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4 THE AMERICUS WEEKLY T1MES-REC0RDER: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1891. THE TIMES-RECORDER. 1 tally and Weekly* The Am Killers Recorder Established 1879. The Amkiuods Times Established 1890. Consolidated, April, 1891. SUBSCRIPTION: ailv, One Year, Daily, One Month, Weekly, One Year, - 1 Weekly, Six Months, For Advertising rates address Bascom Myriok, Editor and Manager, THE TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY, Americus, Oa, 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. Hhe had catarrh and had It so That ho at last was forced to go— The odor was no posy. . If she bad been sage in time she wou* liavo taken I)r. 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