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Washington, D. C., Jan. 18,’86.
wress been persistently irrc-lo .
it this week. Both senators and
■> resenfcatives have shown an irro
;a b!o inclination to ignore busy
iKHK* ./ fl nd delivei speeches on pet sub
*il on one day the denata listen
three orations on. totally tbs
Hiilar measures, silver, art and the
H Senator Manderson called
nV building
to his bill for an
Senator Blair asked that men
‘"Bant, ):il, ^Rents he erected Pugh to Lincoln and Vance ana
and Senators
ported the continued coindge of
silver dollar.
P, fc-Gnv. Curtin’s resignation of
Y chairmanship of the banking and
liffl xenev committee, and Senator
~jy coinage resolution are trie
81 financial features of the
jminent
as ek at the capitol. Mr. Curtin’s
iion, whicli was anticipated, brings
extreme silver man, Represcnta
e Miller, of Texas, to the head of
committee, and the senator
ui Kansas proposes to continue
> present coinage of silver un„il a
^■bit has been reached of $500,000,
it At the present rate of coinage,
l'H.000,000 ^Keen a month, reach it this would take
years to amount.
7^■detuning I the position Curtin t.o said which he
was assigned, Mr.
kg [chonor not lacking in appreciation of
conferred upon him by the
jeaker, but that he could not es
pe the conviction that the tastes
if id experiences of his public life
■re not such as fitted him to serve
that position with satisfaction to
mself or with usefulness to the
ii •use.
The .silver meu have established
^^■leir ^^■ork is headquarters in the here, halls and ofcon- their
^^■ivhs,. apparent
Scarcely a day passes with
usBaion congressman introducing a pe
against the retirement of’ sii
S»cr. “'^■ili Agitation of the silver question
^■itire probably continue through the
^Senator session. “But,” remarked
^Wionly Colquitt of Georgia, “it, will
[Will agitation, for no legislation
be accomplished.” The opin
is a fair reflex of the views of a
~^H)uth *^B a jority and of west, the senators and party Irom lines the
Bould be quickly obliterated on a
^Ktc ■Henutor tor Pugh, the demonetization of Alabama. in of silver. good
^■aturc-d a
Blens’ reference to the ad minis tra
silver policy said, that on this
^■ubject, HBnces of both opinion parties within allowed their ranks. differ
■■ill '^Knnext be Monday formally the- presented silver question in the
l^Bdk ^Hecate on for silver, consideration which has been and given then
80 fved J ot bde, will be relevant
W end of the capitol at least.
I I A democratic representative was
Mouse ^■peaking in getting of the down tardiness to business, of the
Mild of the tendency of members to
ia season and out upon their
I ■worite measures. Said he, “This
E-Bouse is like a glnsit'o? beer, there
IH ■; 0 ' a 1 lot S e t of down froth to be blown off before
to the substance,
■scores of members have speeches
immmA on Various subjects, and
Ki°* ■ “ a< l just as well be blown off
wben the house has nothing
■‘*e t« <1°. They are sure to waste
Ku ^reafter, when the house nets
: y t0 bus ' ncss They are the
h .u that *
B™ re any real has to be got rid of be
work can be done.”
ue senate, in secret session, has
,r,min C onlimrlll g the president’s
lominatKms.many fast as ( the of them almost
roong the names could be read,
first were the new civil
imme commissioners. When Mr.
3® 8 , naaie th came Point up, Senator Lo
’ rS mPl ,? audthatthe that he Pirft was a
- e ot
rnoofn SeUlce law required that,
COramissi . oneis be a repub
rouciieff [ouched c e 7 for eral Mr. re P ublican Eaton’s senators politics,
a tw COUUn!Sslotl is now certified
lies' v° Unt 7 as cli g ible for its 1 du
PfiHv. [7 ?7 e T of tbe nominations
Jne KnS° je 7 ed to —not more than
p f them The presi
-
! 01 . ard
^o f S om u- 7 cl } \ 7 the r< * ^publican to them, is
or, V?. sena
to T** «*
mvofhu' H dld E °t withhold
ent.them beHe“cl a 7ff l ^ 3pP democrat8 ° intmcilts > bora b «*
o to «
r ^hy and P ? rS A na!i v honest,
'eceived cm JCien< • It he - has been
*
he ^Ponsibiiity °f them, he leaves
with the senate.
FARMERS’ MORTGAGES.
