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THE TELEGKAPR AND MESSENGER: FRIDAY. JULY" 10.18&5.
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, It ia not only wisdom to Hart your house
upon a rock, bat U'e mighty foolish to
start It without plenty of rocke In your
pocket.
Two negroes bnrg for rape. One Id
Kansas, the other in Texes. This Is the
horrible story flisbed over the wires al
most every day.
Faou the leogth of time it takes the Gal
lia to make port, it Is leered that the cap
tain ia uilog Benjy Brewster's political
character a, a chart.
The Appointment of Noree.
Among the appointments of govern
ment directors of the Union Pacific
railroad, appears the name of Ldwanl
F. Noyes, ex-Govemor of Ohio. The
name is not unfamiliar to people who
watch political events in this country,
It has been established by competent
proof that this man Noyes was an active
and successful agent in stealing the
vote of Florida froinMr. Tildenin favor
of Mr. Hayes in 1870. For this service
lie was rewarded with the ministership
to France. As tho pay waa heavy his
cervices must have been important.
Reviewing these facts at length the
New York Sun says:
Is this the men whom a Democratic admin
istration should seek out and honor? It teem-
*d impossible tbst Mr. Cleveland and bis
cabinet con'd have forgotton the facta about
Index Noyes. If they have done ao. the
manly couno will be to withdraw this incom
prehensible appointment without a day’s de
lay. If it stands, it must ha regarded with
■hame and indignation by every honeat Dem-
corat who believes that in 1»"4 Samuel J, Til-
den waa elected President.
We have an idea that the law com
pels the President in the selection of
government directors of the Union Pa
cific road to take them from the two
parties.
Admitting this, it would appear on
the first blnsh that a less offensive Re
publican thnri Noyes could have been
found, even in Ohio.
But there are other considerations
connected with this position. The
board of directors just going
ont
At Richfield Springs, New York, on the
4th instant, a gigantic American eagle waa
aat free with great ceremony. It took him
a half hour to rise to par.
Tnx appalling Tstatemeut comes from
Spain that there were seventeen hundred
new caaea of cholera on yesterday, and
seventeen hundred and ninety deathg.
It will take a man of more public char
acter than L-mgatreet to convince the peo
ple of this whole country that Stonewall
Jackson was only a mediocre commander.
"Yxs,” said the Texan proudly, “I am
Sam Jonea’a thirteen hundredth convert,
and I netted him a dollar and a half." It
takes mighty little to mike some men feel
proud.
Tnx Georgia Legislature Is one body thet
nowadays is not oppressed by a sente of
Its own dignity. A gossamer sheet, when
the tbormom :ter stands at zero, Is not o'er
heavy.
“Mas. Yseclt Duni.Br has become
charge npon this country.” But, then,
Ysenlt has earned her pension, which Is
more than the majority of the alleged pa-
trlota can say.
Tnx Legislature having aafely arrived In
Atlanta by reason ol list trains and tree
parses, It will now be In order to jump on
the rallrotd corporations and hire out the
passes to Atlauta drummers.
It Is said that tbs lata eleo'lons In Eng
land diaoovered the feot that the newly
fnfranchlsed class seemed to cere little or
notbiog for the ballot. It It to be won
dered at then that Coffee Is more tenderly
attached to watermelons, roasting-ears,
fst plga.and chickens thin to an election
ticket.
Wx nr.' pinned to note thst tbs Presl
dent Is becoming mors devotional. Be
went to chorcb last Sunday. Dr. Bunder
lend at the close of his sermon esked all to
join in slDgiog "America." Tne President
nnd the two ladles with him joined ia the
singing.
Tar. New York Tribune says: "A year
ago the Constitution, of Adnata, Oa .used
its large lllght of pigeons to advantage as
news messengers." Has not ths reporter
of the Tribune confuted pigeons with de
coy ducks? Or were these pigeons of the
"stool” species?
"I have stolen like a thief, and I have
murdered men without a qualm of eon-
science—tn my dreams," said Ueoiy Ward
Beecher. Yea, bat the devilment you have
done la your waking hours and In your
(all senses, Henry, it an unanswerable
argument against the “slieol" ot the new
version.
Tux utter bypxrlsy and shamelessness
ol the mugwumps st to civil service re-
form Is exhibited In the silence ot their
jrarnsU as to the appointment of Iht
Presidential thief Noyes. Higgins la
better man than Nnyes, and among the
political peccadiloea charged against
Blaine, none will compart with the crime
of Noyes.
Boux Republicans are honestly outspo
ken. Ex-congressman Hendce, who Is now
bank inspector forVermoot, said tbs other
.lay that he was Dot out of those Federal
offldals who expecta to hold hla place. He
■ays that he believes that If the Republi
cans come Into power In 1888 thet they
will not leave a single Democrat in a Fed
eral place.
Somebody accused Railroad Commit
eloner Wallace of uafimlliarity with mod
ern railroad business. Commissioner Wel-
1 ace farnlehts foil proof of the charge la
1 ubliihed pamphlet designed tooperateon
the Legislature during the present aeaslon.
President Raoul should at once expose the
cru Utica, inaccuracies and forced condu-
--ions of this remarkable aad remarkably
limed document.
