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GEORGIA PRESS.
Tint Augusta Neics announces that tlie
Georgia railroad convention which meets
in Augusta next week, will draw immense
crowds to that beautiful city. While
stockholders ride free, the News says Col
onel Dorsey has arranged special round
trip rates for a general excursion over
the Georgia road from Atlanta, Athens,
Macon, Washington, and all stations on
the line to Augusta on May 9th, 10th, 11th
and 12th. Only one fare will be charged
and return tickets may he had at all ticket
ofllces. These special tickets will be good
to return by any train up to and including
the 5:80 p. m. train of Thursday, May
13th, after which they will be void,
The temperance boom in Savannah con
tinues with unabated interest, and is re
ceiving the encouragement of the most
prominent and enterprising citizens, as
• well as the co-operation of nearly all of
the church organizations in the city. And
the following item from the Recorder is
evidence sufficient that the reform club’s
mission is not yet ended
A young white man was picked up out
of the gutter last night, on Bryan street,
and taken to a place of shelter by a hu
manitarian. The rain was falling very
heavily at the time, and the young man
was paralyzed with liquor and had been
evidently ejected from a saloon,
The Columbus Times of Thursday,
says the Grand Lodge of A. O. W., clos
ed a most interesting session in that city
on the day before. They meet in Albany,
Georgia, on the first Tuesday in May,1881.
The following are the Grand officers for
the ensuing year:
S. J.Peacock,-Columbus, Ga., G. M.;
J. II. Hunt, Bamesville, Ga., G. F.; B,
F. Ludwick, Huntsville, Ala., G. O.; E
Burke, Araericus, Ga., G. K.;W. S. Crane,
Borne, Ga., G. Keceiver; J. C. Printup,
Rome, Ga., G. G.; W. H. Gilbert, Albany,
Ga., G. W.; J. E. Blackshear, Borne, Ga.,
elected G. P. M. W. by reason of having
served two consecutive terms as Grand
Recorder. James Fricker, F. J. Moses
and N. J. Bussey were elected as Supreme
Lodge representatives.
Cochran EnterpHse: A new game of
fifteen has started in Macon. The way
they play it is to take a drink of whisky
every fifteen minutes until the twelfth
drink is swallowed, and then to get the
. 13, 14, 15, iii regular rotation is the
rub.
This editor speaks by the book. After
wrestling with the problem about twenty-
five hours, he swore it never could be
- done.
Rome Tribune: Since our article of
yesterday appeared, stating that twenty
families had clubbed together for the pur
pose of getting white servants from the
North to take the place of some of the
lazy, shiftless, unreliable negroes, a good
deal of talk has been made upon the sub
ject, and we now verily, believe that one
hundred good, trustworthy, white cooks
and house servants, would find lit
tle difficulty in finding pleasant homes in
Rome. At least, this is the general tenor
of the way housekeepers talk, and this
sentiment is decidedly on the increase.
They are tired of constant changes, with
out notice, to say nothing of a multitude
of other evils well-known to housekeep
ers, who are eager for a change. As be
fore stated, Mr. Francis Fontaine, of New
York, will supply all applicants.
Savannah News: The Savannah,
Florida and Western railway have noti
fied their employes of a reduction of
wages from five to ten per cent., to take
effect in fifteen days. So much for the
State railroad commissioners and their re
vised tariff.
TnouASvnxE Enterprise: Hon. Jas.
31. Blount has published a letter declin
ing to he a candidate for re-election to
Congress. Mr. Blount does this in the
face ol the fact that he would probably
have been re-elected without opposition.
It is a misfortune to Georgia to lose the
services of such an able, working and in
fluential representative.
Lumpkin Independent: Considerable
excitement was created among the colored
people last week occasioned by the report
that the grand jury would indict all ne
groes who were living together as man
and wife and who had never been mar
ried under a license from the ordinary.
The excitement ran high and negroes who
haa been living together thirty years and
had grown families obtained license and
were duly joined together according to
law.
McDuffie Journal: On Thursday
night last about half past ten o’clock, Mr.
John R. Wilson, who is the railroad agent
at Mesena, was stricken with paralysis.
He was brought down to Thomson on
Friday morning and carried to his resi
dence where he is lying very ’ much im
proved.
Augusta News: A very serious acci
dent was narrowly escaped last night by
Mr. W. B. Lawson, a gentleman of New
York, who, while occupying a berth in
the Georgia railroad sleeping coach, was
rudely disturbed, a few miles this side of
Litlionia, by a heavy rock crushing in the
window and falling over him. Mr. Law-
son narrowly escaped personal injury by
this wanton and criminal act.
Jesup Sentinel: On Wednesday, April.
28th, Tinney Dossen, colored, was bitten
S a rattlesnake and died next morning.
• was employed on the farm of Mr. D. S.
Carter, Haslam, Ga., and had been plow
ing, but left the plow to go for a drink of
water. On his way back the snake bit
him. Dossen killed the snake, which was
about five feet long and had ten rattles
and a button.
Savannah News: Two young ne
crocs, named Louis Clark and Adolphus
Crevalier, were foolishly engaged yester
day afternoon In handling a loaded pistol
in .-hop on. the corner of Jefferson and
Congress streets, when the pistol, which
was in the hand of Crevalier, was acci
dentally discharged, and the ball made a
furrow" on the skull of Clark, passing
through the scalp on the side of the head
and rebounding trom the wall of the
shop fell to the floor, flattened by contact
with the thick skull of the wounded
negro. The wound inflictedus not dan
gerous, being a mere flesh wound, and the
boy was taken home, where he received
medical attention.
Perry Home-Journal: On Tuesday
evening Mr. J. E. Haslam, with liis wife
and baby, and nurse, in the buggy with
him, left the house of Mr. A. Marshall,his
father-in-law, just after a heavy rain cloud
appeared in the west. He .had not gone
more than half a mile before both of his
horses were knocked to the ground by a
stroke of lightning. Everyone in the bug
gy was stunned, but fortunately and al
most miraculously, it seems, all escaped
any positive injury. The horses recovered
from the shock in a short while, and the
partyjetumed to Mr. Marshall’s. Nothing
about the buggy was broken except por
tions of the harness, and the falling of the
horses did that. The horses have fully
recovered.
Caf.tersyille Free Press: Col. Jno.
P. Brooks, of Cherokee county, Ga., and
wife, are both eighty-five years old, there
being but four days difference between
then' ages. They have eleven children
living and two dead. The oldest one, Mr.
W. C. Brooks, who is sixty-six years old,
lives in this (Bartow) county. The prog
eny of this old couple foot up to 209
children, grand and great grand children,
and a great great grand child. Mr. John
P. Brooks, the patriarch, lias filled every
civil office from constable to legislator. He
was bom on the ocean in the old govern
ment ship, known as the “Old Volunteer
Ship.”
Ferry Home Journal: A prominent
farmer who lives in the Wellborn’s Mill
neighborhood informs us that the leaves
of the oak trees near his home are being
stripped by what he calls the “oak worm.”
