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SOLID SOUTH.
J0HN-R WA000X Ktiitor.__
SATURDAY - - JUNE 26, 1886.
Dr. Felton just ns well get into his
“cyclone pit.” General Gordon is
sweeping the counties at every elec
tion.
Gen. Gordon will address the cit¬
izens of Gwinnett and surrounding
counties, at Lawrcnceville, Wednes¬
day, June 30th.
Friday Hancock voted for Bacon,
nnd Brooks for Gordon. Saturday
Gordon carried Cobb and Warren,
and Bacon carried Brvan.
We understand Hon. Pope Barrow,
of Athens, has written a letter to a
friend in this county stating that
Col. Peek’s nomination meets with
the hearty approbation of the entire
district.
An exchange says that “up in
New Hampshire you can, for $2.50,
purchase a barrel of eider with a
yellow dog thrown in.” Yes, hut
hang it who wants a barrel of cider
into which a yellow (log lias been
thrown?
The adoption of the rotation sys¬
tem in this senatorial district in¬
sures to Rockdale the honor of fur¬
nishing the next senator, The
county has expressed its preference
by nominating Col. * Peek, and we
feel assured he will be nominated on
the first ballot by the district con
vention.
The Atlanta Street Car Company
is considering the advisability ol (?x
tending the Marrietla street line to
Howell’s, the new suburb on the
west side of town. The line now
readies the Exposition cotton mills,
and ns Howell’s is only a short dis¬
tance further west the cost would
be small. That section ol the city
is high and dry, nnd the buildings
now going up in that locality indi¬
cate that a sticet car line would
v»y •
It was discovered Monday that the
Jewish cemetery in South Rome had
been recently desecrated by unknown
wretches. Pa i t of the fence was torn
down and one marble tombstone was
taken from a grave, carried some dis
tance and broken in two. Several
headstones were also displaced.
There is no clue to the perjietrntors
of tins dastardly outrage, and no
cause can be assigned for such van¬
dalism.
At Atlanta, Monday, a shrewd
politician expiessed the opinion
that Gov. McDaniel would not reap¬
point Judge Henderson Commission¬
er of Agriculture. As the term ex¬
pires but a short time before Gov.
McDaniel’s, lie believed the Governor
would go out of office without mak¬
ing the appointment. Another gen¬
tleman, who keeps well posted, gave
the contrary opinion, that the Gov¬
ernor would make the appointment
and would reappoint Judge Hender¬
son.
Judge Calhoun, ordinary of Ful¬
ton county, is sending out election
blanks for the election to be held
July 7 to settle the fence question in
Fulton county. The books for reg¬
istration w ill close Saturday next.
A majority of the districts of the
county have already voted upon this
question and gone for “No fence.”
The vole east on the 7th of July will
settle the question in the whole
county, and residents of all of the
districts will be allowed to vote.
The Waco Enterprise propounds
the following conundrum: “A few
years ago two men lived in this coun¬
ty who were widowers. Their names
are Moon and Madden, and each
was blessed with a lovely daughter.
Mr. Moon fell in love with Mr. Mad
den’s daughter and married her.
Mr. Madden likewise married Mr.
Moon's daughter. Naturally both
men are raising their second set of
children. Will someboby tell wliat
relation these children are to each
other?” We give it up.
Language is a slippery thing to
deal with, bb some may find when
selecting their similes. Says a wri¬
ter: “Speak of a man’s marble
brow and he will glow’ with conscious
pride, but allude to his wooden
head and he’s mad in a minute.”
The young lecturer’s “similes were
gathered in a head” when he ex
pressed the whole body of his argu¬
ment on deceit in the following:
“Oh, my brethren, the snowiest shirt
front may conceal an aching bosom,
and the stiffest of all collars encircle
a throat that has many a bitter pill
to swallow.”
