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.attitude of the president and
chief topic _
continues to be the
o What will the
iniiicrit here. next do? is a
ilican senators With Senatois
, u . Edmunds, question. Morrill, Hoar, and
a, leaders they might do
lan as
it anything that is extreme or
rrnntable. But some of them
[becomc recalcitrant, and hos
!s may end in a senatorial re
ere is verv little harmony
o- the majority in the senate.
® are too many presidential cham
dates on their side of the
r i mity of purpose and action.
.Jj are no less than looking eight repub- hope
senators who are
tdwards the white house and
c situation as between the sen
id administration is not uiate-
1 changed, but some of the re
cans are anxious to have the
ie end, and have gone so far as
! there is no real issue. One of
sa id, “I wish some one would
(use the public mind of the be
hat there is going to be any
between the president and the
t There can be none” contin
le, i; for the president is master
le situation. If he refuses the
mation we ask, that settles it.
an do nothing but refuse to
■in. At the end of the session
le appoint his man, or appoint
ler man, that is all.”
Id Leon then Senator Edmunds, who
one of the managers of this
lustration against the adminis
in, virtually called for a truce
be fareial proceedings. It was
I he asked that the Kiddleber
resolution, presented by the
• to the senate, be laid on the
i, The resolution referred to
trained relations between the
dent and senate in regard to in
atie.fi affecting officials suspend
>r appointed, and defined the
ideal’s duty in the matter from
Iliddleberger lunds, standpoint. Mr,
suddenly awakened to the
that the senate had been wast
[ime, and said there were but
mouths <>f the session left for
f mss. The resol u tions cm bodied
line pcaical enough questions, to debate and the it would
when it should ques
become a practi¬
ce. I'. Riddleberger is
the republi
B adjuster senator from Virgin¬
ia, is addicted to making eccen
p positions to the senate, and
ii b’-'dag radical and silly is al¬
expected from him. But on
eecraon he was sufficiently so
p criticise the hoary headed
i. ater for voting against the
jpbciger pep fact resolution. that Mr. Edmunds He men
r Cm;! inaugurated debate on
fcubject involved. He concluded
T - erauig that he did not mind
Jg n-novev by a railroad train,
uni oKret to being mashed
f wheelbarrow.
ga the republicans say a
. real G out removals without
[ I happen to know that they
ushuiore had been made by
authorities. A republican*
expressed himself freely a
f exclaimed s since, “Confound Cleve
i he, “The republi
■>! my state have been compiete
K-ie alized and our organization
broken up because some of
! nosl active politicians have been
in office.” Said he, “they
.. r. aid i to help
us lest they might
v-noved, and I wish the presi
'Ad dismiss every republican
‘ wild Ting office in my state. Then
Wi go to work again for the
has now called upon
the cabinet officers to fur
■ovmation bearing on oflicial
■cretaiies Attorney General Garland,
1 be two former Manning and La
have refused
‘Kter will do likewise. And
- ouse of representatives has
secretary of the treasury
V: n: 8jutm-e silver policy.
.
' iii.sfciHilon
were not? mas
.FL pfaalion of the it would elicit
? y *? public. It has
’ ’ 3c eo «nt for its past
. a t it . is doing
at pres
now, it has been ask
' s future intentions.
a as accomplished but
'Ytx Dakota, , Wee ^- high The senate
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TRUTH, JUSTICE AND PROGRESS FOREVER.
Vol. 4. CONYERS, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 13, 1886. No. 4.
voted for anything. The house is
as usual wailing lor something. It
,s now waiting for committees to re
port less measures. I'he committee pro
to be hard at work however, and
pretty soon bills will come pouring
in.
For the w r eek all social entain
ments that had been arranged by
the administration circle have been
abandoned through respect to the
bereaved family of the secretary of
state. All engagements were can¬
celed and invitations recalled. Two
weeks ago the social world of the
capital stopped its round of gavefcy
in consequence of the Secretary Bay
aid's wife, who unable to survive the
shock of their daughters’ death.