This is the earliest appearance of any
kind of caterpillar that we ever heard of,
and our informant thinks the cotton cater-
pinar will put in an early appearance this
summer.
G. C. Smith, Esq., on# of the editor* of
the Ssuth Georgian, we understand, has
retired from journalism and will devote ( such juries.
his entirolime and attention to the practic
of law. Mr. S. is a most estimable gen
tleman, and we wish him much success.
Hawkinsvtlle Dispatch: Mr. Ste
phen Coleman’s little daughter was fa
tally burned on Thursday morning, and
died that afternoon after intense suffering.
Mrs. Coleman left the little girl asleep,
and had gone out of the house, when sho
heard screams in the cook room. Rush
ing in, she found the child’s clothing on
fire, and enveloped in flames.
The terrified mother grasped her child
in her arms, and subdued the flames, not,
however, until her own clothing had taken
fire and her hands were badly burned.
Mr. Coleman, who ran immediately to the
assistance of his wife, found her clothing
burning, and extinguished the flames with
a bucket of water. It is not known by
what means the child’s clothing took fire,
as no one was in the room, and as the
child had been left asleep.
The April number of the Piedmont
Air-Line Headlight is chock full of valua
ble information as to where, how and cost
of spending the summer at all of the sum
mer resorts. This paper is managed by
our friend Whidby, and is a credit to his
genius. He honors the Telegraph and
Messenger as well as Jack Plane, by
copying an article, “Life at the Springs,”
which appeared about a year ago in these
columns.
The Cutlibert Appeal publishes a list
of delegates that have announced’their
purpose to attend the Press Convention
on next Wednesday in that city. There
are sixty-three thus far reported, but none
^rom Macon.
Atlanta Post: There is one great po
litical party in' Georgia, the Democratic,
and fragments of other parties, or rather
factions. Among these are the Indepen
dents, the black Republicans, the white
Republicans, the office holding white Re
publicans divided into the post-office and
revenue rings, and the non-office holding
white Republicans. It takes many differ
ent kinds of men to make a great State
like ours.
Griffin Nests: Professor Link, who
has been teaching a school in this city for
several montlis, gave up his school yester
day and returned to his home in Macon.
He pleasantly renewed the acquaintances
here of twenty years ago, and was very
popular with our people. It is not un
likely that he may return next fall.
Brunswick Appeal: Mr. J. M. Dex
ter, Secretary of the Fair Association, is
working like a beaver for the fair. Not a
stone is left unturned nor a point neglect
ed. Capable, earnest and energetic, he is
doing liis whole duty, and if the fair is
not a success it will not be his fault.
Atlanta Post: Late yesterday eve
ning William and James Hackett were ar
rested by Captain Connally and officers
West and Rapp. These parties are said
to be the men who made the midnight as
sault upon Mr. D. L. Turner on West
Hunter street, and an account of which
was given the Post readers soon after it
happened.
Warrentox Clipper: “Oh, tliese-
sliamed-faced feminines on the streets,
with them masculine hats on!” exclaimed
an old lady from the country as she turned
around a prominent comer yesterday af
ternoon. “It jest looks ez though they
all wanted to he kissed by the boys,
for that was the sign when I was a gal.”
Colonel J. S. Johnson brought to our
office yesterday, quite a bundle of very
tall and full grown oats, perfectly ripe
and ready for cutting. Who else can say
as much?
Gainesville Eagle: On Sunday af
ternoon about the hour of four, a gloom
was cast over our usually quiet city, by
the announcement of the death of Mr.
Aaron Welchel, one of our most enterpris
ing citizens and business men. He had
been lingering for many long and weary
montlis, yet there was some hope of his
recovery. But at last the sands of life
were exhausted, and one more soul has
been welcomed into the presence of God.
Albany Advertiser: We are nnder ob
ligations to Mr. W. C. Mathews, the clev
er and efficient superintendent of Mr.
John M. CutlifFs “Collier place,” about a
mile and a half west of the city, for the
first roasting ears of the season. "They are
not very large, but are sufficiently matur
ed for the table. These are the first roast
ing ears we have seen or heard of this
season.
Griffin News: We regret to leamof
the death of ex-Senator W. W. Mathews,
of Fayette county, which occurred on
Monday last. Mr. Mathews was a promi
nent citizen and represented this district
in the State Senate for four years, to the
satisfaction of his constituents. His fami
ly has our sympathy in their sad bereave
ment.
The Rome Tribune, speaking of the
fireman’s parade, which takes place in a
few days, says:
Rome throws open her gates with char
acteristic hospitality and bids everybody
to come and welcome. We want to see
you and grasp you by the hand and know
you better. Come visit tlie Queen City
of the South, and see how well her people
can entertain yon. Come, everybody, and
welcome.
firemen’s dots.
The Athens company is having their
apparatus repainted for their visit to
Rome.
The Marietta boys are the worst crowd
for winning prizes in the State.
The Augusta companies claim the hand
somest members.
The Macon company’s uniform is hard
to beat.
The Rome hoys are drilling every day
for the occasion.
Reduced rates of fare are offered over all
the railroad and steamboat lines.
Albany Advertiser: Last night tlio
sheriff of Worth county arrived in this
city with a prisoner named Davis, and
committed him to jail for safe keeping. It
seems that Davis, in company with a
man by the name of Newell, is charged
with the murder of a man named Martin,
at Peckville a few weeks ago. True bills
were found against them by the grand
jury last week, and Newell, being present
gave bond in the sum of $2,500 for his ap
pearance at the next term of the Superior
Court. Davis was not there to make a
bond, however, and he was accordingly
arrested and lodged in jail as above sta
ted. It is also said that this man Davis
will have to answer some charges about
some sneep.
Griffin News: The writer was asked
fL few days since by a curious individual,
a stranger, if Griffin had any enteiprising
citizens. His apology for asking the
question was .that he saw no evidence of
thrift, which was pretty certain to follow
enterprise. He thought Griffin well lo
cated, and rather prettily laid off, with
fine native trees and pretty shrubbery,
and could be made one of the loveliest
places in Georgia; bnt that the citizens
did not appear to feel an interest in their
town, and were allowing it to go to de
struction, and that in a few more years
they would have no town. This was
rather a hard prediction. We were not
able to answer the question propounded,
being comparatively a stranger ourself.
Augusta Chronicle of the 7th in
stant: The children of the Augusta
orphan asylum proceeded to the city
cemetery yesterday afternoon, in charge
of their matrons and teachers, for
the purpose of decorating the graves of
Drs. Tuttle and Newton and Mr. Thomas
Miller, their benefactors. This work of
love was beautifully done. The orphaus’,
section was also very handsomely decora
ted.
Savannah News: We are pained to
announce the death yesterday, of Mr. C.
C. Miller, well known in the community
as one of our most sterling citizens. The
sad event took place at his residence on
Gaston street at 2:40 o’clock p. m., after a
short illness of about five days.
