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OlltrUI Organ or tile (it) of Amorims.
Official Organ or llnnljr County.
SI XOAV, MAKUII, 3«. IfMt
TO POST.MASTKltS.
Whim iiow.>fiaj»i*r^ *n* not called for it l» in tide
Vi* doty of under Hie law to notify
th# projirU'tor# «f this fact. Caiti*, already print* _
«l, arc furnished on application to the I’o»tma»tcr, j by tllC apportionment OCt recently
whiwe only duty will lie to fill out with the r ~ ...»
f the party not getting the |»apor.
PRACTICAL INIIKl'IvNDENTS.
While Felton & Co. arc i^sninj'
proniinciamcnloH declaring the nc-
oeaalty of independence, the far
mer* of Southwest Georgia are Representatives allowed to said
taking hold in a practical manner;! State under this apportionment
, , . .. . . may he elected l»y the State, at
and by sowing small gram and . • othc J | t enrcscnta-
Tlie AltttfuejroOriicril'i Oplnldn*
ATTliRNEY-GENEItAt’a Ort'KE,
| or Georoia, Atlanta, Ga., March
11, )8S2.—Jlie Excellency, A. H.
Colqmtl. Governor, etc.—Sir: I
am in receipt of your communica
tion requesting my opinion as to
whether the additional Represen.
attivc allaiwed the State or Georgia
passed by Congress can he legally
elected by the voters of the Stato
at large under existing laws. The
act provides that “if the number,
as hereby provided for, shall be
larger Ilian before the eliangc,then
the additional Representative or
-DKALEIM Im
planting corn arc planing to make
themselves independent, of the
Northwestern farmers, to whom
they have hitherto paid tribiilc. If
the season i* favorable and n good
crop blesses their labors, they will
have achieved an independence
that will he worth to them more
tlinn all the political parties in
existence.
Gniteau sel's his photographs at
large and the other Representa
tives to which the .Stale is entitled
by districts as now prescribed by
law in said State; and if the num
ber hereby provided for -hall in
any state lie less than it wa- before
the change made, then the whole
number to such Slate hereby pro
vide. I - for shall lie elected lit large
unless the Legislatures of such
Slates have provided or shall oth
erwise provide lieforc the lime fixed
In law for the next election of
Representatives thereiu."
. , , , The section quoted is louiided
*l.00a | icce, and Ins autographs , o|) M(jlio|| 4) al . tidc ,, „ Ct hc Con
Groceries iGtjawo,
LAMAR STREET, AMERICUS, GA.
for one-fourth that amount. He is
said to have an income of $50
a day from this source. This
is better than lie ever did in his
life before.
Mnlionc says that in Virginia the
eolorcil citizens “is at last in the
full panoply ol acknowledged
citizenship." I)o they really have
all that up there ? We suppose
thought that means the di«p «ition
to act politically as Hilly Malione
directs.
Neal Dow says that ‘•Governor
Grncclon is a bubble
latitution of the United .Slates,
I which declares that:
j The limes, places and manner of
j holding elections for Senators and
I Representatives shall be prescribed
in each Slate by the Legislature
thereof but the Congress may at
any time by law make or alter such
regulations except as to the place
of choosing Senators ’’
Congress has, in pursuance of
the power Unis derived, prescribed
that the additional Representative
to widen Georgia is entitled shall
l.e elected by the slate at large,
unless the Legislature in U\emean
time otherwise provides; for al-
, though the word “may” is etnploy-
"P ; ed, it means “shall,” according to
from the democratic carcass drown- j a , V cll settled rule in the interpre
ts! years ago in ruin." That rum
must have had good preserving
qualities, for the “carcass” ii
tut ion of statutes. In 7th Georgia,
page 81), .1 edge Warner says: “The
true rule fortlic construction of the
word “may" in a statute is, that
.Maine, N'eal Dows state, is hi a j , v |, ell M | C |, statute concerns the
reasonably good state of preserva- I public interest, or affects the rights
lion. of third persons then the word
■— • *•—■ “may” shall he construed to mean
The Nash vile people know what “must” or “sha l l;”nnd in third Gcor-
ii llond Is.
