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Fitzgerald Leader.
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA.
—PUBIilsnSD BY—
BCRTAPP eft) SON.
Mcro than four-fifths of the murder
in the United States last year were
by men who had no regular occupa¬
tion.
_
The cheapening of literature in
England has resulted in the produc¬
tion of books creditably printed and
sold for a penny. Dickens, Seott,
Goldsmith, Ly tton and other standard
authors, bound in stiff covers, are now
procurable in this series.
An international exhibition of gas¬
tronomy and of culinary art is to take
place at Vienna iu 1898, in honor of
the fiftieth anniversary of the reign of
the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, who>
as is well known, is the most abstemi¬
ous monarch in Christendom in all
matters relating to food nnd drink.
When President McKinley was in¬
augurated he found only six members
of the House of Representatives of the
Fifty-fifth Congress who were mem¬
bers of tbe House in the Forty-fourth
Congress when he began his Congres¬
sional career. They are: Speaker
Reed, of Maine; Cannon and Marsh,
of Illinois, Danforth, of Ohio; Har-
mer, of Pennsylvania, and Ketcham, of
New York.
There is any amount of room in this
world for good words and wise
speeches. Collingwood, of England,
never saw a vacant place in his estate
but that he took an acorn out of his
pocket and popped it in. If all the
vacant places hitherto existing as dull
interstices in the world’s thought had
been planted with seed truths by
somebody’s band what a ripe, rich
growth of generalized wisdom would
by this time have resulted!
Raw silk, including cocoons, is
brought into this country from abroad
at the rate of over 8,000,000 lbs.
yearly. Stated differently, during
the past five years we have paid for¬
eign countries $120,000,000 for the
product of the silk worm. This is an
industry, declares the American
Agriculturist, which some of our
aggressive Western States are trying
to put on a paying basis. Nearly fifty
per cent, of the raw silk imports are
from Japan, with China and Italy each
furnishing twenty-two per cent.
Emperor William of Germany is
just at present engaged in a stupen¬
dous undertaking. In the city of Ber¬
lin, which is noted for its handsome
structures, he ia supervising the erec¬
tion of two public buildings which bid
fair to rival the colossal monuments of
Ninevah and Babylon. One of these
structures is the new Lutheran
cathedral, which is designed in the
shape of a Greek cross. The dome, it
is said, will eclipse that of St. Peter’s
at Borne. “As the scaffolding indi¬
cates,” says the St. James Gazette,
“the mass of stone, embodying a curi¬
ous variety of styles, must
crush into insignificance the
palace. To complete tho work of ef-
facement, tho Brobdignagian memorial
of William 1. is in process of erection
within fifty feet of another front
tbe castle. The huge hemicyole, which
forms a sort of pedestal, runs up to
height of nearly eighty feet
dwarfs everything in its
hood. However uneventful his reign
may prove, William II. will
have left his mark on tho Prussian
capital.”
Consular report No. 1732 issued by
the foreign office of the British gov¬
ernment, contains a complete report
for the year 1896-97 on the budget and
finances of Japan, nnd of special in¬
terest are the new taxation lawn. Ac¬
cording to the provisions of the busi¬
ness tax law, tho farmers and stock
raisers, or as the report expresses it,
“persons dealing in animals, plants
and other articles not generally com¬
ing under the heading of goods,” are
exempt from taxation, while every
other business is taxed according to
what the business is, the amount ot
capital, and the number of employes.
The tobacco growers aro restricted,
however, and uuder a tobacco mon¬
opoly bill are compelled to deliver all
tobacco leaf to the government, not
even retaining any for their own use,
or selling to private parties. The
government pays.at fixed rates, sell¬
ing again at fixed rates to manufac¬
turer. Growers are compelled to send
in annually specifications of the area
that they propose to plant, aud the
government reserves to itself the right
to limit the area in order to regulate
the supply. As a whole, the legisla¬
tion is distinctly in favor of the agri¬
culturist aud tho stock raiser, and the
imperial government is giving cverv
encouragement possible to the two in-
due tries.
S3IUNS.