.The deceased had been identified with
the mechanical department of the Central
railroad for over forty years, for twenty
years or more occupied the responsible
position of master carpenter of that road,
and during his long career as an employe
of the company, receiving its entire confi
dence in his skill as a workman, his zeal
as an officer, and his integrity as a man.
Thomasville PoM: The Commis
sioners in session on Monday last, declined
to pay the claim for the value of the mule
killed in the capture of Berry Scroggins;
also declined to pay the coroner’s jury;
the law providing no compensation for
Albany Advertiser: A street lamp
exploded on Broad street in front of Gil
mer & Stephen’s mill, last night. It
burst the glass around the lamp and
scattered the flaming oil around for eight
or ten feet. Luckily there was nothing
in reach of the burning oil" to catch fire,
therefore - there was no "damage done to
anything except the lamp.
Cuthbert Appeal: We are gratified
to learn from reliable authority, that the
27th annual commencement of Andrew
Female College, to come off next month,
promises to be as in the past, “a feastof
reason and a flow of soul,” to our people.
We understand that Col. B. Jeffries, of
Atlanta, will deliver the annual literary
address; Rev. David Wills, D. D,, of
Washington city, will preach the annual
sermon; and Hon. Samuel W. Goode, of
Eufaula, Ala., will address the literary so
cieties. “Our Hamilton” -is evidently
wide awake. -
Amebicus Recorder: Mr. J. T.Chap
man, agent for Judge Rainey, of Schley,
places upon our table a splendid sample
of wheat. The seed, called “Australian,”
were sent to the judge from the depart
ment at Washington. If the judge’s en
tire crop was of this kind, the little Rai
neys would have more biscuit than they
could destroy.
Mebiwether Vindicator: Jack Wil
son, a colored man living near the Sul
phur Springs, owns a fine plantation of
perhaps 1,000 acres, all paid for and is a
most successful farmer. He is running
this year eleven plows and has about
twenty-five hands employed.
Rev. David Alexander, a colored Bap
tist preacher, living near Warnerville, has
a fine farm and works a large force. His
plantation is paid for, and his annual
profits are estimated at from $1,200 to
$2,000. Like Jack Wilson, his stock are
well fed, well taken care of, and are as
good as are to be found on any farm in
the country.
Sparta Times and Planter: The an
nual election for town commissioners took
place on Monday. This is the result of
the balloting: Colonel C. W. DuBose, T.l
C. Turner, Lafayette Powell, A. H. Bird
song and S. B. SimmoLS were elected,
Tlie new members had a meeting Wednes,
day night and were qualified. Mr. La
fayette Powell was elected president of
the board, and Mr. Tobe - Stewart was
made marshal of the town.
Columbus Enquirer: The work on
the Columbus and Rome railroad is pro
gressing rapidly, although much time has
been lost by the recent bad weather. It
is confidently expected that Belmont will
be reached by to-morrow evening. This
will be quite a convenience to those wish
ing to visit the springs during the sum
mer montlis. Belmont will be the termi
nus of the road for a short time only.
South Georgian: Colonel Janies
Boyd, of Montgomery county, who lives
near Spring Hill, was engaged last week
laying by a piece of com, which we learn
is very fine and doubtless tlie best in thjs
entire section. Colonel Boyd is seven
ty-four years old and does most of his
plowing himself.
There seems to be a difference of opin
ion between the editors of Quitman as to
the “vagabond boys.” As we published
the article from the Free Press, we now
give the views of the Reporter;
They, (the boys) we believe, are all at
work in the county except one, who re
turned to New York in a short time after
arrivin'* here. It is also true that two
others left and got as far as Savannah and
there repenting of their sins, asked trans
portation back, which was kindly furnish
ed them by Mr. W. B. McKee, the chief
clerk of the Savannah, Florida and West
ern railroad, in the absence of Colonel
Haines. They are nearly grown young
men, hut returned and have been work
ing, so we have been informed, for wages.
Tlie only mistake, in onr opinion, that the
society made was in sending these young
men. ’ If they had confined themselves to
boys only under sixteen years of age,
there would not have been the least room
whatever, for the misantiirope to have
said a word, for the boys have done well
and are doing well, and those with whom
they found homes are highly pleased w*th
them and want to see five hundred to one
thousand more brought into the county.
There will be an effort made to bring out
another colony before a great while, and
we trust without any expense to the plan
ters. Those who wish to apply for them
would do well to do so at once.
From the Dahlonega Signal we learn
that Mr. C. Farmer, of Union county,
accidentally struck his two year old soil
with a spade which he " was using,
causing his death in a few hours.
Also, that a daughter of Allen Ingram,
of the same county, was caught under a
falling tree and badly injured. She is
now lying in a critical condition, with but
little hopes of recovery. She is-about 17
years of age.
The following are the members of the
“Snapper Club”, from Macon: N. ‘T.
Johnson, W. H. Jones, S. B. Haine3, who
are now on their way to the Gulf.
Mr. J. F. West, who killed a negro
some time ago in Barnesville, has been
refused bail. He is now in jail m Grif
fin. j
Gideon White, of Baker county, has
been indicted by the grand jury for the
murder of J. L. Ready, was found guilty,
recommended to the mercy of the court,
and is going to play insane.
The Savannah News gives an interest
ing account of the funeral ceremonies of
Mr. C. C. Millar on Friday. 'Seven dif
ferent lodges attended in uniform.
Robert Ruffin, who has been on trial
in Augusta for murder,‘was found guilty.
Joe Scott for the same, was’ found guilty,
but recommended to the mercy of the
court,
AHgusta Chronicle: Gen. E.P.Alex-"
ander left for New York last evening,
having been called to that city for a con
ference on important business, with Presi
dent Newcombe, of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad. He will return Tues
day morning, so as to be in time for the
Georgia-railroad convention on Wednes
day.
Toccoa News: A gontleman coming
by tlie colored academy last Tuesday eve
ning, saw a number of little chaps playing
in the bushes—as if they were hunting for
some one, using sticks for guns, when he
casually asked them what they were do
ing, and received the reply: “We is
playin’ rev’nue men hunting forlicker.”
The following items are clipped from
the same paper:
The new college building is going up
rapidly, and we are glad to state authori
tatively that the board of trustees have se
cured a sufficient amount of money to en
able them to complete the building,which,
when-finished, will be the pride of all
north Georgia. .
We have it from a reliable source that
B. Roper has struck it richer than ever on
his property near Auraria, each subse
quent test proving better than its predeces
sor. A pan full of dirt scoope’d up from sev
eral different points on the lot shows gold
freely, while the showing at one particu
lar spot is immensely rich, giving strong
evidence of something better just ahead.
We will endearer to give our readers a
more extended report of this new discov
ery in a future issue.
Atlanta Post: The negroes jn this
State have forced the color line upon the
white Republicans, and of course supe
rior numbers alone save the Democrats
from being over-ridden. Of course there
is no fear now that tlie negroes will ever
out-number it, but a division in the party
might give them the power to make
things unpleasant. Of course no such di
vision i3 expected, but it is something to
be guarded against.
