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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 188G.—TWELVE PAGES.
OVER THE STATE.
Spalding Superior Oonrt convene* to-morrow.
Pentelsviile he. pieced her U'inor Ucenre et *800.
The term of the Oriffln poetmeeter expiree to-mor-
^The stock lew goee Into effect In Hart county to-
morrow.
Lauren. Superior Court U in eeeelon, Judge Kin-
l>cc presiding.
Wort b«tz»n Monday on tht new Methodist
church for Dublin.
Bsrneffville's new hotel wlU open with a grand
reception March let.
Docuet Grove ha* eubscrtbed $3,500 towarda
hnlldiug the Georgia Midland.
The fair of the Southern Rifle* at Talbotton take*
place February 1‘Jth.
The young ladle*’ braa*bandof Cuihbertare to
give a concert In Amerlcu*.
The negroea In Washington have a very flourish*
ing temperance organ Ira tiou.
Two more atore* will lie among the improve
ment* of Baxley for thl* year.
The Blount Volunteer* and the DuB'.gnon Volun-
tetr* have received their gun*.
FAitor Harris, of the Toccoa New*, lioa married
BIm Nannie ltezar, of that place.
George W. Roger*, a farmer in Hart county, will
plant nothing but tobacco this year.
The flnn of J. Waxelbaum k Co., of America*,
b»* dissolved. Mr. Gro*. retiring.
A ladv Bring near Hartwell had her front teeth to
freeze and burnt during the recent cold spell.
Rome of the periahablo property belonging to the
itatc of Geu. Toombs will bo sold Tuesday.
estate of Qeu.
It is -aid that the Slberton narrow gauge railroad
will bo changed to a wide gauge next summer.
The measles are breaking out in Elbert county.
Twenty case* are reported at Franklin 8prlnga.
The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail
road will not receive cotton seed for shipment.
The surveyors of tho Savannah. Dublin and West
ern railroad have reached Cobb Town, tn Tattnall
county.
The Valdosta Times any* the sugar cane put up
for seed has beeu pretty generally killod by the se
vere cold. *
Mr Wm. W. Bailey, brother of Col. D. J. Bailey,
of Griffin, died in Jackson last Wednesday. He
was G9 year* old.
Mr John A. Plant, near Rocky Mount, Meri
wether county, ba» slaughtered a pig that weighed
CM pounds gross.
Judce Lee J. Milam, of Jones' Mills, Merriwether
county, had his hand badly Injured by being caught
in a gin last week.
Y M. Wever. a young man. was flned $500 In the
CHv Court at Savannah, Friday, for stabbing J. F.
Mahoney, his former partner.
A negro boy on Capt D. B. Cade’s plantation, in
Wilkes county, w is recently bitten by a dog which
which was thought to bemad,
Mr. R. T. Ghent, jeweler and photographer of
Eastman, has invented a useful evclope opener, for
which he intends to obtain a patent.
Dieuis, who waa recently acquitted of the charge
of bigamy, i* to lecture on the "New Philosophy of
the Mind’* in Amerlcu* to-morrow night.
Cspt. J. H. King, of Thomaston. who recently re
ceived a government appointment in New Mexico,
“ ‘ * fo * ‘ *
week he held court for Judge Fort at Amer
icas. The Republican thinks the judge
would make a “glorious Governor." \V e
guess the people know more about that than
the Republican.
Berneevllle Orthodox Democrat.
Slajor A. O. Bacon is one of the most
probable candidates for Governor of Geor
gia. That is to say, it is most probable his
friends will insist on his running, most
probable that if he runs he will be nomi
nated, and if nominated that he will be
elected. In these speculations, however
we have not estimated the probable coarse
of tho new party saints.
A TREMENDOUS LAND BRIDE.
On® Alii® of Mountain Takes a Tumble—
A Terrible Noise.
Wednesday morning about 1 o'clock the
people living in the vicinity of Sterling,
Ala., were awakened by a startling and un-
usual noiHo, which was accompanied by a
terrible shaking of the houses and ground
Aboqi five miles from Sterling is what is
called the Scraper Mountain and the north
side of it is a great barren waste with huge
boulders and cliffs of rocks. Some of these
boulders projected over level land, and any
one on the top of one of these can look
straight down into the sparkling water* of
the Chattooga river. About ono mile
of this part of the mountain began
breaking loose, and with a tremendous
roar rushed to the valley below, where it
emptied a great mass of rocks and trees.
About ono-quailer of a mile of the slide
rushed its way across the Chattanooga
river, making a complete dam, and cansing
the water to back a distance of several
miles. About 7 o'clock tho water broke
around the slide and rnshed with terrible
force into its regular channel below. At
the place where the Blido left the mountain
side there is a perpendicular wall of about
300 feet, and about 50 feet from the top
there is a great hole 20 feet in diameter,
which is supposed to bo an entrnneo to a
cavo.
