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JOB WORj
NBA.TLY EXEC!
, -AT THIS OFFICE
THE
the lasj; preceding school year in ' expended in the erection of sbhool | td& hereof nntil the full amount j Sec. 17. Tlie-District of Colum-
AEiii toAiA
And. T ifewiMy
mon Schools.
support of common schools, not in- j buildings.
so misapplied, -lost, or misappro- j bia shall be entitled to all the ben •
om- eluding expenditures for the. rent, j g E g 9 ijjj a p ar i D f mon ., priated shall have been replaced ■ efits and subject to all the regula-
] repair, or erection of school- | e y apportioned to each State or {■% such State or Territory and ap-1 tions of this act, so far as applica-
and bouses; whether an y discrimina-! Territory, not exceeding one-tenth ! plied as herein reqdfoed, and until ^ J “ -* A “ ~ -1
the tion is v made in tbe raisin g or dis - thereof, may, in the discretion of | such report shall have been made:
United States"of^eiSsa loon trib ^ ting of the = common sch ° o1 ’ its legislature, yearly be applied Provided, That if the public
gress assembled that for eii t fis- rev f haes or & the common school: to the education of teachers for the schools in any state Admit pupils
cal years next after the pasage of faa ?f tiesbe ^eeh the j common schools therein, which
this act there shall be annujy ap-1 wh * te an 4 colored children therein, | SU m may be expended m maitam
Be it enacted by the Sen
House of Hepresntatives
propriated from the money$i the i anrl 80 , ?ar a8 . P ract * cable > tbe I ing institutes or temporary train-
to ' sources “ om 'which such revenues j D g schools, or.in extending oppor-
_ j were derived; the manner ip which! tanities for norihai or other iu-
the same were apportioned to the
use of the common schools; the
number of white and colored chil
dren in each county or parish and
I city between tire ages of ten and
twenty-one years, both inclusive,
struction to competent and suita
ble persons, of any color, who are
without necessary means to qualify
themselv.es for teaching, and who
shall agree in writing to devote
themselves exclusively, for at least
as given by the census of eighteen 'one year after leaving such train-
hundred and eighty, and tile ntm-1 ing schools, to teach in the com
ber of children, white and colored, ; m0 n schools, for such compensa-
of such school age attending school; tion as may be paid other teach-
the number of schools in operation
in each’ county or # parish and city,
white and colored; the school term
ers therein.
Sec. iO. That no part of the
j fund allotted to any State or Ter-
for each class; the number of teach- j ritory under the , first sec tion of
ers, white and colored, male andj fH;ki elin11 fm . f>hfl prp ;_
female, and the average compensa
tion paid such teachers; the aver
age attendance in each class, and
the length of the school term. No
money shall be paid cut under this
act to any State or Territory that
shall not have provided by law. ^
syste
ill of
all df its children of school age,
without distinction of race or color,
either in the raising . or distribu
ting of school revenues or in the
school facilities afforded: Pro
vided, r That separate schools for
white and colored children shall
not be considered a violation of
this condition. The Secretary of
the Interior shall certify to the
Secretary of the Treasury the
States and Territories which he
finds to be entitled to share in the
benefits of this act and also the
amount clue to each.
Sec. ; 5. That ,the amount so
apportioned to each State arid Ter
ritory shajl be drawn from the
treasury by warrant of the Secre
tary of the Treasury, upon month
ly estimates .and requisitions of
the Secretary of the Interior as
the same may be needed, and shall
be paid oyer to such officers as
shall be authorized by the respect
ive States and Territories to re
ceive the same. And that the
Secretary of the- interior is
charged with the proper adminis
tration of this law, through the
Commission of Education; and
they are authorized and directed,
under the approval of the Presi
dent, to make all needful rules and
regulations, not inconsistent with
its provisions, to carry this latv
into effect.
