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IX MAJEtm, Editor & Proprietor,
£{ IBIS TAPER IS HEAD ffV£r.Y WEEK BY
ONE THOUSAND FAMILIES
IN THE BEST SECTION OF GEORGIA.
—
i UliSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21.
The taxable property of Dooly coun
ty has increased §19,319 over the retnm
for 1878.
Houston, Dooly and Pulaski counties
received their first bales of new cotton
on the same day, the 13th.
A man in Alabama has applied for a
patent for a chalk mark to keep ants
out of safes. If a patent fool killer
Shonid come along he would get a job.
"We learn from the Hawkinsville Dis
patch tLat a fearful epidemic of typhoid
fever is raging in Pierce and Charlton
eduuties. Of a large number of cases
the mortality is one half the number at-
-tabked, *
Dr. LukeP; Blackbnrn.tbe yellow fe
ver-hero, was elected on the 6th inst.,
Governor of Kentucky-—Eis majority
over his cpponent is variously estima
ted at frcm'50 to 40,Q00.
’• •—
The DbfoOr murder is still shrouded
in mystery. The latest hews is, that
the detep^yes are after a negro in Ala
bama, who, there are good reasons to
believe, is implicated inthe murder.'
THE LEGISLATURE,
Figuebo, the famous leader of the
Pronunciados, in Mexico, has been
caught with four of his followers, and
shot .President Diaz has revived and is
rigidly executing an old Lw providing
for the Summary execution of all
parties caught with arms, whether un
der pretext of revolution cr other
wise. *
An investigation into the Ohio election
. of last year reveals the fact that nearly
all the supervisors of elections and dep
uty marshals appointed were republi
cans. The reason given for this wab that
the Democrats' refused to serve in such
positions.-
Texas has six oities of over 10,000 in
habitants-each, thus; Galveston* 35,000;
San Antonio, 22,000; Houston, 25,000;
Austin, 17,000;*Dallas, 20,000; and Wa
co, 10,000: Besides this, she has eight
cities of 5;000 and upwards, thus; Bren-
ham, ' Port' Worth, Bryan, Sherman,
Corsicanna, Paris, Jefferson and Mar
shall.
Some of.the Tennessee papers protest
against the State being charged with
repudiation because of the late vote on
the bond compromise question. They
say that they only ti ted down a propo
sition to offer the bond holders 50 cents
on the dollar of the principal and four
per cent- interest,''' That particular of-:
fer wab all' tliat was affected by the vote.
Tho debt stands just as it was.
ThE Louisiana Kioe Crop.—Careful
estimates made at New Orleans place
the Louisiana' rice crop about one-half
that raised in the State'in 1978. Where
irrigating machinery was employed a
fall crop wifi be harvested, but the
greater part of the crop has suffered
terribly or been lost for the want of wa
ter—a want intensified by the remarka
bly light rain fall this season.
While investigations are the order of
the day, nearly everybody has a sag-'
gestion. Por instance the Warrenton
Clipper would like to .have the record
over ruled so as , to know precisely the
name of all.applicants, daring Bullock’s
reign and since, directly or indirectly,
and the claims they laid in for such offi
cers, This may be interesting reading,
and will donbtiess develop a system for
the rising generation to study, and be
come thoroughly informed “how.to rise
to position.?’
As an evidence of sincerity on his
part M. de Lessepshas deposited "§150,-
000 with an agent of?the Columbian
Government. This is a positive step
forward in the interest of the proposed
Panama canal. Since, by the treaty of
1850, the United States and Great Brit
ain mutually guaranteed the neutrality
of any canal across that isthmus, it is not
likely that any international difficulties
will arise if the channel shonid be cut as
now projected.
The Albany News thus speaks of the
cotton caterpillar: “It is an establish
ed fact that the caterpillar’ is here, and
has come to stay. We hear of them in
large numbers in Mitchell, Baker and
Dougheity counties, and every day new
reports of their appearance reach ns,—
TMs is the first crop and it is said to be
an unusually large odr. We have not
heard of any damage done by them as
yet, but as the plan t is still very rieh and
tender, it is reasonable to suppose that
they will do considerable injury to the
crop.”
