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STOCK WILL BE ISSUED
SUBSCRIBERS
THE
Bs the Threatened Injunction Pro
ceedings Before Judge Littlejohn
Failed to Stick—Other Sec
tions Blso Knocked Oat.
The threatened injunction proceed
ings to prevent the issuing of $25,000
of common stock of the Georgia
Alabama railway to people in Amori
cns entitled thereto, failed to material
izo yesterday, and in consequence
those pnblic spirited citizens who
subscribed so liberally to the fund
raised to secure tko railroad shops for
.Americus will receive their stock in
duo season.
The proceedings were bronght be
fore Judge Littlejohn yesterday morn,
ing by Col. Hawkins, City Attorney
Tames Taylor representing the mayor
and council of Americus.
it is said that Col. Hawkins flrjt
•sought to enjoin the railroad company
from so amending its charter as to
change the official headquarters from
Americus to Savannah; also to rcstrniu
Mayor Hiiou and the council from
di-tributing ti c railroad stock allotted
Mibscribers to the shops fund; also to
reopen the old caso of S. H. aud C. A,
I). Hawkins versus the mayor and city
council, relative to having the railroad
shops property put in the hands of a
receiver aud retaining the general
ofiiceB here, which case was instituted
nearly a year ago.
Judge Littlejohn, it is said, refused
the latter request, whereupon the
abovo amendments to Col.Hawkins’ pe
i tion were withdrawn, for the present
at least.
Before tho hearing ended, however,
it is said that a request was made by
petitioner to reopen the case, which
Judge Littlejohn refused, inasmuch
as it bad onco been withdrawn. This
will perhaps settle the matter, though
ft may crop out again in a new place.
Besides City Attorney Taylor, Col.
Charlton, of Savannah, of general
counsel for the railroad company, with
General Manager Cecil Gahbctt, at
tondeddhe hearing yesterday morning.
Are You m
Easily Tired?
Just remember that all your
strength must come from your
food. Sid you ever think of
that?
Perhaps your muscles need
more strength, or your nerves;
or perhaps your stomach is
weak and cannot digest what
you eat.
If you need more strength
then take
SGOTT’S
EMULSION
of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypo-
phosphites. The oil is tho most
easily changed of all foods into
strength; and the hypophoa-
phitos aro tho best
tonics for tho nerves.
SCOTT'S EMUL
SION is tho easiest
and quickest cure for
woak throats, for
coughs of every kind,
and for all oases of de
bility, weak nerves,
and loss of flosh.
Soc. and ti.oo; all druggists.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York.
i uniiiiiMMHMMMmMiinmWMQ
A New Invention.
'Thos. W, Hunt's Automatic Clock is
mat
Honor Will Be Tendered to Professor
J. E. Mathis.
Prof. J, E. Mathis will, in all proba
bility, be elected captain of the Ameri
cus Light Infantry to succeed Cspt
Charles E. Van Biper, who is now in
the regular army.
An enthusiastic meeting of the com
pany was held last night for the pur
pose of discussing the election of a
commanding officer to fill the existing
vacancy. A committee appointed at a
previous meetiug reported the selec
tion of Prof. Mathis for the position,
the announcement being received with
much enthusiasm.
It is understood that Prof. MathU
will accept the captainoy of the Ligh-
Infantry, provided Captain Van Rit
per’s absence is likely to continue for
any great length of time.
Capt. Van Riper commands a com
pany in the Third Georgia, and it is
hardly probable that he will return
hero permanently for a long while.
Prof. Mathis has considerable military
experience, and his selection by tho
committee is indeed a most oxcellent
one. It is to be hoped that ho will
accept the proffered honor.
DOES’NT WANT STOCK ISSUED.
Col. Hawkins to Attempt to Prevent
Distribution.
The $25,000 of common stock of the
Georgia A Alabama Railway, which
was to have been distributed among
Americus people this week, may bo
held up for a time by the courts.
And.then it may not. In fact, mo s
likely not.
At ail events Col. S, H. Hawkins
will attempt, by injunction proceed
ings, to prevent tho issuing of this
stock to the people of Americns who
subscribed to the fund raised a year
ago to have the company's shops locat
ed here.