Sec. & That, the instruction in
the common schools wherein these
moneys shall bp expended shall in
clude ifie art of* reading, writing,
and speaking the English lan
guage, arithmetiCj geography; his
tory of tbe United States, and such
other branches df useful knowl
edge as may be taught under, local
laws; and copies of all school
books authorized by the school
boards or other authorities of the
respective States and Territories»
and used .in the schools of the
same, shall be filed with the Sec
retary of the Interior... ,
Sec. 7. That the money appro
priated and apportioned under the
provisions of this act to the use of
fifty Territory shall be, applied tc
the use of common and industrial
schools-therein, under the direc
tion of the legislature fliereof.
Sec. S. That the design of . this
act not being to establish an inde
pendent systern of ^sShools, bat
rather to aid for the time being
in the development and mainte
nance of the school systeifi estab
lished by local government, and
which musf eventdally be wholly
maintained bythe States and Ter
ritories wherein they exist,' it Is
hereby provided that no greatef
part of money appropriated under
this act shall be paid oaf to any
State or Territory in any one year
than the sum'expended out of its
iff
Treasury the following suns,
wit: The first year the snmof*sev
en million dollars, the secoid year
the sum of |en million dollar, the
third year the sum of fifteei mill
ion dollars, the fourth year tie sum
of thirteen million dollars,
year the sum of eleven millii
lars, the sixth year the suni i
million dollars, the seven
the sum of seven , bullion /liars,
the eighth year the sum if five
million dollars; which severil sums
shall be expended to secud the
benefits of . cotp.mop school idea
tion to all tlie ’ children ^f the
school-age mentioned hereater liv
ing in the United States: ?rovid-
ed; Tfidt no njoiiey shall be mid to
a State, or any officer phenol, un
til the legislature of the Sta e. shall,-
by bill or resolution, acctpp the
provisions of this act; and sich ac
ceptance shall be filed with the
Secretary of the. Interior. And if
any State* jiy its legislature; shall
‘decline or relinquish its sfctiire or
proportion under this act,or any
portion thereof, the sum so relin
quished shall go to increase the
amount for distribution among the
other States and Territories as
herein provided. Aud ana State
or Territory which shall aceept the
provisions of this ufct! at tlfie first
session of its legislature after its
passage, shall, upon complying
with the other provisions of this
act-, be entitled at ouce to/ its pro
fata share of all pro?foul annual
appropriations.
Sec. 2. That stick money shall
annually be divided among and
paid out iu the severpl States and
Territories, and in the District of
Columbia, in that proportion ivhicH
the whole number qf persons in
each who, being tif the age of ten
years and over, cannot write, bears
to the whole number of such per
sons, in the United States; such
computation shall be made accord
ing to the census of eighteen hun
dred and eighty, until the illitera
cy returns of the census of eighteen
hundred and ninety shall be re
ceived, and then upon the basis of
that census. And in each State
and Territory, and in the District
bf Columbia, in which there shall
be seperate schools for white and
colored children; the money re
ceived in such State or Territory,
and in the District of Columbia,
shall be apportioned and paid out
for such white aud colored schools,
respectively, in tbe proportion that
the white aud colored children be-
iveen the ages of ten years aud
twenty-one years, both inclusive,
in such State of , Territory; and in
the District of Columbia; bear-ta,
each other, as shown by the . said
ceusns. The foregding'proyisions
gliall not affect the application of
•3 proper proportiou of said
>ney to the support of all common
scuools whereiu white and colored
children aretaught together.
’ Sec. 3. That the district'of Alas
ka shall be considered a Territory
vithiu the meaning of Ibis act; but
acceptance of the provisions of
ais act, report of the governor of
re district, or expenditure by the
strict for school' purposes shall
; required; and the money ap-
ortioned to said district shall
be expended annually, under the
direction of the (Secretary of the
nteriqr, in the manner provided
pr the expenditure of other ap
propriations for educational pur
ses in said district; and for the
purpose of ascertaining the amount
:q be apportioned to /aid district
( the Secretary of the IqtCf ior shall
ascertain, ln/uch manner as s&dll
pe deemed by him best, the num
ber of illiterates therein.
