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Mrws and Advertiser.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 13,1883.
The mortuary report of the Health
Department of Savannah for the week
ending Dec. 29tb, 1882, foots up :
Deaths, whites, 6; colored, 8; total, 14
Population, whites, 20.514; blacka,
16,819; total, 37,333.
The Atlanta Constitution, in notic
ing the re-convening of the Supreme
Court on Monday, states that Judge
Hawkins presided for the first time.
It was our impression that Judge
Hawkins had retired from the bench
some time since.
that of
Executive Pa ifoite.
Mr. B. F. Colem in, ol Columbus,
whom the Daily Timej of that .city
calls “one of our^'^bouiLj^best citi?
aens,” U^^j^jCcfie'^colanins of that
jouruiCHmtes an open letter to Gov.
Stephens on the above topic, inspired
by the recent pardon of Cox, which
cannot fail to attract general attention.
The letter is very respectful in tone,
and admirable in temper, and it must
be admitted that Mr. Coleman’s mode
of putting the case is exceedingly
strong, and is unanswered by any
thing that has yet appeared from Gov.
Stephens, or from any other source.
In fact, the most salient feature of the
, letter is the portion devoted to a ro
ll was ominous P ra l«f» a 0 v - lew of t j le re . iS0n3 assign f or his
Ch.pUi„ Hoyts, .t he open,„ s of action by Gor . Sl hcn ^ msc , f
the Tennessee Legislature. Probably ^ hive no ^ , Q rc di3cu5 .
those who were deposed to mt.ctse 1.^ afreih on a matttr f hat h
his petitionary inrocationson the score , re#dy pist and iiCJOnd ^ J£t u
must be admitted, in view of Mr.
of good taste,^will now admit that
they were not devoid of a certain
prophetic significance.
Messes. Eddlkman & Howie, whole
sale shoe and leather dealers, and one
of the oldest houses in Atlanta,
have made an assignment to Mr. C. S.
Kingsbury, of the firm of Edwin Bates
& Co. Their liabilities are placed at
$66,000; assets at $61,000. Their fail
ure is ascribed to the credit system.
A commjttee of the Grand Jury ap
pointed by Judge Ilammond, are en
gaged in the investigation of all cases
of illegal voting at the late county
elections for Fulton. Since the elec
tion the Atlanta papers are clamoring
louder than ever for a stringent regis- j
tration. Such a law would do good in
many other localities.
The Americus Recorder says,
“there can be no doubt that our section
lias entered upon a brighter and more
successful career. Improved methods,
dearly bought experience and econo
my are factors in the good work.
“The area in small grain in our sec
tion is as large, or very nearly so, as
that of last yer, only not so much fuss
is made over it. The fall sowing is up,
and stands are fine.”
Bibminghhu Daily Age: The de
feat of General E. P. Alexander, in his
candidacy fer re-election to the pres
idency of the Central Railroad of
Georgia, is generally looked upon as
a black eye for the Louisville and
Nashville. Now the most important
question 10 this section of Alabama is,
does Mr. Raoul, the new president of
the Georgia Central, sufficiently ap
preciate the importance of extending
his Alabama cenneclions?
Last Saturday’s issue of the Ber
rien County News contains the cards
of W. H. Lastinger, the retiring edi
tor, and of J. D. Richardson, his suc
cessor. Our knowledge of Mr. Rich
ardson enables us to say that the
paper will lose none of itssprightiinoss
in liis hand». Ilaving long been one
of our most valued weekly exchanges,
we rejoice to feel that it will be kept
tip fully to its old standard under the
new management.
Stephens’ course in regard to the ex- !
ercise of the pardon prerogative since !
the release of Cox, that the subject is
likely to be one of continually recur
ring interest. The quality of mercy
is certainly not strained in Mr. Steph
The Elections.
The most noticeable feature about
the late county elections throughout
the State, so far as we have seen the
a-eturfts, is the fact of so few changes
having taken place In the various of
fices. This betokens one of two
things—either the people are perfectly
satisfied with the old incumbents, and
have no desire to change them, or
else that the ins are too thoroughly
organized, and have too securely in-
tranche 1 themselves while in office, to
be successfully resisted. While we
are perfectly willing to believe the
former of 'lie above reasons to be the
controlling one in many of the cases,
yet it must be admitted that the latter
is quite in accordance with latter-day
practice and methods.
The -curse of our politics and the
bane of all our official preferment of
laic years is the case and facility with
which all offices of trust aud of profit
can be so wielded and manipulated in j
the hands of scheming and designing
GEORGIA'S GRAIN CROPS.
incumbents as to prolong their terms
indefinitely in the face of almost any
re:ord for inefficiency or even dishon-
[ esty. That this is so, and few we im-
**The reports from the department
correspondents,” said Commissioner
Henderson yesterday, “on the grain
crops are just in, and the averages
are made up.”
“■What is the result?’’
“Most gratifying. The acreage
planted down in oais is only 8 per
cent under the enormous acreage of
last year, and the heavy planting of
spring oats will bring the acreage
up to that of last year, in my opin
ion.” •'
“What was the oat crop of last year
in Georgia?”