We Leaitily endorse the work of in
vestigation whish- the legislature is now
doing, and we hope it will be thorough
nud sifting. Every department of our
state government ought to be overhaul
ed by appropriate eommittess at every
session. The grand juries of each coun
ty at least once a year, iuvestinate ev
ery county office, and where these
bodies do their duty, frauds and irregu
larities even, never assnme great pro
portions. To the criminal negligence
of our legislature in the past is one in a
a large measure the John Jones defal
cation, as well as the wild land troubles;
—and it is extremely doubtful whether
these investigations ever would ihave
been undertaken had not the press, that
peculiar vox populi which our exalted
law makers effect so much to ignore,
had not demanded them. These dnties
should be commended when faithfully
performed, even if they were begun at
about the eightieth. day of the present
legislature, instead ef the eighth, as
th*ey should have been. But there is
an old and good adage, “Better late than
never.”
The present General Assembly has
been in session, the main session of last
year being added to the present ad
journed term, abont ninety days.
We have watched the proceedings close
ly, and oar criticisms have not been
written in a spirit of captiousness.
The excuse given for the prolonged
sitting cannot be with justice laid to
changes in the code required to make it
conform to the new constitution, for
not teu per cent, of the proceedings can
be traced even remotely to that cause,
neither can the investigations be put
forward as an excuse, for they, with the
exception of those of the wild land com
mittees, have only been very recently
begun: The wild land matters, as ex
tensive as the field of investigation lias
been cannot be urged to snstaian a ses
sion of such extraordinary length, for
the various committees have been en
gaged on them "while the Senate and
House of Representatives have barely
touched upon them so far. Nearly
ninety days haye been wasted npon bus
iness that cannot with justice be referred
to the new constitution or the investi
gations. . Hence we believe the legislat
ure has laid itself liable to censure for a
needless prolongation of the session be
yond the constitutional limit, although
the extension was made by the requisite
two-thirds majority, We do not criti
cise the legislature for the extentions of
the time, but for the wasting of the days
and days on trivial debates, and the
short daily sessions, that makes the ex
tension of the sittings necessary.
Now that the investigations, tardily
begun, are on foot. We hope they will
be made thorough and sifting. By
doing their duty without fear or favor
our law makers may regain much favor
that they have lost.
It is to be hoped, however, for the
good of the treasury, which is being
drained by the legislature of abont fif
teen hundred dollars a day, that an ad
journment can be had in thirty days
more. This will limit the whole session
to about one hundred and twenty work
ing days.
We hope that angust body will now
quit dilly dallying and come in nicely
on the home stretch.
FROM ATLANTA.
Smith & Wesson, the pistol makers,
if there is any crime in furnishing tools
with which crime is committed, are the
greatest criminals in this entire conn-,
try. If the long record of killing in
this country, for the past ten years,
were examined, it would b3 found that
three out of every four persons shot
with pistols were shot with those made
by this firm. And, yet, no doubt*
these very men are very conscientiously
opposed to carrying deadly weapons,
and much horrified when they hear of
these savage Southerners shooting each
other with them. We have been . re
minded of the deadly Work of these
Smith & Wesson’s by seeing the ac
counts in late, exchanges of men being
shet and killed, and in both instances
these Smith & Wesson toys did the bus
iness. Their little pistols have killed
more men in civil life than ever did the
huge Krnpp, Armstrong, dr Gatling
guns destroy, in military.—Columbus
Times.
Editor Home Journal:—
The hobby men generally ride is a
subject of which they are profoundly
ignorant,’ or about the truth of which
they labor under -micapprehensicn;
hence they are generally the subject of
ridicule. It is always ludicrous to see
an individual astride of a hobby, but
there is a grim and savage Lnmor when
a whole people mount one, and ride him
into politics and direct legislation. The
cotton belt of Georgia has been riding
such an animal We had no sheep, we
wanted no sheep, and we never intend
ed to liave sheep; therefore we clamored
for a dog law To protect onr sheep. The
wool growers of North Georgia and the
wiregrass laughed at Middle. Georgia,
ridiculed her, pelted her old hobby to
death, and sot poor Tiay free until an
other Legislature meets. But it strikes
me, after all, that it is possible that. it
was not the people who were raising the
clamor, we jnst mislook the noise made
by you gentlemen of the fifth e^Jate for
the voice of the people. The Home
Journal don’t come very regularly,
but from extracts in. other papers I see
you are riding some hobbies. You are
clamoring for the Legislature to resign,
adjourn and'come h6me; The people
don’t want them to stay longer in At
lanta. Doubtless, the majority of the
members, if they consulted their person
al feeliDgs, would follow your advice.
But they remember that somewhere
abont a year ago, the press—pardon
me,. I believe it was the people that
time—were clamoring for a constitu
tion and laws of our own. “Away,”
they cried, “with that forced upon us
by scalawags and our enemies.” Your
convention met and framed snch a con
stitution, a very good one it was too.
