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THE AMER1CUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER; TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1801.
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Americus, Ga., August 18, 1891.
The State Alliance will meet in At
lanta to-morrow aud divide liouors with
the Georgia legislature.
Sixty vacancies at West Point are
yawniug for ambitious youngsters who
want to cultivate the arts of war and
noVer.
The threatened bread famine in
Europe will open up a market for many
bushels of American wheat despite the
McKinley bill.
• AS Goon AS GOLD/* HOW TO SHORTEN THE SESSIONS.
In reply to the statement that in 1800 i The Savaunah New*,.in discussing the
“tlie country was in a high state of pros-j question of shortening the sessions of
perity, and money as good as gold was j the legislature in the future, handles
plenty,” The Constitution very peril- j the subject in this manner:
nently asks: Why Yvas the country pros- The committee of the legislature, to
perous at that time ? Because, in ad-1 which Yvas referred the various bills for
dition to tlie proper development of our j shortening the sessions of that body, has
material resources, our financial system j made a report to the effect that none of
suited the wants of our people, aud was | the plans proposed in the bills would ac-
adapted to the expanding business of the I complish the object desired. The corn-
country. It Yvas so localized that a few
With Cottrell, li.it row and Murray out
of the way, there is a good opening for
some other desperado who wishes to die
with his boots on
One of the latest applications of elec
tricity is to bicycles, the idea being to
generate enough electricity to assist the
riders in climbing hills.
Rev. Sam SMALi.Jannounces that he
will again make Atlanta his home, and
will entertain the public through the
columns of The Herald.
Tiie Virginia Republicans will make
no nominations this year. They’ve got
a bad case of that tired feeling which the
new ballot laws seem to have produced
on Republicans the country over.
Amebican gold has a powerful at
traction for Patti, and she has concluded
to mako another of her “positively, last
appearances” in this country again next
winter, her price being $0,0i)0 a night.
Some startling developments are
promised by the N’orthen faction of the
Alliance in the state convention, ami it
will be interesting to Yvatch the pro
ceedings if that portion of it is given
out.
A Connecticut woman who had been
four times a widow, although only 24
years of age, took her fifth husband last
week. The press is divided over the
question of which is the braver of the
two.
Kansas, it is said, has harvested 00,-
000,000 bushels of wheat and will gather
into its plethoric garners 250,000,000
bushels of corn. And for all of this grain
it will receive an unusually good price.
Happy Kansas!
The rainfall expedition that has been
experimenting at Midland, Tex., claims
to have succeeded twice in bringing
dow’n rain. Ten hours after the explo
sions clouds gathered and rain fell in
abundance, “tho first good rain iu sev
eral months.”
The Birmingham Age-IIerald tells of
a negro furnace hand near that city, who
was a union soldier, and received a
slight wound in the knee from a bayonet.
This negro has been besieged by circu
lars from pension sharks urging him to
make application for a pension, but he
persistently refuses to do so, saying that
he is not at all disabled from the wound,
and is not entitled to a pension. He
shows more honesty than is usually
found In tho union ranks.
The two amendments to the Texas
constitution proposed by the late Alli
ance legislature wero carried by good
majorities at the election last Tuesday.
Texas farmers ought to bo happy this
year. They have tho constitution and
laws of the state mado to tlielr order;
they have made big wheat and corn
crops, which will soil at tine prices, and
their cotton crop also promises to be
large. What more could they ask
for ?
“If the
Kx-Sknatoii Pauwkll says:
nomination of Harrison is forced on the
republican party lie will loso every state
in the Union, with the exception of Ver
mont. He is not a gentleman; he is a
little, petulant man. Men prominent in
the republican party have called on him
and come away swe.tring mad on ac
count of the discourteous treatment at
his hands.” He predicts that if Harri
son Is nominated ho will bo defeated in
Illinois by 40,000 votes. Vet he is not
for Blaine.
men in Wall street could not get it un
der their control.
“Plenty of money as good as gold!”