“It was 11,500,000 bushels. For
the year before it was only 5,000,000,
so that it more than doubled in one
year. That gain,\vill be maintained
this year as far as acreage is concern
ed. The spring sowing of rust-proof
oats will be very large. Iam now
seeding down 200 acres myself in
oats.”
"What was the average price of
oats last year.’’
“About 45 cents. The average yield
was 19 bushels to the acre, not, after
paying for reaping, &c. Usually the
poorest land is selected for oats, bnt
even at the average yield and aver
How Oar Oat and VV,hrat Arreaae I* Tlie Work ol Shears, Vi.le-l’ut and
Maintained—A Yearly Increase. Pencll tmnll „
changes.
en's composition, and the reasons he , agine will be found to deny it, both in *? e j‘T’P e is ■* P®y' n 6 C ™P- With
has deigned to give for the extraordi-
nary use he has made of this branch of
executive power through the medium
possibility and practice, is calculated
to fill the mind with gloomy presages
for our political, and even social future.
of newspaper interviews, appear to us j No wonder the most blatant and per-
very jejune and unsatisfactory. The i
existence of a doubt, however veasona- j
b!c, as to the law or the facts in any I
given case in the mind of the Execu- !
live, when the full bencfU of that j throats of the myriads of office hoi*
same doubt has already been allowed ers, great and small, through the
a prisoner^ and been made the subject ! country. This class know too well
sistent howls for popular rights and
privileges, so called, to a degree bor
dering oil license itself, invariably
comes from the insatiate and hunt
SZ
of special charge to a jury, we hum
bly submit, is not sufficient in the or
dinary run of criminal cases to war
rant Executive interference in his be
half. It is hardly possible, too, that
a written report of the evidence and
proceedings in a case, however full j system never approved, nor even
the value of the bridge that has borne
them safely across the stream, to of
ficial realms beyond, to decry anything
in its structure or material. Hence
abuses the most glaring and pernicious
an old fashioned plow and mule, an
acre of oat« can be planted at a cost
of $2 50 Including seed oats. At 45
cents 19 bushels which was the aver
age yield last year, would be $8.55 to
the acre. Deduct the cost and you
have $2 to the acre. Take off $2 for
any other expense and you have $4
net to the acre which beats renting.
A men though planting oats on as
good land as It takes for cotton
ought to get 30 bushels to the acre.
It is a hopeful sign to see Georgia
planting as much land in oats this
year as she did last year.*
THE WHEAT CHOP.
“How- dies the wheat acreage
stand ?”
“There is. even a smaller decrease
iu wheat than in oats. The peicent-
Col. M. K. Poi.k, the defaulting
treasurer of Tennessee, has been safely
arrested and is now on his way bick
to Nashville, under requisition from
the Governor. It appears that he
very nearly succeeded in crossing the
line into Mexico, by a liberal use of
his money on a weak-kneed detective
Cameron, who first arrested him, and
then aided him to make his escape.
He was finally arrested by officer Sbee-
ly, and at last accounts was held to
await the arrival of officers from Ten
nessee, and by this time is on his^way
back to Tennessee. lie was lying out
in the brush when arrested. Camer
on was also arrested.
Another hotel holocaust, in which
from sixty to seventy-five person*
perished in the flames and by the ac
cidents that accompany such confla
grations, occurred on Wednesday
morning last by the burning of the
Newhall House, Milwaukee. Most of
the lost were guests. The tire was
discovered at 4 a. in., and in less than
half an hour the entire building was
enveloped in the Flames. The scenes
are described as heartrending. Up
wards of eight hundred guests were
lodged in tfie hotel, and during the
fire they were seen to leap from the
windows, covering the stone sidewalks
below with lifeless bodies.
Gov. Cbiiteden, ot Missouri, in his
biennial message, cal Is attention to the
report of the Commissioner of Labor
that street car employees are com
pelled to work from 12 to 17 hours
per day, and argues that it is against
the interest of die State to permit such
demands to be made upon any
class of citizens. Ho says it is
against the welfare of society,
an offense to morals, a gross abuse to
require men or to permit them to en
gage themsel ves in such slavery. These
employees are virtually deprived of all
domestic associations and opportu
nities for physical, moral or mental
improvement. It is a compulsory
labor and against the sentiments of
the law and instincts of humanity.
In Allan‘a Dr. Holliday contests the
election of Judge Strong for the Clerk
ship of the Superior Court, on the
ground that he was elected by illegal
votes. It does not appear that the
county chain gang was allowed to
suspend work and vote ihis time, but
the Doctor 'evidently thinks he can
make out his case from «a sufficient
namber of those who did not vote out
side of a striped suit. Speaking of the
late election for county officers in that
city, the correspondent of the I'imes-
Democrat says:
‘The average price for votes was 25
cents during the morning, out in the
afternoon the price jumped to 50 and
75 cents and $1, man}” flatly refusing
to vote unless paid. Votes were
openly pure! chased, it is said, money
changing hands in full view of specta
tors. It has been represented to the
grand jury, now in session, that many
voters had not paid the taxes required
by law, many repeated, many voted
who were under age, many who were
non-residents, and that many vote*
were bought.’’
