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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, MAYO.
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^xll the White House cage contain a
Bob-o-Linc next year?
Tiie hunter of the North Pole is about
the only green thing ever seen in Green
land.
The North will perhaps make a note
of the threat of the African dynamite con
tingent.
"Adjourned sessions" of the Legislature
are luxuries with which the people will
joyfully dispense.
Col. L. W. Lamar, of Pulaski County, is
b poken of as a suitable man for Speaker of
the Honse of Representatives.
Beecher wears a rubber suit when he
immerses converts, ns do the converts
themselves. New York religion won’t bear
washing.
The Artcm and Adiertircr has declared
war on the land robbers in the wiregrass
8action, and calls upon '.the State author!*
ties to act as appertains to justice in the
premises.
It is currently reported that Gov. Mc
Daniel did not know that he was Governor
of Georgia until his recent visit to Savan*
van. He had supposed that he was only
Governor of Atlanta.
Pitz John Porter may not get "relieved"
during the present session of Congress, but
Keifer has abused him, and that is the
next best thing to a complete vindication
by Congress. Abuse from Keifer is praise
indeed.
The Georgia mule has come ofl victor in
many conflicts. Only one test remains:
If he can kick hard enough to raise a red
spot, the size of a nickel, on Keifer's softest
cheek, there can be no ground for further
competition.
Norther* civilization was further illus
trated in New York on Sunday last by
Patrick Keating, who got drunk and beat
his wife to death. He selected the Lord’s
day to do the devil's work, and succeeded
doubtless to the satisfaction of his satanic
employer. _
There should be enacted a law which
would make it to the interest of ship cap*
tains not to run down other ships on the
high seas. The oceans are all large enough
to famish yetwls room for passing each
other, and collisions ore the results of
Criminal carelmnesx.
The Indisposition of young men to en
gage in industrial punuits is due to the
difficulty of fitting themselves for success
In such callings, rather than to a natural
disinclination to such occupations. K>-
tabllsh Industrial achools, and this fact
will become apparent.
Wild orioles, thrushes and cardinals
have suddenly made their appearance in
Central Park, New York. They are sup.
posed to have been driven out of Pennsyl
vania and New Jersey by the dense smoke,
and flying oceanward, sought the green
hesrt of the great city for shelter and food.
The frnit product of Georgia will be
greater this year than It has been for sev-
oral years past, according to present Indi
cations. There will doubtless be a steady-
increase in the profits of the fruit business,
as the people Improve in their methods of
handling and marketing the products of
their orchards.
The recent floctua'tions in the wheat
market have been sudden and wild. The
general tendency of prices Is towards
higher figures, which will be gratifying to
our Southern wheat grower!, whose crop*
will be the first to ripen and reach the
market. The yield In the Southern States,
though not as large, perhaps, as In more
favored years, promises to bring fair i«cn-
alary returns.
Oman thinks being equal, Southern
hooks should be used In Southern achools.
Who may be expected to be generous to
Southern authors if the 8outb be not even
Just to them?
The courts cannot do the 8tate better
aervlce than by auppreestng vagrancy,
Idleness Is the graduating school of vice
and violence. When vagrancy Is pat down
one of the most prolific sources ol crime
will have been removed.
Ths unrestricted power ol the Railroad
Commission is an almost Insurmountable
harrier in the path of any great railroad
enterprise In this State. The railroad de
velopment of Georgia ought to be encour
aged rather than depressed.
Th* duties ol a jodge are not alwaya
eaay to discharge. To him there are many
sources ol Irritation, and it apeaks well for
him It he maintain a calm, Judicious tem
per in the midst of them all. The snap
pish, irritable Judge is out of place on the
bench, and should be removed on the flirt
opportunity.
“The Mills and ths Cotton."
The Spartanburg Herald says;
On last Tuesday the Glendale Manufacturing
Company, through Its agents in this city,
hought ut one purchase two hundred Laics of
cotton from Mr. James HIM, a targe planter in
this county. The average price paid was llif
cents. Tho factories It, this county consume
the largest part of our crop, and the demand
haa caused the price to go up .higher than It
has been In a long time. Cotton has been sell
ing In this market for two weeks ut ft price
equal to the Charleston market and within
cent of the New Vork market.
Our mills havo kept up the price so thnt it 1ms
been a difficult mutter to buy for shipment du
ring the whole season. By building mills ut
home farmers pocket the profits of buyers
merchants.”
The Carolina Spartan says: “Mr. Charles
Miller, of the firm of Miller Bros.. Columbia,
S. C„ was In town last week. He sold 200
bales of cotton to Clifton and Glendale, ant
then went over to Greenville to supply thei
factories. This would surprise the ghosts of
our grandfathers If they could rise a
cotton shipped from' Columbia to 8
burg.''—Charleston News and Courier.