This was part of tho agreement then,
and the railroad company is now ready
to deliver stock to those entitled to it.
Yesterday, however, Col. Hawkins
sought Mayor Hixon and gave him
formal notice that he would institute
injunction proceedings to prevent the
distribution of) tho stock. However,
the opiuiou is expressed that the
threateued proceedings will not occa
sion any delay.
ThiB stock, $25,000 face valne, is
woitli at present about $5,750 and is
still enhancing in value.
A MARRIAGE LAST EVENING.
Nuptials of Mr. William Greene and
Miss McElroy.
Mr. William A. Greene aud Miss
Floyd McElroy were united in mar
riage at 8 o’clock last evening at the
residcnco of Mrs. E J. McElroy, 10!)
Patterson street The marriage rites
were very impressively solemnized by
ltev. K. Read, of the First Methodist
church, and witnessed by quite a num
ber of relatives aud frieuds of the
young couple. The attendants were
Mr. Cliff McElroy with Miss Minnie
Greene, Mr. Egbert Allen with Miss
Kate Grceu, of Macon. Both the pret
ty bride and handsome groom nre very
popular among a wide circle of friends
aud wore the recipients of mauy sin
cere congratulations upon their happy
nniou. Mr. and Mrs. Greene left IsBt
night by the 10 o'clock Central train
fot Florida, where they will spend two
or three weeks, retnrniug to Americns
about November 15th.
PASSES TO HER REWARD ABOVE
One of Preston's Noble Women Dies
Sunday Horning.
Mrs. G. J. Stapleton passed away
early Sunday morning at the eld Sta
pleton homestead iu Webster, whore
she had resided for perhaps a half
guaranteed to moot all demands of a
household from a time piece to a sor oentnry. The deceased was seventh-six
years of age, aud dearly beloved by all
who came within her sweet prosence.
A number of grown sous and a daugh
ter are loft with the bereaved hus
band to rovoro the memory of this
sainted wife aud mother, among them
being Mr. Lawson Stapleton of Ameri
cus, Mr. J. F, and Thos J. Stapleton
ofl’rostoi),. Mr. George Stapleton of
Atlanta, and Mrs. Sarah E. French.
Tho fnuerul services at Macedonia
church in Webster on Sunday wore
largely attended.
vant boy.
This clock has four worthy advau.
tagos:
1st. It keeps good tiruo.
2d, It has a lino alarm attachment.
3d, It has a fine candle attachment
•and self lighter.
4th. It wiil start a tiro fu your
stove or firoplaco at any hour desired.
It is not at all complicated, any
three-year-old child oau operate it, be
sides it is perfectly safe. Just think
for one moment what it would bo to
have one of these clocks. Say, for in
stance, you wanted a fire in your
stovo at 5 o’cioek in tho morning, all
you have to do is to place your fuel in
the Btoyo upon retiring and got up
next morning at that tirno aud Uud a
fire iu your store. This is remarkable
nevertheless it does so.
The price is small—iu the reach of
all (lasses. Every clock sold under a
guarantee.
For county or state rights writoor
tome to see" Tiros. M. Anuntt,
Leslie, Ga.
Thos. W. Hunt, patentoo.
A Bargain.
i offer for sale in Schley county, tho
best plantation of tivo hnmired and fif-
! ty acres—in whole or in part to suit tho
Purchaser. Cottou, corn and fruits of
•li kind is grown to perfection on this
farm, six miles north of Americas on
B. V. n. it, w itb a flag station on the
form. This farm can be bongbt cheap.
O. A. Taylor, Proprietor.
HOUSE BURNED IN C0UN TRY.
Residence of Alec Duncan Destroyed
Sunday.
Tho dwelling house of Mr. Aleo
Duncan iu the 15tb. district was de
stroyed by tiro nt I o’clock Sunday
morning. The fire started in the
kitcheD, which was connected with
the dwelling house, and originated in
the ceiling near the stove fine. The
kitchen wss entirely consumed when
Mr. Duncan was aroused by the roar
of tho flames. IIo managed to save
only his trunk aud ouo ariiclo of
furniture, everthiug e!so| in the house
being consumed. There was only
$300 insurance on tho building, which
represents but a small part of the loss
sustained.
flEgg Phosphates, Hot Chocolate and
all other hot and cold soda drinks at
Kembcrt’s, next to postoffice.
