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COUNTY J
PICKENS PROGRESS.
VOL. X 1 Y.
GENERAL DIRECTOR?
United States Commissioner
Jons F. Simmons.
Superior Court.
Fourth Monday in April .-met >.m
Judge,—Gco. S'. Gober, Maristt*.
Solicitor,—T lios. Hutcherson, Gs.u:< t.
County Officials.
Ordinary ;— Calvin J. Cornelieoi.,
Sessions hold llrst Monday in each mom I
Cleric Sup. Court,
and G. W. Owen.
COUNTY TREASURER.
Sheriff,—C. T. Wliceler.
Tax Collector,—J ohn H. Di.i>ar«.»n.
Tax Hkobiver,—M. O. WIIbor.
County Surveyor,—B on. Mulllni.
Coroner,—L. U.Blackburn.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
Mayor, J. K. Simmons.
COUNCILMBN:
P. C. Richards. C.J.Wliceler, A. Mcli n,
E. Henning, Walter Rnylie,
Religious Services.
M. it. CHURCH, SOUTH,
PRrsipiNO Elder.—R ev. X. R. Co«.k.
Pastor.—R ev. J. It. IJttlc.
Servici s first and third Sunday, aad r -iMiay
aights in each month.
Sunday School,9.30, a m. B. H. Simmei s.Su*
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Pastor, Uev. G. A. Bartlett.
Servicesf, foutli Sunday, in every month
Sunday School 9.30, a. m. Jno. W. Ueriey Supt.
Board of Education.
Eber Wofford.
J. G. Faulkner,
M. Morrison,
DavidAndei son
Geo. W. Little, Commissioner
J. W. Henley,
This Column
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si on rJ cards . You will sey
here by all progressive and thor
ouh going business and profession
al men of our town and country.
Look out for them in next issue.
Rates made known on applicat ion.
Jasper
Tho town of Jasper is ben itifnl
for citnation, crowning the t< p of
a mountain about 1700 feet above
sea level and has one of the most
beautiful mountain sconerya in
the world. We want to say more
about Jasper and its advantages in
a future issue. Let Jasper rally to
every public interest, the Paper
will do all in its power to li Ip.
p OTASH gives c >/<•■?',
flavor and fir nr: is to
all fruits. No good Lull
can be raised without
Potash.
t- 1 containing , • • .I .
fertilize r:, _ a s tc-l? .
8 to IO/f of Potash wiii ylrz
best results on all fruits. Writs
for our {>:iTHph!ets, which unjjht
to bo in cvery former's ! rtry.
They are sent free.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
93 >Lsiau Hi., New York.
The Wood Monument.
Reckivkii by thk Pkoorkss.
Miss Aurora MclJan
Pickens County Progress 1.00
Athens Wofford 1 . 00 .
LV. F. C. Richards 1 . 00 .
G. W. Owens . 25 .
Senator A. S. Clay 1 . 00 .
U. G. Wheeler 1 . 00 .
Received by Judge Gober.
Dr. Tatum 1 . 00 .
G. F. Gober 1 . 00 .
Received by Miss Aurora McHan.
W. B. Stovall 1 . 00 .
Clias. Wofford 1 . 00 .
C. J. Cornelisou 1 . 00 .
Mercer University Faculty 5.00.
George Brown 1 . 00 .
Mrs. G. M. Brown 1 . 00 .
K. O. Hopkins 1 . 00 .
Mrs. R. O. Hopkins - 1 . 00 .
Will Watts 1 . 00 .
A. McIIau 1 , 00 .
Mm. A. J. Luvelady 1 . 00 .
Mrs. Kate MclJan 1 . 00 .
Will Garwood 1 . 00 .
<’. W.McIlan 1 . 00 .
W. F. McBride 1 . 00 .
T. \V. McIIan 1 . 00 .
Raymond Fowler . 50 .
Miss Uomae Garwood 1.00
E C Coffey 1.00
Ben Cowart 1.00
W. L. Wood 1 . 00 .
Mrs. Martha Wood 1.00
Iieo Capo . 50 .
Dr. M. N. Wood 1.00
Mi-s. Ida Wood . 50 .
Received by J. W. Cagle.
David Anderson 1 . 00 .
W. B. Thompson 1 . 00 .
J. N. McDaniel 1 . 00 .
W. F. Slagle 1 . 00 .
C. W. Holmes 1 . 00 .
C. C. Pettett 1 . 00 .
J. W. Cagle 1 . 00 .
Mr. S. B. Keeler 1 . 00 .
George Felix Taylor 1 . 00 .