The system of mortgaging crops,
stock etc., in order to secure supplies
which has obtained for the past 15
or 18 years in nearly all the South
ern .'States, has been slowly dying
for some time. Few farmers
now go into debt for supplies where
they cannot be procured on open
account and on reasonable trems, ex
cept those who, from some peculiar
misfortune, are obliged to do so. It
is to be regretted that there are a
•rood many in every part of the coun
who {ire obliged to resort to mort
gages,, and who have to pay very
Heavy percentages for the credit they
obtain.
Taking the whole south, there arc
indications that in a few years the
mortgage system will be almost, il
not altogether abandoned. It not
only has proved unprofitable and
ruinous to the fanners, but it is un¬
pleasant and undesirable to the mer¬
chants.
The mortgage system is one of the
evils that inevitably corrects itself,
but the remedy is a most disagrees
bie one. Probably not one farmer in
ten who is forced to mortgage his
stock in one instance succeeds and
emancipates himself from his credi¬
tors. The history of the agricultur¬
al struggles of recent years shows
that in nine instances out of ten
speedy failures from the mortgage
system result, or at best the final
collapse is painfully postponed from
year to year, and that it is more
complete and disastrous for the de
lay. generation of farmers is
A new
now beginning to till tbe soil of the
South. These young agriculturists
should profit by the experiences of
the past, and-avoid debt as they
would a pestilence. There are many
good as well as terrible examples ir.
every community. There are plenty
of prosperous farmers who started
with nothing but health and good
resolutions, and there are thousands
who have been reduced from affluence
to poverty by avoidable errors and
want of thrift and economy.
This is a good motto for all young
farmers, “It is infinitely belter cash to
operate a cue horse farm on a
basis, than to operate a larger one on
a credit.” With a small farm, con¬
ducted with industry and wisdom.
success is almost certain. With a
large farm conducted without a large
cash capital, no matter how indus
trims and wise a man may be, fail
uro is almost certain.—Savannah
News.
Rev. Sam Jones says Cincinnati is
not as wicked a city‘as St. Louis or
Chicago, and not half as bad as New
Orleans. It is to bo hoped.that this
negative kind of praise will not pull
Cincinnati up w ith pride.
The Courier Journal observes
in some of its exchanges a para¬
graph to the effect that “Mahone,
of Virginia, is opposed to confirming
the President’s appointments.” Who
the dickens is this Mahone, of Vir
ginia, anyhow?
Fannie is a little girl who has a
big wax doll as a companion. A
few days ago a new sister came to
her house, and after a few days she
went over to a neighbor’s. “Well,
Fannie,” said the lady, “where’s
your wax doll?”
“Oh,” she answered, turning up
her nose, “I don’t have nothing to
do with wax babies any more. We’ve
got a meat baby at our house now,
that takes up all my time.”
The law is clear, it has been set¬
tled by a line of decisions as strong
as it is long, that every citizen has
the right (to investigate the conduct
of those who are entrusted with pub¬
lic business. The guarantee of Free¬
dom of speech and of the press ap¬
plies to words spoken, or published,
in regard to judicial conduct or
character. Not only the liberty of
the press must be preserved, but lib¬
erty of written as well as oral uis
course in all relations where there
is a public duty to speak.— Savannah
News.
The rumbling of the midnight
whiskey wagon is heard occasionally
in Cartersvi lie.
The ordinary of Elbert county is¬
sued in the year 18S5, 131 marriage
licenses—82 of which were issued to
colored people and 49 to whites.
©SgSJES 1
D; i s .-•tfSAStefea k if 111 JLJLJL® H O
Vol. 4.
TRUTH, JUSTICE AMD PROGRESS FOREVER,
CONYERS, GEORGIA, JANUARY 23, 1886.
WEATHER BUREAU..
COMING STORMS FORECAST THEIR
SHADOWS.
The Signal Service fully Explained—-The
First Weather Report.
The Weather Bureau, as now or
ganized, is a military institution, or
an appendage to the regular army.
There have been propositions in
congress to take it away from mili¬
tary protection and give it in charge
of the Agricultural Department, but
no positive action has been taken
and no^ie is likely to be, The ad¬
vice can be performed chcapei and
better under the present system;
and, owing to the nature of the work,
army discipline is not only advan¬
tageous but almost necessary.