ATKINSON SENDS IN
HIS FMMESSAGE
Governor Urges Election Law
and Tax Reforms.
SECRET BALLOT FAVORED
Recommended That t’luu For Holding
State Primaries on One Day, Which
Proved Hu Satisfactory This Year,
I3e Placed on the Statutes.
Atlanta, Oct. 28.—In his final an
nual message to the legislature Gov
ernor Atkiuson makes a number of im
portant recommendations with respect
to elcutiou law reform, tax equalization,
•to. Below will be found the salient
features of the address:
For some years past thero has boon
considerable discussion ill regard to «
change iu our election laws, making
them conform, iu soma degree, to the
advauoed laws ou this subject in other
statos. In my first message to the
legislature iu J894, and m every subse*
queue message, I have adverted to this
measure. Now, however, thut the agi
tation has become general throughout
the state, aud is boing advocated by
those who formerly opposed it, I hope
for definite action by your body, and
again add my urgent appeal to tho gen
eral demand.
Fully as important everywhere as
stringent election laws, aud a more cry
ing demand iu Georgia, is the necessity
for the strictest regulation of the party
primary. For 30 years past the welfare
and destiny of this state have been in
the hands of one party, and the recent
election has bat furnished a fresh dem
onstration that this condition is to con
tinue indefinitely, or at least so long as
the present party alignments remain.
The Democratic primary not only vir
tually, but actually determines who
shall fill every important office in tho
state, and in nearly every county, and
what shall bo the policy of tho state
government so far as these officers may
determine it. The constitutional amend
ments of two years ago and this yoar,
making the supremo and superior court
judges elective by tho peoplo, vastly in
crease the responsibility of tho domi
nant party by adding "tho burden of
choosing a pare jndiciary.
Importance of Primaries.
The most vital part, then, of onr poli
tics is the primary, and any reform that
does not include this inceptive’ function
in its scope will fail to strike at the root
of the real evils of which tho people are
complaining.
Politics has features which have led
many good people to uurhiukingly dep
recate its existence; but politics will
never cease so long us this remains a
party government, ami men seek pre
ferment under it. Wo should not ex
pect a political milleninm under any
circumstances, bat wo can and should
seek every opportunity to be rid of un
satisfactory leaders and to make the po
litical organization responsible to its vo
ters. Thus far the reformer aud tho
liberal partisan can go together, and iu
this unity of purposo lies the hope of
better primaries.
The growing demand for better party
methods was recognized by tho legisla
ture as far back ns 181)1. when on act
was passed and approved by the gov
ernor "to protect primary elections and
conventions of political parties in this
state, and to punish frauds committed
thereat.” This law was modeled very
much aftor the pattern of our preseut
election laws, with the one glaring de
ficiency that it was not mandatory upon
the [tarty managers to apply tho pri
mary hi the selection of delegates and
nominees for office; aud in prautico it
has been applied with about the santo
laxity, all o its provisions seldom being
complied with aud none of its penalties
over onforccd, and bus long since been
outgrown by tho movement for bettor
primaries. It may he safoly said that
tko volunteer reforms inaugurated'by
the Democratic conventions in IS.If and
18DC, and continued by the convention
of this year, and effectively urged iu tint
campaign agaiufr the secret caucus
methods into which tuu Populists had
fallen in their turn, cansed great nnnt-
hers of the latter party to stay away
from the polls, while others returned to
their former affiliations. I call atten
tion to tbeso facts to show how the peo
plo stand in this movement for better
primaries, which is really a revolt
against bossism.
Reform Demand General.
