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OY THE SENATE.
ins SfflAToisTARALEED MESSAGE* BY
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growler, Edmunds, Slapped in
iant face, ete.
the
L L SH |sgt°n, D. C. Mar., 8, 86. the
s administration lias shown
’[ 3ire of its convictions during the
C by launching three aggressive
bents upon the senate. The
[was Lht the president’s senate to message share the on
of the
Uation on which he made ofii
changes. The second also was
ssage from the president con
the .
ning in very positive _ terms,
ages committed on the Chinese
, c far west, and urging congress
ei in burse the victims for their
niary losses. The third docu
it was a decided letter Iroin the
letary [policy of the treasury administration on the sil in
of the
L he shows no disposition to
[promise [describes with the he silver has made men,
the efforts
bice the standard dollarinto circu¬
it bat. congress may see that
has tried to carry out its purposes
good faith, The statement he
fees in regard to this should at
Lt stop the talk :indulged in by
pc that the dollars do not circu
[■ because the treasury officials se
tly use the machinery of the de
tment against the coin.
While Senator Beck may not agree
Hi the administration on the silver
Kstion, he is with it in the eontro
lay lard with the senate. Said he, in
to the coveted appointment
liers, ‘No one has any right to
Irm hut the persons who wrote
Ini. Mr. Cleaveland can return
pin to their writers tomorrow 7 , if he
Isires to do so, and no one could
[event him. The senate could not
pke the people to whom he return
the papers, tell what was in
cm.”
[Since the president sent his mes
Ige to the senate in regard to its
panel for papers, there has been
p doubt as to what he is going to
p. He bolds that the question of
pnovalis ill one for him alone, and he
not send the papers. It is not
iat the senators are misunderstood
nd misrepresented that they coin
lam. On the contrary, it is be
ause they are thoroughly under
lood and as thoroughly exposed.
Int say they, acts of suspension
light to be public and the reasons
T jr them explained. While this is
6 U6 i H>e custom and law of the gov
Irnroent do nob require it. The law
jhould require it, but it does not,
hid the senate does not wish it.
I he senate avoids publicity and
eais it- R does not want the coun
% ,r y to know all the facts and reasons
[“ tllese cases. It wants to have a
fwition of them given in secret, to
,e manipulated in secret, to be made
' 1L bas ' s of political maneuvers,
duch cannot be fairly met because
are plotted and perfected in se
ret.
Hie subject is the chief topic of
( wiersation at both ends of the
Mo), and cap
ii is noticeable that the
president’s frank and strong state
ment of bis determination not to be
^represented ! er hls nights or forced to surren
'“creased or responsibilities has
The admiration for him.
«s has been a good deal of
comment upon the loss of temper
<JVer president’s eoixununication,
exhibited by the usual!} placid,
demonstrative 1 senator from Ver
^ * n Mr- Sec ^ et Edmunds. session The senate
ji when the pres
wi-i, V e pnvate ’ DQSSa secretary Business arrived
reisn™ , § e- was
he Wllen Was ^ earn Dd what
-^ac !>■ 1 , brought
with him, and the
was dd before the body,
^ ^ arr * 8 P ro H° s ' n g that it be
read Kcnn" * c ^ ose d doors.
°^’ - Senator
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v sbai
the Ka ’ T% demanded that
deba corl -00 ) 3 d °7 >ene< I - Alter a
the ! P°ndents °° rS Were filled thr °wn open,
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TRUTH, JUSTICE AND PROGRESS FOREVER.
Vol. 4. CONYERS, GEORGIA, MARCH 13, 1886. No. 8.
lery, and the news spreading rapid¬
ly, people from other parts of the
capitol hastily made their way to
the senate. Extraordinary stillness
prevailed on the floor, and the scene
was unusual for the reason that ev¬
ery senator on both sides of the
chamber listened eagerly.
Chieftain Edmunds sat with his
eyes closed, his chin on his breast.