The Daily Enquirer-Sun notes the
death in Columbus, on Wednesday
last, of Col. P. J. Quattlebaum, of
pneumonia. The deceased was a na
tive of Edgefield District, S. C., and
was 46 years of age. He was a graduate
of West Point, and an officer in the
United States Army before the war.
He resigned his commission on the
secession of his State, and was ap
pointed to the command of tlio bat
teries in Mobile Harbor by the^ Con
federate authorities, with the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel of artillery. For
the
in charge
on the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers. !
He was an honorable and upright man,
aud exceedingly popular about Colurn-
buo, with which place he was more
identified than any other. His re-
remains were taken to Covington, Ky.,
for intermentr ~
and complete, under which a conscien
tious executive must act in such mat
ters, can be as satisfactory as the same
facts and evidence, delivered ore tenus,
and before the eyes of an intelligent
court and jury. The wisdom of that
humane and beneficent provision of
our law which requires all testimony
against an accused party to be de
livered by word of mouth only, so that
the actions and demeanor, as well
as the words of a witness, can be
accurately scanned and criticised by
court and jury, is practically ignored
when the Executive, months after the
trial, sits down to a written synopsis
of the same and draws there r roni a
conclusion entirely at variance with
that arrived at by the court and jury.
In addition to this, it should be borne
in mind that in the vast majority of
instances "only the prisoner is repre
sented by counsel in the application,
and it may, with perfect truth, be de
scribed as an exparte proceeding.
Another ground commonly’ assigned
for these executive interferences,
namely, that of “numerously signed
petitious,” is equally open to animad
version. Hut on this head,-the letter
of Mr. Coleman is so full, and withal
so conclusive, that a mere reference to
it will be sufficient. We have only
room for the following brief extract:
“All these ‘numerously signed pe
titions’ are of little weiglu with me
against the twelve jurymen who, for
days, patiently heard the facts, as
drawn out from the witnesses, by able
counsel, closely watched by equally
able counsel, with an able judge to
explain the law.*’
Public Laws.
We have received from Mr. F. L.
Haralson, Slate Librarian, a neatly
printed pamphlet of 70 pages, contain
ing the acts and resolutions passed at
the late session of the General As
sembly of a public and general nature.
The pamphlet also embraces several
of the more important local acts. The
whole was compiled under a joint
resolution of the General Assembly
authorizing II. II. Cahanis and W. H.
Harrison to do the work and furnish
the JState with 500 copies at fifty cents
per copy.
Very few of the acts contained in
this pamphlet,outside of the general tax
bill, are of very special importance, all
the more important legislation having
been bid over for the summer ses
sion. In the general tax act occurs a
clatise which it may be worth while
for some of our dealers, to bear in
mind, that, namely, which imposes a
special tax of $25 on all dealers in pis
tols, revolvers, dirks and Bowie knives
“for each place of business in each
county, where the same are sold.*’
Said tax to be for educational pur
poses.
Of the other acts of a general nature,
the most important arc the putting in
solvent costs of Justices of the Peace
.and Constables, in criminal cases, on
the same footing with those of officers
of the Superior Courts, and entitling
these officers to participate pro-rata
iu the distribution of any funds
arising from fines and forfeitures.
For regulating appeals in Justice’s
Courts; for amending section 1762 of
the code, providing that the wife may,
in. certain cases, take possession of her
husband’s estate without administra
tion; cnabling'qualified voters in cer
tain cases to vote outside the county
of their residence.
Against one feature of this pam
phlet, particularly as it :s a public
work gotten up under authority and
a liberal subscription from the State,
we feel constrained to enter our pro
test. This is, the plastering the cov
ers and fly leaves over with private
advertisements. A practice so offen
sively common as t.sis has grown to
be, ought to be no longer tolerated in
the case of books and pamphlets pub
lished by the authority of the State.
Even the late ponderous code, has its
bulk swollen by an extra leaf or two
to tell of the wonders of a certain big
steam printing house in Atlanta. It
is time that authority should come in
aid of good ta«te and put a .stop to it.
Wednesday’s dispa»ches state that
Marshall J. Polk, the defaulting
Treasurer of Tennessee, passed
become iu time permanent parts of a ^ as compared with last year,
a tallimr off in acreage of four per
cent. It is surprising that it is not
ad
mitted as irremediable, but submitted
to as inevitable.
History repeats its stern les-ons
wilh unvarying fidelity, and we are
aware of no charter of privilege under
which we are working which ex
empts us as a State or -a people from
its inevitable decrees. The subject is
almost too big for us to enter on, even
were our capacity equal to it, still it
may be allowed us to sound a note of
prophetic warning, however feeble.
A Free Ballot and a Fair Count.
Govener .Benj. F. Butler, in his in
augural address, has the following
suggestion in regard to election frauds
and their remedy. The remedy pro
posed has the merit of novelty to say
the least.
