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,\ Family and Political Journal Devoted to the Interests of Southwest Georgia.
$2 a Year.
Volume 2.
ALBANY. GA„ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1881.
Number 2.
gcofesgiomtl Carfls.
William E. Smith,
Attorney at
ALBANY, OA.
O FFICE: Is boat of Ilia Coart HMaa. op
ataln.orer Talafiaph (MBm. JakMj
D.U. POPE
•i. I. WMOUT.
WRIGHT Jb POPE,
Attorneys at
ALBANY, OA.
■mCE-OTM-S. Major A Olaubort turn, cot-
orr Brood «ud WtohlnfUra SU.
HOP.». me-CHurlT
Law,
it'. T. JONES, JESSE W. WALTERS.
JONES & WALTERS,
Attorneys at Law,
ALBANY. OA.
UOce over Otatra* Ssllroad 1
lolVIjr
ak.
I*. A. VA50H. A. H. AL FBI END
VA SOS dt A.L.FRIEND
Attorneys at
ALBANY, OA.
tctlve anti
l prompt attention fir
all ireneral lmsiness,
l< :tioo« ind
L ail the courts.
•*mc«or-r 9outha u Express
•i'S Court Housa.
James Callaway,
Attorney at Law
NtwSlorj About «w. Cram.
It has just lesked out tbsl while
Genersl Grant wss traveling in
Asia he expressed s desire to get a
_ ! shot s( a lion. Not wishing to ex-
JjftW, ' pose him to any danger the native*
! sjciired s stuffed lion, set it up in s
jungle and then tool; the illnatrioua
traveler out tor s hunt. When the
beast was sighted the General waa
all excitement, and crawling np to
a favorable position begau to blaze
away at the animal with no percep
tible effect. After firing about twen
ty shots he began to get mad,and,
taking off his coat, he settled down
for a regular siege. Fearing hia
wrath when he discovered the sell,
the attendants endeavored to induce
hint to .give np the attempt to kill
the beast, telling him it bore a
charmed life and that be could not
possibly injure if. He told them to
go thunder, that he was after blood
and was going to have iL After a
vain fosiladu of half an hour be
arose to bis feet gnashing his teeth
with rage, threw his suspenders off
Ills shoulders, rolled up hit sleeves
and grabbed his rifle by the barrel,
so lie could use it as a club. The
attendants again begged him to de
sist, but he politely though forcibly
informed them that he would have
that cuss or leave his honored re
mains strewn promiscuously ail
through that jungle, and with a
wild cry of “I’ll fight it out on this
lion if it takes all sommer!” he
rushed npon the beast nud with one
well-directed blow laid it over on
its aide. Then he chased the native
attendants for six miles, but being
heller acquainted withtho country
they got away from him iu safety.
AT REST, ' ! v!o5i>resiJcut trth.tr^ followiDgto Railroad Discussion.
Law,
l to col-
Practice
°“MT
. GARFIELD’S LONG
AND PAT IEST ST1I ICCi: IV
FATE E1M A* LAST.
After SevantT-Xta* Da,a af Heroic
Suffering, Ha Dlea at lllS£
o'clock Montlar irixhc.
CAMILLA, GA.
W. A. FORT’
f.UCTICIX6* PBTS1C1AK ui SURGEON,
ALAPAHA. GA..
f 11EN DKKtt bis professional atrrlest lo lb* pro-
I |.l*ior Deriica aad Bdjclnloc eovntlM. par
ti ularlv alouc Ihr Iln* of the 6 A A BallloOtl.
» -ef* ou baud a full Ho# of Katoilr and Patent
J •diciur*. Pbjakiana' prescription* promptly
a l«i. Joueld-wly
UeMoss & Osborn,
PjBJVTISFS,
AJbany, - * - - Georgia.
/ \KFICE-OVCB ruai' OFFICE. WASHING
\ 9 T ■ ■ ■ * “
TON STBEtST.
Jantwlydl
1’row bridge & Hollinshed
DENTISTS,
WAYCROSS, .... GEORGIA.
IVeth extracted without pain. All work
arrantod. Term* moderate. Will go any-
b.To on B. A A. and 8. F. * W. Railroad*.
nplH-ritu
». A. STROTHER, M.D.
ALBANY, GEORGIA.
Office over Gilbert's Drag Store
41s ordor* left at the Drug Store will receive
• ruiupt tt»»ntlou, Jan 7-ly
Ur E. W. AL.FRIE1VD,
LSElFGurFULLV teuder, hi, Mrrteaa, In tha
it fari.a, brioche* ol hi* profeolou, to tb.
Hi,jo, ilbtu, *ud,arrouo<lDSCO0Btrj. Of-
rtc, oppo'IM ,o*rt Kouk. oo.Pineilrert.
leliff ! A Raln-prrauadlnc Srkrau.
| ludlauapolla Newa.
