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The Herald
Official Organ Town and Count;/
Ttt.br M. Perpi.kh, - Editor
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T nwrenceville Gs
A paying gold mine has been
found in the corporate limits of
the city of Macon.
It is stated that there are
17,340 sick and wounded Span
ish soldiers in the hospitals of
Havana.
The Southern tiailroad has
brought suit against the West
Point Terminal Co., for $lB,-
000,000.
The jury in the case of Shaw,
on trial for wrecking a tikin.
failed to agree and a mistrial
was declared. '
W. J. Bryan’s mail is said to
number 3,000 letters a day.
He is a worker but that is tax
ing a man’s endurance beyond
endurance.
The hoavy snow storms and
blizzards that have swept the
North West this fall have turn
ed the eyes of thousands of peo
ple to the South and especially
to Georgia.
A 16 year old Georgia girl
confesses that she murdered her
husband in Bryan count v. Sin
has been indicted for murder
but will probably lie sent to the
insane Asylum.
The prosecuti >n against Maj.
A. b. Hartridge of Savannah
has been abandoned. His
friends have put up money
enough to pay oft’ the claims.
He was cliarged with forgery.
A C . S. postal clerk who runs
between Brunswick and Albany,
(la., committed suicide in Bruns
wick last Saturday. No cause
is known for his self-destruc
tion. He formerly lived in
At liinfa.
Tiie present war has added
five hundred millions to the
del>t of Spain, and it is accu
mulating at the rate of twelve
millions a month. The proud
Dons will have to go down into
their pockets.
Atlanta will have a census of
her own, She is not willing to
accept Uncle Sam’s enumera
tion and this week twenty cen
sus takers will tramp the city
and ascertain the exact number
of inhabitants in that city.
Senator Culver's bill to make
void all contracts payable in
any specific money, tailed to
pass tie Senate. This bill was
intended to reach the gold con
tracts by which the banks and
syndicates fleece the people.
President Diaz has just been
inaugurated President of Mexi
co for the fifth time. The peo
ple recognize that they have an
able, far-seeing chief magis
trate who has advanced his
country with the progress of
civilization,
A
Some of the in Lon
don propose to get up a Christ
mas present for Minister Bay
arri. And the papers are hav
ing a deal of fun out of it Mr.
ilnyiyd declines to state wheth
er lib will tnke any English
Santa Claus or not.
A strong effort, is being made
by Dr. ltyder’s counsel to save
bis life. He is under sentence
of death, and a motion for new
trinl is pending. The strongest
ground they have to insist on a
new hearing is that one of the
jurors who convicted him had
been heard to say before the
trial that he ought to be hung.
Peucoek, Dunwoody A- Ifaugli,
one of the largest retail dry
goods houses of Atlanta, ha
failed for $58,000. An assign
ment was made to Willis K.
Reagan, but the unpreferred
creditors will seek to set. aside
the assignment and have a R"-
eeiver appointed to take charge
of the business.
Uov. Atkinson has agreed to
hear the arguments for Harry
lldl's pardon this week. Dili's
friends think lie will he j»ur
doned. llis.lleal.tb has become
s > bad that under the advice of
I lie Physician of the Peniten
tiary he has been removed from
South Georgia to Jim Smith's
cauip in Oglethorpe.
ChurlieCollier, who wiuelect
<*,l Muyor of Atlanta last week,
m said to bo the first nutivc
born Mayor of that city, if
this be true, if is atrange that
a city that for forty years has
boon recognized us one of thu
loading business towns of the
Slate never before selected a
man bo it in its limits to pre
side over its affair*.
Gov. Atkinson and special
committees from the Legisla
ture are bn a visit to Nashville
Tenn., to look after the Geor
gia exhibit (it Tonneesee's Cen
tennial. Tlie Governor thinks
that Georgia cun make u good
exhibit. . The question is where
will the money come from to do
this? It will be rein inhered
that it was a hard job to get an
appropriation foi our own State
and the Legislature will be slow
to appropriate money for ex
hibit* in other SUU»-
>SU. ■
THE ELECTION OF .TI DES 1
AND SOLICITORS.
