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THE CLAIM IS IN.
A LITTLE KICKING.
FOR $722,714.15 BETTERMENTS ON
THE W. £ A.
Homo Objections to the Way Teacher
Are Paid in HcJiiey County.
The Claim Signed By Petitioners’ At
torneys—And Gives Legal Points—
The Bill Itemized
Special to flKroitrir.R.
Atlanta, Feb. 11.—The o d les-
Bees of the Western and Atlantic
admitted their claims for better
ments to-day.
The aggregate amount 1h $722,-
714.15.
Attention is called to the right of
lessees under common law to ad
mission of rights to move better
ments in act of October 21, 1S70,
and then to act of October 24, 1SS7,
which directed state authorities to
prevent by force the removal of
any of the property, and by duress
interfered with the company’s
rights in the matter. The petition
then set forth agreement between
company and Htate, the former
agreeing to allow its property to lie
turned over to the new lessees with
the distinct provisor that its claims
were in no wise abandoned, but
were to be upheld in the courts of
the country, and that the state be
came bound to the agreement of
that contract to pay petitioners tlie
sum of money which their proper
ty is reasonably worth.
The claim for betterment
itemized.
The conclusion of petition prays
finding award of indebtedness by
commission in sum of $722,714.15,
besides interest as amount due
lessees in question of rights and
betterments.
It is signtd by Joseph D. Cum-
mfcig, Julius L. Brown and Boykin
Wright, petitioners attorneys.
SptTlHl 1
Kf
LaCrok.sk, Feb. 0.—There is a
general revolt among some of the
people of Schley county concerning
the action of the board of educa
tion. Tin Kllaville school, with
its handful of scholars from a see
saw set of patrons and a lad}* teach
er, is to get one hundred dollars
per month, while several other
schools which are much larger aud
have gentlemen teachers, only re
ceive from thirty-live to forty dol
lars per month. The facts from the
county school commissioner would
he of interest to the people.
Mr. (i. (’.Dyers,of near LaCrosse,
lost a very line young horse a few
days ago that he raised and w f
just breaking to work. While play
ing in the lot with others he ri
against a shelter post that had
knot on it, and which panel ratt
the skull in tween the eyes; produ
ing death.
THE SCHOOL QUESTION
A CORRESPONDENT CONSIDERS
SCHLEY'S SCHOOL PROBLEM.
A Little Local History About Several
Prominent Georgians-Alliance Pre-
mium».
two rents in Wade’s coat. Both
knife and bat have retired to their
wanted places, aud it is said all
physical ruptures will soon heal,
while the council lms? credited
to cash twenty-live dollars.
LOCAL HISTORY.
THE AMOUNT OF PENSIONS
Paid By the State of Georgia to the
Wounded and Crippled Zeroes.
No page in the annuals of history I ferrates, und
can ever impress the mind, as can amended:
the li ving narratives. Schley coun
ty remarked our companion and
A'l LA NT a, Feb. fi.—This is what
Georgia pay* her crippled ex-cou-
the law’ aiit stands
Mpwinl to Kei-okukk.
Pttnam, February 11—Still ih. , ,, , . .
the school fund historiau - 'Should ever b- proud of
, her tons who have "one to the head
MEN AND WOMEN TEACHERS
GROWING ABBEVILLE.
The New Road to Be Extended—Anoth
er One Crossing—A New Bank to Be
8tarted.
Hpeclnl to Kkcorokk.
Abbeville, Feb. 11.—Abbeville
high school is in a good condition
under the management of Prof.
Jolly. There are now about eighty-
flve or ninety students. We have
as good a school here as any town
in southern Georgia. Miss Lottie
Hughes, of Columbus, has charge
of the music department.
The finishing touches were put
on the handsome brick stores yes
terday. The buildings are hand
some structures within tliomselves,
and adds considerable to the looks
of our town, and when the Abbe
ville Grocery Company opens up
their wholesale establishment is
there, that part of town will com
pete with any town in its surround
ings.
Abbeville will soon have a bank.
