arrive at Gadsden Friday Jam
Leave Gadsden Friday ....... opm
Arrive at Rome Saturday o pm
j.m. Elliott Gen’isup’t.
ROME RAILROAD COMPANY.
On and after Sunday, June 3rd, trains on this
Road will run as follows:
DAY TRAIN —EVERY DAY.
Leave Rome
Arrive at Rome . :oo m
SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMMODATION.
Leave Rome * 5 : 25 pm
Arrive at Rome . . . . . . . . . 8:00 p m
CHEROKEE RAILROAD.
On aud after Monday, April 7, 1879, the train
on this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday
excepted):
GOING WEST. Arrive, Leave.
Cartersville
Stilesboro 8:20 pm 3:25 pm
Taylorsville 8:45 p m 4:05 p m
Rock mart 6:00 pm
GOING EAST. „ _
Rockmart -i?2 an^
Taylorsville 6:50 am (:15 am
Stileslioro 7:20 a m 7:45 a m
Cartersville 8:15 am
WILLIAM MacRAE, Sup’t.
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R.
The following is the present passenger sched
ule:
NIGHT PASSENGER—UP.
Leave Atlanta .
Leave Cartersville 4.37 pm
Leave Kingston . ® p “
Leave Dalton aloeE™
Arrive at Chattanooga o-" P m
NIGHT PASSENGER —DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga ®P
Leave Dalton
Leave Kingston P ™
Leave Cartersville
|( Arrive at Atlanta lO.oopm
DAY PASSENGER—UP.
Leave Atlanta
Leave Cartersville
Leave Kingston ‘ a
Leave Dalton 8.47 am
Arrive at Chattanooga . . . . . . 10.50 am
DAY PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga a m
Leave Dalton ■,„ I*l
Leave Kingston a m
Leave Cartersville 11:06 a m
Arrive at Atlanta 1:00 pm
CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—UP.
Leave Atlanta
Arrive at Cartersville * (:20 pm
CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—DOWN.
Leave Cartersville .
Arrive at Atlanta
S. J. FRANKLIN,
EAST MAIN STREET,
Cartersville, ----- Georgia,
—DEALER IN
DRY GOODS AND FAMILY GROCERIES,
Keeps on hand all kinds of staple
Dry Goods and Family Groceries. He keeps
also a line stock of
BOOTS SHOES,
All of which he proposes to sell at the
cash prices, lie invites the patronage or his
friends and the public, guaranteeing Satisfaction
to all who trade with him. necl9-u
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BARGAINS PARASOLS, BARGAINS
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BARGAINS! NOTIONS, ETC. BARGAINS
Undoubtedly the Cheapest Bargains Ever
Received Here Before.
FINEST DISPLAY OF GOODS EVER
MADE IN CARTERSVILLE.
I TAKE PLEASURE IN INFORMING THE
citizens of Cartersville and surrounding
country, that I have received an immense stock
of Spring and Summer Goods, such as ever has
been received here before, in regard to cheapness
and quality. To give you an idea what I am
doing, I will offer the follow ing great bargains:
250 pieces CALICOES at 5c and upwards.
PECAILE, 7c and upwards.
PIQUE, 6c and upwards.
GRASS CLOTHS, 6c and upwards.
4-4 SEA ISLAND, 6c and upwards.
4-4 BLEACHING, soft finished, at 6>£ and up
wards.
CASSIMERES, for boys and gents’ wear 20c, 25c,
and 35c—fully worth 50c.
DRESS LINENS, 18c and upwards.
11-4 wide SPREADS, 75c and upwards.
Favor me by pricing all our QUILTS —they are
fully 50 per cent, cheaper than elsewhere.
The Cheapest and Finest Milli
nery Goods, Trimmed and
Untrimmed Hats Ever
Brought to Cartersville.
ASTONISHING TO BEHOLD !
50c FLOWERS for 25c.
50c Untrimmed Hats for 25c.
Trimmed Hats for 50c—fully worth sl.
Biggest Bargains in Ribbons, Hats
and Trimmings, to make room
for another Shipment at 25
per cent. Cheaper than
Elsewhere.
CLOTHING.
I would call especial attention to my fine stock
of Clothing, which I have in abundance AT ALL
PRICES. Will sell oheaper than the cheapest.
White Linen Duck Vests at 85c and upwards.
