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SUIT OUR READERS.
Hluit Is Heine shI.I »n<l Rons Hera
There and Everywhere.
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The Populist have always charged
that the leaders of both old parties
Were controlled by the money power
of the country, and that upon matter*
affecting the interests of banks, corpo¬
rations and trust- the representatives
of those parties would be found vot¬
ing together. Since the democratic
party lias had control of affairs the
truthfulness of these charges has been
demonstrated, On the question for
the deinonct i/at ion of silver a majority
of both parties voted to strike down
sliver. The democratic party has
fostered the interests of trust the
same as the republican party. It has
accorded to the demand*of hankers ns
did the republican party, ft has sided
with railroad corporations as did the
republican party. In Oregon the demo¬
crats voted with the republicans
against the. Populists, and in Alabama
the strong republican counties
.negroes, gave the democratic candi¬
date for governor the laig.sl ma¬
jority.
And now comes the chairman of th«
republican .1st.- committee of Wiscon
sin who explains the whole situation
and lets the political cat out of the
bag lie says
"The present unsettled social am.
economic conditions make it necessary
that the Populists should be driven out
of public life The Populists arc a
dangetons menace to law and order
and good government. * * * I bad
rather sec n decent democrat in tin
house than an indecent Populist, him
so far as their principles are con¬
cerned they are all indecent however
agreeable may bo their personality.
"on the gr. at, vital questions when
the honor and dignity of the Ameri
can people aro concerned we will al
ways find the democrats voting with
the republicans fur the common good
The democrats have the mine feeling
so far * the republicans are eon
corned. They dislike our flnancia
and economi 'systems, but they know
we are sound on all the great ques
Hons of the day. 80 far ns I can eon
trol It there will be no alliance bo
tween the republicans and the Popu
lists in the hope of defeating tin
democrats. Prom what 1 hoar the
gentlemen who are managing the
democratic congressional campaign
entertain the same aversion to those
unholy alliances, and I am glad ■ f it.
If this program is faithfully carried
out by both sides w* shall soon act
the la-t of a Populistic representation
In the house.”
Tho country !■ wondering now what
the democrats made their Chicago
platform J for. \\ Idle their declsratwb .
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sfc. ..«(* un-a,i sow a .....■/in
south to mean the repeal of the Nlier
man law with a law providing for free
coinage. Instead of that the
party demonetized free silver. The
platform declared explicitly In favor
of repealing the slate bank tax.
When the question came up the parly
voted ttdawn. The platform declared
In favor of local self government
That principle was never so ruthlessly
violated n» when Cleveland sent
United Ntates troops to Chicago
against the protests of both the mayor
at the city and the governor of the
atato. The platfotm declares Its hos¬
tility to trusts, yet Ills known to all
that tho party conceded to tho c\
actions of the sugar, coal. Iron and
other trusts in tho formation of the
tariff bill.’
Tho platform declared its devotion
to tl.e Interests ol tho people, yet
their petition* have been ignored ami
1be demands of corporation! and
banks been accorded to as they never
were before In tho litatory of the
ronul.-, With professions of economy
still ringing In the cars of tho people
they have voted themselves extra pay
In the w »y of mi'eage
aud clerk hire that ought to
shame the devil. The cries of
the workingmen have gone unheeded.
The distressed condition of the coun
try has lieen ignored It seemed to
have been the sole object of Die pres¬
ent congress to took after nnd foster
the inscrcata of Wall street, the trusts
and corporation*. If the people do
cot repudiate the action of this
congress, then indeed are we nearing
that stage of paralysis that foresluid
ows a nation of aristocrats on the one
hand and venal slaves on tho other.
• In a constitutional convention re
gently held in Albany, New York, J.