(Then the twigs begin to rustle
knd the birds are all n-bustla
On the bough;
When the azure sky discloses
Promise sweet of June with roses
On her brow;
When tho brook that sang so sadly
Welcomes overy sunbeam, gladly
Frolicking;
When to wood-songs’ subtle rhyming
Countless echoes soft are chiming,
Then it's Spring.
Mao Halman’s Debt.
AD, thorn old
cows of Pete
L \ \ s m over H he e n d yonder r ’t i c a k’s t e in is r
Tffiggj &
■ A m tell “You don’t 1 I’ll
„ me so
Trillin jest ha’ter see
Pete ’bout them
cows o’ his’n. How’d they git in,
Mag?”
“Dunno, ’les they jumped the fence
over at the back side. ”
The freckled, red-haired girl re¬
treats into the cabin but reappears at
the window a moment later and calls
out—“Dad, I’ll take Joe and Billy
and go drive them cows out. You
jes’ stay hero and git yer talk out
with Mr. Snow. Here, Joe, you (hr’
Billy come on an’ hurry up, about it.
Yer air most as slow as ole Pete liis-
sef.” And with a merry laugh at her
bright remark Mag jerks a faded calico
sunbonuet from a nail on the “porch”
and followed by Joe and Billy, is soon
on her way to the “ 'tater patch.”
“Honey, be shore an’ put the fence
up good; that ole ’brin’le critter’s a
tarrible jumper, she is,” calls the old
man after her, then turning to Francis
Snow he says:
“Mr. Snow, that gal o’ mine’s a
mighty smart gal.” I
“Yes, Mr. Ilalman, see that she is
very industrious. Is she smart at
school or has she ever been to school?’’
“Smart! Well, I should remark!
Why, Mr. Snow, I tell you whut’s a
fac’, Mag could beat every chile in
school an’ the teacher ter boot all
holler on spellin’ an’ readin’! Smart!
I should say she wus smart 1”
Francis Snow stroked his s?ft thick
mustache in order to conceal a smile.
“Well, Mr. Halmau, these little
country schools are well enough for
small children, but don’t you think
you ought to send Mag to college?
You told me you wanted to educate
your boys; now isn’t it just as impor¬
tant your girl should receive a college
education? I think that it is even
more so. Now suppose you were to
die suddenly—not that you look ill at
present”—with a slight smile as he
notes the round, good-humored face
and the robust frame of the old man—
“but such things frequently occur;
your boys could live on here and work
the farm, but what could Mag do?
Yes, Mr. Halman, I think you should
send her oil to school. How old did
you say she is?”
“Fifteen, sir ; fifteen this month,”
replies the old man, as he removes his
wide hat and begins to scratch his
head slowly and thoughtfully. “Well,
sir, everything you say is gospel
truth, and I b’leeve I ought’er send
Mag to a better school ’n what we has
np here. I did ’low ter tend Jim over
to Perfesser Jinkins’s as soon as the
cotton’s all picked, an’ how I’m agoin’
to pay fer two is more’n I kin see at
the present. Yes, siree! there ain’t
no doubt about it, Mag oughter be
sent to school some more ’gin she gits
grown, ’cause Mag's a pretty tolerable
good gal, Mag is.”
“Well, Mr. HalmaD, I am very much
interested in Mag’s education, and if
you’ll pay half, why i’ll go the other.”
“Boy, air yon clean gone crazy?
You are grit through and through,
boy, and I’ll take it an’ pay yer back
when I kin.”
“And if you never can, it will be all
right; I will never miss the money.
Good-bye, I’ll come over in the morn¬
ing,” and with a parting nod Francis
is Walking away.
“Hoi’ on! boy; Mag can’t go to
that thar town school, ’cause thar jest
ain’t no place fer her ter stay at, an’ 1
have sot my foot down that thar shan’t
nary gal o’ mine board at none o’ them
colleges.” his
Francis slowly retraces step3.
“That matter can be easily arranged,
Mr. Halman. I have a sister in the
city, Mrs. Terroll, who no doubt will
be glad to have Mag stay with her.
I’ll write to her to-night. Good-bye.”
“Good clay, Mr. Bnow, I’ll talk ter
my wife about it,” and Mr. Halman
enters the house, stooping his head a
little as he goes through the low cabin
door.