Preparations are now being made
to open up as soon as possible.
The Abbeville «fc Waycross rail
road will commence work the
first of March to exteud Uieir road
twenty-three miles. This line will
go through a fine country, where
timber is plentiful and money easy
made. The directors will hold a
meeting ai Bowers’ Mill on the
33th inst, to make preparations for
the extension. Tins road, only
thirteen miles long, makes now
from three to five hundred dollars
per mohtk.
We are informed by proper au
thorities that the Wrightsville &
Tennille Bail Boad is building to
this place as fast as possible. They
expect to be at the river by Octo
ber next.
Lee Wells (white) tried to sell
whisky and beer in our quiet little
town on Sunday and Monday, but
was locked up last night, aud this
morning was bound over to the Su
perior court under a five hundred
dollar bond. The blind tiger busi
ness U not doing so well now. Our
genial and efficient Mayor, A. Y.
Beaton, is determined to put a stop
to such characters.
In yesterday's It K<‘order ap
peared the following:
Lacrosse, Feb.Tio*re Is 11 general re
volt among some of tlm people of Hehlej
county concern In i; the action of the board
of education. The KllavillemcIiooI, with its
handful of scholar* from a wee-saw set of
patrons, und a lady teacher, Is to get one
hundred dollars per month, while several
other ncIiooIm which are much larger, and
have gentlemen toaeners, only receive
from thirty-five to forty dollars per month.
The facts from the cot.n ty school commis
sioner would Ik* of Interest to the'people
Concerning it, the communica
tion below was received:
Mk. Eoitor:—I don’t know the
nome of your LaCrosse correspond-
ent, nor of any teacher iu Schley
county, nor who is the county
school commissioner referred to
above, nor anything about the iyer-
its of the several schools and
claims rf the several committees.
But it is evident that the foregoing
communication signifies that there
are people in £8chley county who
think tliut a “lady teacher” ought
not to be paid as large a salary as a
“gentlemiui teacher,” ami tiie cor
respondent seems to endorse this
opinion as correct As tills senti
ment is not confined to that coun
ty, aud works an injury to the
cause of education und a constant
cruelty to many gifted and cultured
women, the expression of it ought
not to pass unchallenged.
A man is essentially better adapt
ed to some clauses of work, such us
tiie duties of policemen, soldiers
blacksmiths, miners and rail-split
ters, but tiie muscularity and phya
ical Jlmrdihood which fit him for
these spheres are not of special
vnlue in the school-room. When
it comes to vivacity, tact, patience
purity of life, and other mental aud
moral gifts and attainments reqiiis
ite In an educator, men may take a
back seat and let women go to tl
iroiit. Does a man think hirn$elf
better qualified than his wife for
the management of his children
Or does he know of any man or set
of men in the world who could
govern him so easily aud entirely
as lie is governed by a woman? All
test!money agrees that as a rule
women are teachers au«i discipli
narians by nature. If in these re
spects they are not inferior to men,
they ought not be assigned to lower
positions as educators, nor paid
sinuller wages. And this is not
more true of the common schools of
Schley than of the public schools
of Ainericus. M. F. fr‘
DOTS FROM MOSSY DELL
Mossy Deli., Feb. 0 —As we have
not seen any news from Mossy
Dell in sometime, we thought we
would give you a few’ dots from our
booming little VJlle.
We are having quite a rainy
spell, which makes the farmers
wear ugly faces because they can’t
proceed with their work as they
wish to.
Our school is progressing finely
under the careful management of
Prof. Culpepper; 37 students and
more coming.
They were to have£had a party
at Mr. W. G. Forrest’s last Friday
night, the 0th, but am sorry to
^that the crowd was disappoint-
in account of raiu.
Valentine’s day, the lith,
Til soon be here, aud we hope it
will be remembered by all. It can
be made a laughable play if tiie
poung people will only try.
Mrs. T. G. Anderson returned
home yesterday from a vi*?i to her
•liter’s. Mrs. John Godwin, near
Plains.
\ Long live The Recorder. fer it
lever welcome visitor.