J. T ltrooka, vii-e president of the
Pennsylvania railroad company ap
pealed to that body to embody a pro¬
vision iu the constitution prohibiting
public officials from receiving passes
from railroad companies Be claimed
thav he w as uupeecsaai ily annoyed by
by requests for passes for represents
Uvea, senators aud even Judges of the
Supreme t'ourt and thesr friends,
and, If he did not comply
the interest* of the company
were jeopardized by the introduction
of hostile bill* by the parties refused
lie asked fora "coustitulional pro
• alon on thi* sub e l, and one broad
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enough to make. It n misdemeanor for
any person elected or appointed to
any position in the service of the
public to ask or receive for him elf o.
any oth-r person free transportation.'
Here is another “straw" which
•hows that the railroad companies
are obliged to look to the government
lor protection from that very corrup¬
tion which is urged a one of the ob
stacles In the way of government j
ownership. The fad is that when
ever a railroad corporation becomes
in corrupt, or the object of abuse by
public officials or Its own officers ns to |
be unable to sustain itself, the only
Alternative Is to resort to the govern¬
ment U» aid and assist In purifying it.
management.
DEMOCRATIC prayer. i
NO. XII.
Most adorable and ever to be rover
ncl Grover; Thou who art always
great, whether trampling tadpoles on
its boots at Washington. We come to
thee once more to thank thee for all
thou hast done for our party and for
tho people. Onr most esteemed politi¬
cal father, thou doeal all things well,
and wo aro willing that thou shall bo
;l<>rlflod therein
If congress tsatubhorn, thou tukost
it by tho unpe of tho neck and the
.cut of U»e pant* ami tliaketli it until
itR free silver teeth rattle in its hea«l.
that la right. Make them squirm.
Hid they not vote for thee’’ Did they
not nominate thee' 1 I |) d they not
stump the country and advise every
body to vote for thee? Verily they
lid. Now. most adorable < levelaml,
make ’em toe the mark. Make 'em
I'tt'-s (.solution* praising thy ad
ministration. Mold their noses
lo the politeal grindstone while
ihe Dopulists and the republicans ride
in thoir backs Give ’em the gold cure
until they puke up every "time
honored principle'' lock's they etrer knew
l'uke tl.eir shaggy In the right
tud left hand of thy wrath and bump
.heir heads to ethc.- until they prom
se to kiss thy big toe. Most worthy
ussier, we commend to thy especial
jare the southern congressmen who
advised everybody to vote for thee,
who swore by Adam'* off ox that
thou waat the right stuff, who shared
the swap., and now are trying to re
j udiute thee and profane thy great
iiAiue, our worshipful master, dou t
let them do it Drive 'em away from
thy pit* counter. Follow them home
ind defeat their renomitiatioo- Sit
town on them with the importance of
thy political weight Mash the ever
lastin’stuffiu out of them forever and
forever As to u* I'oor common peo
plo who voted for thee, l ike no
thought whataover.
Thou kuowe.l our uprisings nnd our
downslttlnga. Thou eanst tell it by
the patch on our pant'.
It it glory enough for us to see thee
rule with an iron rod. We are but
the mud sills of society, l’ut thy feet
>u us and mash us iuto the earth.
We fear thy name aud thy mighty
■cower
We shall never ask thee for any*
•lung that will bring d ..pleasure to
thy fatness
( oxec and Browne tried that ami.
,0 they did languish in jail
They rose up in the u;orning and
•sent forth with a banner the sue of
s Columbian postage stamp
They Warded the lion ia his den
They stopped on the grass.
They offended thy fatness and the
sen ants of thy fatness.
Antl l!)C , ervBIlU of tby fatness
, woopo d down upon them and gath
ered them in.
They smote them hip and thigh.
So be It, most gracious master, in
all thine enemies.
What business has a poor man to
want that which ho has not?
If he is not sntifilied let him get off
the earth.
'I here aro too many of them here
any how.
We thank thee, most gracious mas
ter, that they are being starved out
and shot and killed
It will make more room for thy
fatness.