Tho slide and stripped mountain is
wonderful sight, and hundreds of people
are coming from all sections to view tho
wonderful freak of nature. It is said the
noise made by the sliding was heard a dis
tance of ten miles, but terrible as it was,
there was no loss to life or property. Tho
cliffs and boulder have been threatening to
break down over since the heavy freeze,
but no one expected so sorions a result as
this. A few adventurous people are mak
ing preparations to scale the place vrhe.ro
the slide came from and exploro the sup
posed cave.—Rome Courier.
TIIE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
W. B. HILL REPLIES TO MU. CHARL-
• TON’S RECENT LETTER.
The Opinion ol‘ a Man Who Ha* a Morbid
Fascination For the Unpopular Side
of a Question, lint Who Hrlnffs
Out Some Good Points.
course, appoint for Ms confidential advisers
and chiet officials men who were in sym
pathy with hio policy and system; bnt
would he turn out the conductors, the
det/ot agents, the supervisors of tracks,
the train hands? The man who
threatened such a thing couldn't get the
vote of a single intelligent stockholder.
Now, the minor Federal offices, the post
offices, the revenno department, etc., have
no more to do with the policy of an admin
istration than tho car-coupler of a freight
train has to do with the great schemes and
ill leave Wednesday for his post os duty.
A little child of Capt. E. U. Crawley, of Waycross,
recently fell into a pot of boilinR water and was so
severelp Burned that it died within six hours.
About ten days ago * mad dog hit a valuable
horse belong!or to Win. Wooten, of Dawson. Yes
terday the horse showed evidence of hydrophobia
and was shot.
Manager Gaddis, of the Brunswick and Western
railroad, has found employment for the men who
were thrown out of employment by tho burning of
the company’s shops.
Mr. Miltiah Thrash, near Flat Shoal*, in stepplnn
out of his porch during the late cold spell, slipped
and fell at full length, severely injuring his spine.
He was in bed two weeks.
Thomas Caragan, a half wltted fellow who waa at
work for Mr. GUdeon Jackson, noar Spring Vlaco
mysteriously disappeared a few days ago, and noth
ing has been heard of him since.
The reward of $900 offered by the Oovernor for
the apprehension of the incendiary who fired the
town of Jackson will be increased to a larger
amuant by the merchant* of that placo.
The Romo Courier, after publishing an account
of a tremendous landslide, now apologize* for it*
appearance, and savs it was ItnTMMted upon by a
hi althy liar who gavo it m a straight news'item. *
Thursday, tn Floyd county, while out hunting,
Mr. J. NY. Yarborough was accidentally shot and
•erional wounded by his ten-year-old son. Threo
squirrel shot entered Mr. Yarborough's temple.
Capt. John McIntosh Kell, of 8unny Side, will
contribute an article to the April Century giving a
The case of the State vs. R. H. Raines, charged
with murder for killing Gabe Hay on December 6.
was called in Upson Superior Court Thursday morn
ing. and ended Friday evening with a verdict o'
guilty.
John Drake col., who was convicted about a year
ago in Upson Superior Coart of the murder or hi*
wife, having been refused a new trial by the Su
preme Court. wm sentenced Friday evening to
hung March JO.
Diamonds in plenty, a geologist who bae studied
the subject say*, will yet be found In Oeorgt* in a
belt that he locate* between Atlanta and the Savan
nahi river, about 100 mile* In length and from ten
•o thirty mile* in breadth.
Mr. W. T. Brownlee and two negroea, of Elbert
f°®uty, went out into the 8avannan river in a boat
last Sunday. The boat waa cap*(zed and the two
negmpa drowned. It was with great difficulty that
Mr. Brownlee swam to the bank.
There U a deformed negro in Wilkes county who
ns* to drive a pair of goat* to enable him to get
"I* * h ® smell of the goat* keep him
healthy; that when from any cause he doe* not
sick* b * or *° mc *‘ me * I 1 ® I® certain to be
This is a belated item from the Washington On-
vl l ®i the l* 1 ® ®*tremely cold weather
R “• H uittb threw some water out of his store
jioor when a pigeon flew down and lit In the water.
Kn ,ro “® n ‘l lh® pigeon stuck fast. Mr.
Hmltb then walked out and picked It up.”
. i!K n y. lh ® * ff * r| ® the late General Toombs, Is
a solid *ilve r candlestick bought by him forty year*
®*qul*tu»l3 r wrouulit piece of silver,
5*2*V***t|og a tree and its branche*; at the ba
JffJJ?** tom which a fox and some deer —-
gg* Thl* candlestick weighs twenty-four
ponnaa, and originally cost 1*00.
night sojtot person went to the pasture
ln c ® rro, t county, and stole one of
t*°r*®s, and msdo off with It lu the
d rretl-m of Atlanta. Early next morning Mr.