Arnklle.
OHIO CAPITALISTS.
From tlto Mitfoti lYlcxmpli.
Fort Valley, Feb. 7.—Anothc
large party of Western capitalists
has been formed by Maj. Giessuer,
the capable and efficient head of
the Immigration bureau of tiie Cen
tral railroad, for the purpose of
visiting Georgia and examining in
to the wonderful resourcesof this
section.
They will arrfee here the latter
part of the present mouth jr first
o f March, headed by the lion. J. T.
Mack, the kini and noble-heart
ed gentlemen who contribute so
largely to the comfort and pleasure
of the party of Georgia farmers
who visited the dilt’ereut points of
interest in < >l*in a year ago. A
large number of our prominent
citizens have forwarded by tele
graph a pressing invitation to Maj.
Giessuer, requesting him to convey
the same in person to the party,
urging them to visit this section
and assure them of the unlimited
hospitality of our people. They
will not be allowed to spend one
cent during their sojourn in Fort
Valley. Our g.V.ea are always open
to our Northern friends.
The intense cold wave prophesied
by tiie Atlanta signal station, J
failed to reach Ainericus on time—
though it has turned cool. I
apportionment of
by the hoard of education is being
discussed, and. among those who
are kicking tiie liveliest are some of
the best citizens of Bchley county.
Now we are aware that tiie siient
man is often the popular man, anti
that tiie individual who never en-
iftlH only on tiie majority side of a
question is usually successful, yet
we feel that all questions of interest
to tiie public should be discussed,
and as for ourself, we can all'ord to
be on the minority side, but not on
the wrbng side. The whole ques
tion seems to be hinged on tiie ap
propriation of one hundred dollars
per month to the town and forty
dollars per mouth to the country
schools. Possibly under existing
conditions the appropriation may
not be correct, but as it was made
intcly upon an estimate of an average for
tiie past, let us examine the records
and form our opinions as to wheth
er the motives of tiie copiniissioii-
ers at least were not good. All
must admit that the change from
the « Id day plan was for the pur
pose of more evenly distributing
the money among the children
whose parents belong to the race
that are tiie principal tax payers.
Has this been done? It' certainly
has. The law provides that a
teacher must not average over
forty-five students for the public
term without an assistant. The
country schools have beeu open in
the past from three to six mouths,
and though some may enroll fifty
student*, it is safe to say that they
average not over twenty-live for
the term of four mouths, which
with seventy-five per cent, we will
take as a basis, though seventy per
ceut. has not beeu paid in a number
of years.
For 1st grade it is per mouth, $24.20
Second grade, ----- pi so
Third grade, ----- l:; 00
Tiie tow’ll school has had two first
grade teachers, aud lias beeu open
eight months iu the year, enabling
tiie school to make the best possible
average, and according to tiie state
ment of one of the commissioners,
did not receive less than seventy-
five dollars per month last year.
Then, according to our estimate,
which we believe to be a fair aver
age of attendance for the country
schools, but which is about ten per
cent, more than lias been paid upon
an average for the last five years,
wo get this result: '
Appropriations ty town school
lias been increased only one-third
of what ’ it originally" received;
country schools with first grade
teachers have hud their pro rata
raised about 10 per cent., second
grade about GO per cent., and third
grade about 70 per cent., while the
school complained of l»y report of
last year lias not been raised over
25 percent. Country schools with
all grades of teachers never in tiie
world could, under tiie old plan,
have averaged $40 per month. So
if the commissioners should make
a mistake it seems it would ho
right to deal with them liberally,
as their actions show that their in
tention is ina line for tiie best in
terest of the anglo-saxou race,
alliance frizes.
Glenn Halley Alliance is never
behind in the march of progress.
For several years she has awarded
premiums on almost every article
of produce ami live stock. Her
latest is three premiums, aggregat
ing $G5, for tiie best acre of corn to
be produced by members of the Al
liance.
FARMERS ALL RIGHT.
