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VOL. IV.
Advertising Hates.
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tfRWSTAPRR DECISIONS.
I. Any person who takes a pager regu
lar lyTrom the post office—whether directed
to his name or aether's, or whether lie has
Subscribed or n#t—is responsible for the
payment.
S. If a person or-feis hi* pnpor discontin
ued, fie must pay all arrearages, or the pnb
iiaher may continue to send it until payment
ia made, aod collect the whole amount,
-slather the paper Ip taton from the office or
J. The courts l.ave decided that refusing
to take newspapers and periodicals from the
postoffice, or removing and leaving them un
called for, is prima facie evidence of inten
tional fraud.
&OWN DIRECTORY.
M ATOEf-Thomaa G. Barnett.
Commi*«ionkrs—W. W. I’urnipseed, D. B.
Bivins, K. G. Harris, E. It. James.
C/I.rrk—E. (*. Harris.
Treaburkr—W. 8. Shell.
Marshals—S. A. Belding, Marshal.
J. V\ . Johnson, Deputy,
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Mkthootw Episcopal Church, (South,)
Rev. Wesley F. Smith, Pastor Fourth
ttabbath in each month. Sunday-school 3
p, m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
Mkthodist Protestant Chorcu. First
Sabbath in .each month. Sunday-school 9
A.H.
Christian Church, W. S. Fears, Pastor.
Becond Sabbath in each month.
Baptist Church, Rev. J. P. I.yon, Pas
tor. Third Sabbath in each month.
CIVIC SOCIETIES
Pihh Grove Lodok, No. 177, F. A. M
Stated communications, fourth Saturday in
oach month.
THE
"BON TON’’
SALOON
(In rear of D. B. Bivins’,)
HAMPTON, GEORGIA,
IS KEPI’ BT
CHARLIE MCCOLLUM,
And is open from 4 o’clock in the morning
until 10 o'clock at night.
ffeod liquors of &ll &md@s
And at price* to enit everybody.
If you want good branch Corn Whiakey,
go to the 800 Ton.
If you want Peach Brandy, from one 1°
five years old, call at the Bon Ton.
If yoo want good Gin go the Bon Ton and
get a drink at 5 cents or a dime, just as you
want it.
It yon want a good smoke go to the Bon
Ton and gst a free cigar.
Ice always on hand at the Bon Ton.
Nice Lemoo Drinks always on hand at the
800 Too.
NOT THE LARGEST, BUT THE
BESI SELECTED STOCK OF
LIQUORS IN TOWN.
I hare jast opened my Saloon and am de
termined to make it a success.
Fair dealing and prompt attention to all.
Caii and see, call and sample, o >ll and price,
before baying elsewhere.
CHARLIE McCOLLUM.
»0g22;6m
DAISIES.
Out in the meadows, so fresh and so’ dewy,
Ont in the meadows at breaking of dnv ;
o|>’ning their eyes nt the Gret beam ol sun
light,
'•We wish you good morrow,” the daisies
say.
Golden and white,
Id the morning light,
*• We wish you good morrow ” the daisies say.
Out in. the fields in the glory of noontide,
Out where the bees and the butterffTPs (flay;
Through tbeir white lids looking up into
heaven,
‘•We love the bright sunshine,” the daisies
say.
Gdlden and white,
In the noonday light,
•‘We love the bright sunshine,” the daisies
say.
Out in the fields when the bright sunlight
fadeth,
And gildeth the hilltop with lingering ray,
Closing tlieii eyes as the day’s glory dieth,
-We wish yon good night,” the daisies say.
Ont in the fields in the still sweet starlight.
Hushed all confusion and nofee of the day,
Fast asleep, will] their golden eyes hidden,
“We wake ou the morrow,” they seem to
«ay.
Golden and white,
In the still sturiight,
'•We wake on the morrow," they seem to say.
Macon and Brunswick Rail
road Lease Bill.