PATENTS GRANTED.
Patents granted to citizens of tire
southern states during the past
week and reported expressly for the
Solid South by C. A. Snow & Co.,
patent lawyers, opposite U. S. Pat
ent Office, Washington, D. C.
G. K. Anderson, Memphis, Term.,
Recording speech, H. M. Bcidler,
Texarkana, Ark., Galvanic belt; D.
A. Bellows, Mulberry, Ga., Millstone
bush; A. C. Campbell. Nashville,
Tenn., Ore separator; R. G. Ilill,
Lebanon, Ivy., Rocking chair; S. C.
Dickson, Greenville, S. C., Cotton
thinner; A. II. Douglass, Memphis,
Tenn., Metallic wrapping; Cather¬
ine Fink, Baltimore, Mcl., Lubrica¬
ting compound; L. F, Haubtmann,
New Orleans, La., Cane juice defac
ator; C. A. Hege, Salem, N. C., Cot¬
ton press; 0. C. Hopkins, Louis¬
ville, Ky., Till lock; J. S. Jaynagin,
Mossy Creek, Term., Filing prescrip
tions; C. A. Jenkins, New Berne, N.
C., Adjustable bedstead; A. J.
•Tones, MukUebnrg, Va., Planter; B.
II. Veliines, Norfolk, Va., Machine
for cleaning peanuts; C. E. Lyon,
Durham, N. C., Printer’s galley; P.
W. Wiley, Raleigh, N. C, Attaching
labels to packages.
WHAT IS PHAME?
Some over zealous friend of Col.
Maddox, one of the editors of the
Solid South, suggests him as a suit
able person to represent Rockdale
county in the next legislature.
While we believe he would represent
his county faithfully and creditably,
we hope he will silence allsuch dam¬
aging suggestions. Editors are too
good and occupy too axalted a po
sition in the hearts of their country
men, to become degraded as Georgia
legislators. Let us be heivers of
wood, drawers of water, work to give
men brains who have none, and char¬
acter when the task seems hopeless,
but a legislator, bah! not a bit of it.
—Madison Madisonian.
Senator Colquitt created a sensa¬
tion in Washington this week by his
bill for local option in the District of
Columbia. It is modeled after the
local option bill of Georgia, except
it allows druggists to sell liquors.
“I can always tell,” says Jenkins,
“when a little boy has marriagable
sisters by the attention which here
ceives from the young men.”
The Athens street cars pay bet
ter on Sundays than any other day,
always making about $50. They
are used by church goers.
Sensational lecturers have learned
that it doesn’t pay them to tour
through the South. The pride we
have in the South is undoubtedly
pardonable.
In the “bonds of matrimony” is
not included a bond for both par¬
ties to keep the peace, but such
ought to be the case in some parts
of the country.
Business men, Lawyers, Clergy¬
men and others, whose occupations
are of a sedentary character, often
have the feeling of being literally
worn out, and are reminded very for
ciblv of declining years, when if they
knew what ailed them, they would
find all their troubles arose from the
inaction of their kidneys or liver if
they would at such times, take Dr.
J. H. McLean’s Homoeopathic Liver
and Kindey Balm, would again feel
the vigor and strength of maturity.
For sale by Dra. Lee and Stewart.
3 m.
It is believed that the devil takes
off his hat whenever he meets a hj*
pocrite.—Chicago Ledger. No doubt
but the hypocrite also takes off his
liat.
Simplicity of character isthenat
ural result of profound thoughts.
WHAT SORT,
What sort of morality is that
which s;llisfies a maa in tho non p;w .
*
luent of a debl as , ]oa S as , bl3 . credi
tor refrains from “dunning?
What sort of morality is that
which satisfies itself in the non pay¬
ment of a debt because it is a small
amount—a trifle?
W r hat sort of morality is that
which calls the attention of thecred
itor to an overcharge, but is silent
about an undercharge?
What soit of morality is that
which seeks to avoid meeting his
creditor lest he should be more plain
ly reminded of his indebtedness?