, Sec. 4 That no State or Terri
tory shall receive any money un
der this act .,until the governor own revenues or oirt ot moneys
thereof sMI file with the Secreta- raised under its authority ihclud- the disposition thereof, and’ the
-- of the^tenor a statement-, ter- . „ fr - aT , w ;Iiw
fified by him, : showing the common
school system.. M force in such
State or Territory; the ..amount of
money expanded’ tliei’eiiV ddfing
this act shall be used for the erec
tion of school bouses of school
buildings of any description, nor
for rent of the same.
Sec. 11. That the moneys dis
tributed under the provisions of
this act shall be nsed only for com
mon schools, not sectarian in char
acter, in ihe school districts of the
several States^ and .only for com
mon or industrial schools in Ter
ritories, in such way as to pi’ovide,
as near as may be, for the equali
zation of school privileges to all
the children of the school age pre
scribed by the law- of the State
or Territory wherein ihe expendi
ture shall be made, thereby giving
to each child, without distinction
of race or color, an equal opportu
nity for education. \ The term
“school district” shall include all
cities, towns; parishes, and other
territorial subdivisions for school-
purposes, and all corporations
clothed by law with the power of
maintaining common schools. .
Sec. 12. That no subsequent or
second, Allotment shall be made
under this act to any State or Ter
ritory unless the governor pf .such
State or Territory shall first file
with the Secretary of the. Interior
a statement, certified by,him, giv
ing a detailed account of the pay
ments or disbursements made of
the school fund apportioned to his
State or Territory and received by
‘the State or Terrijtprial treasurer
or officer under this Act, and of
the balance in the hands of such
officer or treasurer withheld, un
claimed, or for any cause unpaid
or unexpended, and also ' f the
amount expended in such State or
Territory; as required by section
nine of this act and also a state
ment of the number of school dis
tricts iD State of Territory, whetH-
any portion of such State or
Territory ha§ not been divided into
school districts or other territorial
subdivisions for school purposes,
and if so, what portion, and the
reasons wliy the same has not been
so subdivided; the number of
children of school age in each dis
trict, and the relative number of
white and colored children in ea6h
district, and tbe number of public,
common, and industrial schools id
each district; the number of teach
ers employed; the fafe of wages
paid; the total number of children
in th/State or Territory, and the
total number taught during iSe
year and An what .branches in
structed; the average daily attend
ance gnd the relative number of
white and colored children; and
the cumber of months in each
year schools have been maintained
in each school district. Add if
any State or Territory shall mis
apply or allow, to be misapplied, or
in any manner appropriated or
other used than for the purposes
and in the manner. fie^eifi, re
quired, the funds or any part there
of, received under the provisions
oil this act, or shall fail to comply
with the conditions herein pre
scribed, or to report as herein pro
vided, thfodgh its propef officers,
mg interest idotidy / from any [other matters herein prescribed ta Jrod§<r^d! toihe Secretary t of the
source, in. the preceding year for! be so reported, such State or’"Ter- T • — - J ---- -* sf
maintenance of |= common ! "" "
the
school?.' not 'including: the sums ’ subsequent appo
Bl
to any
iment by vir-
not within the ages; herein speci
fied, it shall dot be deemed- a fail
ure to;comply with the conditions
herein. If it shall appear, to the
Secretary of the Interior that the
funds received under this act for
the preceding year by the State or
Territory have been [faithfully ap
plied to the purposes contemplated
by this act, and.that the conditions
thereof have been observed, then,
and not otherwise,'shall the Secre
tary of the Interior distribute the
next year’s appropriotion as is
hereinbefore provided. And it
shall be the duty of the Secretary
of the Interior [Id promptly inves
tigate all complaints lodged with
him of any misappropriation by or
in any State or Territory, of any
moneys received % such State or
Territory under the provisions of
this act, or of aDy discrimination
in the use of such moneys; and the
said complamti and all ^communi
cations concerning the same, and
the evidence taken upon such in
vestigations,'shall be preserved by
the Secretary of the Interior, and
shall be open to public inspection
and annually reported to congress.