The present demand for primary re
form is not confined to Georgia. Few
states have been, or aro, entirely with
out statutory regulation of the pri
maries, bnt in mast cases these, like
ours, are luefTectoal. Ten important
states now have statutes more nr less
complete controlling primaries, and as
many more are considering and investi
gating the problem. Recognized as the
most progressive of the southern states,
tboro is every consideration why Geor
gia should lead iu this os well as in
other improvements in the sonth. The
practice of general primaries npon a
stated day, nuder fixed rules, which has
been found so aatisfactory_in recant
ycarB, should be made tbo statutory
law, which cannot be changed at the
whim of a committee, or tho will of a
candidate who may control a majority
of its members, and should be btnding
upon all partios. In framing such a
■tatuto, there will bo many additional
features besides thoso with which we
have been made familiar, the character
of which I can only suggest here, leav
ing the details' to the wisdom of yonr
body, should you give this matter the
consiileration which, in my earnest
opinion, its importance demanda
In the first place, I cannot too strongly
emphasize the statement that the ballot
should be absolutely st*ret. No po:al
kie opportunity should he given to tho
briber to see that the vote corruptly pur
chased is taitUiully delivered, and thus
corruption will bo discouraged. Neither
should arr employer have any method of
ascertaining how bis omp'oye* really
voto. ami thus tho laboring man, whose
interest may uot always be the same as
that of tho capitalist, bat whose views
are equally worthy of expression in a
free government, cannot be successfully
coerced. This becomes mare vitally im
portant every year, a* industrial and
corporate factors enlarge thoir scop*
and employ Increasing numbers of in
telligent suffragists, who** xrancnU*
eanaot be to vigilantly protected against
•ny improper influences.
Satisfactory and Just;
So satisfactory has been the practice
of holding state primaries on one day
that I would by all means incorporate
this in the law; and I would also advise
that the date of the primary be mode a
fixed day, at enoh season as may be
most convenient to the masses of the
voters. If necessary, seporato succeed
ing days migbtbe named for each party,
or all coaid be held on one day. Tho
first provision prevails in New York,
whose legislature last March unani
mously passed what is generally re
garded ns the broadest and most com
plete law regulating primary elections,
political committees and conventions;
the second provision is part of tho re
cently enacted law of Michigan. Snch
r. proviso would tie perfectly just and
satisfactory to all candidates and fac
tions alike, and would remove a serious
cause of complaint recently made.
Candidates for all offices should, of
course, ho directly voted- for, and pro
vision made for delegates who will ox-
press that vote in the convention. In
some states, notably tho neighboring
one of Sonth Carolina, the nominees aro
named by the consolidated vote of the
whoie slate, a majority of the whole
voto being required to nominate. In
any case, conventions would seem to bo
necessary to promulgate principles, and
these conventions, in turn, should bo
regnluted by a provision against proxy
and secret voting, aud by propor re
strictions against interference with the
temporary organization.
Equalization of Taxes.
A great deal of comment has been
mado recently about tho high rato of
taxation in Georgia. That the tax rato
is higher than the peoplo who pay tho
taxes can well afford is an indisputable
proposition, but I fail to see how the
umount of appropriations mado can be
materially redncod without receding
from tliu position which the state lias
taken respecting its treatment of the o d
soldiers and tho education of its chil
dren, and against this policy of retro
gression all are mutually pledged.
I am as much in favor of economy in
state nftairs as any one can be, as 1
think the record of my administration
will show; bnt tho propor aud only way
toredneo the taxes thateverybody pays,
is to make everybody pay his taxes. If
there was a jnst and equitable system
of tax assessment in the state, instead
of leaving each taxpayer to swear to the
amount thnt bo is willing to pay taxos
npon, according to investigations that
ltavo boon recently mado iu different
localities and according to tho painstak
ing report of Comptroller General
Wright, to which yoar careful atten
tion is called, the valuation of property
would be so increased—so tnneb addi
tional property would be placed upon
the tax books—thut the rate of taxation
would lie decreased one-third, and still
afford tbo same amount of revenue that
we aro receiving today.
In 18!)2 tax values were fixed, not by
the torn-iyer, who has it direl-t interest
in omitting to give in property, or in
placing tbo lowest possiblo valne npon
it, and thus burdening his neighbor
With a part of the taxes which he should
pay, bat wore fixed by a board of disin
terested tax assessors. As a result, tax
▼aloes increased from $144,000,000 iu
1891 to $103,000,000 in 1892. This act
was repealed in the fall of 1892. Tho
next year thero was a decrease of $11,-
000,000 in tho returns of taxable prop-
erty, nnd now, after a constant decline,
it is $54,000,000 loss than in 1893, when
valued by tax assessors. If so lunch
good was accomplished in otto year,
with the experience of this effort, tax
values ore now would have been equal
ized amt largely increased, and vast
amounts of property, real anil personal,
which now escape taxation, would be
bearing their share of the common bar
den.
