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HHmpor:ant limi -un-s,
HF t -n. •* at the first
nit be dispifSed of before
nent, convict lease will
■t.another legislature is
■cl some dispi siturn must
|Bf the 3000 felons who
among the
and at work in
of the state.
Hit will be done, is really
problem to determine.
Hfcomnut tees on the pen-
been endeavoiing
Ha satisfactory law on
Hct for the last two weeks,
Hutterly failed to agree
B. Nearly every member
Opuses has a pet scheme
Hfc, and it seems im
them to harmonize on
Hliti'
■edition of affairs makes
Hble to make any reliable
H as to what the outcome
BLjj»bW4-hiit "measurt is
■bwn as the “Hush hiiLLLL
Hpuse of this is to abolish
Bon, and prombit the sale
Bfaeture of intoxicating
B.anywhere in the slate,
Hos the wishes of the
■ tfie several counties.
Bption is the best solution
Buor question yet made.
ns, fourths
Bullies have abolished the
■ti toxicants, and the re-
Bcounties are gradually
Bto the dry cofhmu.
■itiou, backed by public
Bt, is a success, because its
irosecute violators of the
juries promptly convict,
u forced upon a people
their will, is a rbaring
u a ireeder of lawless-
■rger cities of the country
Bigh license und strict po-
Rveillunce as the solution
Biquor problem. Prohibi-
B&.lla*ntu was a prodigeous
■and the friends of tem-
I there, except a few' ex
■k and iinpracticables, do
Bo a repetition of it. It
Vt appreciably decrease
■luess nor the consumption
■icauts, but simply forced
ftde to drink meaner li-
Bd deprived the city of the
B|o which it was entitled.
laws are effective
poultry and small towns,
feerience has demonstrated
BflPnlity of *heifentoree
populous cities, w here
Be elements that do not ex
■lo rural districts,
fcal friends of temperance
Bfied to let well enough
jfcs:
flßgjMLry cuinniissn ni sent
'ftio l nitvu Stutcs for
>i H&un 11UI) 11 a;, 11, £ MIV* T.
*greem«*.t, * matsc 1
pal failure. If Uncle Sam
f the free and unlimited
;e of the white metal he
go it uioue. Unless this
the other great commercial
open their mints to its
_ will. The “iuter-
Ifapikcnt" lioby must
to the ruu> ami
ißiade straight lroin in,'
|B There can be im lur
or evasion by tlm jv-
and its next
must to i ui ,
gJlßni unequivocal i.rni.-.
BBun anil Hu 1 , pi • , ,
Bjßsliigie gohl .-ia:.ua, 11
Bre the p.iople, but, u
Bun.- cJkJ&uf
Aud now Montgomery is kicking
at the wav quarantine regulations
ire being enforced against her,
forgetful of the fact that she
treated the infected localities in
the same way, before the scourge
reached her limits, and denounced
the liberality of Atlanta towards
refugees from the stricken sec
tions. Chickens come home to
roost.
Another effort is being made to
induce the governor to pardon J.
Tyler Cooper, once mayor of
Atlanta, and now confined in the
jail of Fulton county, serving out
a term for embezzelement, while
ulerk of the board of county com
missioners of that county, upon
the ground that his family is in
Montgomery, Alabama, where the
yellow fever is now' epidemic. As
his term of imprisoment will ex
pire next month, it is probable
that this effort of his friends w ill
succeed.
Later. —The governor has grant
ed the pardon, and Cooper is a free
man once more.
There,have recently been a num
of small-pox cases in Atlanta,
and compulsory vaccination is
the order of the day. There was
considerable excitement on Deca
tur street, last Sunday, brought on
by a number of lawless negroes
who attempted to rescue one of
their number, who had forcibly
resisted being Jannerized by the
physicians, and was being marched
to police headquarters by the
officers.
The yellow fever is becoming
widely scattered, despite all quar
antine regulations. It is now epi
demic in New Orleans, Mon.tomery
Mobile, and Selma, Alabama. At
Memphis, Ten. Bay St. Louis,
New Albany, Edw'ards, McHenry,
Biloxi and Crantoh Missisippi, and
Pascagoula and Baton Rouge, Lu
Nothing but frost can stay its
march, and its appearance may be
confidently expected in many
other towns and sections of the
country, unless cold weather
speedily comes lo the rescue. The
disease continues to be of a mild
form, and the deaths are few,
eomparaed with the number of
cases.
Old man Taylor Delk, who was
three times convicted of the mur
der of the sheriff ot Pike county,
and as often granted a new trial
by the supreme court, was put on
trial for the fourth time in the
superior court of Henry coun
ty this week. By consent of coun
sel a verdict of .guilty was ren
dered, with a recommendation to
mercy, and he was sentenced to
the penitentiary for life.
The Gainesville Cracker says
that 400 bushels of chestnuts were
sold in that place one day last
week. This is the home of Snoily
goster Ham, but the extent of his
purchases is not mentioned.
The outlook for a big democratic
victory in Kentucky next month,
is encourging.
Veteran’s Day in Gwinnett.
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themselves.
When Colonel Tyler M. Peeples
showed the gourd vine, 147 feet
Ni length, With a squash at one end
and a pumpkin at the other, 1
made the simple remark that
Gwinnett county would soon have
a long distance telephone of her
own and that the people ol Law
renceville would soon be able to
talk from Atlanta to the deep blue
sea.
Too much credit cannot be given
to Editor McNelley, of the Law*
renceville News, for the initiatory
steps that he took in getting up
the fair, and the persistency with
which he kept up the subject until
it esulted in the grand success
which culminated in the display
that was made of Gwinnett county
products.
Major Simmons, who was re
sponsible for much of the success
of the fair, was simply übiquitous
and made everybody feel most
thoroughly at home.
Major Simmons took haif a
dozen prizes for various displays
on his own account,and the friends
who were entertained so nobly at
his elegant home, were not sur
prised over the fact that he carried
off such a large share of the honors
and emoluments.
THE WOMAN’S DEPARTMENT.
The women of Gwinnett county
Reserve unstinted praise for the
manner iu which they got up the
display in the woman’s department
of the fair. The exhibition would
have done credit to a much more
pretentious fail than was held iu
Law renceville, and it included
every variety of products of
woman’s handiwork.
The gathering yesterday was
one of the greatest in the histoi y
of Gwinnett county, and never
was there assembled a more re
presentative body of men than
those who listened to the eloquence
of “Bill Smith, .of Gwinnett,” the
judicious vice-president of the
Gwinnett County Fair association,
and to the stirring words of the
oldest citizens of the county, and
a man whom his people delight lo
honor.
