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ALBANY WEEKLY HERALD: SATURDAY APRIL 23. 1892.
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i The prices and Styles will be
ure to please you.
Don’t Think
Of buying anything in
MATTINGS
util you have seen our line, which
the best in every respect ever
own in Albany. One hundred
pits to select from.
[OFMAYER
.ft JONES,
*alace Building,
WASHINGTON ST.
[SAT CASE WILL DO.
A^ollinaius water Is being extens
ively advertised.
This part of the moral vineyard is
getting very .dry and dusty. A good
rain is much needed.
Many Albanians are already making
preparations for an early departure
on their annual summer trip.
Tub Japan plums, of which there
are a number of trees in and around
Albany, are in full bearing this spring.
Thk spelling bee at Willingham’s
Hall next Monday night is goingto be
an occasion of muoli real fun, and will
attract a full house.
PJie man who runs himself in debt
always something to regret.
lis nose is to the grindstone bent
By such enormous big per cent.
3o, buy your goods from Bell for
cash,
fhe saved per cent, will buy your
hash.
?The “hard-times” fever rages high,
adit has made the nation sigh.
’Tis more than people can endure,
td so we’ve sought and found a
cure.
ife hear with grief their mournful
cries,
l.nd that is why we advertise.
Mo doubt you’ve read of those
. three B’s
|That “Beats,,the world” for Blood
Disease.
Now let us show you just one B,
That’s worth as much or more
than three
One of the largest steps Albany
ever took in the march of progress,
was when she voted for waterworks
and sewerage Tuesday.
Snakes are out of their holes, and
there ore numbers of them in the
woodB. So be careful how you move
nbout while in,the country.
Somk parties are engaged in floating
cednr posts down the river nnd land
ing them just below the Fair-grounds.
Cedar poBts sell very readily In Al
bany. 1
If the number of fish caught was
commensurate with the number of
fishermen angling, the creeks and
ponds abound Albany would soon be
fished out. ’
There were 420 votes polled in the
waterworks election Tuesday, and
418 of them were “for bonds.” Gen.
Henry Morgan nnd Mr. Theo. Mroez-
skowski were the lonely dissenters.
The West bound Blakely Extension
train ran up on n burning trestle just
this side of Leary Wednesday after
noon. The train stopped long enough
to put in a new crosstie and passed
over in safety.
The birds have commenced to pair
off, and nests nre beginning to appear
in trees and shrubs throughout the
woods. The English sparrows have
built, laid and hatched, and are now
about rendy to lay again.
Some young men are talking of get
ting up a couple of tennis clubs for
amusement and recreation during the
coming summer mouths. This, in our
opinion, would be far preferable to
base ball, nnd certainly more .enjoya.
ble, because the exercise of tennis play
ing is not Tredl , ~6(f“f r rmeilt ns uni-nt
base ball, and keeping moderately cool
is a thing greatly to be desired when
the thermometer is near a hundred.
At a meeting of the Fraternal Mys.
tic Circle of Albany Tuesday night Dr.
Hugo Bobinson was.elected Collector,
to succeed Dr. O. F. Gambati, recently
removed from the city. The F. M. C.
is one of the cheapest and best of the
beneficiary orders represented here,
and those who have looked into it are
wejl pleased with it. The assessments
come monthly, and are so light that
the members have no trouble about
meeting them.
Bi
B ELL’S
IG
ARGAINS.
For cash
Is a sure cure for “hard-times”
fever.
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P. s.—
We have on band at your command,
A few more Lemon Squeezers,
And advertise most every size
Of Lightning Ice Cream Freezers.
W S. Bell
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Mrs. C. T. Obburn, of Columbus, has
been selected as directress of a grand
entertainment to be given tor the Mus
cogee Board’ of Directors for the
World’s Fair. The Enquirer - Sun
says: “We are pleased to learn that
the indications point to a grand sue’
cess. The entertainment will proba
bly be one of the most attractive ever
arranged for Columbus people. It
will consist of tableaux, music, sing
ing, and several excellent dances.
Ax Amerioiis special to WedneS’
day’s Constitution says that the Savan
nah, Americus and Montgomery rail
way, having completed its road to
Montgomery, Ala H making a through
line between that point and Lyons,
Ga., (Including its Albany division) of
300 miles, will,. from the ^!t day of
May, 1892, . operate regular daily
schedules .over the entire length of its
rails. The “Sam route” opens up a
large and valuable territory, giving to
its inhabitants facilities for marketing
their products at all the principal cen
ter! of consumption.
