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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY T1MES-REC0RDER: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1891.
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Americas, Ga., October 9, 1891.
Tiik husband of Augusta Evans Wilson
is lying at the point of death at the
novelist’s homo in Mobile. lie is 83
years old.
There is a rumor in Paris which is
causing some alarm, although it cannot
bo authenticated, to the effect that—
not a revolution or a panic, but hoop-
skirls are coming into fashion.
The Times-Recordkh was the first
paper in Georgia to publish Bishop Tal
bot’s letter declining the Bishopric of
the state, it appearing in these columns
Sunday. The othergreat Georgia dailies
published it yesterday.
The Buena Vista Patriot says: “The
Legislature will not adjourn before
about the 20th of October, and the poo
pie at home are howling about high
taxes. The solons are bound to stay
there for the exposition.”
The twelve hour labor bill lias been
made a law by the approval of Governor
Northern The bill was signed about a
month ago. Under the now law no rail-
Toad in the state of Georgia can work its
traiurann moro than twelve consecutive
hours in a day.
The industrious and respectable col
ored people of Georgia are prospering
and are gradually acquiring property,
They return 15 per cent more of proper
■tj this year than they did last, the
amount of taxable property returned by
them being $14,190,7*15.
The last congress of the United States
is known as the Billion Dollar Congress.
The present general assembly of Georgia
will stand prominent as the Legislature
which raised the taxes higher than they
have been at any period in a quarter of
a century.—Columbus Enquirer.
The Now York Herald of Saturday
contains on its first page a six column
advertisement of its rival, the New York
Sun, w'hicli is using the Herald’s columns
to announce the publication in the Sun
day Sun of a new serial story. This is
a new departure in advertising, even in
New York journalism.
Holders of Central, Georgia, South
western and Augusta and Savannah
stock are in a stew, so to speak, over the
action of the house. The Berner bill
can’t hurt Georgia railroad stock. The
Louisville & Nashville will protest the
case even If the Central Is forced to
drop.—Augusta Chronicle.
The Romo Tribuue says that if there
was a law against members of the legis
lature accepting railroad passes, there
would bo thousands of dollars in the
pockets of the taxpayers of Georgia. It
would also have tho effect of shortening
the sessions of tho legislature and in
suring a full attendance on Monday.
The Mining and Manufacturing South
makes tho following assertion, which
cannot fail to impress the intelligent
reader with Its force and accuracy. It
says: “Merchants who permanently ad
vertise create tho impression of strength
and soundness. People at least feel
that those who keep their names boforo
tho public are solid and substantial.
The intelligent Scotch jury that
brought in the verdict, “guilty, but not
proven,” has been left in the shade by a
South Carolina aggregation of peers. A
Lexington county jury sitting upou the
case of a negro supposed to have died of
poisoning, brought in this verdict:
“Albert Wesley came to his death from
tho effect of a disease that ho bad be
fore ho died.”
BISHOr TALBOT’S LETTKit.
The following is the letter of Bishop
Talbots to Col. Z. D. Harrisou of Atlanta
declining tlie Bishopric of Georgia:
The Hon. Z. D. Harrison, secretary of
the Standing Committee of the diocese
of Georgia.
My Dear Sir; I herewith beg to de
cline the election to the Bishopric of
Georgia with which your recent conven
tion has honored mo. It is not neces
sary that I should here enter Into tho
reasons which have led to this decision,
as you are already familiar with the
grave issues involved. Your call found
me already committed to the mlosionary
operations of the church in this new and
growing west. To this work I was but
recently summoned under the most
solemn sanctions and by the highest
authority known to me. Sent here to
accomplish certain results, I have but
fairly embarked upon the undertaking.
The divine blessing has seemed
to rest signally upon the
small beginnings made. But many en
terprises, as yet in their Incipiency, look
to me for help. The majority of my
faithful clergy depend on my personal
effovts not only for moral support, but
for their very living To abandon the
work at this juncture must entail upon
it serious calamity Under these cir
cumstances I cannot transfer to another
the varied interests of this new field.