Now take us into thy care. Put us
In the seat of thy pants and ait down
on us whensoever thou wilt. Tie us
j(l # knol Mld llirow „„ to the dogs,
, wlu contiml0 to praise w thy
wa-
No BtNKEtlTOtf, .marshal, militia¬
man or any one else has been con¬
victed for tho hundreds of murders
they have committed while iu the
service of corporations. Women and
children have licJn killed in their
homes and yards, women and men
l| avo been killed walking tho streets,
bombs have been thrown into their
»>ou*e«i while the family were nslcen
an, i " olll, n tAtu\ children killed \y
them, and in no instance save one
has ever one of them been arrested
and tried, and In the ease tried the
corporations defended the accused
who were acquitted because they
eould not be identified as the ones
wlu) did the murder. Those murders
were committed by men in the service
of millionaire*, who aro democrats
*nd republicans, and who give thou
»»nd» te the campaign funds of both
°bl parties. \\ ill some of their
party speaker* tell the people
why none of these murderers have
been punished? Why is not Cal Brice
' »rnoglc. Vanderbilts, Moulds. Sago,
I rick und others as much guilty of
murder when tlu-y hire men. arm
Gem, and men, women and children
air killed by them, ns I'arsons, the
anarchi-d. was who was hung* for np
proving of a crime not know ing it
was to be done and not being present
when it was committed ; Have the rich
corporations or individual the right
G Uil1 ana * itt y any more than the
worker? If both kill had ought
Ul >t both ho punished? Where does
tho Pinkortoti company their au
thority to hire and arm men to tight
corporations uniform them and
number them so thateven thoir names
me lost 1 When ono of tlioin is ar
rested, a-- many of his comrade^ as ore
necessary are on hand to swear he i*
innocent They are a-sassin* hired
to kill -and to kill without fear of
Americans to this condition has the
parties who are owned bv the cor- j
porations ! brought you llow long ! |
iii you sup]*ort parlies w ho allow
of assassin* in times of trouble j
kill at w ! Il? Vote them out!
"Avi 1 my brother's keeper?" spake
but bis excuse was overruled.!
despairing, he cried, "My P un..h-1
is greater than I can bear." The
of to day say to their
of earth, “Bav rve are not
’ copers You d —d,” and as
. d rule.- tho nation their punishment
THE SILVER QUESTION.
The silver question is very simple.
Thi. ijii stion of ratios and dollars
of the same intrinsic value is one of
Wall nml Lombard street't modern in
volitions. There is not enough gold
and silver mined in the world each
year to furnish money sufficient to
keep pace with the increase of popu¬
lation and business, Then is not
gold und sliver enough in the. United
States to do this if not one dollar
went abroad, Now how enn we
i heck tho fall in the price on any¬
thing? Why, by increasing the de¬
mand, of course, lint when we strike
silver down as money wo don’t in
crease the demand for it, but decrease
it. If wo mint to increase that de
mand we want to increase it.» uses.
In other words let governments say
to every man who lias silver, I will
coin U into dollars of 41214 grains
each free of ehauie and silver at once
is placed on -.shomaBpi. a pXty with gold. No
-,’nsn.ewa ms Aon g tutAhis
or any other government had free
coinage of silver, that it was not
wortli as much as gold. Suppose that
the government should say to the mine
owners I will pay 210 a ton for hard
coal and 85 for soft coal. Don't you
know that everybody else would have
to pay that price as long as the gov¬
ernment continued to buy? Free
coinage means that legal and the com¬
mercial value of the allver dollar shall
bo the same. And this will be true so
long ns tho product of silver does
not amount to more than wo need to
coin each year for money to keep pace
with the business of tho country. It is
true that tho mine owners will profit
by this, but not more so than will tho
wheat and cotton growers, and other
producers In the land. Besides this
objection .an lo urged with equal pro¬
priety against gold, because free coin¬
age increases tho value of gold. If the
government should make those prices
on hard and soft coal does any one
suppose that those prices would
change—thus changing the ratio?
That is, would it lie likely that ioft
coal would only bring ?:t while hard
coal would hriug $H?
