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Spring Place Jimplecute.
Carter efc Iloartsoil, Putolisliers.
V OLUME XV.
CAPITAL GOSSIP.
1TE5IS OF NEWS PICKED UP AT
THIS NATIONAL CAPITAL
Sayfrtgs and Doings of the Official
Heads of the Government.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Jones, has issued an order to post¬
masters throughout the country, for¬
bidding the issue of money orders
payable on their own offices. The
order can be issued on a sub-station.
The internal revenue bureau has
practically completed the work of re¬
cording and scheduling the returns re¬
ceived under the income tax act and
very soon will be ready to begin the
work of refunding the amounts paid
before the act was declared unconsti¬
tutional.
Notes of national hanks are to be
boycotted by the Knights of Labor.
Grand Master Sovereign has issued a
manifesto to his organization and to
the Farmers’ Allianoe, People’s Party,
reform clubs and kindred societies re¬
citing the wrongs of the masses and
calling for a general boycott on na¬
tional bank notes in all dealings be¬
tween individuals. Tho boycott is to
go into effect September 1.
The treasury department has re¬
sumed the issue of gold certificates,
which had been suspended during the
period when tho treasury gold reserve
was below 8190,000,000. Sinoo June
25th last, when the gold reserve again
became intact, the treasury has is¬
sued about 8200,000 gold certificates
on gold paid mostly at United States
mints. There are now outstanding
843,376,000 iu gold certificates, with
8172,180 in the treasury, tho remain¬
der being in circulation.
The president nnd Mrs. Cleveland
have named the little girl, now twelve
days old, Marion Cleveland. As in
tho case of both Ruth and Esther, no
middle name is given. It is not at
present known, of course, what in¬
duced the parents to select this name,
but it will be readily recalled that it
was at the charming town of Marion,
on Buzzard’s Ray, wliero Mrs. Cleve¬
land spent her first summer iu New
England, and where she made many
warm personal friends, besides be¬
coming very much attached to tho
place.
8puin Decides to Pay Up.
The Spanish authorities have indi¬
cated lately, through the press of that
country and by other means, that
Spain would be perfectly willing to
pay tho $1,500,090 demanded by this
Mora, government as United indemnity to Maxima
if the States would make
a more thorough effort to prevent fili¬
bustering expeditious from this coun¬
try to assist the Cuban insurgents iu
their present struggle for independ¬
ence. This government has here
tofore strenuously insisted that it
is doing all that can be done to
enforce the neutrality laws, and cites
the proclamation recently issued by
the president on tho subject as evi¬
dence of its good faith in this respect.
Now, however, since the Spanish coun¬
cil of state has decidod to pay tho
Mora claim without delay, this govern¬
ment feels that it is in the position to
pay some heed to Spanish importuni¬
ty without seeming to do so condi¬
tionally upon the payment of the
claim, and it is said that Friday’s cab¬
inet meeting called for the purpose of
devising ways and means to make a
more strenuous effort to
A New Civil Service Rule.
The president has promulgated a
new rule modifying rule V, of the
civil service rules, the effect of which
is to greatly limit the number of pro¬
motions in classified customs districts,
except after appropriate examination.
The necessity for the change in the
rule arose from the extension of the
classification in the customs service
on the 2d of November last to positions
paying ing the salaries door of less than $9*00,open¬
for the promotion of
many persons who had entered the
service through personal or political
favoritism. The old rule would per
mit these persons,, after they were
brought into the classified service, to
be advanced to many of the best pay¬
ing positions without examination.
Under the new rule, promotions can
be made only to a limited extent with¬
out examination, and no promtoion
can be made from one grade to an¬
other an appropriate examination to
tost fitness for the position to which
tho promotion is to be made. This
amendment does not apply to the New
York customs district, for which spec¬
ial promotion regulations are pro¬
vided, requiring examinations for all
promotions.
State Tax on Railroads.
The appeal of the Central Railroad
and Banking Company of Georgia, by
Commissioner Hayes vs. William A.
Wright, comptroller general of Geor¬
gia, has been docketed in the supreme
court of the United States at Wash¬
ington. It comes from the circuit
court of the United States for the
eastern district of Georgia. By the
terms of the charter the capital stock
of the company representing so much
of tho railroad lines as extended from
Savannah to Macon was exempted
SPIUNG PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1895.
from a lax ia excess of half of 1 per
cent of the net increase thereon, but
Counties and cities were authorized
to tux other property belonging
to the corporation located with¬
in their limit at the same ratio
as wi!i, assessed against similar proper¬
ty. Judge Emory Speer, in an ex¬
haustive decree, exhausted the history
of the case and examined the conten¬
tions of both parties. He decided in
> fleet that half of tho 1 per cent, tax
on the capital stock set out in the
charter was for state purposes only;
that the cities and counties on the lino
were authorized to levy and collect
faxes upon the real property of the
corporation, and that the Glenn law
was constitutional. A decree was,
therefore, entered directing the re¬
ceivers to pay 814,798 taxes for the
year 1891, with interest at 7 per cent,
/torn December 20, 1891. From this
decree and judgment the receivers ap¬
pealed.