Cents’ Furnishing Goods.
My stock of Gents’ Furnishing Goods is com
plete in every particular. I would invite everj*
body that arc in need of anything in that line to
look at them before purchasing elsewhere.
Big Stock of Shoes, Boots, Hats,
Caps, Trunks, Valises, Cheaper
than Anybody ih Town.
In conclvsisn, I Would say,that *****
my entire stock for cash, lam able to se ,
cheaper than ever before and at price .
the times. Thanking von for past iavors exten l
ed to me during the past, I hope by fair and lib
eral dealing to merit a continuance of the
same.
CHARLES AUERBACH,
Pixqp’tetvr Neto York Store*
GEORGIA NEWS.
Gleanings and Winnowings from our State
Exchanges.
Gainesville publishes four papers..
Floyd superior court runs six w eeks.
English sparrows have struck Athens.
Cotton is reported to he coming up fine
ly.
Considerable sickness in Newton coun
ty-
Harris county has had another heavy
rain storm.
Three persons are now confined in
Newton county jail.
Athens honored her dead heroes in a
becoming manner on the 2Gtli.
The measles have prevailed in Colum,-
bus for the past three months or more.
Covington now has three as fine church
es as can be found in any town of its size
in the state.
Savannah is looking carefully.after her
sanitary condition in view' of the approach
ing summer.
A branch railroad from the southwes
tern to Talbotton is one of the possibili
ties of the near future.
Mr. Robin Woods, near Paoli, Madison
county, has a calf about three weeks old
with four distinct ears.
The Watchman says that Athens has
tw o of the finest musicians in the state.
Profs. Schirmaeher and Wurm.
A “hand” of straw r thoroughly wet
and hung i:: peach trees will prevent the
fruit from being killed by frost.
Mr. Thomas Gresham, an,old and prom
inent citizen of Lexington, died on Fri
day last.
Dr. A. A. Lipscomb arrived in Ath
ens on last Saturday, whence he comes
from Vanderbilt to spend the summer va
cation.
Two colored men were run over by the
Air Line cars very near the same place
at Mt. Airy last week, and fatally injur
ed.
Mrs. Wm. Moore, of Rome, now r 79
years old, has made 2 7 log cabin quilts,
some of them composed of over 4,000
pieces.
“On account of the recent advance in
cotton,” says the Newnan Herald , “our
farmers seemed determined to deal large
ly in commercial fertilizers this season in
order to raise a- big crop of the fleecy sta
ple with which to purchase their corn
and meat.”
The Augusta Chronicle says: “Further
evidence of the sound financial condition
of Augusta is found in the prices which
the sinking fund commissioners had to
pay yesterday for city bonds. Long date
bonds were purchased at from 109J4 to
105, and there was some difficulty in ob
taining the $12,000 of bonds desired.”
A striking evidence of the fact that the
solid south is not solid for sectional rea
sons, was given on memorial • day in
Milledgeville. It is stated in the llecor
der of that city that the only federal grave
in the cemetery was decorated with flow
ers, and a miniature United States flag,
made for the purpose, was placed upon it
on that occasion.
Mr. G. B. Spence informs the Svvains
boro Herald that a great many sheep w ere
killed by falling trees in his immediate
neighborhood during the recent cyclone.
He found six that had been killed by the
fall of a single tree. That paper further
says: “Reports are continually coming
in with regard to the damage done by
the storm, and it is almost impossible to
learn the total loss sustained by the citi
zens of our county.”
The masonic fraternity of Rome have
just completed a handsome and commo
dious masonic temple, which will he ded
icated on Thursday, May 22d, 1879, by
Jas. M. Mobley, grand master of the
grand lodge of Georgia. At the same
time other appropriate masonic ceremo
nies wfill take place. All masons are fra
ternally invited to be present with their
Rome brethren on Unit occasion. Ar
rangements have been made with the
different railroads for reduced rates of
fare.
The distinguisded Georgia instructor,
Prof. Milton E. Bacon, well known as
the founder of the southern female col
lege, at LaGrange, is at present in Geor
gia, from which he has been absent for a
number of years. The Atlanta resident
pupils of Prof. Bacon will give him a recep
tion at the governor’s mansion in that
city to-morrow' night., and cordially in
vite all his former pupils and their fami
lies to unite with them. Prof. Bacon is
an uncle of Mrs. J. A. Baker, of Cartersr
ville.