Captain Ewing, the man who
rups the Ewing house, is a man
jHter my own heart. He has
pie on week days, and it
guests desires anything
r Uul already on *ha nil
1 ATKINSON TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Chief Magistrate Sends In His
Annual Communication.
MINT RECOMMENDATIONS MADE
State of Georgia,
Executive Office.
Atlanta. Ga., Oct. 27, is 97
Oentlctneu of the General Assembly:
During the session upon which yon now
enter matters of great interest to the peo
ple of the state must he considered and
1 acted upon by you. It hAs l>eeu many
years since so many grave questions tie
manded consideration by a general as
aembly.
northeastern railroad.
On May *2B, 1896, afier advertising for
bids as directed in act authorizing a lease,
the Northeastern railroad whs leased to
E A. Richards & Co. at the sum of $lB 600
per annum, aayable cju rterly, for a term
of 20 years, from June 1, 1896, and a bond
taken in conformity to law
The rent was paid lor two quarters.
When ths rent for the third quarter fell
due on March 1, 1807. it was not paid, and
when the two months’ time, in which they
were permitted under the law to pay this,
had expired, the rent was still unpaid.
By virtue of authority vested in me I
J then seized the road and have since oper
■ ated it for the state under the direct man
i agement of Hon. R. K. Reeves, who was
appointed by me state age t.
The net earnings from May to Septem
bar. 1897. were $6,012.44.
Under present conditions we can safely
raly upon (the net earnings of) the road
earning a good income on the sum at
which it was purchased by the state, to
wit: SIOO,OOO, and it will more than pay
Interest on the series of bonds issued to
retire the $287,00» of bonds on said road,
upon which the state of Georgia was in
dorser.
As this is a short and dependent line,
and in view of possible changes in'thera'l
road situation which might impair and
possibly destroy its value, 1 recommend
that an act be passed authorizing the gov
ernor, at his discretion, to offer it for sale
whenever, in his opinion, it can be sold for
I the amount of the bonds issued by the
state to cancel the series above ineutioued
RAILROAD COMMISSION.
Your special attention is called to that
! part of the report of tin railroad cominis
! sioners in which legislation is recom
mended to enlarge their powers, and to
better enable them to enforce their decrees.
These recommendations, briefly stated,
are:
. ontrol of issuance of stocks and bonds
of railroads.
Removal of all doubt of authority of
the commission to require the erection of
depots, and additional power to require
the construction of sidetracks.
Power to regulate the interchange of
freights and cars in order to secure to
shippers the right to route their goods and
to prevent discriminations.
.Speedier methods of enforcing the orders
of the commission to compel railroads to
immediately aceord to the public rights
which are due them.
After asking for this legislation the
commission adds:
"We have exercised and are now exer
•Ising all the authority that has been
granted us. Our experience, and the com
plaints continually received from the peo
pie, clearly indicate that the additional
authority recommended is necessary to
their protection. If they expect relief in
these particulars they must look, not first
to this commission, but to % , their senators
and representatives whom they elect to
the general assembly, and who alone have
the power to authorize the commission to
correct the ills complained of.”
You caunot be too careful in legislating
upon the subject of railroad control. A
wise and rigid control of these properties
is of the utmost importance to our people,
and is esseutial tu the growth of our com
merce.
STREET RAILROADS.
1 advise that the authority of the rail
road commission be so extended as to give
them power to regulate charges on street
railroads, and exercise such control over
them as may be needed to give good ser
vice to the public, and adjust disputes be
tween them and the public when made by
any party interested, or by the authorities
of the city in which such street railroad
may be operated. The sole power to de
termine those questions should not vest in
the street railroad corporation. The au
thority to pass upon them should be vested
in some tribunal, and that tribunal should
not be in the control of, or created by,
those directlj 7 interested in the questions
to be submitted to it.
TELEPHONE SYSTEMS.
The railroad commission now has juris
diction over railroad, teiegiaph and sx
press companies.
The same reasons which induced the
stare to give them authority over these,
demand that their power be so extended
as to bring under their control all tele
phone companies.
The charges made by telephone com
panies should be tixed by the commission,
in my « pinion they are now so excessive
in their charges as to demand the inter
ference of the state in behalf of the citizen.
Each of these companies are what are
usually termed natural monopolies, and
should be controlled by the government.
EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS.
There has been a constant and marked
Improvement in our common schools. The
steady and gradual increase in the appro
priations for their maintenance has re
sulted in multiplying the number of per
manent schools, arousing greater interest
among the people in education, improving
the character of school buildings and in
creasing the efficiency of teachers.
In this campaign against ignorance our
columns should not retreat, but move
steadily to the front until the enemy is
vanquished and the banner of light,
knowledge and virtue floats in triumph
over the field.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
The people of the state are to be congrat
ulated upon the ever increasing prosperity
and usefulness of their university. With
the increased room and facilities furnished
by your late appropriation thereto, and
the purchase of the new' farm, if assured
of permanency of its income, its still
greater usefulness cannot be doubted.
On Oct. 7 last 267 students had beeu reg
istered. Of them 67 per cent are members
of various churches, to-wit: 100 M-tho
dists, 81 Baptists, 38 Presbyterians, 30
Episcopalians, five Catholics, six Jew's,
three Christians, one Lutheran and one
Unitarian. Of the fathers of those stu
dents, 78 are farmers. 44 lawyers, 42 mer
chants, 19 doctors of medicine, nine bank
ers, six teachers, six preachers, and eight
InsiUMnce men, besides various other occu
pations.
GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY.
I am pleased to note the increased attend
ance at the School of Technology. The
fc&‘> students now there give evideuce that
practical education is receiving the serious
attention of our people. The school offers
scientific courses of high grade in mechan
leal electrical and civil engineering.
The new dormitory is filled with stu
dents who are under wholesome regula
tions and protected from evil influence by
the supervision of the authorities. A high
Standard in scholarship and skill in shop
work is required and the school takes
rank w'ith the best technical institution
in ihe country.
Georgia, being near the center of the
cotton growing area of the Union, should
provide for the instruction of h r sons in
the manufacture of cotton goods. New
England has taken steps in this direction
for the protection and advancement of hei
manufactures. The textile schools which
have been established at tfie north ar«
bound to militate to the detriment of our
own cotton industries unless they are met
With similar institutions in the south. A
department of textiles should be added to
the Technological school for the purpose
of giving our young men the opportunity
of becoming experts in the mauufactur*
of cotton goods. lam assured that such
a measure would receive substantial aid
from many prominent firms and citizens,
and on account of the present excellent
equipment of the school, the first cost
would be reduced to a minimum.
