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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH ; TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1G, 1WT.—‘TWELVE PAGES.
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AUente'Unrein 1TX Feecbtree etreeb
AHeommunlcitlon, ahonld be addressed to
THB TKI.BG RAP H,
Macon Oi.
niijcrin, ekiiti ,te ibonld be nude peyt-
I, H 0. Hirtow Mini
fm fn i> nf|T7T~r Tf A pTJT Secret S*Mlon*ofth*ConfederateCooflrM
*■» “ i n the coorte of an article to the Century, I
Colonel Bbett esys:
Tbet within Mi week, efter Ur. Dirl,', election
a. Preildent ot the Oontederecy, the Provl.lontl
Oongreu found tbit they hid mode e ml,take, ind
that there wu dinger ot leriona dlvUion,, which
would pireljM the Contederete government. ‘To
erold thle end to confer ell power on the Preeldent,
they reeorted to eecret Mellon." •
Colonel Bbett ie doubtless relating remem
brance* ot the talk of his (ether, who was
■ot ■ particular admirer or friend of Ur.
Jtfferson Davis.
That there should have been a conflict of
ideas amosg the men, and they were able
onts, in the formation cf governments tho
face of a war, is not to be wondered at, bat
we think Colonel Bhett is mistaken as to
the mception of eecret sessions. A young
government improvising an army and
navy, was as a matter of prndenooand neces
sity compelled to resort to eecret sessions.
Even with this protection the Federal
government was apprized of almost every
thing that wss done and said. We candot
recall the exact date of the order for te-
oret set sion,bat vre remember distinctly,the
first reference made to it. At Montgomery,
during the early days of the Confederate
Congress, the morning sessions were taken
np very largely by the presentation of
miniature' flags, drawings, sketches and
suggestions for flogs of every conceivable
description.
As these were presented the member
making the presentation would indulge at
times in a considerable amount of Colum
bian oratory, much of which was intended
for the galleries, and not infrequently there
was reference to the “old flag.”
Some one had sent Ur. Withets, cf South
Carolina,a design fora flog far more unique
than polite, the main features of which
were a negro and a rattlesnake. .This he
had shown aronnd to the amnsomentof his
associates.
Becoming utterly impatient one morning
at the display of fl..g oratory, Mr. Withers
rose and gave notice that when the anbjeet
was again in order, ho wonld pr.sent his
design and make a speech npon it Where
upon Mr. Howell Cobb, the presiding
0filet r, suggested that if the doors were
closed and the galleries emptied, the flag
speeches wonld oeaee.
There was a sharp discussion over the re
moval of the oapital from Montgomery to
Bichmond, but there were no acrimonious
debates until the tall of 1861, when tho pub
lished reports of tho battle of Manassas
came in and when it became necessary to
take some steps towards the reorganization
the army.
Upon all serious matters of defence and
sometimes of finance there were secret
lions, but the Confederate Congresses spent
fair amount of time in open seasion.
There was scarcely a day during his mem.
bership that Henry S. Foote did not deliver
diatribe against Jtfferson Davis.
Governor Forsker is ill. His dentist says
fee is overworked.
There is a buoyancy in business all over
the ooantry that for this season of the year,
i a moat encouraging.
b it not strange that in a prohibition
«ity, the Legislature of Georgia should be
turned into a bear garden.
The Catholic church is going to send
women ss missionaries to Africa. The ex
periment is worth the making, and the re
sult will be watched for with eager in
terest
The Chatsworlh railroad accident in which
eighty-four persons lost their lives, is an
other proof of the fatality of the No, 13,
The number of the engine that drew the
train was 13.
The author ot the Glenn bill proposes to
stand for Congress, and he will take pro
tection in his platform. If we do not mis
take the signs of the times, several others
will bo oompelled to face this music.
The ctuxe of Governor McE.cry's un
popularity, according to the N. 0.
Picayune, U due to his uso of patronage
for personal aggiandizement. Personal
government is growing more and more un
popular in this country.
Ocn young friend Will H. Hayne is too
sweet a singer himself and too well read to
make such a mistake as this,except through
carelessness:
“Amid the soon day drowalseu
Ills voice to strangely shrill—
He bu a sturdy (sir cf lungs.
And self assorting wlUl
To modest minstrels ot tho gnus
Ho does a grievous wrong,
\i though ho would titarmlusts
TL-lr music and their song.”
The locust here referred to la really tho
Cicada and does not sing stnrdy, though
his lungs may be. The shrill sound oomes
trim a pair of stictchod membranes under
his abdomen acted upon by powerful mus
cles, It la frictional not vocal. The soutd
la imitated exactly by means of an old
fashioned toy made by stretching a mem
brane over the mouth of a broken bottle,
attached by u looped horsehair to a smooth
stick. _________
Come to Bee Vo.