‘WORDS OP WISDOM,
SPELLING REE AMONG
GODS.
ContributUn from Ike Pea ef Am
Alimar Imciy.
Apropos of the spelling bee 'men
tioned in Monday’s Herald, we are Rniiread*
now in receipt of a poem—a gem in
its ,|way—from an Albany lady, that
gives a graphic and humorous descrip
tion of a spelling bee among the gods
of ye ancient classic times.
The lady says that the poem is a “re
cently discovered addenda to the ‘Last
Tales of Miletus,’ ” but we surmise that
it is an addenda not only recently dis
covered, but of most modern composi
tion and very recently appended to the
works of that classic author. The
Herald is but too pleased to give
room to the production, whether it is
from an appendix to the “Last Tales
of Miletus” or from the pen of the lady
who has kindly favored us with the
pleasing contribution.
THE ORIGIN OF SPELLING-BEES.
[Hocuntly discovered addenda to the “Lust
Talcs of Miletus.”l
.To Jove, Olympus-throned, from lunch refrain
ing—
Ambrosia o’er—Minerva cume.complainiug:
“My Gracious Llogol” she said, “this is mjr mis
sion—
To bring you to a sense of your position.
Your over-lonicncy, dyspepsia breeding,
Allows the gods too much of ovor-feodlng,
By which their palates chock their brains’ pro
gression,
Ami dull their intellects by retrogression.
And seeing this, O Jove, I crave permission
To counteract it by direct attrition;
In order thus their intellects to strengthen,
Their minds to polish and their memories
lengthen.”
Permission givcinstrnight Minerva took
Out of her pockerWobstor’s Spelling-Book.,
Around the circle test-words quickly hied,
Which encii Immortal missed as soon as tried.
On “trousseau” Jfino weakened; Mars on “foes,”
While pouting Venus came to grief through
“beaux;”
On “occult,” Pluto; Vulcan ou “crescendo,”
While gray-board Neptune caved on “innu
endo.”
Bacchus with “reeling” made a perfect fuuk,
At which Minorva tartly cried,“You’re drunk l’
One “s” in “messenger” gave Mercury trouble,'
Aud Ceres, weeping, bit the dust on “stubble;”
Apollo stoutly tried Ids luck on “rooster,”
And then, appealing, said he spelled by Worccs<
tor;
On which tho Graces held, as referees,
He was “so nice” lie might spoil us lie plowed.
.Jove, last of ull,but than tho rest no better,
In spelling “empty” lost a needed letter.
Then the whole circle beggud her to give o’eV;
Thu gods all called her spelling-bee a bore;'
Tho ladies said “blue-stockingt” and “a fright 1”
And the three Judges held such luuguage—
right.
Pluto said: “Nervy, lot’s to Hades go,
Aud try this latust torment down below.
Straightway Minerva rose, and elosed her hook,
And ’round tho circle cast a withering look;
“Immortal Gods!” she said, “henceforth the
schools
Shall better cull yon nil Immortal Fools!
Olympus,” here she wept, “so glorious once,
•rr—— fcu.<«uiv. fnivihn dullest dunce.
Down to tho earth Pll go; ami quiuMj umbo
Tho suffering nations in a spelling-clans.
Thus I’ll reform tho world, and ns for you,
Dcgunurato Deities, for awhile, adieu!
1 shall return, and tilLthat time—ah, well!
I’ll leave Olympus for a little spell.”
£o saying she turned, nor longer deigned to
stay,
But glided swiftly down the milky way.
Minerva thus her earthward Journey took.
And from her pocket drew her awful book.
America soon gave the chance she sought.
And a new “Buttle of Lexicon” was fought;
Pierce grew the conflict, quick the test-words
flow,
Ponderous six syllables, ond puzzling two.
And thus wo wrestle, while serene and still,
Minerva sits enthroned on Learning’s Hill.
Until she wearies, thus I fear shall wo
Still he a-spelllng Rt a spelling-bee 1
THE RAILROAD TAX BILL.
ADVERTISED I.ETTBRS.