We thank our Charleston contempo
rary for the publication of these items
They are very valuable at this time in
connection with the question of advan
tage to Southern over Eastern cotton
mills in the price of cotton. It will be
remembered that the Netct and Courier
indorsed the statement of Mr. Young,
of the Eagle and Phenix, to the effect
that the Southern mills have an advan
tage over Eastern mills of 17.43 per
bale. Mr. Converse, who is president
of the Clifton and Glendale Mills, to
whom the cotton referred to above was
sold, exposed Mr. Young’s error in the
columns of the Newt. In his letter,
which we may regard as unanswerable,
he places the difference in the price he
pays for cotton and tho price in New
York at % cent per pound. The Newt
evidently questioned the figures of Mr.
Converse, as Mr. Young was strongly
indorsed in an editorial commenting
on Mr. Young's statement of the case.
The ink was scarcely dry on these
contributions of Mr. Converse and Mr.
Young, and the editorial indorsement
of Mr. Young by the Newt and Courier,
when Mr. Converse is for edto pay
within three-eighths of a cent of New
York prices for cotton to run his mills,
This is 11.50 per hale under New Y’ork
and reduces the cotton advan
about fC> per bale
below Mr. Young’s calculation. When
the freights on goods are taken into
the account, which Mr. Converse very
properly considers, it will be seen at
onco that on the prices Mr. Converse
has just paid for cotton, his advantage
in location is entirely wiped out, and
he is forced to enter the markets with
his mill products in competition with
Northern spinners without any advan
tage whatever.
We desire to call the attention of our
contemporay to tho further fact, ns
stated by the Spartanburg Herald, that
"by building mills at borne the fann
ers pocket the profits of buyers and
merchants.” This fact is demonstrat
ed by the prices paid for the two lots of
cotton purchased by tho Glqndale and
Clifton Mills. If the mills had been
located “ in New England, the
prices realized by tho producers of
tliis cotton would have been based
upon New England prices. If there
had been no mills in the South or New
England, then this cotton wontd have
sold on the basis of Liverpool prices.
It brings home to tho consideration of
onr free trade friends, in tho most
forcible manner possible a practical
demonstration of tho great truth that we
have been laboring to impress upon
our readers, that agriculture is depen
dent upon manufactures, and that the
former prospers most where the latter
haa the largest development.
This is one of the most forcible illus
trations of the correctness of the doc
trine that we have seen. If the pro
tective system gives the largest devel
opment to manufactures, as we think
there*can be no doubt, then it is clear,
as demonstrated in the price of cotton
in Spartanbnrg, which has boon induc
ed by tho location of cotton
milts at that point, that
the producers of cotton are
to be the largest beneficiaries in any
large development of cotton manufac
tures that may take place in the South.
As to Mr. Young’s proposition that
the Southern mills have an advantage
of 17.40 per bale, there Is not a single
fact to sustain it, nor an inch of (round
for him to stand upon in supporting it.
she did forty years ago, and her Legis
lature will be prepared to take care of
the resurrected resolutions at the proper
time.
Georgia repudiated the illegal action
of alien vagabonds and plunderers,
forced upon her by Federal bayonets,
and 'has been nnd is yet
prepared to settle every dollar
of iter honest obligations in square
money—not trade dollars. In proof of
this, her bonds are above par and her
credit high in the city of New York, the
financial metropolis of this continent.
Rut while the proverbial and typical
chalice is being handed around, we
would invito tho esteemed New York
Tribune to take a sip of this from the
platform of tho straightout Republicans
of Virginia:
Third, that wc believe that that plank In the
national Hepublican platform which pledged
a full payment of every dollar ol national
debt was a declaration which applied to the
States as well as the nation—South as well as
North—and became a rule for our guidance,
and that we condemn the action of President
Arthur tn forcing repudiation upon Virginia—
measure which could not have been con
summated but for hts active and persistent
support.
President Arthur’s action lias been
endorsed by his party. Two votes in the
Senate and several in the Honse were
part of the fruits of Mahone’s repu
diation policy in Virginia. Will the
Tribune drink, or does it find the
chalice filled with a liquor bitter to the
taste and deadly to political honesty!
party from the damage that
has been done. The great indus
trial interests of the country want se
curity from the repetition of such folly
in the future. These will defeat any
party appealing for power through the
policy of free trade. Cannot Demo
crats content themselves with
thq injury they have al
ready done, and give some pledge of
wisdom and patriotism in reference to
the vital interests upon which onr
prosperity depends. We hope the
effort will be made, and with success.