Georgia now turns up as a geld field.
There seems to be nothing good that can
not be found in Georgia, according to the
reports which come from that happy land.
—New York .Tribune.
Henry County News: A printer named
McElhany, of Griffin, has been adjudged
a lunatic. He stole a horse, and his
lawyer very Ingeniously plead insani
ty to keep him out of the peniten
tiary. There seems to have been a kind
of method in his madness, though, if we
may judge from bis latest freak.
Augusta News: Dr. DeSaussure Ford,
who was telegraphed for in Edgefield
yesterday has just returned and Informs
us that he cut into a very deep abscess in
Mr. Glover’s thigh, which afforded him
much relief, and he thinks he will cer
tainly recover. He also visited Dr. Bland, ;
and is doubtful as to his case. He seems
to be vacillating between life and death,
and by a very narrow cord is held to
earth.
The case of B. M. Zettler, superintend
ent of the Macon public schools, suing the
city of Atlanta for $10,000 damages, was
non-suited. W. R. Hammond acted as
judge. In February, 1878, Mr. Z., in re
turning from the capitol, stepped asfde
from the street and fell into an open area
and fractnred one of his legs.
Brunswick Advertiser, speaking of the
railroad”commission, says: That which
was gotten up for the benefit of the people
seems to have turned out for injury.
Under the working of the above commis
sion, hardships are brought about that
’ cripple our industries, at least, so far as
the Macou & Brunswick is concerned.
Mr. Beck informs,u3 that under the new
tariff, he can’t ship vegetables to Atlanta
any longer, as his rates have been tripled
or thereabouts. We hear, also, of com
plaints by lumbermen along the road,
We hope there will be some way to re
lieve this difficulty so that our industries
will not he hampered or crushed.
Darien 'Gazette: , Grub’s head is level
on more subjects than one, as the follow
ing items will show:
The Atlanta Constitution wants Hon.
James H. Blonnt re-elected to Congress
from the Macon district. So do we. He
cannot be spared just now.
Colonel Thomas Hardeman has writ
ten a patriotic letter on the political sit
uation in Georgia. We wish Georgia
had a few more Democrats like Tom
Hardeman.
Onr city is occasionally visited by such
intolerable nuisances as the picture catch
which was so successfully manipulated
here recently. All such concerns are very
demoralizing to the peculiar class of people
that form the bulk of eur population, and
our authorities should protect them from
such pernicious influences Tjy refusing in
future to license such things. The city
ordinances prohibit gambling and they
should be rigidly enforced. We learn
that the parties above referred to depar
ted from Darien with more than $000 as
the net result of about ten day’s opera
tions here. This, of itself, aside from
moral considerations, is sufficient reason
for our authorities to refuse them the pro
tection of a license for carrying on their
dishonest practices. Yes; in the name of
all decency, do not license any more of
these devices. The good people of Da
rien heartily agree with us in this matter.
Quitman Reporter: The railroad
commission has transcended their bounds
in fixing up a general tariff to be applied
to all roads alike. Their perogatives, it
seems, were to adjust all complaints be
tween shippers and raMroad companies
and nothing more. Let ’em adjourn and
return to their families; perhaps they are
needing their valuable services more than
the people do just now. ,
Seaport Appeal: Colonel Renfroe does
not hesitate to say to his friends that he is
in their hands for nomination or defeat,
at the August convention, and we have no
hesitation in expressing the hope and the
belief that his administration of the State’:
finances will be approved by. the plain,
honest, square men of Georgia, by a tri
umphant vindication in the convention
and at the polls.
The Railroad Commission.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:—
The railroad commission, in their first
semi-annual report to the Governor, have
furnished the most conclusive proof—by
their own statement—that railroad man
agement requires peculiar talent and life
long experience. They say: “Of the three
commissioners, only one was by the act,
supposed to be possessed of previous rail
road experience, and so, to the majority of
the board, the problems presented were
not only difficult and delicate, but new. r
This is a clear statement of a good ar
gument against the appointment of the
commission in tlie fust place, but, coming
froin the commission itself, is a confes
sion of the weakness and folly of the law,
under which it was created. It seems,
however ridiculous the proposition may
appear, the intention of the Legislature,
as defined by the commission in this ex
tract I have quoted from their report, was
to require as a qualification of all of its
members but one, that they should abso
lutely know nothing of the duties of the
positions to which they were assigned.
The commissioners in their report do
not say that the act required this positive
ly, but they do say “only one was by the
act supposed to be possessed of previous
railroad experience.”
Such legislation is a disgrace to the State,
In the government of so large an interest
as our entire railroad system, it was an
imperative duty of the State, if she felt
called upon at all to. interfere, to place the
supreme power she proposed to delegate
to her commission in the hands of men
prepared by an intimate knowledge of all
the details connected with this interest to
wield that power intelligently.
I deny that there was any such necessity
for the State to interfere, and assert that
the people that paid the rates, according
to my observation, did not ask for such in
terference.
Here are three men appointed by the
governor, under an act of the legislature,
to take absolute control of this vast prop
erty, make rates, governing the transporta
tion of all our products, and of every arti
cle shipped out of or into the State; or
from one point to another in the State;
who confess at the outset, their entire
ignorance of the entire business of which
they assume control.
Their confession is candid, and thus far
commendable; but to tlie advocates of
the scheme under which they were ap
pointed, it must—if they have any regard
for the conditions of legitimate success—
be a great disappointment. No one will
hope for any information establishing fair
and equitable bases of rates as between
people and the railroads, from these- or
any other, set of men, who are so com
pletely'in the dark themselves.
The-law authorizing the. appointment
of the commission—supposing, as per
opinion of the commissioners, that only
one of them should have any practical
knowledge of the duties they were to as
sume, their appointment by the Governor,
in pursuance of the act, with special ref
erence to their incompetency for the du
ties assigned them, and their consistent
course in their official capacity—illus
trates the reckless ignorance and folly,
that have characterized the agitation of
State interference With the railroads from
the first inception of the question to the
present time.
It illustrates also the fact that many of
the members of out last legislature must
have been chosen on account of tueir gen
eral ignOraiice of the questions on which
they were to act. To this fact, doubtless,
tlie passage of tlie railroad commissioner’s
law is attributable.
This is the. class of men who have
raised the cry of extortion, whose only
qualification to determine, the question as
to where the cost of transportation ceases,
and profit begins, Is a profound ignorance
of all the “difficult,” “delicate” and
“new” problems connected with the
whole business. They know nothing of
the principles to be applied in determining
what is a fair rate.
This is a shameful showing, and to me
is mortifying, but it is warranted by the
facts. Macon.
A WONDERFUL INVENTION, 11 The Voice of the People.