In the history of this State
various methods have b<en
tried tor the election of tlieState
Judiciary. They have been
elected by the people, by the
Legislature and appointed by
the Governor, with the sanction
of the Senate.
To all of these methods some
objection can be found. If
appointed by the Governor, the
objection is that it confers too
much political authority on the
Executive, and can be used by
him to bolster up his aspira
tions for other offices. It was
during the reign of Bullock the
Ist, that the Governor was
clothed with power to appoint
Judges and Solicitors.
It is due the truth to say
that his appointments, consid
ering the limited number of
Republicans he had to select
from, were good men. Rut the
people rebelled against this one
man power, and when the peo
ple came into power they pro
vid‘(l by the constitution that
tin- Legislature should elect.
At the outset this seemed to
give satisfaction. The General
Assembly, looking to the wel
fare nml prosperity of tlieState
and the people, selected Judges
and Solicitors upon their mer
its. Men were taken because
of their qualification for the
position they were selected to
till.
But under this system there
grew up in the State a combi
nation of politicians, who by
t he system of log-rolling adopt
ed, was invincible.
The men who manipulated
this scheme were known as the
ring, and the combination ex
tended throughout the State.
Small politicians, political tra
ders, men who could not suc
ceed on their merits, were quick
to join in this combination,
and for the last ten years it
lias been an open secret that no
man who did not belong to this
ring coaid be elected to the
Judgeship or as Solicitor Gen
eral of any circuit.
The people were not consult
ed. The political wire-pullers
ill Atlanta were the supreme
dictators. Their edict was law,
and the best trader was the
mnii to till these high stations.
The people were helpless. Their
representatives were over-awed
by the power of combination,
and the men who succeeded had
to bow their neck to the dicta
tion of the ruling power or be
defeated.
It was a ring within a ring.
It embraced all the public of
ficials, Governor, Senators,
Judges of the several courts,
and in fact wus the-ruling pow
er. Every member of the Leg
islature and every aspirant for
office before the Legislature
recognized the power of this
combination.
Men, no matter what their
qualification was, must either
yield to its power or consent to
bo ostracised, and the result of
this combination was that many
of the best men in the State
were forced to take a back sent
while incompetonoy and inex
perience were commanding a
premium, provivded the aspir
ant bowed his knee to Baal
This condition of affairs has
for years l>een denounced by
many of the best men and the
independent press of the State.
The only remedy that prom
ised to utl'ord relief and purge
the public service of political
traders, was to change the or
ganic law and refer these elec
tions to the people.
It is nonsense to say that the
people who are competent to
•elect their Legislators, who
elect Judges and Senators are
not com|»*tent to select the
officers directly.
If tho people are coni|M-tent
to select Governors and State
House officers are they not just
as competent to select monitors
Judges and Solicitors? The
statement of the proposition In
all the argument necessary to
satisfy any caudid man.
fnder the present log-rolling
system we have no doubt there
art* more incompetent public
officials than there would lie if
tile people selected these of
ficers directly. They generally
measure a man up to his full
statue and generally make no
mistuk' ■
Public sentiment is all tend
ing iu that direction, as was
shown by the recent umuid
ment to the constitution pro
viding for an increase of Jus
tices of the Supreme court, and
the demand for the election of
a Senator by primary vote of
the people, as was done in the
case of Hon. C. F. Crisp.
There is a bill now pending
before the Legislature to amend
the constitution by allowing
the people to elect these Judges
and Solicitors. This bill only
lacked three votes of a two
thirds majority in the Senate,
and it is believed that it will
pass.|
This bill authorizes the peo
ple to vote on this amendment.
The question is whether the
people shall have an opportuni
ty to say whether they desire
to select their own Judges and
Solicitors.