H. K. Wood 1 . 00 .
Henry Grady Wood 1 . 00 .
lteliglou of Presidents.
It is rather remarkable that the
Baptist church, one of the greatest
religious denominations of this coun
try, has never had a representative
in the white house. No president
has ever been connected even by
marriage with this church. No o'Wer
reason than it has just happened
that way is known.
The Baptist are the most Demo
cratic of ail tiie religions sects. It ; s
said that JefTersi n got many of tlu*
principles for our great govenment
from a little Baptist church m Vir
ginia. But he was riot a member of
that denomination.
Washington was a common cant
of the Episcopal church, and had
long been one before he became pres
ident. Both of the Adameses were
Unitarians, as was Yliliord Fillmore.
Jefferson was not an attendant at
any church, but some of his later
writing support Ins daughter’s asser
tion to the effect that he died a believ
er. Madison, Monroe, W. II. Harri
son Tyler, Zachary Taylor and Arthur
were one and all Episcopalians.
Jackson, Polk, Bucharinan, Lincoln.
Johnson, Cleveland and Harrison
were Presbyteriai s. Van Buren
attended a Dutch Reformed cnurch,
Pierce was a congeralionaiist, and
Garfield wa* a preacher of the Church
of Diciples The Methodist sent to
the white house, Grant, Hayes ami
McKinley.—Athens Banner.
Copies of this paper may be
found on file at Washington in
tiie office of our special correspon
dent, E. G. Siggers, 918, F. Street
N. W., Washington, D. C.
ltubbed the Grave,
A startling, incident, of which Mr. John
Oliver of Philadelphia, was the subject,
is narrated by him as follows: J was in
a most dradful condition. My skin was
almost yellow, oyos sunken, toting and
coated, pain continually in back
sides, no appetite—grid wily growing
weaker day liy day. Three physisans
had given me up. Fortiiua'cty, a friend
advised tr. ing ‘Electric Bitters;' ami to
my great joy and suprise, the first, bottle
made A decided impaovernent. leontin
their use for three weeks, and am
now- a well man. I know they saved my
life, and robbed the grave of another
vioiini,” No one ffhmihi fail to try them.
Only 50c., guaranteed, at Tate* Simmons
A Go.
K. G Siggers, Patent Lawyer,
^ iisumto", l>. ( ., win -scad, appears
iii oin columns, publi-hes a vabnable
!■■■; yrighted book entitled ‘•How to
Obiain Patent, Caveat, Tia-ie Mark
an<! Copyright Protection, with De
cisions in Leading Parent Cases.’ 1 A
copy will be sent free to any address.
Jasper Georgia, Friday^ January 19, 1900.
Judicial Elections.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
We are pleased to observe that there
is a tendency on the part of our state
exchanges to discuss the matter <>f
nominating the judges and solicitors
of tiie superior courts ot the state. Tilt
discussion is very timely, especially
in view of tiie fact that there seems
to be a tendency in some quarters to
use the fact that these officals are to
bo elected by the people as an excuse
for nominating them by some other
method than a primary election. There
seems to be a sort of smothered desire
on the part of some to nominate judges
and solicitors by conventions com
posed of delegates from the counties
of each circuit. Thus, it is hinted; that
the "-on lilies of each circuit could
hold their own conventions a'd pro
ceed to nominate the officials.
It is haidly necessary to say that
such a procedure as this would not
carry out the letter and spirit o" the
constitutional amendment by means
of which the choice of judges and
solicitors was taken out of the hands
of the legislature and restored to the
people. There are 219 members of
the legisalure, representing every
count; and senatorial district, and
therefore every judicial circuit of the
state They are elected for two years,
and they bear the burdens of respon
sibility to that extent. But with all
this, the people were not satisfied that
these 219 Sven should choose the
judicial officers of the st ate . There j
i
were rumors of trading and juggling,
and it was suspected that oftentimes
the fitness of the candidates was not
so much thought of as the ability of
their fri. mis to make deals and trades.
Whether this situation existed is a
question that need not he discussed.
It w\os possibip and the possibilty
gave rise to grave suspicions; and, at
last, in order to leave no room for
doubt, and suspicion in a matter so
delicate and important, the election
of judicial officers was taken out of
the hands of the legislature.
One of our exchanges, commenting
on the statement that the democratic
state executive comm ttee will meet
early in March, according to tin.,
honored custom, betrays yuruft import
ance. it says that the committee
‘•should have airanged to meet the
present month,’’ and it adds that “the
candidates for solicitor generais are
especially deserving of consideration
at the hands of the committee.” Why?