The.Work of a Sixteen Tear Old Oeor- I The voters of the sixth Congressional
K ia Boy. I district are beginning to speak out in re-
We clip the following from the Indian- I sponse to the Bibb county meeting last
apolis (Indiana) Sentinel: I week, which refused to accept of the re-
There are those who assume to think tirement of Colonel James H. Blount,
that the days of great and practical inven- We quote the following from the Irwin-
tion3 are over ; that the culmination of ton Southerner and Ar>peal ot Wedne
progress in that direction has been. 1
readied. We saw an apparatus yesterday aa * ’
which would confound the wisdom of .In answer to a call _ from many of our
these wise people, and which is one of the citizens, a mass meeting was held at the
simplest* as well as one of the most practi- courthouse yesterday to take some action
cal it has ever been our good fortune to expressive of the sense of the people with
see. It is one, too, which will lead all reference to the annoucement by Hon.
who shall see it to wonder why they them- James H, Blount of his intention to retire
selves did not think of so simple a natter from Congress at tho end of the present
Inn o' hpfnrf. Tf. is pallori w. I session. Notwithstanding tlie short time
Atlanta, Ga., November?, 1879.
Dr. C. J. Moffett—Dear Sir: I can
not too strongly recommend your Teeth-
ina (Teetbftig Powders) to mothers as one
of the best medicines they can obtain for'
their debilitated and sickly infants. I
have nsed it with very satisfactory results
the past summer with my own child, and
vyhile we have heretofore lost a child or
two from teething under other remedies,
our present child that has taken Teethina
is a fine healthy boy. Its merit is certain
to make it a standard family medicine for
this country for the irritations of teething
and bowel disorders of children of all
ages.
I am, very respectfully,
A. P. Brown, M. D.,
(Brother ex-Govemor Jos. E. Brown.)
m5 wen sun
The Voltaic Belt Oe^ Marshall, Mich-
lean,
Will send their celebrated Electro-
Voltaic Belts to the afflicted upon 30 days
trial. Speedy cures guaranteed. They
mean what they say. Write to them
Without delay. febltdawly
long betore. It is called “Jewett’s horse session. Notwithstanding the short time
detaching apparatus,” for both hitching intervening between the call and the
and unhitching horses from all kinds of meeting, it was numerously attended and
vehicles. It does this not only in a sav- was composed of thoroughly representa-
ing of time and work, but in giving a per- live men, and their action accurately re
fect immunity from fractious or runaway fleets the sentiments of this county. The
horses by detaching them at once from the meeting was remarkable for the unity of
vehicle, thus setting them at perfect liber- sentiment which prevailed, and showed
ty to run off on the “go as you please” clearly the estimation in whichMr. Blount
principle, without rendering persons lia- I is held by the people of Wilkinson county,
ble to injury in life or limb. I The meeting was called to order and a
It is the invention of a Georgia boy permanent organization effected by the
named George P. Jewett, who is only six- selection of Rev. W. S. Baker as chair-
teen years of age, and is known as “the man, and C. H. Hodges as secretary.
Edison boy of Georgia.” He was an or- Briefly stating the object of the meet-
plian boy, and this, like all other great in-1 ing, the chair announced ready for busi-
ventions, was the result of that necessity I ness.
of saving both time and labor which I A motion that a committee of five be ap-
every one so fully perceives, and it was pointed to draft resolutions expressive of
seen to be so practical that its reception the sense of the meeting upon the card of
has been something so wonderful that the I Hon. James'H. Blount, declining to again
right of manufacture for the frontier I be a candidate for Congress, was unani-
States was sold in ten weeks. But even I mously adopted,
this lact ceases to be a matter of special The chair appointed Colonel J. G. Ock-
wonder when one sees the apparatus iiigton as chairman of said committee and
itself only to find that it presents so many I passed to him the privilege of naming the
attractions for profitable investment in an I next man. He accordingly namedJ. W.
article which must come at once into uni- I Lindsey, who in turn named J. Barfield,
versaluse. | who named N. C. Hughes, who namec.
James A. Mason, and the committee,being
Gordon in Virginia. I thus _ completed, was approved by the
The Virginians had a grand union I 'jriie committee retired, and after a short
demonstration of the debt payers and I consultation returned and submitted tho
re-adjusters at Winchester last Monday following resolutions, which were unani-
night, which the ; Richmond Dfepafc/t re- “SfeSfjLrt we'have seen with
porters say outdid in magnificent propor- I unfeigned surprise. and regret, the an-
tions anything of the same kind seen in nouncement through tlie public press, by
Virginia for the past twenty years. The Present representative in Congress,
II. Pendleton and John B. Gordon, a ho j ent term, and declining to become a can-
Dispatch says: . I didate for re-election, believing, as we do,
Mayor Clark then introduced Senator I that lrs presence in the next Congress of
Gordon to the crowd as one who had won I the United States is demanded by the
their hearts fifteen years ago. The Sena- , reterests, not only of his own mime-
tor’s appearance was the signal for pro- j, t2 district, and the State °* Georgia at
longed applause. Mrs. Gordon had a lar S° r > but of the entire nationalDemocratic
seat at a window directly opposite him.! 1>a ^*. , „ . .. . .. . ... _
When the demonstration had subsided, I Resolved 2, That it is the deliberate
Senator Gordon began his address by I *??*® of this meeting that no personal con-
thauking his audience for their very kind , eration, n °t m nature providential,
reception, and reminding them that the should be considered sufficient to justify
voices which had rung in his ears were I ® 1S withdrawal from public life in the
not unfamiliar to him. present critical condition of our national
After referring eloquently to the scenes affairs, and we do most earnestly urge
of the war, he said that he had eome to u P°, n ? lim . a reconsideration of the matter,
speak in behalf of Democratic unity, I pledging to him the united support of his
which was tho only road to success. He I P ar W 111 this county, and cordially mvit-
then cited three propositions: First I the co-operation of the other counties
that there are in this government now | co ™P os ; ln gih ls Congressional district,
and will be probably for all time to come . ^ CS0 Jecd 3, That the Southerner and
but two great political national parties. I Appeal be_ requested to publish tliepro-
Second—that one of these parties in its I ceedmgs of tins meeting, and a copy ot the
practices and principles is unfriendly and P a P er containing tlie same be forwarded
hostile to your interests, your rights and t0 our sal “ representative at Washington,
your liberties. Third—that the purpose, Upon motion the meeting adjourned,
as he understood, of some of the Demo- j Remarking on the same subject, the
cratic party of Virginia to put in nomina- Weslema Christian Advocate, savs •
lion an independent, uncommitted electo- J onnsium jLavocate says.
ral ticket, can do no good to Virginia, and _ fh® reass-meeting held in Macon on
may defeat the national Democratic party I Friday, the oOtli ultimo, to protest against
and bring disaster to the whole sister- I Congressman Blount’s announced inten-
hood of American States. tlon to retire from public life was laigely
He then proceeded to elaborate these attended. Resolutions highly cornpli-
points, in the course of which ho likened reentary to Mr. Blount were passed, and
tho Democratic party to Job A the devil in I “ ie prevailing sentiment was that he
the former case being personated by the I lu H, s t g° back to Congress.