If it is defeated it will be a
verdict of these agents of the
people that they are afraid to
submit this amendment to their
constituents; that they know
better what the people ought to
do than the people themselves.
They are making a record that
will rise up against them in the
future.
There will be but one verdict
when the people get a ehanee
to express themselves on this
subject. And that is that they
claim the right to elect their
own judicial officers. Let iv
ory circuit, select its own of
ficers, just as it does its Con
gressmen.
The political office-brokers
around the Kimball house may
kick, but let them kick. The
people want to reserve their
soverignty and exercise their
right to say who shall pass up
on life, liberty and property.
Every citizen is interested in
the question, and the men who
express their want of confidence
in their constituents to select
their own judicial officers will
find themselves invited to a
hack seat in the future. The
revolution in behalf of the rule
of tile people will not go back
wards.
CONGRESS MEETS.
Congress met yesterday.
This will be the last session of
the old Congress, and on the 4tb
of next March a new adminis
tration and practically a new
Congress will commence work.
What will it do ? It is gen
eral thui nothing of
importance will be done at this
session. The Republicans will
blockade any thing the Demo
crats may desire to do, for they
expert jo get the credit of run
ning the machine for the next
two years at least 1
ThVDomocrats in their di
visions have frittered away their
opportunity. Unfortunately it
had two many bosses and the
old adage that “twomany cooks
spoil, the broth” has been illus
trated.
Public expectation is on tip
toe to see the President’s mes
sage, especially on the Cuban
question.
It is intimated from the
White House that the admini
stration will pursue the same
do-nothing policy that has dis
gusted the country for the last
year, and that Mr. Cleveland
will leave it to a Republican
administration to inaugurate an
American policy in accordance
wit h the sent inient id’ the Amer
ican people.
Rut let us not prejudge our
President. Perhaps he may
have caught the sentiment of
the lieoplrt as opposed to the
commercial interest of New
York and will recommend that
Congress shall recognize the
gallant people who are fighting
for liberty.
A WOMAN’S EIGHT.
Miss Ellen Dortch has been
assistant Librarian for the State
for two years. She now aspires
to be Chief Librarian w liicli en
titles her to a salary of it],Boo,
In order to get the office it is
necessary for tlie legislature to
pass a law making her eligible
to the office,
it lonks very much like she
will succeed as the bill has
passed the House and only
needs the action of the Senate
and the approval of the Gover
nor.
Miss Dortch is an estimable
voting lady anil deserves ail the
nice things that have been said
about her, but why should an
exception be made in her case ?
There are other offices in Geor
gia which women can fillaswel|
as men ami if the Legislature
proposes to open the door why
not give other ladies an oppor
tunity to compete with men for
the places ?
The people of the South will
regret to learn that the distin
tinguished ex-Confederate >ol
dier from Arkansas, Col. John
It. Fellows, is lying at death’s
door at his home in New York.
DEATH OF EX-TREASURER
HARDEMAN.
In our last issue we noted the,
extreme illness of Hon. R. t .
Hardeman of Oxford. As was
stated then, little hope was en
tertained for his recovery. v
lie gradually sank under a
complication of diseases until
Wednesday, when he quietly
passed away, surrounded by his
family and friends.
His remains were interred at
the Methodist cemetery at Ox
ford on Friday. The funeral
ceremony was conducted by
Rev. I. S. Hopkins and Dr. W«
A. Candler.
The Legislature adjourned
for the day in memory of the
distinguished dead, and a com
mittee of bot h Houses was ap
pointed to attend the funeral.
That morning the Governor,
with the committee and many
friends, arranged to attend the
burial, but by some bad Man
agement on the part of the
Georgia Railroad authorities
the train did not get out of At
lanta. ■* ; ‘
Col. Hardeman was a noble
man. We have known him from
his school boy days at Emory
College.