• EORGIA NORMAL AND INDUSTRIALCOLLEGI
Tliis institution, whose curriculum em
braces a literary, a uormal and an indus
trial course, is doing a great work for the
•tale by supplying its schools with well
educated, trained t. at hers, developing thi
brain and increasing the culture of hei
daughters, and rendering them capable of
being, when necessary, seif sustaining and
Independent.
So great fs the popularity of
that nations
qu ill- it rtuu.it Law- j at ifii.: '
dents.
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THE LAWRENCEVILLE NEWS,FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29. 1897.
toe omcers m cnarge ro nave some ot mt
trustees located so as to be accessible tc
the institution Tt is not »dv ~*ole tc
change the personnel c-f tb*» pr--M*;:t excel
lent board of commissi-men» who art
charged with the immediate control of tin
Institution, and as their present number
five, is rather small, I recommend that f ti<
governor be authorized to apt* int. from
the county of Clarke, twoadditional mem
bers to said board.
NORTH GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL AND ME
CHANICAL COLLEGE AT DAIILONEGA, GA.
I enjoyed the pleasure of attending th«
commencement exercises of this very ‘ X
oelient institution, and gladly testify t'
its usefulness. It is doing a magnificent
work for North Georgia aid desenes tb«
encouragement which it has received at
the hands oPthe general assembly.
PENSIONS.
The appropriations made at your last
session were sufficient for the payment ol
all approved pensions except those known
as indigent pensions (Act 1894. page 32).
After payment in Janqary, 1897. of tins
rolls for 1896, there was left a balance ol
$40,380. Instead of paying in full each
new claim as it w’as approved, it was
thought advisable to pay no new applicant
until all pending cases had been passed on
by the commissioner of pensions When
such examination was concluded, twice at
many claims were approved as could b«
paid s6l each from the unexpended bal
ance, and the same was prorated, allowing
S3O to ea:b, just half tire amount, had tin
appropriation been sufficient. In view ol
the increase in this class of pensioners, it
will be necessary for you to make lor theit
payment in 1898, an additional appropria*
tion of $40,000, which does not take into
consideration the new claims to be passed
on for that year.
I respectfully advise that no special pen
sion be granted except the claim has been
approved in due course of law. Many
reasons may be urged against this kind oi
legislation, but it is only necessary to re
fer to* the constitution, Art. 1., p>ec. 4. Par.
1, providing that “no special law shall bo
enacted in any case for which provision
has been made by an existing general law.”
Nor should any pension be paid for any
time prior to the date of its approval, uu
less all are so paid, as new claims are con
tinually being placed on the rolls, and, il
one be paid, then it seern9 only just to pay
all back to the passage of the original law,
or. at least, to the time at which the claim
ant may have become entitled.
The liberality with which our state has
dealt with its veterans and their widows
is a source or pride to all Georgians.
As the old heroes feel more heavily the
hand of time, their wounds and infirmi
ties require them to lean more on the
helping hand of the state, and I confi
dently believe that our people will con
tinue to respond to their needs with gen
erous aid.
ELECTION LAWS.
Laws regulating elections should effect
ually prevent fraud, and so guard the
right of the elective franchise that the des
tiny of our state will be entrusted only to
those citizens whose ballot is unpur
chasable.
While earnestly desiring our state tc
follow in the wake of other states, and
enact legislation which will guarantee
honest elections, controlled by the votes
of honest men, I will not now do more
than call your attention to the importance
of the subject. I would rejoice to see you
deal with the entire subject at your pres
ent session.
In addition to legislation dealing di
rectly with this grav« question, the right
to use money in elections should be strictly
guarded and directions given how, and
through what channels, it should pass.
The experience of others has led them to
make such provisions, and, in my opinion,
we should take similar action.
The amount of money which can be used
by a candidate before the people or gen
eral assembly should be limited, the pur
poses specified by law, and the successful
candidate should be required, before he as
sumes the duties of his office, to exhibit
and file a sworn itemized statement of ex
penses which should not exceed the
amount allowed by law.
For a violation of this law he should
forfeit his right to the office to which he
is elected.
Positions should not be awarded to men
on account of the wealth they possess.
The power and political influence of men
should not, in the smallest decree, be
measured by money, but by their moral
and intellectual worth. The history of
this country gives ample proof that the
best service has been rendered the repub
lie by men whose study of questions af
fecting the public had so far monopolized
their time that their own possessions were
■mall.
The proposed measure should be suffi
ciently comprehensive to specify the pur
pose for which money can be used in a
party primary or final election, and free
offic als from that obligation, which is in
curred by personally receiving from
others a contribution to aid iu securing an
election.
If, for instance, candidates for the office
of solicitor general, judge and United
States senator are permitted, by direct
contributions, to place candidates and the
party authorities in the respective coun
ties under direct obligation to them by
contribution to campaign fund, it will de
grade political life put capacity and
w »rth at a discount, and make money the
fcest of merit. The influence of money in
politics is already two great, and should
he promptly reduced to a minimum.
All contributions for political cam
paigns should be made direct to the party
officials, and no man not a resilient of a
county should be permitted to contribute
to the county e ection To prevent undue
influences of money fr m this source,
such contributions should, in congres
sional campaigns, be riven to-the district
committee, and in state campaigns to the
itate committee, to he by them expended
where they think b u st.
To encourage wort hy men who do not
possess wealth, to secure a fair submission
to voters of questions involving govern
mental policy and personal merit, to
avoid the debauching of politics by the
power of money, to guard the purity of
the public service, that government may
merit the respect and confidence of the
people, I earnestly ask that prompt action
be taken to avoid the disastrous results
which must follow the evils to which I
have called your attention.
THE INCREASE OF CRIME.
The increase of our prison population is
a matter for serious consideration In
1869 there were only 393 convicts in our
penitentiary; in 1871, 885; in 1874. 616; and
now they are 3,357. This, of course, does
not include those in the county chain
gangs, numbering al>out 1,850.
The number iu the penitentiary would
be even larger but for legislation by your
predecessors, under the provisions of
which a large number who were convicted
of felony has been sent to the county
chaingangs.
In 1871, 15 per cent of the convicts were
white, and in 1897 8 per cent are white.
During this period the blocks in the peni
tentiary have increased 600 per cent.