Radical party. Job Tost Ills property, said .The Dublin Post says: The peo-
tbe Senator to his interested hearers, so I portion of Mr. Bioant s district
did you? he lost Ills servants, you lost a °’, ee heartily with the remarks of the
yours. There is one'difference, however. Aff a nta Consti ution touching 1ns with-
Jcb never had his servants put over him. j.drawal from the public service, to which
The devil never thought of that. ] Laugh- I ]l j s . experience and wisdom are invalu-
ter.] That was a refinement of cruelty I a e’e.
reserved for the Republicans. [Applause.] [ The remarks alluded to have already
The Senator then proceeded to plead elo- been published,
quently for harmony in tho ranks, claim-
ing that unless this was done Grant would i Aiez. Stephens’ Boyhood,
be re-elected, and the South be again „ „ 0 uvruwa.
overrun with carpet-baggers and scala- Hon. A. H. Stephens, m an address de
wags. He was the recipient of a perfect I “ ve red m 1849, at a meeting in Alexan-
oyationattlie conclusion of his speech, ! Jria > ‘ or ^e benefit of the orphan asylum
many of those who pressed to shake his I and free school of that city, related the
hand being men who had fought under | following anecdote: A poor little boy, in
Dim- I a oold night in January, with no home or
Senator Pendleton spoke to-night at I r °of to shelter his head,no paternal or ma-
lcngtli upon Democratic issues, and made I teroal guardian or guide to protect and
a splendid speech, and was followed by I direct him on his way, reached at night-
Messrs. Voorhees and Gordon in brief I Fall, the house of a rich planter, who took
stirring respouses to the loud calls made I him in, fed. lodged and sent him on his
for them. No building could contain tho 'Y a y with his blessing. Those kind atten-
crowd, so the speaking was in the open I C? 113 cheered his heart, and inspired him
air, the trees being illuminated with I fresh courage to battle with tho ob-
torches and bands of music playing. This
has been an immense demonstration of
Democracy, and the lower valley may lie
counted solid.
staclcs of life,
Years rolled-round; Providence led him
on; he had reached the legal profession;
his host had died; the cormorants that
prey on the substance of man had formed
ir tj, * . a conspiracy to get from tho widow her
_ _ -Hon. JamQj Blount. I estates. She sent to the. nearest counsel
Wo find the following in the Perry I to commit her. cause to him, and that
Home Journal: A month ago we were a cit-1 counsel proved to be the oiphan boy years
izen of the sixth district, and we happen to I before welcomed and entertained by her
know that the citizens .of Macon and Bibb I and her deceased husbqnd* The stimu-
couuty are not alone in their desire that I lug of a warm and tenacious gratitude
Mr. Blount shall be a member of the I was now added to the ordinary motives
next Congress. In the counties of Jones, I connected with the. profession. He uu-
Jasper, Baldwin, Wilkinson, Twiggs and [ dertook her cause with a will not easily
Laurens, the people are almost a unit in j to he resisted; he gained it; the widow’s
their preference for Mr. Blount over any I estates were secured to her in perpetuity;
other man in the district, and in the and, Mr. Stephens added, with an empba-
northem counties of the district the only sis of emotion that-sent its electric thrill
opposition to him is raised by the person-1 throughout the house—“that orphan boy
al friends of some man who fosters with-1 now stands before you.”
in his*own breast Congressional aspira-| ,
tions. Not one word is uttered against Pennsylvania’s Delegation to Gin-
his record. Further, the Independents as- 3 .
sert their ability to defeat any other man j cinnatl.
in the district. They have a wholesome Colonel McClure, editor of tho Times,
ulat MnSitsaw fit to was an eyewitness of the Harrisburg
publish, the letter referred to above, and I Democratic convention, says that “delega-
hope lie w ill reconsider his decision. We
hold that true patriotism will not allow a
man to evade an office that seeks him. We
would like to see Mr. Blount fill the gu
bernatorial chair of Georgia, but in the
face of-this popular demonstration *by the
tion to Cincinnati is neither a Tilden ncr
a Hancock delegation, and both Wallace
and Randall are quite content that it
should be just as it is. It is not for Til
den. It never will he for Tilden, and
they both know it. It is not for Hancock,
people of the. sixth district, we have I ai }^ ^ never will be for Hancock, unless
naught else to say but that we hope * he I Tilden shall favor the Pennsylvania sol-
will conclude to accede to their wishds, dier, and they both so understand it.
and again bear to victory the Congres-I . “It is.as nearly an.independent delega-
sioual standard of thbse Democrats who I Con outside of Philadelphia, as is possible
have more than thrice honored him with I these days, and nearly or quite all of them
their votes, in conventions and at the support either Wallace or Ran-
polls. We fail to see how he can consist-1 dall in anything that is just. The. unit
eutly do otherwise. I reie has been discarded mainly because
1 the Tilden men, who could not control
i* ii, “ t. Hu -1 the delegation, joined tlie large class who
Rattlesnake Bite Remedy. did not want Tilden or anyone else to
A correspondent of tho Forest and direct the vote of the'State, and both
Stream says:
"While in Arizona: a few years ago I
learned that aqua ammonia was a sure
cure for tbc bite of a snake, and since then
have cured three cases of rattlesnake
bites without any difficulty or injurious
effects whatever. First apply a few drops
of auimonia and in a few seconds wipe off,
and with a sharp knife cut through the
skin just deep enough to bleed, about a
quarter of an iueh in length and di
rectly through the wounds and im
mediately apply ammonia, and occa
sionally add a drop or two more as
it becomes absorbed or evaporated, and in
couple of hours the swelling will he
Wallace and Randall would be more
than mortals' or politicians if they had
not been ready to reverse their positions
for or against the unit rule as their po
litical interests dictated.”
An Old Soldier’s Good Memory.—
Sergeant James Perley, of this place, one
of the veteran members of the old Mouti-
cello Guard, is probably endowed with a
better memory than any old soldier now
living. He can tell, on a moment’s reflec
tion, the exact location of his company
on any given day of the four years of ser
vice through which he passed. At the re-
uuion of the veterans last week, Colonel
nearly gone. Apply a—drop of carbolic I®’ T. D. Duke urged the importance of
add to cauterize the wound and prevent a I ae.euring in permanent form the recollec-
local Sore. Give ten *or fifteen drops of I k'ens of the scenes and incidents of the
ammonia in about half a pint of whisky, I 'Y ar > and referred, by way of illustrating
taking about a' wineglassful every five 1 Vjtipe.°f such information, to the m-
minutes; but cease giving the whisky as I teresting facts stored in Mr. Perley s mem-
soon as the patient begins to feel its • ef- I 0 T-, To show his remarkable capacity to
fecU. Water will do if whisky is not at I recall instantaneously the facts connected
hand; The ammonia taken internally
destroys the poison in the system. When
I am hunting or traveling where there are
many rattlesnakes I carry a small vial of
ammonia and carbolic acid.
with the service of his company, Colonel
[ Duke called on Mr. Perley to state where
it was on the Kith of April, 1863, and he
I immediately replied correctly, locating
the point in North Carolina.—Chariottes-
ville ( Fa.) Chronicle.
