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■Legislation.
There: is /a growing opinion
among the people that the legisla-
Tlie Situation,— Xote No. 2.
GEOKGIA GLEANINGS,
Written for Thf. Home -Toubvai,.
Americas has decided 'in have
If asked to solve ther problem | waterworks.
JOHN H. H0B323, Editor p on '^P•’which.this; country; "State invomitgithe great question of the
/, ■ ynnd.yationjls^reated is-aitpgh^er.T^itaatioi^ the erudite pliilosphef,
-Jr-.-, m dso i.P Q fc of proportion : to the demand, or statesman, would not he apt tb
■_ . * hursday, ege^IjL ■w / Legislation: is frequently based-- consult the tariff question entirely
-upon the-surplus in the Treasury, |f6 r the-, solution. This guestipii
“^lile it oan be readily appreciated like many others, is a pet hobby,
The Georgia legislature ■plob'ir-
lily adjourned yesterday, te meet
%gain in July.
We are 'under bbiigaUbu to
Becretary flaiiniim for a copy of
his repdit'dn the Cojlehtioft depu
ties for the year 188(5.
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A Committee from llffl legisla
ture will make a close .investiga
tion of the Georgia Convict Sys
tem, and its meinigdment, during:
the rece&s.
Alden Goldsmith, the turfman
who raised 7 and trained ihe Cele
brated Goldsmith’s idaicb died at
his home in Orange county, New
Tofk, last Sunday night.
President Cleveland'is grow
ing in popularity rirfferg the poli
ticians as well as the people. He
will merit and receive the demo
cratic nomination in 1888.
The mail service below Macon
has been ir-ereased, there now be- -
ing a double daily mail ftoM Ma
con for points south of that city
on the main lines of raiifdad.
Mr. W.'J. Boon, of H'awkins-
Ville has been appointed Deputy
XJ. S. Marshall by Col. Is. -M. La
mar, United States Marshall for
the the Southern District of Geor
gia-
IT is reported that the antagon
ism between Gov. Gordon and Dr.
Felton has been dispelled by mu
tual consent. The first advance
toward friendship was made by
Dr. Felton.
We are utterly unable rd discov
er the good taste in the use of an
X in place of the first syllable of
the word Christmas. If is not
phonetic, and there is no trace of
euphony about it.
The city council of Atlanta has
passed an ordinance providing
that wine-rooms in that city must
not be in cellars or up stairs,- nor
hidden from view by door screens.
Other restrictions are also pro
vided.- |
Three Irish members of the
British parliament were arrested
in Dublin last Thursday for acting
as trustees for Irish tenants, and
receiving rents from them. It is
thought this act will hasten the
crisis of Irish affairs.
By resolution,work on, the Geor
gia technological school has been
deferred until the bill on that sub
ject has been disposed diV v The
bill seeks to defeat the establish
ment of the school, but it will not
be considered-until next summer.
By a majority of five votes, the
Congressional House of Repre
sentatives refused to consider Mor
rison’s tariff bill last Friday. This
is a gain of twelve votes for the
tariff reformers over the vote taken
during the last session of congress.
A bell-Has been - introduced in
the South Carolina, Legislature
making it a erime for any on9 to
interfere directly or indirectly with
a contract between- employer and
employee;- This bill is especially
directed against the Knights of
Labor.
Florida farmers are preparing
to engage in tobacco culture
next year. The Jacksonville
Times-Union speaks wisely in-ad-
vising them to plant moderately
at first, use only, seed of the best,
varieties, and carefully endeavor
to place on the'market tobacco, of
superior quality.
Judge Manning, United State's
Minister to Mexico, denies esi-
phatieally that he became intoxi
cated at a banquet given: his
honor at the City of Mexico several
weeks ago. He says the publish
ed report of his alleged miscon
duct was a malicious falsehood
from beginning to end.