Voticr* should remember that gold
will leave this country as long as cot¬
ton is below eight cents per pound
and w heat below St per bushel. The
money exploiters will, under o'd
party management keep the Cnited
States treasury busy selling gold
bonds to get gold for them as long as
they hold power.
Tub tight lietwecn the tweedle-dc
BEd tweedle dum tariff parties has
ended for the present It is now in
order for the liars to come home and
apeak for tho free silver they would
noV Yol . fo-.
G) >. IYakmkk makes the assertion
that there are more daily papers in
ihis country owned by foreigners than
there are in England. At this rate
England will lie making our school
b»K>ks, and tieorge tho Third will take
the place of George Washington.
who prodace aU wealth have
m ^ , o wh#t thpy crpate . , n
laws, customs or means that Jenrive
them of the use of the products of
'heir labor must be abolished before
before full justice is done to the la¬
borer
A> IMPORTANT QUESTION.
Do IVe Need More Judges on Onr
Supreme Court J
At the October election the people
Rill vote on a proposed amendment
o^ the Constitution, increasing the
number of Supreme Court Judges from
three to five. people
Is this a good thing for the
as a whole?
What are the facts? By them let
this question be decided. I he people
will vote right if they know the facts.
The more work there is to be done,
the more workmen there should be to
do it. The more cases there are to be
decided, the more Judges there should
be to decide them.
The two great causes of litigation
are population and property, ihe
following parallel columns w ill show a
comparison between the causes and
sources of litigation in the Supreme
Court at the time of its creation, and
those existing now:
In 1*40 In 18U4.
Nnmistr o; counties Number of comities
sad superior courts, 93 ! r.nd superior courts,
I 1 *i 1 .
I Inere.se 47 per cent.
Numlf-r <f city j NiirnL'-r of city
coiir.H, none, j courts, 17.
IV al courts from Total courts fr'i*ri
TvhicU c& < a went <h- l which ^ V:‘
r<ft to rapreuie court, I to fwprem < ■ 'i t. L’4*
91. Increase,C6 p r cent.
Humber of judicial | Number < f judicial
circuits, 11, . ciruuiiH, 23.
Increase. 110 per
l cunt.
Population, oxclti'l* ! Population, f k stim < »
inx plavt-H (who cool<l i tel, 2.000 000 fin 1800
not litisatf) 450,5V/ j ! it was !,857 000-)
Georgia citizens who Georgia citizens who
could whites—...... litigate only j j conk! All; both litigate........ white ami
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bla«-k
i Increase bi pov>n\a- litiga
j tion sources of
j tion. 335 per cent
Figurea allowing the naaoaaed value
of property in 1815 are not at Laud, but
the following comparison between 185G
and 1894 will aid in showing how' much
larger are the property sources of liti¬
now than then.
In 1895 Ill 1803.
Prop rty returned i Property rctnrne*!
for taxation, exchul- for taxiiion. exclud¬
ing slaves, $'71,53V ‘ i**K slaves, $452,614,-
322. j W)7*.
Increase,(17 | cr cent
The increase in wealth and popula¬
tion, in connection with the well
known increase in variety of indus¬
trial pursuits, meant nn increased va
riety in litigation and a consequent in
crease of the number of difficult and
practically new legal questions. Take
railroad litigation the kind of cases
whose record is nearly always long
and difficult of digestion. Railroad
mileage in 1846 is not known, but was
very small; but
In 1818. In 1894
It'iiiron.l corpora¬ Railroad t-orp irt
tions in Georgia, 5. I tions in Gcorgia,
ah >ut £0.
Increase, D0J per
; cen*.
Number of m lea of | Nuniber of mills of
railroad ' in Uc.rgia, i railroad iu Georgia,
C0o. I 5,22.7c 7G4
Increase, per
| cent.
A of , the ,, , 1st , and . 90th ......
comparison
\ olomes of Georgia epor h wi
u grout inrrcoeo in amount and variety
of work lo be done by the same num
her of Judges; for instance,
I r-t tla. I Ninetieth Ga.