Avery romantic incident occurred re
cently in Talbot county. The Butler
Herald learns from a gentleman who has
recently returned from that county that
“quite early one morning last •week, there
was found placed at the front door of Miss
Sallie Nixon, an aged lady, a large trunk
filled with baby clothes of the best quali
ty, and everything necessary for the com
fort and care of a young intant. Placed
on top of the clothing was a beautiful girl
baby," supposed to be about ten or twelve
days old. The trunk had been very care
fully placed in a position to shield the
young babe from the cool morning air,
with the lid partly closed. By the side of
the child was a note addressed to the la
dy mentioned above, and contained thir
ty dollars in money, with an earnest re
quest to hike good Cjjre of the child; that
its parents were wealthy, .and that more
money would be sent in due time; that
she nor the child should ever want for
anything. There was no name signed
to the note, with the exception of two ini
tials. We are informed that the old lady
at once embraced the child lovingly in
her arms, with the remark that she
would not take a thousand dollars for it.
The whole aftair is clothed in mystery.”
The Bainbaidge Democrat tells of the
following disastrous occurrence. It says:
“Last Sunday six negroes, four men and
two women attempted to cross Dry creek
in a bateau. Parties on the bank tried to
dissuade them from the undertaking, be
cause the boat was too heavily loaded,
but to no avail. The one guiding the
boat said that he ‘was choking that cat,’
as he shoved out into the stream. The
consequence was that the boat capsized,
and two of the men and the two women
found watery graves. At this writing
their bodies have not been recovered. It
was a fearful sight, there beiug many ne
groes on the banks mingling their cries
with the shrieks ot the drowning, but un
able to give them any help whatever.
Dry creek is a fatal place. It is a kind of
valley that begins in Worth county, and
runs through Mitchel and a portion of
this to the Flint river, tw'o miles above
Bainbridge. It, never has a drop of wa
ter within its vale, except in times of un
usual floods and flreshets, then it becomes
a foaming and boiling river, rushing
through the pine w ood at a fearful rate.
Five years ago this creek was full, at
which time a youth of this city was drown
ed in attempting to cross it w'ith a horse
and buggy. In fact, every time it has
held w ater some' life or lives have been
destroyed.”
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1879.
GENERAL NEWS.
Barnwell w ants a town hall.
Summit has a fine, new tannery.
Elbert is.going to have a fair next fall.
The fire fiend seems jealous of voung
Elko.
Chester has seventy-two sons of tem
perance. * .
There w ill soon be a telegraph line to
Elberton.
The woods arellooking their prettiest
just now.
A wild white rabbit lias been captured
in Sumter.
Barnwell and Blackwell talk of a tele
graph line.
A conference on inter-oceanic canals is
to he held in Paris on May 15th.
Lord Beaconsftekl boasts that lie has
never possessed either a watch or an um
brella.
Mrs. Sarah J. I}. Hale, who for half a
century was editress of Godey’s Lady’s
Book is dead.
The amount of fractional currency re
deemed at the treasury during the month
of April w as $2,652.62.
Senator Blaine and w ife and Gail Ham
ilton were guests at a recent dinner in
honor of Wade Hampton.
The London Times declares that a feel
ing of satiety and weariness has come
over Europe in regard to international
exhibitions.
Thomas A. Scott is president of seven
lines, vice-president of eleven and direc
tor of thirty-four. His salary for all lines
is over SIOO,OOO per year.
Goldwin Smith criticises the proposed
monument to Andre, and says that “sure
ly for an Andre monument the best of
all inscriptions is—.oblivion.”
Jesse Pomeroy, the Boston hoy mur
derer, made an unsuccessful attempt to
escape from the state prison on Saturday
by sawing through the bars of his cell.
According to the European papers,
King Alfonso is to marry a dozen differ
ent women, and we should not be sur
prised if he should settle at last on w idow
Oliver.
Texans have the Leadville fever. The
overland route to “the greatest mining
camp in the world” is a dangerous one,
and parties never go out unless ten men
strong.
More than 150,000 boxes of clothes-pins
are annually shipped from this country
to England, and great quantities to New
Zealand, ‘Australia and the Sandwich
Islands.