To bo entitled an Act to authorize the
lease or sale ol the \l«con und Brunswick
Rail read, and to confer cei tarn chartered
powers and privileges upon the lessees of
said road, to build extensions of the suitic
from Macon to Atluntu, from Brunswick
to Florida line, and from Uuwkinsville or
Kastman to Americas, und to appoint
commissioners to ruti the same, and pre
scribe their [towers and duties, and for
other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly ol the State of Georgia, That the
Governor of the State be and is hereby au
thorized to lease the Maeoo and Brunswick
Railroad, which is the property of the State,
with all its houses, workshops, depots, roll
ing stock, grounds, lands and appurtenances
of every character, to a company to he
formed for a term of twenty years, for a sum
not less than 560,000 per annum, of which
sum for the first year 810.000 shall be paid
on the day of the lease, and the balance lor
said first year shall be paid within thirty
days, or before the time that the railroad
with its appurtenances, as before stated, is
tiansferred to the lessees, and thereafter one
twelf'h of the annua] rent shall be paid
monthly in advance, and witbiu five days
after the beginning of each month, into the
State Treasury ; and in case said company
shall, at any time, fail or refuse to pay the
sum due for each month, according to the
foregoing terms, the lease shall be forfeited.
and it shall be the duty of the Governor to
declare it so forfeited, and to take immediate
possession of said road and all its appurten
ances, and if any resistance is offered by the
company, it shall be the duly of the Gov
ernor to take possession by force, and to
this end he may use all the power of the
State, both civil and military, and expel the
lessees who have failed to make the pay
ments according to the terms hereinbefore
stated, (and within ten days after the Gov
ernor has term : nated the lease and taken
possession of the road for the State, he shall
commence suit against the lessees on the
bond to be given by them to the State, in
any coart of the State having comp tent
jurisdiction of the case, unless the sum due
is sooner paid) bat the faith of the State 19
hereby pledged to said company that they
shall, in no case, be disturbed by the author
ity of the State so long as they keep the
contract on their part, and make the pay
ment when due ; Provided nevertheless, that
said company shall, in no case, sub-let said
road to other persons or corporations except
when allowed by legislative enactment.
Sue 2. Be it further enacted, That said
railroad shall be leased at public outcry in
the city of Macon, at the court house door
of Bibb county, within the legal hoars of
sale. It shall be the duty of the Governor
to give forty-five days’ previous notice of
the day and place of said lease, with the
terms of the same, in at least five newspapers
of most general circulation in the State ol
Georgia, and in at least two other newspa
pers of general circulation published in some
of the cities of other States ol the Un ted
State*; and said railroad is to be leased
within forty-five days after the adjournment
of the present session of the Legislature of
the State of Georgia, to the highest bidder
at said lease who complies with the terms of
this act.
Sac. 3 And be it further enacted, That
it eball be the duty of the Governor of
HAMPTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1879.
Georgia to require of said company to whom
the road anil work shops, rolling stock and
»ppifrtennnc*’» may be leased, to give a
with ample security, in the sum of §5611,6(10
The lessees shall be worth over nnd above
their indebtedness at least $156,000, uml
there shall be security in the Stale woifh
§IOO.OOO. and the balance of security, if out
of the State, shall be upon real estate or rail
.road property. T e lease shall not be made to
a company who tenders security that is even
doubtful, aor to any company of non-residtjil
adventurers. The bond sbhll hind the lessees
and their securities for the prompt payment
of the sum agreed on. Recording to the terms
hereinbefore stated, and for the return of the
railroad and its appurtenances at the expiia
tion or termination or forfeiture of tiie lease
in as good condition as it wns in when re
ceived by the company from the State under
said lease, which bond shall be recorded in
the Secretary of State’s office, a'd filed in
the Kx cuiive office, which may be sued on
at any time when there has been a breach of
its conditions ; Provided, That the Gov
ernor may require other security at any time,
if the security first given shall become in
sufficient from any cause ; Piovided, That
should said lessees refuse to give within
thirty days other security, then this shall be
a cause lor forfeiture, which shall be enforced
a- provided for in section first of this act.