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Criminal caac», 8. I Criminal catjw. 8»
. Increase, u 12 per
I ccn ’’
Damage suits 3. Damage suits, 37
I | Increase, 1,133 per
cent.
Ho, wbilo tho 90th Georgia him 58
per cent more cases, yet the kind of
cases, criminal and damage, which re¬
quire most time and labor in reading
and digesting records, has increased
by a vastly greater per cent.
Tho following shows tho number of
eases decided ill the last seven years
by the Supremo Courts of the Htatos
known as the Southeastern States a
group selected because .if their simi¬
larity to Georgia in social and com¬
mercial conditions and in kinds of liti
gntion:
Wept Virginia, 710- Georgia, 3,030.
Virginia, 1,036* Which is about 240
Hmiili Carolina, 1,343. p r cent more tiun
North Carol ns, 2,199* I ho average of tho
Average l»y each four | other four states,
court in these j
states, 1,322*
Rut tho vastly greater amount of
work thus imposed upon each Georgia
judge is shown from tlio fact that
West Virginia Supreme Court com¬
prises four Judges; Virginia five
Judges; North Carolina, five Judges.
Therefore, flic average number of
oases decided by caeli Htipremc Court
Judge in these States, omitting frac¬
tious, is ns follows:
Wes’ Virginia, 177.:
Virginia, :o7.
Nnrdi t'arbliua, 439 Giorg », 1 016.
Bonlh Carolins, 417.
Avurj* ;© for each Judge j Average f*>re«oh Geor
in these four States, gia Jud^c, I 0!6:
317. Which h 332 jv>r
cent, hut© than
av* ra&o for each
Judge in the other
f;»iir S ates.
Everybody knows the importance of
nn opinion in each Supreme Court
case, giving the reasons on winch the
ease ls decided. These ojuntous should
be written slowly aud carefully, lest
tin y be imperfect and by their impor
fections and uncertainties prodneo
mere litigation. Vnh so few Judges |
to writes.) many opinions, the ( onrt :
is obliged in most ea-es at present, to
simply decide a e . c by load notes,
without giving opinions. The couse- |
•1 ,,0 “‘ n, )" rv Ul, ‘ l’l'rticulnr litigant
is comparatively trifling, l'ut uncertain- tuu in
jury done the public by the hur- j
ty of the law, caused by crude or
ried decisions without opinions, is in
calculable. ;
Not only does the Court hear argu¬
ment in each case, but they meet for
consultation, read the records, make j
nj) the judgments, and each also sale j
nuts to the full court, when written.
his opinions which are revised end co»- j
rooted till they meet the approval of
all.
But where tlnre are so few Judges
ia proportion to tho number of cases.
it is im}vs.-.iblo for them to do the
work a* thoroughly ^ and well.
Oomparatively litt.e of the time of
the- Judges is .pent in hearing Ar 6ji -
nient. B> far the greater .alvr is in
reading the record, discussing and de
ciding the cases, preparing hea l notes
an l opinions, and investigating legal
authentic?.
la 18?7 the pK»ent Conatitution
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GEORGIA RAILROAD SCHEDULES
OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER.
Commencing Sept. 2d, 1894, the following schedules will be operated. All
trains run by 90th Meridian Time. The schedules are subject to change
without notice to the public. READ UP.
BEAD DOWN .