80 soon as President Northern and Vice
Preeldent Waddell can make the proper ar.
zangements and can spare the necessary
time, they ahonld notify Farmer Wailey
and other friends of the Georgia Btato
Fair, and they ibonld all come down to
Macon.
We can assure them that onr people are
not only anxious to see them hut are deair.
ous of co-operating with them in efforts to
seenro the success of the coming State fair.
Our Board of Trade, merchants aud bust,
ness men ure prepared to unito with them
in an energetic and intelligent effort to make
the fair so complete a success in all de
partments that every farmer, and evary
man and woman in the'State shall feel
just pride in 1L Macon is prepared to do
her fall duty and more.
A Persistent Slanderer of Georgia.
A “fresh” and unrelitble correspondent
in Atlanta, who ekes out a llviDg by tele
graphing aDy kind of lies demanded, to
Northern papers, bsi spread broadcast that
“Northern Democratic leaders are writing
numerously and urgently to their brethren
iu Georgia to have the infamous Glean bill
- pigeon-holed in the Senate."
The other day, Mr. Glenr, the author of
the bill, stated io an interview, that he
kuew nothing of such letters, and that bad
there been aDy inch remonstrances, he
wonld donbtless have he ad ot them.
Every day we see stories telegraphed
from Atlanta, in the Northern end Western
dailies that are grows exaggerations, when
they ace not downright lies. A noticeable
fact is that the stories are all colored tosnit
the policy and tone of each paper In which
they bj pear. The State of Georgia has been
more slandered by this jackal than by ail
her enemies pnt together. Tha burning of
Gov. Gordon in effigy by a few thoughtless
people in Dalton was magnified by this cra
ven In the papers from home into a great
popular Indignation against the Governor.
The opposition of the two negro legislators
to the Glenn bill in the Uonse wu pictured
as the magnificent protest of two heroio
martyrs.
These are hut instances of consistent and
continue,! misrepresentation'! of Georgia
and Georgians sent to papers North, East,
and West by this mercenary correspondent,
who is loet to all sentiment, honor, and
truth.
While he battens in secret on hLi nefa*
nous work, he should not forget the exam
ple* of a corrrapondent who fled from Ma.
con and a justly indignant public between
two da) lights, and the Cincinnati Enquirer
Brown, who seemingly cannot bj gotten
into Georgia even by preceawe of law.
Cotton Statement,
From the Chronicle's cotton article of
August 13, the following facta are gathered
relative to tho movement of the crop of the
past week:
For tho week ending this evening (August
12), ths total receipts bavs reached 7,270
bales, against 1,109 tales last week, 2,681
bales the previous week and 3,295 bales
three weeks since; making the total receipts
sinoe the 1st of September, 1886, 6,213,148
bales against 6,311,557 bales for the same
period of 1885-86, showing a decrease since
September 1, 1886, of 101,109 bales.
The receipts of all tho interior towns for
this week have been 7,279 bales. List year
the receipts of tho same week were 7,536
bales. The old Interior slocks have de
creased during the woek 1,768 bales and are
to-night 23,251 halos leas than at the same
period last year. Tho receipts at the same
towns have been 3,657 bales less than the
same week last year, and since September
1 the rectipts at alt the towns are 71,017
bales lets than for tho samo timo in
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Among ths interior towns, the receipts at
Macon for the week havo been 0 bales.
Last year the receipts for the week were 0
bales. This shows an incroase for the
week ofO bales.
The total receipts from the plantations
since September 1,1886, are 5,189,355bales
In 1885 86 were 5,317,126 bales; in 1881-85
were 4,712,610 biles.
Although the receipts at the outports the
put week were 7.270 bales, the actual
movement from plantations was only 5,219
the balance being taken from the stocks at
the interior towns. List yoar tho receipts
from the plantations for the same week
were 5,572 bales, and tor 1885 they were
1,9!6 bales.
The Imports In continental ports thia
week have been 15,000 bale*.
The figures indicate an Increase in the
ootton In sight to-night of 61,102 bales us
compared with Ahe same date of 1886, an in-
crease of 11,672 as oompared with the eor-
responding date of 1886, and a decrease of
318,320 as compared with 1884.
The Chronicle has the following to say of
the market flnetuationi for the week under
review:
The ■ peculation In cotton for future delivery I
thle market hu been eomewhet inactive for the
week under review, and the principal future .Ie the
decline to opticus for thle mouth (aofusl). Xu
very Important influences have been el work.