The currency was not United States
treasury notes, nor national bank notes
—it was the issue of local banks organ
ized under state laws. This money was
expanded or contracted in obedience to
the law s of demand and supply. Backed
by local wealth, it had local confidence,
answered local needs, and stood in such
good repute that the notes of some of
the banks circulated at par, oY’en in
Canada, and at times, for convenience,
commanded a premium over gold.
This curreucv, the best that the coun
try e\*er had, was outlawed as a war
measure in the interest of Wall street
plutocrats, who had the government by
tho throat, and from that day to this our
financial system lias been contracted by
a few men who have it in their power to
regulate values, make good times or
hard times, and keep the entire country
at their mere}*.
This is too big a country to bo con
trolled in its financial matters by Wall
street. We need a great many money
centers instead of only one. The differ
ent sections and commercial aud indus
trial divisions of the country with their
diversified interests,need their own local
or homo currency.
It is well, occasionally, to turn hack to
the past for a lesson—a lamp of ex
perience that will guide our footsteps.
A CIVIL P*NOION LIST
There is a movement on foot in the de
partment at Washington which may re
sult lu relieving the government of a
rather serious burden in an unexpected
manner, and, at the same time, dispose
of a perplexing question. The burden
consists of the large number of clerks
who are too aged to bo of much practical
service, and who have been in tho serv
ice so long that heads of departments
are loth to discharge them. Thus they
have become in a measure civil pension
ers. Postmaster General Wanamaker
proposed to congress that employes who
had arrived at a certain age should be
retired with an alloYvance of one year’s
pay. But congress did not act on the
suggestion.
The plan which the clerks tLemsclves
are agitating is that an assessment of one
per cent, on the salaries of all the clerks
shall be levied for the purpose of retir
ing those who have been in sendee thir
ty years on three-quarters pay. It has
been ascertained that there are seventy-
five men in the public service who would
be retired under an act embodying this
plan, which congress will be jiotiticned
to pass.
There is another proposition to bo
added providing for the retirement of
all clerks of a certain age—say 05 years.
Tills would swell the pension roll large
ly. There wore fifty of that ago in the
postotfice department alone at the time
Mr. Wanamaker took charge of it. One
clerk in that department died last year
who had been In service seventy years.
The only apparent objection to this
scheme is that it might prove the enter
ing wedge to tho establishment in the
future of an extensive system of civil
pensions. Let the proposed plan bo
adopted aud the government would in
fact be paying the department clerks
per cent of their present salaries and
pensions to a considerable number of re
tired clerks. This aspect of the case
would become moro apparent after the
present clerks and consenting parties to
tho plan should have passed off the
stage, and others who had had no voice
in the matter should have taken their
places.
Mayor Hemphill was severely criti
cised by tho pabtou and promiuent
church members of Atlanta,for allowing
A t <•» >, ;; k to be done on Sunday,
and especially severe was tho mayor’s
own ohuioh. Trinity Methodist, ou his
unchristian like conduct,as they termed
it. The i.wjror has always been a
staunch Methodist,and has giveu most
liberally of bis time, talents and means
to the support of his church. Last Sun
day there v.u a vacant scat in Trinity.
Mayor Hemphill attended the First Bap.
tint, Dr. Hawthorne’s church,and fouud
comfort in t‘ is divine’s kindly expres
sions of him as a Christian gentleman
and city official. Would It not have
been better for Mayor Hemphill's church
to have temporized. Some men can bo
lead but uot driven. Advere criticism
from one’s own cuts deep. And it may
l*e that the Methodists will lose Mr.
Hemphill. To err is human, to forgive
Trine.