In P»™»‘t. tracking the horse some live
Z•Entile track waa lost He poshed
®Jr®ad getting too near the thief, the horse wax
S?'y Mr. Burn* succeeded in finding
ta£d ^“K^-rtlle. The thief ha* not been cap-
,* r ; A ) fWklu®. of Carrollton, one day last week
lac uvm 1*2? v" P 01 * 01 » Uf K® envelope conte
*\* r ** *'• No trace of the missing money cm
•hJiwi' p. . M ' t,,r d*y a negro living here, came out
ii'ass* reread and got off at Bremen. ...
f.ip ..ID w*’ ® ,u * K* T ® 1*1® satchel to the depot agent
* r ® The agent suspected something
® 6 'I opened the satchel, and found therein
nearly full of silver. A day or two
i delivered nearly all the money to
Beiu, of Carrollton, stating that it
and rhZ! m V n ^* an ‘ ! tbat he h * 1 tccn lo
®nd changed the greenback* off for silver.
I *!*meeting hebl yesterday at the court house In
mn.i I 00, J- Rozar, of Dodge, chairman.
lni» Smith, of Telfair, secretary, the follow-
appointed to visit Atlanta on
.i lU ru * r f 1 ft *h. to invite the Ohio excursionist* to
Ate** n7 1 nf Oeoqria; William Pitt Fantman.
Aefitarn. K U. Bacon.
1 ik.. i □*" R ® wl *u®» Jame* Bohannon. John Colville,
lUr J !'k?. UI ?x ty i.T- J - Tom Eason. M. N. Mc-
John D. Mcl^od, of Telfair county; Walter T.
ttetfv McB ®®* John A. Morri*. J. K.
I h J M^tdomerv county; John M. Stubb*. W.
Unrell^' H * nr F M. Burch, John T. Rogers, ol
ERE-S"** . Th# "U 0 rotary noUfled the aev-
A th7n“ ben ‘ of ^ committee to meet at the o
‘ uui, uissloner of Agriculture in Atlante.
Governor-Muklnc.
E-atonton Messenger.
I ttenlfSlZ! Georgia politics lathe r
tK!* 1 ) d®m®nt A. Evana for Oov-
I well tit /tw** C%n 1 be Governor, but It te very
1 well to offer a good list from which to select.
1 __ Camilla Clarion.
I Smith f .** ler U abroad In the lanA
I h f® ® r’etity of timber. We love to
I theuffdLK* T!*° ftr ® not candidates. We’ve got
I •tsi»Swi£e , *m» al,Ie 40,1 •Imjaent Hammond and the
^stefcaSSSSSasi
I ■>» Ik'.mX rsssssTto
' T,k *. “V ot them .nil jonll hare a
11' UU4 *^ UneeU »n l unbou«ht b,
CranfonlfiUa IVnoemt
A-o.Bacon win both .land
l * ® , *> b '•'inntr. W. don’t know who
‘ ,ur “ r "tepbena-e nn.xj.lwd.
_ »»-eow Journal.
,.»A To » Siamon. u extending hi* ac-
10 Honlhweat Georgia. Last
RESCUED B* BUZZARDS.
Fox Hunter Fulls Into u Well and How
He Escape*,
A gentleman who lives in the eaRtern part
of this county tells one of those storiea that
few people will believe “withont seeing it.”
Ho Kays that he was out fox hunting, and
Nvhen the chase was at the height of its ex
citement hi* borne ran into an old well
thirty feet deep. The home was instantly
killed by the fall, but the rider wan unhurt.
The walls of the well had caved in at the
bottom/a distance of three or four feet,
and the gentleman says this pre
vented getting out by digging foot
holds. Realizing his situation, he
began to call for help at the top
of nis voice, but no assistance came. He
was compelled to remain in the well all
night, and tho next morning the stench
arising from the dead carcass of the horse
was anything hut pleasant, and he noticed
that buzzards were soaring eve; the spot.
Finally the buzzards began to alight in the
well, and it was then that a bright Idea
struck him. He decided to catch the buz
zards by the leg os they came down until
he got a sufficient number to carry him out.
That he did, and when ho caught os many
os his hands would hold, he “shewed” at
them, and they fiew up, carrying him out
of the well.
Hut still the fox hunter was in a dilemma.
The buzzards flew so rapidly that he could
not turn loose when ho reached the top
without falling back in the well. Upward
the huzzardA flew with their human freight,
aud the fox hunter began to despair of his
life after all. When about 100 yards above
tho ground the fox hunter was just about
to let go and fall, when ho nvus struck by
another bright idea. He decided to loose
one buzzard at a timo until his weight
would pull them downward. Acting upon
this plan, bo was soon landed safely upon
the ground.
The gentleman who tells this story tells
it in all seriousness and as though he actu
ally believes it true, but it will be a colder
day than any we had during tho recent
blizzard before he can set anybody else
believe it— Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
GOS81P ABOUT PEOPLE.
—Secretary Whitney denies the rumor that he
centlv presetted Mr*. Whitney with a $40,000 dia-l
mom* necklace.
■—The President will give a state dinner to the
members of the United State* Supreme Court
Thura<!ay evening. February 4.
—John L. Sullivan professes hi* willingness
continue posing a* Ajax Defying the Lightning, pro
vided the salary te big enough.
—Stuart Robson writes to the Washington Star
that he believe* he set up the flrst copy of that
per, and was employed there six months.
D— Lieutenant Oreely’a lK>ok,‘‘Three Year* of Arctic
[Travel;” will be puhli*hcd iu February. Ittef T
two volumes and will be sold by subscription.