While the increase in white convicts has
beeu smail, our penitentiary has been rap
idly replenished from the ranks of the
negro populat ion. The number convicted
in recent years is much larger than just
after they were given their freedom More
were received into the penitentiary in the
year 1896 than in the years 1869, 1870 and
1871 combined. The whole number of
convicts received from the establishment
of the penitentiary, March 10, 1817, to
Oct. 16, 1866. a period of 49 years and seven
months, was 2,029; total number received
during the four years. 1894 5-6-7, was 2 307.
This result has been reached iu spite of
the fact t,hat in addition to what has been
done by towns and cities supporting local
school systems we have spent within that
time about $4,000,000 in an effort to edu
cate the negroes, that they may become
better citizens
I am not ready to admit that this has
been a waste, or that the race b is retro
graded in spite of the effort of the state
and philanthropic individuals to afford
them educatioual advantages.
It is unquestionably true that a largo
number of the nice have made great pro
gress intellectually and morally While
this condition exists among the better ele
merit, a considerable percent of them have
no regard for law or morals, and from
this element the penitentiary is being re
plenum d with alarming rapidity. How
to correct this demoralization and elevate
this people to a better standard of citizen
ship, is a problem which must call into
requisition the nobility of character and
the wisdom of the Anglo Saxon. I cannot
discuss this question now, further than to
make one suggestion.
To educate this element without, at the
same time, giving them moral instruc
tion is an injustice to them and lo society.
It is therefore, the part of wisdom to look
more to character in selecting the teach
ers who are to receive our money for ser
vices in the schoolroom.
The best of the race, intellectually and
morally, should be selected to teach in
public schools The law shou! I require
the school authorities to look closely into
the conduct and character of each appli
cant before license is granted,to teach.
f,, his provision should apply alike to white
to improve the morals of
by Imparting through ihe
. am! pure
»u|a only
resentment that it has !w»en impossible in
many of these cases to induce them to
await the m ; ion of the courts.
Since N I, 1*94. there hare been ID
uegr e-* lynched who were charged with
rape and assault with intent to raps, and
one white man who was charged with rape.
In Addition to these, there havs bsen
seven negro men. one negro woman and
one while m a lynched who were charged
with other offenses. Total for three years,
22, or a little more than seven per year.
These occurred in the follow l ng counties:
Appling. Clinch, Dooly, Habe sham, Mon
roe Montgomery. Spalding, Muscogee,
Talbot, Colquitt, Twiggs, Jasper, Cal
houn and Bibb.
It is the duty of government to protect
its citizens, and to do all that can possibly
be done to prevent the commission of, not
only, the offenses which have provoked
the people to resort to such a reprehensible
remedy but all offenses, and to guarantee
to every citizen charged with crime a trial
before an im, arfial tribunal, as guaran
teed by the constitution.
Iu dealing with this question, the people
of the southern states are. of all people, in
the most trying position. Here a large
per cent of our population has been clothed
with the rights and privileges of citizen
ship before receiving the training neces
sary to prepare them for the duties and
responsibilities of so important a position.
If the same population had been placed
among the people of any other section of
the Union, they would have the same
problem to deal with which now confronts
us, and would find just as much human
nature among their people as is exhibited
by* ours.
Notwithstanding the anomalous condi
tion which exists here, our people deplore
mob violence, but should be more deter
mined in insisting upon leaving to courts
and juries the punishment of violators of
the law.
If defects exist in the law, the remedy is
not to ignore and violate the law, but to
amend it. The citizen cannot be justified
in trampling upon law and assuming the
functions of judge, iury and executioner.
It Is the duty of the citizen to leave to
the government, under which he lives, the
fighting of wrongs, and the punishment
of crime. The man who ignores this obli
gation anc assumes with his own hand to
punish crime, becomes a criminal.
The evil to which I allude is not re
stricted to this state or section, but is
national.
The frequency of such occurrences
within the last few years is calculated to
alarm every citizen who realizes the dread
ful results to which it leads, or the enor
mity of the crime against human rights,
government and civilization. To denomi
nate these offenses lynchiugs do not make
them less lawless or barbarous.
It is an attack upon government itself
a conflict between the forces of anarchy
and law. It is fundamentally wrong, be
cause it defies government, ignores law
and punishes without law or evidence.
Under our government, laws are made
•nd unmade at the will of the majority.
If there are unwise laws, the people can
repeal, if a need for one, the people can
enact. Any organized effort to set at
naught our laws and punish crime with
out and in defiance of the law is itself
criminal. It is worse than criminal. In
its very essence, it is treason against the
ma jority and against government.
In the discussion of lynching, let it be
clearly understood that it is not a question
as to whether or not those guilty of crime
shall be punished, but whether or not the
innocent shall escape. Not a question as
to whether the guilty shall be punished,
blit whether or not the act of punishiug
shall multiply criminals.
In a free government like ours there is
no excuse for lynching If there is evi
deuce to convict the courts will punish; if
there is not, punishment should not be in
dieted. The courts of our state can be
trusted to punish the guilty and protect
our property, our persons and the honor
and virtue of our women.
I am deeply concerned for a remedy for
this evil that we may save from guilt the
men who engage in it, and protect the in
noceut, who are too often sacrificed
TRIAL BY MOB.
The mob is not a sale tribunal to justly
determine any cause.
Not long since in this state it is said that
a mob, which had gathered, failed to take
action because of a division in their own
ranks, one portion wishing to hang a man
who had not been tried, and the other, to
liberate one who had been tried, heard in
all the courts and sentenced to be hanged
for murder.
The mob judges without, a full and com
plete hearing from both sides. Its mem
bers are not the most capable of judging.
It decides in passion and. too often, in
whisky. H>w can it fail to make mis
takes aud sacrifice the lives of the in no
cent?
I feel the more de ‘ply upon this question
because from the best information l can
secure. I believe that during my adminis
tration there have been in this state s »v
--eral men lynched who were not guilty of
the crimes with which they were charged.
How many, can never lie known, for tn 'r
tongues are hushed, and they are denied
an opportunity to prove their inno
cence. I am informed that one man,
whom the mob believed to be guilty, was
shot down. A question then arose as to
his identity ami he was salt d < own like a
hog, shipped to the location of the crime
and found to be the wrong man—an inno
cent man
When an innocent man is lynched for a
crime it serves to protect the guilty. The
members of the mob their friends and
sympathizers seek to impress it upon the
community that the right one has been
punished and the guilty goes unsought
and unsuspected. Even during this year
evidence h is come to light showing that
in several states victims of the mob have
been innocent men. During my term of
office one man, who was rescued from the
mob, was accorded a trial which resulted
in showing that he was not guilty of the
offense with which he was charged. An
other fled from the mob to the executive
office, and asked for protection, and a trial
by jury. They were given him, and it de
veloped that he was not guilty of the
charge for which the mob endeavored to
take his life.