THE SVPBEDE COURT DECI.ARBB
IT CONSTITUTIONAL.
In n..r|ia Tlu.l
Count? Tux.
Pur u
List of letters remaining in the post-
oflloe at Albany, Ga., for the week
ending April 20,1892. If not called
for in fifteen days will be sent to the
Dead Letter office:
ilo, Ar
Hull, llobt.
Cheney, Mini Annie
4,1 —
The famous railroad tax bill, which
requires railroads to pay their taxes
by counties, was declared constitu
tional by the Supreme Court of Geor
gia in a .deoision rendered Tuesday.
This decision of the-Supreme Court
means that the railroads in Georgia
must-pay a county tax to every county
through whioh they pass. The tax is
assessed upon the value of property in
every county.
The tnxable property is nbout $50,-
000,000. The taxes which it will bring
to the counties will be nearly $400,000.
THE DECISION OF THE COURT,
Tlie following is the Supremo Court
deoision:
Columbus Southern Railway Company
vs. Wright, Comptroller General.
Constitutional law. Statutes. Rail
roads. Taxation. Before Judge
Marshall J. Clarke. Fulton Supe
rior Court.
1. As respeots railroad companies
having no exemption, n statute is not
unconstitutional which provides for
taxing railroad property for county
purposes at the regular rate ad val
orem whioh is levied by the county
authorities on pther property, esoh
county through which a road runs be
ing allowed to tax at that rate all the
company’s property, real and personal,
looated in that county, and In addition
thereto, its due proportion of the roll
ing stock and other floating or unlo-
oated property of the company, that
is, a proportion corresponding to the
ratio between the company’s property,
real and personal, located in the given
county, and the aggregate of its lo
cated property in all the counties
through whioh tho road runs. Prop
erly construed, this is the soheme and
rnrpose of the act of October 17th,
889, on the subject of taxing railroad
property for county purposes.
The aot is a general, not a special
law, and except bb necessarily checked
and qualified by irrevocable exemp
tions previously granted, it is uni-
, equal and just. *' "
BogteB.it.
routlo;
Tlroutloy, Lou
C
rr Christ. Mils Pearly
Como!, Miss Katy Collins, Hugeno
Colt^Muck
Dow, Mrs. Si Ivy
Ethridge,Trnnnol A Co^Kady, Miss Erner
Ford, Kiixa (I) French, It and In
Furgorson^Miss Snllto
Fillmore, Miss Aggio Groon, Miss Crcsy
Gortons, Miss Annie (8)
H
Hatcher, Mixs Lisey iloson, John
Henderson, Mrs. A. 1\. Herrington, Willie
Hicks, Mrs. It. E. Holms Miss Lucy
Hiurls,Miss Hcnnington
Jf
Jackson, Miss Mainly Jacobs, ttoxle A. (2)
Jackson, Miss Willie Johnson, Miss Clara
May Jordan, Oliver*
WASHfhQTOP St., Opposite Commercial Bank
Kerco, B.
Kenedy, M s. Itottlu
form,
lug in uniformity because it recognizes
and.seeks to abidi
ter rights of such railroads (if any) as
can be taxed for county purposes only
upon tlie basis of their net income,
there being in fact, under existing
conditions, no such railroads in the
State. Kor because it requires rolling
stook and other floating personality to
be apportioned for county taxation
amongst tlie several counties througli
which the respective railroads run.
Hot because it requires returns to he
made to tlie Comptroller General of
tlie State instead of to the tax receiv
ers ,of tlie several counties, and desig
nates that officer, and not the tax offi
cers of tlie counties, tu calculate the
amount of taxes due to eneii county
according to the returns, and to issue
CAChUtH uB W.v.h»*. . r ,mi
railroad property and its Involved re
lations with the several counties in
terested, render the services of an offi
cer common to all the counties appro
bate for securing a correct and el
ective performance of these minis
terial functions.
2. The aot in question neither im
poses a State tax for county purposes,
nor attempts to levy county taxes
directly by the State. It provides lor
taxing railroads fpr county purposes
by and through the action of the
county authorities,
-It is an error to think that the
worm turns when trodden on. It will
squash every time.
, —Meeting and overcoming difficul
ties make character.
—Wherever there is ignorance there
is self-conceit.