—Senator Cockrill. of Missouri, recently slipped
and fell upon au icy portion of the pavement near
the Capitol and broke the thumb of his left band.
—Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt a few days ago gave
to the Rev. Dr. Galiaudet her check for #1,000, to be
devoted to the New York Mission for Deaf Mute*.
□ —Mr. Julian Hawthorne, as he grows older. Is
jsald to more and more strongly resemble hi* father
in personal appearance, but the reaeniblance be
tween the books of the two authors U by no means
■marked.
—Edward Russell, the apostle of wstheticiem in
crockery, is described as a younfc man with china
blue eyes and terra cotta hair, wbogoe* around
with a hammer smashing meretricious examples of
the potter's art.
—William Sterner, aged elghty-flve, one of the
oldest foreign resident* of California, died there
lately. He had been noted for hi* great physical
strength, and a few years ago was able to lift eight
hundred pounds.
—The President has presented Bold watches to
Captain F. M. Hughe* *nd Second Officer Edward
V. Roberts, of the British steamship Lord Uougb,
for rescuing the crew of the American schooner
Cbaptra in December last
—Ml** Kate Field’s lecture In Chics go was en-
lived by a ball going on in the same building, which
fairly shook the hall tn which she was lecturing,
but Mi** Kate, though somewhat moved, preserved
•he equanimity for which ahe te distinguished.
—Jame* Russell Lowell has declinod the Invita
tion to be the orator at the semi-centennial celebra
tion of the town of Lowell, aa he ha* made arrange
ment* for a three months’ visit to Europe and will
be on hi* way before the date of the celebration.
W—The Austrian Emperor ha* opened an “Atone
ment house” on the site of the Ring Theatre, Vl-
enn*. the burning of which a few years ago was at
tended with a terrible lose of life. The house is a
handsome Gothic structure and will be let out In
flats, the rent* from which will be devoted to char
itable purpose*
—A eotutn ot the Sheh of Ptnls, Oen.nl Prlnoe
IchUikeiu HtriM. It now eterlng In Vienne. II.
we. pmented to the Emperor bp the Pentaa
minuter. en.l iteliremltobU luejntjr tn eutnwnpb
Utter from the 8heh. Prince frbtubem will re
time In Vienne, ee be bee to eedergn
> ->r telenet.
) efter bUeUifon to ofBce Mejor luce.
of PE Peat wee eppllej to bjr e .Met mendicant
for eld, HU bomor aeked bin whet eeneedbu
porertjr. The replr *•*. "* bere felUn emonc
tbu.ee." -■Ab.-eeM tbe major ren.itmlj, -e.
bate I.- For twee* cberltj'e eebe end tbe bond
that dieted between tbe two men tbe peeper re-
cet.ed n qeexter.
. • « • Secret, IroUeterOj Inlet upon Ike
gnwry Medical A-eocU&n. M Hate atnet, Bnf-
The letters elicited by the Washington
Chronicle f/ufit the members of the Demo
cratic State Executiro Committee in refer
ence to the proposed reform in tbe civil ser
vice and the recent speeches of Republican
and Democratic Senators, in which they
used the occasion of tbe Hendricks Memorial
to belabor President Cleveland for the de
votion to the p-inciplea of that reform, have
brought the (juestion more directly before
the people of Georgia than it has been here
tofore. The general trend of sentiment
among our local party officials is hostile to
the civil service Caw, whilo the few who are
willing to give it a trial "damn it with faint
praise." Mr. Charlton, who haa given the
ablest and fullest expression to this opposi
tion admits that he “approached tho sub
ject with a degree of impatience perhaps
not compatible with calm judgment.”
A personal reference may be admissible,
it not demanded, in the cose of one who
assumes the advocacy of an idea which, iu
the Sonth at least, can muster np to this
time so fow friends, and the very mention
of which provokes tho “impatience" of men
who usually bring “calm judgment" to the
consideration of measures. The unpopular
Bide of a question has always liad a morbid
fascination tor me. Invariably, I hurrah
for the dog that is down. When I read tho
Old Testament I find iny sympathies con
sistently going over to the side of tho Phil
istines. Tho Hebrews had such an appar
ently nnconscionablc advantage with the Al-
niighty at their back. I was a Prohibitionist
in tho days when a man laid himself out a
Political corpso when ho took up witli that
leresy; hut now, sinco the temperance rail
is on top and since Prohibitionists are as
thick as leaves in Vallombrosa, I feel a
strange tendency tugging at my heart to go
over to the side of my old adversaries, the
saloonisls. The consciousness of this dis
position causes sometimes a distrust of my
own views; bnt I trust it docs not create as
great an incapscity for a wiso judgment in
reference to civil service reform ns tho “im-
latienco" which it nroused iu Mr. Churl-
on.
1 regard Mr. Cleveland's saying that
the government should be administered
an business principles" aa one of the great
historic sayings of tbo century; and, in my
judgment, the civil service reform is sim
ply tbo practical application of this saying
to national politics.