His hands were folded across his
knees and twitched nervously dur¬
ing the reading of the message. At
the close Senator Harris sprang to
his feet with a motion that the doc
ment lie upon the table and be print¬
ed. Mr. Edmunds arose to dispute
this motion in a voice that betrayed
his intense excitement, while his
figure trembled and his face and
bald head were scarlet with anger
“I do not propose that it shall he
laid upon the table if I can help it,”
shouted he, and demanded the yeas
and nays.
He then proceeded to make a little
speech which he delivered with un¬
usual emphasis, comparing Mr.
Cleveland to Charles the First, the
most arbitrary of the Stuart kings.
It is impossible to foreshadow the
outcome of the pending issue, which
has stirred up party feeling among
senators more than anything that
has happened this winter. They
were not prepared to discuss this
communication in an offhand style,
however. The message will first be
considered by the judiciary commit¬
tee in a special meeting, After that
the senatorial fight will begin, and it
is likely to he long and exciting.
J. G. Zachiy, formerly of Atlanta,
is doing a capital law practice at
Washington, D. C., and has a bright
future ahead of him.
There were 524 criminal cases
disposed of in the United States
Courts at Atlanta last term, viz: 370
pleas of guilty, 92 dismissed, nol
pressed, and discontinued, and 58
verdicts; 112 civil cases were also
disposed of. Most of the 96 cases
nol prossed and dismissed were old
eases, where the witnesses had be
come scattered and their dismissal
had heed recommended by the
present District Attorney’s prede¬
cessor.
“What is the worst thimg about
riches?” asked the Sunday school
superintendent. And the new boy
answered, “Not having any.”
Hereafter let us have it understood
that a winter consisting wholly of
backbone is not wanted in these lat
itudes.
A pauper in the Newton county
poor house annoys the citizens of
Covington by coming to town at
will and getting drunk.
A Son of Mr. Parker, who lives
near Buckhead in Morgan count} 7 ,
was bitten by a mad dog last Wed¬
nesday while plowing in the field.
It is proposed in Maryland to re¬
duce the marriage license fee from
one dollar to fifty cents. The fee
in Georgia remains at one dollar and
a half which is, in many instances,
prohibitory.
An invention that this country
badly needs is something that will
hatch Easter bonnets from hen’s
eggs.
Milner - , it is said, has been great¬
ly agtiated over a special tax levied
by the council on nearly every busi
ness jn town except the specific
]j nes G f business in which the alder
men are engaged.
The best preventive of hydropho¬
bia is strychnine and powderand lead
applied tc the dog beiore the dog is
cauterized.—Walton News.
A movement is being started for
a statue of Bob Toombs to be erected
Atlanta. If the majesty and
and beauty of this king among men
i can h> e caught in the maible, the
i statue will glorify forever the sculp
tor from whose hands it comes.
Lumpkin has sold her last drop of
whisky.
GEORGIA FAEM MORTGAGES,
The Only Sound Policy for Farmers is not
to Borrow.
Speaking of the mortgage system,
Col. I. W. Avery, in the Atlanta
Capitol, tells the following discour¬
aging story, to which the attention
of our planting friends is called.
Besides, every word of it is true:
“Loan agents have been for a num¬
ber of years scattering mortgages
upon our Georgia farms. There are
probably a million and a half of
dollars of such mortgages in sums
of from $500 to $3,000. Numbers of
the borrowers have failed to meet
their indebtedness and the lands are
being sold. Some of our best law¬
yers are making a handsome thing
of it in foreclosing these claims.
The farmer first paid from 30 to
50 per cent, for supplies and guano
advances. He thought it a move
forward to borrow money for three
to five years’ time, mortgaging $3 of
land for $1 of loan, paying 16 per
cent, of commission in a lump to the
agent and 8 per cent, interest a
year.
For instance, on a $3,000 loan he
gave a mortgage on a $9,000 farm.
