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VOL. I.
CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 17. 1884.
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In buying tin imitation you pay as
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are willing to pay
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From tlie Macon Telegraph.
Legal News and Notes.
SCHOOL LAW.
The general opening of the
schools on October first suggests the
statement of a few legal rules on
this Jopic. The National Bureau of
Education has lately published a
pamphlet of recent school law de
cisions. A parent has no right to
control the studies of his child, so
as to interfere with those of others;
he cannot insist on his child using
a different text-book or taking up
an additional study, but he can di
rect that his child shall omit some
of the prescribed studies. A school
board may prescribe that irregular
attendance shall forfeit the right of
attendance. As to chastisement,
the teacher stands in the place of
the parent and may punish “with
kindness, prudence and propriety.”
A whipping which left welts on the
person of the pupil for weeks after-
warti was held as an assault and
battery. The jurisdiction of the
teacher extends to school hours,and
not to the pupil’s conduct at home.
A l’A 11AG HA I’ll FOR THE LADIES.
The history of the law relating to
women is a gradual story of ame
lioration. Even in the time ot
Blackstone “moderate chastise
ment with a slender switch” was
within the conjugal privilege, but a
man was convicted of murder a few
years ago in Massachusetts be
cause he struck his wife, although
he did not intend to kill her, and
although she was “drunk and inso
lent.” Formerly all the wife’s
property was immediately confisca
ted to the husband by marriage.
But after a time the law permitted
her to own her clothes and after
wards a little pin money. A lady
who understood the law said lately
toher spouse: “What’s yours is
mine and what’s mine is my own.”
Formerly a married woman could
not make a will. A humorist has
said that this was because women
had their wills all their lives. But
now they can leave their wills in
operation after their death.
LAW AN'I) BUSINESS.
There is something grand and
beautiful in the conception of the
law entering silently into all the re
lations and transactions of life and
determining their character. Of
course this universal presence of
law is an unconscious presence. The
force of gravity is never felt until
one tries to lift something or. in
some way disturb the conditions of
matter. So the inherence of law in
all acts and eostracts is not made
apparent until some jarring of in
terests calls it forth. Not long ago
the leading business houses of Ma
con extended credit for large
amounts under circumstances
which rendered their debts wholly
uncollectable by law. Yet the par
ties who got the benefit fortunately
had the desire to pay coupled with
the ability, and so nobody lost any
money. There are some rules of
law that are just as practical and
important as arithmetic. I wonder
that no one has ever made up a
text book of them—a legal arithme
tic—for use of the public schools
That method of learning is certain
ly cheaper than the present meth
od of learning by experience. That
a man who signs a nogotiable note
gives himself away to the public;
that a note is barred in six years
and cannot be renewed by a credit
entered by the holder; that a prom
ise to be security for another’s
debts is not binding unless in writ
ing. Such things as these men gen
erally learn by losing money the
fm?t time.
WHEN DDES A LAW TAKE EFFECT IX
GEORGIA ?
Formerly, in England, a law took
effect from the first day of Parlia
ment. The result was that laws
applied to transactioas which oc-
cured before their passege. This
was seen to be monstrous, and led
to the next rule, that they took ef
fect from and after their passage.
But it is obviouly urtjust to bind
the people by a lavruntU it has been
promulgated, and Judge Lumpkin
urged upon the Legislature to en
act that a law should not take effect
until published. This was done in
the code of 1863, section 3, which
provided for publication in a public
gazette. But as no gazette was
prescribed, the Legislature of 1876
repealed so much of the section as
prescribed publication in a public
gazette. Judge Simmons has de
cided that the act did nut repeal the
requirement of publication, hut oiu
ly of publication in a gazette Judge
Bleckley, however, In his. “Report
on the Code,” regards the entire
requirement for publication repeal
ed. If he is right, we are in the
miry barbarism of the middle ages.
A man could be punished or lose
bis property in Georgia under a law
that he could not know. The Gen
eral Assembly should remove the
doubt which surrounds the ques
tion.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A long winded lawyer was boring
a judge. Said the latter: “Mr. ,
you have stated that before,” and
then pausing, “but you may have
forgotten; it was a long time
V, • • ' I
ago.
A juror who was deaf in one car j
asked to be excused on the ground
that he could only hear one side of
a case. He was like the witness
who refused to “kiss the book” when
told to hold up his right hand, be
cause he was left-handed. Another
juror made the excuse ot deafness.
“Didn’t you hear my charge to the
grand jury ?” asked the judge. es
your honor, hut I couldn’t make
heads or tails of it.” He was excus
ed
If property is put into the hands
of a broker for sale and lie intro
duces a customer whase offer is re
jected, and who for a time abandons
all negotiations, but who subse
quently buys, the question of the
broker’s original intervention in
bringing about the sale will be left
to the jury, aud if it is determined
that it led to the final sale, the bro
ker will be entitled to his com mis -
sions.—61 Maryland.