Colonel Hardeman’s manly reply I Lima Beans Without Poling.—The
to the Houston county committee is win- j Lima bean, says the Wilmington Review,
ping golden opinions for him. The East-1 * 8 n °t 83 generally grown as it should be,
a.vo • I an account of the tile trouble of procur-
man limes says . ing the and p^g them . Recent
Colonel Thomas Hardeman has been | experiments, however, have proved that
invited to make the race for Governor j by adopting the following plan this most
by a number of citizens of Houston I may delicious of all beans be raised with-
county. He gracefully accepts this com- I out poling at ail: When the tendrils be-
piiment-, and referring to his brilliant ca- gin to start nip them off, continuing to do
reer, promises to make a gallant fight for 1 so as often as any appear. The plants
the nomination, and, if nominated, a will then assume a low, bushy growth,
more gallant fight for election. He would I and become loaded with early maturing
honor Georgia If he were her Governor. J pods.
An Admirable Suggestion from Dr.
Talmaere.
Dr. Talmage, in a late interview with
a reporter of the New York Herald, thus
responded, when interrogated concerning
his recent trip to the South: y ■ B
“I would rather have sailed in the nec
essarily slow old Constellation than in
the grandest and swiftest of the modem
steamships,” the Rev. Dr. Talmage re
plied, rather evasively, when the Herald
reporter asked him yesterday what politi
cal observations he made in his recent
journey in the South. “The old war
ship’s vpyage is full of moral religious
meaning—a meaning of ten fold greater
importance than mere temporality. It
reaches far into the future and makes any
war hereafter between tho United States
and Great Britain impossible. Indeed,
all things that are going on at. sea—the
coining of such a vast tide of immigration
and‘the swiftened travel that is sending
tens of thousands of Americans across the
sea—are making us so much nearer neigh
bors as t@ guarantee that such divisions as
we have had in the past can never take
place in the future. And the royal all
hail that Britain’s representatives gave
the Constellation yesterday is another
evidence that a great humanitarian wave
is sweeping the realms of civilization. It
is the beginning of tbe end of wars be
tween civilized nations—tlie dawn of the
epoch in which nations shall settle their
quarrels as individuals do—by each con
ceding something.
“But, Doctor, about what you saw
among the leading politicians of the
South?” the reporter interrupted, as tbe
pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle was
characteristically rising into a sphere of
rhapsody.
WHAT THE SOUTH WANTS.
“That, my dear sir, was what I was
leading up to. I wish that tbe American
war ship which crossed the ocean armed
with 500 tons of-bread for Great Britain’s
famishing subjects could return loaded
down with the English, Irish and Scotch
workingmen, so many of whom I found
in my travels in Great Britain to be ambi
tious of homes in tho future America. I
saw in Great Britain a necessity for great
er facilities of transportation. A question
shot at me every day from, men with a
little money was, ‘What can I do in
America? Can I start a little home of
my own ?’ I noticed a different class
of emigration from Europe from that
to which I had been accustomed. It is
not the idle, the lazy and the dissolute
that are coming now; that class' is still
supported by charity as it always was,
Here let me give you a theory of my own;
If the hand o'ftlie government of the Uni
ted States, and the hand of the govern
ment of the United Kingdom, could be
joined in aiding emigration from the Brit
ish Isles, England could be relieved and
America enriched. If England would pay
for transportation, and our country
would receive the emigrants at onr
wharves and transfer them to the West
and to the South, both nations would be
enormously benefited, and at practically
not a cent of cost; for England would
save it all inherpoor rates,and the United
States would make up for it fourfold
in a single decade: A few blind in the
the East and the professional politicians
in California pretend to be apprehensive
of overcrowding by immigration. Why,
sir, if you will travel to Des Moines or
to Chattanooga—well, make ,a trip from
Brooklyn to Montauk Point—you will see
that our country is cultivated only in pro
portion of a row of potato hills on the
edge of a big farm. Now, this almost un
precedented influx of workers from Eu
rope is what is needed in the South.
Southerners want more ploughshares—
more intelligent fanners to drive them.
Their rivers are all waiting for spindles
and shuttles.”
Never were truer wordi spoken. The
South does, above all things, need a large
influx of intelligent emigrants, who, with
money in their hands, will purchase and
settle our broad acres, now untenanted.
Her magnificent water power, to be found
on almost every stream of any size, only
requires tbe stimulating touch of labor
and capital to fill the land with the hum
of industry and wealth. Population, hon
est, laborious population, such as Scot
land, Germany, Belgium, France and
Great Britain are now sending forth by
thousands, is the great want of this sec
tion. Hence, the importance of wise and
practical legislation, (not the farcical ac
tion of the last general assembly), to give
a proper boom to the immigration move
ment.
THE RENOWNED MEDICINE.
The Greatest Cnratlve Saceewofthe
—* A Voire from tbe People.
No medicine introduced to the public
has ever met with the success accorded
to Hop Bitters. It stands to-day tbe best
known curative article in the world. Itg
marvellous renown is not due t6 the ad
vertising it has received. It is famous by
reason of its inherent virtues. It does all
that is claimed for it. It is the most
powerful, speedy and.effective agent
known for the building up of debilitated
systems. The following witnesses are of
fered to prove this:
What it l>id for an Old Lady.
Coshocton Station, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1873,
Gents—A number of people had been
using your Bitters here, and with mark
ed effect. In fact, one case, a lady of over
seventy years, had been sick for years,
and for the past ten years I have known
her she has not been able to be around
half the time. About six months ago she
got so feeble she was helpless. Her old
remedies, or physicians, being of no avail,
I sent to Deposit, forty-five miles, and got
a bottle of Hop Bitters. It had such a
very beneficial effect on her that one bot
tle improved her so she was able to take
care of her own room and walk out to her
neighbor’s, and has improved all the time
since. My wife and children also have
derived great benefit from their use.
W. B. HATHAWAY,
Agent U. S. Ex. Co.
An Enthusiastic Endorsement.
Gorham, N. H., July 14, 1879.
Gents—Whoever you are, I don’t
know; but I thank the Lord and feel very
grateful to you to know that in this world
of adulterated medicines there is one com
pound that proves and does all it adver
tises to do, and more. Four years ago I
had a slight shock of palsy, which un
nerved me to such an extent that the least
excitement would make me shake like the
ague. Last May I was induced to try
Hop Bitters. I nsed one bottle, but did
not see any change; another did so change
my nerves that they are now as steady as
they ever were. It used to take both
hands to write, but now my good right
hand writes this. Now, if you continue
to manufacture as honest and good an ar
ticle as you do, you will accumulate an
honest fortune, and confer the greatest
blessing on your fellow-men that was ever
conferred on mankind.
TIM BURCH.
Bnty to Others. ’
Cbambersbuig, July 25, 1875.