Wo have hoped for the fate that has
overtaken the Morrison hill. It has
had a brief and unenviable fame. It
was*tLe joint product of inconipetency
to deal with a great jmblic question,
and an overweening desire to perpetu
ate an infamous internal tax system.
It is now politically dead, and we would
have greater hope for tho Democratic
party if its author and chief abettors
Bleptwith it.
Cotton Statement.
From the Chronicle’s cotton article of
May 2 we gather the following facts
relative to the movement of the cotton
crop for the past week:
For the week ending May 2 the total receipt*
have reached 20,053 bales, against 20,923 bales
last week, 30.274 bales the previous week, and
30,113 bales three weeks since; making the to
tal receipts since September, 1383, 4,713,3t£
bales, against 3.000.670 bales for the same pe
riod of 1882-83, showing a decrease since Sep
tember 1,1888, of 1H7.3S1 bales.
The total receipts at all the interior
towns for the past week have reached
18,444 bales; since September 1,2,795,-
194 bales, showings decrease ol 71,227
hales, as compared with the receipts ol
the same week last year, and for the
season a falling off of 018,193 hales.
\mong the interior towns, Macon is
credited with 3 hales for the week, and
with 59,878 hales for the season. For the
Negroes on Railroads.
The incident on the Richmond and
Danville railroad, set’forth by our cor
respondent some days since, is attract
ing considerable attention.
The explanation offered by the em
ployes of the road, admitting it to be
correct, only transfers the responsibil
ity from themfielves to the president
and other managers of tiie company.
It has not been the custom heretofore
for negroes to take seats in the coaches
provided for ladies and their escorts.
Even gentlemen unaccompanied by
ladies are frequently required to re
tire from cars set apart for the
latter and to take seats in other coach-
It was only two days ago that we
witnessed an occurrence of this kind,
The ladles’ car was crowded, and the
gentleman readily complied with the
request ol the conductor. Negroes
traveling on the Richmond and Dan
ville road, having first-class tickets,
refuse to comply with this excellent
rule. Indeed, we are told that "under
the rules of the road” they cannot be
compelled to do what white men are
expected to do, “if they insist on re
maining,
If railway companies persist in sell
ing first-class tickets to negroes, it be
comes their duty to furnish them with
first class coaches. This is done on
many, perhaps most Southern lines,
the ancestors on both sides of both of
his alleged families and compare him
with their distinguished remains, be
fore any legal force could be given to
the theory of physical likeness.
Really, the only truo way to identify
tiie boy is to file him away with the
referee for a term of years, along with
an abstract of tho prominent points in
the character of his alleged parents,
and allow him, unmolested, to work
out his own identification, if not salva
tion. Tiie theory that like begets like
is far more apt to be true mentally and
morally than physically. On the prin
cipal that the gap in the axe shows in
tiie chip, it might be determined by
the time lie came to man’s estate from
what block he was hewn.
Titus, tiie boy’s disposition to rise
early or sleep late, tiie way he holds
Itis cigar, the number of fingers deep
lie takes his hitters, tiie absence or
presence of sugar in thefn, his style of
finding tho keyhole, in "tho
wee sma’ hours,” nnd his partiality
or repugnance for the contribution box
on Sunday could, in tiie hands of a
skillful statistician and scientist, be
woven into a chain that would bind
him to his true nativity for nil time.
True, this plan would call for time
and money; but what is time and
money to the perplexity of a citizen,
who is otherwise to bo condemned
through life to be called upon to prove
himself what he pretends to be. and
haunted always by the idea that he is
signing another person’s name? What
is time and money to the agony of that
other boy who died young, if a mistake
lias been made, when he sees tho re
cording scribe charging him up with
tho jamborees of an earthly counter
feiter, and he reflects upon the possible
difficulty of proving an alibi amid the
confusion of the last day?
The very least the courts can do, it
must appear to every reasonable man,
is to confer upon the survivor the
names of both tiie children, that he
may havo the consolation of knowing,
that while he is not all he claims to be,
he is at least half, a consolation very
few men really possess.
same week last year the receipts were
98 bales, and 57,098 bales for the I
, Rut it does not follow that the negroes
onnenn Tlti'u> timiroa slum' n il<u<nineii ....
season. Tltcsc figures show a decrease
for tho week of 95 bales, as compared
with last year, and an increase for the
season of 2,780 bales.
Taking tho receipts from plantations,
the net overland movement to May 1,
and also the takings by Southern spin
ners to the same date, the amount of
cotton substantially In sight becomes
5,550,098 bales, against 0,083,430 bales
last year; showing a decrease in the
total visible supply, ns compared with
that period, of 1,125,734 bales.