So numerous are the benevolent
insurance orders, and so many
cases have arisen in regard to them
that a volume has lately been pub
lished relating to this branch of the
law. In Karcher vs. the Knights of
Honor, it was held that in the case
of a member who was suspended at
the time of his death—no appeal
having been taken to the Supreme
Lodge—his representatives could
not recover, although they offered
to show that the suspension was
not properly ordered. The appeals
should be made to the Lodge before
they could be dope in the courts.
Democratic
man,
caiuli-
! been
For years past people have been
discussing the necessity for special
rather than general instruction. In
France the question lias assumed
great prominence. It is how evi
dent that life is too short to enable
any one man to acquire a general
knowledge of either literature, sci
ence or art. As a French writer
well says, “A general idea of his
tory, of mathematics, physics, of
national history, means simply to
know nothing at all.” The man
who knows a little of everything
knows but little of anything. It is
impossible to be a superior man, a
man of force, without being a spe
cialist. There are no “Admirable
Crichtons” these days. The man of
one book makes himself felt. Al
ready each profession is separating
itself into several distinct branches.
The great body of human knowl
edge has expanded to such an ex
tent that no man can hope to
make himself proficient in more
than one branch.
Cox vers, Ga., October 8.—Ac
cording to order of court, Tom Mar-
ston, of incendiarry fame, was ta
ken to the asylum this morning by
Sheriff Mitchell and Mr. Bob Wal
lace. He asked Mr. G. W. Cain
last night what the people here
thought of the verdict. Mr. Cain
told him that some thought it was
right and others that it was not.
Marston then said he reckoned the
big dogs didn’t like it. He now
says that he played off on the peo
ple—that he wasn’t crazy—it was
policy with him to do that way-
lie says he can talk as he pleases
now that his trial is over. Mr. W.
A. Wardlaw who has been to the
asylum several times with lunatics,
said to Marston: “I wish I could
go to the asylum, but I’m not
crazy enoqgh,” Marston said:
‘You can do like I did, you can act
crazy.” Mr. G. W. Cain asked him
if he was turned loose now if he
would burn any more houses. He
said no. Mr. Cain then "asked him
if he was crazy when lie burnt the
church or did he do it for mean
ness, Marston said: “I was a lit
tle off then,” Evidently he no t
nor has been crazy* but has played
off on the people from first to last.
Men and dogs can endure the
conditions of any climate. This
was doubted by the eelebrated phy
sician Boerliane, who believed that
no being breathing with lungs
could exist in an an atmosphere
having as high a tempera
ture as that of the blood. Men live
Mil the soutliwests coasts of Africa
and other hot regions where the
heat of the sand under their feet
reaches 146 or 150 degrees. Only
the dog is able to follow man into
the extremes of heat and cold, but
this animal loses his acute smell in
Congo and Syria and the power of
barking in Surinam.
Address of the National
Committee,
To the People of the United ;
States :—The National Democrat-;
ic Party of the United States lias |
pledged itself to purify the Admin- !
istration of Public Affairs from cor
ruption; to manage the Govern- 1
inent with economy; to enforce the
execution of the laws and to reduce ,
taxation to the lowest limit consis-'
tout with just protection to Ameri
can labor und capital, and with the
preservation of the faith which the
nation has pledged, to its credi
tors and pensioners.
The open record of the
whom it has named as its
date for the Presidency, ha*
accepted by thousands of indepen
dent Republicans, in every State ,as
an absolute guarantee that, if lie is
elected, all these pledges will be
exactly fulfilled, and that, under
his administration, good govern
ment will be assured.
To secure these results all good
citizens must unite in defeating
the Republican candidate for Presi
dent His history and political
methods make it certain that his
administration would be stained
by gross abuses, by official miscon
duct and wanton expenditure of
the public money, and would be
marked by an increase of taxation
which would blight the honest in
dustry of our people.
Against us, and against those
honorable Republicans
who, for the sake
of good government, have made
common cause with us, notable
combinations have been made.
These are chiefly made up of four
classes.
First. An army of office holder
who, by choice or compulsion, are
now giving to Republican commit
tees, as parts of the campaign
fund of that party, monies paid to
such olficers out of the public Treas
ury for services due to the people
of the United .States,
.Second, Organized bodies of
men who, haviug secured by cor
rupt means the imposition of du
ties, which are in excess of all sums
needed for the wants of the Gov
ernment aud for the protection of
American labor and capital, and
having thus gained enormous
wealth, are willing to pay largely
to the Republican campaign fund
for the promise of the continuance
.and increase of such duties which
constitute a system} of bounties to
monopolies under the false pre
tense of protection to American in
dustry
Third. A host of unscrupulous
contractors and jobbers, who have
grown riefiupon public plunder,aud
are ready to pay tithes of what
they have acquired in order to
avoid all risk of being called to
account for the evil methods by
which their wealth has been
gained.