Uapt. J. T. Campbell has a storm
ihenry whic h lie offers aa a relief to
the drought-stricken community
without money and without price,
lie proposes—if sufficient capital is
offered in co-operation—to explode
one hundred kegs of powder in a
deep well at some place in the sub
urbs. The powder is to be so plac
ed Hint cotton interatices will pre
vent the whole mass from explod
ing the same instant, and thus will
ho kept up for a short time a con
tinuous sheet of fire and confusion,
shooting up into midair a distance
of-two miles, and causing such a
concussion and such condensation
•>f moisture that a storm center
would be formed and rain precipi-
lateil. Ilia theory is based upon
the result of the explosion, which
he witnessed, of Hollin’s Confedci-
nie ram at the time ofthc passage of
Korls Jackson and Philip by Admi
ral Farragr.t’s fleet. Ilo was dis
tant from the fleet about eight
inilcs, but the concussion almost
knocked him off Ills feet, and he
could see the column of flunio anil
smoke shoot into the air at least
three miles high. Ho also sights
the Chicago fire, claiming that ruin
fell from atmosphere disturbances
caused bv the fire.
HOTELS.
THE JOHNSON HOUSE,
HMITUVILT.K. GA.,
Is the place to stop and geta GOOD
SQUARE MEAL.
THE ALBANY HOUSE!
Merrick Barnes,Proprietor
.Albany, Georgia.
T his House is well famished and in ev
ery way prepared for the accommo
dation of the traveling pnblio. Entire sat-
iKfnction guaranteed. The table i* sup
plied with tho I lest the country affords,
a ud the servants are unsurpassed In po-
oianess and attention to the wants of
guests. Omnibuses convey passengers to
and from the different railroads prompt
ly, Lee of charge. Charges to snit the
)tn«h. sepM tf
MONDAY’S THESS DISPATCHES.
Long BBarren, September 19, 1:30
p. m.—Secretary Hunt came from
Francklyn cottage a few minutes ago
and reported that the President was
comfortable and had been sleeping.
‘‘Does be realize the gravity of the sit
uation ?” wa* asked. “Yes,” replied
the Secretary,“he is said to be fully cog
nizant of bis low condition.” Ageu-
tlemaa who just passed Francklyn cot
tage saw Mrs. Garfield sitting in the
window. In response to an inquiry
regarding her appearance, be said:
“The good lady exhibited a calm and
peaceful expression and the usual ex
pressive smile was visible on her coun
tenance.” A member of the Cabinet
stated at 1 o’clock to-day that, not
withstanding the rumors to the contra
ry, there had been no action taken by
the Cabinet relative to summoning
the Vice-President to Long Branch.
Secretary Lincoln is expected to ar
rive here to-night or to-morrow. Gen.
Grant made' his customary visit to Kl-
beron this morning. Secretary Blaine
was heard from by Secretary Wlndom
this morning. He is still al Augusta,
Maine. Attornev-Geueral Macveagh
has telegraphed Vice-President as fol
lows :
“It is impossible to conceal from
ourselves that the President Is rapidly
ifrowing worse. The two chills occur
ring within fourteen hours warn us to
j lie prepared for any affliction with
‘ which God iu his mercy may afflict
' UK.
[Signed] “JIacVeaou.”
Washington, September 19.—A
private dispatch was received at the
Treasury Department this evening
-roni Long Branch stating that Mrs.
Garfield has given up all hope of the
President’s recovery.
Elberon, Sep. 19, 2:10 p. m—Dr.
Agncw concedes tluit the noon bulletin
shows no material change in the Presi
dent’s condition and there is cause
for grave appreheusion.
.1:25—'The President rested quiety
during the afternoon. Dr. Boynton u
now out riding, which appears a good
indication that there is immediate dan
ger. Dr. Boyntou said before leaving
.hat if there was any change it was
-tightly for the better. Dr. Hamilton
has just arrived.
6 p. m—Though the gravity of the
President's condition continues, there
lias been no aggravation of the
m\ DOORS! BLINDS!
FOR SALE BY
GEO. S. GREENWOOD.
What might Have Been.
The Telegraph fays five years ago
a maiden lair of a little town not
far from Macon anxiously aw-tited
an important letter from her lover
who was absent This letter failed
to reach her. and after a season of
despondency she married another
suitor. Time rolled ou and brought
her happiness mid two bright little
children. The other day permis
sion was grantod by Cnpt. John
F rey, special agent of the postal ser
vice. to tear nwny some of the
hoards of a letter case iu the Macon
Post Office, behind which was sup
pose to be ludged serval letters.
When the boards wore ripped off a
letter Was found, postmarked five
years ago, addressed lo the maiden
lair who bad waited in vain for
her lover’s tender missive. It was
forwarded to her, and, no doubt, a
retrospective look brought to mind
ilmt well used hut very trite coup
let of Whitier’s:
**0( nil «n*t word, of toofne or pan.
The saddest of ibeu, etc.”