Tax editor of the Greenville (Tex.) Ban
ner wants the Earn* called. He says
• Ibis world’s a wilderness of woe. With
-raatbopi-eu in Tennessee, drought In
California, a abort wheat crop lo Kansas,
S.unlne lo West Virginia, earthquakes la
! -ia, cholera In Spain, cottonworma
bi iai, and Cleveland so slow in Horning
the rascals ont,' it Seems that old Oabntl
:-Ight as well blow hit trumpet and ■
done with It.”
grass ISO ol Georgia's credit, the SI
Loots Republican says: "The Bute can
•fiord to be indifferent. A recent treat-
action shows that its credit does not
pend upon the approval or diupproval
re New York Stock Exchange. It
. let noil &S2.000 4Ji peroent. thirty year
onds ataprn. lam of fiveeixteentbi of
1 per cent, to a broker's firm In Phlladel-
>ia. The ltd that George fal totally and
promptly pays Its booeat obligations, while
r disowning its fraudulent pre-
i, is accepted as projf of
(lu people.”
have reported that the
government directors are not fi
nancially interested in the Union Paci
fic railway property. From the nature
things, and legally, they can not and
shonld not be. They are appointed
without any reference to their special
qualifications or knowledge concerning
railway operation or management.
Considering the tenure of the office of
government director, it will be readily
understood that it is an almost Impos
sible task for him to apply himself to
tho discovery and consideration of all
such facts and deUils os a full, practi
cal knowledge of the affairs of the
company would involve, and his incli
nation dictate. The propriety and
even necessity of the government direc
tors being men conversant and profes
sionally proficient in railway details
and concerns are, in this view, vividly
apparent. But the employment of
such men, with the expectation that
they would apply themselves assidu
ously to the persistent performance of
their duties, would involve a very dif
ferent measure of compensation from
that now provided for their services.
As this is given out as a business
administration, perhaps Noyes is ;>os-
sessed ot extraordinary power and ex
perience for the position to which ho
has boon appointed.
If so, this fact cannot be made to ap
pear cither too soon or too fully.
There should be some strong and un
answerable argument in favor of Noyes
season his appointment by a Demo
cratic administration to Democratic
palates. Along with the appointment
comes the report that Gen. E. P. Alex
ander, of this SUte, was the only ap
pointment, ns government director, se
lected by the Secretary o! the Interior
that was approved by tho President.
Whether this he trne or not, the fact
that the report has gained publicity
renders it more important that the pub
lic shonld be faced with the real rea
sons for the appointment of Nnyes,
provided it was not a political move,
intended to affeet the coming guberna
torial canvass in Ohio.
Standing by itself, it may be said,
without the slightest exaggeration,
that the appointment ol Noyes is a
very noisome dose to the Democracy of
the country.
pacify them. Hereafter defeat stares
him in the face unless the Smiths are
allowed to turn out the offensive parti
sans.
We have before ns a,genealogy of the
Smith family, or rather a perpendicu
lar section with Adam at one end and
our “Tom Artcr,” a full-blooded Smith,
at the other. Marginal notes give
much information concerning the pow
erful name. We observe that every
body was at one time named Smith,
and the family became thinned out
under peculiar circumstances. Con
forming to a family custom, it
seems every rascally Smith changed
his name when he yielded to tempta
tion and became a criminal. Though
greatly reduced in numbers, the re
mainder of the family is pure nnd hon
est. Of what crime the original Cleve
land stands charged we know not, nor
does it matter. The fact remains that
the honest pride which caused him to
shield his real name in a Cleveland
alias was nottransmltted, and a female
descendant turns and spits upon the
old seedling stock with eager disdain
Other facts are preserved upon this
margin. It was Jacob Smith, old Jake
as he was familiarly called in those
days, who married Laban’s daughter.
It was Noah Smith who rode out the
flood and preserved the family from
extinction, and it was his eons, Sbem
Smith, Japhet Smith and Ham Smith
who scattered it over the land. Ham
was the father of all the blacksmiths.
The name has undergone many cli
matic changes, bat it can be traced
in the records of all nations.
Cleopatra was a Smith. Poter
It may not appear important to Mr.1
Cleveland that this matter should'
be attended to. He may not con
sider it necessary to the success
of his administration. It may not
in his judgment be considered prop
er, that the Republican office hol
ders should go and give place to
better men in order to hold up and
strengthen the Democratic party. But
the welfare of this section of the coun
try greatly depends upon such changes.
The people are indisposed to engage as
iniormers, but It a satisfactory form
can be arranged the blanks and dates
will be correctly written in.
the Great’s every day name was
Miss Cltvtland and ths Smiths.
Some few weeks since a rash corre
spondent set afloat the rumor that Miss
Cleveland differed in politics from her
now famous brother, the President,
and cherished secretly Republican
principles. There was no good founda
tion for the statement and the sensa
tion fell stillborn. It were well indeed
that Miss Cleveland’s ramsrksblo as
sault upon the honored Smiths of this
country hsd not st thst ttmo attracted
public attention, or it might not have
been so easy to clear her skirts.
In the article to which we refer Miss
Cleveland speaks of the Smiths as
nonentities, stumbling blocks in every
reform movement, drones among the
busy workers ot the world, people
without will, opinions nnd enterprise
a species of moral slag floating in the
great alchemist’s crucible. All this and
more.
It has never been our fortune to con
template a more studied and deadly
insult. Language, metaphor, imagina
tion and adjectives were exhausted in
the efiort. Vie may well believe that
the authoress herself was exhausted
also.