The imports into continental ports
this week havo been 72,000 bales. The
exports have reached a total of 30,398
bales, ol which 14,330 were to Great
Britain, 3,783 to France, and 12,285 to
the rest oi the continent.
The following, clipped from the
Chronicle, shows the drift of specula
tion in cotton for future delivery during
the past week:
Haring Monday and Tucadcy there tvas a
sharp decline, under sales to realise; In which
many weak holders were “shaken out." There
were no new features operating to put duwn
prices, hut stmply a withdrawal of buyera.and
the market, being left wtthout support, de
veloped the weakness that naturally followed
an important advance- On Wednesday the
market was variable and unsettled, showing
decided change. But on Thursday there
was renewed activity and buoyancy, on favor
able news from Liverpool, though part ol the
early advance was lost in the later dealings.
To-day the market was variable, closing
slightly dearer, but as c ompared with last Fri
day 14 to 17 point! lower lor this crop, 12 points
lower for September and 0 to 8 jailnts lower
for the next crop. Cotton on the spot baa been
dull and quotations were reduced Me. on
Monday. There has been no change since, and
the close on Friday wns quiet at U%c. for
middling uplands.
Commending the Chalice to Her Llpe.
It haa been' generally believed thnt
Mr. Blaine was opposed to the repudi
ating schemes of Mahone Jc Co., in Vir
ginia. If this be a tact, it ‘ is greatly to
the credit ol Mr. Blaine, and will
doubtless have the effect of reconciling
some people to episodes in his career
that do not seem or sound so sweet.
But granting ail of this to be as set
forth, the /few York Tribune, one of
the special organs oi Mr. Blaine, is not
justified in twitting Georgia with repu
diation. Under the heading of this
tide the Tribune says:
It appears that forty years ago the Legist*,
tore of Georgia severely rebuked that of Hew
Jersey for entertaining propositions looking to
the repudiation of pul,lie obligations. The
Georgian law makers ut the period declared
solemnly that they regarded “the slightest
Defeat of ths Morrison Bill.
By reference to our telegraphic dis
patches, it will be seen that the House,
in committee ol the whole, on yester
day, struck the enacting clause from
Morrison’s bill for a horizontal reduc
tion of the tariff. After tiie committee
rose and reported its action, tiie House
confirmed the same.
Tiie vote in committee was 156 in fa
vor to 151 against striking ont the en
acting danse. In the House the vote
stood 159 for to 154 against confirming
the action ot the committee.
Tiie country is to be congratulated
upon the defeat of this measure, which
for months past has seriously inter
fered witit all of its productive inter
ests.
The cry of revenue reform .adopted by
its supporters, was but the specious
subterfuge of men working in the inter
est of the whisky ring. They were
seeking to perpetuate the power of thin
great monopoly by redaction of reve
nues from the tariff, because they
hoped in this way to render the inter
nal revenue system a permanent ne.
cessity.
Tiie Democratic party has been the
sufferer in all the discussions that have
should bo permitted to force themselves
into coaches set apart for ladies and
gentlemen. Provide liko cars for all
who pay the same fares, but require
negro pussengers to confine themselves
to those set apart for them, nnd apply
the same rule to white pas
sengers. There can ho nc
troublo in enforcing suclt a rule ns tliis,
The question has been adjudicated by
the courts, and railroad officials have
no excuse for not requiring passengers
of all colors to conform to their regula
tions.
Under no circumstances should the
two races bo permitted to occupy berths
in the samo. sleeping cars. Railroad
authorities who permit tliis to bo done,
will soon find themselves in hot water
witit their passengers. Tito rule
that has been adopted by hotel pro
prietors should bo enforced on the
railroads. The courts have decided
that tliis may he done.
If the Richmond and Danville com
pany have adopted a different rule
then they need not he surprised if
white passengers and shippers patron
ize a different line.
Tills trouble crops out every four
years when there is a Presidential elec
tion. This was very noticeable on tiie
Western and Atlantic road in 1880. In
addition to the Presidential contest,
there was a hot canvass that year be
tween Norwood and Colquitt, ri
val candidates for Governor. Stren
uous efforts were made
to secure the negro vote for Colquitt,
and the rule which at other times is
enforced on that road was relaxed, and
“tho brother in black” rode pretty
much where he pleased. Now that tiie
president of the road haa settled with
Colquitt, and paid him to the utmost
farthing, it is hoped that he will main
tain his customary regulations. The
coaches which his company have pro
vided for negro passengers are as good
in ail respects as those set apart for
whites.
broach of plfghtcd faith, public or private, as traD8pire d from the inception of this
a want ol that moral principle upon which all *’ , ... ...
obligation depends.'' They expressed the I measure to Its final defeat.