Train kight day Train _ Train day sight Train
No. 11 expk s mail. No. 27 STATIONS. No. 28 mail, expr’s No. 12
5 lop 11 00pT2 Olp 7 19a Lv Augusta Ar 9 30p 1 OOp 5 15a 7 48a
7 44p 11 28p 12 34] i...... Be lair 12 3 Ip 4 48a 7 15a
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7 77]. 11 40p 12 47p 7 45a Grovetown 8 02p 12 22p 4 36a 7 Ola
6 10p 11 72p 12 77p...... Berzelia 12 Up 4 24a 6 47a
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I ^ 4 15b 6 37a
6 20p 12 ngt 1 04]) 7 59a Harlem , 7 30 12 04 ’’
6 30p 12 08a 1 13p 8 05a Hearing 7 22p 11 55a 4 06a 6 28a
G 4G; 12 27a 1 30i> 8 19a Thomson 7 Otip 11 38u 3 48a 6 11a
11 26a 3 35a : 6 02a
6 57]i 12 39a 1 42p ... Mesons ..... 55a
7 Olp 12 4Hu 1 50p 8 37a Comak 6 4bp 11 18a 3 27a 5
7 11]. 12 56a 1 57p 8 41a Norwood G 4 Sp 11 Ha 3 19a 5 48a
7 26p 1 Ha 2 12pj 8 54a Barnett 6 30p 10 56a 3 02a 5 34a
7 38p 1 25a 2 28]. 9 04a C'rawfordville 6 18p 10 43a 2 48a 5 22a
8 00p 1 50a 2 50p 9 23a Union Point 5 58pTO 19a 2 22a 5 00a
2 06a 3 Olp 9 36a Greensboro 5 45p 10 05a 2 06a......
...... ...... 2 34a 3 29p 9 50a Bnekliend 5 23p| 9 42a 1 1 38a|...... 21n......
2 52a 3 45p 10 09a Madison 5 09p 9 27a
...... 3 11a 4 04p 10 25a Rutledge 4 531. 9 lQa 1 01a......
...... ...... 3 29a 4 18p 10 38a Social Circle I 4 40]) 8 57a 12 22a;...... 46a......
3 52a 4 41p l0 57a Covington 4 20] 1 8 37a 12
...... 8 17a 1200ntj......
...... 4 10a 5 Olp 11 16a Conyers 4 Olp 4lq>......
4 28a 5 17p 11 27a Lithonia 3 50]. 8 06a 11
...... 49a 11 26p.......
..... 4 49a 5 30p 11 43a Stone Mountain 3 33]. 7 11 14p......
5 00a 5 4Hj.ll 52nj Clark -tun 3 23] 1 7 40a 03p|......
...... 31a 11
......; 5 12a 5 57]. 12 m Decatur 3 15], 7 10 45
......I 5 30a 6 lop 12 lop Ar Atlanta Lv 3 OOpj 7 15a p......
......| 2 OOaj 1 55p 8 40a Lv Camak Ar 6 45p 11 15a 12 10a ......
2 lou 2 03p 8 17a Warrenton 6 36p 11 08a 12 27a ......
...... p......11 58p
2 50a 2 23p...... Mayfi 11 0 14 ......
...... 11 39p
...... 3 12a 2 30p...... Culvcrtou 6 OOp 11 23p ......
3 32a 2 47]. 9 21a Sparta 5 49p l0 35a ......
...... 10 58p
...... 4 02a 3 05]. Deveroux 5 30p...... 44p ......
4 18a 3 13p 9 42a Carrs 5 20pTO 15a 10 ......
...... 59a 10 12p
4 56a 3 36]. 9 59a Millcdgeville 4 57}> 9 ......
...... 9 48p
5 27a 3 53p Browns 4 38]....... 26pj ......
...... ■■ 31p
5 47a 1 03p 10 22a Haddocks ! 4 9 36a 9 ......
..... 05a' 9 16p
...... 6 4 14p...... James 4 45p| 14p...... 8 30p ......
7 00a 4 45]> 11 00a Ar Macon Lv 3 9 00a ......
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7 3 Op 1 f 00a 2 18p L v Barnett Ar 1 55]. 43p! X 50a 6 15p ......
...... X 37a 6 02p
7 43p 11 12a 2 30p .Sharon 1 ......
...... 28a 5 54p
...... 7 52p 25plll 11 22a 2 39p Hillman 1 34j. X 20p)...... ......
8 55a 8 13p|Ar Washington L v 1 00p 1' 55a 5
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Union !' 20a 55p
Chi 2 55p Lv Point Ar .... '- 1 -.