Are they any more deserving of con
sideration than the candidates for
judgeships? Arc they as deserving ot
consideration as the people? Candi
dates of all kinds come and go, rise
and disappear, but the people and the
people’s interests remain. What spe*
cial claim has a candidate of any kind
whatsoever on a body i epresenting
tile democratic party, the party, that,
in Georgia, represents the people?
Does the mere feci that a citizen as
plies to hold . n office make him morn
iuipoi taut (bail ilic rest of bis feliow
citizen-?
it should be remembered heie that
the various offices by means of winch
the people’s government is carried i n
were established for the benefit of the
people, and not for H e benefit of
tho-e who in iv aspire to fill -hern.
Tlie claim that any ca-inlate his «>"
iin: state executive commilt-c is one
Oi COU! j ; ’ but the claims of the
people strike deeper and go farther.
Both the letter and spirit of the
constitutional amendment should be
strictly carried out, and tho nominQ.
tion vt ttie judicial officers, which in
this stf ta is equivalent to an election,
siieiil^ l»e placed in tho hands of tho
people. A n iniinating convention
representing a judicial circuit would
be oorjjfosed jfJ not more than twenty
the outside. Would these
delegates le any freer from a ten
dency to trade and juggle than the
219 members of the legislature?
Woul l they not, indeed, be better able
to car y out a deal o: an arrangement
than ;iierubers of the general assent
bly? , it eir responsibility would be for
a day only; they would bo able to
make my kind of a “combination,”
and tic re would be no way to call
them to account.
T.' tiaople, in adopting the consti
tutional amendment, have shown
what their desires are. Indeed, the
whole (purse of political history in
Georgia} luring the past few years
shows J irresistible ten ioncy on the
part of j:ie people to take into their
own lianfis powers and responsibilities
which belong to them, but which htve
heretofore been exorcised by tho
politician. As no journal has done
more to bring about this wholesome
reform t han The Constitution, we
propose to keep on pegging away at
it. Especially in this case do wo deem
it important that tiie people should
exei i; - the fullest and completest
HUM '■ L i igui luce Pas Obeii' re
stored to them by the constitutional
amendment placing the choice of the
judiciary in their hands Interpreted
by this view, the new constitutional
amendment means tiie. nomination of
judges and solicitor* by the voters at
the primaries, tho people of each
judicial circuit vot.ng for the candi
dates of their choice in their own
circuit, the candidates receiving a ma
jority <.f tiie votes to be accepted by
the static convention and their names
to be placed on the state ticket.
That is wTiat an election by the
people means in Georgia. Here, where
the democratic party has no opposi
tion to s'pikk of, a nomination means
an election. The people appreciating
this fact, and following the cue «f
such newspapers ns The Constitution,
have gradually eliminated so-called
“ma^-Wectirigs” and courthouse con
ventions, and by means of primaries
at which the polls are opened as at
regular elections, have taken the
nomination of candidates into their
own hands. '1 he result is all that
could be desired. Even the United
States senators are practically elected
by a popular*vote m Georgia. Theso
things being so, the state executive
committee has but one course before
it. That course is marked out not
only by the general reform that has
taken place in Georgi t, but by tho
constitutional amendment, which is
tiie result pf that reform. IaR the
people of i ,-ii’h judicial eircuit norni
"Sle their jtujgs and solicitor at a
•,ii it-, -n . elrrtinii, the result in each
u.mntv; t If certified by tho county
emeut've cdT. rnittee, and the names
of the candidktes receiving the largest
nullity? of votes to be sent to the
state convention for ratification,
lh this way the people of each cir
cuit will have iheir judicial affairs in
the hands of nen of their own selec
tion—men gr ^horn they have confi*
| demMl> T|tm •„ to -arry Ule democra
tic prin-pie cf self-government to
one of ii| m >»t legitimate an-l import
ant eorejH‘ions. I
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our own Correspondent:
The defence offered by Secretary
Gage to the Sulr.er resolution, lms
taken away tlie breath of lus best
friends. Before it was submitted,
it was taken for granted by them
that he would at least have some ex
cuse to offer for Ids extraordinary
custom house deal. Instead, lie
really confesses that he entered into
a conspiracy to deprive the city and
state of New York of the taxes on
the property, puts forward a pitiful
evasion m regard to the rent
question, and finally excuses his di
rect violation <>f tiie law in treating
national bank depositories p-'it of j
tiie Treasury Department, by v sting J
that H has been customary t«> so re
gard them, although a recent as well
as ancient, dicisiou of the Supreme
Con t states that
are nothing of the kmd.