Francis Snow having written to his
sister and having received a satisfac¬
tory answer, and Mr. Halman having
talked it over with his wife and Mag,
they meet and hold a long conversa¬
tion, and the result is that when the
cotton is opening iu the field, the
burrs are turning brown, and
leaves begin to fall Mag leaves her log
cabin home iu the hills and enters
Mrs. Bostwiek’s Select Seminary
Young Ladies m the city.
Four years have passed since Mag,
with red, disheveled hair aud bare,
brown feet, drove the cows out of the
potato patch, and to-night Mag,
and graceful, is to rend her
essay. The brilliant aiumum hall is
thronged witu people who have assem¬
bled to hear the commencement exer¬
cises of Mrs. Bostwiek’s school. Mag’s
eosay is last on the programme.
she rises and comes forward she is very
unlike the Mag of lour years ago.
rod hair is almost auburn now, aud
the freckles have itisappeureJ.
simple whiie dress is male low, aud
When your clothes seem dank and clinging
And you cannot hear the singing,
Since a cold '
Gave your head that buzz ecstatic,
When you throb with sharp, erratic
Pains untold;
When good-natured folk assure you
That they know just what will cure you,
And you bring
A most harrowing melnnoholy
’Alongst your friends who would bo jolly—
Then it’s Spring.
—Washington Star.
around the slender white neck is
clasped a beautiful gold necklace, the
gift of Francis Snow. She has chosen
for her subject “The Englishman in
America,” and handles it with skill
and grace. Only once does the clear
voice falter, and that is when, looking
down into the sea of faces, her blue
eyes encounter the dark brown ones
of Francis Snow fastened earnestly
upon her. When the exercises are
over he comes up on the stage to offer
his congratulations. After the recep¬
tion he walks with her to Mrs. Ter-
roll’s.
**Did you like the little present I
sent you ?’’ he asks, as they walk slowly
down the street.
“Jt is just beautiful. Thank you so
much,” she answers quietly. “Mr.
Snow, how can I ever repay you for
what you have done for me?”
“Kepayme! What do von mean? I
haven’t done anything for you,” he ex¬
claims in astonishment.
“But I know you have been paying
the greater portion of my expenses
during these four years I have been at
school.”
“Mag, who’told you this?”
“Father told me two years ago when
I was at home one summer.” There
is a moment’s silence, then Francis
says slowly :
“Mag, I am very sorry your father
told you. Ho promised me that he
wouldn’t tell. You speak of repaying
me ; never mind about it now, you may
repay an hundred fold some time.”
“No, not an hundred fold, but I
will try to pay you all I owe,” Mag an¬
swers a little sharply. They walk on
in silence until they reach Mrs. Ter-
roll’s door, then Francis pauses a min¬
ute and says:
4 i Well, I suppose I must say good¬
bye. I only ran up to see you receive
your diploma. Tell sister good-bye
for me.”
“I will. Good-bye and thank you
again.”
“Good-bye; remember what you
said about paying me.”
“I will remember,” she answers
shortly, and in a moment Mag has
passed into the hall and shut the door.
She unclasps the shining necklace from
her throat and puts it away in the very
bottom of her trunk, muttering:
“Now, stay there, youhateful thing!
I never will wear you again 1 If there
is any man iu the State of Kentucky
more conceited, more egotistical, and
altogether more despicable than
Francis Snow I have yet to see him.
Never mind, I’ll show him some day
who can. be the more high and mighty,
he or ‘Mag’ lialmau. ”
Francis Snow is sitting on the veran¬
da talking to his uncle when a ' ser¬
vant comes out and bauds u letter to
him saying:
“A boy hah jes brung dat from Mr.
Halman’s, sah.”
Francis tears it open hurriedly
and reads:
j\ixd Friexp: If you have noother en-
gagem-nt pleaae come over sometime important to-day,
as I wish to sea you on very
business. I would not send so soon after
your arrival, hat I did not know how long
you expected to remain at yoar uncle's, and
i wish to see yon before you return to the
city. Respectfully,
Maeoaket Hat,:,tax.