To what extent this practice has been or
will be used lor purposes other than the
alleged reason given to the public, will
never be k own. In one instance, not
long ago. it was stated and accredited that
a man who had been ch rged with rape
came near being lynched. When the truth
became known it brought to light the
fact that purpose in preferring the
charge was'to have him lynched in order
to suppress his evidence against parties
who had been violating the prohibition
law. In another instance a man, charged
with an assault upon a woman, escaped
the mob, which was in pursuit, and estab
lished the fact that the charge was made
against him to defeat the collection of a
debt. Had the parties been lynched it is
not probable that their guilt would have
been questioned.
These things serve to emphasize the im
portance of adhering to law, and of your
so legislating as to suppress this evil, and
guarantee to every one charged with crime
a fair and impartial trial.
Responsibility for the crime of lynching
rests not only upon actors, but upon the
community which shuts its eyes to the
crime and permits anti tolerates it, aud
upon legislators who refuse to enact laws
to suppress it.
It can and will be stopped when the bet
ter element who deprecate mob law ag
gressively condemn and determine to sup
press the practice.
It is no excuse to say that the northern
people, who have less to provoke them to
ft lynch. Let us not take them as a
standard, but rather show a higher type
of civilization in our state, and erect here
a standard to whicu they may aspire.
LYNCH FOR WHAT CRIMES.
Lynch law lias not been restricted to
cases where the charge was an outrage
upon a female. In Texas a man was
lynched simply to suppress his evidence;
lu Kentucky because he was objectionable
to the neighborhood, and in Indiana five
men were lynched ior burg ary. In our
state, iu the last three years, seven men
have been lynche 1 lor murder, and one
man and oju* woman because they were
suspected • ■irson.
WIH CHARGE IS RAPE.
Even had it been con lined to offenses
committed upon females it could not be
justified.
To adopt it, in these cases, is to put the
life of every man in the power of any
woman who might for any reason desire
his death. When such crimes are charged
the passion of the people is more deeply
stirred than by any other, and the mob is
quick to act.
Yet viewed from the standpoint of rea
son and uot of passion, there is less excuse
for lynching iu such cases than in any
other. Delay cannot be given as a reason, i
nor a fear that justice will be defeated. 1
At Monticello aud Columbus the men
were taken out of the courtroom during
the trial aud lynched. In most cases they
are taken from the custody of officers of
the law, when they know that the court
will convince and give a speedy trial. For
this offense, above all others, the couils
are quick to try, and if guilty, the juries
certain to convict. 3
It is not theu that they fear delayjjfr the
acquittal of the guilty, but it is a defiance
of law. It is a desire to substitute pas
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cases that the law will punish the guilty,
and if he did, he could not find a remedy
by making a murderer of himself. The
remarkable fact exists that in a majority
of instances the party lynched is taken
from the custody of officers. I can under
stand how a near relative of the victim of
the lust of a human brute who sees before
him the man whom he believes has com
mitted the outrage, audio the heat of pas
sion slays him. can enlist the interest and
sympathy of a c-mimr.uUy; but how any
one can fail to condemn those who are
guilty of the cowardly act of taking from
the officers of the law a man who is dis
armed and helpless and hanging him with
out trial, surpasses my comprehension.
EFFECT OF LYNCHING.
Both capital and worthy immigrants
seek places where law is supreme and the
frequent occurrences of lynching will ad
vertise ours as a lawless state and as a
half civilized people.
It sacrifices the innocent, brings law
into disrepute, creates lawlessness, im
pedes material growth, and in the eyes of
all the world lowers the standard of our
civilization and degrades the character of
j our people.
This barbarous practice does not de
crease, but increases crime. Having
stained their hands in blood, its perpetra
tors are more easily led to again violate
law. Recently a man tried on the charge
of murder and convicted of shooting a
citizen through the window, as he sat by
, his own hearthstone at night, confessed
also that he it was who tied the rope
around the necks of the two men who
j were lynched in Columbus in ISM. I con
; demn it, and will not apologize for such
lawlessness. To exterminate the practice
; it must be made odious and dangerous.
The penalty should be the scorn of the
people and the punishment of the law
DUTY OF DEMOCRATS.
There is no room for debate upon this
question. If there is, there is none for
Democrats. With them the question
is settled. There is but one position
the members of that party can take.
In the campaign in which the members
of this genera] assembly were elected, the
Democratic party went to the people upon
a platform adopted by the state conven
tion, in which tuis declaration is found,
to wit:
“Resolved. That we deplore and de
nounce lynchings, and favor the enact
ment of laws as will effectually prevent
the same.”
I now ask the men who were elected
upon this platform to enact into law pro
visions which will in good faith meet the
requirements of this declaration Ido not
believe that you will dally with this ques
tion, or pass laws whicli will be inef
fectual. Let the remedy which you apply
be heroic aud severe.
THE REMEDY.
lu murder cases the complaint is that
the cases can be too e tsily continued and
justice unnecessarily delayed. lam not
an advocate of hasty trials, but of prompt
ones. No one should be rushed into a
trial involving his life, when passion in
the county where trial is to be had is at
fever heat and a fair trial impossible.
The law should in all cases permit the
court, on motion of the defendant, or on
its own motion, or on motion of state at
torney, to change the venue to any county
in the state. In determining whether or
not to order a change of venue, the judge
should be authorized to exercise a very
broad discretion, and act upon all knowl
edge that he might possess bearing upon
the question. If, in his opinion, a change
of venue is necessary to secure a air and
impartial jury, he should order the
change, and this decision should not be
reviewed by the supreme court. The au
thority of the circuit judge in such cases
should be made plain and ample, and all
doubt removed as to power of the su
preme court to review his decision.
This change in our law, I believe, the
first step necessary to secure, iu all oases,
prompt and fair trials.
In some instances it is difficult to secure
a trial on account of the laws regulating
the granting of continuances.
This can be remedied by leaving to the
trial judge the sole pow'er to pass upon
motions to continue, denying to the su
preme court the power to grant a new
trial on account of alleged error in so
doing. The circuit judge who knows the
parties the case and its history, aud has
the witnesses on the question before him,
can better determine whether the motion
is made for delay onty, and whether a fair
trial and a just verdict can he had without
further delay, than the supreme court.
Every practitioner knows that the right
of continuance is the most abused of all
rights granted by the law in court pro
cedure, aud in my opinion the circuit
judge will correct the abuse if empowered
to do so.