Due to the inclemency of the
weather, the farming interest of
this section is further behind than
usual for this time, though every
thing is moving along systematic
ally. Guano Is being hauled out,
and the general opinion is that
much more will he used thau lust
year. Almost every farmer lias
sown outs, and the continual rains
are fast covering the fields with a
arpet of green, as well as to make
the first white and pink buds on
pear, peach und plum trees.
A MODERN C1IANT.
Wade Stevens is big enougl
ave beeu of some consideration to
the fellow with whom tiie chival
rous David contested for the cham
pionship, yet unlike tills mighty
giant lie does not go about with a
shield and spear, but usually de
pends upon his powerful muscles.
However, lie found occasion last
week te use a ball bat, where the
giant would have used a spear.
While at school at Buena Vista,
last week, a young man by the
name of Benson insisted upon
testing the sharpnesH of his knife
on Wade’s anatomy, when j-onie-
how or other a bat struck him by
the side of tiie head, and the knife I
of the list of prominent men in the
state.
“There,”
that
•emeterry.
wiie
re 1
he
ttn.ltlo
arm, $100.
winds
in an 1111
ier l
reat
h \
birth*
For loss
f botl
hands or
both
their
sad requi
emu
to
: he
•dltnU
arms. $150.
dead,
or the anjj
rv elem
eli f
i>»ur
For loss (
f both
feet or both
legs,
their
pitting ra
ns,
>r
WH %
with
$150.
their
•iolent brei
tht
ic ag
ed
edarr,
For the 1
IBS Of <
lie band or
foot
may be termed
the
tart
ng
point
and one art
11 or h
g l»y Mime
per-
in the
life of one of
the
foremost
son, $150.
men
11 our irit
on
Cha
rlie
( risp
For peri
ianHut
injuries
from
was i
tarried th
n a
nd \
a*
never
wound whe
reliy a
leg is rendered
much till after them',’
About a half mile further:
“Tk<*re where you see that dilapi
dated old house, lived a mail who
is possible better known by his
writing on agricultural subject than
auy other man in the state, ('apt.
Bedding planted that vineyard you
see^almost in ruin with his own
hand.”
Stili a little further, where stood
a little old house near the front of
which stood some giant cedars ns
majestically as does the man who
planted them, remarked our com
panion, “was Bliil Cook’s first resi
after lie was married. He married
a Miss Lumpkin and moved there
and taught school at old “Bond
Tower.”
There in one mile’s distance are
situated the starting points in th
lives of three of Georgias most
prominent men. To see the places
no one not acquainted with the
facts would have ever suspicioned
such a starting place.
* For total loss of sight, $1*0.
For total loss of sight of me eye,
$30.
For total loss of hearing $30.
For !«>-h of all of a foot or loss of
leg, $100.
For loss of all of a had fr loss of
ubstKiitially and
♦-SS, $50.
cut Idly us
For permanent injures fron
wounds whereby an arm s render
ed substantially and essentially
useless, $50.
For the loss of one finger or one
For the in
of two fingers or two
*10.
tli re
CURTAILING THE COTTON CROP.
A Meeting Of the Alliance State Presi
dents Suggested.
Smithville, Ga., Feb. 0.—The
last regular meeting of Alliance
732 took the following action:
Whereas, Tiie speculators and
spinners friform us that there is an
overproduction iu the cotton crop
of the South; and,
Wheas, Our cotton is new sell
ing for less than the actual cost of
production for the reason, as the
speculators tell us, that there is
more made than the world needs;
therefore,
Kesolved, That we hereby re
quest the president of our State Al
liance to ask the presidents of Al
liances in all the cotton growing
States to meet him, either iu per
son or through delegates appoint
ed by them, at such places as he
may designate, iu the hear future,
for the purpose of securing unity of
action, and ask the alliances in
these states looking to tiie reduc
tion of cotton production to curtail
at least 25 or 30 per cent, and make
tiie same increased production of
cereals and provision crops;
Kesolved, Tlmt
r the loss of three finger- or
* toes, $15.
For the loss of four firgers or
four toes, $20.