He was then a light-hearted,
kind and geniul boy, and ns Iris
years increased he became one
of Georgia’s favorite sons, aDd
filled high stations with greal
credit to the State.
After tin* war he went into
Comptroller General as chief
clerk. It was here that he de
veloped those fine business
qualifications that brought him
prominently before the people
of the State.
He served the Slate for oyer
twelve years as Treasurer, ami
had more to do with the ad
ministration of the finances
and credit of the State than
even the Governors under whom
lie served.
During all these years there
never was a breath of suspi
cion that the funds of the State
were not safe in his hands.
Honest Bob Hardeman had the
confidence of friend and foe.
His books were always open to
inspection, and balanced to a
Cent. While he handled mil
lions of dollars of the State’s
moliey, it cmld be well said of
him that “he knew his own from
other people’s.”
lie has fallen in the prime
of vigorous manhood, stricken
by disease at a time when tho
people were ready to honor him
in a higher station.
We doubt whether there was
a man in the State who had
more warm personal friends,
men ready to serve him lir
their love of the man, than Col
Hardeman, and Georgia will
never lay beneath her soil a
truer, braver and mere honor
able man than was consigned
to earth last Friday in the town
of Oxford.
He was the bosom friend of
lfishop II ay good and Dr. Hop
kins, w ho were his class mates.
He leaves a devoted w ife and
live children.
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A
PREACHER.
Last Friday night a bomb
was placed under the residence
of Rev. George W. DuvaJ, the
Methodist minister at Carroll
ton. The explosion shattered
the glass in the parsonage door
and windows and set, the veran
dah on fire. No other damage
was done,
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There seems to bu a reig.i of
terror in the town. A bomb
was recently placed in the yard
of the town marshal. It is
charged that this light is being
made by the blind tiger men of
that town.
THE CLAY COUNTY CON
TEST.
There is a contested election
for Representatives from Clay
county. It has been hanging
t! i"i . ver since the Legislature
met and a committee has been
sent off'to recount the votes.
This i- something new under
the Him but Mill the eoli'ei'
lutugs. It looks like it ought
to be sot tied. The Legislature
will adjourn in ten or twelve
days and the fellow that is out
ought to be let in if he is inti
tied to the seat, if not the set
ting member should be allowed
to sleep iu pence,
DOWN TO WORK.
X •
As the end of the session ap
proaches, the work of the Legis
lature increases and a resoHi
-1 ution has l eon adopted that
beginning with yesterday the
Hons- of Representatives will
i hold two sessions a day, one in
! ilies morning and one at night.
THAT TIDE OF I’ROSI’ER
ITY.
We are si ill wait ing and
watching for that tide of pros
perity 1 hat was to come with
McKinle’s election.
The Yankee papers arc full of
its promise but- is lias not made
its appearance in Georgia that
anybody knows of yet.
Lets see:
The price of cotton has stead
ily declined.
There has a few spurts in
wheat and pork only to drop
back as a bubble bursts,
A few factories and mills
have started up while the wires
are loaded with failures.
Within the last week banks,
mercantile houses have failed
all over the country and the
end is not yet.
The first month of prosperity
has been a miserable failure
and the record of great houses
that have stood the storm of
years going down in bankruptcy
will fill pages of the daily pa
pers.
The list of last week’s fail
ures would fill columns. Here
,ire some of them: M. Myers &,
Co., Athen, for $85,000; Pea
cock, Dunwoody A Hangh, of
Atlanta.
WILL STONE M"1 NTAIN
get the court
HOUSE?
DeKalb county is all astir
over the election held last \\ ed
nesday to transfer the county
site from Decatur to Stone
Mountain.
In the election the ballots
showed that Stone Mountain re
ceived a large majority. The
official czmnt showed for Deca
tur tOO for removal 815.
This is accounted for by tbe
fact that the impression was
that it required a majority vote
of the entire registration list
which is 0000, and therefore
did not vote. The friends of
removal insist that this is not
the law but that they have se
cureil two-thirds of the vote
c ast on this subject.