What is meant by civil service? That
branch of public administration which is
concerned with tho post-oflico department,
revenue system, public lands, patents,
pensions, and the subordinate work in all
the deportments. It is called "civil ser
vice” in contradistinction to the naval de
partment, lbo military service, etc.
What, now, is the old theory in regard to
the civil service which it is proposed to
’reform?"
That theory is, (in the words of William
L. Marcy,) that "to tho victors belong the
spoils of the enemy;" that, upon tho in
coming of a new administration, a clean
eweep is to be mado of all the inenmbenta
in office throughout the entire civil service,
and that their places are to be promptly
filled with the aotlve partisans ot the new
party. The theory never became a practice
until the time of Jackson. During his
term, Washington only made nine removals,
John Adams, nine; Jefferson, thirty-nine
Madison, five; John Qnincy Adams, two.
Jackson cut off two thousand heads inn few
mouths after his inauguration, the ground
of removal being simply that his personal
adherents and those ot his frienda were en
titled to the spoils of his victory.
Under this view, it will be seen that the
offices in the civil service, now numbering
over IdO.OOO, are the loot and booty of tho
out* oh soon oh they become the ins; hence,
those moat entitled to share iu the official
plunder are those who have worked the
hardest, either for the party or some influ
ential "boss” in the party.
The theory of the proposed reform is that
the non-political offices in the civil service
(such ss the post-offices) are mere business
agencies to be administered for the con
venience and benefit of the pnblic; that
they onght to be bestowed, not as re
wards for active political service 01
for promise of fntare political subserviency
hat solely upon the ground of businass ca
pacity and merit; that the political views of
the incumbents ought no more to be the
test of their fitness and efficiency thnn the
color of their hair; that the pnblic good re
quires the separation of these purely busi
ness agencies from the turmoil and tiactna-
tlons of active politics; and that tho reten
tion of experienced, honest and capable of
ficials, daring good behavior, is ot more im
portance to tbe public than the question
whether little Tom, Diek or Harry shnll
get an office as a prize for being a political
wire-worker.
the parties ought to be over principles, not I /I n )/mm ft' at out
overplomler. Now, it is probable that 1 afMW»f«-W»raH.
each of tho 100,000 offices on an a rcrage
has five dependents attached to it.
If these offices are to be legitimate! RionwoKo, Vo., Deo. 30, 1885.
hones ot contention in every campaign,
here is a groat armv of «X),000 persons \y 0 bC2 to annOUIlCG tllftb
eagerly and energetically atnv.ng to put the o
ins out, and another army ot the same size WG liaVO Opened a BRANCH
striving to stay in, and submitting to have r .
levies made on their salaries for party cor- HOUSE afc MACON, GA.,
ruption funds, not became they care any- . ,. , . , r . .
thing about the issues at Btnke, but because IOT t>D0 SElO 01 OUT MtlCllinCrj,
plans that tax the brain of Mr. Raoul, if, they are working for the fodder in the pub- -.r q q p
now, in addition to the soheme of a whole- lie crib. Such a system creates profession-1 WllH Dir. D. Q. I egrilin HS
sale lopping off cf experienced and trusty nl pjllticlans, who cry, "Great is Diana of
" tho Ephosiaus, for by thiK craft we have our I
The present civil service law has a very
limited application to the numerous offices
iu the civil service; it reaches only a small
and unimportant class. But Mr. Charlton
is right iu discussing the law, not as it now
is, bnt only ss “the experimental form of an
expansive theory." llut when he goes on
to say that tho theoty ia "elastic enough to
stretch over tho entiro public service," he
betrays the evidence of that "impatience"
with which he approached the subject. Tbe
extent of the theory onght to be judged by
the utterances of those who support U; a d
the wildest reformers have never dreamed
of such an elasticity as Mr. Charlton at
tributes to it. On the con
trary, Mr. Cleveland, who is
a sincere civil service reformer,
not only in profession, bnt (alas! Jtlnc ilUr
Iaekryuur, in practice), says distinctly that
the principle of reform apply only to those
offices which are "disconnected with the
policy of the administration.” Nobody
will disagree with Mr. Charlton that Demo
cratic policy mnat be carried ont through
Democrats. Hence, the cabinet, tho heads
of Departments, tho foreign ministers and
consuls—indeed, ali the officers who are en
trusted in any way with executing tho pol
icy of tbe party and with whom the ad
ministration should he on relations of con
fidence, most, of course, chango with the
accession of a new party to power. Thia
seems to concede tho doctrine for which Mr.