It might, however, have been in some
respects better’, had not the convention
vaiuly imagined “We are the people,
and all wisdom dies with us.” So they
put in it some foolish restraints, and
hindrances to future legislation. The
The constitution changes the funda
mental law from beginning[to end, thus
necessitating great changes in the laws.
Many doubtful laws row stand a snare
to the people that shonid be' at once
amended or repealed. This body is
earnestly working to effect these needed
changes. That they have been in ses
sion so long is owing to the restrictions
and delays thrown around legislation
by the constitution, and no fault of the
present General Assembly; for a more
practical, dilligent, working body never
assembled.
The Goldsmith impeachment creates
little surprise. For some time rumors
of crookedness in his office have been
current. The first strike the committee
of investigation made discovered, a 'de
ficit of some twelve thousand dollars in
his accounts for last year’s taxes and
costs in the insurance department.
As soon as the * Comptroller found the
committee was after this, he borrowed
the money and paid it up. On the next
day, Angust 1st, he paid into the treas
ury nearly three thousand dollars,
making nearly fifteen thousand dollars
the committee succeeded in covering in
to the treasury in two days. These dis
coveries but whetted the investigation,
which resulted in the discovery of other
irregularities and in impeachment. Tne
committee had snch limited time
which to investigate this office that
fear all its crookedness has not yet
been exposed. Every good citizen
must hope and trust that the Comptrol
ler’s will be the only crooked concern
aronnd the capital. It is difficult to
say when the impeachment will begin
or terminate. The Judiciary will be
able to report the articles abont Tues
day. The snb-committee that io pre
paring them is satisfied, that the evi
dence is amply sufficient to convict. It
it sometBinc remarkable that every im
peachment in Georgia, from Judge
Berrten, in 1799’, down to the present,
with .the exception of Judge Fort, has
been abont the wild lands,
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FROM HAYHEVILLE.
Editor Home Journal:—
As my girl has not been talking to
suit-me lately, and I am not in a very
amiable mood, I consider it a good time
to write to you. *
First, fodder-pulling is about over,
and I am glad of it, for ft is awful hot
work, and no farmer enjoys standing in
the hot sun looking at the hands pull
ing.
In my plantation the other day Icoime
npon “ole” Uncle Beuben at work with
his oxen. Not having a very good
opinion of plowing oxen, I 'questioned
him a little, with the*following results:
“How mnch did jon make last year?”
“Well, Boss,”;he answered, “I made a
thousand pound hogshead full of cot
ton, and it took me and my son Jim one
whole day to tote-oni my corn.” From
the looks of his crop row: it will token
much smaller space and less time to:
gather and hold his crop this year. But
enough of Uncle Beuben.
Cotton is doing well, in fact, it is do
ing as well in this section as it can pos
sibly do.. Highly manured cotton has a
good bottom and middle crop, and with
' propitious seasons, it will also make a
goed top crop. Com is a great deal
better than it would be. We, in this
section, have made a plenty to do us.
I was out riding the other day. and
met Messrs. C. C. Spence and J, P,
Brown, and of conrse I had to see their
crops. Both of them have excellent
crops, and are stirriDg men, as any one
can see by riding over their crops. Mr.
W. A. Jeter, their neighbor, also has a
good crop.
Cotton is.apening, and soon the flee
cy staple will come in by the hundreds.
Bev. B. F.: Evans has been conduct
ing a series of meetings at the M. E.
Chnrch, with but few additions.
No more news at present. Perhaps
more anon.
Very Bespectfnlly yours.
St. Elmo.
The Warren (Ark.) Whetstone wears a
revolver at the head of its editorial col
umn.
N ew Advertisements.
GEORGIA—Houston County:
L. D. Humph, administrator of John C. Humph,
deceased, applies for leave to sell the entire real es
tate of said deceased:
This is therefore to cite ail persons concerned to
appear at the October term 1879 of the Court of.
Ordinary of said county and shovrcauBe if any they
have, why said application Bhould not be granted.
Witness my official signature this Angust 21
1879. A. S. GILES,
Aw. Ordinary,
A EPLICATION TO SELL REAL ESTATE.
Georgia—Houston County:
R. D. Brown, administrator of Mrs. Lncretia
Brown, deceased, cpjlies for leave to sell the real
estate ef said deceased:
This is therefore to cite all persons concerned
to appear at the October term 1879 of the Court
of Ordinary of said county, and show cause, if’any
they have, why said application shonid not be
granted.
Witness my official signature this August 21,1879.
A. S. GILES, Ordinary.
4w.
PERRY MALE SCHOOL.
rj-tHE FALL TEEM OF RHE
PERRY MALE SCHOOL
Will open on the
FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER, 1S79
and continue three -calendar months
TERMS:—$2-00 to $4.00 permonth, according
to grade.