His commission of 16 per cent, was
$480, which leit him only $2,520
cash. His interest of 8 per cent, on
$3,000 is $240 a year, or $1,200 for
the 5 years. His account stands at
the end of 5 years, as follows:
Whole loan due $3,000
Commission gone $480
Yearly interest 5 years $1,200
Total $4,680
He gets use of cash, 5 years $2,520
For which he pays $2,160
This is a frightful thing. The
farmer gets $2,520 for 5 years on a
$9,000 place and pays for it $2,160
or $432 a year practically or 17} per
cent. He lacks $460 of doubling
the amount in the five years—that
is he gets $2,500 in cash and pays
out for it $2,160, or within $360 of
the $2,520. He pays commission
$480, which he gets no use of, and
pays 8 per cent, interest on it for the
5 years, being $38 40 a year and
$192 for tbe 5 years.
Now let us see what the $9,000
farm has to do in 5 years. Besides
supporting its master, his family
and hands, it has to produce a sur¬
plus of $4,680 in the five years. This
is a total of over 50 per cent, for
the whole five years or oyer 10 per
cent a year. A business that nets
6 per cent is a good one—a magnifi
cent one. But this farmer has to
net over ten per cent, straight along
for five years, good or bad season,
rust or no rust, drouth or flood, as
his fundamental expense, and live
outside of that, or at the end of five
years be unable to meet his mort
gage
It can’t be done as a rule. It can
only be done as a rare exception.
The only policy for the farmer is
to not borrow, but live and work
hard, economize, diversify his har¬
vest, make home made manures,
raise provisions and have his cotton
as a surplus.
Down with the mortgage system.
Rev. Sam Jones has gotten him¬
self in trouble in Chicago by insist¬
ing upon it that worshippers at his
altars shall pray only when on their
knees and under his personal super¬
vision. The humble Christians of
that city are very few in proportion
to the population, and even they
are inclined to rebel against the ex¬
actions of Mr Jones. They may be
willing to go and hear him preach,
but they have not yet arrived at the
stage of humility to be ready to ac¬
knowledge him either as the keeper
of their consciences of their spiritual
master.
A Monroe county farmer says
that he has quit swearing, drinking
whiskey and chewing tobacco, and
that to make the reformation com
plete, he will quit guano.
ENGLISH CUSTOMS.
When Judge Duffy sentenced the
British seaman for upsetting ash-bar¬
rels in Washington street, lie put on
his thinking cap and made some per¬
tinent observations about the intro¬
duction ofEnglisb customs into this
country. His Honor very properly
maintained the dignity of tbe law in
this case; but, unfortunately, many
other English practices equally per¬
nicious with barrel turning have
crept into our social methods which
the state is powerless to suppress.
Extravagance, for instance, foster¬
ed and encouraged by a loose credit
system that permits young people of
both sexes to run up long bills on
the strength of respectable names,
which in the end are traded off for
all they are worth. Late hours,
that undermine health without add
ing to enjoyment; dining at 8 and
going to balls at 12, when the natur¬
al and sensible American habit
craves food at 6 and bed at 11.
Loose talk in the company of wo¬
men, a tendency to ribald jest and in
nuendo, and the frequent employ¬
ment of slang and profanity. Lax
morals in society, as a result of the
three previous adaptations leading to
duplicity, treachery and crime. A
snobbish admiration for titles in gen¬
eral, ar c! abject appreciation of a
real hud. High play at clubs, and
inordinate gambling on race tracks,
Loud, inapppropriate checks and
plaids and jewelry for men’s attire
and the scantest sort of apparel for
women. Enormously high shirt col¬
lars for lads, and abnormally small
waists for girls. Society papers
brim full of the most pronounced
personalities, to say nothing cf the
cruel freaks of “docking” horses’
tails, chasing the aniseseed bag,
smoking cigarettes and wearing
pointed shoes.
All these vagaries, and many oth
ers, are fashionable follies of the
day, borrowed without credit, and
current without honor simply be
cause they are English. And all the
judges on the bench, and all the
prophets on the housetops could not
persuade the people that such cus
toms are anything but delightful
and entrancing. And if you haul
them up before the bar of public
opinion you will be greeted with an
English stare, and called an ass for
your pains.—New York Star.