To lay foundations for tho church’s
future and to secure for her the alle
giance and co-operation of those young
commonwealths is the great work which
confronts us here. These and many
other considerations impel me to abide
with my scattered tlock, who have so
nobly upheld me by their generous sym
pathy and devotion. You will bear mo
witness that before my election I inti
mated that I could not leave. That I
have delayed my decision so far is efue to
the personal solicitation of your com
mittee, and their most kindly cherished
hope that, after conference with certain
revered and trusted brethren ot the
House of Bishops, I might bo able to see
my way clearly to come to you. But
such lias not been tlie result. Almost
with unanimity those with whom 1 have
counselled have advised me to remain
at my present post of duty. I need not
add how deeply I have been touched by
so many assurances of loyalty and sup
port from the clergy and laity of your
important diocese, and how gladly I
should como to you did a sense of duty
permit. Personal considerations have
appealed strongly to mo to heed your
call, and these have been fortified by
the singular and almost spontaneous
unanimity attending my election. I
can ouly hope that you will do me the
kindness to believe that I have tried to
be governed solely by a desire to do
God’s will as I have been ablo to dis
cern it, and that I have acted only after
deliberate and prayerful thought. I am
comforted in this painful hour by the
assurance that whatever disappointment
this decision may cause you will be but
temporary, and that the Holy Ghost
will direct and guide you to fill your
vacant sec, with its hallowed traditions,
by the choice of a leader far more wor
thy of your confidence. Very faithfully
yours, Ethelbert Taliiot.
Ma.j. Ryals of Savannah thinks that
the Smith-Bernor bill will probably be
defeated in the senate. To the Morning
News of yesterday he said: “The prob
ability of the bill securing a majority of
votes in the senate.” said Ma]. Ryals,
“is very remote. A big fight is being
mado on it, and I believe it will bo de
feated. It is not confiscation of railroad
properties which the people want, but a
reduction In rates. The Berner bill and
Chappell’s farmers’ substitute were
thoroughly discussed in the bouse, but
somehow or another the Smith substi
tute was kept out of sight entirely. As
soon as Chappell’s substitute was voted
down the Smith substitute was sprung,
and practically without any discussion
as to its merits, it was rushed through.
Representative Berner himself voted for
the Smith substitute. Since its passage
it is claimed that in two important
points it is practically unconstitutional,
and in all its phases it is dcfoctive.
Tlieso facts will, in my opinion, causo
Its defeat In tlio senate.”
Thebe are a few dozen men iu the
Georgia Legislature who think they are
doing their duty iu attacking the rail
roads simply because Jay Gould has
slock in them and is supposed to con
trol them. These men know little
enough about Jay Gould and his meth
ods to suppose that they can hurt Lira
by breaking up combinations, and there
by depressing the value of the railroads’
securities. Bless their verdant souls!
Jay revels in railroad wrecks, and gets
rich out of bankruptcy!
Ou esteemed contemporary, the Atlanti
Journal, l»evidently “color blind." It pro
fesses to see an occasion to extoll tho bou*
of representatives for the passags ot the Ber
ner bill. We are sorry for the Journal. Its
animosity to the railroads carries It too far.
A bill that disquiets confidence among the
monied men in Georgia investments, and
has a tendency to cripple great enterprises,
is not good legislation, and the Journal
ought to know it.—Columbus Enquirer.
The opposition of the Journal to rail
roads is all tho more surprising when it
is known that Mr. noke Smith is mak
ing a fortune out of damage suits against
them. Where would his income be If
there were no railroads for him to sue ?
Mr. Hoke Smith ought to encourage
railroads all he can and promote the
building of a hundred moro in Georgia,
by fighting the Berner bill. The more
Domeroui and prosperous the railroads,
the more fat fees will Mr. Smith get.
Go to! Brother HokeSmith, go to!
The announcement is authoritatively
made in the Atlanta papers that lion.