This work oi Miss Cleveland’s seems
inexcusable on any grounds. It be
trays, first, sn utter disregard of truth
second, ingratitude; third, malice
fourth, venom. The anthoress betrays,
in addition to all these, ignorance and
a foolish desire to appear witty at the
expense oi a great and time-honored
family. Viewed politically, it fa a
sadder blunder than that committed by
Mr. Bnrchard. “Rum, Romanism and
Rebellion” will go down to posterity
hand in hand with the Smith slander.
The Smith family in the last cam
paign was the most potent factor in the
great work of reform. Nearly all
Smiths a.e Democrats; there are 3,'JGC
of them in New York and Cleveland's
majority wss less than twelve hun
dred. The Smith family elected Cleve
land, only to be struck in the face by
on old maid's plumper and called
names that an in their last analyses
only refined insults. The Smiths can
in 1888 undo their patriotic work, and
I will unless the President takes steps to
Smithalowaki. Kaiaer Wilhelm’s
proudest title, now laid aside, it is true,
Schmidt, while Bismarck admitted
one day while a little beery, that he
himself was a Schmit. It is a legend
the family that Shakspeare Smythe
wrote the now famous plays tl^t
are sold under the first
hali of the name, and that
Junius was but the nom tie plume of
distinguished Smyth. So it runs.
Hundreds of famous names are pre
served in this genealogy, and so well
convinced are the Smiths that the rec
ord is true, they continue to this day
use these old family cognomens in
baptizing their children. An examina
tion of the various directories will es
tablish this point.
We cannot farther elaborate this
subject. No one article can do justice
the Smith family. Nothing but a
perpetual serial could so deal with the
theme. A beautiful tradition of the
family, however, may serve well to
round up what has been written:
One day when Powhatan, the great
Virginia chief, reclined npon a bnffalo
robe on the bonks of a gargling stream,
half dozen fierce warriors dragged
in an exhausted captive. With an
original Virginia oath, Powhatan or
dered bis head to be laid upon a stone,
and swinging over him a gigantic club
was about to dash out the brains
of the unfortunate man. Tho captive
shut ltia eyes and murmured, "John
Smith, your time has como.” The
words fell upon the keen ears
an Indian maiden. With
shriek she threw herself
upon his bosom, crying aloud, “Spare
him, father, spare him; heis a Smith.”
Tiie proud chief lowered his club, ex
claiming, "Can this be true?” “It
can,” said John eagerly. “Then,”
said tho red man, “live; we are of the
same blood. Rise, Pocahontas Smith,
and get your cousin Johns pipe.”
Romanco has changed this bare his
torical incident, it is true, but the
Smiths have preserved it in its original
shape.
But what a contrast. The heathen
maiden lifted np an unfortunate kins
man in a foreign land 1 A daughter of
the nineteenth century civilization
spurns her own race, and bolds it up
to the scorn of su unfeeling world 1
Cotton Stat.ment.
Tbe Chronicle's cotton article of July
31 furnishes the following facts rela
tive to the movement of tbs crop for the
past week:
For tbe week ending thla evening
(Joly 3), the total receipts have reached
1.02 bales, against 2.153 bales last week,
2,877 bales the previous week and 4,729
bales three weeks since; making tbe tolsl
receipts since tbe let of September, 1884,
4,716,681 bales, against 4,788,420 boles for
the same period ol 1883-84, showing a de
crease since September 1,1884, ol 71,739
boles,
Tbe receipts at all the Interior towns for
tbe week have been 3,473 bales, since
September 1st, 2,011,343 bales. Tbe re
ceipts at tbe same towns have been 1,749
bales less than ths same week last year,
and sines September 1st, tbe receipts at
tbe towns are 236,802 bales less than
the same time in 1884.
Among the Interior towns, Macon Is
credited with 7 bales for the week and 48,-
bales for ths season. Lost year tbe
receipts for the week were 12 bales and for
tbe season were 59,021 bales. These fig
ures show a falling oil for tbe season of
10,666 bales.
The receipts since September 1 up to to
night are 70,615 bales less than they
were at the same day of tbe month in 1864
sud 1,183,007 bales less than they were to
tbs same day of tbe month In 1883.
Tbe exports of cotton from the United
States tbe psst week, as per latest mall re
turns, have reached 23,950 bales.
The Chronicle has the followmg to say
the market fluctuations for the week
under review:
Tbe speculation In cotton for future delivery
aUhls market daring the put week hat been
comparatively quiet. Tnlala due In part to
the adjournment from Thursday to Monday,
exposing operators to contingencies at a time
when they conld not protect themselves. Con-
tidenble Irregularity la the course ol values
has also been a feature, this crop, with lts re
duced stocka, showing mor strength than tho
next crop. On Katurday tbe market wu firm-
•8-n on tho previous day, but It la difficult
say why: Monday it decUoed sharply, In
sympathy with Liverpool, and owing to the
report that hostilities bad again broken ont tn
Afghanistan, Tuesday wu strong and buoy
ant, tho foreign advices being generally re
assuring. Wednesday opened irregular, tills
crop advancing •llihtly, hut later the demand
almost wholly subsided, and the oloso wu at a
•mall but very unlfo-m decline. Yesterday
there wu a slight further decline, and bust-
was nearly suspended, cotton on the
bu been In islr demand for export and
iome consumption. Quotations were further
advanced M6c. on Wednesday. Yesterday,
the market wu quiet, middling aplan-a clos
ing atio'jc. Today (tbe 3d jibe Cotton Ex-
A LETTER FROM MR. HARRIS.