An old farmer observes that “a
fast walking horse is of much great¬
er value practically to every farmer
and to every man who has much use
for a horse than a fast trotter.” It
is strange that there are not more
premiums offered for fast walkers.
The Walker county grand jury
says: We congratulate our people
on improved moral condition of our
county. We believe that there has
been fewer presentments to our body
at this term of the court than at any
other within our memory. We at¬
tribute this healthy state of public
morals to the partial suppression of
the whisky traffic. We would say
that we consider it an impossibility
to overcome the appetite and habits
of centuries by a spasmodic effort.
The grand reform in the temperance
movement can be carried forward
to its final consummation only by
patient, persisting labor.
Howard Pierce, and agent of the
Department of Justice, has visited
Fulton county jail. He finds the
jail overcrowded with Federal pris¬
oners. An estimate of the cost of
transfering Georgia’s Federal pris¬
oners to Albany shows that there
could be built and maintained a
government prison in any city in
Georgia at less cost than present
arrangements require. A prison in
this state might also serve for North
Carolina, Florida and Alabama, and
thereby result in a great saving to
the government.
The State authorities of Tennes¬
see have instituted suit against the
Bell Telephone Company for taxes,
which pay.
OUE MOTHER.
Around the idea of one’s mother
the mind clings with kind affection.
It is the first dear thought stamped
upon our infant hearts when yet soft
and capable of receiving the most
profound impressions, and all the af¬
ter feeling are more or less light in
comparison. Our passions and our
wilfulness may lead us far from the
subject of our filial love; we may be¬
come wild, headstrong and angry at
her counsels or opposition; but when
death has stilled her monitory voice,
and nothing but calm memory re
mains to recapitulate her virtues and
good deeds, affection, like a flower
beaten to the ground by a rude
storm, raises up her head and smiles
amidst her tears. Round that idea
we have said, the mind clings with
fond affection; and even when the
earlier period of our loss forces
memory to be silent, fancy takes the
place of remembrance, and twines
the image of our departed parent
with a garland and graces and beau
ties and virtues which we doubt not
that she possessed.
Two little white girls of Hartwell
got hold of a bucket of varnish the
other day and v nt several coats on
the face of a little colored girl until
her face shone like polished mahog¬
any. They said that she complained
of headache and they were rubbing
her with gizzard oil.
A gentleman who never makes nn
assertion that he is unable to prove
by cold facts or figures, says it cost
our farmers 10c. a pound to make
cotton to sell at 9c. This is a ruin¬
ous business, and the wonder is that
the farmers manage to keep body
and soul together.—Hartwell Sun.
Dr. and Mrs. W. II. Felton have
retired from the management of the
Cartersville Courant, and the paper
in the future will be published by
the Courant Publishing Company.
An exchange enthusiastically re¬
marks that braided wire is coming
generally into use for rounding out
the proportions ot the female form
Young men should take notice that
the danger of getting stuck is grow
ing greater day by day.
Last Thursday the House passed
a bill giving $200,000 for a public
building in Savannah.
Ethelberta—“I want a pair of
slippers for pa. Number tens,
please, and—squeaky.” Genial
shoemaker—“Squeaky, miss? I’m
afraid we bavn’t any of that kind.”
Ethelberta—“I am so sorry.
Couln’t you make him a squeaky
pair? There is a certain young gen
tleman who visits me frequently, and
—and it would be very convenient
for him to know just when pa is
coming.”
The war between Fort Worth and
Dallas, Texas, is perhaps without a
parallel. Smailpox is raging to
such an extent in Fort Worth that
Dallas protected itself with a quar
antine, refusing to allow anybody or
anything from Fort Worth to come
in. This disorganized business,
and the merchants of the pest-ridden
city sued Dallas for $300,000 dam
ages. Great excitement prevails,
and il the two cities ever come with
in striking distance there will be a
regular hair-pulling time.