Sue. 4. Be it (urther enacted. Thai if a
lease.ol said road is effected under this act,
the said lessees shall he required to expend
within two years Ironi the date of lease not
less than two hundred thousand dollars for
permanent improvements in the erection of
shops, depots, wharves, purchase of ma
chinery, rolling stock and improvement of
track, including a cha ge of line at Macon,
and condemnation therefor as p'ovided for
by the original charter of the Macon and
Brunswick Railroad (Company, all of which
shall revert to the State in case said lease is
forfeited, and should said lease not be for
feited, then, at the expiration of the lease,
suid improvements shall be turned over to
the Stule, and included in the inventory
made at thut time. The improvements at
Macon shall be upon the State’s property,
and all improvements or purchases by said
railroad shall be in the name ol tlw State.
Sen. 5. And be it further enacted, That
the Governor, so soon as the lease is execu
ted, shall appoint three railroad men of ex
perieuce. wholly disinterested in the lease or
any competing line of railroad, who shall
examine the ro»d and its appnrtenances
carefully, and shall make out in writing, a
schedule oi 1 inventory of the same, carefully
describing and setting forth the true condi
tion of the road, its rolling stock, appnrten
ances, and propei ty of every character, and
value the same, which shall be recorded in
the office of the Secretary ol State, and filed
in the Executive office; and in case said
property is not returned at the expiration
or forfeiture of said lease in as good condi
tion as when received, the company and their
securities on their said bond shall be liable
to make good the diflcrence to the State ;
Provided, That on the' oXpifation of the
lease, the condition of said road and appur
tenances shall be examined by three expe
rienced railroad men to he appointed jointly
by the Governor of the State and the lessees,
who shall likewise vilu° sad railroad ar.d
appurtenances, and, under outh. make return
thereof ; and the exee-s, if any,' over the
original valuation shall be paid to the lessees
by the State. Said three appointees to take
into consideration all of the circumstances
which might cause a change in the value of
property of like character at the time of
said last valuation.
Sko. 6. And he it further enacted, That
so soon as the lease shall be agreed upon in
accordance with the terms of this act, the
names ot the lessees shall be entered on the
minutes of the Executive department, and
they and their successors shall become u
body corporate and politic for the period
of twenty years, under the name and aty le
of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad Co.,
and as such, shall have all the rights, powers
and privileets gran'ed to said road by tho
lease dow in force ; Provided, That the
State shall, at all times, have the first and
highest lien upon the property of said com
pany, and the Htate’s interest in said road
shall at no time be afi cted by any claim of
a third partv sgainst said road or lessees
Skc 7. And be it further enacted, That
each of said persons comprising said company
shall be a diiector of the same, and in case of
the death of any of said lessees, his legal rep
resentative shall act in bis place, and repre
sent his interest ; and on all questions which
come before said board of directors each shall
vote and have weight in the decisions ot the
questions which come before said board id
proportion to bis interest in the company.
fcac. 8. And be it further enacted, That
the board of directors shall within thirty days
—
' eeuled elrct a president, and provide for the
filling of such other offices as {l ey may deem
necessary for the management of laid road.
Skc. 9 And be it fort her enacted, That
in o;>se of the death of any member or sh ire
holder of said company, his interest in the
lease shall be considered personal property,
and the rights of hie heirs or deviser’s thereto
shall not be debarred by any act of the cor
porators.
Sue 10. And be it further enacted, That
,W*id lessee* of said miiioad shall milker
make or permit to be n ade any nnjast dis
crimination in favor of any other company
or parlies having or doing business with suid
roud ; nor shall any railroad or express com
pany, or companies, within the State of*
Georgia, or combination of either, in any
eveht become lessees of said road, directly or
indirectly ; and should any company owning
or running a competing lme of railroad with
in the Slate of Georgia, or any individual or
individuals having an int’ rest in any sacb
company running to or from the Atlantic
cna*t. O" any other point than the city of
Brunswick, become at any time interested in
the lease, or tiie running of said Mum n and
Brunswick Railroad, or in any way c ntrol
*its freights or pas-enger tarifis, ttier.'ilie lease
under this uct shall he forfeited,and the gov
ernor of Georgia shall take possession of the
same as provided for in section first ol this
uct.