“It I— now* our painful duty to in
form yon of ,h» death of President
Garfieiil and In strUj \nn to take the
Oath of office a- Bre-irteai ..fThruaSSf
States without delay. If It domains u. .. c,
with your iudgmeut, we-aid he o-mJ if
you tome here in the earliest train to
morrow.
[Signed] Wiuux Wlndom, ~
Sec ret try ofthc Trea-ury.
Wa. H. Harr,
SecretsrT of the Navy.
Tnos: t. James,
Postmaster General.
Wayne MacVzaOh,
Attorney-General.
R. J. Kirkwood,
Secretary of the Interior.
Elbeeox, September 19.—The Cabi
net at this hour, 1 a. ia., 1* still Is ses
sion at Francklyn f
COVEI1VOU Blioirv ox
STATE COXXU9IOX.
■eted With tho Sa
vannah, Florida and Western
Hallroad—Extract from tho Speech
or Governor Brown Before the
Commute* aa Ihs Swkjul or the
Commission.
10:35. Alter the bulletin was Issued
at 5:30 this ere, the President continu
ed in much the same condition as dur
ing the evening, bis pulse varying from
102 to 108, with rather increased force
and volume. After taking nourishment
lie fell Into a quiet sleep. About thirty-
five minutes before his death, and wbht
asleep, bis pulse rose to 120 and wa*
somewhat more feeble. At 10:10 Ik
awoke complaining of a severe pain
over the region of the heart, and almost
immediately became unconscious, and
ceased to breathe at 10:35 p. m.
[Signed] D. W. Buss,
Fkaxk U. Hamilton,
D. Hayes Aoxew.
a word in .reference to the Savan-
. nail, Florida and Western railway.
Colouel Barnett, the other day, held
up a chart be had made, which he
saiti represented the schedule of
rale*. He could not get it exactly
into his bead uutil be got a diagram
which he said showed that the road
jump.-d up faster and higher than
any of tlio other roads. Therefore,
it ought to be cut down. There ia a
ion at Francklyn < lottage.
Elburon, September 10,1:15 a. i
The followiuz official bulletin has just
been issued:
11:30 p. iu.—The President died at good rm>oi why that road should
. ‘TfceOlfcer Fallow."
How oa*y it is to sea the sins of
other people 1 Fven a child can do
tliaL A Boston Sunday School -Su
perintendent tells us ot an experi
ence of his in proof of this truth.
One Siindav ha found in his sohool
a class or urchins, recently gathered
in from Ilia street*, without a teach
er for the day; so he took them in
hand. He came right down to first
prineiplos, and talked of sin and
salvation. Ono of his pointed ques
tions was, “Is there any sinner in
this clkis ?” Instantly tho answer
carao from one of the brightest of
the bova, who pointed to the end of
the scat, and said, “Yet, that fellow
dowu thrre!” That hoy was more
outspoken than he would havo been
if he had been longer in the school;
hut his mode of living wis much
lice that of those under Christian
training. There is no sorrow like
our -irrow. and no sin like “that
fellow'* down there.’’
|THE ONLY MEDICINE
IS E1THEB LiqCID OB DBY POKE
That Acts as the aarne jlme an *
\TSXZI7SB, TESBOWELS,
AMD TSt saiT37S.
(WHY ARE WE SICK?
Jsmmw dogatdtr torpid.
Itioaoraarr Ouirfon fined into Ot Wood
■ Mat Atxddbt exposed natmOp.
KIDNEY-WORT
WILL SURELY CURE
[kidney diseases,
LIVER COMPLAINTS,
Knew His Business.
| Bouoa TMi-ecrfpi.
“Can I seethe lady of the house ?”
i inquired tho peddler. “Well, yes.
I you can if you ain't blind I” snapped
: the woman who had answered the
.bell. “Oh, beg pardon, madam;
, you are the lady of the house,
1 ilien ?” ‘ Ye-, I am! What tl’yer
‘ lake lue for? Did von think I wa*
' the gentleman of the house or the
next door neighbor, or the ice
; chest?’* “1 didn’t know, madam,
hut you might be the youngest
daughter.” “Oh, did ycr? Well
that wa* nat’ral, too,” replied the
lady of the house. “What d’yer
want, sir?” Then the peddler dis-
, played hi* wares and when he left
that door step half an hour later,
t Ids facefwas full of pleasure, and
i hi* pockets ftill of money, lie un-
| derstood human nature and had
made a good sale.
| Tin Chicago Timet goes for the
Vice-President aa follows:
“Iu the development of our Con
stitution by the growth of the Cab
inet there seriouslr is no place in
tl.e administration for the superflui
ty called Vico-President. That con
trivance 1* an entirety* nslcess and
mischievous one, as superfluous as
a second tail would be to a dog.