What sort of morality is that
which satisfies itself in the non pay¬
ment of a debt because the creditor
is presumed by f he debtor not to need
what, the debt calls for?
What sort of morality is that
which satisfies itself in the non pay
ment of a debt because of a failure
in farming, or other enterprise or
undertaking?
What sort of morality is that
which gets offended when asked fo
pay a debt which the debtor prom¬
ised to pay long before the time of
dunning?
What sort of morality is that
which provides for hi3 own wife and
children by defrauding the wife and
children of another man, dead or
alive, to whom he is justly indebted
for things which have been used by
the debtor’s family for their own en¬
joyment and profit?
What sort of morality is that
which ignores moral obligations as
to a debt, and pays only when the
civil law compels?
What sort of morality is that
which lightens the.obligation to pay
aj ust debt in proportion to the length
of time since it was contracted ?
In short, what sort of morality is
that which disregards the command,
“Thou sbalfc not steal?’’
Two Arizona papers, the Red
Gulch Dam and the Eed Gulch Fool
have consolidated-. The Red Gulch
Dam Fool •subscribers, though not
numerous, are much excited, as may¬
be imagined.
Dakota is from “Pa-ha oota,” they
say, and once meant many heads.
The man who hangs over his man
tel the inscription; “God bless our
home” ought not to read it at 3 a.
m. with bloodshot eyes and aleholic
breath.
President Cleveland has been
elected the iirst honorary member of
the Merchants’ Exchange at Buffalo.
Henry Eves, train hand on the
East Tennessee road, was killed in
Atlanta last Sunday evening while
coupling cars.
The Philadelphia Times thinks
the women need more sense in dress.
It is the dollars they need, dear boy,
not cents, which you ought to know
if you are a married man.
It is the man who can’t raise the
wind who does the most blowing.
The more we do, the more we can
do; the more busy we are, the more
leisure wc have.
The Hon. Samuel J. Tilden once
expressed the opinion, half serious¬
ly, half jocosely, that a man had no
business in public life unless ho pos¬
sessed a fine portly figure. Un¬
doubtedly a politician has to be all
the smarter to make up for the draw¬
back of being small. Men of large
physique impress and win their way
with ease.
There is a department clerk in
Washington who used to run with
the fire department in Buffalo away
back in 1852. President Cleveland
was at this time a member of the
same hose company, and the clerk
says that it was Cleveland’s habit
to run a few steps, and then jump on
the top of the cart and make the boys
pull him.
A Presbyterian church has been
j organized at Jackson with ten mem
i bers.
*
WHAT WOMEN SUFFER.
The appetite for strong drink in
man has spoiled the lives of more
women, ruined more homes for them,
brought to them more sorrow, scat¬
tered more fortunes for them, cursed
them with more brutality, shame and
hardship than any other evil that
lives. The country numbers tens,
nay, hundreds of thousands, of wo¬
men who are widows to day, who
sit in hopeless weeds, because their
husbands have been slain by strong
drink. There are thousands of
homes scattered over the land in
which wives live lives of torture, go
ing through all changes of suffering
that lie between the extremes of fear
and despair because those whom they
love, love the intoxicating bowl bet¬
ter than the women whom they have
sworn to love. There are women by
thousands who dread to hear at the
door step that once thrilled them
with pleasure. There are women
groaning with pain, while We write
these words, caused by bruises and
brutalities inflicted by husbands
made mad by drink. There can be
no exaggeration in the sentiments in
regard to this matter, because no hu¬
man imagination-can picture any
thing worse than the truth, and no
pen i3 capable of portraying the
truth. The sorrow and horrors of a
wife with a drunken husband, or a
mother with a drunken son, are as
near the realization of hell as can be
reached in this world.—Canada
Casket.
England thinks its Paliamentarv
elections take up too much time.
The recent elections spread over three
weeks. The movement which has
been started seeks the enactment of
a law by which the elections shall
be finished in two days at the long
est.
It is said that Montezuma is to be
made a signal service station.