Charlton so eloquently pleads; and, possi.
bly, patient investigation as to Its real
scoyo may yet bring hiu to the support of
the civil service law. The only question
left open is; Whether the agreed principle
that the responsible officers of the adminis
tration most be in political accord with it,
applies to that vast range of non-political
officers in tbe civil service—from the high
department clerks, postmasters, custom
house officers, efe., to the women who scrub
the step* of tbe copitol?
l(r. Chariton appeals to business princi
ples. I accept the arbitrament. Take the
eeee of a great corporation like tbe Central
railroad, employing thousands of individu
als in its different departments. Suppose
that oex- year a new president and board
of diroewm xbould ba elected, pledged to
some <&aoge‘ln its policy-what would hap
pen? Why, tha now president would, of
employes, you add tho idea that the men
who fill their places are to he
selected, not by teat* of their
fitness, but because they helped to elect
the new President, or have some friend
who helped elect him, or because they can
S et signatures to a petition, it will appear
ow utter a violation ol business principles
euch a policy involves. Under aacn a
method of supplying its service, collisions
would bo more frequent than the passage
of trains on the track and tardy schedules
might shame even tbe law's delay. In his
illustration drawn from the cose of a
business corporation, Mr. Charlton assumes
that tlu application of the civil service
doctrine might not get rid of men guilty of
“waste, peculation and wilful neglect." It
needs only to be said that the reform offers
no shi -ld whatever to tbe dishonest or the
incompetent. Indeed, it makes their re
moval easier than tinder the present sys
tem where they are baoked by the influence
of some "boss.” Its only interference with
removals is in the case of public function
aries who have demonstrated their capacity
and fidelity and have added to these merits
the advantage ot experience.
The fact that the principle of the reform
is already applied to tho great naval and
military departments demonstrates its value
for the"civil service. Why not ns well dis
charge all tho soldiers aud sailors for their
politics ns the postmasters and clerks?
A brief statement of tho differences of the
reform principle and of the Hpoils doctrine
in respect to tho appointing power, tbo
ground of nppointmt ut, the obligations of
the nppoiutee, the tenure and tho effect on
the appointees, will clearly disclose tho
worth of the rival systems.
First—Under tho spoils system, the real
appointing powers are tho Congressmen,
who own the patronage of their districts,
and the Senators, who hnvo a streak of fat
and lean throughout tho State. The eti
quette of the division of the patty plunder
between these gentlemen is tho moat amus
ing thing in unpublished literature. Under
the reformed system, the appointments are
mode by the heads of departments from
among individuals whose fitness ia first as
certained by competitive examinations, and
by sworn proof.
"8econd--Under tho spoils system, the
ground of appointment is either active par
tisanship aud political work, or else past
services to the littlo proxy president in Con
gress, who secures bis appointment, or
else the promise of futuro services in sc
ouring the re-election of his political crea
tor. Under tho reform law, the solo ground
is capacity and merit; and every appoint
ment is Hade on probation.
Third—Under the spoils system, the ob
ligation >f the appointee is, first, to retain
by political efficiency the friendship of the
Congressional broker who procured tho
office fit him, anil, second, to keep in
power the party to which this broker be
longs, <o that both tho boss and himself
may renin their offices. Under the civil
service law, the official is the servant ot the
whole people, and his obligation is to give
attention to tho details of his office, rather
than te caacusses and party work.
Fourth—Under the spoils system, the
tenure is conditioned by the haphazard
political favor of the office monger who
seenred the office, and of the success of
the party to which bo belongs. Under the
civil service principle, the tenure will be
daring good behavior, thus encoaring fidel
ity anil promoting com|ietency.
Fifth—Tbe effect of the spoils system on
the appointees is to make them active par
tisans and •nbaervient political workers,
tumbling all the while to the inseenrity of
their position, Tbe effect of the civil ser
vice reform principle U to make then faith
ful, attentive business managers of their of
fices, conscious that their capacity and com
petency will enaure them the aame contin
uance in employment as the same qualities
would give any private business.
It is easy to barlesqne the competitive
examinations by calling them "trilling co
nundrums in geography and arithmetic;"
bnt tke Tm.z<iiurn, which lately had good
caaae to moke merry over the grammar of
a gentleman who boil secured on appoint
ment to an office abovo tho grade nor af
fected by the civil service law cannot af
ford lo join in such cheap ridicule. The
law requires these examination(tobe"prac>
ticoi:’ that they are such to-some extent
may )je inferred from the tact that 80,26
per cent of the saccowfal applicants had
received a technological education, aa
against 63.18 per cent, of college graduates.
The lutes of those who had simply received
a public school education to those who bad
beenin college was 60 to 6. After ad, the
value of the examinations does not so
much reside in the tests they impose as in
tke fact that they make the gateway into
these purely business positions non-politi
cal and non-partisan.
Bnt does this reform affect the Southern
offices held by Republicans? Certainly it
does not furnish uuy immunity to “Hepnb-
With tho largest
c 8 ag u e c r ha n$a:| and ” 10st complete works in
tion every four years, based solely on the the South J flllly equipped with
political hunger of the outs. It inspires a . , ,
n t monopoly of the ins to work with the latest improved tools and
.-crate earnestnete tokeep their stations. ,. / .