Wm. 11. Vanderbilt having added to
his extensive railway interests the largest
stock farm in this country, will now hull
the markets and market the hulls at the
same time.
Mr. Lester Wallack, who starts out this
week on a professional tour west, going
as tar as San Francisco, has never been
a hundred miles w'est of Albany. He will
have much to see.
Miss Lavinia Goodell, of Wisconsin, a
successful practicing lawyer, has just ap
plied for the second time to he admitted
to practice as an attorney in the superior
court of the state.
Mellard Reed, of .Liverpool, has recent
ly contributed to the royal society a pa
per on the age of the world. The lime
stone rocks, lie thinks, indicates about
600,000,000 years.
The people of the blue-grass of Ken
tucky almost unanimously demand the
re-establishment of the whipping-post as*
an economical and efficacious means of
punishing petty criminals.
The agricultural society of South Caro
lina affirms in its report that the state can
make more money in wheat, hay and
oats than in cotton, and produce as much
grain to the acre as in the Avest.
Mark Gray, Edwin Booth’s would-be
murderer, has given his jailer orders to
admit no more newspaper interviewers
to his cell. That he is as mad as March
hare there is no longer any doubt.
The governor of Tennessee has order
ed an election for August 7th, for the
people to express their approval or disap
proval of the settlement of the state’s
debt at fifty cents on the dollar and four
per cent, interest.
Anew act-drop for the Shakspeare me
morial theater at Stratford-upon-Avon
has been painted by Mr. William Beverly.
The subject chosen is the old Globe thea
ter, Bankside, as it appeared in the days
of Queen Elizabeth.
Professor Longfellow has had a gift of
a pen made the iron fetters of Bonivard,
the prisoner of Chillon. The socket is
made of gold set with three rare gems,
and the handle is a piece of oak from the
old frigate “Constitution.”
The last civil thing going the rounds
in London is to this effect: A lady said,
I know of no more disagreeable, bad
tempered and spiteful woman than La
dy X.” “Don’t forget yourself in that
way, pray,” replied a friend.
Actors speculate in stocks quite fre
quently. John McCullough is said to
have made $25,000 in mining stocks re
cently, und Dion Boucicault is supposed
to have lost —some say all he is worth.
He bought consolidated Virginia, at 40,
and it fell to 5.
If the steamship Germanic is seen
coming into the port of New' York with
in a day or two no one will be deceived
into thinking she has met with an acci
dent and come back for repairs. They’ll
understand that she has returned to get a
ham sandwich for Clara Louise Kellogg.
—Boston Post.
It is reported that the largest diamond
in the world has recently been discovered
at Parteall, India. Its weight is said to
be 400 karats, which is thirty-three ka
rats larger than the Rajah of Mattau’s
celebrated diamond, and nearly 300 karats
larger than the “regent” stone, for which
the Due d’Orleans prid $650,000.
The extreme party in France have put
forward the name of Monsieur Loyson,
best known as “Father Hyacinthe,” as a
candidate for one of the Paris arrondisse
ments. Notwithstanding his eloquence,
he has not drawn many hearers to his
new' church. The principle attendants
have been American and English.
An ex-congressman out of a job gener
ally eomes to believe in the old proverb
that beggars musn’t be choosers. Ex-Sen
ator Conover, of Florida, has become a cus
toms inspector at four dollars a day, and
ex-Congressman Cain, of South Carolina
(col.) turns up as a messenger in the
treasury department at a dollar and a
half a day.
The Egyptian ministry, of w hich Mr.
Rivers Wilson and M fc de Blignieres were
the most important members, having
been broken up, the kliedive has formed
anew council of state composed half ot
Europeans and half of native Egyptians.
Mr. Wilson has returned to London, but
several English and French men-of-war
have received orders to be ready to sail
for Alexandria, and the bondholders are
pressing their governments to seize the
harbor. The Egyptian crisis is now' one
of the greatest questions of the day.
THE VETO.
The Opinions of Hon. A. H. Stephens as
to how the Issue Should be Met.
Special dispatch to the Constitution.]
■Washxgtox, D. C., May 1, 1879.