X. 3 05p Bairdstown Woodville | !......i .. .. 9 9 08a 04n: 5 5 44p 40p
C- 3 09p |...... 1 8 51 5 28p
C5 49p 3 21 27p' p Maxeys 44a a* 5 21p
Cl 3 Stephens j......; 8
—1 3 39p Crawford !......j 8 30a 5 08p ..
—1 3 55].| Winters Dunlap '......• '...... ■ 8 8 12a 07a 4 4 47p 51p
*^1 3 59]. 15].j Lv 1 7 50a 4 30p
-1 4 Ar Athens ......
lli 30a .... ...... Lv Union Point Ar .... 2 05p............
i 1 22a &iloam .... 1 42 p............
11 42a! \r White Plains Lv!......I 1 20 p ..........
All above no .ii- ru.ola.lv, ‘Xeipi 1 1 and 12 on o . do not run on -ntnhiv. bleep.l.v Cars be¬
tweou Atlanta and Oliarteston, Ausouta and Atlanta. Augusta and Macon, on night express.
Bleeping cars hetwi en Macon and N w Y-rli oil Irani 27,and train leaving Macon a‘ 9 oclock,«.m
TH0S. K. SCOTT, JOi; W. WHITE, A. (J. JACKSON,
General Manager. Traveling P«sscn/er Agent. General Freight and Pass Agent.
Arousr a, Ga.
FIE JOB PRINTING A MALT 47
Supreme Judges at three. But in
1877 Georgia had not two-thirds as
many people nor two-thirds as much
wcn>lth aB now These two things—
both sources of litigation—have nearly
^ ou ^j e( ] j n ^jg » )cr j 0 <].
Comparison of 58th volume of Geor
gjft He| , ort , s containing cnees heard by
Supreme Court just before tho present
Criminal fB .l, Vnlnme. Cawo, ‘j I Cr min.d flint Volume. G 47
22 j w«.
Inoreafto, 111 per
cent.
Railroad Cares, 14 J I Railroad Ca en, 25
Incrcase,78 per cent.
These aro two kinds of eases which
generally are long and tedious, and
nro snmpleH of the greater labor re¬
quired of tho court at the present. An
increase of the number of judges at
the same average per cent, would give
nearly six judges instead of three, us
now.
All tho Northern nnd 'Western
States, except those small ones lately
admitted,have from live to nine Judges
on their Supreme Court , bench. , ... Hey
oral of them have also intermediate
courts, which largely decrease the la
hors of their hupremo Courts. But
some might think it unfair to compare
Georgia with wealthier and more pop
ulous States. Ho in the following wo
take only Southern States, and a few
Northern States smaller in wealth and
population than (roorgio.
States having each live Huj.rcme
Court Judges—Virginia, North Caro
lina, Alabama, Louisiana uiul Arkan
snM ;
Htntcs , having not , , less than n nor
more than nine Httprcme Court Judges
each Maryland, New JiTsoy, ltela- \er
ware, Maine, New Hampshire,
mont, t oimocticut.
States having four .Supreme Court
Judges W est \ lrgima. «
Lvcry one of these States has less
wealth and less population than Geur
gta-most of them a good deal less.
rho on! / ^"“beru States besides
(icorgia, , . having only three Supreme
Court Judges each aro South Carolina,
Florida and’ Mississippi. But Geor
gin s Supreme Court decides as many
cases per annum as tho Supreme Courts ;
of these three other States combined.
Two successive legislatures have by
large majorities voted in favor of in
creasing the Supremo Court from
three to five Judges. They did tins
after full investigation of a l the facts.
The last legislature voted almost unau
imously that way.
The increased expense is only six
thousand dollars a year. This means
an increase of taxation amounting to
one cent in three years for each oiti
zen in the State. In other words, it
would cost a man worth a thousand
dollars one postage stamp once in
three rears.