This law was not n failure, as was
Olaimed by its opponents, some of whom
suffered by its operations, and mado
other nenple believe that they also suf
fered, so that there was a general clamor
for its repeal, to which a succeeding
legislature succumbed. It had its im
perfections. as any law which yon may
enact will have, bnt these defects should
have been remedied by further legisla
tion.
Plant For Assessment.
In my message to the general as
sembly of 1895, and again referred to in
my message in 1897, I said;
"In reference to tho value of propertv
os shown by the comptroller general's
report gathered front tax returns, it is
my duty to say to yon that it does not
approximate the real or market value of
the property of the citizens of the stato
subject go taxation. Under the present
system of maxing tax retnrna, outside
of where tho returns aro affeoted by
local assessment systems of towns aud
cities, each man is his own tax assessor
-and places iqsm his property snch value
os' be sees fit. even himself in mauy in-
stances confessing that tho amount at
which it lias been returned by him for
taxes bears no approximate relation to
the real valne of the property. Whilo
the legislature nominally fixes the tax
rato for the stato to be collected from
ltor citizens, each citizen has the power
to fix his own tax rate, and many of
them do fix it at an nnjnstly low rato
by placing a valuation upon their prop
erty far below its valne, and ou a scale
much lower tbun that by which tho
property of their neighbors are valued.
The man who pays taxes upon property
id a
BEST OF AIL DOCTORS!
Good Health of Countless Americans
Due to Paine’s Celery Compound.
Unfairly valued at $500, while on prop
erty of tho same value his neighbor
pays on $1,000, Is lowering his own tax
rate one-half, depriving the state of its
just revenue and placing an unjust
harden npon his honest neighbor who
values his properly correctly.
“I most earnestly recommend that
some plan be devised by which the state
can arrive at something like a just val
uation of tho property of its citizens
subject to taxation, and protect the man
Who honestly returns his taxes against
proper valuation. It is well to hear in
mind that any plan which you may
adopt will, when put into practical op
eration, prove imperfect; but as theso
defects appear it will 1st the duty of.
yonr successors to correct theinand cou-
tinno to perfect the law. Certain it is
that no system that can be adapted can
be open to greater abases or more flag
rant injustice than the law under which
onr property is now returned for taxa
tion. A proper plan of assessment of
property for taxation will not only
equalize values, bnt place upon the tax-
books a vast amount of porsonal effects
which now escape taxation. ”
I now appeal to yonr body to respond
to an awakened public interest ou this
subject, and am persuaded that effectual
steps will t)S taken in tbs direction in
dicated.
Countless homes in every oity in
America have been saved from the sad
loss of some dosparing member by
Paine’s celery compound.
The story of the life-work of the dis
coverer of this world-famod remedy is
familiar to most readers. The like
ness of Dartmouth's greatest professor,
Prof. Edward E. Phelps, M. D„ LL.
D., given above, is the best portrait of
him yot printed.
‘‘Excepting its bandfnl of magnifi
cent statesmen aud its military heroes, ’>
says the most recent writer npon and
critic of America, “4he people ow*
more to Dartmouth's physician-teacher
titan to any other one man.
“In every walk of life, among tho
highest offico-holders at the national
capital, in the homes of tho best peo
ple in the Urge cities, among tho
professional brethren, First he wa*
elected to the professorship of anatomy
and surgery in the Vermont Universi
ty. Next he was appointed leoturer on
materia medica and medioal botany ia
Dartmouth College. The hext year ho
was ohosen professor of the chair then
vacated by Prof. Robby, and occupied
the chair, the most important one in
tho country, at the time when he first
formulated his most remarkable pro
scription.
Prof. Phelps has given to hi*profes
sion in Paine’s celery compound »
positive cure for sleeplessness, wasting
strength, dyspepsia, biliousness, Uverv
oom plaint, nenralgia, rheumatism, all
nervous diseases and kindred tables.