He EsDinins tho Action of tho Finance
Committee of tho Last Legislature.
Enrons Teleokafh asd Messksoer:
As there has been some criticism of tbe
action of tbe Legislature In 1881 touching
the finances of tbe State, and as there
seems to be some misunderstanding of tbe
altaatlon, I ask permission to make a state
ment for Information through your col
umns.
When the Legislature met In 1884 it is
true that tbe published reports of tbe State
ofllcisla showed what they denominated a
“probable deficit" In the revenues for 1885
of over 8200,000.
This result was reached by estimating
tbe probable expenditures for tbe year
1885 and subtracting thla from the proba
ble income from all sonrees for that year.
Tbe estimate was based on the valuation
of tbs taxable property returned iu 1881
with the tax at 3 mills. No allowance wss
mads, I believe, for Increase in taxable
property, and nooredit was given for un
expended appropriations lapping over
from 1884. A portion of these appropri
ations amounting to nearly 8100,000, it Is
known, will never be ca'led for, os tho evi
dence of indebtedness is already in the
bands of the State. Besides this the possi
ble funding of tbe University bonds to an
amoant sufficient to constitute a consider,
able Item, did not and conld not enter into
the calculation. Putting all these items
tegether, and giving every expenditure a
close scrutiny, it became evident to the
change Is closed, and!
strange lso'oi
unUlMonday.
Lo Us Hava a Form.
Tbe library of nvery succeisfall prac
titioner of law contains one or more
form books, in wbicb may lie found
all legal instruments from a deed
for land to the verdict of a coroner's
jury. Even tbe youngest attorney
need not go amiss in preparing ills
legal documents for tbe court
docket. Hitherto this parties
lar uniformity in expression lias
not been deemed absolutely essential
in governmental papers. It baa been
supposed that upon tbe change of ad
ministrations, it was only necessary to
say to tbe office holders go, and they
immediately goeth, as it were, so to
speak. This appears to be a mistake
Severe and difficult forms have to be
complied with in order to move
offensive partisan.” Some Con
gressmen lure succeeded won
derfully well in the business
while others have utterly failed. Sena
tor Vest, it is stated, made diligent ef
fort to construct a form that will pass
muster in the Post-office Department
bat after several unsuccessful efforts,
abandoned the attempt in disgust.
But a few days since it wu wired
tbe country that seventeen - Repub
lican postmasters had been
retained for tbe reaeon that
tbe charges against them were
deemed insufficient. Tbe forma were
not complied with. Representative
Hill, of Ohio, bss also tried and made
a fail ore. Tbe charges set forth that
postmaster in question bad several
times last year called ont from bis
front door in a loud voice to the crowd
assembled in front of his store, “If you
want to vote for a gentleman and
statesman, vote for J. G. Blaine,
you want to rote for 230 pounds of beef
—a No. 17 collar and a No. 0 fiat—vote
for Cleveland.”
Now it wonld appear to tbe average
Democrat that this Buckeye postmaster
should
Showing.
1 remain closed
Tux age at which rancl. g can bs prac
ticed, an eminent physician says, by a
healthy man in training le from 20 to 30.
Boys and girls also of 10 or 12 can run
with no apparent fatlsus. In boys’ rscee,
for those under 14 years, no prsvlous train
ing shonld bs Inflicted. No one ihould
train for rnnnlog until be Is 18. but 20
would be the esler. Between 20 and 27 is
ths best sgs for attaining speed In running.
Between 30 and 40 a wise man will think
twice before undergoing training for race-
ranntng. Older men should rua oa no
pretence whatever.
New Yoax Observer: "It is obarged al
ready against Sam Jones, tbs Southern te-
vlvsllst, who says a gentleman ihould
never take a lady's arm In an emergency
■nd that there are wrath and despair In
tbs boiling jack-pot and ths seven deadly
slos la tbe german, that, In spreading tbs
Gospel, he spreads It vary thin. Pisces be
has visited have already relapsed Into
wickedness end tbe millennium bu felled
to arrive. Emotional religion appear* to
be now what It has slwtys been—good
taough bat short-Urtd, like th* strawberry
crop.” _________
Mscox look tbe lead lo ths celebration
of th* Fourth ot July. Even at tbs na
tional esp’tal ths occulon wu but little
more noticed than In Atlanta. The Wash
ington Star stye: "The celebration of the
event wu practically turned over to the
•mall boy and girl of the period, who made
•aeb demonstrations suitable to tbs occa
sion as fire crackers and minor pyrotsch-
nlc displays would afford, end there was s
notable absence ot tbe itars and stripes
from tbs nnmtrons flag staffs scattered
throughout th* city. Some of th* govern,
meot buildings even failed to dleplsy their
bunting. Whether these omissions were
doe to lack ot patriotism or a superabun
dance of oversight, ft it difficult to sty;
but they were anything but crsdllsbls to
thou in authority or otherwise responsi
ble in tbs premises. II the nation's birth
day Is ignored st ths national capital, and
by ths servants of tbe people, what con be
expected of tbe rut of tb* country?
Tax new administration la a business
one. Tns Washington Star says:
this seiaon ot ths year the government
employes begin to think of vacation joys,
and in consequence tbe filei of the depart
ment are crowded with applications for
luve. This year, however, there Is a re
markable dearth of such applications, and
It might bs conclodsd that Wuhtngton
wu becoming a favorite summer resort.