D. Q. ABBOTT, Principal.
BEAUTIFUL MONUMENTS!
I am now at work at the
PERRY CEMETERY,
patting up the cheapest, most beautiful and dura
hie monuments heretofore known. My
Patent Cement Gravestones
are remarkably low-priced, and will stand the test
of time. Call and ace my work.
W. O. VANDIGBIFF.
OFFICE BIBB MANUFACTURING CO.,)
Macon, Ga., Angust 12th, 1879. j
are pleased to announce to the trade of
Georgia, Alabama and Florida, that we have
put in the old
MACON MILLS
A complete set of
NEW MACHINERY,
embracing all the latest improvements, with which
we are now producing the justly celebrated
MACON SHEETING.
We have been at great expense to insure a thor
ough duplicate of these goods, and can say that the
cloth we are now making is equal to anything ever
produced South, and far superior to many popular
brands now on the maikeb
We pledge onrselves to maintain the high stand
ard of these goods, and solicit from purchasers,
large and small, an examination of the goods, and
a share of their patronage.
Ask your merchant for
Macon
Sheeting, Shirting
and Drills.
J, F. HANSON, Agent,
Warehouse in Perry.
B. F. THARPE & CO.
THOS. HARDEMAN, Jr.,
(AT ADAMS A BAZEMOP.E’S OLD STAND.)
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT
BAGGISG AND TIES FURNISHED.
REMEMBER I ONLY CHARGE
ONE DOLLAR PER BALE FOR SELLING AND FIBS*
MONTH STORAGE.
G-uaranteeo.
Agent for NEBLETT & GOODRICH IX L COTTON GIN. SMITH’S Hr
PROVED HAND POWER PRESS. TALBOT & SON’S and WATER.
TOWN STEAM ENGINES, Etc. CALL BEFORE YOU PURCHASE.
July 31—tf.
T. HARDEMAJJ. Jr.
FINDLAY’S IRON WORKS,
MACON. GEORGIA,
Are in Full Operation,
Findlay’s Screw Cotton Presses of Va
rious Bands, for Hand, Horse,
Water or Steam Power.
COMMISSIONERS' COURT.
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The State Agricultural society met in
Jonesboro, Tuesday, President Thomas
Hardeman in the chair. About two
hundred and fifty delegates were pres
ent. After dinner the President deliv
ered an eloquent address, which was fol
lowed by tne raport of General William
E. Browne, Professor of Agricnlturein
the State University. It was a very
able document and will be published in
fuU. It was followed by a long discus
sion on wheat culture iu, Georgia,
which many delegates took part.
Gen Joe Johnston’s Views.—In a re
cent conversation with tLe Washington
correspondent of the Cincinnati Enqui
rer, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston expressed
the opinion that'as the Democratic par
ty bad lost nothing by the extra session
it must have made a gain, and said its
most important work was its persistent
action to defeat, the employment of mar
shals and deputy marshals at the polls.
While they had not got the statute re
pealed, they, bad dealt it such a blow
that it could not long survive. The
General declared that be bad seen more
of the working of politics in the last
three months than in the sixty years of
his life. Some things which he fore
bore to name disgusted him very mnch.
He had no taste for heated political de
bate, and preferred a military or civil
life. Although he was glad he had seen
what he had, and thought it an im
mense bonefit to him, he did not care
for its continuance. As to renewing the
struggle next winter, he said he knew
no reason why thej shonid not keep it
up, and from present appearances he
did not see how the Democratic party
could help winning in.1880.
About a week aeo an Iowa man died.
He was very wealthy and left three sons
his only heirs, and would you believe it,
the ungrateful boys got together and
ran away with all the property before
the lawyers conld get at it and divide it
with each other? Tlieve is so much
sordid, mean, grasping stlBsliness in
in this world, that sometimes if is enough
i to discourage even a good lawyer.
County Commissioners’ Court of
Houston county met pursuant to ad
journment this Angust 16th, 1879.
Present—J. M. Davis, J. M, Walden,
J. W. Wimberly, J. G. Brown, and W,
M. Gordon, presiding.
Minutes of last meeting read and
confirmed.
Ordered by the court that the follow
ing tax for-county purposes be levied
for 1879:—20 per cent on the amount of
taxable property, for county fund; 10
percent, on the amount of taxable
property for pauper fund 5 per cent, on
the amount of taxable property for jury
fnnd; and 5 per cent, on the amount of
taxable property for County Judge.—
Further ordered that the Tax Collector
be furnished with a copy of this order.