“Complaints, more or less well-
founded, have been made that in Mas
sachusetts, as in some other.states, in
timidation and coercion of voters have
obtained. That ballots with distinct
ive colors and marks, to enable the
commission of these wrongs, have
been used. It is but ju&t to say that
former Legislatures, wishing to blot
out this stigma upon the fair fame of
our commonwealth, have endeavored
by law to so limit the size, printing
and appearance of ballots, as in some
degree to render the ballots indis
tinguishable in the hand of the voter.
But why not strike at the very root of
the evil at once and provide that all
votes shall be inclosed in self-sealing
envelops of the same size, quality and
color, to be furnished by the State?
Then the size and complexion of the
ballot would be immaterial.
There is now in the manner of con
ducting our elections a great scandal—
the want of accuracy iu counting
votes; so that in closely contested elec
tions. recounts are continually de
manded and almost invariably show a
difference from the original count.
Allegations are made of stuffing and
robbing ballot-bo*es. All this would
be prevented by the use of the envel
ope. I commend tnis change, in the in
terest of tree and fair elections, most
earnestly to your attention.”
larger. October was very dry, and
the rains that did fall were so scatter
ing that they did not soften the
ground. And then too the dryness
caused cotton to open so rapidly that
the farmers couldn’t leave it to plant
grain of anything else.”
“Yon think then the loss is less
than was to have beota expect
ed ?’ ?
“Much less. It will hardly be ap
preciable. The fact that so much
has been planted in spite of an un
favorable season for grain plauting,
demonstrates to my mind conclus
ively that the Georgia farmers are
wedded to the mixed-crop policy,
and that this will always be a large
grain prod acting state. The acreage
in grain will increase from year to
year.”
The Georgia Land Boom.
Under this caption, the Waycross
Reporter says:
“It is rumored that Judge James
Butts, of Macon, Georgia, has but re
cently negotiated the sale of 150,000
acres of forest lands lying in Pierce,
Wayne and Charlton counties to a
company of English capitalists. If
this be true, and the plan, as we learn
they will adopt of selling off alternate
tracts of 50 to 100 acre«, to actual set
tlers be carried out (to Eoglnh immi
grants) then we may look forward
wilh interest to the development of
this section of our State. Lands have
already risen very much in value, but
tue} r will still go higher. The people
should look with favor upon these ex
tensive English purchases; they will
tend to build up the country. There
are millions of acres of good tillable
lands in this part of the State that can
yet be bought for a song, as the say
ing is {low prices), and we hope that
they will fall into the hands of such
as will utilize and develop them.”
Maj. Warren Convalescent.
Maj. Warren’s many friends who
read the late account of his unfortunate
paralytic stroke, will be glad to read
the following from the Post-Appeal
of Tuesday:
News received at the Executive
Mansion last night from Maj. J. W.
Warren, Secretary of the Governor,
was that his condition is greatly im
proved. Maj. Warren was attacked
with paralysis on last Friday, and for
a while it was supposed that his death
was imminent. It is now the opin
ion of his physicians that he wijl be
able to be out iu the course of a week
or tea days.
THE SMALL-POX.
Thirty-five Persons Quarantined—
Fonr Inmates of the Pest House—
A Gloomy Outlook.
Cotton Seed Products.
New Orleans Times-DemocraL
A correspondent of tlie New. York
Herald throws some light on a sub
ject that has often been discussed but
which will always be of general inter
est to the South^-cotton 6eed, and tlie
probabilities of its increased use and
increased price. He finds that only 10
per cent, of the seed raised is manu
factured, producing about $10,000,000 a
year, which amount could easily be in
creased to $80,000,000 should those
questions of transportation which now
prevent the mills from obtaining a
proper supply of material be solved.
The rest of the seed, he estimates, is
distributed in the following manner:
For planting, 20 per cent; for fertil?
izers in a raw state, 40 per cent; alto
gether lost and allowed to rot away at
the gins and lose its fertilizing power
by exposure to the weather, 30 per
cent.
There arc scores of planters who op
pose the sale of seed to the mills,
cause of the low price offered for it,
and also because this loss of seed im
poverishes the land; but they can
scarcely favor a system which allows
nearly one-third of the cotton seed
crop of the South, worth in a manufac
tured form $30,000,000, to rot away and
be completely lost, returning no ad
vantage to any one, mill-owner or
planter. It this seed, now' absolutely
and totally lost, cohid be carried to the
mills, it would largely increase the
wealth of the South, without affecting
its fertility. It is probable also, that
the supply for ; the mill could be still
further increased by a more economi
cal system in planting the staple. It
is claimed, and apparently with reason,
that many farmers., are extremely
wasteful, and use too much seed
planting. The seed is dropped by
them thickly in a row’, and, when the
plants .are a few* inches high, they are
thinned out, tlie theory beiug that it is
necessary to sow generously in order to
secure a health}’ stand. Other plant
ers, however, .who use only half til's
amount, secure results fully as satis •
factory and save nnich seed for sale to
the mills.-
This would.leave about, half tlie seed
for planting and fertilizing aud half
for the mills, much of which would
come back to die land in meal and
cake,.even better fertilizers than the
.raw cotton seed itself.