The best thing to do with it is to
cut it off,”
symp
toms since tiic noon bulletin was is-
-ued. He has slept most of the time,
coughing but little and with ease. The
-puts remain unchanged. A sufficient
.■mount of nourishment has been taken
and retained. Temperature 98.4,
pulse 102, respiration 18.
[Signed] D. IV. Bliss,
Fbaxk H. Hamilton-,
D. Hayes Agnew
Dr. Bliss thinks It Is probable that
the President will not have a chill to
night, inasmuch as Ida temperature has
risen slightly. He considers the affec
tion of tne lung to be somewhat bet
ter.
10:10 p. m.—The President bos thus
far passed a comfortable night. He is
now sleeping, with pulse at 120.
There are no Indications of another
chill.
Elberox, September 19.—The Presi-
pentls dead
Elbehos, September 19.—The Pres
ident died at 10:35 p. m. From what
c:n be ascertained his death was from
sheer exhaustion. Warren Young,
assistant to Private Secretary Brown,
brought the news from the cottage at
— minutes before 11 o’clock. The
first indication that anything serious
had happened was the approach of a
messenger at the Eiberjn Hotel, who
obtained a carriage and drove rapid iy
off. It is supposed that he has gone to
summon metutiers of the Cabinet who
left here about 9:30 to-night. Attor
ney-General MacVeagb has nodded
Vice-President Arthur of the Presi-
1 tent’s demise. Tlis particulars will
be obtained presently.
11:15 p. m.—The cabinet has just ar
rived and gone to Franklyn cottage.
All arc here except Blnlne and Lin
coln. Attorney General McVeagh baa
telegraphed the latter two, who are
now en route to Long Branch, of the
President’* death. Great excitement
prevails and the particulars cannot be
obtained. The guard around the cot
tage has been doubled and no one is al
lowed to approach it.
The government has ?aken posses
sion of the only telegraph wire which
it connected with Elberon. It will be
almost Impossible to get further details
to-night, as we are shot off from all
communication with the cottage and its
inmates.
Loxg Boaxch, September 19—The
following telegram was sent at 10 p. m.
by Attorney General McVeagh to Min-
To LowEti, Minister, London: The
President had another chill of consid
erable severity this morning, .which
followed soon after the chill of last
evening, and left him very weak In
deed. His poise became more frequent
and feeble than at any time since he
n-covered from the immediate shock of
the wound; and his general condition
was more aUrmiug to-day. His sys
tem has reacted to some extent, and he
passed the evening and afternoon com
fortably. At this hour he is resting
quietly and no disturbance is expected
during the night. There has been no
gain whatever in strength and there is
therefore no decrease of the anxiety.
McVeagb.
11:20 a. m.—Attorney-General Mc
Veagh ius jost come to the Elberon
Hotel from the Franklyn cottage and
made the following statement:
“I sent my ; dispatch to Minister
Lowell at 11 p. m. Shortly before that
Dr. Bliss bad seen the President and
found his pulse at 106 beats per min
ute, and all conditions were then
promising a quiet night. The Doctor
asked the PrcsMentlf
he was feeling
uncomfortable In any wav. The Presi
dent answered, ‘Not at all,’ and shortly
afterwards fell asleep, and Dr. Bliss
returned to his room, across the hall
from that occupied by the President.
Cols. Swain and Rockwell remained
with the President. About fifteen
minutes after ten, the President awak
ened and remarked to CoL Swain that
he was suffering great pain and placed
Ms hand oxer hi* heart. Dr. Bliss
was summoned, and when he entered
the room he found the President sub
stantially without pulse, and the action
of the heart was almost nndisringnlsha-
ble. He said at once that the Presi
dent was dying, and directed that Mrs.
Garfield be railed. The President re
in a dying condltkvi until
10:35, when he was pronounced dead.
He died of some trouble of the heart,
supposed to bo neuralgia.
12:28 a. m.—Attorney-General Mac-
THE XEWS IN MEW YORE.'
New Yoex, September 19.—The
news of the President’s death, although
it w as not unexpected, had a depressing
effect on the citizens who 1 -anted of the
news to-night. Crowds of people had
surrounded the bulletin boards at the
itiffereut newspaper ufflees Iu the
course of the evening awl waited pa-
tieutly for any cheering news of the
President’s condition, but the posters
conveyed no hope, and when the bul
letins were put up announcing that the
President wax dead, genuine expres
sions of regret and. sorrow were heard
on all sides. ’The news spread with
lightning-like rapidity througbot
e.tv and is the universal topic of con
versation. The bells of the churches of
Trinity parish were tolled at short Inter
vals for an hour Iu memory of the de
parted President. One alternoou pa
lter issued an extra shortly after the
news was received, copies of which
were largely purchased at any price.
Wasuixotox, September 10.—There
was more excitement and greater so-
licitnde in this city to-day regarding
the President’s condition than there has
been since he was removed to Elberon.