Surely, such a system ia a growing tippllfinCCS for tnO mfUlUlilC*
menace to the peace and purity , - att Trrvrrvcj r in
and safety of republican institution.. So ture Of ALL KLNUS Of MA-
o^ri^firo^afclcHINERY, we are prepared
h offer the trade a lino
slinging, desperate scramble, for loot and 0 f goods GOUal to any in the
bootv, but would be tuo battle -grounds ou , * i ,
which honest men differing in views about United States, at prices to
the policy or legislation the government , ,
would settle their differences by that peace-1 meet all legitimate COmpO-
ful weapon, the ballot. L-i- TTT ,..
wmch taite M.iunuj tition. Wo respectfully solicit
A* falls the snow upon the sod, I
SMSSiiS'ol- y° ur patronage. CATA-
The nuestion involved in the civil service LOGUE and Special Prices
reform is simply this; Shall ours be a gov- l
eminent of tho political slop-buckets, by furnished Upon application,
the political slop-buckets and for tho politi- 1 rr
cal slop-backets, or a government of tbs Adflt'CSS,
people and for tbe pooplc?
THE TANNER & DELANEY
ENGINE COM PANT,
Waltf.ii B. Hill.
MIXED THE UA1I1ES.
Queer i-redlcament of Ten Mothers—Unable
to Identify Their Offspring,
A Chicago special aaya: "lluttercnp'a”
plaint concerning tbo babies, that were
mixed up, is jnst now being repented by
no less than ten sorely distressed women nt ft0( I Poplar Streets.
MACON, OKOnalA.
Office and Wsrehonses Corner Fourth
S. PEGBAM, Manager.
JanSatawdAwtf
An Infallible end ebeolnte apeclfle
for all the diitrMaing dlaessee pecul
iar to tbo female eex. A trlel means
a care.
the County Hospital. ThcrSon hangs a I . 8.
talc. A tew days ago blood poisoning
broke ont in ono of the wards, and thecxi- . n.w-sww -at -rv-c<
Kencies of the caso necesaitnted the remor-1 rid JL jll J5»
id of ten mothers to ono ward and their ba
bies to another. The eldest of the little I
ones had seen the light hut two days, and I
dressed in county clothes, they were laid I
upon a stretcher and carried away. Bnt it
happened that the authorities forgot to label
them and when, after the ward had been
fumigated the infants and their mothers
were returned, there was tbe douce to psy-
Each child was dressed alike, and, os far as
looks went, they wero alike as two peas.
Tbo mothers were non-plnssed, and vented |
their feelings in wailing and lamentntion.
The boy and girl babies were about equally I
divided and the only one that was positive-1
ly identified was a girl baby with a turned
np nose. Even this one was claimed by
another mother, bnt filially a compromise I
was effected by which each parent was al
lowed to take the child whieh she thought I
most resembled her offspring. Many of I
tho youngsters will havo to faco the world |
with the disadvantage not only of being ig
norant of the identity of their father, but of |
being in considerable doubt aa to the iden
tity of their mother.
lican dishonesty and Republican debauch
ery" against the "ahock' r ol the Democratic
victory. The large majority of Republican
officeholders in tbe South may he removed
withont any violation of the spirit or letter
of law; but in tbe case of a few who have
proven themselves honest, qnict and faith
ial, the pnblic good is tuoru concerned tt
emphasize a great political reform by
retaining them than n party victory by
displacing them. The situation of
an office-holder differing in political faith
from tbe administration is precisely the
best adapted of all other to sccnro faithful
ami effiicc-nt service. He knows he has no
"friend at court" to palliate his negligence
or wrong doing; that these would he fol
lowed by instant dismissal. He therefore
has a stronger inducement to diligence end
fidelity than one who feels that his party
superiors will he lenient with his snort-
comings, and that in any charge of inoom-
petcncy he could summon to his old the
j-owerful influence of the political sponsor
who put him in office.
Hut, says Mr. Charlton, this reform is
im-American. This is too broad. It is not
Jacksonian, hut it is Washingtonian, Madi
sonian and Jeffersonian. It is for mere
democratic (to use the word in ite non-par
tisan sense) than the spoils eystem. It
gives every man an equal chance for pre
ferment. The patronage plan limits these
chances for office-holding not only to the
adherents of one party, hat to those mem
bers of that party who are politically enper-
serviceable.
Bat, lays Mr. Charlton, this reform is
not consonant with oar system of govern
ing by panic*. If parties exist rimply to
fight for tha spoils of office, he is right; bnt
if they ore designed to afford opportunities
for decision by the people of conflicting
view* ot greet questions of right ez *
then I submit it is better that the
for minor offices should be eliminated from
the party oooteate. Tha coo taste between
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peculiar to their sex, no matter
what kind, can find relief and cun
In a bottle of Bndfleld'e Female
Regulator.
Tbe Most aigantlc liall-rraj Connection Un-1
dertaken.
Boston Transcript.
The Simplon tunnel, which will very short-1
ly he commenced, is the moet formidable of I
uie gigantic railway connections undertaken I
of late years to facilitate the communica
tions be tween Italy and the rest of Europe; r TT A rruAix ?
and tha project snggeeta a comparative -IrS-AlaVar U -1-rxV L “ Mv.
noto on the existing Alpine tnnuels. At I
tho present time the Alpine are pieced by
threo remarkably long tunnels, entering
Italy from France, Switzerland and Austrian
Tyrol, respectively, and called acoordlng to
the mountain chains that are traversed, the
Mt. Ccnia, Bt. Gotbard and Arlberg tunnels.