Throughout the United States there
are 376 signal stations, in charge of
19 officers and 500 men of the Signal
Corps of the army. Each station is
provided with the best instruments,
including all the latest inventions
for observing and accurately record
ing the constant variations of the
weather. From 139 of these stations
telegraphic reports are sent daily to
Washington; the others report by
ami!. Reports are received from
the trained observers at important
stations three times eyery twenty
four hours. These reports contain
full pa rticulars of the weather in the
different districts. Seventeen sta¬
tions in Canada, one in St. Johns,
Newfoundland, and one in the north¬
western part of British America
send reports, and there are over 300
outside or volunteer observer's in dif¬
ferent sections who also send reports
by mail. The telegraphic reports
are transmitted to Washington by
means of a secret code, a few figures
conveying a large amount of infor¬
mation. These reports are received
from fill the stations in the United
Stales, Canada and the West Indies
inside of thirty minutes. A “trans¬
lator” takes the telegrams in hand
and reads them off to eight clerks,
each of whom has a special weather
map before him or. which he marks
tlie particular readings he has been
instructed to take. These eight
maps arc afterwards combined in
one general map, which then fully
represents all phases of the weather
throughout the territory covered.
This map is closely studied by an
expert signal officer, the “storm cen
tre” located, the probable course of
coming storms determined, and the
complete “indications” made up for
the several districts.
The first synchronous weather re¬
ports in this country were made in
November, 1870, and since then the
service has reached a high state of
perfection. It is asserted by the of¬
ficers in charge that 90 per cent, of
the advance bulletins issued are ful¬
ly, verified, with occasional varia¬
tions of a few hours, while very few,
if any are absolutely wrong. Some,
account of the system and instru¬
ments used may be interesting to
the majority of readers. The bureau
passes its forecasts upon observa¬
tions as to barometer, thermometer,
hygrometer, anemometer, weather
vane, and rain gunge, made at the
same instant three times a day at all
the stations. Each observer in¬
spects his instruments at 7:35 a. m.,
4:35 p. ra. and 11:35 p. m., Wash¬
ington time, and at once telegraphs
his report to Washington, where the
bulletins are made up and publish¬
ed in each case 1 hour and 25 min¬
utes after tbe observations arc made
—at 9 a. m., 6 p. m. and 1 a. in., res¬
pectively. Reliable weather prophe¬
cy requires that at least four things
be known respecting the condition of
the atmosphere over a wide a rea—
its weight as indicated by the ba¬
rometer; its temperature, as shown
by the thermometer; its degree of
humidity, as shown by the hygrome¬
ter, and the direction and velocity
ofits currents, as recorded by the
weather vane and anemometer.
Subscribe for the Solh> South.
PATENTS GRANTED.
Patents granted to citizen of the
southern states on Jan. h, 1886, and
reported expressly for the Solid
South by C. A. Snow & Co., patent
lawyers, Washington, D. C.
J. F. Barringer, Bennettsville, S. C.
Broom holder; J. T. Boyd, Cooper,
Miss. Scraper; J. M. Burrows, Haw
kinsviile, Ga. Plow; L. S. Flatau,
Pittsburg, Tex. Seed planter; W. H.
Dodson,Humboldt,Tenn. churn; G.
S. Bitmap, Marietta, Ga. Flour bolt;
J. B, Miles, Lincolnton, Ga. Motor;
W. B. Miller, Hampton, Ark. Scraper
and gage; J. B. Miiehinn, Mnnford
ville, Ky. Tobacco plant setter; P.
Moran, New Orleans, La. Elevator
safety device; T. J. Beamy, Nash¬
ville, Ten. Mechanism for saw mills;
P. 15. Rogers, Muliin’s Depot, S. C.
Seeding machine; J. W. Eykard, Ab
bevilTe, S. C. Automatic fan; W. W.
Sutcliffe, New Orleans, La. Bagasse
furnace; G. B. McAdams; Richmond,
Vn. Fire alarm, indicator; J. Woods,
Columbia, Tenn. Plane.
The postmasters of third and
fourth classes will hold a national
convention in Chicago on the 15 of
February,
Miss Kate Bayard, eldest daught¬
er of Secretary Bayard, died very
suddenly last Saturday while dress
ing to atteiyl Mies Clevelands’ re¬
ception at the white house. Heart
disease was the cause.
