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X / THE AMER1CUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER; TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1801. I rHE TIMES-RECORDER. Oitlly anct Weekly. Thk Amkhk'i # Recorder Established The Americus Time* Established l**). Consolidated, Ai*hil, lasil. bUiiSCiiirxioNs Daily, one Yeak, •*-< Daily’, one Month, 1 Weekly, One Yeak, • l-< Weekly’, Six Months, t For advertising rates address Bascom Mykick, Editor and Manager, THE TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY. Aiuericus, Cia. 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. d&w 8-1-1 mo 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 me.” augl8-d-eod-w4t. ^akiN* POWDER Absolutely Pure. States Government Food 1 junel5 (Uwlyr \ A Household Remedy 1 FOR ALL BLOOD and SKIN $ DISEASES Os Ob Oi Botanic Blood Balm If Ct «rz>e SCROFULA, ULCERS, SALT It Lures rheum. ECZEMA, every form of malignant SKIN ERUPTION, be 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. HLUSTRATED SENT FREE •^ •f~ Wonders." BLOOD BALM CO.. Atlanta. Ga. For Blood and Skin Dis eases; Kidney & Bladder Troubles; Indigestion. For two years I suffered greatly with Blood Poi son and a general breaking down of health. I tried every remedy that I could hear of without any benefit, until I began to take your remedy. I was then soon restored to my usual good heaUlLand am under lasting obligations to Wooldridge’s won derful Cure. It was the only thing thatdld,me any good at all. a E. DEWBERRY. Columbus.Ga.,March 14,1885. , _ Dean 8m: Having given your Wooldridge’s won derful Cure a thorough trial, I can cheerfully rec ommend It to all suffering with Liver trouble*. It Iias done me more good than a barrel of so-called 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 Still the Rule at Beall & Oakley's. Cl) O o © Ue (J b co O O l- & ZZ L- cd a £Z J 2 & G SZ CO >Y co 3 +j CO < .. ctf CO "O o >» 8 -e o E ■a 0 La V) O La 0 0 CO T3 Ctf O La .Q Ln CL C x C 0 £ c 3 0 CO 4= cp co >> T3 - Ctf o £ "D O co X a * co > m 0 —. 2 ^ 15 S cti lu CO r- D .£ >> CQ > 3 1 L > -° J ctf n W CO O J o b CO D O b co b •o co o o < 0 u Z s i o a o 2* La u 2* O 0 & § La >v Jr +4 ° LJ O O CO CQ La 0 >» ^ sQ La 3 o La 0 £ £ 3 h < CO 0 cfj u o X CO 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 TO TELEPHONE Hi. Sausage on Bar lOJtO)} I nn ;t2 .wJ . A i.i >t'A.rj .A./-A f A