To Hon. Eton P. Howel, Editor of the
Constitution:
Dear Sir —There was quite an ani
mated discussion in the house caucus
yesterday evening. A strong feeling was
manifested on the part of several mem
bers to commit the party, in view of the
veto, to the position of standing by the
army bill as it went to the president and
adjourning w ithout passing any other ap
propriation bills, taking it for granted
that the president would for like reasons
veto the legislative and judicial appro
priation bill, because of the political leg
islation incorporated as riders upon that
Against these view sand policies I enter
ed an urgent protest. I maintained that,
while the house has a perfect constitu
tional right, without a violation of prin
ciple or custom, to put such riders upon
the appropriation bills, yet the president
had an equal constitutional right to in
terpose his veto against them if he saw
fit for any Teason to assume the responsi
bility of doing so. I would not say that
a case might not arise Avhere it might be
the duty of congress to Avithhold the’ap
propriations for the army, when a bill,
appropriating money therefor, should
designate the usage and purposes for
which it should be applied, should be ve
toed by the president, because of such
designated purposes; but sucli a case has
not yet arisen.
Without discussing the merits of the
veto message, it clearly appears from it
that he does not disagree with congress
upon the essential point of keeping troops
from the polls to control elections. He
seems to have placed his veto chiefly up
on the ground that the language of the
sixth section of the bill restrains and puts
a penalty on civil officers for keeping the
peace or executing legul criminal process
at the polls. This construction I thought
strained. I do not think the language
susceptible of such construction, congress
can easily supply a remedy to that.
As to the legislative and judicial bills,
I thought, in no event, nor in any cir
cumstances, could congress adjourn with-,
out making the necessary appropriations
because of a veto on account of the riders
of the sort now put upon them. British
precedents are not entirely pertinent and
applicable to this country in the matter
of witholding supplies. That is a mon
archy. The army, and the judges, and
all the officers of the administration are
but instruments of the crow-n.
The eroAvn asks the commons for mon
ey to support them. When great griev
ances are complaind of, therefore, which
the crown will not assent to relieve, the
commons may properly refuse, and often
have refused, supplies until the grievan
ces are redressed.
But ours is a representati\ r e govern
ment, where the people are sovereign
and govern themselves through those
channels established by a written organic
law. In this organic law of the federal
government the exercise of the sovereign
powers within their proper and limited
spheres is delegated to three distinct, sep
arate and independent departments.—
These are the legislative, the judicial and
the executive departments. The proper
mode, therefore, under our system of ob
taining redress of grievances is through
these constitutional channels of instru
mentalities, and. they failing, then an
appeal to the people themselves. These
three coequal and co-ordinate departments
in the proper workings of the system
should not be allowed to encroach upon
each other, and the right of the president,
therefore, to exercise the veto power as
prescribed in the constitution should he
as free from assault as the right of con
gress to perform any of their constitution
al functions. Congress in this ease, I
I maintain, has done its duty in an at
tempt to redress a great grievance. The
president, in the exercise of his constitu
tional power, has seen fit to veto it. ’The
question is one that allows no appeal to
the judiciary or the other co-ordinate de
partment of the government.
The issue, therefore, if these differen
ces cannot be properly adjusted between
congress and the president, must be de
cided by the people as the last resort for
a peaceful redress of grievances at the
ballot box, after a thorough understand
ing of the questions involved, as they
shall be discussed by an enlightened press
and patriotic speakers on the hustings. I
gave the opinion to the caucus, and now
repeat that it would be utterly wTong for
congress to fail to appropriate money to
support the judiciary, the other co-ordi
nate department of the government, to
say nothing of other officers, and main
tain the administration of the laws which
the constitution makes it our duty to do,
because the president may veto riders of
this sort. The system could never be
harmoniously Avorked under such a poli
cy-
Mr. Emory Speer followed by enforc
ing the same view in a very able and elo
quent speech, which made a deep im
pression and produced a decided effect,
lie Avas highly complimented by some of
the older and leading members of con
gress. Air. Tillman, of South Carolina,
also ndA'ocated similar vieAA’S in a strong
and effective speech. The result Avas, no
proposition Avas submitted to commit the
party as indicated, hut the Avliole question
Avas referred to a joint caucus of the sen
ate and house. Yours truly,
Alexander 11. Stephens.
DEATH OF HON. EL.I S. SHORTER.