Sko. 11. And be it further enacted. That
in the eveot suid railroad is not leased ac
cording to the terms qt this act, then it shrill
be the duty of the Governor of the State of
Georgia to appoint five c rnmissinners or di
rectors for said railroad, who shall take
charge of the management of the same, mid
have it iun lor tbu best interest ol the Stuie
until further action by the legislature of
Georgia, said commissioners to be lacated ns
follows : One to reside in the city of Bruns
wick, one in the city of liuwkiusvillc, two in
the city of Macon, und one on the line of
said road, without any interest in any com
peting line of railroad in Georgia : Provided
nevertheless, Thut should there he a failure
to lease ssid road at the first advertising,
then the Governor sjiulf, within six months
from the first effort to lease, re-advertise un
der the terms of ibis act, and make a second
effort to lease said road ns herein provided,
the terms ot said lease in this cuse to be 20
years, minus the suid six months : Provided
further, That the suid roud shall remain un
der its present management, as now provided
by law, till the same is leased under the first
advertisement, or there is a failure to lease
under said first advertisement ; in which
ev> nt it shall be the duty of the Governor to
at once appoint the five commissioners to
operate the roud as provided in this act. The
salary of the commissioners to he appointed
as above provided for shall be 8400 each per
annum. Suid commissioners shall huve full
power and authority to make all contracts
anil agreements usual and neressury in ruil
roud management, and dietat d by the con
dition of sui I roud, ilt properly am] business,
and shall have the power; with tin- approval
of the Governor ol the ,Stale, to ix'pnd the
business of said railroad by leasing or rioting
boats to transact business on the Oetnulgec,
Oconee and A'tfuniiba rivers, and on ihe
Cumbe land Route, either to Fernandina or
Jacksonville, Florida : Provided I liat said
commissioners shall have no power to bind
the corpus or franchises of said railroad by
suy contract whatever. Said commissioners
are authorized to expend the receipts urisiog
from tLe business of the road in such im
provements and betterments as may be nec
essary for its best interests.
Skc. 12. Be it further enacted, That the
company which may organize as lessees under
this act shall have full power and authority
to survey, lay out, construct, equip, use und
enjoy a railroad from the city of Mr.con to
the city of Atlantu ; a railroad from the city
of Huwkinsville, in the county of Pulaski, or
Eastman, in the county of Dodge, to the fcity
of Americus, in the county of Sumter; and
a railroad from the city of Brunswick, in the
county of Glynn, or from or near Sterling,
on said railroad, to the Florida line; and
shall further have power and authority to
connect said rouds. or either of them,at each
termini with the roads of other companies
constructed to said termini, or which may
berealter be constructed to said termini; aud
so far as this act grants chartered rights and
privileges to survey, lay out, construct, equip,
use and enjoy said railroad, or either ot them,
the same shall be held uod construed to be
an euiurgemeot and addition to the chartered
powers of the Macon aud Brunswick Rail
road, arid to be and become a part of its
original charter.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That the
parties who may become lessees Horn the
State of Geoigia of tin Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad shall, as provided in section
12 of tbrs act, pioceedwribit^uutyjearjr
sa d lease, to build and put in good running
order a railroad of five feet gauge, or the
same Ranee w th the Macon nnd Brunswick
Hailroud, between the city of Macon, in the
county of Bibb, nnd th - city of Atlanta, in
the county ol Fulton, and finish the same
within three yours from the execution of s.id
lenso, with the right to unite their track with
the tracks of the roads now built, or that