Clark Howell, Speaker of the House of
Representatives, will, on tho adjourn
ment of the Legislature, retire perma
nently from tho political field, and will
devote himself entirely to his duties as
luauaging editor of the Constitution.
Ho has been a member of tho house
from Fulton county for several terms,
and has retlccted credit upon his con
stituency and himself. As Speaker he
lias ably performed tho responsible
duties which have fallen upon him, anil
he could no doubt be re-elected as rep
resentative from the county again were
he to decide to run.
A WEEK’S INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.
The Manufacturers’ Record of October
3 says:
“Looking over the entire south it is
seen that there is a very decided im
provement taking place and that this
section, like the rest of the country,
rapidly recovering from the effect of the
panic. The people of the south are
taking hold of industrial enterprises
with renewed vigor, while there is an
increasing movement of outside capital
seeking investment in this region. Man
ufacturing enterprises are well employed,
railroads are busy, trade is increasing,
collections are getting easier, and ail
signs indicate that the south, as a whole,
is entering upon a period of much pros
perity. The list of new enterprises or
ganized continues to increase from week
to week, and a summary of the leading
ones reported shows how decided the
improvement is. English and American
capitalists have organized a $1,000,000
company to build steel works and a tin
plate mill at Savarnake, Ya.; the Mang
anese Irou & Coal Company of New
Castle, Va., intends to build a five-mile
railroad to reach its ore properties,erect
an iron furnace, etc.; a $1,000,000 com
pany has been organized in North Caro
lina to manufacture tobacco stemmers,
There is a marked increase in cotton
mill enterprises. One South Carolina
mill is adding 10,000 spindles and 305
looms; another 3,000 spindles; a Georgia
mill is adding $25,000 worth of machin
ery; a North Carolina mill will increase
Its capital stock to $500,000 for enlarge
ments; two new mills are to be built in
South Carolina, besides several large
mills previously reported,, and two in
North Carolina. In Florida a $1,000,000
phosphate company and a $110,000 com
pany have been incorporated; a 100 ton
phosphate mining plant is to be built
near Bartow and a new mine opened
near Dado City; Ocala has a $500,000
kaolin company organized by New Jer
sey people; Americus, Ga., a $100,000
cotton seed oil mill company; Charlotte,
N. C , $25,000 oil company. Brenham,
Texas $250,000 paper pulp company;
Knoxville, Tenn., $25,000 woodworking
factory; Carrollton, Ga , $25,000 water
works; Enterprise, Miss., electric light
plant; Burlington, N. C., tobacco fac
tory, Farmington, N. C., 50 barrel fiour
mill.
“This summary, which does not in
clude all of the enterprises in one week,
indicates how widespread is this increas
ing activity, and how great is the diver
sity of the new enteprises now being un
dertaken. It gives some idea, more
over, of what may be expected later on,
after the crops have boon gathered and
sold and money becomes more active in
seeking Investment.”
LINTLESS COTTON.
Mr. II. T. Ferguson, of Woodruff, S
C., lias discovered and propagated a
“UntlesB cotton,” which the News and
Courier endorses and commends to the
farmers of South Carolina, afer thorough
and diligent Investigation into its mer
its. It says:
After tryingthis cotton four years Mr. Fer-
guson is satisfied that It has come to stay.
The variety comes ‘true to seed,’ and many
farmer* are getting ready to engAgelnits
cultivation. It Is more prolific than any
other variety, and has from two to three
hundred bolls that come to maturity on each
stalk. Each boll contains from thirty-six to
sixty seeds, and these seeds contain more oil
and plant food than ordinary cotton seeds.
Mr. Ferguson, tho originator, says:
On ordinary lands, with moderate culture,
400 bushels of seed may nlways be counted
on, though much more can bo made if It is
planted in hills 3x4 feet, three stalks to the
hill. If the sped are sown broadcast like
pea* up to June 10, one bushel to the acre,
they will mature 100 to 130 bushels of seed
without work; and Just let me say that this
fact alono is enough to convince any reason
able man that lintless cotton 1b a God-send
to the south. If by any means the same fer
tilizing properties contained in 100 bush-ls
of cotton seed can be bo cheaply obtained I
have failed to hear of it.