This distinguished gentleman died at
his home in Eufaula, Ala., yesterday of
Bright’s disease, at the age of fifty-six
years. He was born and educated in
Georgia whence his father, Gen. Reuben
C. Shorter, long since dead, removed to
Barbour county, Ala., in 183(5. The de
ceased was named after an uncle, Judge
Eli Sims Shorter, in his day one of the
most distinguished jurists of the south
and long an ornament to the bench and
bar of our state. Col. Shorter was elect
ed to congross in 1855 and was again
elected in 1857, and retired at the end of
his term, and was succeeded by lion. Jas.
F. Pugh. He belonged to the extreme
southern school, and delivered several
speeches marked by defiant boldness and
firmness. When war was inaugurated
between the states he raised a regiment;
was elected colonel and participated in
the batte of Shiloh, in April, 1862. Sub
sequently he was connected with the civ
il service. His. home for many years
has been in Eufaula. His law practice
was large and lucrative, and his name
has been prominently connected with
high and national offices. Not long since
he lost by death a prominent son. A
wite and other children survive him, and
probably grand children. He was a
brother* of the late governor of Alabama,
John £ill Shorter. The high position he
held and the extent of his reputation
speaks more than words for his ability
and integrity. —Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
Senator Hill characterizes “the great
est effort” of Mr. Conklin’s life “a mag
nificent humbug.”
STENOGRAPHIC REPORTERS.
The following bill will before
the next general assembly, i Ve print
it that every member of ' r * may
read and think over itf
It Is hereby enacted by the general
assembly of the state ck Georgia:
Section 1. That an act entitled, “An
act to empower the judges of the supe
rior courts to appoint or employ a re
porter or stenographer in the courts, to
define the duties of such reporter or
stenographer, to fix his fees and for
other purposes,” be so altered and
amended as to read as follows:
Sec. 2. “He it further enacted, etc.,
that from and after the passage of this
act, the judges of the superior courts of
this state, shall have power to appoint,
and at pleasure remove, a phonographic
reporter for the courts of their respective
circuits, such phonographic reporter must
be a skilled reporter, competent to write
140 words per minute from dictation,
under a test by the judge, or as he may
direct for five consecutive minutes, and
to transcribe the same accurately, legibly
and neatly. Such phonographic report
er, before entering on the duties of such
office, shall be £ worn in open court faith
fully to perform all the duties required
by this act, and it shall be his duty- to
attend courts in the circuit for which
he is appointed, and as hereinafter set
forth, to exactly and thoroughly record,
or take phonographic notes of the pro
ceedings in the cases, tried except the
argument of counsel.
Sec. 3. “Be It further enacted, That
the salary of the phonographic reporter,
for taking phonographic notes of, and
recording cases as hereinafter provided,
shall not exceed in any case SI,BOO per
annum, or less than SI2OO per annum; to
be fixed by the presiding judge, and by
him to be appointed annually among the
counties of his circuit, according to the
amount of business in the counties.
Sec. 4‘. Be it further enacted, That
such phonographic reporter shall take
down the testimony proceedings, and
charge of the presiding judge (excepting
argument of counsel), in such criminal
cases, as are now required by law to be
recorded, and in case of conviction' of a
felony, to file an accurate and legible
longhand transcript of the same in the
office of the clerk of the superior court
of the county wherein the case was tried.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That
such phonographic reporter shall take
down the testimony, proceedings, and
charge of presiding judge (excepting
argument of counsel) in all civil cases
involving an amount equivalent to, or
exceeding S2OO each, (the amount in
volved in doubtful cases to be decided by
the presiding judge), and when so re
quested by the presiding judge to file an
accurate and legible longhand transcript
of the same, in the office of the clerk of
the superior court of the county wherein
the case was tried.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That
such phonographic reporter, shall for
other transcripts of evidence and pro
ceedings by him furnished, be paid by
the party requesting the same at a rate
not to exceed ten cents for each one hun
dred words.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That for
reporting the evidence, proceedings, etc.,
of other cases than those as heretofore
described, shall be paid by the party re
questing the same, at a rate not to exceed
ten cents for each one hundred words for
the phonographic notes, and ten cents
for each one hundred words in addition
for a longhand transcript of the same.
Sec. 8. Repeals all conflicting laws.
Mil. STEPHENS IN CAUCUS.