TUe train bearing Gen. Gordon
and party on the Wrightsville and
Tennille road was wrecked Tuesday
night. One white man, three negro
men and one negro woman were bad¬
ly hurt, and others miraculously
escaped. On the Dublin road anoth¬
er run off took place. When near
Burton creek trestle, the tender
jumped the track and remained
suspended. The engineer Gen. and Gor¬ fire¬
man were seriously hurt.
don was the first man to the engine
and succeeded with assistance in
saving the passengers. Gen. Gor
don went to Louisville by private
conveyance.
COL N. J HAMMOND.
"Merchant” in the Constitution Talks of
Hammonds Salary.
The following article of the 22d
inst. in the Atlanta Constitution by
“Merchant” shows Col. Hammond
up in a very unfavorable light. The
heavy supplements of his salary are
fully set forth.
Editors Constitution: Voter has
written two articles appearing in
The Constitution of Saturday and
Sunday last, making hypercritical in
mention of Col. Mynatt’s record
the constitutional convention in two
particulars, neither of which has
anything to do with the con¬
gressional race. One relates to the
basis of representation in the legis
iature, the other to the granting of
irrevocable charters.
As to the first, Col. Mynatt
thought and argued before the con¬
vention that population ought to be
the basis of representation, and not
extent of territory. I invite the
public to look to his speech as pub¬
lished in the proceedings published of the con¬ is
vention. The report a
very in eager irrevocable one. charters, the
As to
writer is under the impression, and
thinks the record will show, that
Col. Hammond voted as Col. Mynatt
did on this subject. I deem this
matter of so little importance that
I do not take the pains to turn to
the record.
But since Voter is so fond of the
record, and seems so intent upon ad¬
verse criticism of Col. Mynatt, we
will ask Voter to the consideration
of a part of Col. Hammond’s record
immediately preceding the coven
tion. Col. Hammond’s greed of of¬
fice is such that he has been in office
ever since the war and during the
war. At the time of and before the
constitutional convention of 1877 he
was attorney general for the state general of
Georgia. As such attorney $2,
he was entitled to a salary of
000per annum—Code of 1873, §1040.
In addition to this, by the same
code, §1048, he wns entitled “for
suits for collection of money on ac
count of the state out of the circuit
in which he resides, when litigated
10 per cent upon amount collected,
and #50 if not collected; if not liti
gated, fees of solicitor general.” It
is well known to the public that im
mediately following the administra
tion of Governor Bullock, informa
tion were authorized by the acts ot
1871 against the officers of the West
ern and Atlantic nu road and those
in complicity with them to recover
any moneys or any property uuprop
erly detained from the state. Judge
Stephens was employed to represent
the state. The informer in every case
bad his counsel Judge Stephens
died soon after the passage of the
act, and before he hail proceeded far
wiui the cases By resolution of
the legislature of 1872 the attorney
general was authorized to take
charge of the pending suits and of
any others it might be necessary to
institute and lor hie services was
to be paid such compensation as the
governor should consider rensona
hie. Col. Hammond proceeded to
appear with the counsel of the in
formers, and in all the collections
made, which were very large Col.
Hammond retained ten per cent. In
the ease of the G«»r«!« nali n..:
bank Col. Hammond re,mrts to the
governor on the 10th ot February
1874 that he had paid to himself
three thousand live hundred and
forty four dollars and fifty eight
cents ($3,544.58). There was no
litigation in this ease after the
death of Mr. Stephens, and Col.
Hammond's connection with it was
simply to agree upon terms of set
tlemcnt. This case is mentioned as
a very prominent one, and the facts
appear in a manuscript report in
the governor’s office. There were a
great many suits of this character,
in several of which large amounts
were collected. There seems to be
no record of these matters kept any
where, showing in all the cases w hat
Col. Hammond received, but the
writer presumes Col. Hammond will
Dot deny retaining ten per cent of
the amount collected. About the
same time a large number executions
were issued by the comptroller gen¬
eral agaiust the same class of debt¬
ors to the state road. The comp
trailer's books show no return of
these fi fas. The books only show
that they were put in the hands of
the attorney general, Col. Hammond.