Mr. j.-E. Mann^ - o# Bpanshe
Alabama, a native of .Berry,-
delivered a speech at the drum
mers’ banquet in Atlanta last week,*
in answer to the toast ‘VE/hs La--
diess.” Ed’s.many friends Sere
know that the subject touched' his
heart, and that iiis words were
freighted- with eloquence and
pathos.- - - - . '- . -;. : -
There is a bill pending before
tlie United States Senate provid
ing Sit- the- allotment- Gf lands in
r- veralty to Indians on certain ves-
itions. The Indians thus be-
;ing land owners are to oore-
» -ir tribal allegiance, adopt civil
: ams, and can become citizens
by careful observers that this sur
plus is. often Considerably de
creased by surplus legislation.
- The : Georgia legislature has
been in actual session for about
seventy Mays, and another {session
"fi'exfc year has been provided for.
The Georgia constitution pro
vides that the State legislature
shall hold a sessiou. 'Once every
two years, and that the length Of
each session shall be forty days,
unless extended by a two-thirds
vote of both houses of the general
ErSsembly. That law should be re
pealed, : dr its provisions should be
complied with.
The imperitive work of the leg
islature, the passage of a tax bill-,
and a bill appropriating money to
defray expenses of the state gov
ernment, is left over for the sum
mer session, while a great mass of
special and local laws have been
passed.
We believe that the necessity
for much legislation of this char
acter could be avoided by general
laws, granting -autonomy to the
several counties upon compliance
with certain specific regulations.
Yet, the people generally bear
up rem arkably well under the in
fliction, and the march of progress
is not materially impaired. It
may be that as politics has be
come a regular profession, there is
a need for a school wherein apolit
ical education may be obtained.
State legislatures serve this pur
pose admirable. Nevertheless, we
have toe much legislation.
which has been used by all politi
cal parties for more than half a
century to ride them into offiee,—
sometimes It rides them but. It
| has never been kn.owh to do ‘any
harm to the statesmen, who. Use it
pro or con in a political campaign,
except when it rode them oirt of of
fice. They were blinded to the harm
that inured to others. The irre
pressible “Bill Arp”- has said that
the . greatest mistake the -world
mhkes is in trying to make smart
men out of fools. Vice versa
should be the rule'; make the world
out of smart men then the situa-
iloirwould be changed, and. the
stringency of the times would be
ameliorated. There would then
be but little said about over pro
duction, and less about a tariff.
Laudable enterprise needs no tar
iff to protect it—it is self-protect
ing. Over-produCtion Cannot come
of indolence.'
- Cause produces effect, and ef
fect is the legitimate result of some
cause either known or unknown.
And as search for the cause which
produces the stringency of the
times is our hypothesis, we will
have to extend the search.
Spindle Shanks,
Development iu Georgia.
The number of railroad charters
granted by the present Legislature
is greater than has ever before
bren granted in Georgia within a
similar period of time. This fact
speaks volumes, and- indicates a
tremendous increase in the mate
rial prosperity-of the State within
the near future. The construction
and equipment of these roads will
involve the expenditure of im
mense sums of money, and much
of it will be paid to citizens of
Georgia,.affording profitable em
ployment to many who depend for
a living upon the work they can
do with their hands.
Much of the money thus to be
expended comes from other states,
and thus is the wealth of our state
increased. The lines of road will
give business outlets to fertile sec
tions heretofore shut off, add new
enterprises will be established and
fostered. All along thd lines. of
the new roads property will be in*
creased in value, and convenient
markets will eh able farmers to se
cure better prices for their prod
ucts. -
Taken all together, the activity in
railroad building is a good omen,
and the consequent development of
the heretofore dormant resources
of the various sections of the state
to be traversed, will tend to bene
fit the state as a commonwealth,
and .the people generally will ap*
preeiate the improvement.'
It is now stated positively that
Capt. Raoul has one hundred
shares of stock in his favor, as a.
candidate for re-election to the
presidency of the Georgia Central
Railroad and Banking Company.