Crop accounts have Improved, owing to the fell
the needed rein over a considerable portion
Texes, and a partial clearing up in Otcrgta and the
Circllnai, where ths downfall had bees exceeilve.
Liverpool reporta have reflected a very unsettled
market then. The bureau npert, made public
Wednesday, woe rather tetter than wu gentrnUy
expected. On fletorday the next crop ruled slightly
dearer, bat the In provement wu loet on Monday.
Is the conns of Tseeday end Wednesday mere wu
a decline ef ^ ■ points to Anguet options, while the
next crop gave way only 5 to 7 points. There
unaccountably toll receipts of old cotton st
Orleans, which had an nnfnvornbls e ',.. npon
tains tor (taint u, Thursday ■
-*rlj d-clu.-. coder eeil I-Uerpocl advices, wi
fully recovered on a demand to cover contract,.
Today an early dacllne wu followed by varlAble
tibeetlled values. Cotton on the ei-ot. under freer
oflerluge and declining prices, bu been fairly active,
loth lor ex;, rt eel home coneumptlcn. yuota
tlone were rede, ed t*Kr. on Monday and Me. on
Wedneedsy. Ytalerdey et a farther decline of 1 lOe.
there wu a very levee huelneae for export, end
home eptoLere bought felrly. To dey the market
w u doll and weak at »»,c. for m'ddUng uplands.
Tho Grout Free Trade Loader.
The gay and gallant Henry Watterson to
the general public is disporting himself by
the sad sea waves, bnt Editor Watterson is
lodged in a room in the Everett House,
about the centre of New York city, from
which he directs the campaign of tho free
trade faotion of the Democratic party. Al
ready he has made a coup in favor of
whisky. A New York journal says:
He has Introduced a new beverage in the Lotos
end Manhattan Cfi.bs which he itylea "cold
liquid cue'ard,” and which Is really a trapped
triple egg flip. As may be Imagined, the beverage
Is refreshing and stimulating, being food u well u
drink, and properly mixed is delicious. He Insists
on three eggs. Watterson claims to have popular
ised to thle city thesUver gray gin flzs.
It is not necessary to enlarge npon the
strength of this argument in favor ot the
perpetuation of the whisky tax. If the
whisky tax can be made to support tho pen
sion list, and at the same time famish
•/rapped triple egg flip” and “silver gray
gin fizz” to the pensioners, it will be seen at
onoe that Editor Watterson, who disclaims
being a politician, has nailed down a strong
oentre plank in his free trade platform.
Bnt under the genial influences of these
beverages aforesaid, and tho good things of
the New York Press Glnb, Editor Watter
son has not only revised his opinion of the
small Kentucky majority, bnt has also per
mitted bis late ardor for the President to
oool down slightly. The following is not
only in his best vein, bnt in significant, and
for this reason we give it prominence. It
is an extract Dorn an interview prepared in
that room at the Everett House, the real
national headquarters for the present of
the great Watteraon-Carlisle free trade
parly.
For many jean, in Kentucky and elsewhere,
great z&aiaea of men who bare no apodal affinity,
hare been voting and acting together on acoount of
aome tingle iaane or prewar©. At thee© exceptional
influence* are weakened those whom they held
begin to fall away, and seek their natural belong'
Ing. Commonly theJr first step in this direction ie
not to toU at ail. In the 8onth the tendency works
against the Democrats; in the North against tho
Bepnblicanf. Where there is an overwhelming
majority there is likely to be a lack of friction or a
laxity of organization. Thia was notably true In
the last Kentucky canvass. The Democrats were
on drew parade. The Bepnbllcane felt that, de
prived of Federal office#, It was a 'ground-hog case.*
They thought they might catch a weasel asleep and
they very nearly did.”
80 yon acquit the Preeldent of any reapona.bility
for the Democratio decline?"
I think that the supercilious behavior of some
of the heads of the government at Washington and
a certain indifference in the relation of the adminis
tration to the party have produced a lassitude in
Democratio party spirit everywhere. 1 his has
doubtless had an unoonsclous effect in Kentucky.
But 1 do not think it has gone the length of a pur-
posed protest against the President, who li regarded
with a kind of complacent good hnmor as a well-
meaning and obstinate favorite of fortune, who
care# very little what happens so It doesn't happen
to him."
•'How do you mean t"
••Just exactly what I say. You will observe that
in all of the President's utterances y>e one ex*
elusive subject ot interest is the administration.