Tbs conclusion which is more generally
drawn Is that tbs government employu
feel mor* comfortable at borne and attend,
tog to their dalles than they would be at
tbs coolest resort In tb* world with th*
daily expectation of receiving word from
home that they have been bounced. There
bu bun no new ruling oa tbe question of
leasts, and a few hive been granted for tb*
accustomed term of thirty days. Bat it is
probable that very tew Icavet will be taken
this year until late la tb* season, when
nutters have quieted down. In some of
th* departments It Is probable thst thirty
days' leave will be scaled down to twenty
devs, and in some ot ths borssos no lures
will b* granted st *1L Thera sums to bs
no disposition on th* psrt of tbe clerks to
tasks complain: on this score, and so far
lbs question bu not been forced upon th*
attention of tb* beads of th* departments.
UIUOO CLIUUUJ, 58 UTvaiUB uviueill uj I HR
finance committee, at an early period of
their investigations, thst the deficit on
a tax of three mills wonld be in fact, u
thee thought, possibly n little less than
8100 000.
Where the sources ol revenue and the
expenditures are as numerous as in the
cue ol the State, of course only an ap
proximate estimate could bs mads; but It
wu found by the members of the commit
tee who looked Into the matter, that
the average estimate as made by
them did not exceed the figures
given. The estimates ol| the officers were,
of course, based on the face showing of
their books. It will be observed thst the
deficit hsd already occurred when the L-g-
islatute met. The Governor had been
forced to negotiate a temporaiy loan to
supply ths deficiency In 1884. and this loan
continued a charge upon the revenues of
1885.
The origin of this'deficit was doubtless
owing largely to tbe action of the Legisla
ture of 18S2 fo reducing tbe taxes from 3
to 2' mills. Id 1883, the State cffictols for
that year levied only 2)4 mills on tbe taxa
ble property, which resulted in a falling oil
In tue revenues of probably over 8125.CD0.
Here, I think, was the first mistake.
Besides this, tbe appropriations of that
Legislature were something above the aver
age. Nearly 860,000 was given to tbe crip
pled Confederate eoldiers. Over 892,0
was appropriated to tbe 8tate Lunatic Asy
lum for additional buildings. A heavy de
ficiency fund wu also required for the
floating Items ot expenses ot the two years
preceding. All these were iu addition to
the appropriation for the ctpitol, which
amounted to 844,375 for the firs: year. At
the ttme then appropriations were made,
including tbe passage ot the capitol bill,
the treuurer'a report—made under the old
system then Id vogue it Is trne—showed
an apparent surplns or , ‘balanc*”of nearly
half a million dollars in the treunry. In
this wu incladed sixteen bonds of the
U nlted States worth 820,0C1 paid Into the
tiuiurr by the Mecon and Brunswick
railroad. Ao actwai pis ted by that Leg
islature directing these to bs sold and the
proceeds applied to the principal and in
terest of the publle debt falling due la
1863. Besides this, it wu known to tbe
members of the Legislature that the re
mainder of the parchue price of the road
would soon be doe, and tbe pnrchssers, it
wu alleged, were even willing to anticipate
th* time ot payment If dulled by tbe
Bute. To understand the effect of this on
tb* action ot tbe Legislature, It ebonld be
borne In mind that tne method ol receiving
paying and oat money In tb*8tate treunry
is elmost similar to that followed In our
banks of deposit. While the law appro
priates certain lands to certain purposes,
yet In fset tbe money is paid out si It Is
called for, so that ths moneys belonging
to one object are often need for another
and totally d flerent objecL One fnnd
thus becomu debtor to another fond—the
year'e baeiness often being neceeeary to
make tne proper compenaatlone. For In
stance. tbe proeeede of th* sale of public
property can only be applied to the psy-
mentot the pnbllo debt. Of neceeetly,
therefore, any money realised from tbit
source would lessen tb* dralt upon thle
fnnd arising from public trvation, and
that leave an overplus from that source
ctpab'e of being applied to any other ex
penditure.
When the Legislature of 1832-3 passed tb*
capitol bill a proviso was added to tb*
twelth lection, whlcb.lt mast be confessed,
omtributed largely to Its passage. Ititss
follows I
“Provided, further, tbst It Is the Inten
tion of this act thst tbe building he eln
contemplated sbsll be erected only ont of
surplus funds available for that purpose,
sod It Is hereby enacted end declared that
the present general rate of taxation on
ths properly and epeclflo taxes In this
Slate sbsll not be enlarged or Increased
to make lb* appropriation herein provided
fot.”
This proviso vei add'd u an amend
mtnt to the bill la the Hotu* by tbe pm
ont dletinguiibed speaker, wbo wuthen
chairman of th* finance committee. The
bill pissed the Home and Senate with th*
amendment, and became a law.
Whatever mey be uid of Its wisdom
propriety, two things are scarcely to
doubted, let, the bill woold not have
posted without It, and 2J, it wu certainly
the law, binding on th* finance committee
ot 1884, when they commenced tbe effort
to provide means nscsusry to meet ths
expenditures of ths State for 1885 and 1880.
1 do not disease here the right of th* Leg
islator* to repeal thte proviso. I concede
1L I confine my self now to tbe action ot
tbe committee which mast of necessity
conform to the laws In existence.