“Tell the boy that I will bo thereat
once, and tell Robert to saddle Nancy
Hanks and bring her around," he com¬
mands, and then awaits with im¬
patience. He has not been up here iu
over five years, and is not prepared
for the changes which have been made
in his absence. At first he thinks he
may be lost, then he sees that the
barn and outhouses have not been
altered. The old log house has been
replaced by a neat white cottage, and
in place of the hollyhocks, bachelor
buttons, prince’s feathers and morning
glories, which formerly “adorned”
the front yard, rosebushes, violets
and honeysuckles have been planted.
Kindly Mrs. Halman meets him at
the door with a smile of welcome.
“Howdy’e, Mr. Frauds. Walk in,
Mr. Francis; take this cheer. Hit’s
a powerful sight better’n’totber uu.
Didn’t hardly know the old place, did
yer? Hit’s terribly improved; all
Mag’s doing. Here, take this fan, Mr.
Francis ; ’pears ter me like it’s power¬
ful warm for the time o’ year. I’ll
call Mag.”
Francis, left alone, looks around
the tiny parlor w ith no small degree
of interest. As Mrs. Halman said,
things have iudeel been “terribly im¬
proved.” The pretty matting on the
floor, the white muslin curtains, the
flowers oh the mantel, and in fact
every article iu the room is indicative
of a refined woman’s presence aud a
woman’s thoughtful care.
In another moment Mag enters the
room. He extends his haad quickly.
“This is Mag 1”
“Yes, I am Margaret Halman,”
without noticing the proffered hand;
“have a seat, Mr. buow. ” They sit iu
silence for a minute, then Francis,
lookiu g at his companion, fancies he
sees a faint smile quivering around
the perfect lips.
“F-r-r wo aro having pleasant
weather now,” he stammers, looking
at his companion. Xno fact is, he
simply cannot keep from looking at
her. lie thought she was pretty lour
years ago when she graduated, but she
is ten times more beautiful now.
“Do you think so? I never could
endure such extreme heat,” she an-
swers calmly. “But, Mr. Snow, I did
not send for you in order to exchange
sirs I
you expended in my interest while
war. at school?"
"I—I don’t remember the exact
amount, Miss Halman—about tivehun-
dred dollars, I think. Why do you
wish to know?”
“Because I have constantly expected
to hear from you relative to my debt
to yon, and now that I have the money
I wish to make a settlement with
you.” think I
“Miss Halman, why do you
vnn RPAm 1 In nniimiH to^imoress’ it
noon mv memory tho last time I saw
‘
.. bitterly
" Halman—Mag, did think
“Miss you
I wonted you to pay me that way?
Didn’t you know that-tkot-that—”
“That—what?”
Thev have risen now and are stand-
ing before the window.
“Didn’tyou know I loved yon that
night, aud that—that was'what I
meant by your repaying me?”
“No,” slowly, turning her face from
him.
“Now that yon know, won’t you
take me, Mag?” he asks softly, look-
ing down into her blue eyes.
“Won’t you take me, you mean, as
a mortgage on that debt,” she an-
swers playfully; then, as he takes her
hand in his, she adds:
“Yes, if yon think I will do as a
mortgage for a five-hundred-dollar
debt.”—Washington Silver Knight.
Slzcs.
A hand is 4 inches.
A size in collars is 1 inch.
The nail is 21 inches long.
A nautical knot is <H00 feet.
A size in cuffs is half an inch.
A quarter of cloth is 9 inches.
The royal 32 mo. is 5x3 inches.
A royal quarto is 121x10.
One hundred quarts make a cask.
The royal 24 mo. page is 51x31.
A square 16 mo. page is 4jx3I.
The hedgehog is 10 iuches in length.
A royal octavo volume is 101x61.
Tho ordinary pin is about 1 inch
long. considered
A pace is to be about 2
feet.
The medium octavo is 9’x6 inches.
The 48 mo. paged volume is 3£x2£.
A size iu finger rings is 1-16 of an
inch.
A bushel is equal to 2150.42 cubic
inches.
One hundred' spoonfuls make one
quart. 18
The moccasin is from inches to
3 feet.
A demy folio volume is 18x11
inches.