The Rome Bulletin has come out
in a new dress, and evinces thorough
rejuvenation. The Bulletin is one
of the shining lights of North Geor¬
gia.
A Louisville printer named Dick
Sims, who has just been pardoned
out of prison, has had a romantic
career, While working at the case
before the war Sims inherited a for
tune of $180,000. He led a fast life
and in a few months lost all his mon¬
ey at faro. After drifting about for
a time he went to Chicago and set up
as a divorce lawyer. lie entered the
federal army, and while in service
found a coffee sack containing $250,
000. After biding it a few days he
turned it over to his colonel for safe
keeping. The colonel kept it only
too well, and after the war built a
palatial residence with it in Nash¬
ville. Sims went on from bad to
worse until he was convicted for sc
curing a fraudulent pension. The
other day he was pardoned chiefly on
acount of his size. He weighs 210
pounds, and the presence of such a
big man in prison excited general
sympathy. It is almost impossible
to convict, a fat man, and when con¬
victed there is always a movement
to pardon him.
The Madison county teachers are
going to form a county organization.
Only 934 novels were issued from
American publishing houses last
year. Of these about thirty four
will get into a general circulation,
and in five years from now about
four will hold a place in the recolec
tion of the reading public.
Two Georgetown young men went
out hunting Thursday night, and in
the hollow of one tree caught four
p 0ssum s, two coons and six rabbits,
jpe n igfit was bitter cold, and it
sup p 0 sed that a happy family was
or g an ized for the occasion,
A man of average intelligence pos
sessed of great patience will accom
plisii mere in ability a given direction than
one of great without it.
NEVES—NO NEVER.
Never call attention to the face or
form of another.
Never question a servant or child
about family matters.
Never refer to a gift you have
made or a favor you have done.
Never read letters you may find
addreeed to other people.
Never look over another’s should¬
er when he is reading or writing.
No gentleman will ever fail in
showing proper respect for ladies.
Never present as a gift any article
saying you have no use for it.
Never associate with bad people;
cultivate good company or none.
Never, when traveling abroad, be
overboastful of your own country.
Never defer to another time what
can be done at the present moment.
Never punish your child for a fault
to which you are yourself addicted.
Never answer questions in general
company that have been put to oth¬
ers.
Never arrest the attention of an ac¬
quaintance by touching him; speak
to him.
Never make yourself the hero of
your own story, or you will be called
an egotist.
It is not in good taste to clean the
linger nails or teeth in the presence
of company.
Never betray confidence; to do so
indicates a lack of principle and
good character.
Never make much of your own per¬
formances; it is not sense to act in
t\iis manner.
Never leave home with unkind
words, for you carry away with you
unpleasant thoughts.
Never laugh at the misfortune of
others; all men are not equally free
fiorn awkwardness.
Never fail to be punctual at the
time appointed, or you will be con¬
sidered untrustworthy.
Never make a promise that you
cannot keep, for you will get the rep
utation of being untruthful.
Always give a civil answer to a
civil question. Civility coasts noth¬
ing, but always leaves a good im¬
pression.
Never send a present with the ex
pectat.ion of getting one in return,
for thus you destroy the value of
your gift.
Never talk to printers when they
are engaged in setting type. It
bothers them in their work, for no
man can work at one thing and
talk about another and both proper
If you will take one of those little
Pillets every evening before going to
bed, you will have an evacuation of
the bowels every twenty four hours,
killing off and removing those terri¬
ble human pests, Bacterial Anirnal
culae, created by unhealthy mucus
in the organs and bowels. They
live on the mucas which should aid
nature. Dr. J. II. McLean’s Horn®
opathic Liver and Kidney Pillets
will eradicate then and assist Dr.
J. II. McLean’s Liver and Kidney
Balm in giving health and strength
to the suffer. For sale t by Drs. Lee
and Stewart. 3 m.
Gainesville has received her new
steam fire engine, and it is regarded
as quite a curiosity.
The President has at length con¬
sented to let “My dear Mat” go.