Whether
or not die country has been sufficiently
shall refuse to recognise her gn at seal as a alarmed to drive the people ner-
sufficleat evidence of her obligation she will Ljjajjgjjfly from the party is now
kava fnpfpltnl her tfsflnn in lint slsti.rk.uuf nf I * *
have forfeited her station In tbc sisterhood of i..
•tales and will no longer be worthy of their I"* question
confidence ot respect." More then Georgia I been defeated, its supporters comprise
Though this bill has
Judge Hammond.
The reader is referred to our Atlanta opinion that “when any state of this Union
letter for Jndge Hammond’s statement
of the trouble witit the grand jury in
Henry county.
We print the statement with pleas
ure, and especially since Judge Ham- j ha* herself repudiated, and now tome of her | the dominant faction of tiie Democrat-
mood is one of the judicial officers in lie P* rt X in the Hoam - Th “ faction
_ . , . , , , lotion, and talk ol submitting it to the n*xt I . .. #
Georgia of whom die people have much legislature for approval. Thus the r-.t
chalice 1c Co mint-lid,.! to her own tip
she I* made to resemble “the struck
| stretched upon tbc plain," who, as all th,
| world knows, was extremely surprised to tin,
one of his own leathern upon the arrow wblcl
| had pierced fits breast. .required
Wc have no time to go bark to musty I should hi
j files, to look np tiie exact cause of tin.-1 secured t
; lecture of Georgia to New Jersey, but
presume it to have been on account of
l threat ol repudiation.
soegia stands to-day just where
Tho Doubtful Bor,
A decision has at last been reached
in the celebrated Downing case, which,
though it cannot be said to have given
satisfaction all around, must at least
temporarily remove from public sight
a matter which has for some time ex
cited a morbid curiosity.
The case, in brief, grew out of the
fact that two mothers suffered their re
spective babies to become mixed, and
that one of the latter died, which one
being the question before the coarts,
since both women, with evident earn
estness and sincerity, lay claim to the
survivor.
The referee’s decision was, in
tiie absence of any direct testimony,
founded upon a comparison of toes,
fingers, hair and general features.
The child was given to the
woman whom it most resembled, and
who happened, by the way, to be the
one in actual possession at tiie begin
ning of the disputa.
Bat only the question of right of pos
session was settled. Nobody will pre
tend that because a child’s toes spread
at pretty much the same angle, and
hat ita hair and fingers resembled that
i intent upon shaping tbc policy of
lithe party to suit the opinions of ofawoman.sheisnecessarilythemoth-
the people of Georgia ami Ken-j er of it. It is a well known fact that
j tuefcy.
cure in
ing IT
The
Slate
children date hack to certain ancestors
any contingency. Wisdom ' for certain features. Old ladies by the
rill testify to this fact; so that
in the fingers of tjie doubt-
A Croat Railroad Line Projected.
The recent opening of a new line of
railroad, from Memphis to Kansas
City, has attracted tho attention of
railroad men in Georgia, as well as all
others who aro keeping up with the
combinations that are constantly de
veloping with this important interest.
Tiie striking features of a new situa
tion that has grown oat of tiie building
of tliis line are of peculiar interest to
Macon, as well ns Middle and South
west Georgia. For this reason we
have thonght it well to call attention
to some of them, in order thnt allot
those who feci an interest in tho matter
may ponder the results of another line
to tho great West, that must bo com
pleted within n few yers.
Taking a map of tho States through
which it will run, nnd drawing a line
from Kansas City to Macon,
will be seen that with
very Blight deflections
passes through Memphis, Birming
ham and Columbus, Mneon and Au
gusta and terminates at Savannah am\
Charleston. As wc havo already stated,
road lias been built from Kansas
City to Memphis, which is now in op-
oration. From this end wo can reach
within sixty miles of Birmingham, ns
the Central railroad system terminates
at Goodwater. From tho latter point
to Memphis, a distance of three hun
dred miles, it is necessary to build a
road, and with this the line would be
completed.
Tiie results that aro to follow cannot
lie overestimated, as these will affect tho
Central system, and tho people who
live along ita entire line. It will open
up at once another and cheaper mar
ket from which we can draw oitr sup
plies of Western produce, and
at the some time, will afford onr cotton
mills better facilities and lower rates
of freight through which to supply their
growing trade in the West.