Little or no hope existed in the public
mind for the recovery of the President.
Even those who bad hitherto maintain
ed a blind belief in a happy issue of the
national sorrow abandoned hope. There
was gloom over the whole city. When
the sad Intelligence of bis death was re
ceived at 10:45 o’clock it created little
surprise, but every heart that hears of
it io-night is grii
ot sadness Is felt
and political
dent, but is universal
Long Bn.ixcn, September 20.—Eu
gene Britton, of Long Branch, coronor,
will hold an Inquest over the body or
the late President. He baa as yet made
no arrangement for the inquest, and aa
far as can be ascertained, he has not yet
been notified of the President’s death.
The body will be embalmod and an au
topsy will take place to-morrow even
ing.
THE DEATH SCEXE.
Loxo Branch, September 20,1 a. m.
—Previous to his death, the only words
spoken by the President were, that he
bad a severe pain in his heart. It is
supposed by tne surgebns that death
wss occasioned by a clod of blood form
ing on the heart. Dr. Bliss was the
first one notified of the President’s ex
pression of pain, and upon entering the
room he at once saw that the end was
near. ---*£* x-- • - s
The members of the family
summoned immediately to the bed-side.
All arrived, and perfect quiet [
ed, and Mrs. Garfield bore the trying
ordeal with great fortitude and exhi
bited unprecedented courage. She gave
way to no paroxism of grief, and after
death became evident, she quietly with
drew to her own room. There she sat
a heart-broken widow, foil of grief, but
with too much ChristumcoQrsge to ex
hibit it to those around her. Miss iTollIe
was naturally affected, and bursts of
tears flowed her child eyes, not
standing a noble effort to foQow
ample of her mother.
The death scene eras one never to be
forgotten. Perfect quiet prevailed and
there was not a murmur beard while
the President was sinking. After
death bad been pronounced the body
was properly shrouded by Dr. S. Boyn
ton.
, nothwith-
rtheex-
Sergeant Mason’s Shot.
Jonathan Bige’ow. of Washing
ton, P. C, Sergeant Mason’s lawyer,
called npon the District Attorney
Monday afternoon and (asked him
to claim the prisoner from the mili
tary sauthoritiea. It waa Mason’s
wish to he tried in a civil court.
Col. Rockwell declined to do this at
present, and the lawyer expressed
the intention to swear oot a warrant
himself for Mason’* arrest. Bige
low says that, in his opinion, Mason
is insane on the subject, He also
states when news of Guiteau’s
crime and arrest reached Mason, he
was on duty in Texas, and at the
time expressed the intention of kill
ing Gniteau. Mason is said to be
of the famous Mason family, of Vir
ginia. lie served creditably in the
lite war. If the matter is taken np
by the civil authorities, the first
[troceedings will be before the po-
iee court, under the charge of as
sault and battery with intent to
kill. The extreme penalty for this
offense is eight years’ imprisonment
at hard labor. In the event of con
viction by a eivil tribunal, Mason
would be promptly dismissed from
the army.
Yen Tear'* Forage-
Western corn and hay are going
to be, very high next year. The
long drought at the West has been
very destructive to the growing
crops. The accounts of its ravages
are fearful. Our county neighbor
ing farmers mast look the cold facts
squarely in the face, and set their
houses in order for the coming crisis.
There is time yet to accomplish
much in saving bar peas, and put
ting such crops of small grain as
will supplement (he abort corn crop.
Great distress will inevitably be
felt, under any circumstances, and
will escape who neglect to
irovido for the day of trial that is
ust ahead.
f
■barge higher- than most of the
rail* eveu if it doc* wbat its chart
■«i<* it doe*. I .understand there is
miles of that road, from Savan
nah out to riomhwext Georgia, that
run* thionglia country that pro-
luce* very lillio lr- ighi; tlwu it
lor? iutn a fine country, and until
«ilf there Ita* been no western
9-niiKtiuu. They now have s road
•ip In Albany which cau compete
for the •‘mill bitsities* nT that place.
There 1- a long line of road to keep
•i \ ami most ot the way very little
freight. It I* Jost simply impo**i-
ole tokeep it up and pay tho bond
'd debt, and pay any dividend, at
the rates fixed by the Commission
er*.
. 1 here is wtmt the railroad turn
■ill a : .fixed CX|H-It<e that every
where applies. For in-tauce, you
build a bridge of wood; it tnaitrriiot
whether you run a hundred trains
t day, or only a train a week, or
■■•lie a 'iioulh, over it, that bridge
will rot down in the same length of
time. You lav down your nose
tie* tha whole length of tho road;
uo matter how many train* or how
few you run, the cross-ties will rot
tbc-J.m about a given time. There are
-•titer fixed expenses :the salaries
•if officer*, th • maintenance of de
pot*. the necessary repairs on en
gines and cars, and a good deal of
miter ei peases of that sort, that you
cauuot cut down, whether you do
•nut.h or little business. Whenever
a road is run in a section thst Ii»h
little business lo do, ibe people of
that section mast expect to pay a
higher freight than tho -c who live
along a litis where there is much
to do, or where there are long con
nections which serve as feeders.