Of these Mt. Ccnis is seven miles and threo
quarters in length. Its cost was $15,000,-
000. Tho Ht. Gothanl tunnel is nine miles
and a quarter in length, and cost $13,500,.
IXX), tho diminution in expense being owing
irinoipallv to the more rapid progress of
-he work by improvements in the drilling
ing machines. Tbe Arlberg tunnel is short-1 r- /-a m -r- r -t-a-t-a p. .
er than either Mt. Ccnis or Bt. Gothanl, I \/| (VI |-| l-T ISi
being only six milei and a half. The last -IYJ- W JL JLJL HiXtU
and most formidable rival will be the8imp-1
lan tonne), by which the existing line from I
Geneva to Martigni and Brieg will be car
ried tbrongh the mountains to Dnmo
d'Oaaola, and so on to Pallanza or Btresa
on tho Logo Maggiore. As this tunnel
will be commenced at a much lower level
than any of the others, it will necessarily
be large, the rough estimate being twelve I
miles end s half and the estimated cott I
somewhat about $2,000,000.
Bend for book containing valuable Informatics
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Address
THE BBADrOLP BEOULATOB COMPANY,
Box W. Atlanta. Os.
FRIEND.
JjrVWran.tu.thurAwly
T. Or. WOOLFOLK,
General Commission Merchant
MARRYING TWO YOUNG MEN.
and wbolaaale and retail dealer fa
lAXII-T CKOCIMKS,
fau scituei
And Ike BUT UQC0B8.
A Joke on a Justice Which the Jutlce Re
cants In Court.
A Lumberton, N. C., special aayi; A
very remarkable aait haa lust been insti
tuted here by a lattice of the peace against
two young bloods. A few days ago James
Tract,* young Croatia Indian chief, who . ... T ... —
lives near here, visited‘Kqaire Bishop to “ " Macon, Ga.
secure his services in marrying him to a )•»» dawlm
vouog; girl of tne neighborhood. The
Squire promised to perform the ceremony
last night. A party of young men were
present and heard the conversation be
tween the Indian and the justice. To these I
GOODS SOLD FOR CASH OB 0* TIME.
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A book of 100 pages The
beat bcuk far au tdvsf-
tl*«r t* con.alL ba ba
ciiwrieuctd or otbor-
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Bishop remarked that in "an experience of I
twenty veers it was tbe first time he bad in It tbo information ha nqulroa wblU for him
been culled upon to marry an Indian. I who will Invest ona hundred thousand dollars tn
At an early hour last night Davis Ferney-
hough and Dick ltoech, one dressed os a I Might rSugm corilj urired si bj eon *
edition, t
woman, colled at the old ‘Squire's bouse l Ooo hundred and Bfti-Uiraa editions have been Is-
and palmed themselves off as the Indian
couple whom ho hail promised to marry.
The old fellow brought e light to tha door
to inspect his visitors, but before he bed
the opportunity of doing so it woe blown
out. The young fellows harried the cere
mony, the jokers jumped into a sleigh and
dashed off. To-day Bishop, who was at
tacked with pneumonia, inatitated suit fur
damages against Femeyhougb and Roach,
whom he holds responsible for catching
cold. He also insists that they ab.1l pay
his fee of $5 for performing a marriage cere
mony.
An Old Cltleen Speaks.
Mr. J. M. Norris, an old resident of Rome. Os.,
•aye, that bo had boon badly troubled with Kidney
Complaint tor a greet many years and with tone
for three yean; at times could ecareely walk and bad
tried cany remedies without beoadL until ha be
gan taking Hoc trie Bitten and anoinUng hie hands
and foot with Uurklen'a Amice halve. Thia treat
ment afforded him gnat relief and he etmegly
recommends Electric Bitten lo Ml wbo suffer with
Kidney ComplMDIs. or need a Blood Purifier. Held
by Lamer, Itauklu a Lamar.
Tas people la HaneU county, N. C., here boo*
hJrtnff ffnoo, duck* ehiekeaa, pin, aheap and lambs
In a mysterious way. Finally It was decided Is
build a largo trap and belt tt alike Ur# goose. Tke
•aeoad day after Iks Imp nos hailed they found in
It a hold aegis whoso wings from tl; to tig n
undloafeot. The hied woe take* from tha
noted and.
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STIhlNU UUKEAU, 10 Sprues UL Hunting
House Hq.), New York.lanrt-dAnly
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A FKIKND IN N'KKI).
Dr.Sweet’s Infallible Liniment.
Prepared from tbe receipt of Dr. Stephen Sweet
of Coonectteut, tbe greet natural Bone Setter, llaa
been used for more than 50 jears, and to tha beat
known rented/ for Ubanmatiau. Vaoralfto, Sprain*.
Uruiaea. Cute. Burn*, won tula end nil asternal in*
jnrtoe. SOLD bt ALL DBUGG1HTH—TRY IT.
jan 99-aet-tnae-tbureA w 1/
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