Fourth. Corporations whiclu
having appropriated the public
lands hy the aid of corrupt agen
cies in the republican party, bo-
lieve they will be compelled to
give up their ill-gotten gains if that
party is driven from power, and
are, therefore, willing to keep it in
place by giving it a percentage
their unrighteous profits.
This committee has not troops
office holders at its command.
It will ijqt agripip to sell the fu
ture legislation of Congress for
money paid now into its party
treasury.
It will not .promise immunity to
thieves.
It will not contract to uphold any
corrupt bargain, heretofore made
by the Republican party with any
corporation, for all the wealth
which such corporation can off-
er.
It appeals to the people against
one and all of these opponents, thus
corruptly banded together against
the friends of good government.
The number of all these oppo
nents is small, but their wealth is
great, and it will be unscrupulous
ly used. An active and vigorous
campaign must be made against
them. Their paid advocates must
be met and defeated in debate up
on the platform and in discussion
in the newspapers. The organiza
tion of all who are opposed to them
must be perfected in every State,
city and county in the land. Mon
ey is needed to do this honest work.
Your committee, refusing to adopt
the methods by which the Republi
can party fills its treasury, calls up
on all good citizens for the aid
which it requires.*
It invites, and will welcome, con
tributions from every honest man
who is opposed to the election of
James G. Blaine as President. No
contribution will be accounted too
small. Wherever a bank, banker*
or postal money order can be found,
of
of
the means exist for placing at the
disposal of the Treasurer of tills
committee, individual or collective
contributions in aid of the great
cause in which we are engaged—or,
money may be remitted by mail, to
Charles J. Canda, Treasurer, at No
11 West 24tli street, New York.
When victory is achieved over
the unscrupulous combination,
which is now endeavoring to thrust
Jarae G. Blaine into the Presiden
tial office, the recorded lists of such
contributors will be a roll of honor,
such as no other county has pos
sessed.
Our opponents cannot be saved
from disaster by forcing their un
willing candidate to speak to as
semblages of the people.
The man who wrote the Fi*hcr
letters will never be the choice of
the people for the Presidency of
the United .States.
Arthur P. Gorman,
Chair. Deni. National Ex. Com.
Monsier Capel in a lecture deliv
ered in New York a few nights
since, among other tilings of inter
est said: “After an experience of
twenty-five years as a teacher of
the young, I can see that we are
overworking the brain before its
own natural development. All of
you have seen children put forth as
little wonders, prodigies, and the
like. Now, I ask do you remember
of any one of these children becom
ing great and distinguished? I
never have. In creating a child’s
mind God gave it first the senses*
then memory, and lastly reason.
Why pervert God’s order? Go to
the schools—and see whether the
minds of your children are being
perverted by overwork. Little do
we think that in overworking the
child’s brain we are laying the
foundations for insanity! The
child wants good food and good ex
ercise, and as it grows its intellect
will grow, and it will be better in
structed. A large number of cases
of insanity and suicide are brought
about by the abnormal develop
ment of the brain.
Editor Free Press:—The fol
lowing extract from the Atlanta
Constitution of October 1st upon the
subject of Loan Agencies so fully
expresses my sentiments that I
must request its publication in your
paper assuming the language as my
own.
“Many of the newspapers of the
state are calling the attention of
farmers to the disastrous conse
quences likely to ensue from mort
gaging their farms to northern cap
italists. None of them, however,
have suggested the remedy. It is
idle to advise the farmer not to bor
row. In these times of stringency
and financial hardship the farmers
are obliged to borrow. Few plan
ters can command sufficient cash to
carry them from crop to crop—an
accident may happen or a previ
ously contracted debt mature, and
he must frequently borrow at once
to save his land from the sheriff’s
hammer, or to provide supplies nec
essary for the continuance of his
farming operations. The agricultu
ral pursuit is necessarily a credit
business, so that when the vast ma
jority of our farmers are advised
not to borrow money, they make
the overwhelming and conclusive
reply that they must borrow,”
If the author had stopped here
and confined himself to a correct
analysis of any proposed remedy
for the evil of borrowing money
without assailing those agencies es
tablished for a legitimate business
throughout the southern states, as
reprehensible, and corrupt, un
worthy of patronage aud ruinous
to those who deal with them, he
would have subserved a good pur
pose, and saved any stricture from
me upon his production, This how
ever, he did not do, as the following
paragraph shows.