—Comparing your sins with those
of other people won’t make your sin
ning any safer,
—Make your mistake teach you
something. Moses never lost his tem
per in the wilderness but once.
—If.vre had no trouble hut real trou
bles there wouldn’t be a round-shoul
dered man in the world.
—Hothing belittles the troubles of
oor friends more than our own con
tentment.
—An egotist is a man who talks
about himself when we want to talk
about ourselves.
—If work ,is growth, the world is
full of people who are very small.
Mouielhlng for Huinmrr Vacation*.
What to do for the summer is the
question.
To go up among the mountains with
no money to pay expenses, or down to
the seashore with less of the wbere-
with-all? Which?
Ho money to spend, and an intense
desire to get away, somewhere, any
where, if but for a week. What a con
flict to rage in one’s sou).
What shall you dof Stay at home—
you won’t find a more comfortable
place. Have you a wide, breezy hall
or a cool, shady back porch? Take
your summer vacation there. Yes,
your summer’s vacation, whether it be
of a week’s, two weeks’ or a month’s
length. Give up your work. Close
your office, or tell your oook that If
she comes to you for orders once dur
ing your vacntlbn that you will dis
charge her. Then give yourself up to
a vacation of rest. Sleep late in the
morning, take afternoon naps, supply
yourself with literature to' suit your
taste. Take long early morning or
late evening rides—or walks, if you
can not afford to ride—and Invite some
congenial friend to go with you.
Or, have you a little money to spend
and desire, to get that money’s worth
of pleasure and renewed strength?
Purchase a small camping outfit, or
better still, borrow one from some
sportsman friend. Select the most
attractive.spot you know of oil creek
or river, take your family and cook,
and spend a ten days’ or two weeks'
camping out. If you do not return
from that expedition refreshed in
mind and body—yes, and In
morals, too—it will be because your
sonl has become so warped by too
close contact with the world, that na
ture has no attractions for yon. Who
would not exchange two hours of rest
ful, dreamy quiet spent in a hammock
slung in a shady nook, staring at
flecks of blue sky as seen through
nd
Take a week’s vacatlon-f-bot. sp$i
the vacation in your own comfortable
home, or out In the woods near'the
creek or river.
I,i-vcrett,MI». U-von|ii l.ula,M<ns Bancry
Luvo, .Tamo. "Lowe, W. L.
M
Muv, Ml-. Minnie
N
Nobles, l’ollynn
, O
Unto*, Miss Amoy
1'i-lnglo, Hni-nli Puckett, tl. \V.
R
Right, Jemos ^Knmlle, r.lsron
Scries, Mrs. Mnsourin Simon, llill
Smith. L. E.
T
Tnylor. Mrs. Kiln
W
Walton, .Tamos Wilson, Willie E.
Wlmblsti, Mrs. B. C. Willey. Mrs. N. K.
Ill calling for above letters please
say “advertised” and give date.
B. F. BniMnRnnY, P. M.
OMd New..
Ho other Mcdiolne In the world wns
ever given such a test of its curative
qualities, as Otto's Cure. Thousands
of bottles of this great German remedy
are being distributed free pF charob,
■>y druggists in this country, to those
iffiieted with Consumption, Asthma,
Croup, severe Coughs, Pneumonia ami
all Throat and Lung diseases, giving
the people proof that Otto’s Cure will
cure them, and that it is tlie grandest
triumph of Medical science. For sale
J. R. deGraffenrled ft Co. Sam
ples free. Large bottles 60o.
It is not want-
use it reoognizes
e by inviolable oliar-
COME AND SEE I
Max Cassel & Sister,
Aro receiving tho Hnmlioincet Dl.plny of Fine
Millinery Quod, seen in Albany.
All tho intost novoltlo. in If ATS, ItONNETS
FLOWERS, ETC.
All kindsor Millinery nnd Fancy Onods for
tho Ladles, All wo ask is for you to conic nnd
aco for yourself.
MAX CASSEL A SISTER.
Albany, Qn. Mulch 11. d nnd w »m
tnjuuij aui...os>«.»o, the rate in each
county being fixed by such authorities
and being the same for each kind o
property.
Tlmt different oounties fix different
rates is of no consequence, one and
the same rate only being applied to
property located in a given county.
8. The act refers to but one subjeot
matter, and contains nothing different
from what is oxpressed in its title.