On this subject, however, Henry
Grady telegraphed the Constitu
tion from New. York last .Monday
that the election of General Alex
ander is positively assured.
v During the first five months of
the present fiscal year the internal
revenue collections amounted to
148,005,808, a decrease of §762,509.
from the collections during the
same period of the last fiscal year.
There was a decrease of §2,641,614
in collections on . spirits, and a
considerable increse in the collec
tions on fermented liquors and to-
baccco.
The Senate on last Monday dis
agreed with Hie House of Repre
sentatives concerning the-tax rate
on Georgia property for the nest,
•two years. The Senate thought
3.40 was enough, though the House
had named a higher rate. We do
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Madison is to have a guano fac
tory-at an early date. ... G i 1
- The Ebenezer CqUege, at Coch
ran, will be completed in liffie' 'for
the spring term.
? Saw mills are springing.up" like;
magic on the like at vfie- Georgia-
Midland railroad. ;
The colored .n&sembly of the.
Knights of Labor at Maceu ’Ms
broken up in a row: . •
Tramps are doing highway rob-:
bery near Augusta.
A butcher kiMecLa hnw in - Ath - j
ens last u eek. in the paunch of ;
which was a pint of rusty nail* I
Nearly every merchant in Mbu-1
tezurna has a small drove of horses;
or mules, which he has taken, for
debt. -
A FATA! MISTAKE;
Hard Times.
In his “Notes on the Situation,”
your slim contributor speaks with
force of the stringency of the
times, and in suggesting the'causes
suggests the remedy. "Why have
we hard times? Is it not invaria
bly true that hard times result
from general mismanagement?
Men are -certainly responsible for
mismanagemeufi and men there*
fore ai'e themselves the authors of
hard times. Individuals should ask
themselves how and to what ex
tent they are chargeable with the
offence of inaugurating hard times.
All who have given countenance
and encouragement^ from "either
side, to the abominable system of
credits now in vogue are offenders.
All hard riders of their creditors, m urder of Matilda Gudger.
and all extortioners upon their
debtors, are offenders. Perhaps it
is too much to say that all" land
lords who rent their lands are of-
fendes, and yet the question Can
not be determined the other way.
It will not be denied that renting
land to shiftless mokes is an invi
tation to poverty Which will never
be declined. Men who cam give
no better reason' for their folly
than-that it is the custom of the
times make a most humiliating
confession of imbecility. Men
who make cottou a medium of ex
change, or a basis of contract, in
tending at the time to devolve the
vexation and responsibility of set
tlement upon a third party, are
either very shrewd or very soft.
There is much of rascality, as. well
as laziness and stupidity, mixed up
with the mismanagement which"
brought to pass the hard times of
which men complain.
. . Oalimus.
Now is the time to- plant shade
trees. Trees are preservative of
health; they absorb the malaria
and purify the atmosphere of nox
ious vapors. Every city ana town
iu Georgia should adorn her streets
with attractive shade trees.
Our North Georgia exchanges
report the weather thus far this
winter the coldest ever known for
the time of year'in that sections,
Mrs. Amanda B. Johnson, wid
ow of tile late N. T. Johnson, who
recently died in Macon, bequeath
ed in her will _§5,000 to the Or
phans’ Home of the South Geor
gia Conference, and §2,000 to
Mercer University, to be devoted
to the education of indigent, young
men.
The citizens of Atlanta and De
catur will give tlie inmates of the
North Georgia Orphans’ Home a
grand Christmas tree and dinner
next Satdrday. The donations
had begun to come in as Gariy as
last. Sunday.
The Atlanta Constitution’s re
port of the progress or Columbus,
in the issue of last Sunday, shows
it to he one of tlie most prosper
ous cities in the So nth.