Ordered that J. G. Brown be appoint
ed committee to confer with W. H.
Brown and secure right of way through
lands of the estate of Williams Brown,
by paying him not more than §50 for
said right of way.
Ordered that Andrew Smoak, Over
seer, be authorized to hire hands to the
amount of half the number that is work
ed on said road, for the purpose of re
pairing the turnpike leading to West’s
bridge, the connty to bear the ex
pense of half the hands worked on said
turnpike.
On motion adjourned to 1st Mon
day in September. . .
E. .Jackson, Clerk.
While a young lady and gentleman
were out ridiDg a few days since in Col-
umbus, -a street cow got herself entan
gled in the wheels of the vehicle and
spilt the couple in the mnd.
He who is false lo present dnty
breaks a thread in the loom, and will
see the defect when the weaving of a
lifetime is unrolled.
Cotton Factors and Warehousemen,
PERRY, GEORGIA.
WAREHOUSE NEAR THE DEPOT.
Cotton Stored and Sold on the most Reasonable
Terms, and Insured against Loss by Fire.
Liberal Advances made on Cotton in Store
Having determened to go into the
Wareliouse Business,
We guarantee fair dealing and watchfalness of the interests of onr patrons, and
SOLICIT LIBERAL CONSIGNMENTS, as ve intend to build up a cotton
cotton market for onr planting feiends rightjat their own doors.
B. F. THARPE & CO.,
REYNOLD’S
AND
MACmNE
MAIffUFACTURES
Steam Engints. Boilers, Saw, Grist and Sugar Mills, Kettles, tJolton Presses, for Hand, Horse, Water or
Steam Power, Iron Bailing; also, Gin Gearing and Horse Powers, Sugar Mills and Iron Bailings Special
ties. We also manufacture and sell the celebrated Pennington dorse Power, the cheapest and best Horse
Power made, and, also, Pennington’s Turbine Water Wheel, equal to the best and 100 per cent, cheape-.
Firstehus work warranted. - ....
We have recently bought all the patterns belonging to the late T. C Nisbet, an accumulation of over
3 0 years; and we are now prepared to repair any machinery made by him. We are as weU fixed for
patterns as any concern in the State. - ... ....
Our senior has been in the business over thirty years, and both of ns are practical machinists and
founders. Address'
A- REYNOLDS & SON, Macon, Gra*, *
. Corner JTifth and Hawthorne Streets.
Send for Price List and Circulars. ' —Aug. 7—tf:
M AJHTJT’^lCTTORES
STEAM ENGINES, from five to Sixty Horse Power.
SAW tutt.t.^ -with improved Friction Feed and Sachet, or Screw Head Block,
GRIST ana FLOUR MILLS,
PULLEYS, GEARING, BOXES, and Mill Work Generally.
GIN GEAR, GUDGEONS,
SUGAR MILLS and KETTLES of all sizes always on' hand.
COTTON PRESSES, both Hand and Power.
IRON RAILING,
For enclosing Private BesiJences, Pnblic.Sqnares, Balconies, Grave Lots, Etc. Etc.
WE KEEP A FULL SUPPLY - OF ALL ARTICLES USED
ABOUT STEAM MILLS.
Findlay’s ‘ 'Little Giant” Sugar Mill— Iron
Frame and Brass Boxes. Also Sugar Cane
Rollers for wood frames—Syrnn Ket
tles, all Sizes.
STEAM ENGINES, SAW MILLS, ETC., ETC.
ALL KINDS OF CASTING AND MACHINERY.
Repairing Steam Engines and Machinery a Specialty,
LOWEST PRICES IN THE STATE.
BEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR AND PRICES.
O. fat FINDLAY, Agent
July 24—4m. FINDLAY’S IRON WORKS. MACON, GA.
C. D. ANDERSON.
J. H. ANDERSON.
C. D. ANDERSON & SON,
WAREHOUSE AND
Commission Merchants,
FOURTH STREET, MACON, GA.
(HOUSE LATELY OCCUPIED BY B, L. WILLINGHAM & SON
liberal advances made on cotton in store.
BAGGING AND TIES FURNISHED AT THE
VERY LOWEST MARKET RATES.
Wagon Yard and Sleeping Quarters Free to Customers.
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Onr facilities for BEP USING STEAM ENGINES is aqnal, if not superior, to any works in to* State.
Tools all new and of the best make. Onr Castings are made of ths Best Iron the market affords. .
at.t. wo:
Send for Circular and Price list to
E, CROCKKTT & SONS,
Aug 7—tf.
HACOX, GA.
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