Sec. 13. That on or before the
first day of September of each
year the Secretary of the Interior
shall report to the President of
the United. States whether any wonderfully adjusts itself to our
State or Territory has forfeited its
right to receive its apportionment
under this act; and how forfeited,
and-whether he has withheld such
allotment on account of such for
feiture.
Sec. 14 That ho State or Ter
ritory that does- not distribute tlie
moneys raised for common school
purposes equally for the education
of all the children, without dis
tinction of race or color, §hall be
entitled to any of^the benefits of
this act. - ~
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Sec. 15. That the aportionment
of the money that shall be appro
priated under this act for the pur
poses of education in the - Territo
ries shall be upon the basis of the
illiteracy therein, as provided in
section two of this act; blit in de
termining the number of illiterates
therein the Secretary of the Inte
rior is authorized to receive and
consider, in addition to the census
returns of eighteen Hundred and
eighty, any evidence that may be
submitted to him showing the
number of illiterates in any such
Territories, and shall determine
therefrom, before the first .distri
bution shall be made, the amount
to which such Territory is enti
tled.
Sec. 16. That there shall be ap
propriated and set apart* in addi
tion to the sum of seven millions
of the first appropriation, the sum
of two million dollars, which shall
be allotted to the several States
and Territories on the same basis
as the moneys appropriated in the
first section, which shall be known
as the common school-house fund,
to be paid out to each State and
Territory at the end of the year on
proof of .the expenditure made du-,
ring such year, which shall be
made for tbe erection-and con
struction of schoolrhouses for the
use and occupation of/the pupils
attending the common schools in
the sparsely populated .districts
thereof, where the local communi-.
ty shall be comparatively unable
to bear the burdens o.f taxation.
Such school-houses shall be built
iif accordance with plans to be fur
nished free on application to the
Bureau of Education, at Washing
ton: Provided, however,; That not
more than one hundred and fifty
dollars shall be paid,, from said
fund toward the.cost of any single
sehoqL-honse, np/ more than one:
half tfie cost thereof in any . cage;
and ; the Staten and Terrijpries
shall annually mafe full report of
all expenditures fropa the school-
mm
Interior/as in case, of other s mon
eys received under the provisions
of this act.
ble under its form of govern
ment. . ..
• Sec. IS. The power , to alter,
amend, or repeal this act is hereby
reserved.
Passed the Senate February
15th, 1SS8. j
Attest: Anson U-. -McCooe,
• Secretary.
By Chas. W.; Johnson,
Chief Clerk.
tlse Corn Me31.
When trusts ere formed . cm
wheat and the price of fioiir
ranges high, as recently suggested
by the Columbus . Enquirer-Sun,’
no better substitute will be found
than a good article of corn
metil. ,
Commenting on .this subject the
Philadelphia Becord says:
“When the speculators put up
the price of flour and the
the baker the price of .bread, the
householder of moderate means is
forced to look about .him for ways
aud means of defending himself
against the assault upon his purse.
He naturally turns from wheat to
corn. There is a great abundance
of corn in this country, \/e have
not had such a crop since 1880.
Corn possesses all the' elemement
for the siistenation of life. After
wheat and rice there is nothing so
good for the production of healthy
flesh and fat. The beautiful corn
plant is a native of America, and
/itiif mm
ESPECIALLY FOB THE LAOIESl
-A T
climate, being grown from Maine
to Texas. But we have never suf
ficiently valued it as a staff of life
upon which we may most confi
dently lean. Now, when wheat is
cornered and;., overvalued; the
dorherers might be cornered them
selves > if the use of corn meal
should lie measurably substituted
for wheat flour. ’ - ?
The Record names fifty different
ways of making palatable dishes
of corn meal, and says doubtless
the use of corn meal instead of
flour would be much more com
mon, if a knowledge of how to pre
pare it was more extensive.
At a recent meeting of the Orni
thologists’ Union*. Earnest E.