Mr. Burnett has been appointed
postmaster at Athens, and there can
be no fault found with this appoint¬
ment.
“In the South we always tell these
woman suffragists,” said a bright
Southern man in Washington, “that
there is one insuperable obstacle to
the ladies voting.” “Indeed; what
is that?” “They are never old
enough,” replied the gallant South
erner.
The verdict in the Armstrong case
in Atlanta brings to mind the Ar
kansas jury in a cow stealing case
which read, “We, the jury, find the
defendant not guilty, but he must
not do so any more.”
-■guIOF ALL KIND DONKl^
NEATLY AND DEOMPTLY.
ADVERTISING KATES
MADE KNOWN ON DEMAND.
Pay for advertisements is always
duo after the first insertion, unless
otherwise contracted for.
Guaranteed positions 20 per cent
extra.
Entered postoffioc as second-class mail
matter.
A USEFUL DEPARTMENT.
The Department of Agriculture
of Georgia has boon of estimable ben
etit to the fanners of the State. It
has pursued the even tenor of its
way, attempting nothing sensational
but working steadily to advance the
agricultural and kindred interest of
Georgia.
The amount of information of a
general and special nature which it
has collected and disseminated is in
calculable. Commissioner 'lender
son and bis assistance have done
earnest and intelligent work, and
there is reason to believe that it is
appreciated.
An important feature of the annu¬
al reports of the department is the
comparison of the cash and time
prices of supplies in the State. The
supplemental report for 1S85 shows
that the cash price paid by the farm ■
ers for bacon last year averaged 8
ceuts per pound, and for corn 7fi
cents per bushel, while the time
price was 10,] cents for bacon and
09 cents for eoru, or an interest of 31
per cent, on bacon and 18 per cent
on corn, for a credit averaging four
months. The department has annu
ally condemned the suicidal policy of
buying farm supplies when they can
be produced at homo, and especially
of buying them on credit.
The department has done much
to encourage high tillage and divers
ifled farming, and it has given no
encouragement to land sharks and
“planters’’ who persist in clinging
to the old one crop idea.
While there is no neglect of scien¬
tific investigation, and the collating
and publishing of scientific informa¬
tion in the department, its manage¬
ment is eminently practical. Doubt¬
ful and costly experiments and dan¬
gerous new departures in agricul
ture find no favor. The department
is careful and conservative without
being old-fogyish. and wherever
it leads the farmers of Georgia feel
safe in following.
It may be that some of the minor,
features or methods are open to crit¬
icism, but taken as a whole its work
has been very -satisfactory.—Savan
nah News.
The most substantial business
men of Atlanta are looking for im¬
proved business when prohibition
goes into effect.
Mrs. O. J. Smith succeeded at At¬
lanta, Saturday, in getting a verdict
in the United States Circuit Court
for $5,000 from the Georgia Pacific,
for the death of her husband.
There were 59 moonshine cases
dismissed in the United States Court
at Atlanta Saturday, some for want
of evidence, some for iinformalities,
and some by direction of tiie Wash¬
ington authorities for sufficient for¬
mal reasons.
The decision of the courts in Utah
is spoken of as “a blow at polygamy.”
Bu f blowing won’t crush it. It will
require something of the energy of
a pile driver to knock polygamy out.
About three years ago a young
white man who lived in this city
left for Chatanooga, and shortly af¬
terwards news came to his wife, who
was left behind, of his arrest for
stealing a horse and buggy. The
young man was sentenced to the
Tennessee penitentiary, and some
time after he had donned the stripes
news came to his wife that he was
dead. About one year ago the wife
plighted her troath with another,
and have since lived happily togeth¬
er. But a few days ago the happi¬
ness of the two was broken by hus¬
band No. 1 arriving on the scene,
and it has not yet been decided
whose wife the woman is.—Rome
Courier.
If we accept scriptural teaching
literally, the fool of the present will
be the fuel of the future.
From all we can gather, McDaniel
is the choice of this county for Gov (
ernor.-Henry County Weekly.