Speaking for those in the territory
nearby, to whom largo advantages
must accrue from the completion of
this line, it will be seen that, first of
all, tiie coal fields of Alabama will be
reached by the Central railroad, upon
the supposition that this road will com
plete the line from Goodwater to Bir
mingham. This will do away with
the difficulties that arise in making
coal ratee over lines composed of two
or more railroads. The first effect of
this will be to give the Central the en
tire haul on the coal needed by ita
patrons. Tliis will in turn enable it to
give lower rates than can be obtained
by existing lines, and cheaper coal for
domestic and manufacturing purposes
will follow as a natural result.
This is not all. This line once com
pleted and we reach the Erianger sys
tem of roads at Birmingham,
and thus secure good facilities
for retching all the territory along the
same, which at present is not sccessibie
except by circuitous routes. The Louis
ville and Nashville system for all points
between the Ohio and the Mississippi
rivers, and even the Lake Slates, will
also be reached from Macon and a large
portion of Georgia, at Birmingham,
and the same results that will come
from good connection with the Erianger
system will apply to this.
It most be plain that the completion
of this line is of too much importance
to bo long delayed. The people of
Kansas City and its surrounding terri
tory have probably the largest interest
in this enterprise. While this
is true, Memphis, Birmingham, Coinm.
bus, Macon, Savannah, Augusta,
however, without a struggle between
the railroad systems, whose interest
will conflict, juBt os it is to the advan
tage of tho one to see the line comple
ted, and of the other to defeat its com
pletion .
Tiie Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
system connects at Memphis already
with the line to Kansas City. Indica
tions are not wanting that its owners
appreciate the importance to them of
retaining their present advantage aris
ing from this direct connection. They
may be relied upon to institute at ail
points whatever movements are best
calculated to prevent the completion
of the line indicated. To this fact we
desire to call the special attention of
tho people at all points interested, in
order that all tho assistance, moral and
material, that they can bring to tho
completion of this great work, may bo
properly directed. What is a matter
of interest to the Tennessee, Vir
ginia and Georgia system to
prevent, is also vital to those
who aro to be benefited
by this new line. This system will
not, cannot in good faith, ex
ercising good judgment, do anything
looking to the consummation of this
work. If they buy or build lines of
road that would naturally form links in
the combination we have indicated, it
is, and will be for the purpose of
thwarting all attempts to divide with
them a business, for tho transaction of
which they are now most favorably sit
uated. The people along their lines in
Georgia have less to gain titan tlioBe
living on the Central. In any advan
tage that may come to the Central’s
patrons by tho completion of the line
from Goodwater to Memphis, the pat
rons ol the Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia system have nothing to lose.
Memphis nnd Kansas City, as well as
the people of Tennessee,Mississippi and
Alabama, have occasion to be vigilant
and watchful of all developments that
may arise in connection with this mat
ter.
It is reported thnt Mr. Seney, repre
senting the Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad, is now in Europe
negotiating for the purchase by tliis
company of tho Erianger system of
roads. If this report he true, nnd his
mission should prove successful, then
it will bo seen at n glance that the com
pletion of the line we have indicated is
n matter of necessity, not only to tho
Central railroad, hut to tiie people of
Georgia.
Wo shall watch with great interest
all tho dcvelopemcnts affecting tliis
scheme. It is the most important rail
road question that tins arisen for
years, so far ns the pcoplo of Macon
aro concerned.
In n Hurry.
Tiie Democratic executive commit
tee of Richmond county met on Tues
day last to fix the time and manner for
selecting delegates to the Stato conven
tion, and to the Congressional conven
tion in the tenth district.
Tho following resolution was offered
and unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That amcetinxof the Democratic
party of Richmond county be held at tho
court honse at 12 m. on Monday, 12th Instant,
for the purpose of selecting delegates to tho
convention to ho held In Atlanta on the 18th
of June, which Is to select delegates tntho
national Bomocrnttc convention at Chicago,
aud - iso for the purpose of selecting deli gates
lor the C'ongreseiunal nomlnatltg convention
tor the tenth district, to he held In Sanders-
vtlle, Ga., on July 1,1884, and generally to do
such further buslneee as may be found neces
sary and to tho best Interest ol the Democratic
party of tbo county.
We auppose tho Democrats of Rich
mond understand their own basiness,
hut since their action affects the State’*
representation in the national conven
tion, as well as one of our most impor
tant Congressional districts, we trust
we shall bp excitsed if wc venture to
suggest that they have hardly allowed
sufficient timo for the people ot tho
country to be properly represented in
the meeting called for Monday next.
The resolution grants the people only
six days notice. We submit that this
haste does not look well. Why
should delegates be appointed
the 12th inst., when the
conventions they aro expected to at
tend do not assemble until the 18th of
June and the 1st of July? It will be
some six weeks before tho first one
convenes, and nearly eight week* be
fore the other.