Thompson, of Canada,said that
somebirds,especially sparrows,have
ventraloquial powers. Birds, when
surprised in. the act of singing, will
be silent for a moment, .and then
give forth a faint song that seems
to come from a distance, though
the singer be not farther than ten
feet away. Thrushes and robins,
the lecturer said, also have this
power. . • 1 /
A young Litchfield, (Conn.) cou
ple on their way to tbe parson’s to
be married, were confronted with
a torrent so deep and swift that
the horse could not be induced to
attempt the passage. But the
hardy, long-legged grdom was .not
to be daunted or turned from his
purpose. Leaving his team in
charge of friends^ he took his
blushing bride-elect on his broad
back, and half wading and half
swimming, reached the other side
in safety, whefi' the happy pair,
hand in hand, continued their
journ eyas though nothing unusual
had occur red.
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TRIANGULAR BLOCK. MACON, GMM
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Dry Goods, Carpets, Etc.;
IN MIDDLK GEORGIA.
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MACON, GA.
The war on high prices continues to rage, and we are determined the people ehall
have .cheap goods. Our New Tori: buyer has just captured"a lot of auction goods,
and we are offering them at prices never before heard of in this market. Listen at
The Pope has sent to the Bish
op of Placeriza $4,000 for a train
ing college for missionaries to be
sent to America to dare for ltal
ian emigrants.
the prices of these leaders: New loc Hose, all wool; 25c; eau’tbe bought elsewhert
for less than 50c. Underwear for ladies, gents and children at prices w]p£ch.cannot
be duplicated. Gents’ undersuits for §3.00, will cost yon $4.50 anywhere'else'.
Shoes at 25 to 50 per . cent less than can be had anywhere. Hats, Clothing and
Fancy Goods, at ridiculously low prices. Damask G4c. worth 75c. ' Turkey Bed
39c., worth 50c. We call yonr special attention to onr 75c. grade of White Darhask.
These goods -sell for §1.25 everywhere and are considered a-bargain at §1.00:
Shirts rtt 90(5. worth §1.25, Handkerchiefs 2c.nijd-up. Blankets, 10=4, a^No. 1 ar*
"tide, tor §2.35, sells elsewhere for §3.00. We can sell you a blanket for §3.25 that
is worth §4.50. Comforts 65c. worth §1.00. * - ' j ■»-
Something for the ladies: We have a choice and select stock of Millinery, void
of fancy prices. ? Yon can buy a pretty and stylish Hat from ns. for one-half the
pride yon would pay-for the same article elsewhere. i
Just received a large shipment of Ladies’ Underwear which we propose to almost
sacrifice. In the Gents’ department we have a fine and stylish line of Hats. "Wo can
show yon many styles at 50 per cent less than is asked for them elsewhe
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m.
415 THIRD STREET,
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- - - _ MACON,PGA,'
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laIQTORi|
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will treat you right. ...,5- -n
□BOBffkT COLEMAN.
JOHN N. BIBCH.
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A$T> DEALERS IN
and Planters
Worth Kuowr ng-.
Mr. 'VY-. H. Morgan, -nierfehant,
Lake City, Fla., was taken. with a
severe CoM‘ .attended with a dis
tressing Gough and running ' into
Consumption in its:, fiist -stages.
He trjed many so-called popular
cough remedies and steadily grew
worgg. Was reduced in flesh, had
difficulty in-breathing and was un
able td sleep. Finaly tried Dr.
King’s Ne# Discovery for Con
sumption') and found immediate,
relief, aid jaftef using about :a half
dozen bottles fo'qnd ; himself well
and has had no.retqriupf the dis
ease.. :> No other remedy can. show
so grafid a record of cures, as Dr.’
King's New Discovery -for Con
sumption. Guaranteed to do just
what is claimed for it—Trial bot
tle free at all drug store.
Nos. 409 and 4ll PCPLAR STREET, MACON, GA.
Consignments of Cotton Respectfully .Solicited. Liberal
Advances IVlade on Cotton in §t6fe. . .
> • • -•»
Fall Supply of Groceries, Planters’ Supplies and'Bagging and Ties always
on hand. . * ‘ -
MULBERRY STREET,
MACOY, GA'
We are better prepared thaj
trade. . The patronage of
conntiSs is solicited..
iif first Class Grocer!
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’> a
meet the demands of th«
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