There is nothing to show, so far as
the writer can find, what amounts
Col. Hammond received upon these
collections, but it is well understood
that Col. Hammond will not deny
that he retained ten per cent of
the amounts thus collected. These
suras were very large, and ten per
cent upon the amounts made sever¬
al thousand dollars annually that
Col. Hammond received in this way.
The records of the executive office
do not show that Col, Hammond had
any order to take these large
amounts of money. The suits were
all within his own circuit, and there
is certainly no law authorizing him
to supplement his $2,000 salary with
these vast amounts. Now, Mr. Vo
ter, as you seem very familiar with
the record, please rise and explain.
Merchant.
The monument ereetod at Rome in
memory of John R. Hart, colonel of
the Sixth Georgia Cavalry, will be
unveiled with appropriate ceremo¬
nies on July 10th.
H0WTH0RHE’8 ELOQUENCE
The Constitution's reporter at Ox¬
ford says this of Dr. J. B. Haw¬
thorne's commencement address
this week;
Dr. Hawthorne spoke of the duty
of commemorating in brass and mar¬
ble the virtues and heroic deeds of
good and great men. Monuments
should be erected in their memory,
not only as a debt of justice to them,
but to keep alive pure ami patriotic
sentiments in ourselves, and to serve
as an inspiration to posterity. The
speakei paid a glowing tribute to
southern soldiers, southern states
men and southern teachers and re
formers. The people of the south
honor the great and good men of the
north, but we do cherish with our
fondest affection, and bestow our
highest honors upon the memories
of our best and greatest sons. Nor
is this treason. We of the south
have not and will never yield our
rights to honor southern soldiers.
We are not to be denied the right to
honor our fathers, brothers and sons.
True men of the north make no de¬
mand that we do not honor Lee, and
Jackson, and Breckenridge, and Gor¬
don-illustrious men of the southern
cause. Only those who were “invis
ible in war and invincible in peace”
do this,
A nation without sentiments is a
nation without (lower and without
purpose. Monuments awaken sen¬
timent. Monuments of great men
should be more numerous south of
Mason and Dixon’s line than any
where. Thomas Jefferson, George
Washington, Patrick Henry, Henry
Clay, John C. Calhoun, Alexander
II. Stephens. Benjamin II Hill, Wil¬
liam Lowndes Yancey, Raphael
Senimes, Judge A. B. Lonstreet,
Bishop George F. Pierce, Dr. J. II.
Thornwell, Dr. Richard Fuller and
Robert E. Lee are all sons of the
south.
The speaker recounted events of
each ol the above and presented the
inspirations of their lives. In most
beautiful language did be portiay
the death-bed scene of Robert E.
Lee. A fitting reference was made
to Jefferson Davis. Frequent and
hearty applause was accorded the
speaker in the progress of his ad¬
dress. «
a petition is being circulated in
Brooks county asking for an elec¬
t j on on t | ie prohibition question,
A er slol comes from Clinton,
K { George O. Daniels, of that
^ 8k . ke ned and died. The body
jn a c . offln and the watche rs
8et „ ,‘ uh the corpge for twenty
foflr lour8 _ At midnight “ they were
Ued to hear a dee groan in the
and ft „ fled ex cept ‘ one, a Gcr
man na|neJ Wnbb king . This
braV e fellow removed the lid of the
cofIJll and at onct . S:IW that Daniels
wa8alivp „ p 8e lwd the body and
p | nm , it in lin npli ,,|,t position. A
* ' n 8 |,„dder and tl.e corpse
^returned when the frightened watch
to the dead man, that
ist|l0 man who WHg not dead,
wag sitting ” j n a chair and
tR , ki « ab ut hi s experience as a
> H c says lie heard every
t * that wa9 going % 0D a round him
t , sobs f rplativos and
repa!fttion for t 'e un :a\ but
“•G*. c r. inntc'o or utter a
word when the doctors dcspernU pronounced
him de#d he foU *
f )n account of the present pohti ...