For the loss of four fingers and
thumb or five toes, $25.
For other permanent injury
from wounds or disease contacted
during the service, and while in
line of duty as a soldier, whereby
the person injured or diseased has
been rendered practically incompe
tent to perform the ordinary man
ual vocations of life, $50.
. For permanent injuries from
wounds whereby a baud or foot is
rendered substantially and essen
tially useless, $25.
For wounds or disease which
renders applicant totally disabled
for labor, or helpless, $100.
will they Fight.
The Htate Agricultural Society
has been organized many years,
aud is regarded almost as much of
apolitical body as an agricultural
one. The presidency of this society
has been acknowledged to be the
stepping stone to political ofllce,
and many of its presidents have
become governors, aud ail have
made good ones.
This society is heartily in accord
with Gov. Northern and nearly all
the members are also alliauceuien,.
though of the conservative order.
Col. Livingston, president of the
alliance, has been prominently
identified with the society, though
many of its members are opposed
to him aud his methods.
In view of tiie fact that this so
ciety meets this week in Savannah,
aud that Gov. Northen and other
allianoenien are opposed to the
munner in which the alliance paper,
the Southern Alliance Farmer, is
run, it seems probable that the Ag
ricultural Society will select some
paper, or start one to light Mr.
Livingstone and the alliance pa
per, which is said to be his per
sonal organ to the extent of im-
puriiig the alliance organization.
A fight between these two organ
izations would be a bad one, aud
would tend to injure the Alliance
cause. Mr. Livingston is followed
blindly by a great number of Aili-
auceniei), while the conservative
element seems to be with Gov*
Northen. The Governor undoubt
edly whipped out Livjngstone and
Brown in the campaign last sum
mer. aud also helped to elect Gov.
Gordon to the position of Senator,
aud if lie is strong enough to do
this, it would seem as though he
could make it very warm for the
triumvirate—Livings ton, Gantt
aud Brown.
As The Recorder has said be
fore, Mr. Livingstone should resign
and then go before the Alliance for
lection ns a vindication of his
actions. The decision v/ould settle
the whole question.
A considerable party wil 1 go up
to Americus this afternoon to see
Keene in Hichard III. Kd Jones, It
is said, has engaged and will occupy
a box by himself. He will be pro
vided with an instantaneous photo
graphic outfit with which lie pro
poses to catch tiie attitudes cf tiie
great actor for his own use iu the
study of tills great role.—Albany
News.
Americus is glad to be alle to
provide such fine plays and first-
class companies as Bichnrd III
aud Keene for her friends iu Al
bany. Come again. Come often.
If Mr. Liviugstond desires inly
tiie best good for tiie Alliance, lie
should at once resign. As long as
lie is president there will be dhsat-
isfactiou and fights in the Alliance
ranks.—AmKRicrs Recorder.
Good advice; now, will The Uk-
roKDER use its influence to induce
the statesman to step down and
call upon | out? One tiling is certain : if he
our Alliance brethren throughout doesn't get out of the way volun-
tiie South to join with us in n de- ! tarily, he will be forced to do so.
termination to curtail the prodtic- j Tiie people, alliancetneii or not,
tion of cotton and increase tiie pro
duction of other and more import
ant crops;
Kesolved, That we request the
Southern Alliance Farmer, The
Atlanta Constitution and tlie Cutli-
hert Liberal-Enterprise, and other
papers friendly to tiie farmers of
Georgia, to publish these resolu
tions ami call attention to them in
their columns.
OUR GOVERNOR MAKERS.
The State Agricultural Society is
in sessiou iu Savannah, aud is un
doubtedly having a fine, large
time, with Col.KstiU. of the Savan
nah Morning News, to look after
the gentlemen, ami Frank Weldon,
of the Times, to drive the ladles
around, who could expect anything
but a royal time.
The delegates, besides attending
to the regular order of business,
will have pleuty to talk about in
tiie corridors of the DeSoto. There
is a little disturbance in the al
liance ranks over theolficlal organ;
the visit of Jay Gould to Georgia,
aud Gov. Nortneu’s refusal to meet
him, the garnishment of Gov.