Washington, April 30.—A Democrat
ic caucus was held immediately after ad
journment of the house to-day, for the
purpose of determining what action the
majority should pursue on the veto of the
army appropriation bill Speech making
was generally indulged in, one of the
principal speeches being by Mr. Ste
phens, of Georgia, who held that since
the president has interposed his veto on
the army appropriation bill, congress
should make no war or factious opposi
tion on the clearly defined constitutional
power on his part. Supplies should not
be withheld from the army because of
the president’s failure to sanction the
measure as it passed congress. The ap
propriation bills, he thoght, ought to be
passed, if need be, by themselves sever
ally, and the political questions now em
braced in appropriation measures, be tak
en up and proper measures covering them
be passed in separate and distinct bills.
If the president then should see fit to in
terpose his veto, the question, as far as
the army is concerned,, will be put fairly
before the country for the people to de
cide. He advocated the passage of meas
ures which would relieve the overtaxed
masses of the people, and revive the pros
trated industries of the country. It was
finally agreed that the army bill should
again pass,notwithstanding the objections
of the president, and that a vote be taken
on the measures to-morrow without de
bate, but it is intimated that the sixth
section, the point at issue, will be intro
duced, modified somewhat from its shape,
and passed as an independent measure.
The commissioner of the general land
office has detailed three experienced
clerks to visit the state of Florida and
make a careful inspection of all the land
claimed by the state sis swamp or over
fiowed land under the act ot September
28, 1850, which grants to the several
states in which they are located all lands
of this character. Under the instructions
from the commissioner esich smallest
sub-division of land is to be examined
and marked upon the plats. If one-fourth
part of any subdivision is dry land and
suitsible for cultivation it cannot be claim
ed as swamp land. These experts are al
so instructed to examine the character of
the unsurveyed land in the state, to ob
tain all information possible relative to
depradations upon timber upon the pub
lic lands, and also as to fraudulent entries
of lands, either homestead, pre-emption
or cash entries. The selections of lands
by the state of Florida to date aggregate
15,657,013 acres, Of which 10,735,403 have
been patented, and the state now demands
a patent for 850,000 acres of these lands,
which will-be issued if they prove to be
swamp lands.
That whining renegade, postmaster
general Key, having declared his opposi
tion to the repeal of the law requiring ju
rors in federal courts to take the test oath,
the Augusta Chronicle remarks that “if
that applied to cabinet officials as well as
petit juries, Mr. Key would now be do
ing the business of a third-rate lawyer in
Bast Tennesse instead of being John Wing
Tyner’s clerk with the rank of postmaster
general.” Such being the fact, it is to be
regretted that the law, while it exists, is
not general in its application. —Savannah
News.
Rubber suits are used in New York in
immersions. There is no authority for
this wicked innovation. 4Ve do not read
that a rubber suit went down into the
water.
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Fifty Ce*ts for each additional insertion.
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NUMBER 34.
A WORKING- MAN.
A great many people entertain the idea
that editors have the easiest tithe of any
class of men in the world and enjoy
more privileges'and pay less for them.
Said a friend to the writer once “Whv
you editors don’t do anything but sit
with your heels as your head, a
cigar in your mouth and an exchange in
your hands a few .hours every day. If
that isn’t taking things easy, I don’t
know what is.” Hundreds are of the
same way of thinking. Now we’ll give
a case right here in the city.
Mr. W.Christopher, the brilliant and
popular editor of the Atlanta Sunday
Phonograph, does more hard work than
any newspaper man in Georgia. He
works steadily on an average of fifteen
hours.out of every twentv-four. As ev
ery reader can see, there are hundreds of
short, erisp, pungent, pithy paragraphs
in his journal, nearly every one of which
is pennedbetween the hours of seven
and twelve at night. True, when not
otherwise engaged, he writes during the
day. He looks after his job department,
sometimes going to the press-, sets type
when the paper gets behind, keeps his
own books, solicits subscriptions and ad
vertisements, canvasses the towns near
the city occasionally, and attends to his
correspondence.
A man who Ims so much to do, and so
many things to think about, lias precious
little" time to sit cross-legged and smoke
cigars. An editor is compelled to do
more work and get less pay for it than
anybody else. If there is a young man
connected with Georgia journalism who
deserves success, that person is the bril
liant, bold, fearless editor of the Atlanta
Sunday Phonograph. His paper is very
popular, and we are glad to know be is
raking in subscribers.— Correspondence
Augusta Neics.