The first legal hanging ever
known in Whitfield county will be
tlie-execution of William Hallman,
on the 28th of January, for tlie
His
accomplice, Charles Patton; has
been sentenced to the penitentiary
for life;
jacksoii Memorial Association s
To All to Whom These Ereserits May
Coiae,—Greeting.-
Be it known that the Ladies’
Jackson Memorial Association, of
Lexington, Virginia, have consti
tuted and appointed Dr. Joe Palmer
the General Agent of the Associa
tion in Georgia, with frill power to
solicit and receive subscriptions to
the fund now being raised by the
Association for the purpose of
erecting an appropriate monument
at the grave of General “Stonewall'
Jackson, fit Lexington, Virginia.
Joe Palmer, and-the cause he rep
resents, to all admirers of General
Jackson. ~
In testimony whereof, witness
the signature of the President and
Secretary of the said Association,
at Lexington, Virginia, this the
22d day of November, -1886.
~ • Mary V. Kirkpatrick,
L. W. Preston, President.-
Acting Sedretary.-
Bev. Sam. Jones is preaching
in Philadelphia this week. After
his engagement there he will re
main at home a few weeks, after
which he will go to Lake City,
Florida; about'the middle of Janu-
ary. ' ..
Ex-Internal Bevenue Collector
L. Mv Pleasants, colored, recently
plead guilty arid wag. fined $25 and
costs for violating internal revenue
laws at Savannah. Pleasants was
a candidate, for congress against
Mr. Norwood iii 1884.
Mr. Henry W: Grady, of the
Atlanta Constitution, has been in
vited to- Speak It| the approaching
meeting of the New England So
ciety, in New York,., and has ac
cepted.
Mr. B: M. Blackburn will retire
from the Madison Madisonian after
January 1, and the paper will be
edited by Dr. J. C- Blackburn and
Mr. Edward Brobston.
A bear is making nocturnal vis*
its to Lawrenceviile from his den
in a neighboring swamp. ; Hunt
ers recently tracked: him four;
miles, bat failed to overtake him.
A company of northern capital
ists think, seriously of developing
extensively the coal and iron inter
ests of Whitfield county during
the ensuing year.
The Daripn Gazette thinks the
state convicts might be profitably
The Association commend Dr. pat to work on Sapelo Island,
near Darien.
FreeTrade.
An import tax levied for the pur
pose of enabling manufacturers to
ta sell their manufactures at high
er prices than they ebuld other-
fiot know whether the question Iobtain^ is an outrageous im-
nas settled vestei’day or not. . [position upon the rights of-the
people generally.
By the.repeal of the tenure of
ofilce act, the United States Senate ]
A great many people regard
The reduction of internal reve
nue and the taking off of revenue
stamps from Proprietary Medicines
no doubt lias largely benefited the
consumers,- as well as relieving the
.burden., of Home manufacturers*
Especially is this the case with
Green’s,August Flower and Bos-
chee’s German Syrup, as the re
duction of thirty-six cents per
dozen, has been added to increase
the size" of the bottles - containing'
these remedies, thereby giving one-
fifth more merchandise in the 75.
cenfe size. The August Flower tor
dyspepsia and liver complaint, and.
the German Syrup for cough' arid
lung troubles, have perhaps, the
largest sale of any medicines in the
world. The advantage of increased
gove
— jgPBpWWBWWpi .. 8ed, in every town Md village: in
ompliance with certain- regd- positions subject to the will of the | nal affliction. \V e are not dis- j civilized countries. Sample bottles
, ns> appointing power. Correct. | posed to take issue with them. j for 10 cents remain the same size.