MISSISSIPPI'S NEW CONSTITUTION
The Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
has the following concerning the opera
tion of tho new constitution in Missis
sippi:
It Is InteroMting to observe how the poll tax
provided for under the uew constitution or
Mississippi works. Late accounts report
that less than oue-fourth the colored voters
have paid their poll taxes. Iu the counties
where the colored population Is largest, not
more than a fifth, and in some of them not
more than a tenth, of thecolored voters have
gistered, From the present state of the
registration, It seems that the white majori
ty this year Is likely to be 10,000 or 20,000
greater than the entire number of colored
votes registered. A small percentage of the
white voters will also lie disfranchised, hut
the unwillingness or inability of the negroes
to pay the poll tax will leave the whiles with
a majority greater than ary one could have
anticipated. *
This is the first reference to tho Mis
sissippi constitution, or auything of a
political nature, in the south that has
appeared recently In the Chrouiele-Tclo-
grapb, not tinctured with prejudice, but
the facts given here doesn’t seem to
have offered any ground for the usual
animadverting on the practice of the
southern whites.
If the negro cares so little about voting
that he won't take the trouble to regis
ter, It argues his incapacity as a citizen.
His refusal to pay poll tax is further
proof that he feels no interest in the
public welfare.
In fact the workings of the new Miss
issippi constitution has turned on the
light and made an exhibition of the ne
gro aa a citizen that his northern ad
mirers had not expected.
mittee says that tho greater part of the
time of the legislature is taken up with
special and local legislation, and that the
only way to get rid of this kind of legis
lation is to amend the constitution.
The attention of the legislature time
and time again has been called to the
fact that the state was being put to great
expense for legislation that should be
provided for by a few general’ laws,
There are hundreds of local bills intro
duced which deal with matters which
could be attended to much more intelli
gently and to much better advantage by
county commissioners and municipal
authorities.
Assuming that the committee; to
which the bills in question were refer
red, bas giveu the matter thorough con
sideration, and has pointed out the only
way in which the legislature can be re
lieved of its unnecessary burden, a bill
should be introduced and passed at once
providing for submitting to the people
such a constitutional amendment as is
required. There is no excuse for de
lay. The present legislature will
cost the people many thousands of dol
lars more than it ought to, and there is
no good reason why the people for years
to come should he subjected to a heavy
annual expense that is wholly unneces
sary.
Now that it is known just what ought
to be done, let the legislature see that it
is done promptly. The members owe it
to their constituents to introduce econo
my wherever it can be introduced with
out injury to the public interests.
It was said when this legislature was
elected, being an Alliance legislature,
that business would be attended to so
strictly that the session would be a short
one. It was even said that the legisla
ture would get to work before day and
would not adjourj until after dark. Of
course anybody having a reasonable
amount of common sense knew that such
talk was nonsense. This legislature is
like its predecessors. It is neither bet
ter nor worse. It doesn’t weary itself
with work, aud in the matter of its cost
to the state it promises to break the
record.
Tiie political policy of The New York
Times will not be changed because of
the death of the late editor. Mr. Jones’
son, who has long been an active worker
on the paper, has succeeded to the con
trol and will continuo it an earnest ad
vocate of tariff reform.
Notice.
A. £. Lockett has this day purchused
of C. D. Elam his undivided interest iu
the livery stables of Lockett A Elam, and
the livery business will be conducted,
in the future by U. S. Lockett A Son,
and we respectfully solicit the patronage
of the public. Respectfully,
U. S. Lockett A Son.
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There aro 15,000 bicycle riders in Phil
adelphia.
H. B. Randolph, Brunswick, Ga.,
writes: “I was under the care of nine
different doctors, but not one did me the
good that Botanic Blood Balm has douo
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sides being efficacious In toning up the
system and restoring the constitution,
when impaired from any cause. Its
slmost supsrnatural hesllng properties
justify us in guarsntesing a curs. If
dirsetions ars followed.
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For two years I suffered greatly with Blood Poi
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derful Cure a thorough trial, I can cheerfully rec
ommend It to all suffering with Liver trouble*. It
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remedies, and I feel like a new man. I pronounco
It the true and only elixir of life. _ _ _
Yours very gratefully. A. W. BENTLY.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 23,1869.
Manufactured by Wooldridge Wonderfkl Care Oe*
COLUMBUS, G A.