may hereafter be boilt into said cities by
which ears may be transferred without
breaking bulk or detention from road to rnaij
at suid cities. When snid railroad is built
by said lessees they shall at the time of or
before the completion of sa'd road as abotro
provided for, have the right nnd option of
puichaslng the Macon and Brunswick Itnil
road fnr'the sum of $1,125 000. to be paid in
the recogniji *d bonds of the State rtf Geor
gia, and upon the compliance fully by the
lessees with the termr of this section, t|ie
(Jbvernor-of the State shall transfer to said
lessees all the rights, privileges and franchises
of the State in and to the Macon and Bran*- 1
wick Railroad, track, buildings, shops, rolling
stock, and ull other things attaching to suid
Macon and Brunswick Rtilroad. The pay
ment of the §1.125 000 shall be as follows :
§250,000 when the purchase is made and ti- j
tic transferred; §250.000 two years there
after, and the balance within four years alter
the transfer, with interest at five per cent,
per annum on the deferred payments: Pro
vided, The State shall retain a lien on said
Macon and Brunswick Railroad nnd its ap
pnrtenanees until the entire purchase money is
paid, and the Governor shall on failure of the
lessees to make payment as herein provided
for, take possession of the road and appurte
nances, and run the same for twelve months,
at which time it shall he his duty to sel! the
said ruilroad for the balance of purchase
money, unless sooner paid : Provided further,
Should said lessees fail or refuse to build said
road, then the lease under this act is to be
come void, and it shall be the duly of the
Governor to take possession of the said Ma
con and Brunswick Railroad us piovided in
the first section of this act.
Skc. 14 Be it further enacted, That all
laws and purls of laws militating against
this uct are hereby repeuled.
Tiie VeraafiUtjr of Western
“Diisters.”
A day or two ago a motherly-looking
woman of forty five entered a Woodward
avenue clothing store having a man’s linen
duster on her arm, and when approached by
u salesman, she said ;
“Some one in here sold this duster to my
son yesterday ”
“Yes, ma’am, I sold it myself,” replied the
clerk, as he looked at the gurment,
“Did you tell my son that this duster
could be worn cither to a pic-nic, funeral,
bridal party or quarterly meeting ?”
“I did, madam, and so it cun.”
“Did you tell him it made a good horse
blanket when not otherwise needed 1”
“I did ”
“That it conlil be used as a boat sail, a
stretcher, a straw-bed and a bed-spread?”
“Yes, ma’uin. I did.”
“And thut muiiy people ujed them as
table covers ?’’
“I did.”
“And that they would last for years and
then m»ke excellent stuff for a rag carpet ?”
“I did.”
“And you only charged a dollar T”
“Only a dollar, ma’am." *
“Well, when John came home la9t night
and brought the duster, and told me all yon
said, I made up my mind that he mast have
been drunk, and I w»* a little nlraid he stole
the garment. lam glad it’s all right.”
“It certainly is all right, ma’am, and since
he was here yesterday we hove discovered
that the duster is a greut conductor of sound,
a preventive of sunstroke, and that no man
with one on his b.ick ever dropped dead of
heart dieease.”
“Land save us!’’ she gasped, ns she waited
for the bandle ; “hat who knows that they
won’t fix ’em so ’fore long that they‘ll raise
a mortgage off the farm?”
BABY VINK.
“I’ve a letter from tby sire,
Baby mine, baby mine ;
lie’s coming home, or he’s a liar,
Baby mine, baby mine.
He is now chock full of wine,
lie is coming o’er the Rhine,
He had better hide his sign,
Baby mine, baby mine.
He bad better come in soon,
Baby mine, baby mine.
I’ve been waiting since high uoon,
Baby uitue, baby in me.
i uui waiting with a broom,
1 will chase him round the room,
1 V\ bile his nose stiiaes through
How to Advertise.
A Hartford man was denouncing newspa
per advertising to a crowd of listeners.
“Last week,’’Slid he, “f had an umbrella
stolen from the vestibule of the Blank church.