“Let us look for a moment at the
plan pursued by the northern Shy-
locks, as the press has named them.
A farmer goes to one their agents
here in the state and desires to bor
row one thousand dollars, While
he really gets that amount, he is re
quired to give his note for twelve
hundred dollars, twenty per cent
more than the amount he pays
eight per cent interest on. The note
is secured by a mortgage or deed
which is ironclad in all particulars.
So that he agrees ta pay about 21.6
per cent on the amount he gets and
forfeits the whole if he makes de
fault in prompt payment of either
principal or interest.”
Th^re are several egregious errors
in this passage which I propose
to show are at variance with a cor
rect statement of the policy govern
ing these agencies, so far as my ob
servation extends. With those I
am best acquainted with, the bor
rower only gives his notes for the
amount he receives, less the
amount charged by the agency for
negotiating and abstracting as inci
dental expenses attendant upon
the loan. If that amount can be
considered as interest then the
highest per centage paid in any in
stance is not over 12 per cent, and
often less. The real per centage is
the legal rate, and that is the only
way in which the note is drawn. It
matters nothing to the boi rower
j who may participate in the profit
above legal interest provided he
can obtain a three or five years
loan at 12 per cent or under. If
this statement is correct, then upon
what basis do calumniators found
their aspersions, such as Shy-
locks and as frauds, unless the
basis rests upon gross ignorance of
Hie ease. I consider the most im
portant question for borrowers to
answer for themslves, is, whether
they are able to pay 12 per cent for
the use of money. Surrounding cir
cumstances must serve as a guide
in solving it, and a man’s coolest
judgement the touchstone, by
which to act. At all events, the
farmers, as a elass, are shut out from
all avenues of help except these
ageficies. The Banks are closed
to them at any rate of interest, or
upon any amount of securities. If
this was not so, and the farmers still
permitted to negotiate a loan, the
rate would not be less and the in
terest would be annually com
pounded until paid: As to their
being a forfeiture of the whole up
on nonpayment of note, that is a
gross error, for there is no forfeit
ure of anything on failure to pay at
maturity. The law intervenes to
raise enough to pay it. This is not
a forfeiture, and would be a le
gal sequence in any case.
It sometimes develops that our
inconsistencies are so unreasonable
as to become unpardonable and this
is shown in its brightest tints hy the
author in his acrimonious charges
against northern shylocks for de
manding 8 per cent interest or. mo-
uy loans and still asks the interven
tion of our state Legislature to help
grind the axes of a few southern
capitalists at 12 and 15 per cent.
Hear him, “if the Georgia man
(aided by law) will lend at 10 or 12
percent or even 15 why not let the
farmer go to him, instead of mort
gaging to New England,”
In conclusion I will venture to
say to the author, and his friends
that the abused agencies will take
pleasure in placing their loans on
good mortgage security when they
become willing to loan at same rate
of interest as the New Englander.
There’s the milk in the eocoanut.
Justice.
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Is devoting most of his time and atten
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is prepared for most any operation. Ilia
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Coweta Advertiser.
Hamrick in Jail.
Rev, R, M. Hamrick, of the Third
district received a telegram on
Tuesday that his son was in jail in
Alabama, having killed a man the
night before. lie left on the after
noon train with liis son, Mr, A. II.
Hamrick to investigate the matter
and give what assistance he could,
The killing occurred at .a Metho
dist eampmeeting at Choctaw*
Chilton Co, Ala. It seems that
Hamrick was paying attention to a
daughter of Mr. A. lv. Evans, super
visor of the E. T, Ya. & Ga. R. R.
He had been at the arbor but was
sick and had to leave. Passing by
Mr. Evans’ tent he was spoken to
by the daughter and asked to sit
down. While they were taiking the
father came up and in an insulting
mauner ordered Hamrick off. He
stated that he did not desire to in
trude aud started off, but more
words followed and Evans struck
Hamrick in the face, Hamrick
then knocked him down and got on
him. Evans drew his knife but
Hamrick took it away from him
The daughter called out for him
uot to hurt her father, whereupon
he got up and walked to the arbor.
Evans went to his tent and got a
loaded walking stick, followed
Hamrick, and after more words
struck him aud knocked him down
As soon as Hamrick came to him
self he gathered a good sized stick
and struck Evans across the "head
fracturing the skull. He lived^
about an hour and a half. Mr. J.
H. Chandler writes these particu
lars to the family. Rev. Mr. Ham
rick writes that nothing has been
done as yet. The commitment trial
will come off on Saturday. It is
a very sad affair and is greatly de
plored by Mr. Hamrick’s friends in
this county. The family have the
sympathy of all in their trouble.
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Ilerstock, a part of which hat just
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ly asks the ladies and those wanting any
thing her line to call and examine.
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