Let me illustrate. There is a
vast quantity of timber be
tween Savannah and Montgomery
county, in this State, that is worth
fortunes if there were any way or
gettiug It to market The people are
too poor to build a railroad. Sup
pose a.company of capitalists were
to say, “We propose to build yon a
road from Savsnnsh into Mont
gomery county and stop there, and
give you att outlet for yourtimber.”
What would be the increased value
of that country? Would not the
property be worth four times as
much as it is now ? A tract cover
ed with large pine timber would
be worth a large sum, that is not
now probably worth half a dollar
an acre; ' It would be simply absurd
for tho people of thst section to
turn around and say, “You must
charge as low a rate as the Central
per mile.” Bather tliau do without
the road, they ran will afford to pay
four times as much. No company
of .capitalist*, with tho Railroad
Commi«siou, over them, ready to
Like charge every time a little divi
deml was made, would build sueb <
road without some guarantee that
the f. eight* shall be kept constantly
up, eo as to make the capiul invest
ed pay dividends. What man of
sense would put his money into a
road between Savannah and Mont-
igontery county for the benefit of
the people there, without such a
guarantee I
And that is very nearly tha con-
dllion'of the Savannah, Florida and
Western. It runs in'.o a better
country than the one supposed, but
it is absolutely necessary to put the
freight high enough to pay some
thing to capital, or capital cannot
afford to keep it up and run lL
Bridges will rot, or be unsafe
whenever there is no income from
the investment to keep up repairs.
The road will soon be in a condi
tion for a run ott, because the road
bed cannot be repaired, nor the rails
renewed. You must permit them
to make enough to keep the roads io
naming ordsr and pay something
to those who run it or that section
cannot’ be served by railroad.
Hence; I say Injustice has been dene
to that railroad. 1 have no interest
in that road, but I am glad to hear
Governor Smith say they intend to
correct this error Of the Commis
sion. I think the sooner the better.
There was an inquiry made about
the salaries paid on that road; and
an allusion was made to my salary
asPresident of the Western and At
lantic Railroad. Colonel Barnett
stated. that I got as much as the
three Commissioners get. Weil, I
do, I suppose, get nearly as much as
that. I am sorry they do not get
more. I get 17.000 a year. I con
sider I am worth that to my com
pany, and I do not intend to take
.^Whenever they wish to get
rid of me they can easily do so by
reducing my salary one dollar. I
ran put the same amount of time in
to other business and make more
money than the salary they pay me.
Railroads generally select men who
are competent and worth the mon
ey. In this they have been wiser
than tho State has been. The State
does not pay its officers adequate
salaries. When I was in the execu
tive office I recommended a bill to
raise salaries and vetoed a bill to
lower them. I say the State would
be better off if it would pay compe
tent salaries to cempetent men to
manage the public interest. True,
you find men always willing to
fill these offices. But take vour Su
preme berch, you do not get men
who are willing to stay there long.
They take the position for the hon
or and hold it for a time; but they
do not stay all their lives ns ther
should, to make themselves as com
petent as they could be. You may
make all you will out of my salaries
»qd t£a talaris* of the officers of the
other companies. I have managed
the road as well as I could. For
several years we made no dividend'.
After some years we issued a batch
of income bonds which we are pay
ingout of ottr present incomes. 1
do not know how we shall succeed
toward the end of the lease. Thus
far we have put the most we have
m ide into improvement*.
In the next place, while asking for
more power, my friend Barnett, who
is to honest as to believe it all right,
goes a little farther and advances ItD
theory as to tho great good the Com
mission has done to the State of
Georgia. HU theory is that the rail
road Commission is enriching the
S'ate. I once heard of a professor
who bad a theory he thought a
' ' U
hough
great deal of, and on advancing
rr.
• 1”
ono day, he was told that it loo!
very fair, hot unfortunately the
facts were in the teeth of the theoi
“Then so much worse for the facts
was bit prompt reply. [Laughter.'
My friends, Barnett’s theory it that
the Railroad Commission Is enrich
ing Georgia. All you bare to do ia
to give more power to the Commis
sion, and we’ll all get rich. But in
practice, the facta do not agree with
hia theory, though I suppose with
him, it is only so much the *
for the facts. [Laoghler.]
Another poiuL It is claimed that
i bo railroads have been doing bet'
•er under the Commission than ever
before. And Colonel Barnett went
•■n lo boast of this, and pointed out
in wbat their prosperity consisted.
I asked him of it was not due to the
general condition of the country.
Ha hesitated a moment and said:
“A little.” Well, I think a little ot
it was dno to the present condition
of the country.