The great problem, how’ever, is bow
to secure cheap transportation to market
for so bulky an article as this. Even
$12 a ton will not compensate planters
except those living immediately on a
river or railroad, which allows of direct
transportation to the mill. As rail
roads are built in the South anil the
ordinary roads are improved the amount
of cotton seed within reach'of market
naturally increase; aud as the cost of
transportation falls tw’o results natur
ally follow—an increase of the supply
for manufacture and an increase on the
seed itself to the planters. At a fair
price the cotton seed raised by our
farmers ought to be worth from $30,-
000,000 to $36,000,000, a gain to them of
from lO.to 12 per cent, in value of .the
entire cotton crop, and there is every
reason to hope for this in the future.'
The value of the oil as a substitute
for olive or lard, and of the meal or
cake as a fertilizer or food for cattle, is
becoming daily more evident. It is
now' shown that a gallon of refined oil,
worth- .60 cents will go further in a
kitchen than a gallon and a half of lard,
worth $1 oO. Our cotton seed meal
product, formerly sent entirely to Great
Britian, is now in demand all over the
world. Germany is importing 400,000
nicks a year to feed her cattle and en-
sieh her poor lands, ami the demand is
four or 'five timds as great as it was ten
years ago. •
In other, words, there' is an increased
demand for cotton seed products, the
supply is, increasing as the means of
transporting this bulky article, are im
proved, and the price also must in
crease as the demand becomes larger,
steadier, and more certain. There is
no reason why every cotton farmer in
the South should not increase the value
of his crop from 8 to ten per cent, an-
! nually, without ; mpoverishing or .de-
‘ * “ pro-
—The Worth Star expresses this
opinion: “A father who encourages
his sons to drink, pla**es in their hands
a passport to hell.”
—There were shipped from Sept. 1st,
1882, to 31st Dec., 18S2, 8,990 bales of
cotton. Same time In 1881,9,123 bales.
—Milled get Vie' Union akd Recorder.
—Mr. Doc Harden, of Andersonville,
fell on Friday last and w’as taken into
Mr. Wm. Glovers’ store, in that place,
and died in a few moments. We were
not advised of the cause. Mr. Harden
was a man in middle life and was, or
had been. Marshal of the town.—Sum
ter Republican.
—Nancy McCorab, an aged colored
woman, died last Friday night. She
was formerly a servant of the senior
Robt. McComb, and co< ked Gen. La-
Faytte’s dinner when he visited this
city, over fifty years ago. She was
eighty-two years of age, and leaves a
continuous record of good character.
—Miss Myra, the fair correspondent
of some of our contemporaries, of this
city, who has made considerable rep
utation as a writer, will, after to-day,
be moorc so, at Fort Deposit, Ala. Will
Miss Myra allow us to extend our con
gratulations, and may tlie sun of pros
perity ever shine on her home, and her
prayers for blessings be alw'ays mcore
and moore, yet never enough to pall
the desire for the good and holy influ
ences that have ever actuated her.—
Sumter Republican.
—The Jackson Neat reports that “A
white penitentiary convict was seen by
sever.u of our citizens passing through
town early one morning, a few clays j
ago. He walked in the center of tlie
street carrying a rock in each hand.
Without a W’ord he passed up by tlie
Benton House, turning Higgin’s cor
ner, disappeared unmolested.” It
would seem that two rocks are better
safe-guards to a loose convict in Jack-
son than even a pardon from our Uncle
Aleck.
—Judge Hammond has selected an
admirable committee to look into the
subject of illeg.il voting at the recent j
election. The people of Atlanta can j
safely rely upon the gentlemen named i
to make a thorough and exhaustive J
analysis of the ballot-box and tally- j
sheets. We are satisfied that they ;
will find many illegal votes. The ulti
mate result may be several contests
over the county offices on the basis of
the actual count of the legal “votes.
"Whatever the result the investigation
should be pushed vigorously.—Atlanta
Evening Herald.
—Jim Flan nigan,.an old colored man
about sixty years of. ago, living in the
21st district of this county, attempted
to kill himself one day this week by
shooting himself witli a pistol. He
placed the pistol under his chin, and
fired, the ball coining out of his right
eye completely distroying that organ.
He is not expected to recover. He has
always born a good character, and was
considered one of the best of his class.
The cause assigned for this rash act,
was that he had made a failure in iiis
crop and had come out about $300 be
hind with his creditors. - Lumpkin Inde
pendent.
—The passers-by witnessed a novel
scene, on Bayne’s corner, last Thurs
day. In a crowd, consisting chiefly
of colored people, a street preacher,
(Mr. Mealy) was disbursing, earnestly,
.on the necesitv of a clean heart, and
offered a crucified Saviour for the heal
ing of the nations; while near by, in
the same crowd, n soap man was de
claiming loudly on the virtues of his
“Star soap,” only fifteen tents a bar.