The Cleveland (Ohio) Press,
of Februaiy 23dy d883y pub
lished ah "ae^ennt of a fatal
surgio^ opMation Which caused
h, gfeaVbonusbtion aitfGhg med
ical ruen throumhout the whole
country, DA Thayer, tlie most
'eminent surgeon ;ii\ plevpland^
pronouncing it scandal qus. It
^pp^ari tkat a Mm. King
been suffering foirmhny years
from some disease of . the stom
ach, which had resisted the
'treatment of all the ]>hysieians
in attendance. The disease
cormnenced with a slight de
rangement of the digestion,
with a. poor appetite, followed
by a peculiar indescribable dis
tress in the stomach-, a feeling
that has beeii described -as a
faint “all gone”- sensation, a
sticky slime collecting,- about
the teeth, causing a disagree
able taste. This sensation was
not removed by foodybut, oh
the 'contrary, it was increased;
After h while the hands and
GARDEN AND FIELD SEEDS;
GRASSES AND CLOVER,
tORAOE CHOPS IN PARTICULAR
*A sui3JECI OITCAJlKPiM.. TN’JEH'l'KiA.'rioS AND Veopeb
EFFOETS USED TO INDUOE JUDICIOUS USE ‘OF
THEM BY UOTTON PLANTERS.
ir Sei of Mr Oorm
The crop of J8SG, grown by Dr. J\ H. Watkins, the origl
[inal propagator in this country of this grain, 50 cents per
I pouhd, or by mail for 65 cents por pound. Also pure seed
i of Millo Maize, African Millet, YelloW. Millo Maize or
was a constant tired and Ian*
quid feeling; Tiienfollowed a
dreadful nervousness- with
-gloomy' forebodings; , Finally
the patient was unable tb re*
tain any food whatever, and
there was constant pain in the
abdomen. All prescribed rem
edies failing td-give relief, a
consultation whs held, when it
was decided that the patient
had h cancer in the stomach,
and in order to save the patient’s
life an operation was justifi
able. Accordingly, on the 22d
of February, 1883, the opera*
tion was priformed by Dr.
Vance in the pfensr.ee of Dr.
Tuckermau, Dr; Perrier) Df.
Arms, Dr. ixovdon,- Dr.- Gapner,
.and Dfi; Hailiwell of the Police
Board; The’ operation consist
ed in laym|| open the cavity
of the abdomen and exposing
the stomach and bowels; When
this had been done an examin
ation of the organs was made;
but to the’horror and dismay
of the doctors there was no
vnr.ci,
have
Ike pa-
a cancer.
: : l'cal men
had made
but they
cancer to be il
t-ient did not
When too late the
discovered that the
a terribld mlstak;
sewed .the pares together and
dressed the wound that they
had made, but the rMor woman
sank from eAmuutlorf and died
in a few hours; -Horf sad it
must be for the husband of this
poor woman to knoiv that his
wife died from the effects of a
surgical" opei-ation that . ought
never to;Lave bead .performed;'
If this woman Tad. taken the
proper ..remedy ,for Dyspepsia
and 'Nervous ^Prostration {iof
this was what the' : disease really
was), she Would have' been ffy|
ingto-dhy. Shaker Extract ok
Roots, or Ssigel’s Cl t Pw'.tive
Syrup, a remedy made ex
pressly for Dyspepsia or Indi
gestion, has-restc-ii.:dlnnny such
eases to perfect health af ter all
other kinds of treatment have
failed; The .evidence of its
efficacy in curing this class of
cases is tod To.ulaiaons to be.
published here; but those who
read the published evidence in
favor of this dyspeptic remedy
do hot question its convincing
nature, 'and, the article has an
extensive Sate.
A- G EILEY,
Attorney at Law<
FOBT VALLEY, GA.
(Office over Dow Law Bank;)
Practice in .the counties, of the' Macon
Ch.emtjiB Macch anJ Tiior counties
andin the Pcderal Courts.
A. S. GILES,
^T’ir'oisT^iE^' -Asp
r.pmy, HOUSTON COUNTY, SA., .
Will practice in all the Courts. Busi
ness in; the Court o£ Ordinary specially
solicited.
W. G. DAViS.
at J-.A.W
PEBBY, GEOBGIA.
- ^Lqkrisph farms made on
reasonable terms/
repays wc-iek.
Dhouta, and other varieties
for forage.
EARL! ambee asb oeasle cases.