It was a gift, and valuing it very highly I
spent double ita worth in advertising, but 1
ham not recovered it.”
“How did you word the advertisement?”
asked n merchant.
“Here it is," said the man, producing ■
slip cuffinm a-nowapspf*r > «
The merchant took it and read :
“Lost from Hip vestibule of the Blank
chnrch, last Snnday evening, a black silk
umbrella. The gentleman who took it will
be handsomely rewarded by leaving it at No,
San Fernando street.”
“Now,” said the merchant, “I am a liberal
advertiser, nnd have nlways found it paid me
well. A great ddnl depends ppon the man
ner in which an advertisement is put. Let
us try for your umbrella again, and if yon do
not then ncknowlodge that advertising ftays,
I will purchase ytm a new one.”
The merchant then took a slip of paper
from his pocket and wrote :
“II the man who was seen to take an um
brella from the vestit.u'e of the Blank chnrch
Inst Sunday evening does not wish to get
into trouble, nod have a stain cast upon the
Christian character which he value* so high
ly, he will return it to No. San Fernando
street'. He is well known.”
This duly appeured In the paper, and on
the following morning the mah wns aston
ished when he oppned the front door of hi*
residence. On the porch lay at least a doaen
umbrellas of all shades and sizes that had
been thmwn in from the sidewalk, while the
front yard was literally paved with umbrellas.
Many of them had notes attached to them,
saying that they had been taken by mistake,
nnd begging the loser to keep the little affair
quiet.
Thbat. k Flirtation—Seen*— A theatre.
Seated it* the orchestra a lady and gentle
man ; the former much enamored of the
latter ; in fuct, very de-irons of winning
him. The lady, however, has flirting tsn
donoies, and indulges them with a handsome
parly in the circle. The encort is not un»
observant of this little by-play, and fioully
asks, smilingly :
“Do you know that gentleman with whom
you are flirting ?”
An embarrassed negative is the reply.
“Then excuse me a moment.”
The escort immediately crosses the thea
tre, puts a similar question to the other con
spirator :
“Sir, are you acquainted with the lady at
whom you have been smiling this last half
hour ?” ,•
“No!”
“Would you like lo be?” pleasantly.
Very much (-arprised, ‘Certainly.”
“Then come with me.”
A moment later the escort Introduces the
not altogether comfortable pair. Then the
mild expression leaves the insnlted gentle
man’s face, and he says, sternly :
“Now, sir, you may accompany this lady
home 1”
With a bow, he takes his leave, and the
woman who loves him newr hears bis voiqe
aguin.— Philadelphia Piogreu.
The true Bohemian never loses his head.
VV hen the landlady reduces the rations of the
hungry Bohemian to a point that excites thn
side glances of the boarders ; when the towels
and part of the furniture vanish from his
room snd the key is demanded ; when a crisis
is rapidly coming on, and taffy is at a dis
count—then, behold, the young mac raake'.b
love to the landlady’s daughter, taketh her la
tbc theatre, and greeteth her with the smack
osculatorial. Hurndilhah, what a smack ! •
And after that he liveth on the fat of the
land, ami, sitting op with Julia, buroeth the
parlor gas till early dawn.
A Han up on North Hill is just the mad
dest rnuu. He went to Philadelphia au<t»;
1 paid three hundred and twenty dollars for a
pute blooded bird-dog, with a pedigree
longer than the chronological table of tbe
kings of England, aod tbe dog hadn’t been,
home two days before tbe next door neigh*,
bor killed him with a brick in his ben-boute,
where the thoroughbred was sucking eggs.
Blood ia as uncertain and tare in a dog aa it
is iu the South American battle. — Hawkey*.
Probably bo man so fully realizes tbe
hollownesß 0f tile end human ambition aa
the man who ladles a teaspoonfnl of new
laid horse-radish into his mouth, uuder the
impression that it is ice cream.
“I know i shall go straight to heaven t£
hung,” remarked a Virgiffm murderer, “but
l would a leetle rulber be pardoned by the
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