The law which gives the defendant more
peremptory strikes than the state,
should be so amended as to give each
party the same number. Under the exist
ing law power is given the defendant to
object without cause to so many jurors
that he can, in many cases pack a jury iu
his own interest.
I have heretofore recommended to the
general assembly, and again urge upon
you, that the law be s > amended as to j
punish assault with intent to rape with
death, unles the punishment be reduced
upon the recommendation of the jury try
ing the case, just as it may he done now
when the charge is rape.
It has been insisted by some that the
way to stop lynchings is to provide for the
prompt punishment of all who commit the
crimes which provoke it.
Neither tile law’s delay nor the failure
of justice can be given as an excuse for
lynchings iu rape cases.
In dealing with the offense of Vape in our
courts, there has been for the guilty no
delay and no escape. Courts are promptly
culled, trials had, and justice quickly ad
ministered. In such cases the men whose
names are in the jury boxes in Georgia can
be relied upon to convict.
The evil will exist for a long time, if not
disturbed, uutil public opinion is educated
to the point where the condemnation is
sufficiently intense and unauimous to
make it impossible.
It is therefore necessary that without
waiting for this slow process, the majority
representing law, order, justice and civili
zation, pass such legislation as will repress
the lawless element and secure the reign
of law. The certainty of prompt trials
alone will not end lynchings. The delays
of the law is a favorite excuse, but is
the real reason for its existence. Othyr
legislation is needed to aid in checking it.
The arresting officer is now clothe I with
authority to take the life of the assail ints
when resisting their efforts to take a pris
oner from his custody, aud it is his duty
to take life if necessary to protect the
prisoner and retain him in custody. This
he should be required to do at the hazard
of his own life, or the prisoner should be
unshackled, armed and given an oppor
tunity to defend himself.
That it may be ascertained whether or
not the officer having the prisoner in cus
tody does his full duty in every instance,
1 recommend the passage of a law requir
ing a thorough investigation iu every case,
•ml providing adequate puuishment when
he falls short of the full nv asure of his
duty in protecting his prisoner. The ad
ministrator or family of a party taken
from the custody of au officer aud killed,
should be authorized to recover from the
county the full value of his life, which iu
no case should he less than 41,000.
I do not ask that you restrict yourselves
suggested by me. All
information which w iM cuablo it to take
the proper action He was not able to
Complete thia work lief re the convening
of the general assembly, but believing
that the information already gathered
was sufficient to show the nece>*»ity for
legislation and to in luce the application
of the needed remedy. 1 discontinued the
inspection and pined before the general
assembly the report of Mr. Wright upon
his work done up to that time
This very able report by Mr. Wright
will be placed before you and to it I invite
your attention.
During this year I had reason to believe
that abuses still exis ed in th- manage
ment of this class o convicts and that
the publicity given by the discussion of
the Wright report, to the illegality of hir
ing them to private arties had not cor
rected the evil, I employed Hon. P. O.
Byrd <>f Floyd county, to locate and in
spect all camps where misdemeanor con
victs were worked, and make report
thereon His ( bar and comprehensive re
port has been printed, aud will !>e placed
before you.
The facts stated in these two reports
le ive no room for doubt that legislation is
needed to properly regal Ue the care and
treatment of this class of convicts, which
now number more than l <s Hi. After learn
ing from this report that 637 of these con
victs were held and worked by private
parties, who had secured them from the
county authorities in violation of law, I
communicated the facts to t-lie jud esand
solicitor' from whose courts they were
sentence! Upon receipt of this informa
tion, the se officers acted with commend
able promptness, and took steps to have
the convicts worked in compliance with
law and the sentence of the oourt. This
reform his already greatly increased the
forces at work on the public r >ads, and
will be of incalculable value in promoting
the improvement? of our highways.
Now, while we are providing for the dis
position of our penitentiary convicts, it is
best that we also supply the legislation
needed to properly regulate and direct the
management of county chatngangs
THE PENITENTIARY.
The general assembly, at its present ses
sion, is confronted with the duty of pro
viding for the disposition of the Inmates
of our penitentiary uffcor April 1, 1899, at
which time the existing lease will expire.
This will be but thr«-e months after the
adjournment of the general assembly,
which will convene in October. 1898.
Should action be delayed until the session
of 1898, we would find the state utterly
unable to make adequate arrangements to
either hire or work its convicts before the
expiration of the lease, and if forced to
have others empl y them we would, in
their disposal, be entirely at the mercy of
the present lessees, who alone would be
prepared to house or give employment to
them.
At the very threshold of this discussion,
the proposition sh »uld be accepted by all
that t »e law consigns men to the peniten
tiary not to becom p tied children of the
state, but to punish I'viii for wrongdoing.
The system which will meet all the re
quirements of this statement with least
expense to the lawabiding cit izens of the
state, and come least in competition with
free labor is the one to be adopted.
Any penal system is fundamentally
wrong and vicious which requires the
state to part with thexjontrol of the con
vict, and gives him into the custody of
private parties.
ON PUBLIC ROADS.
To say in general terms that the convicts
should be put to work upon the public
highways is an alluring and captivating
suggestion. Yet a thorough and intelli
gent study of the question leads uni-
to the conclusion that this should
not be done.
THE SYSTEM PROPOSED.
Every person sentenced by the courts to
penal servitude should remain in the cus
tody and control of the state, and ows
obedience to none but officers of the state.
The entire power, subject to legislative
restriction and direction, to locate and
prepare a penitentiary build and equip
the necessary prisons, hospitals and other
houses, control, care for, work, make con
tracts for, the employment of convicts,
and appoint all needed officers and em
ployes, should he vested in three citizens
to be known as .the prison commission.
This commission should be appointed im
mediately upon the passage of the act. and
at once proceed to select and purchase the
land necessary to conduct the work of the
penitentiary.
The plan which I advocate contemplates
ami is capable of growing into a system in
which the state maintains upon its own
premises all convicts.
If n future the system, to which I look
forward, be completed, and all convicts
cared for upon the state’s own premises,
it must be a gradual growth. We should
advance in this direction only as it be
comes evident that they can be so em
ployed in the central penitentiary as to
make their labor profitable. They should
not be taken from remunerate employ
ment outside of the penitentiary, where
they are humanely cared for, and placed at
uuremunerative work in a penitentiary,
where they are to become a burden upon
the taxpayers.
REFORMATORY FOR BOYS.
The department established for the care
of boys should be known as the state re
form atory.