Desks are from 26 to 30 inches in
height.
The ordinary human nose is 2
inches long.
The common red fox is from 1] to 2
feet long-
A size in stockings is three-quarters
of an inch.
Knittmg needles are usually 9 inches
in length.
The average ear is from 2 to 21
inches iu length.
Tho viper grows from 2 to 31 feet
inlensth.
The average cigar is from 4 to 6
inches in length.
1 ho American mole is about G
inches in length.
Scaling Guests at Dinner.
English society has adopted an in¬
genious plan for seating guests at a
large dinner luncheon. The idea has
been adopted iu Canada and has never
failed to give satisfaction. in the
ladies’ dressing-room, conspicuously
placed, is a leather tablet made ou the
extension plan, so that it can be large
or small to suit the number of guests.
Surrounding several each imaginary table—for
efren tables are used—aro
small openings made to hold a card
bearing each guest’s name, which can
slip in and out like a photograph case,
so making it usable lor any number
of dinners. A duplicate one is also
placed in the men’s dressing-room,
near the dinner cards, which are in-
closed in a tiny envelope, assigning to
each man the woman whom his host-
ess desires he shall tako into dinner,
Each guest is expected by this means
to study out his and her seat at table,
much as one familiarizes one’s self with
tbe plan of the theatre when choosing
seats. When dinner is announced and
the guests enter the dining-room to
take their seats, they are riot obliged
to wander ignorantly around the room
in search ot their places, but are ablo
intelligently o hu their particular
table and place at once, without the
least solicitude on the part of taenost-
oss "
Imliait Tan.
Much has been said about tho fine
quality of some of tho leather
pared by tho Indians. The
directions from a reliable source
be useful to people who have the skin
of a small animal that they wish
prepare without the trouble or
peuso of sending it away: “Taka
skin, either green or well soaked,
flesh it with a dull knife; spread
skin on a smooth log and grain it
scraping with a sharp instrument;
nearly dry over the or,,l end of a
deer Jut Tac-iK 3^% rioth the and^boif
them inm a
soft, cool off the liquid until blood-
warm, with water sufficient to
the skin in, aud soak until quite soft
aud pliable, and then wriug out as
as possible; wasli in ttroug
and rub dry and smoke well with wool
smoke. Iust-ead of brains, oil or lard
mav be used, an I the sqiu soaked
therein six hours. —New York Ledger.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Disappointments aro wings that bear
the soul skyward,
Whatever makes men good Chris-
jjans mates them good citizens.
t. he “■»»• °™shing p^rr■“ wheels o* care “’;r seem
lighter.
Happy the man who learns the im-
measurable distance between bis wishes
anc * hi® powors.
It is a good deal easier to convince
a man that he is wrong than to get
him to acknowledge it.
Enter into the business or trade that
vou like best and for which nature
_______ seems to ______ have fitted you, provided it
j 8 honorable.
AVt rsss
^*th honor, after one has lived in pub-
lw ™«.splendor.
Words are good, but there is some-
thing better. Tiie best can not be
explained by words. The spirit on
wbloh wo aot is the chie£ matter -
Oliver Wendell Holmes said: The
human race is divided in two classes—
those who go ahead and do something,
and those who sit and inquire, “Why
wasn’t it done the other way?”
Be cheerful. If you have no great
trouble on your mind you have no
right to render other people miser-
able by your long faoe and dolorous
tones. If you do you will be generally
avoided.
The best way to remember anything
i s to thoroughly understand it, and to
often recall it to mind. By reading
continually, with great attention, and
neV er leaving a passage without com-
p re hending it well, we caunot fail to
improve the memory.
It is a truth which needs continual
emphasis that the highest work for
any one is that which he can do best.
A weak lawyer, an inefficient physician,
an incapable financier are vastly in¬
ferior as men and as workers to the
skilled mechanic or the well-trained
laborer who knows his work and does
it with thoroughness and self-respect,
Mountain Sheep Decreasing.