FOIL BALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS,
Annual Excursion
PROTECTOR HOOK AND LADDER
COMPANY No. 1, TO
COLUMBUS. Ga,
Aug. 20 1891.
For your toilet soaps, toilet powder,
aad all toilet articles, go to
X>H. Eldridoe.
Now York bas 5,000 Indians.
Africa is encircled by cables.
Some merchants get the
best they can: some get the
meanest they can.
Your dealer in lamp-
chimneys—what does he
get for you ?
There are common glass
and tough glass, tough
against heat. There are fog
gy andclear. There arerough
and fine. There are carefully
made and hap hazard.
You can’t be an expert in
chimneys; but this you can
do: Insist on Macbeth’s
“ pearl top ” or “ pearl
glass,” whichever you re
quire. They are right in
all those ways; and they do
not break from heat—not
one in a hundred.
Be willing to pay a nickel
more for them.
FUttburr. Uso. A. Macbeth a Co.
ONE CENT A WORD COLUMN.
eve. luruimicu room, suunui
_ man. Accent to bath room t
Apply to DU.E.T. MATII1H.
aug 14-tr 711 Lm street.
HOARDERS WANTED.
> boarders at Clame 1
sod on, Weston twisty. A]
if.ty Bicycle.
Train leaves Aiuericus 7 a. m.
returning, leaves Columbus at
6:30 p. m.
Rounc. Trip, - $1 00.
Via S. A. & M. R’y and Rich
land. An extra coach will be
attached to this train for the
accommodation of such white
people as may desire to go.
E. S. Goodman, G. P. A.
CUT PRICES
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BE0LL & OAKLEY,
313 LAMAR STREET,
SCHOFIELD’S IRON WORKS,
FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOD.
Wait for Lawrence Dorr
Our Mr. L. A. Dorr will
visit Americus about Septem
ber i st, with samples repre
senting the handsomest line
of goods ever brought to
America. It will be to your
interest to wait for him before
buying your fall and winter
Clothing. Our Mr. Victor
Dorr is now in the European
markets, and each steamer
brings us large shipments from
him.
AUGUST DORR,
718 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
The Leading Merchant Tailor of the .South.
University of Georgia.
J. 8. SCHOFIELD’S SONS * CO., rrop’rf,
Manufacturers of Steam Engines, Boilers, Cotton Presses and General
Machinery, Cotton Gins, Cano Mill* and Saw Mills. Dealers in Mill a?d
Machinists’ Supplies. Special Attention to Repair Work
d*w-M4m« MACON, GEORGIA.
Americus Iron Works,
BUILDERS OF
Engines, Boilers, Cotton Gins,
Presses, Feeders and Condensers, Saw and Grist Mills;
Shingle Machines, Pipe and Pipe Fittings, Boiler
Feeders, Valves, Jets, Etc.
Shaftings, Hangers, Boxes and Pulleys
B@“Special attention given to repairing all kinds of
Machinery. Telephone 79. t-u-im
W. J. SLAPPEY,
» Artesian Cornor, has removed to ntore)lately occupied by W. H. Scarborough
UNDER OPERA HOUSE,
Where lie will be glad to nee Ills friends.
NINETIETH YEAR.
Session begins Wednesday,
September 17.
’’’uition Free inwall depart
ments at Athens, excepting
Law.
A. L. HULL,
augllMm Secretary.
Day Boarders Wanted
>D September 1,1 will be pmand to eo>
nimodaie ilx hoarder*. KeeWeace KM
urcb Itreet, Dell to the -Markbelter
For relee end any lnform.tlon de-
Tho Finest Stock of Whiskies, Tobacco and Groceries ic the city.
Sole Agent for Schuylkill Whiskey,
t Which Is offered at tho low price of |H.i 0. ,
J. B. BROlniN’S PRIVATE STOCK,
Ten years old, at 96.00 per gallon.
Sole Agent for FINE OLD ORESCENT CLUB WHISKEY.
VV\ J. SLAPPEY,
Jun2JAwtf UNDEJt OPERA HOUSE.
STALL FED , BEEF
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