THS riOILXH,
confronting thst committee, grow ont of
tb* facts I hsv* stated. That committee
found:
1. A Urge deficit tn the treasury and no
muni In sight bat Increased taxation to
supply it.
2. A cspitol building already com
menced, tb* contract* already awarded
and signed, tb* oocnmlsston appointed and
at wore, the money of the dty of Atlanta
reqofred by tbe act already paid Into tha
treunry and tb* falthof tbe State plighted
to carry on the work and fulfill the con
tracts.
3. A law on tbe statute books which pro
vided that tb* building shonld bs erected
only out of a surplus In tbe treasury, and
tbst tbe rate ol taxation should not be In
craned to make this surplus.
Another fact might be referred to here
which became evident at a very early
period of the session, vis: that ths Legisla
tor* wu strongly opposed to stopping the
work oath* capitol, and was equally op
posed to Increasing the rate of taxation.
Thla wu th* problem. What gave rise to
It? Every member of th* Legislature of
1832, if qaeetioned on the subject, would
answer simply, “We expected the par-
THE SOLUTION
which the committee eet out to find was
not an easy one, and they were not unan
imous. It was first thought that a portion
ot the Interest of the public debt
should bo ftiDded, and ac
cordingly a bill was prepared
by the committee, to this end, reported to
the House, resd the first time, end recom
mitted to the committee. It crested con
siderable discussion, and It wu llnaly de
termined not to press it.
An examination of the liabilities of tbe
State revulsd the fact that the payments
for which leut preparation had bun
made, would fall das in the early part of
1885. Betides the interest due in January
and tbe temporary loan OI8100 OOOmaturtng
tn the early part ol the year,891,030ol the
Nutting bonds fell due In April. For these
a special tax had been authorized, but as
that tax came in only alter September and
ae tbe tax of three mills had hitherto cov
ered the annual expenditure, to meet these
b ends amounting to 8103,000,it wu thought
beet to authorize the Governor to land
them for this year and next if he so de
sired, 10 that the money need not betaken
from the treasury to psy them.
In this way it was uelieved the Governor
conld bridge over tho deficit, till
the Legislature met again, or the
taxes came la for 1885. This course
was adopted u promising the speed-
eatreUef, and wu recommended tn
lien of an Increase of taxes, under the pe
culiar circumstances, existing at the time,
and the Legislature carried ont the recom
mendation. In the meantime ti e appro
priation tor the capitol which had passed
the Honse in strict conformity with the
statute, wu amended in ths Senate, mak
ing the appropriation aboolate. This
amendment was adopted by a large ma
jority ia tbe House on the lut day ol the
session, and the law as It now standi
S uit the appropriation for the capitol on
io same footing with the other expendi
tures of tbe State. This is a succioot
statement of the financial work ot the
Legislature on this subject at lta recent
session. As tbs appropriation for tbe
capitol has been made absolute, the ques
tion of a special tax for meeting tbe ex
penditures from year to year will be one of
the main questions to be settled at the
approaching session.
In the meantime, Messrs. Editors, let
me ssy, tbe credit of the State la in no
Cntarrh Cured.
A clergyman, alter suffering a
Tears tram that loathsome dJeeuo'SS 0!
after trelng every xnown remedy
egos, at laid found „ preserlptiJn whlS‘™ l!
pletely cured and saved him from ( in,ih
aasauLsnSenSs
71WUM1 uarreu <x Hans, nor an» rsai
estate, nor the 30.000 shares of bShbIS
and Ohio railroad stock held by hlm Ru
real estate in BaltimoreTone 1, worth
more than 82,CC3,000. ' 15 worl “
Kilters the system from ualuons
« .. nil i,cnsnna.
Shatter* the >mis, Impair* Digestion. and
Lnlfeeblm tho Bltuclc*.
THE
BEET TONIC
Hthsmnicles and
-si l 0(7 1 OUM h<MuWh»>, Ot
* u “ patriotic nnd scholarly
a netipt oi lc. # ump.
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT*
or THE CONDITION OF THE ^
hwkinsYille Bank and TractCompan
HAWKIXSVILLE, GEORGIA,
At the close of Business, June SXh, i$v>.
RESOURCES.
Debts due within the State..........
Debts due without the State
Furniture”and flit u res.....
Banking House ami real e»t ate....
Expenses, taxes and salaries
Bills la teuIL..
Gold In vault.,
Silver in vault
Bullion iu vault.......
I73J72 76
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock .....—.110,400 00
Surplus and undivided
profit* — — 8,081 50
Dividend* unpaid ..™ 60 OO %
Duo banks and bankers... C00 00
Due depositor*...^,..™ 24,439 28-178.672 78
Debt! doubtful-
Debts bad...—...
Debts food— M
\ 000 CO
68.774 78
8,894 98
„ ii.,^i " _,r . Tag redross is th* national flower
luve been lilted upon such a I o< Ragland, and tbe red nose is the national
g. I flower of EogUib beer.
_ Bitter* with the mtU
gEgngfiFwwsara™
__ __ fBOO}!»*Wyalm.
danger whatever. All the financial trou- SSfeStfe
bie bee arisen over the capitol—simply nuedtoeajeddres.onrecMptWWi.Linp c ^—’*
as a question of policy, and the increase
of ooe-helf mill to our present low
rate of taxation wll' put that source of
trouble forever out of slghL
Tbe condition of tbe country at the last
session had much to do with the unwiMog.
ness ol the legislature to authorize addi
tional taxes. A financial ptniowaaon us;
a half crop stared us in tbs face, and as
the 8tste, if allowed, could borrow money
at 4 or 5 per cent., while her hard pressed
citizens usid 12 and IS per cent., we wished
to find, if possible, some means of using
her credit, so os to lessen tbe direct harden
ot her citizens Instead of Increasing them.