In his speech at Fairburn on Thurs
day, Colonel Livingston made incidental
reference to ex-Senator Norwood’s
“Something Better.” His speech was
on the sub-treasury and Ocala platform.
In the course of it some one in the audi
ence asked Colonel Livingston what ho
thought of Norwood’s plan. lie replied
that he was opposed to the plan, and in
a few brief words ho criticised the plan.
Ho said that thero were two salient ob
jections to the plan, and somo very good
points. The old sub-treasury plan, ho
said, was tho best plan he had heard of
yet. But tho sub-treasury bill Intro
duced in tlie last congress would not
answer.
TEXAS BLUE GRASS.
In an article contributed to a Western
paper, Mr. Geo. H. Hogan of Lamar Co.,
Texas, says of this grass:
It was ftr*t discovered by Dr. John Torry,
In 1853 who went with Gen. Marcy up Red
River as United State* Botanist. He found
it on the headwaters of Trinity River in our
Slate and named It “Poa ArachniferS."
There va* nothing more heard of it until it
was again discovered by my father, who
found it near this place in 1876. I sent it up
to the department in 1S78, and they gave me
the above history, and wroto me that “it was
such a close relative to the ‘poa pratensls," ’
I ouwht to call It “wooly or web flowered
blue grass," so I Just wrote them that I
should claim the right to put the name of
Texas to it, and accordingly called It “Texas
blue grass” in contradistinction to the Ken
tucky blue grass.
Mr. Hogan also gives following direc
tions for planting seed:
In early turnip planting some sow In
drills a* ► ha'low as possible? Role the ?6ed j
«hesordamp sand to separate th
' as thin as possible in Ihe row. Cul
tivate by keeping down the weed* und othe
grass with hoe nr plow. Next spring’akeup
sets and plant In rows four feet wide, and
little «et or root every 12 Inches apart, f u
rate first year; aft r this It will take can
itself. Plant on anv good ground—the richer
the better.
The following we condense from
several articles published by those ex
perienced with the grass and whose
opinions have tho right to be respected
as authority. The grass is Kentucky
blue grass in all points except the plant
is of broader leaves and of more luxuri
ant growth and will thrive tolerably well
on any rich soil not too wet—limestone
soil not being absolutely essential to
success, at least the land need not be
strongly imprgnated with lime. Stiff
soil suits it best as it does Kentucky
blue grass. The favorite method of
propagation is to divide and plant the
sets, insuring a quicker growth and moro
vigorous plants. The roots run deep and
stand cold and heat splendidly. It
makes a tough, solid turf. Can be grazed
from October to June. Fall is the best
time to sow seed and put out sets. Feb
ruary and March also very good time to
put out sets. It is claimed the grass
will produce from three to four times as
much grazing as Kentucky blue grass.
The capabilities of this grass are not
yet generally proven but the grass is at
tracting wide spread interest among en
terprising farmers and stockmen in the
south and the demand for both seed and
sets is always good. This grass promises
much, and the indications are that it
will eventually stand among our most
reliable and desirable winter grasses for
tbis section of country.
Mr. Geo. H. Hogan of Ennis, Texas,
deserves the credit of first introducing
and making public the merits of Texas
blue grass.
TO INCREASE THE STATE DEBT.
Senator Joe Terrell introduced a bill
in the senate Monday that is of much
interest.
It provides that the constitution be so
amended that the bonded debt of the
state may be increased $500,000 annually
for ten years, commencing 1892, the
money thus raised to be used exclusively
in paying pensions to disabled soldiers
and for the support of the common
schools
His argument in favor of the bill is as
follows:
This generation has built and fur
nished a capitol at an expense of over
one railliox dollars which will serve
future generations, and is paying pen
sions to disabled soldiers and widows,
and besides special taxes is now appro
priating $500,000 annually from property
tax to the support of common schools,
The next generation will have very few,
if any, pensions to pay, and will reap the
benefit of the money appropriated to
common schools, lienco it seems to me
to be nothing but right to lift a portion
of the burden on this generation and
transfer it to the next.