Mountain sheep appear to be de-
creasing in Colorado, and, stranger
still, the rare and timid animals are
leaving their dizzy haunts among the
high mountain peaks and drawing
nearer to the habitations'of man than
ever before. In the comparatively low
lands, near the town of Jefierson, there
is now a flock of fifty or more mouu-
s 5. e ®P' Jeff ? r80 » 18 on ^ ie k° ufc k
Park Railroad, abont etghty-one , miles
south of Denver, in Park County. It
is an old-fashioned community, and
has near it the well known summer re-
B°rt, Jefferson Lane. The vicinity,
disturbed by the rumble of trains as
well as the sounds ot human life and
industry, . , is . not , at , all n a quiet .. one. 7 it .
has none of the characteristics which
usually mark the natural home of the
almost extinct mountain sheep.
And yet for several days past a band
of at least fifty of the Boft-eyed, large-
honied native sheep of the Bocky
Mountains has been calmly grazing
around the town of Jefferson an 1 close
to the railroads. It is said that tho
sheep do not display any sign of fear
ob tUe j effereon pe ople. Many of them
CO me in open daylight within easy
pistol shot o£ the residences. They do
not rua awa y unless somebody ” pur-
p 0ae jy frightens them.
For many years past the sight of a
mountain sheep has been a rarity in
Colorado, and usually but one at a
time has been seen. A hunter far off
from civilization might descry a soli-
tary sheep perched on a crag over-
looking some wild and steep canon,
but hardly ever within gunshot range,
No such thing as fifty sheep together
h fts been reported, even by the veriest
Munchausen of hunters. When a lone
sheep was seen it usually disappeared
from view at the slightest alarm.
Considering these things, the de-
soenc of fifty sheep upon the town of
Jefferson, as though they had formed
themselves into an excursion party
somewhere among the mountains, does
look reasonably explainable. The
general theory is that hitter cold und
deep mows in the higher altitudes
di ove them downward, and that they
joined together for mutual protection
as they traveled from peak to peak,
Killing mountain sheep is absolutely
prohibited by law in Colorado. It is
a closed season all the year round with
the animals, just as it is with the hai-
falo.—Denver Republican.
Study ol’ Earthquakes.
Professor Milne described to the
jj 0 y a i Institution recently the latest
discoveries regarding earthquakes. He
sa jd that seismology was now so well
developed that he was aide not only to
8 tudy earthquakes which no one felt,
buthad commenced to investigate the’r
re ] atioU 8, of which there were manv,
with the most pro mis,ng results. As
far as geology is concerned there are
thousands of earthquakes or earth
tremors every year, and a half of them
came from deep water. Tho ocean was
really the home of earthquakes.
Twenty years ago their study was com-
menoed in JapaD, with tho result that
the seismology of that country bail
revolutionized tho seismology of the
whole world. As a consequence the
methods of building in Japan had been
entirely altered, so that the houses
erected on new principles stood while
their neighbors’were shattered.
......... .
The Medicine-Taking llah t,
Medicine-takers are mostly m'eans women,
though the habit is by no eon-
fined to them alone, Manv men mav
also be seen popping small pills and
dumping little powders between their
jaws at all too frequent intervale. All
medicine-takers do this mechanically,
however, almost automatically, as
though they had no particular motive
in so doing beyond the fact that they
were the victims of a habit.
Through geo!
Another ice and beer xfl
inaugurated in Savannah, 1
ises to be a repetition of i
years and beer ago, when ice wen|
to 75 cents a keg.
Governor Atkinson lias receiverOI
merous invitations to deliver address
at various places, the last being a r
quest from the Union League Club annual ifl
New York to bo present at its
meeting on April 27th. The invita-
tion is couched in the most urgent
terms for his acceptance and includes
a request for the names of the niem-
bers of his staff, so that they may be
personally included in the invitations.
jssstirssrssrgi
f or the present year of all taxable
property in the city as follows: Beal
estate $8,010,120; personal property
$5,282,045; total $14,193,072. This
shows shows a a loss loss from from last last vear year of of $201,475 3
divided as follows: On real estate
$113,158; on personal property $88,-
317. Considering the general depres¬
sion that has prevailed over the en-
lire country, the loss is small,
» * *
Professor W. S. Yeates, state geolo-
Rist, has just received a colored dia-
gram showing the arrangement of the
marble display in his department 6f
the Georgia exhibit at the Tennessee
Centennial. The professor deserves
Hie credit for having gotten together
£h ® handsomest display of marble,
building stone and minerals ever sent
°“tJrom the state, and there will be
r ° exhibit that will equal it from any
slate in the Union at the great expo-
sition.