It is the only specific recognized and
prescribed today by the best jtnyei&fonE
for diseases arising from a debilitated
every-day folks of the country, families j nervous system. For audh complaints
in comfortable circumstances, families j Paine's celery oompoppa^.qqoqpeds
that -livo from hand to month,’ and again and again where
coaid not, if they wished, sfferd the
servioes of any but an ordinary physi
cian—everywhere I have met peoplo to
whom Paine’s celery compound has
been a blessing.”
It was the world-famed diaoovery by
Prof. Phelps of an ihfalible enre for
those fearful ills that result from an
impaired nervous system hnd impure
blood whioh has endeared the great
doetor to the world, and makes bis
life an era in the praetice of medioine.
Prof. Phelps was born in Connecti
cut and graduated in medioine at Yale.
His mtnsnsl talent soon broaght him
reputation audjprominonco among bis
No remedy was ever• 1 J6 I '^ligh(jr‘ , r«-
oommended, beeause Mbit t OvUfyi'ac
complished so muoh. •—
Paine’s eelery co&pbundi 4 itandg
without competition fdh ifeadisglt ex
hausted nerves and buiji^flg ,j»pth*
strength of the body. It, euros radi
cally and permanently. ^ A healthy In
crease in appetite and a eWrresponding
gam in weight and good 1 ’tpiriU {(lllow
thenseof Paine’s eelesyt footpound.
It is the most remarkible medical
achievement of this half ql, tfiejnino
teenth century. , lM[l
- ' 1 Memitrio
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JOHN M. WILKES,
DENTIST.
Office over bank of Southwestern
Georgia.
DR H S MlUNRO
Americus Ga. I’Phonc So, 17.
Attention given to disease* of women and
children, lncmdlng gynecological, abdomi
nal and orthopedic ourgerv Odlce corner
Lamar aud Jackson streets. Residence
corner Drown and Church streets. Call*
left at Dodxoo's Pharmacy or at residence
will receive prompt atteutlm,
graduate of Ann Arbor University of Mlchl,
▼an. omce over Dank of south western
ivt irgia Headquarters at Hudsons aud
Rcmbert’fl drug Hwraj.
Case* In Bankruptcy a specialty.
2l5‘i Cotton avenue, Room* 1 and &
7ACK S. CHILDERS,
L Attorney at Law.
omce over Rembert’s Drug Storef Ponsyth
street ______
D r. u. j, stanclipt,
Veterinary Surgeon,
Offlce at 231 C<*ton Avenue.
■ : : nnrnnL'J
J O. FIELD, M. D. __ . .
» America*,;ID*. dut
Residence; dWi Clurch Street
D r. j. richmdn state am,
' Physician and feurgwn.'
«n^I.te D nW. rt c!?SStftW£
Rembsrt'. or Divert port Drug, Co will re
ceive prompt attention. *sn .pottle,
b nstcqntu-.i
D HA*. p. UAY1S,
DENTIST.
Americo,, as.-
No SMtt Forsyth street., nnpUfrs
TlNSS-RBOOBDlROOce
STtf
L. 3. hh^LOC, ' ' " “o/s. 1 doss
BLALOCK & CbSBf
attorneys at daw,
AuentCDs, • ' ZH’fcsonou.
Otnce In Watts tnltdlng, opposite court
lionse. . -■....
? A. HAWKINS, ’-izii A
j. Attorney at Law.. -j. .
omce In Wheatley building, opposite tbs
courthouse. ( -
A. ANSLEY, Jr
teyi
e bui
lions a specialty
J Attorney at tow.
Offlcejn Postoffice building.
CoUeftlot
ntU STEVENS > t. • <rr
Cj ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ISmchDB Richland. (Jeesfte.
.... ■■ — n
9 Attorney at nw, ~. »
omce over Bsmhcrt's Drag store, Forsyth
R. '•^’‘rilYWCIAN AND SURGEON
Residence 390 Felder Street. Telephonete.
Tenders his professional ^rtecs to tue
people of Americas and surrounding cron
tics. Special attention glr.nto _