Each seem: determined to be lienrd.
There were a faithful' few in this in
stance, as there always are, who stood
by the preacher; but the jokes of the
soap man captivated the thoughtless
crowd, who could see only the out
side, and when lie finally took lip his
old banjo and began a comic song, the
f BARGAINS
Your Last Chance,
IP TOU WANT
Immense Bargains
fFE A UIi COMPELLED TO
Close Out 1
Regardless ONCOST.
LM,
WASHINGTON, ST., ALBANY, GA. jW
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IX
HUG
DRUGGIST’S SUNDRIES, PERFUMERY, FANGY
ARTICLES RICH TOILET GOODS, ETC.
HEADQUARTERS
WHITE LEAD,
LINSEED OIL,
VARNISHES,
KALSOMINE,
WINDOW GLASS.
COLOR DRY AND IN OIL.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
Paint, Varnish, Whitewash,
-AXD-
WE HAVE ‘IN STOCK OVER
75,000 CIGARS!
ALL GRADES. FROM A
Cheeroot to a Genuine Havana!
At prices that cannot te Duplicated in this Market.
iT
ONION SETS. S
30 Bushels Select Sets Just Received.
Consumers Will Save Money by Dealing With Us
And to dealers m guarantee as low figures and as favorable terms as.any ■
House in the State!
Look to your interest, and for further information come to
HEADQUARTERS
A
Ulciu JulDevtisciue-its.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
ThU powder never runes. A marvel of pure
trength and wh desotueness More ecoa n.icaI
than the ordinary kinds, and car not he • !d fc
competition with the n ultiindc ol Sow t«>st. short
weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold oruy in
earns.
KOYAL BAKING POWDER CO-
novf-dwjv Nkw York.
Dress Goods? Ladies Fine Shots,
Ladies Fine Cloaks. LadiesJKid Gloves,
Hoiseryi Lace Curtains- Balmoral Skirts,
And man? Artie’ e* numerous to Mention
50 Per Cent Below
New York Value.
Jeans 20c. Worth 40c.
Jeans 30c. Worth 55o.
Jeans 40c. Worth 75c.
Call and be convinced.
S.
k
The following from the Post-Ap
peal of Wednesday last will give an
idea of the spread of the above
scourge. Is it not time our city au
thorities were taking some active steps
towards vaccination? Other towns,
like Ilrrn kinsvule. have adopted strin- ] spoiling his l:md, simply from
gent measures, and
: in unification with Atlanta and other
| infected places there is no teiling how j
j soon a case or two may develop them
j selves in our midst. We
; tendon several days since to a notifi-
| cation from the Executive Depart
ment that vaccine m*atter would be fur
with daily oou.fi ^ga^i a ago as su-
The question of eatabPsh'ng Pos
tal Springs Banks will be agitated at
called at- » very early day in Congress. New
England, which has a thoroughly
organized savings bank system,Jwiil
probnbly oppose it. The Middle
States, however, 6ee the need of it,
throuph New Orleans last Saturday : nished on application to the proper »»d the Western and_ Southern men
.fWawta arrested i„ San authorities. will probably favor it. Some inter-
and was afterwards arrested in San
Antonio, and then released on
habeas corpus, on the ground
that it was the wrong man. From
later dispatches it Wat learn
ed that he was held under arrest in
authorities.
“There are about thirty-five people
tainiiig facts have recently been
given the public regarding the pos-
the small-pox quarantine, and four s , vings bank system of Canada.
n»D.a nf thp npst hnnse. ihe at - 1 The iininhrr of deposits received
during the past year were 97,380,
inmates of the pest house. The at
tending physician expects one of the in
mates to die very soon. Although
the Board of Health is taking every
San Antonio, and that the -Governor • P re ^ n »ion to stoy Uiq progress of.^ge
of Tennessee had forwaidcd
; loathsome plague, it must be admitted
ln ’ ! that the situatian i;s not at all pleas
ant
It is said that the colored brother
stmctioiis for bis return to Nash
ville. He was represented to be,
dreadfully dejected. The full extent ; is violently opposed to the pest house,
and effect of his operations are not
yet fully known. No sales of Tennes
see bonds were quoted yesterday
and the amount $6,485,989, while tlie
number of withdrawals were 35,859
and the amount $34.blj619. The
bOsiness.of 1882, compared with the
preceedingyean* ^hows an increase
of 25.633 deposits and $2,260,947 in
the sum depnsLed.;
where. A youiiiT black child, a
__ years old, was found “hid
past seven years he was engineer I New York, was (lie significant closing j week. Such oipers wilt k "
barge of the Government d5 *»* tth ** tat5 “* *° ! tsSSSL
and rather than have any of his family what .Hakes Our suier City Booi
to go there, he hides them out some- j —
The .total Stale debt ot Massachu
setts is $32,511,6S0.90. Two-thirds of.
this amount of indebtedness was in
curred in expenditures on theHoosac'
Tunnel and the Troy and Greenfield"
Eailroad.