In the decrease in litigation conse¬
quent on better considered and more
carefully prepared decisions, the tax
pavers will save a hundred times as
mt i c h, probably, as the salaries of the
two additional Judges would cost.
Some fear an unworthy man might
get on the bench.
If this is a good reason for refusing
to consent to more Judges, when they
are needed, it is equally as good a
reason for abolishing all judgships and
having no judges, for we might get a
1 ad man on the bench as it is now. In
a ][ offices we take the chances of get
ting competent men to fill them. If
the wrong will man should chance to slip
ja, b* xccu allow what ha la and
th« hoce pcopi* wfj «* that b«'* ! ?G?t
test tiw*
TRADE TOPICS.
Duu & Co.’s Report of Business for
the Past Week.
R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review
for tho past week says:
“Tho business outlook is much like
»n April day, with alternate clouds and
sunshine. Iu some branches strong
a^^'irrs. i T-£
adjuW'mont to now conditions such con
flicting signs aro to 1)0 expected, busi- amt
tho ntoro because the deferred
ness which had awaited a settlement
was by no means evenly distributed.
For some time to come, it is likely,
conditions in different trades and even
in different minor branches of the
same trades, may vary widely, Sir ikes
lessen for the time the working force,
perhaps, as much as it is otherwise in
creased, but the strike of garment mn
kers spreads so rapidly that an early
end is considered certain, while the
strikes in cotton mills have advanced
prices ro much that a settlement is
thought not distant.
“Of the aggregate volume of trade
m) pxBct moasllre exists , hut payments
th h clenrilig houses for the first
° 7.1 coat,
weck o{ jWember were per
tor thau ] nst year, though 29.7 per
ct . nt Bmaller than in 1892. Perhaps
sotl , cm „ nts on n , )aH t business affect
tho r):( . or<1> bnt it als0 spears that
commerCia i , oans aro not increasing
ana flro ] jmit cd, white western demand
f or lnov j D; , ]h e crops are much smaller
than usual, indicating limited demands
, u othur business, though tho cotton
manufacture after gome weeks of in
creasing business which lias been par
ticnlnrly stimulated by the strikes, re
jojct , 8ijia rfall , demand with
* mills
risi ,, riceK Several largo
Uvo gono into operation during the
week, and others will soon follow, and
the deferred business appears enough
with current needs to employ the
wholo working forcc for a time,
.. xho irou manufacture lias materi
ftU incteased ita outl , u t since, tho. coke
tronbJeB cn( ] eil( , mt with the result
that pig iron is Weaker, Bessemer being
gu 50 ftt p iUs bnrg. At all eastern
an( , centrftl markets the demand for
finjshed rro a uc ts is somewhat disap
inti and , irices gradually tend
downwarilj imlicating a working ca¬
, exceeding present requirements,
are not 8e u io g ’ars and, except at
Chjca - 0 ’ tLere al ,, H somewhat
, e8s b nBineM iu other finished
fomR The wooleu manufacture, in
.
wbicb deferred bmincss might natur
ally have been larger than in others,
^ Qot incroaao the working force,
ftn(] {t two or three active weeks,
the bl , gi „ess has slackened with about
three-quarters of the usual transac¬
tions for the season.
"Failures in August aggregated lia¬
bilities of $10,139,477, of which $3,-
172,330 w-.re in manufacturing and
$5,078,152 in trading concerns. Dur¬
ing the week the failures wc-re 215 in
the United States against "23 last vcbt,
and 47 in Canada against 25 last year.”
Died from Yellow Fever.
A Baltimore special says: Second
Engineer Cornclins Watson, of the
British steamship Samuel Tyzack, who
was taken to quarantine hospital euf
fering w-ith yellow fever, tiled Sundav.
The other two victims are in an ira
proved condition. The vessel, with
her crew alsiard, is anchored at quar
antiae, and everv precaution has been
Ukeu to prevent the spread of the dis¬
ease.
It it; Lettrr to wear out than to rn#t
b’t* *be*4l »»rt fpr