BANK NOTE BOYCOTT.
An Ultimatum Published by Grand
Master Workman Powderly.
A Washington special says: The
publication of Grand Master Work¬
man Sovereign’s boycott against na
tional bank notes naturally attracted a
great deal of attention and was very
generally discussed as to its effect, if
any, upon tho condition of the treas¬
ury and the circulation of money and
tho payment of obligations. Sec¬
retary Carlisle said that the boy¬
cott would not affect the treasury
department or its condition. Na¬
tional hank notes, it was stated,
ns between individuals, wore not a le¬
gal tender and could be refused if of¬
fered by one individual to another and
declined without in the least impairing
the validity of the debt. Tho same is
truo of gold and of silver certificates,
neither of which is legal tender, but
simply the representative of a gold or
silver dollar, which is legal tender be¬
tween individuals and between the
government and individuals, But
either national bank notes or tho cer¬
tificates ivould be redeemed on presen¬
tation at the treasury with legal ten¬
der. In the case of a national bank
note the bank of issue could put it
again in circulation or allow it to bo
retired, as it chose.
Treasury officials express the opin¬
ion that while a general and iron-clad
boycott of national bank notes by la¬
bor unions would perhaps cause tem¬
porary embarrassment, it could have
no permanent effect, as stripped of all
technical surroundings it was a boy¬
cott against tho government certifi¬
cates on the part of a portion of the
citizens, which was in itself, they said,
an absurdity.
Whatever objections, it waB pointed
out, may exist against the national
bank system under the present law, it
could only be remedied by a repeal or
modification of those laws and not by
a boycott, as an attack on the system
such as that instituted by Grand Mas¬
ter Sovereign resolves itself into an at¬
tack on the government itself.
STAMBULOFF DIES
From Wounds Inflicted by Assassins.
Sensational Funeral.
Stefan M. Stambuloff, ex-prime min¬
ister of Bulgaria, died from the effects
of the wounds inflicted upon him some
days ago when he was returning to his
home from the Union club. Only 40
years of age, he has earned for himself
the title of the “Bismarck of Bulga
ria,” and his last words were “God
protect Bulgaria.” His death has in
tonsified the bitter feeling that exists
between his partisans and the support
ers of the present government and it
has been freely charged that Prince
Ferdinand and his ministers were di¬
rectly responsible for his assassination.
At fetambulaff’s
was created. When the scene of the
assassination was reached tho funeral
procession halted and M. Petkoff de¬
livered a harrangue. Suddenly a re
volver was firea and somebody cried :
“Run for your lives.”
The onlookers were panic-stricken
and rushed in all directions. Mounted
gendarmes hurried up and order was
restored. The diplomats withdrew
and the gendarmes escorted the re¬
mains to the cathedral.
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS
Issue a Call for a State Convention
August 22.
The Nebraska democratic state cen¬
tral com miiteemet at Omaha with z.
full membership, and resolved to call
the state convention to meet at Omaha
on August 22d to nominate a state
ticket. The offices of the committee¬
men who have united with the bolters
were declared vacant and the vacancies
were ordered filled. The meeting was
harmonious ani enthusiastic.
THROUGH A BRIDGE
A Freight Train Plunges, Killing and
Injuring Fifteen Persons.
A Santa Fe freight train, bound
from Denver to Colorado Springs, fell
through a bridge just south of Monu¬
ment, Col., at 11 o’clock Wednesday
morning, killing three persons, fatally
injuring fifteen three and seriously injuring
others.
“Tell ttio Trutlx.”
BIMETALLISTS MEET
SILVER’S ADVOCATES IN GEOR¬
GIA HOLD A CONVENTION.
The Resolutions as Adopted-Brief
Summary of the Proceedings.