•' v
of death will roll through oi
and there will be'heard “the voice
Rachel for her children crying, and
will not be comforted.’
Americas is op a boom more' than
. ever. We asked the reason .of.this the
e I other day, and the reply of a web in-
' e formed citizen of Albany explained
i the prosperity of Americas as due to
j .it6 public, school system and to. its
banks .AH our county, our merchants
as well a« farmers, will be more pros-
May good angels ward off this hypo- ; porous when the latter quit the* credit
thetical picture of sorrow.”
Fohty-sevex cents is the ruling
price for corn in Chattanooga.
system of purchasing supplies. Bettei
go to the bsnKand pay n moderate in
terest for money and pay down the
ca»h for your bacon.
NOTICE.
H AVING taken charge of my blacksmith shop,
on t*e south side of Broad street, near the
river, I hereby give notice to the pahITc generally
that I s*n prepared to do any and all work usually
done in u bltcksmhh and wood shop, aud, as I
intend toiuperintend and look after t e business
myself, I feel that £ can promise eetisfmrtion to all
who may choose to favor me wirb their patron
age.
Iren to horse-shoeing.
Special attention will be zii
ana also to plantation an I wagon work Prices
shall be regulated to suit the
ronage is rc spectrally solicited.
times. Your pat-
w. o. Watson
ANNOUNCEMENT.
T HE business of H. J Cook A Co, will, from
this date, be carried o under the firm us me
and style of
COOK & IRVIN.
A ccntinnanee of the liberal patronage extend- 1
cd us in the past is respectfully solicited
II. I.COOK,
S. D. IRVIN, Jr.
Albany, Gs M January 1st, 1383-dJ w3t '
EAST MIMfflll.
I. T. CALLAWAYS S3.
BAGGING AND TIES ALWAYS ON HAND AT
LOWEST MARKET PRICES.
Liberal Advances on all cotton at-'red wiib us,
and prompt sale, and correct weights graranteed.
'■a161td*wtr
J. G. STEPHENS,
j
FAMILY
FOXTTZ’S
HOSSE AND CATTLE PGWDEHii
CASH DKAJ-EU IN
I-
GROCERIES,).
! i
No IJcnsE will c!»*• of Colic. Hots or Lvxa Fs-
yxk. If 11'Hi/-** 1 ’owiten* nre iwd in time.
Font*** Powilrn* will «-nr«- and prevent lion Ciicr-RRA.
Foiitz'tf Powders will prevent in Fowls.
Fonts* Powder* will increase ti»«* nuantlty or milt
end cream twenty per cent., and make Hie bolter firm
and sweet.
Poatz* Powders trill cure or prevent almost every
Disease to wuicb Hordes and rattle arc ettbjccL
Forrz’s Powm k.h will give Satisfaction.
Sold everywhere.
DAVID r. TOUT", Proprietor
BALTI^OEE, MD,
Eas. dklbaaiy
BOARDING HOUSE
A. RATLIFF, Proprirlor.
O PEN to the Pnbiic af ail times. Only ?*»
Cents for Meals, aud 25 Cent* for Lodi;iu<.
s a tail. A RATLIFF*.
Ka*t Alb uy,Gi
' Give us n
mar*24 tv
rms XiIqvohs
cigars. Etc. i inal license Ordinance
FIRST-CLASS ROODS
At id sell for
SPOT CASH ONLY 1
AXD HEaCE CAN GIVE YOU THE
LOWEST PRICES
J. G. STEPHENS,
Sept. ■ JO ,’ RS>-«lco«l.t.wCm
CALL Ml BE
DISSOLUTION.
fllHE firm of WESTON * DA VIS is this day
A . dissolved by mntnal consent, J. S; Davis
retiring and S. JL Weston assuming all lia
bilities, and to whom all indebtedness to the
late firm will be paid.
S. It. WESTON,
J S. DAVIS.
_>avis, and -
patrons to call oil me at tbe old stand. Plant
ers* Warehouse. Thankful for the manyfa-
tois and patronage *o the o'd firm, I respect- <
fully ask a continuance of the «an o
S. It WESTON.
Albtny, Ga^ Jan. 11,1883-dft wtf
’OR 1883.
Rif!
all applicants, aao to cus
tomers of last year without r-ueri:iw !L It contain a
about ITS pwres, 600 illustrations. F^res. secures
descriptions and valuable directions.for planting
1000 varieties of Vepeiabiti tnd Flower Seeds,
Plante, Fruit Trees, etc. Invaluable to aJ,
ijtily to Market Gardener*. Send for ttl ..
D.M. FERRY &QO. DETROIT MlOH.
m n n mm
JOB OFFICE
I* prepared^to connate with any OA'abiisbmeuiin
tbe State In
JOB POINTING !
In All Its Branclie-.
We keep op with tbe times, and have as skilled
workmen and as good presses as tan be found
in tbe State, and guarantee satisfaction to those
who favor ns with their orders. A full line of
PRIHIEBS’STATIOHERT
always on hand, and those wbo will call a: our \
office c-n make their selections Irani a lar.-fc as
sortment. Just received, a* new stock or paper j
for
Letter Heads,
Bill Heads,
Note Heads,
Statements,
Account Sales,
Etc,, Etc.