col excitement and the primary e.ec
t,on to be held on that day, it has
»*en thought proper to change the
time of the monument erected to the
'™‘ mor ; v ‘ ,f John R Hart,at Rome,
Colonel of the Sixth Georgia ( aval*
r -Y- un’ieiling ot ceremonies,
therefore, will not take place on Ju
b’ 8 as heretofore announced, but
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For the purpose of receiving tax
returns I will be in Sheffield on the
first Mondays in April May and
June, in Honey Creek the second
Saturdays in April May and June,
Lorraine on Monday May 24th, 2d
Monday in June, and 3rd Friday in
June, in Conyers the balance of the
time.
C. B Hudson, Tax Receiver.
To You.
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come forward and give me their
notes at once for the same. Do not
put it off as I am here on expenses
and desire to get through as quick
as possible. Call at my office in Mr.
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Dental Notice.
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the supervision of Dr. H. H. Mc¬
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kinds of dental work in the best
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J. J. Seamans.
Mixed Faints.
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SHERIFF SALES.
WILL be sold before the court house
^ ^ ^ ^ (rf Couyelg Qn tUe
first Tuesday in July 1886. within the
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hundred and fifteen and three hundred
and sixteen in the 16th district of Roek
dale county, and bounded as follows:
On the north and west by land of Mrs.
Jane Horn, on the south by lands of Mrs.
Martha Trimble, on the east by Big
Haynes creek, and known as the A. A,
Horn place, it being the place where L.
II. Sigman now lives. Levied on as the
property of L. II. Sigman to satisfied
five fi fas issued from the Justices court
of the 475th district, G. M., in favor of
E. M. Brand against L. II. Sigman, prin¬
cipal, and 1 J.Born, indorser. Prop¬
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Sigman. Parties in possession notified.
Tills May 27tli, 1SS6.
W. H. M. Amur, sheriff'.
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I am well prepared to do ail k
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Having employed a first-cluj anythin]
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Fine Buggies,
I have on hand a splendid k
fine buggies of my own make,
the western buggy— will sell cl
Also keep a splendid line cf waj
which I will sell low down,
Coffins and Caskel
Y keep a splendid line of nniL
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All kind of blacksmithingdo
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Office General MantgerJ lfJM
Augusta, April j
/COMMENCING SUNDAY, M
L the following Passengersdisli*]
tie operated: by 90th on
jp^Trains run
time. FAST LIVE.
No. 27 WEST DAILY.
T,v Augusta 7.40 a m||Lv A then, ■
Lv Conyers 11.57 a m|!ArAtlanU u
No. 28 EAST DAILY.
Lv Atlanta 2.45 p m||Ar Athens J.
Ar Conyers 3.40 p milArAugu I
No. 2 E. DAILY. amllLvAngustalG ^
Lv Atlanta 8.00 O.lOamllLvlfj ^" Jj
Lv Conyers 1
Ar Athens 6 J 0 pm|LvMiMTl m||Lv Wash n
‘‘ Mil’d’ve4.23pm||LvAtheM Wash’n 2.20 p
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Ar Macon 6 . 15 pni !ArLo Atlant . . ^
A r Augusta 3.35 p m|| Ar
3.42 uillL'-Gains^ 1
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COVINGTON 0
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I^eave Conyers, ’ t*
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No. 4 E DAILY. >*»* 3
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Greensboro, Covington,J Madisoo-, T
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Stone Mountain fpr
trains make close eon ie
East, and Southe»**> t*a detfI jT*.
North and Northwest AtU» ^
Sleepers between fit
ton- August* ter
Connects Southeast.
East and GRE?^’ a*
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Joe W. White,