The advocates of free coinage in
Georgia met in convention at Griffin
Thursday. The meeting was called to
order shortly after 10 o’clock, by
Judge Hunt,president of the Spalding
County Silver League. Delegates from
all parts of the state to the number of
500 were present. The proceedings
opened by the election of Hon. Pat
Walsh as permanent chairman and
M. Douglas Glessner as secretary.
Chairman Walsh made a very grace¬
ful speech of thanks for the honor con¬
ferred upon him. He reviewed the call
for the convention aud said that it had
been summoned to represent the wishes
of the people of Georgia, in reference
to the question so deeply and vitally
affecting their interests. He asked why
and had fast been year, harvested, althougfbmfnWfS^roJs discontented
and
grumbling voices should bo hoard from
the mountains to tho sea. He attribu
ted it to the drastic financial policy of
the administration which has apprecia
tod tho money, bonds and stocks in the
hands of the capitalists of the country.
He thought,under a wise, judicious and
liberal financial system the depression
on all sides would be dissipated and
"sressss srr^s over"
and demand, and said it was not
production tbol .fflictcd the people,
but underconsumption, which was
greeted with loud applause. He dwelt
at some length ou the present purchas
ing power of the dollar, and said it
would buy more of labor and the pro
duct of labor at this time than it ever
could before.
He denied that the convention had
been called by men who wanted office
am! declared ho wanted no office and
desired no higher honor than the priv
ilegeof serving his people. He knew
of no man connected with the silver
movement who was not actuated by the
same high purpose that animated tho
men who were present at tho
that tho other side was
selfish motives which he deplored as he
had seen waves of' fanaticism, waves of
war and waves of pestilence, but no
waves that were so destructive to tho
interests of tho people as this wave of
cupidity and avarice now sweeping
over the country. He announced the
convention ready for business.
On motion of Captain Evan Howell,
of Fulton, a committee on resolution
was appointed, one from each congrcs
sional district and two from tho state
2S&
trict, A. J. Brenner; second district,
Clarenco Wilson; third district, S. T.
Losley ; fourth district, Henry R.
Harris; fifth district, A. C. McCalla;
sixth district, C. T. Zachary; seventh
district, Win. Phillips ; eighth district,
H. H. Curlton; ninth district, H. T.
Bell; tenth district, W. H. Flemin";
eleventh district, T. N. Roberts.
From the-state at large: Evan P.
Howell and Allen Fort.
When the resolutions committeo
was appointed a motion was made and
camed . , „ tiiat t tho chairman appoint
a
Vlce P rc ' BldeDt for tho sta t« league,
one from eacb congressional district
and two from the state at large,
The Platform Agreed On.
The committee on resolutions agreed
upon the following report:
“We, the representatives of the
people of tho state of Georgia, who
favor the bimetallic standard of both
gold and silver, in convention assem¬
bled, indorse and adopt as tbo senti¬
ments of the convention the following
preamble and resolutions, adopted by
the Memphis bimetallic convention, on
the 13th of 1895:
“Whereas, Silver and gold coin have
in all ages constituted the money of
the world, were tho money of the
fathers of the republic, the money of
history and of the constitution.
“The universal experience of man¬
kind has demonstrated that the joint
use of both silver and gold coin as
money constitute the most stable
standard of value aud that the full
amount of both metals is necessary as
a medium of exchange,
“Tho demonetization of either of
these historic metals means an ajipre
ciation in the value of money, a fall in
the prices of commodities, a diminu¬
tion of profits of legitimate business,
a continued increase in tho burden of
debts, a withdrawal of money from the
channels of trade and industry, where
it no longer yields a safe and sure re¬
turn, aud its idle accumulation in the
banks aud the great money centers of
the country.
“There is uo health or soundness in
a financial system umLr which a
hoarded dollar is productive of in¬
crease to its possessor, whilo an in¬
vested dollar yields a constantly di¬
minishing return, aud under which
fortunes are made by the actions of
idle capital or by a persistent fall
in tho prices of commodities
aud a persistent dwindling in the
margin of profits iu almost every
branch of useful industry, Such
a system is a premium on sloth and os
penalty upon industry, and such cs
system is that which tho criminal leg¬
islation of 1873 has imposed upon this
country.
“The bimetallic standard of silver
and gold has behind it the experience
of ages and has been tested and ap¬
proved by the enlightened and delib¬
erate judgment of mankind. The gold
standard is a departure from the es¬
tablished policy of the civilized world
with nothing to commend it but twen¬
ty-two years of depression and disaster
to the people and extraordinary ac¬
cumulation of wealth in tho hands of
a few.
“ There are some facts bearing upon
this question recognized and admitted
by all candid men, whether advocates
of bimetallism or of the single gold
standard. Among these is the fact
that the very year that marked the
charge from the bimetallic to the sin¬
gle gold standard is the very year that
marked the change from a condition
of rising prices, large profits, general
contentment and great prosperity to a
condition of falling prices, diminish¬
ing profits, insecurity of investments.