Northen for President-Elect Wad
dell’s salary, besides the filling of
political offices, the geological
board squabble, and the usual but
ton-holing, wire-pulling legislative
hill killing, etc.* etc.
Yes, the delegates should have a
fine time. In the way of business
it has to settle is how to get that .
$25,000 appropriation from the state
have had enough of him—in Let,
they have had far too much of him. I renewed ; how to keep the State
Koine ’1 ribune. j p tt i r paying expenses and earniuga
If speaking out ami asking Mr. | surplus* a different matter, iC it is
Livingston to resign is uot using its | left in Macyu) how to return its
influence, r i HE Recorder does not j old political influence; hoypkjo get
know what it is, and will have to lots of advertising from the state
ask t
b u ne
he enlightened by the Tri-
FROM ATWOOD.
Atwood, Feb. it.—In assuming
the duties of a correspondent for
such a valuable paper as The Re
corder, l shall use every means
iu my power to give a correct ac
count of everything worthy of
note, while I feel inadequate to the
task that I am undertaking, how
ever I shall do my best.
I suppose everybody knows
where Atwood is, so I shall not say
anything about its locality. We
have an excellent community, con
sisting of some of the best families
in the State.
The health of this section is very
good with a few exceptions. Mrs.
Smoot has been quite indisposed
for several weeks, but we learn she
is much better, and is visiting the
commercial city of Americus.
Mr. L. M. Johnson has been
the sick list for several days but is
much better now.
Mrs. M. J. Cheek, of Adam’s sta
tion, was visiting tills section last
Friday and returned home Sunday.
Miss Kva Johnson, who is attend
ing school at Long Branch, came
to see tiie old folks at home last
Sunday. She is a smart, intelli
gent little Miss, and i* learning
very fast.
Mr. Wm. Chapman, who pre
sides over the destinies of the At
wood i\ <>., wants to resign his
office. We hope, however, lie will
abandon the idea, for we thought
of going dow’ii ami pushing those
spider webs out of the letter box.
The inclement weather has re
tarded farming operations very
much, for it is rain, rain, and mud,
mud.
The matrimonial market is dull,
maidens have be-
' Mr. Fulton Colville, ina card in
yesterAiy’s Constitution, promises
to make it warm for Col. J. <>. Wad
dell iu that garnishment case, and
threatens various dire things.
This seems to bo a purely personal
matter, and The Recorder can’t
sec why the public should be in
flicted with it.
Jay Gould in Georgia seems to
excite several of our contempora
ries, aud put them in a state of
mind. Mr. Gould is simply look
ing over the country, gentleman,
and won’t buy it unless some one
sells, surely.
The Steamer Katie Sinks. j
ArorsTA,Ga., February 11—The!
steamer Katie sunk forty miles Congressman Grimes has sue-
above Savannah laet night on an | eeeded in getting a $75,000 building
upward trip to Augusta. Several for Columbus. In the meantime,
lives reported lost. the $50,000 building for Americus
i seems to be in the soup.
Coal cinders proves a very good | . — ■■ ■ ■ ——
substitute foi
now, and is
mud.
press without paying Tor it; how to
keep tiie railroads iu good humor
and get free passes; how to shut ofT
the Hon. L. F. Livingston before
lie can stampede the convention,
and various other things,too nume
rous to eycn think pi!’.
If The Recorder could only get
a short hand report of the proceed
ings of tiie delegates while in the
hotel corridors, we venture it would
be vastly more interesting than the
proceedings which will lie given to
the public.
The Agricultural Society is a
strong body, aud can make and un
make governors, senators aud great
men generally as it pleases—your
Lucie Tom Hardeman, Gov. Gor
don aud Mr. Livingstone have
found that out, to their sorrow.
Long live this august body.
paved crossings just j Ruay’s policy of silence does not
far superior to clay I pay—it don’t give the correspond-
j cuts anything to talk about.
Highest ofall in Leavening Tower.—U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17^18
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