4. The State docs not by this aot
deny to any person or railroad corpo
ration the equal protection of its laws,
and consequently there isnooonfllou
with, the fourteenth amendment to the
Constitution of the United States.
Judgment affirmed.
Wm. A. Wimblsh and Worrill, for
plaintiff in error: Cllffor4 Anderson
and Glenn ft Maddox, contra.
This case was'a test' case made by
the Columbus Southern Railroad,
which went before Judge Marshall J,
Clark of Atlanta with a bill to enjoin
the comptroller from collecting the
tax on the ground that the Glenn rail*
road tax Dill was unconstitutional,
Judge Clark refused to allow the in
junction.
The case went to the Supreme Court.
It was first argued last - fall by Hon.
W. A. Wimblsh for the railroad, and
Hon. W. C. Glenn and Attorney Gen
eral Anderson for the State. Some
difficulties arose and the ease was rear
gued last January, when briefs were
filed by every railroad lawyer in the
State.
The Supreme'Court sustained Judge
Clark and upheld every point made by
the attorneys representing the State.
The Atlanta Journal of yesterday
afternoon says that the case may now
go to the United States Supreme Court.
DEATH OF OB. aCBKBEAD,
.
JEWELER,
'■m
Watches, Diamonds, Sil
verware, Musical Instruments
and Table and Pocket cutlery,
Fancy Goods, etc. Reliable
Goods, Fair Dealing, Bottom
Prices.
Fine Watch Repairing—20
years experience—all work
guaranteed.
Spectacles and Eyeglasses
accurately fitted at moderate
charges.
You must haveabsolute confldonou in
the source from which your table sup
plies oome.
There Ib no reason why you should
not know exactly wlrnt you are buying
and there is just ns little reason why
you should not be suited to perfection.
“Charity oovers a multitude of sins”
and so do some groeery bills.
There is suoh a thing as paying for
the best of everything and not getting
the best of anything. We believe I
principle should dome before
and wo carry that theory Intopr
thing
Do you happen to want anytl
of Fancy and Family Gri
i full nnd complete ai
line of Fancy
We oarry a f
ment of all varieties of Canned
Coffee nnd Teas of tlie best, Fosti
Elegant Flour, Pure Spices, and
tracts Butter. Cheese and cverv 1
cle usually kept in a flrst-oipss
iy Grocery, and will make it to t
terestjof those favoring us tvlth
patronage.
*
Aa Ea.la.al Prc.brl.rlaa Dlria. Wall
Ka.wa la Albaar Pa.... A war.
Rev. J. DeWitt Burkhead, D, D, pas
tor of thd First Presbyterian' Church
of Montgomery, died in that oity on
Monday night, of heart disease.
He had been in bad health for the
past six months and had but recently
returned from a trip to Florida, where
he sought to recuperate his health.
Dr. Burkhead was well known
through- the South and had many
friends in Albany, where .be has
preached'.several times. During his
thirty-one years of pastorate he aver
aged a sermon a day and received into
the church 4,800 communicants. •
STRAW HATS.
Straws show the way the wind
blows, but they don't show what
hard blows we have been striking
at Straw Hat prices.
Some hats are dear at any price.
These bats are cheap at double the
price. 2.
If what covers your head is not
becoming to you, all the pains you
take as to the rest of your attire
are simply thrown away.
Come and see how you look in
one of our $1.00 Straws. There
is no use in giving any further
description of them than to say:
THEY ARE STYLISH.
We carry the largest and hand
somest line of Straw Hats tn the
city.
Straw Hats 50c. to $4.00.
Stiff Hats $2.00 to $5.00.
WE ARE CORRECT.
When you buy anything from
us you can deiiend on it being the
correct thing to wear.-
We are leaders in our line.
DRY G (
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—FOR-
THIS w:
-■its
Our prices for the t
will interest all,
Great bargain week in line
goods.
We haven’t time to give
list, but come into our hoi
week, see the goods and
prices and our words will
fled that we sell goods
than any house in this country
Read all the price lists yr-
and then come and see if we 1
knock the bottom but of an;
■ si
you ever saw.
Lift©!
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Who have seen our new stock <
EMBROIDERIES and pr
same nave been surpns
bought a bargain and sel
in these goods. This is
drive. •
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at.jiocts.