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s J ant J ftrd - but a constantly changing
° f -onometaHsmis
° no 8 andard * 0 U ho cred '
U d another for the debtor; and
^ bere can be no more dishonest mono
t,u y system than that which gives
short mea sure to the borrower and
Ion « measure to tho lender.
“Under the policy prevailing prior
to 1873 there can be no violent change
111 the relative value of the two motals,
f° r a rise in value of one metal is coun
teraeted by a decreased demand, and
a tall in value by an increased demand,
Under the operation of this benificent
law a stable relation was maintained
between them in spite of the most ex¬
treme changes in relative productions.
From the first period of our history
up to 1873, the right of the debtor to
choose whether he should pay his
debts in silver or gold coin was always
recognized. The subsequent this policy
has been to transfer right to the
creditor, thus tending to constantly
increase the value of the dearer metal
and destroy the parity between them.
“Believing that it is absolutely
necessary to reverse this iniquitous
and ruinous policy, we, therefore, re¬
solve :
“That we favor the immediate resto¬
ration of silver to its former place as
a full legal tender standard money,
equal with gold, and the free and un¬
limited coinage of both silver and gold
at the ratio of 1G to 1 and upon terms
of exact equality.
“That while we should wolcomo the
eo-operation of other nations, wo be¬
lieve that the United States should not
wait upon the pleasure of foreign gov¬
ernments or the consent of foreign
creditors, but should themselves pro¬
ceed to reverse the grinding process
that is destroying the prosperity of
the people and should lead by their
example the nations of the earth.
“That the rights of the American
people, the interests of American labor
and the prosperity of American indus¬
try have a higher claim to tho consid¬
eration of the people’s lawmakers than
the greed of foreign creditors, ‘idie or the
avaricious demands made by hold¬
ers of tho capital. ’ The right to regu¬
late its own monetary system in the
interest of its own people is a right
which no free government can barter,
sell, or surrender. This reserved right
is a part of every bond, of every con
tract and of every obligation. No cred¬
itor or claimant can set up aright that
can take precedence over a nation’s
obligations to promote the welfare of
the masses of its own people. This is a
debt higher aud more binding than all
SI a Year In Advance
other debts and one which is not only
dishonest, but treasonable to ignore.
“Under the financial policy that now
prevails we see the land filled with idle
and discontented workingmen and an
over-growing whom army of tramps, men
lack of work and opportunity
have made outcasts and beggars. At
the other end we find that a few
thousand families own one-half the
wealth of tho country.
“The centralization of wealth has
gone hand in hand with the spread of
poverty. The pauper and the pluto¬
crat are twin children of the same vi¬
cious and unholy system. The situa¬
tion is full of menace to the liberties
of the poople and the life of the re¬
public. The issue is enfranchisement
or hopeless servitude. Whatever the
power of money can do by debauchery
and corruption to maintain its grasp
We, on the law-making power will be done.
ple therefore, appeal to the plain peo¬
of the land with perfect confidence
in their patriotism and intelligence to
arouse themselves to a full sense of the
peril that confronts them and defend
the citadel of their liberties with a vig¬
ilance that shall neither slumber nor
sleep.
“Resolved, further, That public of¬
fice is a public trust; and that the use
of public patronage for the purpose of
molding public sentiment in the inter¬
est of plutocracy tends to sap and de¬
stroy the rights and liberties of the
masses.
“Whereas, it is important to or¬
ganize to enforce in one state the
declaration of princqiles announced in
these resolutions; therefore,
“Resolved, That we call upon the
people of this state to organize in every
oouuty and militia district with the
object in view to secure representa¬
tives, state and national, who will
favor these principles, and who will in
good faith carry them out, without
any “And straddling or evasion.
to this end the chairman of
this convention shall appoint a vice
Xiresident from each congressional dis¬
trict, with two from the state at large,
subject to ratification of this conven
tion. Each vice president shall see to
the organization of bimetallic clubs in
each county in this state, and each
county shall see to the organization of
militia districts and wards of their re¬
spective counties and cities.
“The said vice presidents shall con¬
stitute the state executive committee
of the bimetallic clubs of the state.”
The resolutions were adopted amid
loud cheering.