LOWE TO LOGAN.
Representative* Lowe published a card
in relation to his difference with senator
Logan. The representative incorporates
letters to the senator delivered by Judge
Pelham. The last is as follows:
Washington, April 20, 1879.— T0 Hon.
John A. Logan—Sir: On the 21st. inst.,
you published in the Republican, of this
city, a communication containing words
personally reflecting on me. I have
twice addressed you a note, calling your
attention to this language. You have
failed and refused to answer either of
them, aud you thereby force me to the
last alternative. I therefore demand you
name some time and place, out of this
district, where another communication
will presently reach you. My friend,
Charles Pelham, Esq., is authorized to
act for me in the premises.
Respectfully, Wm. M. Lowe.
Col. Lowe then concluded his card as
follows:
Thus ended this one-sided correspond
ence. It needs little or no comment from
me. I will not brand John A. Logan as
a liar, for he is a senator ot the United
States. I will not post him as a scoun
drel and poltroon, for that would be in
violation of the local statutes; but 1 do
publish him as one who knows* how to
insult, but not how to satisfy, a gentle
man, and I invoke upon him the judg
ment of honorable men of the community.
The New r York Herald publishes in a
late issue a long letter from a correspond
ent who is engaged in “working up” the
south. His reports about Georgia are to
the effect that the state is rapidly improv
ing in wealth and general prosperity;
that the difficulties under which the
white and the negro in this state both
suffer are those which arise from igno
rance, and that no legislation can possi
bly reach them. He also says that the
product of cotton in Georgia, North Car
olina and Texas will be so much increas
ed as to effectually offset any possible de
crease which may be occasioned in Loui
siana and Mississippi on account of the
negro exodus from those states. One of
the gentlemen interviewed by said cor
respondent is of the opinion that in a few
years the seed belonging to a bale of cot
ton will be worth fully half as much as
the bale itself, as it can be made useful in
the following manner: '“The lint left on
the hull by the gin can be used for bat
ting; the hull for tanning or for the ex
traction of dyestuffs; the spent hull for
paper stock, for which it is admirable;
tire kernel first for oil and the residue for
feed. There are new methods lately dis
closed for extracting every particle of
oil,- which leave the residuum a sweet,
dry and extremely nutritious food for
sheep or cattle—more nutritious than
beans; and if the residue be fed to sheep
on the cotton field the crop of cotton will
be doubled and the clip of wool added
thereto.”
The Louisville Courier-Journal regards
the colored exodus from the south as a
political trick, and, in urging congress
man Whitthorne to press his resolution
to investigate this emigration movement,
says:
“This whole ‘exodus’ scheme is a piece
of scoundrelism. The monsters who are
at the bottom of it know perfectly well
what they are about. They have for
their object the falsification of the next
census. The ‘exodus’ scheme is a census
movement purely. The negro is simply
to be used, as the republicans have al
ways used him, as so much fuel to fau
the flame of sectional strife and hate, re
gardless of his fate. Asa trick it is the
worst yet; a base-born, black-hearted
piece of barbarous cruelty which every
villian who supports it knows to be infa
mous and inhuman.”
In a recent interview Mr. Halstead, of
the Cincinnati Commercial, a paper which
is recognized as Mr. Hayes’ personal or
gan, makes a significant suggestion, lie
states that congress, in the electoral com
mission bill, grasped the power of elect
ing the president, and that “the purpose
on the part of the democrats is to use
that power to secure the president next
time.” He thinks that “if a bayonet is
seen within twenty-five miles of the polls
in any state, the democrats will throw
out that state” if necessary. For these
reasons Mr. Halstead seemed to hope the
army bill might be approved. It is very
natural, remarks the Washington Post,
that this friend of Mr. Hayes should sus
pect the democracy capable of using
some of the same means that were em
ployed to count Mr. in. It is not
strange that the inventors of inferiial ap
pliances should dread their return to
plague the inventors.
The most aristocratic colored Vedding
ever known in this country took place
recently in Allen chapel, Cincinnati.
The groom was George Jackson a colored
school teacher, and tlie bride, Miss Vir
ginia Gordon, daughter of Robert Gordon
a wealthy colored coal dealer. Mr. Gor
don is worth several hundred thousand
dollars. The bride’s presents from her
father consisted of $60,000 in bonds and a
handsome residence.