“The adoption of this amendment will
reduce the rate of taxation for the next
ten years at least $1.25 on $1,009, and if
anything like the same ratio of increase
in taxable property is had for tho next
ten years that we have had for the past
ten years, the bonds can bo met without
any perceptible increase in the tax
rate.
“Another argument in favor of the
amendment is the low rate at which the
state can borrow money and the high
rate which the taxpayer has to pay. For
instance, the state can easily float these
bonds for 4 per cent, and the citizen will
have to pay from 8 to 12 per cent for the
money to pay his taxes.”
An Associated Press telegram from
New York announces that “Jay Gould is
feeling first rate.” He is no doubt
chuckling over tho imbecility of the
Georgia Legislature in passing the Ber
ner bill, which will depress the securi
ties of various Georgia railroads, and
enable tbis vampire, who reaps golden
harvests from the misfortunes of others,
to hike in a few more railroads at re
ceivers’ sales.
Prof. Wixshied of Leipsic, a (listin-
guished theologian, aud a member of
one of the most noted Catholic families
of that city, announces emphatically
his disbelief in the authenticity of the
so-called “Holy Coat,” now on exhibi
tion in the cathedral at Treves, and he
therefore refuses to longer support a
church which lends its sanction to such
an exhibition and imposture.
Rev, J. II. Baxter, presiding elder
of tho Augusta Methodist district aud
secretary of the North Georgia confer
ence of tho church, died Friday after
noon at his homo In Decatur. Ho has
been so ill all the year that ho has been
unable to perform his ofiicial dutes, and
consequently lias remained most of the
time at his North Georgia residence.
Throat and lung trouble caused his
death, which is deeply regretted all
over the state. He was an able and in
tluontial man and minister, and his loss
is great one to Georgia. His funeral
took place yesterday in Decatur, and
Augusta’s Methodist ministers will be
well represented.
Gen. Albueus Baker, just deceased,
was a citizen of Alabama. lie was a
good soldier, and drove the carpet-bag
gers out of his State as Toombs did from
Georgia. Gen, Baker was born at Ab
beville, S. C., enlisted in the war as a
private, and rose to the }rank of briga-
dier-gcnoral. He was 67 yean old, and
leaves a family.
DIVIDING THE SPOILS.
“Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown,” will be applicable to the feelings
of the next Speaker of the House, when
he comes to make up his Congressional
committees.
On this subject the Washington Post
says:
The Speaker of the next House, must ap
proach the fTamlogof his committees with
fear and trembling. He will be confronted,
first of all, with the precedent which has be-
unean unwritten law, which, If followed
out, would place at 'he head of every com
mittee in the next Congress the Democrat
who stood first in th* minority on that com-
mltiee during Spenker Reed’s dispensation.
To obey this law will be to five the chair
manships of about forty out of the flfty-six
committees to Southern men, and to risk
the immediate cry of sectionalism. If the
rule be disregarded, there will be no eud of
friction, for men whose long service, expe
rience, ability and position entitle them to
recognition will not be superseded without a
pi otest.
The difficulty about avoiding this undesir
able contingency lies not only in the fuct
that the Southern members would not be
willing to forego their claims to promotion,
but in the further fact that the Northern
members are mostly new and It would be en
tirely contrary to precedent to bestow chair
manships on men serving their first terms.
If committee chairmanships are bestowed
according to the order of promotion, Ala
bama wilt have six, the largest number ac
corded to any stato In the Union, except
which will also lia.e six,or five if Mr.
Mills be made Speuker.