Mr. Barnett—Yon misunderstood
me.
Mr. Brown—No, I took the lan
guage down when yon ottered it,
aiiilfGovornor Smitb]hintcd strongly
at the same thing, if the Comniu-
mission ha* done all this, then their
modesty is entirely too great, and
they have not stated tho half of what
they have done. Why, the stock of
he Texas and Pacific a few years
ago was worth only five cents in the
dollar. It aold lately at seventy. Of
euurse the appointment of the Geor
gia Commission raised iL The stock
•>r the Memphis and Charleston
went at 8 or 9 cents before the Com
mission was appotuted. It ba* since
been nearly np to par. The stock of
the Central bad been down to 35;
since the Commission has been ap
IHiinled it has been selling at high
as 170. Doubtless it was toe Com
mission that did it. The stock of
the Georgia bad been very low and
it could not pay dividends, but notv
they are paying dividends and the
road has been leased for a long
period at ten per cent The work
of the Commission again. 1 might
name numerous other Instances all
over the country, where stocks have
gone up wonderfully since the Com
mission was appointed. Tho boom
of prosperity has struck all the com
panies and their stocks have run
right aa Prior to tho appointment
of the Commission there was bad
crops in Europe; sines the good
news has reached there the wheat
crop of Ru-sia is said to he the finest
this year that was ever produced.
It is a great pity you did not appoint
tho Commisaron in 1873; what a
wonderful relief It would then have
been to the railroads and tbe peo
ple.
If all that Colonel Barnett claims
as to tbe good tbe Commission has
done, be correct, then bo was right
wbilo in Ilia speech quoting scrip
tures he saitt that “a State, with each
a Railroad Commission, that can
neither bo intimidated nor bribed,
is like the man with a good wife, it
lias a good thing from the Lord.’
[Laogbter.] If, indeed, onr present
Commission is a good thing sent us
fiotu tbe Lord, ae is claimed by
Commissioner Barnett, then 1 hope
they will obey the precepts of the
Lord, and do eqnal and exact just
tice alike to all; oppress no one, nor
violate the legal rights of any, but
administer the law faithfully.
Wbat a glorious thing the Com
mission is for tho State, and how
nnfortnnate that it bad not been ap
pointed many years ago. And we
were appealed to yesterday by the
able member and advocate of the
Commission, never to take a step
backwards, when such splendid re
sults were following. Governor
Smith, pointing out tbe very benefi
cial results of the action of the Com
mission, referred to tho fact that the
Central Railroad had declared a
dividend of 4 per cent far tlx
months, aud 40 per cent stock or
bond dividend ont of it* accumulat
ed profits. I understand that ia not
true. Only three or fonr years ago
they eonld not pay any dividend.
Both the Central and the Georgia
had -frequently to pass their divi
dend unpaid. If Gov. Smith were
right and the dividends were paid
out of accumulated profits, they
would not have been in scrip, hut
in cash. I do not know who made
money oat of stocks by this transac
tion. I can very readily see,
though, when it comes to paying
dividends or interest on the addi
tional stock or bonds, in time of de
pression, that the lambs, as they rail
them in New York, will have to bear
the burden, not the bulls or the
bean. If the bulls combined with
-a view to make a dividend on stock,
it was a splendid opportunity to put
it up and then let it slide.
Then again the fact was spoken of
that the Atlanta and West Point
Road had declared a dividend of 4
per cent, and also a stork dividend
of 100 per cent on iu capital. They
have been unwise enough to do that
bnt it is nothing on earth but wa
tering the stock. As long as this
boom lasts, they may pay a divi
dend upon it; bnt when it passe*
away and we come down to the de
pression a gain, they cannot pay it.
They will fall back then to where
they wero before the Commission
was appointed, where they cannot
pay at all npon their
Nell Moore, a noted We'feru
thief, is yoong and pretty. Being
elosbly pursued by officers at Den
ver, tbe threw away her false teeth,
brushed her hair smoothly down,
and put on her plainest costume.
These changes made her unlike the
description which the office.-s had
received, and she easily escaped.
mtocsi.
An Injured Wife's Krvenire--Scuta
(tonal Scene on tbo Streets or
Washington.
Y/asiungtox, September 15.—A
sensational scene was witnessed on
New York avenue, near Fourteenth
street, this city, to-day, Coloael
Boyd, who annually publishes the
Washington business directory, was
walking, down near New York av
enue, with a handsome young lady.
Suddenly a carriage] was pulled up
at tho curbing stone immediately
opposite the couple and Mrs. Boyd,
wile of Colonel Boyd, jumped out
of it. She produced a cowhide and
began to lash the young lady who
was with Boyd unmercifully. The
yoong lady ran. Mrs. Boyd follow
ing, but bystanders interfered after
a few strokes bad been administer
ed. Then Boyd, at the command of
hit wife, entered tho carriago with
Iter and waa driven home. Boyd
list charge of one of the divisions
of the census, and several ladies are
employed under him. It is said he
has been over attentive to two or
three of those ladies, and especially
to ono of them. His attentions to
this one aroused his wife’s jealousy,
and she has been watching the pair.