Here should be received all boys con
victed of felony under the age of 17, whom
the judges in their discretion may sentence
to a term in the reformatory, in addition
to these it should receive all boys under
age of 17 convicted of misdemeanors, when
bo convicted by the court, upon receipt
from the county w here convicted of such
sum as will in the judgment of the prison
commission cover the cost to the state, if
any, of keeping them. The female con
victs under 17 years of age should be
placed in the woman’s department and
given the same advantages and sur
rounded by the same influences as boys in
the reformatory.
In considering this phase of the ques
tion, I have not undervalued the social
aud economic advantages to be derived
from improved public highways.
The roads within the respective coun
ties are of local interest, andean be better
and more economically attended to by
county authoriti. s Being a matter of local
interest, and one which local authorities
can attend to with greater economy and
efficiency, I am unalterably opposed to so
extending the power and duty of the state
as to have these roads worked by state
authorities and at state expense.
All male convicts not classed as able
bodied, w ho can be cared for there, should
he kept in the penitentiary to be prepared
prior to the expirat ion of the lease, and
placed at work. Here also should be sent
such ablebodied men as we are then pre-
Eared to care for, who may be needed to
elp curry on successfully the work in
which the secondclass convicts are en
gaged. Tho remainder, which will proba
bly approximate 1,800 men, should be
engaged to work for such persons as might
Oontract for their labor with the state,
upon such conditions and limitations as
you may direct.
The prison commission should be au
thorized to enter into contracts for the
employment of convicts, for terms not to
exceed five years, requiring payment to be
made quarterly and taking bond for the
faithful performance of the contract.
In no instance shall power be given the
emplovers to manage, direct, punish or
control the convict. This authority should
be retained by the state, and exercised
only by its oilicers. The state should ar
range for their being properly boused,
bedded, clothed, fed, punished and cared
for in every respect, and it only should
have power to say when and how much
they shall work. The state and the em
ployer should be the contracting parties,
and no dominion exercised by the em
ployer over the convicts.
W. Y. Atkinson. Governor.
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ORDINARY’S ADVERTISEMENTS.
Twelve Months’ Support.
Ordinary’s office, October 6,181)7-
GEORGIA— Gwinnett County. To all whom
it may concern : The appraisers appointed
to assign and set apart a twelve months support
to Mrs. Mary A. Perry, widow of H. S.
Perry, have filed their report in this office,
and unless some valid objections to said report
be made known to the court on or before the
first Monday in November. 1897, the same will
then be approved and made the judgment of
the court. John P. Webb, Ordinary.
Twelve Month’s Support.
GEORGIA—Gw r in nett County.
Ordinary’s Office, October 4,1897.
To all whom it may concern.—The appraisers
appointed to arsign and se apart a twelve
months’ support to Louisa J. Morton, widow of
Wm. L. Morton, have tiled their report in this
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the first Monday in November, 1897, the same
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Letters of Dismission,
/I BORGIA —Gwinnett County. L.M.Hadaway
\JT and S. R. Glaze, administrators of the (‘state
of 11. H. Glaze,, deceased, represents to
the court in their petition duly filed that they
have fully administered the estate of said de
ceased, this is, therefore, to cite all persons
concerned to show cause,if any they can, why
said administrators should not be discharged
from their administration and receive letters of
dismission on the first Monday in January, 1898.
This Oct. 4th, 1897.
John P. Webb, Ordinary
Letters of Dismission
GEORGIA— Gwinnett County. George W.
Ethridge,guardian of Winnie Ethridge,rep
resents to the court in his potion duly filed that
he has fully discharged all his duties as snch
guardian, this is to cite all derson concerned to
show cause if any they can why said guardian
should not be discharged from nlsguiirdianship
and receive letters of dismission on the first
Monday in November, 1897. This Oct. Ith, 1897.
John P. Webb,Ordinary.
Letters of Administration.
Gwinnett County.
Ordinary’s Office, October 5,1897.
Mary A. Goodwin has in proper form applied to
me for letters of administration on the estate
of Joseph Goodwinjate of said county.deceased.
This is, therefore, to cite all persons con
cerned to show cause, if any they can, why
said application should not be granted on the
first Monday in November. 1897.
John P. Webb, Ordinary.
Leave to Sell Land.
GEORGIA, Gwinnett County.
Ordinary’s Office, October 5,1897.
John M. Mills. Administrator of the estate of
Hosea Will banks, deceased, has in proper form
applied to me for leave to sell twenty-five acres
of the lands belonging to the estate of said de
ceased.
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cerned to show cause, if any they can, why said
application should not be granted on the first
Monday in November, 1897.
John I*. Webb,Ordinary.
Twelve Months’ Support.
GEORGIA, Gwinnett County.
Ordinary’s office. October 5, 1897.
To all whom it may concern:
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of J. W. Cooper, deceased have filed their
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court oil or before the first Monday in Novem
ber. 1897, the same will then be appryved and
made the judgment of the court.
John P. Webb, Ordinary.
I.otters of Administration.
GEORGIA— Gwinnett County, Ordinary’s
(Iffice, October. sth. 1897.
J. M. and W. I). Williams have in proper form
applied to mo for letters of administration on
the estate of John B. Williams, late of said
county, deteased. This is, therefore, to show
cause if any they can, why said application
should not lx* granted on the first Monday in
November, 1897. John P. Webb, Ordinary.
Letters of Dismission.
C'i EORGI A--Gwinnett County. H. H. Will-
JT banks, administrator of John W. Will
banks, deceased, represents to the court in his
petition duly filed that he has fully administer
ed the estate of said deceased. This is there
fore to cite all persons concerned to show cause
if any they can why said administrator shonld
not be discharged from his administration and
rece’ve letters of dismission on the llrst Mon
day in November, 1897. This August 8,1897.
John P. Webb ordinary.
Letters of Dismission.
Georgia, uwinnktt county.
Ordinary’s Office, September 0, 1897.
J. D. Chapman, administrator of the estate of
Mrs. E.Chapman deceased, represents to the
court in his petition duly filed tnat he has ful
ly administered the estate of said deceased.
This is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned
to show cause, if any they can, why said aminis
trator should not be discharged from his ad
ministration and receive Litters of dismission
on the first Monday in December, 1897.
John P. Webb, ordinary.
Letters of Dismission.
Gwinnett County.
VJ Ordinary’s Office. September 1.1897.
L. A. Wood, J. G. Wood and W. H. Wood, ex
ecutors of the last will of a. J, Wood, deceased,
represent to the court, in their petition, duly
filed, that they have fully executed the will of
said deceased. This is, therefore, to cite all
persons concerned, kindred and creditors, to
show cause, if any can. why said executors
should not he discharged from said executor
ship, and receive letters of dismission on the
first Monday in December, 1897.