H* never has a word tor ths DemonmkU party. It
does not seem to oocur to his mind that there are
any “ghouls" lying In wait for the party which put
him in the White House. They are only lying In
wait for him. It Is at him, not at ths party, that
the “wolves" and the “panther" are howling. All
his complaints aro those of an Individual, not of a
party leader. I am sometimes led to
suspect that he is still afraid of the party
that elected him President, and
that, consldtrlrghluself, as he is to oftsn told by
the Mugwumps, stronger than the party, he pur*
poiely keeps it In the back ground. To my mind
Is both dangerous and ungrateful, because the
party and administration are one and lnseperablo—
must stand or fall together; and, aa 1 have always
regarded the renomlnatlon ot the Preeldent aa in
evitable, I want to see him pursue that course
which will warm aud stir the Democratio heart and
nil it with tl -• iiihtu.i t <<f vi. t< rj
tied no scratch of a pc-a to show where and j
when each transfer, illegal ami insolent, [
bn* been made. Every Governor, from Col
quitt down, has winked and blinked at such • ■jijir SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
opan violation of a plain statute One was j STATE FAIH VERY JUBILANT,
sold to be silent partner In the lease, one 1
is] known to be an original terser, and
was felt that soma Injury niit>l,( »
them. A little — ch .t
NKliKI- HAITV. lh ,„.
rolled npthur sleeves, and B o„« '""l
ixig tho grounds with a vimtSiff 1
, t*M 1 1 1 hater condition thon„. pU ''
third was afraid to say “boo, to a goose.” I The Grounds llelug Pat in Excellent Con- takes maDy year* ot uso before .. Ir
■' "■ " "| really does beoome firet-clua
I arVixv l,n<rV i .. _ that i.
dltioii—llutts County Enters For the
81,000 Prize—Floyd County
Figuring For Space.
why Macon'* track is so attractive to h^** 11
You, the agricultural fai, 0 . 0
bigger to-day than over In it, hixto,^' *
that a why Superintendent Bob
smile reaohes from tfceennrf : Dt li
when his owners cracked tha whip over Ills
head. Snob unworthy conduct would be
tolerated nowhere outside this boss-ridden,
boss-iuflioted State cf Georgia.
“Lex,” seems to be serene in his lofty
assumption of power; but “let him that Bob Nisbet is very happy, _
atandeth take need, lest he fall.” Whether I He is superintendent of the State fair, smile reaches from the court house u
“Lex” gets $19,000 per annum for a gen- He has been working like a beaver for its park gate,
oral retainer, or a special fee in the news- Buooses, and nis efforts are bearing abnn- nvnnmiv _
papers, let him get np, explain this misera- dant fruit every day. Day after day is his u nut ah Git AND SHOW,
ble, contemptible conduct on the part of I mail bag laoen down with applications for I Ten Count lea to Empty Their Proti. i
those from whom the State oonld alone I apace, and inquiries from the biggeat con- »niglleap. ' UI '
expect protection in this convict business, oerne in the United States as to arrange- jg 8 h 0U ld be borne in mind ta
It wonld appear that the first bnsiness'of mente for exhibits, terms of competition I f iaje in u, B history of the world n ,l
the lessees has beeh to eleot a Governor for prizes, etc. been sn(; h an agricultural show M tw
whom they conld own in fee simple, and to - the south's book I be seen in Macon during tbo Statal
theV ^nl^^w?ibnn\ a 1i m R eh the d t»Tnl C v h bu f ” ,t th « Northern people on their P's The displays of Monroe aod Bibb a*!
eraof the State So it to TWM?a Bnd ^ ^ "® too enterptising not to to>>k np nearly all of one Ur^
tl? Feiuwf I •eoSonf T ^[»Mgla > *i8^unqueB5onably* tt!e j WietVwul be ten! snd^any oneoPthta^J
asrof last year*!*
bis employ—several of them—and they fljr ' wtor0 gather all tho Secretary Oiler and Mr, Clark Gti-r i
roosted mgb, and they crowed londly, and I ttrpli iu „ an( j 6 y Te farmers assistant, have retnrned front Canton 'ir
IZtlir 1118 y 18 “ SS® attracting great attention from ‘hey came back with glowing rapo^
W th ''I.^ y in fho Cor atitniinn and their the manufacturing people all over tho conn- members of th ■ society and it, fne J?