Capt. Fred Bush, an Atlanta rail¬
road man, is authority for the state¬
ment that. 1,200 colored emigrants
have taken their way westward
through Atlanta this season. Of
this number about 100 have gone to
Texas, 250 to Mississippi and Louis¬
iana, and the rest to Kansas. The
Carolinas furnish nearly all—Geor¬
gia but a few.
It is proposed that the State pen¬
sion the disabled ex-Confederate sol
diers in Mississippi, and ex Presi¬
dent Davis has been invited to deliv¬
er an address on the subject. The
highly imaginative historians, Gen¬
erals Sherman and Logan, will prob¬
ably see in this new proof of a great
disunion conspiracy dating away
back beyond the flood.
My daughter, when you note that
the man who wants to marry you is
just awfhlly anxious to learn wheth¬
er you can bake a loaf of bread or
wash a shirt with Chinese dexterity,
before you close the negotiations, do
you just fly around and ascertain if
that man is either willing or able to
earn enough flour to make a biscuit,
and if he has paid for the shirt he
wantsTyou to wash. Nine times out
of ten, daughter, the man who only
wants to marry a housekeeper can be
kept more economically in the work
house than ha can in your father’s
house.—Bob Burdette.
Saturday morning, on the Louis
villa and Nashville road near Birin
Ingham at bridge No. 19, a terrible
accident occurred in which the train
of cars went down, burning cars and
bridge and killing several persons.
Fireman Johnson was drowned in
the river beneath the engine. Fire
man Johnson, just before the train
left Birmingham on Friday, told E!
lis Cooper, engineer, that he had
dreamed the night before that their
engine No. 140, went through bridge
No. 19, killing all on board. Cooper
believing in dreams, refused to go
out on that train, claiming sickness,
and thereby saved himself. John¬
son’s dream was a clear presentment
of the fate which overtook him.
The Hoar Presidential Succession
bill which lias passed both nouses of
Congress, while not a perfect meas¬
ure, is the best that could be provi¬
ded under the circumstances to meet
an emergency, and will do until a
more mature law can be prepared.
By the Hoar bill, in the case of the
disability of either of the President
ovthe Vice-President, the adminis¬
tration i3 secured, through the dif
ferent members of the Cabinet suc
I I ecssively, to the party placed in pow
cr by the vote of the people.
No. 1.
G WINN ETT’S 15 ASTI HE.
A Shameful Story of Suffering From Law
ronceville.
Gwinnett is one ot the largest,
most prosperous and conservative
counties of the state. Yet there is one
tiling in her territory which causes
the blush of shame fo mount to her
check and burn with indignation and
that is a rock building in that town
where the law sends citizens charged
with violating thecriminallaw for
imprisonment but where the county
keep them for punishment. There are
two citizens in jail—one charged with
murder and the other for carrying
concealed weapons—and during this
cold weather they have experienced
untold suffering. The jail is no pro
tection against the severe weather
and the cold w i nd. On the contra vy,
the rock walls, with their great and
numerous crevices, make the place
one of punishmenfindeed. Mr. Cos
by furnishes them with pigs of warm
water, and the steam which perco¬
lates through the pores is the only
comfort for the sufferers.
This from the Albany News: The
bird sings sweeter the longer it has
been trained in a darkened cage, and
gold from tlie hottest furnace comes
out the purest. So tho man who en¬
dures suffering,disappointment, sor¬
rows and trials grows sweeter and
purer in nature and temperament,
and his very life becomes a.blessing
to others.
Miss Nellie Gould, only daughter
of Jay Gould, was admitted to the
West Presbyterian church, Forty
second street, opposite Bryant park,
one week ago last Sunday. Her
mother, who lias been a member of
the church for some time, was pres¬
ent, also her father and brothers. It
was Miss Gould’s earnest wish to be
united to the church before going on
the yatching cruise with her father.
She is a very pretty girl of seventeen,
and is devoted to her mother and her
church work.
Lady compositors are employed by
the Griffin News, the Griffin Sun and
the Burimsviile Gazette. The latter
paper gives employment to three or
plumed sisters.
The use of the Arkansas term ‘'an
aeonda” mortgage, or one that
squeezes tho life out of its victim, is
extending to other sections ol the
country. In some parts of Georgia
they arc called “turnip blood” mort
gages.
One hundred and twenty-five
couples were married in Butts coun
ty last year.
Sam Small has paid $1,200 worth
of old debts since his conversion.
His creditors doubtless consider Lis
reformation genuine.
