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About The Solid South. (Conyers, Ga.) 1883-1892 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1886)
lid ga turd ay by the !| sbal every SOul'A PUBLISHING COMPANY. i t, ^ at ifIos, l proprietors. | 9 'D. I'-win I s p5im°N. $1 25. [ear - (55 0Ht)l3 • 85 hicn eopV free. EffiT gssrtr WANTED - OUT. peesidsnt ak> THE SENATE AT.0UTS. Lbiioan Senator Wants the 'Rascals’ Bounced. iSIHNGTON, D. G’., Feb. 8, ’86. .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 art and ' count, but it has not y-mim Mfc? 'fi fe 8 If. \ ■■-■ .v WM^f : 3 i •I - Aj syyA i c* 3S© !S ^iSlSSMiWli A : ~T7 Os. «. -j..-. . 1 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.