With Lex in the Constitution and their . Thev are anxious to disnlav their I throughout the State. Speakinu of r
SS® Si td -- before the great mass o? Georgia county dianl.yH they said yeaterdaj:
Golifth on the war nato. j Era?? ve?r the? fwmers. In tho turn, the farmers are “Colonel John B. Gorman, 0 f Taft*
uoiiatn on the war path. Every year they desiroaa of aeoina all the latest ma- ton ' infomxd ns the other day o,,
Evmv voar fltoS tferf? oCeryand other articlL that they havo T-dbot county would be among th.f^
bribeatotoe nath^f ^ew^ak andwicked d ‘ U / Deed for ' leered one exhibition, theoonnties to shy her caater in the
Evera vear thev raiBo a on?heMHkUs is ““Petition that makes cheap prices, a “ d »V and ?P for 8 l “ r “ d •qu.ia flgh
who the (treater the exhibit, the greater the with tho other counties Last year t'
who raisethe banner of reform, and oom peril ion, and consequently the prices rioh county was represented by Cob,
nave reauhwl a ptoos wherethry esn com- ThatI. tha secretofthe'greet Gorman, who had a few article, ^(roT
fhifamfi?rarfthM« C whod« 8 «to S «ra^tthta benefit of fairs, beside* the nntold benefit own plantation. This year the et|
tofnirtM te rtLrato h a * hi to be derived from cxhibiie of the very best ^unty is interested and there i, noth
injustice to Georgia. , agricultural produce, to stimulating that grows o> can be produced in all M
A cause with each advocates will defeat * but what will be sysiematioallv irrontwi
itself. It may take years, hut when It estmpbis« asd emulation I the display. Colonel Goi**?“
comes it will bring down with it the fame cf among the farmers themselves. The farmer body knows, is one of tho livest and n
men who have besn honored with position, I from Butts sees splendid otrtals 1 energetio of men, and having ,»• hi,
pecuniary Jproflt and political influence. | from Hanoock, and learns heart on what Talbot aball do von
It was said of a late politician to Georgia, by the method of their onltiva'ion. Next 00 unt on seeing something worih seek
one of his moat attached friends: “My God, year the Bntts farmer competes with the “Has Pierce begun her preparation?'
Blank lived jnst two years foo long!" Some Hancock farmer, and the exhibits are! ••Ob, yes; she is also making grand
men high np to the roll aro fast ontliving surpassing fine. The Hanoock farmer f or t fl an d have been placed
the record of a lifetime, and when death I boasts of his fine cattle and horses and ie I equal footing with the
comes to relieve the Suite of their tyranny— I surprised to ece snoh that oar.load of two- oountiea and will be on hand with a"^
born and bred in the Blute's confidence in year-old Georgia raised colt, from Morgan ij Q4 0 [ S atcplc«, m the draamen ,n
their supposed integrity, and which, like county, wbioh was promised yesterday in a the produota of South Georgia. Then
the snake, was warmed at the hearth, only letter to Superintendent Nisbet. Points on be shown off to tho beat advantage an,
to stirg and devastate—the verdict will I colt raising are given by tho Morgan eoun- the skillful management of Oapt. E.
surely come, “what a pity he had not died tiaD, and the year after a dozen other ooun- Hendry and Mr. D. B, Johnson, the p„
before be unmasked hia greed to a disgusted ties show up with fino colts. One farmer dents of the olubs of the county. Pk
people.” exhibits fine melons, another oymbltogs, h a a m08 t enterprising oounty and'bane
What will money, heaped up, do for another corn, another oats, another Jersey 0 f the most energetio farmers in Geon
sun an one! What can it do, except to oows, another Berkshire pigs, another eu- Her <ii«play will be an attraction."
keep in constant remembrance the methods perior laying chicken,, another middle I “What did yon find out about...
by which it was obtained ? Georgia wheat, and so on through the to- eounty while yon were to North Gem
All sins in political life are forgiven, but finite variety of gardes * and ••Well, sir, Floyd oounty has
the one wbioh gathers money in heaps as a I farm. How each of these I most decided to oomo to Macon, and if
reward for political favor ahown by an in- superior specimens are produced w told does it will afford the South Georgiafaa-
nocentand ignorant constltneney. It has I geueroualy to all inquirers. The experience I an opportunity to see what old Flojd cu
grown to be a eulogy—when a great man of the snooesstnl becomes the guiding post i n the way ot crops. One
“dies poor," Woe to the Georgian, wrko, to better methods on every farm to Georgia. I her farmers informed os that
forgetfil of all else but gain, uses snob Here liea the agriculturalist's sucoess. Here had corn of wbioh it only required i ! :
money, obtained from tho Btato to defeat lies the seoret of the State fair. Every year | g Ta eara to make a bushel and icma Mi
legislation by the State! The very state-1 this intxbkst ikobkasks, I have three ears. Think of twentyli
thtnt ot such a faot carries with it its own I I stalks of corn producing one bushel. "
indignant comment. Tb. admiraion mode TbeStateAgriculturaSocUlygrow, ap^oo Rn B1 “ « ^ „ e th ? tty . flTe t0 *
years ago that men and lawyers were k c I>M , o ',^ d . na toitoence amonB th? hundred and fivo sUlks to n row aud tat
about the Legislature with bribe* in their r tl f AgrieulturaTo ubsaro ton tho yield is one hundred and sixty i
pockets lo defeat legUUUon demanded by '‘f® W 0 ,? r q “Sa wd It l! bushels to tho acre. And there will b, '
tss&f&n “K
reward or bribe such persona into making I •
contracts in thtir favor, there i* laid np a an
reckoning which will blister everything it Et
tonchr. for generation, to cone! . it
great oaltlo and itook county, and in a
| tion to her agricultnral display, she
at | seed a show of boantiful cattle sndh
and other animal, that will do eyes l
Every man, woman and child in Patras
‘ work getting np this display, ~
TUB GEORGIA CONVICT LEASE.