‘25 00
25 00
50 00
20 0J
25 *0
1*» tfO
25 tO
40 00
■25 00
B F. it or Kined hy the Mayor at;d Council or
Hit* City «>f Alitauv, and rf is her* 1». oriUiin-
; cd by authority of ihe same. That the
j Ueeuse or Specific Tax shall be levied and col-
1 lected in tbe City of Albany, for ilie support of
i the city gove’nmcnt for the year 1S?3:
; Each retail«• of spirituous liquors, lo bo
, licensed by the year only $200 00
! Each retailer of malt or iermented liquors
when sold separate from spirituous li
quors.- —
Liquor dealers seilin? not less than 1
; quart or more than 4*4 gallons..............
j IJqu^ dealers selliujr ga Hons and up-
j Each baron and prouuic broker........
• Each hold —
! E'cli boarding bouse
: Ext-h rewtaurant —
! Fact Hucxsler stand on fctret-te
i Each huckster stand on private lota....,,.,.
Each Peddler of ground peas, fn*its or
• ■thi-r articles, peddi tie them around the
str eta (country produce brought in by
the producer except*d), subject to the
dts- re'iou of the Majoi.
Each billiard tab.e kept for pay^^.....^
Each bo*liugor ten-piu alley.................
Each shooting gallery kept for profit.......
Each skating riuk........ ....^....
Each veiocif ede rink ,
Each two-bore dray
And shall b - allowed to charge 6o cents
for each 'ull load, an i 10 cents per
bale lor cotton.
Each one-horse dray
And shall be allowed to charge 25 cents
fur each full l ad, and 10 cents per
bale fur cotton.
Each two-horse vehicle conveying passen
gers for pay...
Each four hone
gers for pay..
Each 1*very stable
Each warehouse or firm receiving 5010 bales
cotton or more-,
vehicle conveying passeu-
15 0O
15 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
15 00
15 00
15 00
25 00
> a genera asioitmentof
ibauy Ca„ Sc,t.3J.15?
envelopes
business!; ARDS
31- MsINTOXH & CO.
life is.
before y* u diej
3u« rnblime Ica..
quer time.*’ $J5 a vrevk
town. outfit free No
. rhiu; tew {a ” '
we will f-srois'i tvervthln’. _
fortunes La-.ies aak! a= much as
ana girls mike gieat r »y. Re,,?.
bUctuuwai whi. a roL* t-n make
i.mr, write for 'ert cu'er* lo U.lh
Fortiaud, Main*.
Those receiving 3000 bales and less than
5 00
Those receiving less than 8000
tach pawnbroker-.—-. -
Southern Express Company-
Each telegraph company
Each darning master——*-—
Each circus, each day, at tbe discre
tion of tbe Mayor, not less than..—
Each side show, under one canvass, at the
discretion of the Mayor, not less than —
Negro minstrels, transient tl eatric;:ls,jag-
gersand other like exhibitions, shall pay
a license tax to be fixed at the discretion
of i he Mayorr
Each persou drumming or soliciting trade,
except lu front of their regular place ol
businetw, aud then only to tbe tu.ddle or
street in front ol tbe same, shall be con
sidered a street drummer, and tball pay
atax of
Vendue masters,each - ,
and shah pay i percenton gross sales on
all property wwued by residents,and two
per cent on property own*d by non-rest-
Eacb transient vendee master.,,,,...,.........
and pay 2 per cent, on grues sales.
Each person selling fertilizers, not manu
factured in the eity..„„ , __ ..
Each butcher or green gr cer 15 OOfi
which *. ail not apply to fanners selling .
by the quarter.
Each ice cream saloon or soda fountain-
50 CO
80 CO
25 00
60 CO
uOOF
10 wT'
100-00.
25 00>
200 fO
25 00
25 CO
£ach person dealing in carriages, wagons
and buggies, except home manufacture-.
Each barter shop keeper shall pay for each
Each.
other
shop keeper shall pay fur each
cotton for himseif or
5 0
SO 0u
250
:o oo
oe agent — 10 00
_ nt shall pay for each
company represented by bun 10 00
And each ageut shall register with ihe Uerk the
companies he or they represent and do biuine*s
for.
Transieut traders for the sale of goods, wares or
merchandise of any description whatever,by sample
or otherwise, before opening or off*, ring thesame for
sale, shall pay a license tax, to be fixed at the dis
cretion of tie Mayor.
That one h ir of one per cent be Imposed upon
the proceeds arising from the sale of each horse or
mule raid within the city limits; and xt shall be
the duty of tbe Maishni lo ascertain tbe amout t
oftfock told, and collect the tax and repoitthe
^ndTreararer** eTery two week * 10 ,he Clerk
Ba it oniained by the Mayor and Council of the
“ snail ecjaee
is required,
—-with
n compliance with
said city, shall bo
louble the sum of