The Senators of the nation sit at
desks older than the honorable gray
beards themselves. Tbe desks arc
of mahogany, and, though made
seventy-five years ago, they are as
sound as a dollar.
Rev. Dr. J. B. Hawthorne, the em
inent Baptist preacher of Atlanta, is
very tall, straight as an arrow, wears
long black hair, and a curl is trained
to fall carelessly over his forehead
like a “bang.”
Ed. Biidsong, colored, was tried in
the county court of McDuffie, Mon¬
day, for selling cotton upon which be
had given a lien, and was convicted
and sentenced to twelve months in
the chain-gang.
Fortune lost, nothing lost; cour¬
age lost, much lost; honor lost, more
lost; soul lost, all lost.
The Trouble Safely Over.
Stomach trouble is serious busi
ness while it lasts; but what a bless
ed relief to have it depart! Mrs, F.
G. Wells, of 19 Atlantic street, Hart¬
ford, Conn., writes that she tried
Brown’s Iron Bitters for stomach
trouble, and that her trouble is now
entirely over. She recommends this
great iron medicine to all who are at
dieted. It cures liver and kidney
complaint.
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SHADYDALE DOTS.
If you will allow me a few lines
in your valuable paper I will give
you a few dots.
We have a very flourishing school
here at Shady dale, taught by Rev.
Hill, fie lias about 60 pupils, 10
young ladies and boys by the dozen.
We have preaching at the Chapel
every 1st and 3d Sundays, Rev. G.
A. Hill preaching on the 1st Sunday
and Saturday before, and Col. A. C.
Perry, of Conyers, preaching every
3d Sunday.
I think'Shadydale will grow to a
towh before long, it has city airs
even now, We have a flue church,
elegant school house, and shoe shop.
More news before long.
Born to blush unseen—Colored
ladies.—Lynn Item. Yes, but they
don’t always waste their fragrance
on the desert air.
The House inaugurates reform by
refusing to pay the discharged em¬
ployes one month’s extra salaiy.
The Commissioner of agriculture,
in view of the elections, proposes to
furnish Congressmen with an unusu¬
al quantity of seeds, both vegeta¬
bles and llowcrs.
There ought to be a reformatory
prison for boys under sixteen nnii
widowers over sixty. An old wid
over will put crape on his hat and
dye on his beard, and start out on a
matrimonial skirmish in two or three
months after the funeral.
A Georgia grocer recently offered
to allow a customer to eat all tho
sugar lie pleased fora month for
twenty-live cents a da/. Tbe unfor¬
tunate customer is now in tho hands
of ®a physician, who is endeavoring
to get the sand out of his system.
The doctors literally turn a man
inside out these days and set him
up again. The other day a man
named ('arisen, in New York, had a
big slice of Ins liver removed. IIo
is now doing well. lie may liavo
liver complaint again, but naturally
he cannot have as much of it as he
hud before.
_
The city council of Rome has
granted the petition of tho barbers
asking them to pass an ordinance
closing the barber shops of the city
on Sundays.
A fine cow and a Jersey bull ate of
the leaves and boughs of an ever¬
green which Warren Howards cut
down and threw into the street at
Macon Monday, and both died.
It is claimed that Washington,
formerly old Fort Heard, was tho
first town in the United States that
adopted the name of the “Father of
His Country,” which it did in 1775,
Mrs. W. O. Russ, of Butler, nar¬
rowly escaped being burned to death
a night or two ago. Her clothing
caught fire from a grate. A colored
boy saved her life by smothering tho
flames.
Dr. Downs, of Conyers, was down
last week and closed the trade with
Mr. Will Pope. lie has purchased
the place where Mr. Pope now re¬
sides and will at an early day move
down. Mr. Pope will improve his
place lying buck of Mr. II. C. Hills
and occupy it the present year.-*
Monticeilo News.
Mr. L. Smith, of Wilkes county,
has gathered twenty bushels of chu
fus from one half acre ol land be¬
sides fattening a good many head of
hogs thereon.
Dr. Thomas W. Keen, a member
of tho Virginia legislature, fell dead
on the floor of the house last Satur¬
day.
John Sherman was Wednesday ro
€ j ec tcd to the senate by the Ohio
legislature. The democrats cast
their votes for that foremost of liv¬
ing American statesmen—Hon. Al¬
len G. Thurman.
Since prohibition has been in oper¬
ation in Athens, crime has decreased
8U muc h that the city council lias
dropped one third of the police
force.