This is to let the people know that I,
Anna Maria Krider, wife of Tobias Kri-
der, am now past seventy-four years of
age. My health has been very bad for
some years past. I was troubled with
weakness, had cough, dyspepsia, great de
bility and constipation of the bowejs. I
was so miserable I could hardly eat any
thing. I heard of Hop Bitters and was re
solved to try them. I have only used
three bottles, and I feel wonderful good,
well and strong again. My bowels are
regular, my appetite good, and cough all
gone. I feel so well that I think it my
duty to let the people know, as so many
knew how bad I was, what the medicine
ba3 done for me, so they can curs them
selves with it.
ANNA M. KRIDER,
Wife of Tobias Krider.
Office Georgia State Sunday-
School Association, Atlanta, Ga ,
May 3, 1880.—To tlie Sunday-schools of
Georgia:—On May 28th and 29th the next
session of the Georgia State Sunday-school
association will be "held in Atlanta. We
expect a very interesting and useful
meeting. Among the speakers for the
session we mention Rev. A. G. Haygood,
D. D., Rev. W. E. Boggs, 'D. D.., Rev. G.
A* Nuunally and B. F. Jacobs, Esq., of
Chicago.
At this session delegates to the Inter
national Sunday-school convention, to
meet in Toronto, Canada, early in next
jear, will probably be appointed.
We desire a very full attendance. Ar-
■fingements for reduced' rates over tbe
railroads are being perfected. Let our
county be represented. For the iiiforma-
tion of all concerned, we publish the fol
lowing paragraph from the constitution:. •
Section 8. The association shall be com- he prettier than a chaplet of hop vines in
posed of one delegate for every three hun- j blossom. A recent medical review says:
dred, or fraction of three hundred, mem- Nothing cau be better „ a ge neral reno _
bees of Sunday-schools composing county °
A Husband’s Testimony.
My wife was troubled for years with
blotches, moth patches aud pimples on
her face, which nearly annoyed the life
out of her. She spent many dollars on
the thousand infallible (?) cures, with
nothing but injurious effects. A lady
friend, of Syracuse, New York, who had
had similar experience and had been cur
ed with Hop Bitters, induced her to try
it. One bottle has made her face as
smooth, fair and soft as a child’s and giv
en her such health that it seems almost a
miracle.
Member of CavatuavPabt.tamfvt.
A Bleb Lsdj’s Experience.
I traveled all over Europe and other
foreign countries at a cost of thousands of
dollars in search of health aud found it
not. I returned discouraged and disheart
ened, and was restored to real youthful
health and spirits with less than two bot
tles of Hop Bitters. I hope othera may
profit by my experience and stay at home.
A LADY, Augusta, Me.
A Lovely Chaplet.
A late fashion report says: NotLing can
associations, and in counties where no or
ganization exists, two delegates for every
representative to which the county is en
titled in - the general assembly of the
State,
In tlie unorganized counties the vice-
presidents for the several Congressional
districts appoint the delegates. The rice
presidents for this yearmre:
First district, W. H. Baker, Savannah
Ga.; second district, S. R. Weston, Al
bany, Ga.; third district, J. P. Carson,
Reynolds, Ga.; fourth district, J. T. Wa
terman, LaGrange, Ga.; fifth district; Rev.
A. G. Thomas, Atlanta; sixth district, J.
C. Barton, Conyers, Ga.; seventh district,
W. R. P6wer, Marietta, Ga.; eighth dis
trict, F.T. LOckhart, Augusta, Ga.; ninth
district, General W. M. Browne, Athens,
Ga.
Applications for deligacies should be
made at once to the above named gentle
men, as they will very soon have finished
the appointments for their districts.
J. C. Courtney,
Chairman Executive Committee.
W. A. Candler, Secretary.
—A few days ago five Chinese made
their preliminary declarations in the Su
perior Court of New York city. It is a
mystery how such-naturalization can be
effected, as the law establishing the pro
cedure says that its provisions “shall ap
ply to aliens being free white persons,
and to aliens of African nativity and to
persons of African descent.” The law
passed by Congress in 1SS0 to admit im
migrants of negro blood to citizenship
was expressly worded so as to exclude
the Chinese, and when the discrimination
as accidentally effaced m the prepara
tion of the revised statutes, the Pacific
coast representatives promptly called at
tention _to it, and the error was among
those corrected by the act of 1875, which
as framed and passed for the purpose of
remedying the defects which had been
discovered in the codification. We have
obliterated the color line as regards the
black race, but still draw it on the yellow.
The Western Chops.—Our western
crop reports, in another column, says the
New York Bulletin, reflect the beneficial
effects of the late rains. From Kansas,
the tone is changed from despondency to
entire satisfaction with the prospect, and
full crop in that State is now anticipated.
From some sections of Illinois, there is
more complaint than a week ago; but tbe
prospects indicate at least a full average
crop for that State. Iowa and Nebraska
still complain of ungenial weather and
; xx>r prospects, especially the former State.
Minnesota, though the sesson there is a
late one, finds some compensations in the
fact, and anticipates a better crop than in
1879.
vator of the- health than plenty of Hop
Bitters. They aid in all the operations
of nature; toning up the weak stomach,
assisting the food to become properly as
similated, and promoting healthy action
in all the organs. The dictates of fash
ion, as well as the laws of health, alike
favor a right application of hops.
My mother says Hop Bitters is tlie only
thing that will keep her from her old and
severe attacks of paralysis and headache.
—Ed. Oswego Sun. J:
Don’t Use Stimulants.
Use nature’s real brain and nerve food
and nourishing tonic, Hop Bitters, that
quiets the nerves, invigorates the body,
efires disease and restores tbe vital ener
gies without intoxicating. •
Delevan, Wis., Sept. 24, 1878.
Gents—I have taken not quite one
bottle of the Hop Bitters. I was a feeble-
old man of 78 when I got it. To-day I
am as active and feel as well as I did at
30. I see a great many that need such a
medicine. D. BOYCE. k
Monroe, Mich., Sept. 25, 1875.
Sirs—1 have been taking Hop Bitters
for inflammation of kidneys and bladder;:
it has done for me what four doctors fail
ed to do. The effect of the bitters seemed
like magic to me. W. L. CARTER.
If you have*a sick friend whose life is a
burden, one bottle of Hop Bitters may re
store that friend to perfect health and
happiness. Will you see that that friend
has a bottle at once.
Bradford, Fa., May 8, 1875.
Tt baa cured me of several diseases,such
as nervousness, sickness at the stomach,
monthly troubles, etc. I have not seen a
sick day in a year smee I took Hop Bit
ters. Several of my neighbors use them.
Mrs. FANNIE GREEN.
Oeterte
i ud Gold.
A young girl deeply regretted that she
was so colorless and oold. Her face was
too white and her hands and feet felt as
though the blood did not circulate. After
one bottle of Hop Bitters bad been taken
she was the rosiest and healthiest girl in
the village, with a vivacity and cheerful
ness of mind gratifying to her friends.