The returns have been made
to the Secretary of State but be
has some doubt as to the. law
and before giving I,is certificate
has asked t he opinion of t he At
torney General.
.wln’the meantime both sides
Ifave employed able counsel to
to argue their sides before the
.Secretary of State whose certifi
cate will control.
The County Commissioners
had contracted for the building
of a new court house at Decatur
but it is stated that the Stone
Mountain people will file a bill
to enjoin the building of the
hous" until the question of loca
tion settled. The out look is
that there’ will be a lively skir
mish before the e urts ever the
matter.
NEW WAY*TO COLLECT
DEBTS.
A Kansas blacksmith has
teamed a new way to collect, his
debts. Nearly all the farmers
in the neighborhood owed him
for work. They failed to pay
and lie decided to give a big
feast and invite every debtor to
be present. He furnished each
one a card with the amount due
ou it and this card admitted his
guests to the feast. It was un
derstood that every man wus
expected to pay up that day.
When the time came his home
was crowded and I e fed the
multitude anil strange to say
every man paid his bill. Now,
that beat going to law.
Bob Fitzsimmons, the heavy
weight champion, was knocked
out in San Francisco by Sailor
Shat key. Fitz’s friends kicked
and say it was a put up job to
have the fight decided in favor
of Sharkey and ie uses to pay
over the money. The courts
will be appealed to to settle the
font roversy.
Fi'zsitnnions says lie will neq
pull off any more prize fights in
’Frisco, that the club there is a
frau 1 and the decision of Earh,
the referee, was all arranged in
advance.
Jim Corbett is in high alee
that Ills old flieiuv lilts been
knocked out by a man who did
not stand high iu tic- piofes
sum.
Taylor Delk, the unted out
law, will tie given his second
trial in Xebulo., Pike county,
til.if Week Til I'e is a general
impression that the old man
was not present when ihe Sher
iff was ki'led.
On the Pdth inst., Tom I), Ik
will bs hung.
The feeling in Pike e umly is
very strong against th» Ddks,
anil (lie old Man muy have to
go hence,
A REFORMATORY.
A hill is now pending before
the Legislature to establish a
reformatory for juvinile offend
ers. And an appropriation of
$50,000 is asked to start it off.
For years we have advocated
the separation of juvinile offen
ders from old hardened convicts
as a matter of humanity and in
the interest of tiro murals and
well fa re of boys and girls who
are sent to prison.
But from the present outlook
the appropriation hill will
astonish the people ■ they
see the heavy expense that is
piled up. Every institution of
the stati' wants a large addition
al appropriation. The State
University, the Technological
school, the Insane Asylum, the
pension roll, the public school
fund and so on.
Every institute n once begun
clamors at the door of the Leg
islature fur more money. This
has been the history of the past
and we presume will continue.
Let. the Legislature scan with
close attention the appropria
tion bill. The people w ill not
quietly submit to an increase of
taxation. Economy is the
watchword at home and the
same rule -should govern our
lawmakers. There are tliom
mids to b - spent the best we
can do but this is not the time
to pile up debt.
A ROW WITH* GERMANY.
President Cleveland has is
sued a proclamation re-instat
ing the tonnage duties on Ger
man vessels. This had been
suspended since 1888, under a
treaty that this government
would suspend their duties as
long ns the German government
did not tax American vessels.
The President claims that Ger
many has violated her treaty
contract by allowing the States
to levy such duties, and he has
ordered that the former duties
be collected.
The German government pro
tests against this action, and
denies th.it American ships
have had to pay tonnage duns
at German ports. This brings
on more talk, and the two gov
ernments will have something
to quarrel about until Mr.
Cleveland retires from nfl'iee.
Ml ST PAY.
The United States Supreme
court has affirmed the ruling
of the State court confirming
the constitutionality of the
Glenn act. Under this de
cision the Coutral Railroad will
have to pay county and town
tax like other roads of the
State The amount now due
will amount to several hundred
thousand dollars.