It will be nnderstood that the expedient
adopted wes rather tentative and that only
temporary relief was certainly aismed.
What more Is required, If anything, the
heads of the departments will donntl.ss
inform as at ths coming session. The
situation, as kaown, is simply this: The
financial scheme ot the Legislature ol
1882, regarding the buildlDg of tbe cepltol
out of overplus, has miscarried, and tbe
Leglsl-tareor 1S81, recognizing this fset,
has practically repealed tb*''*urplut" pro
vision of the act and made the appropria
tion for this oarpoi* absolute, *4 least tor
two years. The question Is now simply
one of wavs end means. Law and good
faith having come together every member
of th* government can understand his
duty. ' N. E. Habbis.
BREVITIES.
RETRIBUTION'.
The man who alts around the house
And etniri his stomach, Sunday,
Is apt to feel as If hi. brain
Had gone to sleep. n Monday.
The man whoworka his Ured brain
And doea not go to meeting,
On Monday wlehes he had done
More worshiping and eating.
Tho man who all the long, hot day
From church to church le running,
On Monday finds hie Ured brain
Almost devoid of canning.
Fon a wager of two bottles of beer, a
resident of Dtnbury, Conn., swallowed a
small live frog tbe other day.
A Louisville man bas invented an
Improved locomoUv* cnw-cetoher. It
catches a distillery cow, milks her and
tame her off la perfect safety.
A Pittsbubo debating society recent
ly decided that girls shonld he 24 or 25 years
old before marrying. Maidens of 40 will
giggle at this and give their pet parrots an
extra cracker.
Mn. E. F. Gilbert, of Eustis Lake,
Fla, le laid to have originated alligator-
tooth jewelry elxteen yeare ego- The first
set be monnted brought him 820, and his
first sea-bean 88.
Bubolars broke into tbe station-
boueeol the Second precinct In Troy, N. Y.
on Thursday nlgbt, where a Sergeant and
twelve patrolmen were on daty, and stole
the offictre’ clnbe, the Sergeant's stool and
th* padlocks need for locking th* cells.
The last wounded man ol the terrible
Cincinnati riots hat just been discharged
from the hoepltal in that city. He hu
been treated for fifteen roonthe, and his
wound is not yet entirely well. He was
accidentally struck by a ballet, which shat
tered his right elbow.
Thebe are in the human voice abont
nine perfect tones. Thus fourteen direct
rouiclrs, alone or together, produce 16,333;
thirty indirect muscle* produce 173,741,823,
and all m co-operation produce the large
total of 17,582.185011,415 different but
clearly defined soandt.
A correspon'dext who boo made a
•tndv ot rattleentkee daring a two years’
residence tn Kansas, writes to say that
these snake*’ fangs are not hinged, but
thst they are concealed in two sheaths at
the back part of the upper jaw on either
tide, and ate brought Intouse by the entke
throwing Its mouth very wide open tad
striking ss a person would with the open
baud. RetUeenakee are not much to be
fesred, because they cannot stuck until
they have colled themselves upend can
then Hiring scarcely one half their length.
Besides, they Invariably give timely warn
ing by their rattles. They very seldom
pnrsuot person and os seldom run away.
Rattlesnakes, screech awls and prairie
dogs live together In peace, and might ol
most be sold to be chums.
if too
■■ mmn
Dclitl toil 000 Cl
PBESIDEST-C. T. LATHROP.
DIRECTORS.
C. T. Lathrop • John Henry,
R. W. Anderson, D a McCormick,
J. D. Stetson
la, Pulaski Conpty—The «ub-
scrlbers pcnonsily before me, a notary
Tiuhllc lor said county, make oath thst th*
foreiolnsUajnitand tmo a’ntement ot the
m nalUon of the llawklmviUe Bank and
Trust Company, Hawklnavllles Ba, at rite
close of bnelnest. June 30th, I VO, end more
over, that since the last return'd this hank,
to tho best otaffisnts’ knowl- tigo ami belief,
It has not vlolntcd or evaded any obligation
Imposed by law, cither by Itself, tin officers or
agents. RT. LATHROc.PreawenL
J. I>. arKToo:;, Cashier.
Sworn and euhicribed before me. this Cl
day of July, 1SS5. W. B. POWELL
Notary Public Pulsikt County.
stsiewss WSSAS)/SV. VI to CAJICUCU sue
chasers of the Macon and Brunswick rail
road to pay th* amount dae, 8750,001
tb* same bonds with which the
payment wu mode.” If thla
had been dona, no contraction
la tb* Btato finances would have oc
curred, and th* eurplus la the treasury
would hare built the capttoL That wae
tb* meaning of tbs' proviso aforesaid.
I need not go into this matter. The Gov
ernor. teting with the advice of tb* Attor
ney-General, did not think tb* lew euthor-
tzsd him to receive th* kind of United
fitotee bonds offered, end tb* purchaser*
declined to tender th* other United Ststee
bonds mentioned in tb* act. H* hsd no
slternaiiv* In this light bat to accept tb*
boaJs of th* 8tote not yet da*. By this
transaction th* people mads money, but
the treasury lost k Th* debt of the
State wu indeed reduced very largely,
bat wu paid on* sad two yurt before do*.