John P. Webb, Ordinary.
Sheriff’s Sale.
(GEORGIA, Gwinnett County.—Will be sold
before the court house door in Lawrence
ville, said county and state, between the legal
sale hours, on the first Tuesday in November 1897.
the following described property, all situated,
lying uml being in said county and state. Said
sale to be made at public outcry for cash to the
highest bidder:
Parts of lots of land Nos, 262 and 263, con
taining 81 acres, more or less, as described in
deed from W. R Bramblett and .J. R. Karr, ly
ing in the 7th land district of said county. Lev
ied on as the property of J. R. Karr, by virtue
of a mortgage ti fa issued from the suoeiior
court of Gwinnett county at the Sept, term,
1896, in favorofJ.il. Sudderth and T. P. Garn
er, plaintiffs, vs. J. R. Karr, defendant. Prop
erty pointed out by plaintiff’* attorney,and no
tice given tenant in possession in terms of the
law. Levy made by me this 7th day of Octo
ber, 1897. ' T. A. Haslett,
I*. f. $5.50. Sheriff.
—IUMIKISTBATORiR SALE i
ZDZELHISS G-OOIDS.
86-inch Wool Henriettas at2oc.,
others ask 80c. and 85c for same
goods.
86-inch All Wool Flannels in new
designs at 25c. These goods
were bought to sell at SOe.
Beautiful line of all wool serges at
prices that will please yon.
CAPES, CLOAKS.
We have by far the largest and
most complete stock of Capes
and Cloaks ever brought to this
market. Plush, Velvet, Beaver,
Cloth and Serge. Prices from
$1.75 to $7 00. See these goods
before you buy.
ADM INISTRATOR’S SALE
Agreeable to an order of the court of Ordi
nary of Gwinnett county. Georgia, will be gold
to the highest biddei at the court house door of
said county on the first Tuesday in November,
next, within the legal hours of sale, tho follow
ing property, to-wit:
one tract of land consisting of one hundred
acres more or less, lying and being in Gwinnett
county, in Marbor’s survey. Known us Sam
uel Harrison’s (deceased) home place; adjoin
ing land of John Manders on west, on north by
lands of Samuel Harrison, deceased, on east by
J C.DeLaperere and on south by M. J. Perry.
Also 10 acres of land hounded on the north by
Calvin Sells, east by John Simonton, south by
Samuel Harrison, deceased, and west by M. A.
lilakey. Sold us the property of Samuel Harri
son, deceased, for a distribution of his estate.
Terms, Cash.
W. I). Sims, Administrator.
This Oct. 4, 1897.
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
GEORGlA—Gwinnett County, By authority
of the last w ill and testament of James McDan
iel, late of Gwinnett county, deceased, will be
sold on the first Tuesday in November, next at
the court house door in said county, between
the legal hours of sale, the following real estate
belonging to the estate of said James McDan
iel, deceased: About 300 acres of land, more or
less, it being parts of lots Nos. 40, 70, 73, district
0, it be ing sold for the purpose of distribution
under the will of the deceased.
On this place there is a good dwelliughouse
And necessary outbuildings and about 75 acre
in forest timber, and the balance in cultivation
and pine orchard, and abundance of watsr pow
er for machinery.
Terms, one-third cash, one-third the first of
November, 1898 and one third the first of No
vember 1899, with interest at 8 per cent. Bond
for Title given.
J. J. McDaniel,
D. R. McDaniel,
E. C. McDaniel,
Executors.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE
First Tuesday lit November, ’i>7
By virtue of an order from die oourt
ordinary of Gwinnett county, Geor
gia, will be sold before the courthouse
door in the town of Lawrenceville in
said county, on the first Tuesday in
November, 1897, between the legal
hours of sale,and to continue from day
to day, if necessary,the following de
scribed lands belonging to the estate
of James W.Cooper,late of said county,
deceased, to-wit:
LOT NO. 1.
250 acres, more or less, of land lot No.
102 in the fifth land district of said
county. This farm is in a good state of
cultivation—about 65 acres in cultiva
tion, about 30 acres in original forest,
about 10 acres good branch bottom in
high state of cultivation, balance in.
old pine Held. Bounded on north by
lands of ,T. N . Cooper and C, W. Coop
er, on the east by lands of C. VV. Coop
er, on the south by widow’s dower and!
on the west by other land of said es
tate and VV. T. Nix. On this place is
a good tenant house, good pasture and
well watered.
LOT NO. 2.
208 acres, more or less, part of land
lots Nos. 91 and 32, bounded as foi
lows : On the north by H. A. Nix and
VV. T. Nix, east by lot No. 1 and wid
ow’s dower, south by lands of J. R.
Padgett, west by lands of Van Aker
and 11. A. Nix. On this tract there is
a two-hofse farm, about 15 acres in
original forest, about 35 acres in good
branch and creek bottoms, of which
about 15 acres are in a high state of
cultivation, about 25 acres upland in
cultivation ; balance in old pine Held.
LOT NO. 3.
150 acres, more or less, being north
part of land lot No. 100 in fifth land
district in said county. On this place
tiiere is a good five-room dwelling and
ot her outbuildings. About 50 acres in
high state of cultivation; well watered;
about 8 acres in original forest, bal
ance in old pine field; bounded as fol
lows: North by widow’s dower, east
by lands of Rachel Jackson and Mary
Harais, south by other lands of de
ceased, west by lands of 13. C, Haw
thorne. The Covington road runs
through this tract. This place is
known as the George W. Wiley old
home place.
LOT NO. 4.
100 acres, more or less, of south siefe
of land lot No. LOO in fifth land dis
trict of said county. Ou this place
there is a good one-horse farm, well
watered, about 40 acres original forest,
balance in old pine field. There is on
this place a good 4-room tenant house,
with other outbuildings. This is one
ot the most desirable one-horse farms
in Bay Greek district.
LOT. NO. 5.
145 acres more or less, part of land
lot No. 61 and 92 in fifth land district
on Haynes Creek. On this place there
are two tenant houses and about 40
acres in cultivation, of which are
about 10 acres of fine bottoms in
high state of cultivation, balance In
creek swamps and old pine field
hounded as follows : North by "W. j’
Rawlins and VV, 11. Braswell, east by'
Andare and J. T. Johnson, south by
T. A. Pale and W. J. Rawlins aniK
west by W. J, Rawlins.
Also one-third undivided acre of
land situated on the old Covington
road, aud on the right thereof, where
the gin house of Cooper & Hawthorne
is located .
Bold for the purpose of distribution
among the heirs at law of said de-