The statement that Jay Gould, a man
who has always borne the reputation of
cold-blooded calculator, uniformly
composed and utterly devoid of emotion,
actually broke down and wept before
the last meeting of the Missouri Pacific
directors, is astounding. History fur
nishes many instances in which, under
tho stress of particularly unfortunate
circumstances, great men liavo suc
cumbed to the weakness of tears. Alex
ander the Great wept when his chief
general ami friend died; mighty Ciesar
wept when Pompey had fallen; stern
Brutus wept when Ciesar was slain. But
Jay Gould shook with tear-dimrued
emotion because he was unwilling to
give up the half of 1 per cent, on the
Missouri Pacific stock to the share
holders. Hero is shown a marked differ
ence in the animating causes and objects
that evoke strong emotions in various
orders of great minds.—Savannah Morn
ing News.
Gen. E. P. Alexander and Mr. Cecil
Gabbett, formeT general manager of the
Central railroad, arrived in Savannah
yesterday from Now York. Gen. Alex
ander spent the summer in New York
and the north. Mr. Gabbett said last
night that after leaving Savannah ho
went to Mexico on a tour of railroad in
spection for some northern capitalists.
Since his return he has divided his time
between Lake George, where his family
spent the summer, and New York City.
He is looking well and hearty, and in
evident good spirits. He is stopping
with Gen. Alexander, and will spend the
remainder of the week In the city.—Sa-
vtnnab News.
REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONS,
It is only 102 years since our first war
for freedom came to an end; less than
four times the term that has elapsed
since the civil war.
Millions of the descendants of tho
Revolutionary heroes are liyiug in this
country and many of them are far from
beiug rich.
Docs the nation owe no debt of grati
tude to the grandchildren and the great
grandchildren of the men who fought to
establish this republic?
According to General Raura’s annual
report, there stand upon the rolls only
twenty-three pensioners on account of
the American Revolution,against 530,151
on account of the later conflict. The
disproportion is appalling.
The earlier debt, tlie debt which has
precedence by every law of moral obli
gation, is quite forgotten.
If the present theory of pension legis
lation is sound, tho duty of the govern
ment is as plain as daylight. Let it
open the tills of the treasury to every
man,woman or child In the United States
who can trace descent from any soldier
of the army of the continental congress,
and to whom a gratuity of from $15 to
$30 a month from the government would
be acceptable.
Twenty-three Revolutionary pension
ers only, with hundreds of thousands,
perhaps millions of the progeny of Rev
olutionary sires, dependent, semi-de-
pendent, or at least constructively de
pendent!
Shame on the republic’s ingratitude.
New York Sun.
The fresh, young, Innocent Atlanta
Herald thus discourses on the subject of
legislature free passes: “The practice
of members of the legislature accepting
free passos from railroads, and their
mileago allowance at tho same time, is
one that cannot bo defended by any code
of morals or equity. There is none
other than an improper motive that
would causo a railroad to issue a pass to
a legislator and refuse it to the private
citizen, and wo fail utterly to under
stand how members can get their con
sent to accept It—and, having accepted
it, how dare they, in the face of the
people they are supposed to represent,
and the state they are pledged to sup
port, demand mileage fees that do not
and cannot exist. Tho practico is
iniquitous, and those guilty of it perpe
trate an outrage on tho people to whom
they owe their positions.”
THE TARIFF AND THE FARMPr
There is a great deal of wealth be>
piled up in these United States bir ^
doesn’t go into the pockets of the fa r ^
ers or of the producing classes g etnr .
ally.
Governor Campbell demonstrated this
very clearly in one of the speeches he
recently made in Ohio. He showed b
the census figures that the wealth of
Ohio has increased $243,000,000 since
1880, and In the same period according
to the same census the value of the
farming lands of the state has decreased
$98,000,000.
This decrease In the value of f arra
lands, while the general wealth of the
state hss increased, means, of course
that somebody is getting rich at the ex
pense of tho farmers. Governor Camp,
bell charges it all up to the tariff, an( j
there undoubtedly is where the trouble
lies. McKinley prices rob the farmers
and pour money into the pockets of the
manufacturers.
And the farmers can have no pros
perity until all of this is changed. The
sub-treasury, land loans, nor anything
else will do them any good as long as
they are taxed to excess on everything
they buy in order to put money
into the pockets of the protected classes.