If the object is to secure the appoint
ment of delegates favorable to a partic
ular candidate, wc are much mistaken
if the other counties interested, subtffit
to it without a vigorous protest. Fair
play is a jewel—and what is more im
portant in this connection, it generally
wins in the end.
FROM^ ATLANTA.
Judge Hammond’i
llenry Superior Court—Thaabj? ,h * I
Matter—Lost on tho state
of Florida, Etc.
l«PEC!AL COjtKKSPOKDE;t' C E.]
Atlanta, May 5.—Your corrsinn , I
hail an interview with Judge W K q *'" I
mond of the Superior Court,thl,nt«n£ |
touching the editorial comment i„Sf'|
Tileoka.'h Of Sunday on hi. adjourning I
of Henry Superior Court, as reported! I
tho llenry County Weekly. J Ul ] Ke ,, “ I
mond feels that tho matter a. JohuZl
does him it gross injustice, and is certain!. I
an outcome of misapprehension oi e?
facts. Henry county is not in j, 1
Hammond’s circuit, and on tl,e
casion referred to lie was w® .
the court ns n courtesy for Judge s‘I
and so feels tiie matter the more ke™51
He states that on Friday, the day of1:1
adjournment, he thought tiie V,,,,!,, I
could be easily concluded so that he iS I
adjourn the court that evening andW
Atlanta Saturday, where important bu»i 1
ness awaited him. He so informed , I
grand jury and advised them oi Ills anxi«I I
to Adjourn—the business of tho court S
through. Tho grand jury replied th,t
they would not be able to finish up.YE*
Hammond suggested that he could hil
the court open until 7 o’clock p,m„ gff
them ample time to finish tiie busineVb?
fore them. Several communication!
passed between the court and the m
on the subject About 4 o'effi
Judge Hammond sent ngsin to th.
jury to learn their decision, when fi
found that body had already adjourned
the dav, a ranch earlier hour for adjoure
jnent than was usual. At this time all Z
business of the court was finished and
nothing remained except the presentment
of the grand jury. Judgeltammond after
consulting witit members of the bar ths
officers of the court and the solicit™
general, decided it would be prowram
legal to adjourn the court, and made in
order that the grand jury, when they cams
in. should read the presentments and nr* 1
vide for their publication in the usuil ,
form. Before leaving that evening Jud»
Hammond made further explanation’!*
the matter to several members cl
tiie grand jury, guarding anIQn
any appearance of discourtesy to thatbodr
r to the county. If his action is regarded
>y any of the grand jury or other dtlan
f Henn- as discourteous, he regrets it«.
cecflingiy, as no discourtesy whatever vu
intended. Judge Hammond ia well known
as a gentleman of refinement, faithful and
earnest in the discharge of his official d
tiea and would not intentionally give r.-
to the Impression let forth by tiie Hem
County Hffkly, whole account of themnt
ter you published.
THE AIR-LIXE MATTES.
Several of the officials of the Air-Line
railroad here comment on tiie eivil rights
incident published in my letter of May la
and claim that tiie article was in some
respects an injustice to the road as well u
to the employes referred to.
In a conversation this morning with
Mr. C. IV. Cheers, aouthweatem agent of
tiie Richmond and Danville, that gentle
man thought Mr. Brown had exaggerated
the occurrence, while he admitted that the
negroes had been permitted to ride in the
ladles' coach. Thu the employes of the
road cannot prevent. The negroes had
first class tickets, as Mr. Brown had, and
under the rules ot the road could not he
forced to leave the car if they Insisted on
remaining. Tho conductor of that train
had already involved the road in a Ins-
suit for ejecting negroes from the ladies*
car on n previous occasion, and since then
acts in such matters by order oi the
road.
The conductor denies that he paid
tiie extra fare fer Mr. Brown in the. sleeper,
nor did he invite him there, but simply
told him ho might ride in the sleeper l>y
ivlng tiie extra fee.
Mr. Cheers, who la a genial, clever gen
tleman, informs me that he and the otfi-
eers associated witit him have the same
feeling in reference to granting negroes lbs
irivilc-ge of the ladies’ coaches on railroads,
iut their hands are tied. On many other
roads negroes ride on first-class coaches
with white passengers, and in tliis city on
street care there la nodiacrimlnation what
ever. The only remedy Is to provide eonal
and separate accommodations, which Mr.
Cheers thinks will probably be adopted in
Air-: -
short time on the Air-Line.
ton ox th* moaiDA.