Commencing Tuesday night, April
13, and continuing three days, the
Georgia State Sunday School associa¬
tion will hold its twenty-fourth annual
convention at Newnan. This conven-
tion has been appropriately termed the
How convention, in view of the ya-
rious discussions to take place relative
to how Sunday school work should be
conducted. The speakers who will ad¬
dress the convention upon these par-
tieular “how” subjects are tbe most
influential men in Sundaj-school i work
in the countr and it is re dic ed that
there wiu not be a dull moment dur-
ing tbe session.
Unless the law or the governor pre-
vents in some way, Mrs. Elizabeth
No bles will hang April 23d. But she
will not die on the scaffold if the wo-
men 0 f Georgia can prevent. An ap-
p ea ] to tbe p Ub jj 0 ba3 been issued,call-
j those who are interested in
the fate of Mrs _ Elizabet h Nobles,beg-
* j f them to 8ave Georgia “ the shame
Iu di ace of her ha ging and to
contribute , one dollar, ,, or such \ other .-i ,
sum as afun<1 - to have , i, £ er case c f ned ■
>
up. The , signers of the appeal are
highly esteemed ladies of Macon and
have done much in behalf of suffering
humanity. The case of Mrs. Nobles
will probably reach the supreme court
of the United States.
ft a meeting of the directors of the
Atlanta , Constitution Publishing Com-
P au Y Mr. Clark Howell was elected as
editor and put in full control of the
policy and the news features of the
paper—Mr. W. A. Hemphill being
elected president and business man-
ager of the company. The change
was brought about by the withdrawal
of Captain Evan P. Howell, who sold
liis one-fourtli interest in the company
to Mr. Hugh T. Inman, of Atlanta, and
who retires for rest, after having been
for twenty years editor of the paper
and president of the company. Mr.
Clark Howell, who succeeds Captain
Howell an editor of the paper, since
the death of the late Henry W. Grady,
-whom he succeeded seven years ago,
lias been managing editor of the pa-
p er . There will be no change in the
p 0 ii 0 y 0 f the management.
* * *
The legislature of 1896 made an im-
portant change in the tax laws regard-
bl g ban ) is and banking institutions
chartered by the state. It is said on
_
g 0od authority, that the same change
a pp bes f 0 national banks as well. The
a( ^. Q f fgg d) providing for the levying
of the bank tax for the years 1895 and
qggg j stated clearly and specifically
tbnt nothing in the act should be con-
strued to relieve the banking compa-
liios from paying tax on the realty aud
personal properly owned by the insti¬
tution. The act of 1896, providing for
the taxing of such institutions for 1897
and 1898, just as plainly anil specific- shall
ally states that nothing in the act
be construed to the levying of a tax on
any realty and personalpropertyrep*
resented in the market value of the
bank stock. Thus the banks may get
out of paying taxes on its real estate,
though the property may bo worth
many thousands of dollars.
* * *
The appointment of Harry Hill to
the position of supervisor of the
northeastern railroad was in the na-
j iUre 0 f a surprise in railroad surprise circles, than
q’ 0 none was it more of a general
j. 0 niartin H. Dooly, inan-
a ‘ g 6l . 0 f the road. When the contract
vfts lllado between Mcsssrs. E. A.
Richards and James P. Harrison, .the
j esReof( M] . Eo0 Iy signed the bond
faithful performance of their
dn | v 0]1 tho part of tlie lessees
^ ^ tlio same time a con¬
tat IHdiards''and var signed by Messrs.
Harrison giving Mr.
Dooly the position of general manager
of the road during the existence o
tlieir term as lessees. One oi the lo st
things done by Mr. Dooly as general posi¬
malinger was the abolition of the
tion of supervisor as a‘measure of ex¬
pediency and economy, ho considering
the office of supervisor as superfluous official
and assuming the duties of that
in connection with his own position as
general manager.