Ita Coat to tho State—“X-ex" In the Atlanta
Conitltatlon,
Editor Txleobaph: If yonr correspond
ent from Atlanta is coireot, tho lea sets held
mccling the otber day, where they were
aonLdly Hctnred by ono of tho original
lessees for admitting that tho convicts v ere
worked cn Sunday and for general lack of
shrewd judgment, aa to their damaging tea
timooy before the penitentiary commiltoe.
It la also believed that money was assess
ed and raiaed to defeat tho Legislators iu
Its efforts to rob the convict ijstem cf lomo
ot ita horribly nojuit features at the pres
cn< leaaion.
Simnltanoonaly with thia assessment,
Lex” steps ont “heeled" for the fight.
There can bo no mistake here. The bnai-
MMmaaagszyf tha ConiUtutlon pnbUabed
hi* platform years ago, under oath. “No
man, set of dud, company or corporation
shall advocate their inti rests in our col
umns, without paying and paying well for
it.” “Lex” gUateuH with the halo of lesaee
tofloenco ond tbo flavor of hia arguments
smack of the auriferoui essence so potent
in that seasoned dish, which is handed
about, “to influence the Legislature and
nnhlin opinion.”
How “Lex" screams about the omnipo
tence of a contract! But “Lex” has ni,
gilded eye on one contnot alone. Tho
GUte made a contract by which she was to
be relieved et al expense to the State, and
for which lease of conviots she was to rc-
oelve $25,000 per annum. According to
the testimony before the present legislative
committee, the State only receives about
$16,000 per annum. Wb>? Because it
haa been fonnd necessary to increase the
corps of State cfflcial* very largely—to givo
the State some oetentible protection from
the rapacity and inhumanity of the leasees,
and to the poor victims of partisan politic,,
some semblance of protccticn looking to
ward, humane treatment By the time the
twenty years expire, the State will be
obliged to absorb the whole $25,000 in an
endeavor to compel the leu es to slide by
their own contract
Will “Lex" make a note of this fact and
be inre not to doable charge for it in a set
tu meat tor “betterments."
The Bute in it* contract with the original
Ttr» t.a».«..Gm «f .Mkto Ga'.ndaaon l ’ JB application* for apace already exceed « wor * . n , p J 01 *,
The lease eyrte m of workiu., Georgia oon-1 , »T r . I g jj 8 w1 jj k t nY0 hard for toe
viota wua hatched in iniquity. It *w mado A ?“? year 00 th0 btat0 fa,re ribbon. Measra. Do Jarnette, Beil i
av,liable by a “tblmbU-rig Irtok that dU- 0 been “““• Hudton, the delegates from I'otnam, (
graced every actor in It. It has mown like arrxu tbx $1 000 texmiom. most a att6r ing reports of the crept, t
a poisoning weed from a hot-boa of filthy I Only yesterday Butts_ comity notified I thero will now boloft undone noth
muck, and a, forcibly stated by one who 1, Superintendent Niabet of ita intention to whatever that will tend to add In th, il"
familiar with its workinga, in every phaeo compete for the S1.000 prize for tbo boat _» D o«siblo way to the displsy."
of iw cxUtence, It has blighted, and will oounty oxbiblt. And tan t that a generous “Where la Sumter?”
conlinue to blight every man who has dealt I prize? It i, enough to warrant any county “Sumter will be there, don' yoc !