To day, Jnst after Boyd met tbe
young lady, bb wife made the de
scent upon them as described.
Whether there is to be any divorce
or damage suits hasn’t yet been de
veloped.
Xtw York Trims*.
“It had been arranged that Secre
tary Hunt and I should visit the
President yesterday, but when we
arrived at bb cottage we found that
he was asleep, and, ot course, we
wooid not allow him to be disturb
ed. This morning, however, accom
panied by Secretary Windoui, I left
tbe West End Hotel, Shortly after 9
o’clock, for Elberon. Mr. Wlndom
had seen the Pi esident ou Saturday;
so, when we resched the cottage, he
did not enter. Mrs. Garfield was in
tbe sick room when I errered it: no
one else was there during my visit.
Tha appearance of the President U
much better than I expected. Hb
eyes is uudimmed, bb voice strong,
qpd bit grasp firm The President
had been tola that I was coming, and
when I got to hi* bed ide he grasp
ed my band warmly. I waa anxious
not to excite him and raid:
Mr. President, I came to any
good morning, to say that every
thing ia all right in the departmegt,
and then to say good bye.’
“’No, no; sit down,’ said the
President, holding my ham!, nud
slinking- it warmly. 'Ilow nbont
the expen-e* of tho department ?
Aro you mill cutting them down?
and is thu department running
smoothly ?”
“‘Mr. President,’ I replied, ‘we
have advanced on the Chicago plat
form in the Post Office Di-ptrimcni
for we have pnt civil service reform
in force. No appointments of any.
note are being made now. We only
fill vacancies caused by death anti
resignation, and I don't eee that tin
irvlee ie suffering in con eqtieucc.’
“The President smiled at my re
mark and then asked:
“How ranch ha* been saved on
tbe star routes?"
‘About 11,500,000 a year,’I an
swered. and I added, 'Attorney-
General McVeagh it still at work
carrving ont your instructions.’
“The President replied, with a
smile, 'That’s all right; I’m glad to
hear it, and I bade him good-bye.’’
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The company of capitalists known
i the Erlatigcr syndicate are at
tracting great attention in this sec
tion at present, in view of the fact
that they Lave recently leased the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad, a
great thoroughfare which extends
through the breadth of our State.
The syndicate is composed of a
number of European capitalists, with
Mr. Erlnnger, on immensely
wealthy gehUeman, at their head.
They own and control a complete
system of railways in the South, and
by the investment of their capital
and energy and enterprise they are
doing much to build up the .waste
plarea of the South, and to make the
whole Soutben. country blossom as
a rose.
The history or the formation of
the Erlanger syndicate js not with
out a romance. Daring the war
Mr. Slidell, of Louisiana, was a
Conferate Embassador to France,
and was accompanied to that coun
try by hit beautiful, and attractive
daughter, a young lady of rare
graces and attainments, who reign-
' "* in the gay Parisian
ras sought in marrisge
by nnmbera of titled and aristocratic
gentlemen. Her heart was won,
lowevcr, by Mr. Erlanger, and they
were married. After the war ehe
succeeded in enlisting bis sympa
thies for the upbuilding of tbe
stricken and prostrate South, and
he organized a company for the pur-
rose of investing capital in develop-
ng the resources of the Southern
States. This syndicate has invested
largely in railrosda, and we are
glad to learn that they are making
money largely and rapidly. It is
thus, by singing tbe songs of her
Zion in a stnnge land, that a noble
Southern woman hn3 contributed
*o largely to the wealth, the pros-
icrity and upbuilding of her be*
oved native land.
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CodtcdIoiaC Wedding Present*.
The giving of bank check** as pres-
ents at weddings by the fathers ot
contracting pari tests becomingqrile
fashionable. ThegueMsare no* sup
posed to know whether thedonois
have or have not bank accounls,
hence the custom will become wide-
preacL It Isa nice thing to have
poopic talk about and looks very
nice in the paper*, which are care-
fullv informed of the fact that “Mr.
Blank’s gift to the bride wa* a ch- ck
for 125.000.” After the w>-dding the
checks can be destroyed and the
world be none the wiser. An of
ficial ot a bank on- which ono of
!*c-chccks was given was pr- sent
a ceremony and creeled a *en-n-
tion by asserting that the giver had
not n dollar on deposit; but sue i a
thing might not occur again tu a
centmy.
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broken of your rest by & sick rhild suf
fering and crying with the e* racimting
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tad get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow#
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And relief And heAlth to the chili,
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R*feto use in all cases, and pleasant to
the taste, and is the prescription of ono
of *ho oldest and bes fema le physicians
and nurses in tho Uuiud State*. Sold
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