•Miss., the Nashville IIWM say
“Last summer the people had to
haul water from the river at a cost
ol twenty-live cents n barrel. Now
Speaking ol Greenville, I gja, page 41 ft, Judge Jenkins says:
I "in the construction of statutes
“may” is held to mean “shall" in
! two cases, viz: Where the tiling
i to be done is “for the sake ol-jus-
lice
the inhabitants are compcll
crawl out on the housetops in or
der to keep dry."
It lias been suggested Hint Lo
gan favors the appropriation of the
whiskey lax to public education
for the reason that he lias been a
butcher of the Fnglidi language for
so many years. John claims to
have a conscience, and it may lie
•d to i Chief Justice Drown lays down the
„ or . same rule llRlh Georgia, page 542;
' see also Dwarwis on statutes 712,
| bill Corny IIV digest, top page llliO,
' title parliament letter It. 22, Aid.
lincknoll's case Vernon, 152.
if it is claimed that the act pro
vides no machinery for holding the
election, the reply is that it was
unnecessary. That had been al
ready hilly provided by our State
legislation, which it adopts by
, leaving it undisturbed. That the
Ins is uno way ol making amends j machinery furnished by our State
for the past.
Col. McClure, of the I’hilndcl
' laws is sullicicnt, is very easily
shown.
ft is conceded that under our
phiu Timex, has been studying the I code the machinery for holding
political situation at Washington,
lie linds “profound unrest and
visible demoralization" in the re
publican ranks, and looks lor open
war between Artlur and lllidue ! the district
which shall end in “the merlin
of Arthur and the mastery oi l
Rhine."
The Congressmen who attended
l-lic Gartlclitobsequies at Cleveland
have presented their modest bill |
of nearly seven thousand dollars.
There is an Item of nearly seven- |
teen hundred dollars for eliam-1
ptigne, brandv, cigars mid other
funeral eomolatioiis. mid nil entry j
of three hundred dollars for "cock- I
tails.
I.iingiiuge can scarcely exagger
ate the privations to which limns- • gaiit language of section lUtis of]
Hilda of our people are exposed who ®udei then declare the
have been rendered homeless by
Killjoy has two Sunday Schools.
MoVflle has an anmtebr dramat
ic company.
Athens cats aie all dying with
some disease.
Some one is poisoning the dogs
in Karnesville.
Wild strawberry plants at Win-
tcrville arc rusted.
Sandflies ar numerous and troub
lesome in Savannah.
A Washington man is in Griffin
to clean the tomb stain.
Albany people are charged with
being late at everything.
Carrolton’s baptist church has a
bell weighing 850 pounds.
Dainbridgc wants a steam fire j
engine; also an electric light. j
Tho Gainesville Eagle says that j
town can boast of its good order, i
There were 1,887 bales of cotton
received in Savannah on Thurs- j
day.
Mr. A. R. Johnson, near Athens,
has plapted fifty acres in peach
trees.
It. took two Athens policemen
to drive three slioats to the
pound.
Property in DeSoto has increas
ed *120.000 to $200,000 in value in
a year.
Mr. George Booth, of Athens,
has a cow giving three gallons
of milk a day, and the calf is two
years old.
' Ffty persons left Rome ior
Utah on Wednesvay morning, j
They , are mostly snuff-dipping ;
women who lmd become Mormons. -
Copper is one of the “Infant iri-
dustrics” of the country whose
protection is one of the ends of the
present tariff. “Let us see,” says
the Chicago Tribune, “how the in
fant gets along. :The Quincy Min
ing Company, one of the Lake Su
perior mines, produced copper and
silver last year to the value of $1,-
088,45(1. The ‘running expenses,’
‘smelting expenses,’ ‘all expenses,’
and finally including a liberal al-
!i**r.°! WE ™ the «s mi hive voii FiiiiTi-EKiirr rami to the bushel i
MEAL I
MEAL I
or consequential, in short, which
can be figured up, amount, to only
about half of the sum, leaving as
‘annual net. earnings’ $472,591. In
other word*, half the production
or ior the public benefit." L> 9 profit- There was actually
" " 1 ’ ^divided among the stockholders
$(>40,000. The mine promises this
year to ‘excel the past.’ It would
seem to he a good time for it to ‘go
it alone.’ or go it, say on half ra
tions.”