Mr. Alex Thweat, of ths Union Ticket
Office, told a ticket from Atlanta to (list- '
sow, by the State of Florida, which sailed I
iront New York, April 12th. Thl-ticket f
was taken tor Miss lizzie Leonard, a lady
of this city, and aba left here on the lout .
of April. Nothing baa been heard Irom
her since. Mr. Thweat telegraphed this
morning to th'- N< w York offle e ol th* |
steamship company making inquiry about
the lady. .
Two special care left Atlanta this morn
ing, via the Air-Line, loaded with dele
ttes to the Baltimore Baptixt Convention.
Two special care trill reach the city thb
afternoon carrying loywtT.BTO _ Texas 1
delegates to the Baltimore Co——* l ™ 1
Southern Baptists.
The Southern Baptist Convention
met in Baltimore yesterday. The con
vention comprises about 400 delegate*,
representing all the churches and mis
sions in the Southern States.
An exchange says: “There are two
conventions ot the Baptist Church—
one North and one South—but they are
not separate on account of differencei
in doctrine, politics or church govern
ment, but stmply from expediency. Itis
thought that the churches can be
reached better by the division of these
bodies, for, with a general headquar
ter* in New York, the distance South
would be so great aa to interfere with
a proper supervision. Rev. Dr. P. II
Melt, of tiie University of Georgia, is
the presiding officer.
The principal work before the body
will be the report* on foreign mission*
and on home mission*, including the
nventkra.
BV RAIL TO SOUTH AMERICA.
The Feasibility of Building n Rond 0.300 |
Miles Lons.
New York Sun.
WAsmsoTos, May 5.—In compliance
with an order of the Honse committee os
foreign affaire, Representative Stewart.
Tessa, haa prepared a bill providing
the appointment of three commission
to serve two yean, to aid in extending
American trade and oommerce, and in ac
quiring information looking to railway
communications between southern conn-
trice and the United State*. Tito bill pro
vide* that the commlsaion iltall visit Mex
ico, Guatemala. Honduras, Salvador, >i -
aragua, Costa Iiica, Venezuela, Colombia,
Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, the Argentine Re
public. Chili. Uraguay, Paraguay and Bra
zil. The bill appropriates jlO.iXIO to pay
the expenses of the commissioner! an*
their salaries oi fu.DOO cadi annually.
In his rej-ort to accompany the bill Me
Stewart Bays; "The idea of building a rate
road front the United States to Argentine
Republic is somewhat startling to UK**
who have never given the subject a
thought, but there I* no insuperable ow*
cle in tiie way of inch an enter prise. A
railroad connecting with the railroad ij> .
lent of the United States to the litj«
Mexico, end thence through Centre
America and along the Isthmus of DJ
n I'.t-'in,- . .-i --( tin- \ti-l- - tor ;
Am ric .i !•■ the \r_- nlr • 1 ' I
public, would meet with but f«* ’
natural obstacles, and the distance worn-
not eiceed 0.8U0 miles, and it may be short-1
ened to G.CGQ miles by commencing Jtscoe-1
•traction at the City of Mexico, wbei* f
will connect with roeds already built,
is believed that the obstacle* to th* c«
pletlon of such a road are no more '■
inhiabie titan were those ,encountefl
twenty years ago in the constrat tioo
onr nnt transcontinental line, t
such a railroad ia Constructed our
merce will be enlarged to suclt an exte
as at this time to defy anything like a c
net estimate of its value.
Cheapeat fash
120 targe page
1,000 engraving
K mt l ...
In • Cloutier
streets, Pbtladelpbi
; tiie policy of the [>arty
, hundred
lieen so ordered aa to have
' the curt
ioubtful States in tiie com-
Iful boy,
tial contest.
observe
i short in which the Dem-
1 hi* hair
Congres* and ont of
to the if
rork to redeem the
I him* I
idt
a-s and the (K-iiiltree tone of
lount to little or nothing a*
; would be neceasary to dig up
•pie. The educational and theol
Charleston, and a score o( smaller | ical work of the church will also co
cities, which will lie vitally effected by | before the convention. An eioctioi
it, are interested jost in proportion ti
their size nnd importance, and tin
quantity of supplies they draw from
and the good* they ship to the West. I offer of premium* elsewhere in this ia- j p<
This work wiU not bo completed,! sue. "
llicor* will also take place.
Agents should net fail to
“The wheat 1
fully in the paa
the Covington >
a* flap roved w
Week -r two,” s*
far.
PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS.
We will send
the Weexlt Tax-
GRAPH AND Mas
issuer for one ye*
j free, to any one
who will get op a «
j of five subscribe
re for it at <mt doB
end twenty-five
or to any nn« wl
"will ^np^-lnb
1 ten mbecriberf
1 per year. Tliis
is ancfttywftyto
| cure without cot
■t the bent weekly
per published
1 trial.
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