BU RN E irr<r I) E ATI f.
Rome, Ga. . Deci Jth. —
Mrs Charles Wood, of East
Rome, is an object of universal
sympathy among her neighbors.
Last Thursday her little four
year old child caught fire while
she was out at the woodpile,
mid by the time she could reach
it the little thing was enveloped
in flames, which it was strug
gling hard to extinguish. She
caught it in her arms and
fought the (lames so fiercely
that both her hands were ,erri
bly burned.
The child lingered for a few
hours and died. The physicians
dressed the mother’s wounds,
but they wen of such a nature
that the burns did not heal, and
it is now thought that they will
have to umputate bt th her
hands. She and her husband
are young, hard working people
ami this was their onlvchild. '
Mrs. R. L. Bloomfield, of
Athens died hist Thursday. She
was OH years old.
.Gen. Wade Hampton is so ili
that he has returned to his
home in Sout h Carolina, proba
bly' to die. He is years <Jd
NOTICK TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS.
All persons indebted to the estate
Of (lilinilß L. Hoi n, litre seare
liardiy nutiljed to make immediate
payment. Ami all persons holding
claims against said estate are noti
fied to present them ro the under
signed, verified as required by law
Nov. 10, ISttti. K. tVmn Born,
Administrator.
THE •KITCHEN CABINET.”
Barrett Brother* are exhibit
ing here a valuable piece of
kitchen furniture, known as the
“Kitchen Cabinet.” The cab
inet is made of heavy tin, well
put together, and has recepta
cles for ll<mr. meal, sugar, rice
and entire, us well «s for all
soils of flavoring*, pies, hr ud
etc. The cotVee department hue
a coil're mill attached, and will
hold about four pounds of roast
ed code*. The cabin b is übso
lutely rni and not proof, uni
u very valuable addition to auy
kitchen. Sevi ral people her*
have ordered them, and over
four hundred have been sold in
Walton cot nty. These gentle
men have tint right for Gwin
nett county. At present the
cabinet can be sien at W. 0. A
J. C. Cooper's store.
This Space is Reserved For
■> i, P '
J. I>. Rutledge.
WATCH IT NEXT WEEK.
E. F. 4 JI M’tEE,
T awrencevilli'
& Ruulu.
<* Uow Lead in Low Pri::s. ->
By selling goods close and quick, we have
acquired and merited the reputation of
leading in low prices. Having had a splen
did trade during the spring and summer,
we have decided to put in a first-class
stock of goods both here and ac Dacula,
and are going to cut prices closer than
ever.
Clothing Shoes & Hats.
We make a specialty of these lines, and
by buying them right and discounting bills
we can quote you close prices.
Clot li i ii}»
We art the acknowledged Date's of !<> prices i
Clothing and by combining Elegance with Eeonotn
we have something that wi I please every one <hv.n
and see ourclothing. get our pi ices and you will liny
Shoes.
By buying all of our Shoes for h>th places in on#
bill we got them right ami will g 11 them to suit you.
Give us a chance on selling you your lull td.oes.
ll.il t
W° have the largest and best stock of Halt to be
found anywhere and are offering thetn at prices that
are surprising. The same hat that others are I-rug
ging so much about for *1 2”> we will soil you tor
Dry Goods.
We have a big line of Dry Corn’s, Dress Goods. No
•isns. Etc. Shirts and Suspenders are sptcialti s jn
Notions. Also Special Bargains in Jean-*—the best
Jeans at 20e ever ottered in Georgia at that price.
We also have a nice line of Hardware, Tinware
Glassware, Crockery, Etc. A tn!l line of Family Gro
eeries.' At’ of which we will sell you ehea p Give us
atrial, w# will treat you right and sell you clnap
E.F.&J.H.M’GEE
Lawrenceville & Dacula,