Pure strain of either, grown dirdet f roiri selected Kansas stock, the
grass and clover, or forage crops.
GEAKRAL AGENCY FOB
seeds,
Peterkin Improved Tottoh Seed,
Prodfic, Yielding Forty per cent. .Net Lint.
E^"Prompt attention to correspondence, and cadi orders filled with dispatch
Address J. H. ALEKAKDEB, SEED STORE,
t April 1. Augusta, 6s.
T. 0. HENDRIX.
O. P. WILLINGHAX.
HENDRIX I WILLI
s;
jrANCTACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
SASH, BOORS, BUIS, fllUBIl, MilTELS,
REWELS, ROUGH SUB DRESSED LIlSSSEfl, SHINGLES,
ALL KINDS OF BUILDING MATEEIAL,'
l|| PL AST EE, CEMENT, HAIR, LATHS;
PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS;
AND BUILDEES’ EABWAEE.
(DIXIE WOBKS.) Foot of Cherry Street, MACON, GA
Dec. 9—4m; ... .
MACON CMllfA BTO&B
TBIANGULAB BLOCK, MACON, GEOBGIA
— o— —
Oliirta, O’
HEADQUAB-TEES FOB
ry. Glassware, OLandeUers,
Lamps, Tinware, Woodenware.
Table aiid Pocket Cntlerv. Stoves and Grates'
DON’T FAIL TO SEE OCE IMMENSE STOCKS
- MACON CHINA STOEEf
OA-MPBl-LJv TA I bfl % EL & €0,, Proprietors.
1EK',
& GO
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Ho. i44 TH1RDI8TF;£f-T, £"■
DEAiEES IN
. liifcllES -fttii
Agents in Middle Georgia for Fertilizers manufactured by
Joiiii Merry man & Co-. Lister Eros
Georgia Gk-emical Works-'
We call the especial attention of pjarifefs to our
Sola 1u ^ ^
*>
fVtACON, GA/
an#
Which has always had the highest aiialysis of any acid phesphats fox
composting, ever sold in Georgia.
We arenow ready to deliver all brands of Fertilizers—Cottop
Seed Meal and Eainit. Call in to see ns when in Macon.
iiiiis, wiiiisii a £0q,
144 THIBD STREET,
Oct 7,1880—C*tn;
MACON, GEORGIA
No, 93 CHERRY STREET, MACON, GA.
-^-DEALER IN-
Fii WsWeSiWfciSiiGOOiOiprs,
1 JIAKE A SAECIALTY OE THESE BRANDS. :
BLUE GRASS BYE, KENTUCKY HUME BOURBON, FINCH’S
GOLDEN WEDDING, GEORGIA MADE PEACH AND
APPLE BRANDY. NORTH CAROLINA COEN WHISKEY-'
Filling of Jugs and Kegs a Specialty.
Oct. 7,1886
1880.
e.ST4XiiSKfEl»
857.
CLOTHING AND -HATS
wmiik
126 SECOND STREET, MACON, GA.
"imm§ GLGTIIRS,®
STriw opening a frill line of CLOTHEsG AST) HATS
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Sewing Ma
chines, Guns, Pistols;.Locks, and Furni
ture of all kinds repaired in best style and ;
promptly. Gold P.ihgs made to order, j
Price and. quality of work guaranteed to !
give- satisfaction.- Eespectfully,-
P. A. Jobson,
Sept."30—ff. Perry, Ga.
You can find at this honse all grades of Clothing, from the.sahstantiEl to t-
finest made, It is o saving of manev to buy good clothing. Windup & 9- a
make special efforts to give the hoys the latest and best goods at the lowest P n , c ,
pST*Pitt Baldwin, of Marshallville, and Wm; F. Pushing, of Byron, arovmb. tar-
house, and ridll' be pleased to have a call from their friends. -
Pay now what you owe The
Home Journal;
WlNSHiP k CALLAWAY,
MACON,
GEORGIA
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