MADE FROM CHOICE WHITE MILLING CORN.
(Meed to de Epal to ini leal Ground in this Section!
\
Try it and toe Convinced
W. p. MARSH, ON TROUP STREET,
can, with uniform steam power, make Meal equal to any water
ground meal.
BURKHALTER, HOOKS & BAG LEY,
TltOl l> STItm-T, AMERICVS, li t.
INEW
: Henry S. Davis
.M t^tiiEL Callaway.
Joseph Hart, one ol the princi- i
pals in the publication of the Morey
letter, has been elected a member
of the republican central committee
of New York city. The fact that
ho was chosen without opposition
is another peculiar phase of this
letter and its publication in the
Truth. It seems strange thnt a
P«rty to such an alleged fraud
should so soon lie taken into the
locally then in hold, i party lie so much tried to injure.
Work on the oar banks at Bar
ton iron works has been suspended
on account of a mortgage of $G0 -
000 being foreclosed. ’
elections in all the nine congress
ional districts is ample. (See sec
tions 1207 and lOO.'i of the code.)
There is no dil
ing election
WIicii nil the nine i
| districts have voted we have the
vote ol the "State at large.” for
I there is no tonitory and there is
j no voters outside these districts.
They are the “State al large."
I Under the law, as it now stands,
each district will elect a Congress-,
man, and the nine districts jointly j
(or the "Slate at large,") w ill elect j
another. Each voter in every dis- -
trift will vote for a Representative j
to which Hint district with the j
e!g:>t others is jointly entitled.
We will thus have an eleetieu for
each of the districts and Ibi the
“State at large." 1'. will only re
main for i lie Governor k to “count j
up the votes" (in the not very ole-:
New Advertisements.
the .IONKs
SUPPORTERS
■ft Bsl U lb. World.
For *alo Nt Eldrldgv'. Drug Storr.
result.
1 cannot think it necessary for
the Mississippi Hoods. In some . me to elaborate,
places they are subsisting on the It is almost needless to add that j
carcasses of drowned beast, and ■■ •“ ni.v opinion there is no legal ob-.f
there is danger of a pestilence. » lacle in . tl,e «■' ‘‘Iwtiqg a!
, , . 1 Congressman from the Mate at
l Oder siicli circumstances the
whole country will applaud the
adoption of prompt ami liberal
measures of relief.
The .Stale Medical Aassuciatiou
will meet in Atlanta on the lutli of
April ..ext. Tic association is
composed of physicians in all parts
of the State, ami the indications
are that about two hundred of them
will attend the coming session.
The association will be in session
several days, ami will transact their
business in the Senate chamber.
There will be numerous banquets,
excursions, etc., during the, ses
sion, and a big time generally
anticipated.
large.
Very Respectfully,
Cmykobii Axiikiison,
Attorney General.
In a recent Washington letter
Mr. J. R. Randall relates the fob i
lowing anecdote of Gen. l'liil Cook: i
“Geu. Cook says that last year he ,
happened to get mixed up in a St. :
Patrick's parade, llis carriage
followed the biggest hra% band,
and the President reviewing the .
procession gave him a profound
bow, evidently supposing that a
man so conspicuously placed must
be a descendant of Daniel O'Con
nell. at the very least.”
A colored child died in Fair-
is burn from eating |ieach kernels on ,
I Saturday iast.
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We offer to tlio public everything kept
In a '
FIRST-CLASS DRUG STORE! j
OUR MEDICINES ARE ALL
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—I!AVINU LATELY IMItrilASF.D THE—
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f
MRS
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FOR NEW VORK
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COSMETICS. COSMETICS,
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SNUFF. TOBACCO
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Wc also kcepCJ‘CVC , T\Cj from the beet
houses In their Tj Ci I A^UnltertSimps
LANDRETtiS
GOLDEN DENT CORN
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