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ONE YEAR F.OR CASH QT ADY/Nd s v Sample Qopiea ofitlie Southli Culti tvator will be mailed FBEE os applies-1 Sion to Jas. P. Habbison & Co| ufawerij B, Atlanta, Ga. 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. - ~ :■ * 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. c. L O’GOKMAN & GW Si TRIANGULAR BLOCK. MACON, GMM The Most Extensive Dealers in Dry Goods, Carpets, Etc.; IN MIDDLK GEORGIA. PERRY, GEORGIA, iiiiifiii, FOR CASH or or INSTALLMENT! Parlor Suits, Chamber Suits, Bedsteads,'Ciiairs,' Safes, Mattresses,^Bnreaus, etc. of all descriptions. Complete Undertaking Department. t tlec89 THE VIRGINIA CASH STORE 559 CHERRY STREET; ,. I/m. 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 $4.50 anywhere'else'. Shoes at 25 to 50 per . cent less than can be had anywhere. Hats, Clothing and Fancy Goods, at ridiculously low prices. Damask G4c. worth 75c. ' Turkey Bed 39c., worth 50c. We call yonr special attention to onr 75c. grade of White Darhask. These goods -sell for §1.25 everywhere and are considered a-bargain at §1.00: Shirts rtt 90(5. worth §1.25, Handkerchiefs 2c.nijd-up. Blankets, 10=4, a^No. 1 ar* "tide, tor §2.35, sells elsewhere for §3.00. We can sell you a blanket for §3.25 that is worth §4.50. Comforts 65c. worth §1.00. * - ' j ■»- Something for the ladies: We have a choice and select stock of Millinery, void of fancy prices. ? Yon can buy a pretty and stylish Hat from ns. for one-half the pride yon would pay-for the same article elsewhere. i Just received a large shipment of Ladies’ Underwear which we propose to almost sacrifice. In the Gents’ department we have a fine and stylish line of Hats. "Wo can show yon many styles at 50 per cent less than is asked for them elsewhe G. P. BAJ m. 415 THIRD STREET, BEDINGFIELD BROTHERS, - - - _ MACON,PGA,' GROCERIES,. laIQTORi| iND PLANTERS SUPPLlM. Our Specialties: OLD GLEN SPRING of ’81, OLD HUME SOUR MASH ’84, T. B. RIPY of ’85, and old NELSON COUNTY* * :, • • s tgp Special attention paid to shipments of jugs. Send us yonr orders and w© will treat you right. ...,5- -n □BOBffkT COLEMAN. JOHN N. BIBCH. 31,1VAE H. BAY. 9 9 A$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! BAGGING AND TIES ’> a meet the demands of th« of Houston and '.adjoining ■ :