to tho fraudulent scheme. ” 1 in competing. The agriCDltural club or I ^ont her. Col J. H. Black, the 01(4
Talk about contracts of this kind? Talk county that gets that snug sum can do much o{ the aRI i on Uural club of the county, ■
about a contract where every acetlon bu I to spread agricultural lltentuteand eooour- n Y0 ao ti TO maD> He has preni d
been violated on one eido, and yet which as® the but methods of farming among it* B j,ow that Sumter I, the banner eouly
raise, its fonl toDguoin every place to brow- people. Then, there i» t ioyd county that t h, g^to. nnd no man can do more ton
boat the taxpayers of the ------ 1 .» I. • - -
heaviest burdens grow ont t
ceasing demand ot the lesaecs for more I it- un itsceeia comes.itooxaaie. 'wmon | Hhof< ^ 0 " „ 0 y t he' finest -n
alaves, more money, more power. Editor Guinn, of tho Conyers Weekly, oonnUea, These combtood, will m»l»
One dt,interested opinion prevail* among assured the Txlxonxrn would be repteaeot-1 a ap i oil dig show.”
tboao whoso hands are not soiled with cor- « “7 » fll } 0 oounty exhibit, if he could do ..n ow ar6 t h e other countiee ?''
rnpt money, namely: That it is a horrid anythingfor il, nnd he tbongbt he could. “Jonop, Hancock nnd I’uluki are I
disgrace, *n inhuman scheme, a blot on the lOUPOH tflMlfe right along, and report* from them «*<
fair fame of the State, a trick to defraud the Now, about those outof-Stato basinent I tluaces of tneirnottolltog asleep.
many, nnd n trap to enrich a few—a contract people. Jaat watch their interoat. Here bu ton)8 flne a toclx. don't forget, and tl
that can only be atoned for by a complete come* that big Richmond yeast concern, rioll ln polnt of p ro j nC ta; /*'
wiping ont of the ayatem. Let “Lex” earn the Htiachman Company. It baa made no n ( i ttn j ha, a good force at voile
his fee, bnt let tho people look ont for their arrangement, for a gorgeous display. An display; Pnltaki la filled tooreifiovN*
indiapntable rights iu this matter. immense range will bo «et U IL on the | cvroxy..Lirm that grow, in Georgia,
Txpatxii. b» teroakef, mnfflos and net( f be D % ; h er atandreg •»(*
wallles made from tho yeast and onr from chanc8 M any connly in th 6 guW W
Georgia-rained wheat, will be distributed I Dr j Z8> ”
hot from tho range free to ali who will eat. p .-What Is onr own county dot eg r
H. M. Anthony, the big New Wk potash ,. Well| ulbb wm haT8 a bou<e 0 bn*
ahe never pitl*d any one in tronble more I 13 p aY tor anaoe. which 1* free ‘1 Ie “l tbat de8lgD /, 11 .„??■
than ah, does Woolf oik. especially if fee U l^mlgMfifent di-ptay ‘ h ®
guilty of the crime e Larged against t w. Lf potash will bo given free to all. Every-
and den'iea'al^chargea'of h°oto worehip “i *een tho advertisement of too d .Fi Io y nr:)0 wiU have one of the »o*;
eonCgthf butte.fli°es of fa^n MP'®7»of what cm bo brought ootolfl-"
Wool folk and an Atlanta Society Girl.
Atlanta Capitol.
Odo ot Atlanta'a beautiful society girls I
startled her friends by announcing that
side parties.
Now, what are the focU
Except Senator Brown this plain, open
section cf ft widely published contract has
been dagitiGudy and insolently violated.
Every othtr fellow sold ont for money and
an indemnifying bond, and the State's con
victs, except those at the Dade coal mines,
are under different masters and doing dif
ferent work from those who were in charge
at the beginning.
Will “Lex” raise hu nose pleases end
wipe tin m just nere to improve hi* vision
In the teeth of this plsin, unvarnished
requirement, the original leanees sub-let in
ducriminAteiy—And ye* the.Stele with its
iqojkl of keepers—(paid by the State,) cen
__ rc _ * on tho grounds. AU the sewing machine in tha u t in C(sn i oll a posaibU."
woree than | C0mpanlt8 0Q *«h wlU be the;?, so that | «***-
within himself os he lies in his cell,
torture could be worse t
self-communion to such a criminal I J b Xrm« c^“w“them M w«ktog a“t £Z I iheoaeMon ‘but" «' vffl
tOW he. Bn°t if innocent * )e3t ’ ®nd get compeUtive p.icea that will ^^K^^.re Th. 1 .
1 «“«• to think the prices naked him by | •„ amnli) aull W8 W4rt lbcm to cox*
... How dee. CoL Northen, ths “
matter
•' I nr.lltn-.i ll«‘ li. a$V 1 _
after all, the worst punishment and the p Dip.nnnt-.-T I rt,D * ““ d B 00 * 1 w0 , ,k m,y if, JaitM
surest juatleo cculd be meted out to Wool- ... , Ilfm ' Tho ‘“entire oommitltoaO
folk by leaving him for a time to suffer the rarara all nrar the contra .ra ct Qt m ®** D B in Ganton rewl»^ tti« (
iortnnee of hi.-own UtUe internal “hell on P^oto aro 11^/h^n Wh,f the mln ,honld nsa “** *
M he'fs'gaUty^tonocentVr exUbiSi \
nnccoonntable. the real followed pell melL That'. Uk. I "ftiKS Jt.