The proceedings progressed smooth¬
ly and the meeting was about to ad¬
journ to hear Senator Morgan’s speech
when Mr. Gardner, of Pike, a demo¬
crat and ex-member of the legislature,
addressed the chair and offered the
following resolution:
day Whereat), The democrats of Georgia have this
assembled in tho city of Griffin, and where¬
as no political party can preserve ita principles
or herence protect its best interests, without a strict ad¬
to party' organization,
Therefore, lto it resolved by the convention
that all delegates participating in the delibera¬
tions of the convention acknow edge themselves
democrats, and pledge themselves to support
the democratic party.
The resolution created some confu¬
sion but was finally passed up to be
referred to the committee on resolu¬
tions. Mr. Gardner descended from
the chair, quiet prevailed, and the
delegates adjourned to the grove to
hear the speech of Senator Morgan.
Senator Morgan Speaks.
In beginning his speech Senator
Morgan said that in accepting the in¬
vitation from Georgians to discuss the
silver question he felt at homo, inas¬
much as Alabama and Georgia were
closely allied and the question was
mainly a family trouble; that he came
as a democrat to advocate democratic
principles as old and as sound as tho
national party. He said he would
speak in defense of an act of oongress
that was approved by George Wash¬
ington in 1792—for the free coinage
of silver, which was re-enacted in 1837,
and was annihilated by John Sherman
in 1873. He said he would not dis¬
cuss what money was good, except in
tho sense of being equal in current
value in the United States, where our
legal tender laws make equal every
gold, silver aud paper dollar issued by
the United States.
Mr. Morgan gave an interesting and
complete history of silver legislation,
and in closing said:
“The democratic party is a safer
guardian of the rights of silver money
than any other party, whether repub¬
lican, populist or mugwump. I there¬
fore am willing to entrust this great
question to their keeping, and I shall
remain at my post under that flag, as
I have done for twenty years, iu the
senate, and will do all that is in my
power for this, the cause of the peo
pie.”
the deadly crossing
Train Crashes Into a Pleasure Vehi¬
cle Killing Four Men.
A pleasure party of five men, while
driving across the railroad track be¬
nal, tween Williamstown, Mass., and Pow
Vt., Sunday afternoon, was struck
by a train on the Fitchburg road.
Three of the men were instantly killed;
one died shortly afterward, and the
lining occupant of tho carriage,
William Priudle, escaped injury by
jumping. The party had waited for a
freight train to pass and did not see
the passenger train coming from the
opposite direction.
N UMBER 26.
If You
AKE GOING TO
Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas,
Texas, Nebraska, Louisiana,
Colorado, Utah, California,
Oregon, Washington, Mex¬
ico, New Mexico or Arizona,
And will send me a postal oard or let¬
ter stating where you are going,
when yon are going, where
you will start from, how
many there are in your
party, what freight and
baggage you have,
I will write you or call at your
house and furnish yon with
the fullest information regard¬
ing routes, lowest rates of all
classes, besides maps, descriptive and
illustrated land pamphlets, resort
books, Hot Springs guides, etc.
Cheap farming lands in Mis¬
souri, Arkansas, Kansas and
Texas.
A. A. GALLAGHER,
SOUTHERN PASSENGER AGENT,
Missouri Pacific R’w’y
and IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE.
103 Rend House,
Chattanooga, Tonn.
QUARLES N. KING,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
J # J. BATES,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA
Special attention to collections and
criminal practice.
Y, L- WATTS,
Attorney-At-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA
Prompt attention to all business.
Q # L, HENRY,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Will praotice in the courts of this and
adjoining counties.
J # S, FANN,
Dentist,
DALTON, GA.
Solicits voui
JJcNELLr & HEARTSILL,
General Job Printers,
CLEVELAND, TENN.
Mail orders will receive prompt atten¬
tion. Send for prioes and
samples of work.
rfHOMAS J. BRYANT,
Livery Stable,
DALTON, GA
I have bought the entire Livery
business of Calaway & Longest, and
solicit your patronage.
L P- BAG WELL, H. D.,
SPRING PLACE. GA.
Offers his professional services to the
people of this section and solicits a
share of the patronage.
YV % W. ANDERSON,
Physician and Surgeon,
SPRING PLACE, GA
Professional services offered to the
people of this sootion. Calls cheer¬
fully answered day and night.
J. A. PRICE, M. D.,
SUMACH, GA
Will practice his profession in this
and surrounding country.
Will be at the Temple House on the
first Tuesdays in each month for the
purpose of examining and treating
Acute and Chronio diseases.
fe &ayeMoney to Loan ate nor cent,
On farm or city property in any sec
tion of country where property has a
fixed market value. Money ready for
immediate loans where security and
t.itlo is good. No. commission. We
solicit applications. Blanks furnished
upon request, ALLEN & OO.,
40-42 Broadway, N. T t