Bacb a result wlU of count, bs regarded
u unfortunate in view of tb* legislttloa
referred to, by all those of who fur sn In-
CTtattof taxes mor* than the continuance
oi debt.
In Sumatra there is a very singular
race called tbe Kubus, who sre too ehy to
mix with the other races of the Island,
and dwell in the recesses o! the lortsta.
They are looked on u Inferiors by the Ms-
lay;, and thought to be little better then
bouts. Bach Is their shyness thst they
will never willingly face astranger. Their
trale with the Malayans is consequently
carried on In a strange manner. The
trader announces his arrival by beating a
gong, and then retires from the place of
renaezvons. The Kubus approach, pat
their forest treasures on the ground, beat
a gong and retreat The trader returns
and lays his commodities down in
quantities sufficient, u he thinks, for the ....
purchased the goods on sale. Then he etc:
retires, and tha Kabos reappear and con 1 -
older the bargain. And io, alter more
withdrawals and approaches and gong
heatings, the respective part tee come to an
nmleri landing, and carry off independently
their bargains, Tb* Knbusln tnelr wild
• tat# do not barytbeirdead. They live on
snakes, grab*, fruit* and tbs flesh of anr
dear or pigs they can slay. They are :S!i!
fnl spearmen, and throw stonee with mar
velous accuracy. They know of no state
after death. In some physical reaper la
they aseimUnt* closely to the anthropoid
THE YEARJF JUBILEE.
All Crea'ion Happy, and Buying Pi
anos and Organs.
Unnaaally E*sy Installment Terms Now
OUered by Lutldcn a B&tea'
Southern Music House,
Savannah, Ga.
Square Talk with Pnrchnspr», Giv
ing tipeclal Information About
Oar New ami Easy Methods
of BtUlog l'iai oa
and organa.
“It’s a Long Time Between Drinks.”
8o remarked the Governor of .S mth Car*
olinatothe Governor of North Carolina
many years ago, before the temperance
y, ave had swept over the South. lie prob
ably apoke hla honeat convictions, and ao
co we when we pay.
lT’ti ALQnQ TIME BETWI:KN CROPS.
And to this tbe thounandM of family
breid winners” In the Bouth who are
walling until the next crop ia garnered be
fore they buv Hanot and Onans will »ay
amen. Bui we ray why wait, wb«a you
can buy now on such very easy terms?
Only think of it,
PIANOS $25 CASH AND $10 MONTHLY.
ORGANS,*10 CASH AND MONTHLY.
Why. It’a almost a sin to deprive your
self shd f imily of an instrument when one
can be had ao eauily. And to those who
cannot meet monthly installments, we of-
Her these tiptcial summer terms: 1
PIANOS*$50OABH AND HAL NOV. 1.
ORGANS, 820 CASH AND BaLNOV.1.
Ami If crops turn out poo.*, ao that when
November lit comes tin* entire balance
cannot be paid, we will accept one-half o(
It, and wait until November, 1, lhfor
the other half.
Now, come up, buyers. Onr instruments
lead the world Our prices are the lowest,
our terms the eaueit, ami we oiler every
inducement that can be honestly lived up
to.
Only 8210 for an elegant Rosewood Pi
ano; large size; all Improvements; sweet
tone; guaranteed a superior ami durable
Piaao. Thousands hold. Best Piano sold
in America at the price.
A new Uptight Piano for only $150, OU
very easy terms.
The Stiver-toned Mathushek Piano,$30,
$325, $30.
Tne magnificent Chickering Piano, the
bent in the w->r;«i, v. $^j to $1 00J
Only $'->for a beautiful Parlor or ( 1 UTC l
Organ ; *jlid walnut case, witii hi, h tap
h design; 4 seta Reeds, 10 g-uafoe
Greatest bargain ever c:!«?r*-f'*
p incomparable Mn-m A Ham In Or
gana, Irom $.1 up to $753. Rented f. Rll
ii for. Nearly tbiee year*? gi\ Si for
payment.
O. Zapo Dreamed of Sudden Wealth
Orsfni Ztpp of Round Top, laye
county. Texas, ia night constable the
Io discharge of bfa duty thera he collar
one-fifth of ticket X*. 21.259 *n tha Msy
Drawing of tho Louisiana 6tat« Lottery,
and dreamed ha woo the capital prize, and
h« received (or his out dollar one-fifth of
tha first capital prize of I79.C30. Truly It
la often better to racMra than not to gire.
Every tickat docs not draw, but for anr In
formation apply to M. A. Dauphin, New
Orleans, La.—Jfae OrUant (La.) PUayunt,
May 23.
ttff
Fine Htool, Embroidered ('over, Instra •
tor, and Booh of Music with Pianos, and
Htool, Initrnctor aad Music Book with
Organs. A'l freight paid on both, f ifteen
days’trial, and ah pay freight both way a
if instrument don't suit.
AXDJtfcrOXK LAST WORD.
If you are thinking of buying an Instra-
write us, »n i we will make terms >3
•••at your confer *•..-♦*. A“k f r Min.. . r
I't-ri - 1*-'. Mention tL.-j advert.cement
ami paper
LUDDEX & BATES’
SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.