THB BELL COUNTY TROUBLE. truth, and it will be demonatrated to ma- 0T C °
_ . , „—~ _ „ chinery hall next Ootober. The hay proese*, virtue Haa IU Oiru Ita**
"era to thf A«hor?itea? tbe cott ?“ ? r “ a(9 ' “>• 001 ton picker, the Athea. BaaMJ-WU.au-.
Anotvfl* 11 Tho #(.«r,ki*a «w rea P er , the iron wagon, and all the latest It was while Mr. Meldrim
Loulsvill*, August 14. The trouble in I improvements, are already booked. first term, howoter, that Editor
J* 11 yy. 1 ! anmd, yd Ja«*| Althcugh Macon tw ? the finest fair the MaoonTxi.Eorum,
*2255 J? taftfwSfrnS gronnd, and the most commodious exhibit tility to bad lrgialation, and hi* - t
Mntft to Uy >Bw«< ?* u 1E. life In th. entire oomrirv. for a fair, it tho floor and committee, d.pa^f* 7
county. Hs a ndt red la*t Monday, ■ 00 ) taM jj tbt .j r ca n ac ity was to bo te«ted the name of the State to gc* , .
and oa th. foUowtog. WtaUwtoy Motlrai I tho the calllo and horse I of the atatut. book
Jfl. *y£ ffPS- *?- JJ*JP®*** departments are already crowded, so far a* with a *and big all bid U»* ..
declared an instant forfeiture when- _ er ' J6i P ol[6n e P BC6 can crowd. Bnt that i* promoters. The Truoxer^B , . i
ever the lessees sublet any convicts to out* IJSffSLiLlnStd:’ad h sura I“ “ a “y*“ Us - Deedcd ' wil1 ^ ^ r D ;i a t h t“*b l ot^/
Mcnrefor ^h^erfme™™*' atatemen 8 °ia I thU yefir ® U1 be ULdcr th ‘ American Turf pointment of a people'* tribune
exense for the crime. 3hi* atatemen. u AaKocialicil u _. Tha Anrienlrnrel also, fiteiate a* exeentionrr. *» * .
,, I, e. 1 A-Koi iaticn laws. Tho Btato Agricultural »!no officiate aa executioner, *
DOt crcdltri. .nd B U beheved that h. ha* p cd!ty ia m lhat MS ocixUon. | important office to the gif- o'.
onnra r ^v h ind aira him d rim!, to hi! Thl '' ' ,iU • n * nri ' beMt pouibl* rnlra and I wealth.
guflty pM4y «ad^glTB hlm rim. to make hi* ttR ulaUoni in all rice*, and the Maociatlon It ia nee.lle«8 to say r erf
«®®*P*.. th *L"e< T J a ?f.)ey 11 .‘,<? r0T<i 1 will be je*lon«to «««th*first rao*. » ae- drim alngg.d every
himself innocent on the <Uv of hu tnsh \ — n 11„ h,. „.*..*.* Hnn-a.
ce^s. To tbi»t er»il it Will be seen that good in the upper Ilona©, *nd 1 *’ D
••Hopeoo. hopesver." How m*oy dalicst* ladiaa I hor#©i -re in att^ni’ance. The fair mins- wss fealty dom btc*n:e ^
^‘i‘,r.rT'^ 1 g‘» gret liberality, have cg.rcd fre- | be >« a member. Tbe pw*
lit# bock *cJ <ic; rooaed ■ptrlU. >*lio are “oolj- ke*p
The ‘Pt
Tbe P*«P i
*.. r mioat that must induce the entriea ot the I to know that llr. M®l d ^' r yf»l 1
tng about." m tba phrwaa" la. hoil« d*j thajr “«o I be$»t turf stock, es it hes alreedy dene, to bed Is we end is no* ° sPl* 51 )
into adaclln#," and Uev« their childran luothar-1 The Macon feir ground treck hes en envie- I interests of the peop.e. 1
“® yMff ®®« «h» bro^l Und. UbyBtoUr^wJ
1 Knowing this, when the lets freebet | the .Stste still stsnds.^
factlooa •aallj, pUea&oUy end ^aicklj.
| '“ft MAAAZX, WUoU OLiV •«*" • * ™ C • | Ui® - *•** ® M | It., to b
I flooded the grounds, tome epprehension I of herd sense end is uesa ;