The act authorizing the sale of the
custom house provided that the mon
ey received therefor should be cover
ed into the Treasury, but the Secre
tary attempt to lead tho country to
believe that tho sale was made under
the gcnoral act ot 1804, according
to which the right to deposit the
proceeds might possibly be inferred
by those strongly partisam to that
view. He has the assurance to add
that his action in regarding deposit
ones as part of the Treasury, is sup
ported b ; decisions of Supreme
Court, •*$, does not venture to to 1 *
by what decisions, and entiiely
evades the fact that tiie court, speak
ing through Mr. Justice McCenna,
on November 20 last, reaffirmed, in
strongest possible terms, a former
decision by Chief Justice Waite,
declaring tiie exact opposite. The
Secretary says that no rent has been
paid f r the building because Cong
re ea has not appropriated for that
purpose, He is careful not to say
that no agreement for payment Inis
been made. He father admits that.,
despite this agreement to pay rent,
part of the purchase price was held
hack by the bank witii his approval,
so as to free it from any liability ;.s
to taxation. And the searidel is
made worse by the dioovery of a let
ter written to the Secretary by the
Vice President of the National City
I bank, appealing lor favors on the
ground that its directors are men
who “have great political claims in
view of what was done in the cam
paign”
The witnesses on the ship subsidy
bill who have appeared so far before
the Senate Committee on Commerce
seem to have been carefully limited
to the represenatives of the proposed
benficiaries of the till. So far no one
has appeared against the measure, de
spite the bitter oppotilion of the
country generally to this form of
granting nmn< y to favored classes.
There are, however, some members
of the committee who seek to bring
out the facts by cross examination of
the witnesses who do appear.
Among » former Senator
Edmun., who a„peared „ attorney
for the steamship lines. He was
asked why discriminating duties
would not have the same effect
bounties, whereupon he replied that
other nations would also discriminate
and that nothing would be gained,
This argument, of course, will be
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demolished when the proper tune
comes, by simple reference to the
fact that other nations also give
subsidies, thus neutralizing those
given by the United States. As a
matter of fact, both systems have
been tried in the United States,
For yeais before the civil war, a
reduction of duties on imports in
American bottoms was granted, and
resulted in the building up of the
greatest merchant marine in the
world. This was destroyed or (led to
the protection of the British ilag dur
ing the civil war and has never been
re-established, though it undoubtly
could be by proper discriminations
in its fav.,r. On tile other hand,
everyone will remember the oxpen
ment in the way of bounties made
oy Mr. Blaine some years ago and its
disastrous failure. It resulted only
in adding half a dozen tubs to the
country’s marine and filling the cof
fers of tiie steamship companies.
The present scheme is the worst
that has over been proposed; it
would result only in adding to our
fleet a lot of foreign tramps with
nothing American about them but
flag.
Mr. Bryan lias just started east on
his tour through the “enemy’s coun
try.” He will first visit Kentucky,
where matters are at a boiling pitch,
then go to New York, where ho will
be the guest of O. II. p, Belmont
who has wee senatorial av’
then con ,. to 'Vashingt
he
Gridiron dub. After this, lie will
visit New ^ England,
reaching . there
about the on i of the month. Mr.
Sulzer, of New York, who also has
aspirations for the vice presidency,
in speaking ot the approaching visit,
said: “Mr. Bryan will find no enemy’s
country to invade this time. He is a
popular idol all through New York
and New England, and the masses
will pour out to see him. The people
are for him and lie will carry Now
York and be elected this fall.
One of the eln if objections urged
by the anli-impenalisl to the acquisi
tion of out-lying territories, inhabted
by a race not trained in self-gover
rnent, lias always been that it would
strain American honesty to the hieak
ing point. That is to say, they be
lieved that the offices there would
be tilled for political reasons by men
who had “pulls” and would he ex
ploited by them just as they were
exploited by Spa n for so manv years.
This argument has recently receiv
ed unexpected corroboration from
Gen. Otis He recently issued a pro
clamation co .tabling the following
language: -‘Alleged cases of bribe
taking, of the acceptance of gifts from
inferiors and of like misconduct by
persons holding positions in tiie mili
tary or civil service have of late been
brought to the attention of these
headquarters. The commanding gene
ral is constrained to the belief that
these reports, which are in the nature
of general complaints and do not re
late to specifice offenses, have a more
or [o „ n(l ltion . The
c „ rl ,, | „ inK 3n „ far .,. eath .
its effects, appears to have reached a
stage which renders its suppression
with strong , hand , imperative.” . „ If
a
tLw SOil of , }ling j, l]OW going on in
, the Philippines, the anti-imperialists
are apt to consider their position#
j justified by it.
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