Apropos of the fact that New York
is trying to repeal the law authoriz
ing imprisonment for debt a Chicago
paper suggests that that State ought
to enforce the law which prescribes
imprisonment for bribery.
Mr. Sam Small has been trying
to convince himself that the habit
of smoking cigarettes does not inter¬
fere with his work as an evangelist.
The Chicago Herald, however,
warns him that “no cigarette smok¬
er, with a breath like a joss-house,
with clothing scented like a stable¬
man, and with fingers and teeth
stained with the offensive nicotine,
can hope to do much good in Chica¬
go.”
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HOW TO SUCCEED.
Success in this country is as¬
sured it you have the elements in
you that command it—health, enter¬
prise, industry, ambition and princi¬
ple. Enterprise leads you to place
yourself in the best possible rela¬
tions with mankind for serving them
with what they need—whether it bo
a horse, shoes, statuary, strawber¬
ries, or sermons, matters not, so long
as your enterprise keeps you in ad¬
vance of the ordinary. The enter
prising fruit grower is the first to
adopt improved methods, the first to
plant improved fruits, he is posted on
markets, men, and things in general.
Industry; is scarcely second in con¬
sideration, for every thing is possi¬
ble to the man who is willing to work
for it, dig for it as though he’d die for
it. If you see a man occupying a
position of honor, do not say he is
lucky—say he was industrious.
Men are not usually lifted into po
sition by others, they raise them¬
selves by industry, physical and
mental. One conspirator excused
himself for stabbing Geesar on the
ground that Cesesar was ambitious.
Foolish excuse; if you have not am¬
bition and self esteem, I would not
give much for your chances of suc¬
cess. All successful men are ambit¬
ious; arc dissatisfied with their pres¬
ent position and seek for one higher.
We often hear contentment preach¬
ed. Were all content the world would
drag along like an overloaded stage¬
coach that needs greasing and is
drawn by half starved mules. Prin¬
ciple we mention last as the farmer
tops off his wall with the best stone.
There are many men who have abili¬
ty, industry, ambition, but who,
lacks principle, are a failure. They
are as slippery as eels. You never
know when you have them for cer¬
tain. Like the flee you put your fin¬
ger upon them and they are not
there. Wavering as the winds,
treacherous as the owl, cunning as
the fox, still they do not succeed.
People are afraid of them; their best
capital, their honesty, is impeached.
No man ever profited by a dishonor¬
able deed.
John N. Merritt, Deputy United
States Marshal, was shot and killed
at Lula Saturday by John Coffee.
Coffee Went into the boading house
of Logan and said to Merritt: “I
want to see you.” They walked
out, turned between the houses and
immediately Coffee fired five times
one shot entering the heart and the
others missing. Coffee escaped. No
possible motive is given except that
Merritt was an officer. There was
no charge against Coffee, nor had
there been any. Coffee killed a man
several years ago at Longview, but
was never prosecuted.
The friends of Capt. H. H. Carlton
are urging his appointment as one ot
the commissioners of the Technolog¬
ical school.
A Michigan county has imitated
Pike county, Pa., in having a pretty
girl for Deputy Sheriff. It is feared
that the jail will be full of young
men until her term of office expires.
W. J. Smith, of Waycross, has a
cat which plays the piano. This is
quite a curiosity, and he says that
the cat is very fond of music. He
will amuse himself for several min¬
utes by drumming oa the instru
ment.
Jones, the Florida Senator, who
has been playing love to the rich De¬
troit widow, has been jilted, and
Jones will return to Washington
and to business this week. The la¬
dy even refused to receive the bou¬
quets Jones sent her. Jones is a
tropical ass and has made himself
the laughing stock of the entire coun¬
try.
Atlanta should abandon the arte
sian business and begin to bore for
gas. It is believed that there is
plenty of natural gas very near
tbe surface in several wards of that
city. •