Any man with a modicum of common
sense ought to be able to see at a glance
that the tariff is the farmers greatest
grievance. He needs more money and
probably more favorable banking laws.
Free coinage of silver would undoubt
edly be greatly to his advantage, and
he should contend for it until it is ac
complished, but he cannot hope to pros
per until relieved from the burden of
tariff taxation.—Birmingham Age-
Herald.
Larry Gantt has a knack of saying
nice complimentary things of his brother
editors, that must mako the bones of
Parson Brownlow wiggle with delight in
their coffin. Nays he:
“We learn that the Maeon Telegraph
w ill soon change hands. It woro its cir
culation out lighting the Alliance.”
SUMTER NOT REPRESENTED.
One of the very best institutions in
the South is the Girls’ Industrial School
at Milledgeville, Ga., of which Mr. J.
Harris Chappell, late of Columbus, is
president. The facilities here offered
for the acquiring of technical education
by girls are the very best, and every
Georgia girl who needs to make her way
in the world, as many of them will have
occasion to do, should avail herself of
the opportunity. While the girls have
gone to this school from various quarters
so far Sumter county is not represented;
and as there are no special provisions
made until the quota Is full, some Sum
ter county girls should apply for admis
sion to this excellent institution. Write
to Mr. J. Harris Chappell, the Presi
dent.
The fact remains that the women out
live the men. The masculine sex is
gradually but surely becoming exter
minated. We do not care to hazard a
guess as to when there will be no men
left, but their numbers are growing
fewer while the women are growing in
number and in beauty. This is a plain
fact. Let the cranks explain It if they
can. One of the ancient prophets fore
tells a time when seven women shall
take hold of one man and declare their
willingness to earn their own livelihood
and bis if only they may be called by his
name. The world may be coming to
that, but we aro free to say that the
man of that period will not be worth
the attention of the splendid women of
that time. They will be as goddesses
and be will bo a miserable dude.—New
Orleans Picayune.
The French hairdressers are circulat
ing a petition which they will submit to
the minister of fine arts, when it has
500,000 signatures. The purport of the
document is that women be prohibited
from appearing in their hats in tho the
aters subsidized by the government, and
that coiffure of the ladies at such enter
tainments be according to the fashion
devisod by tho Hairdressers’ Associa
tion. While this movement is a relllsh
one on the part of the French hairdress
ers; there is no doubt that the hat abom
ination in theaters should bo forced to
go. Indeed so strong has tho protest
become in many cities that some ladies
have set tho fashion of appearing bare
headed, much to the delight of those
who occupy seats behind them. This
new fashion ought to prevail every
where.
“If Savannah would only remove the
old bunion that has grown on her—iu
tho shape of the Morning News—it
would bo one of the finest cities iu the
south ”
China expresses a w illingness to pay
au indemnity for the property which was
destroyed and the lives which were lost
through the riotous folly of her subjects.
That is well enough in its way. But
what is wanted is a proper degree of
protection for foreigners. Indemnities
don’t restore the dead.
George Osborn, the young man
who
“The Atlanta Journal uses Sam Small
the tail-end and trick mule of Sam
Jones’ traveling hippodrome, as a sewer
through which to carry its filthy abuse
of the editor of this paper.”
The Berner bill was a much discussed
matter in the corridors of tho capitol
yesterday. A large number of letters of
protest against tho bill have been re
ceived by senators and representatives
from all over the state. The letters
came chiefly from holders of Central,
Georgia and Southwestern stock who
are all over the state. It is said $12,000,-
000 of railroad securities are held in
Georgia that are affected by this legisla
tion antagonistic to the railroads.—Con
stitution.
was sentenced to tho penitentiary * ur
life in Fort Gaines last week and pend
ing motion for a new trial, was sent to
Dawson for safe keeping, is the third
one of that name who has been convict
ed of murder in Georgia within the last
eighteen months.
He didn't mind her name, you know.
Although it was so prosy.
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