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About The Solid South. (Conyers, Ga.) 1883-1892 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1891)
n /7* 0 it I Bl l' A=5S f jii \VTKP ’ ro THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PRINCIPLE: “EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL MEN”AND SPECIAL PRIVILEGES TO NONE.” VoL IA. Number 1 . U'BIN«TOS GOSSIP Fev.- prom the Great Political , Center. S .n to i' E agan’s resignation to ‘ .ttkechaii-uiuiahip of tho New aece: Commission, while it Tex i- N ulro.Lcl had discussed among his friends • v n .ability ever since the Coin as a 1 * created nevertheless was weuuitw surprise to the public, and a Horace Chill aauiiag of Mr. on as tk still greater Ilia :,acct«0:' was a sur Texans now here speak in the pvw. i Mr. Chilton, but j^'v highest terms o their di-appoint¬ Jo not disguise ment at ins selection. 1 hey think, and that the national reputation of say. shoul 1 have Mr. Mills is such as en¬ titled him to a refusal of the position. 0w ng to his candidacy for the Speak erskip bis friends express a doubt as to whether he would’ have accepted the appointment. General John C. B.acK, ex Commis sionerof Pensions, is visiting Wash¬ ing on, and he does not deny that in certain contingencies his name may be presented to the Democratic National convention next year by ibe Illinois del gdun. The prog;am as out lii,ei by one of his friends is some¬ thing iike this: Senator Palmer hav¬ ing denied the use of his name under any circumstances, it has been deter¬ mined ivy some of the leading demo j crate of the State, with the concur¬ rence of Senator Palmer, that in case it becomes evident that the head of the ticket will go to the West they will present anil urge the claims of iGrteifiJ Black for the nomination, Iwid if an eastern man lit a Is the ticket I Genual Black will be pis ssed for I second place. He was a candidate I before the convention for Vice Presi I dent in 1888. 1 Ii you presented a check at a bank and it was paid in dimes and nickels |Jou would in that naturally suppose that the pish bank was running very I • r,v - h 'Ji, the Treasury, which r cime ' n 'o the bands c f the rep ub jlicans contained a little more than two years ago a cash surplus of more than r ^ iua dred million of dollars, is now depositing in National tanks subject pits M checks silver for current expenses the cmiency that it has ac p u .ml,;ted during several years, arid !« has to pay tbe banks to take it too. ad ,,,JQ w Fh this it is feared that the quartedy payment of about J Vh 0,000 for pensions is made on ; u y 1> that the Government’s strong r s Wi!1 be entirely empty. I j-i^aiy Foster is beginning to f t l0 S ; nation, and he has* be pe e Receipts so alarmed from at customs the falling duties'and off in the consequent lessening almost of the •^ decided wiped-out surplus that t ° alI ° wthe Ladfireof , u.i.y ’;°'’ national 0J0 4 2 - banks, per cent bonds, which will ; lt ’F to Gave them indefi i tX enc!e d with the interest UCfc ,j f ie J t ■' o per cent. But not his the even T suspense of pa?[Qeuts 10i “8 stave , U WhlCh l0Q g*beadedd ' rats i u C ° emo - U Y eaS P ie dicfced than yen* ,„ more 6°- n 1 Rs is a healthy couu t , lK;i1 billion . doUars , r in two years m -’ re than it can stand X*-ar thing as a b'i Sec U * 3 completed b'ir;4 A - ' doctor leaves f or tD S the Haight-. ^ i,^f hi° et V W 1U tile s going rebubli to Ia aks as to 1 ' Sew * ® ac f e8sor » the Ena’ 11 "V 4 Sue ■>»utitlefl course > & t if'l ^ 1Ce ’ hut winanj d that the Conyers, Georgia, Saturday, May 2. IS91- man to be taken from that section, and then the fun will begin. Mr. Harrison’s natural inclination will be to put the place where it will make the most Hanison votes in the nom¬ inating convention, but he will have to play it very line to keep from losing as many as he gains. The Secretary of War has given the contract for improving the entrance to Galveston, Texas, harbor to a Dallas firm The price for the work is $2,469,710, which is the largest amount ever paid on a single contract for. harbor improvements. Somebody succeeded in stealing copies of the Attorney-General’s brief in the Say ward case, which by the way has been postponed until' the October term of the Supreme Court, several days ago, but it wasn’t of much use to the thief for no news paper would buy it at any price, and the opposition lawyers had been furn¬ ished with advance copies. An inves tigation is being made. No sooner did the Dispatch, which is now the official junketing boat of the administration, return with Secre¬ tary Blaine than it was boarded by Secretary Tracy and steamed away for a pleasure trip from which it has not yet returned. Seventy five treasury employes to* began the count of the cash in the vaults made necessary by the change in the treasury department. Italy Will Temper tier In (lisrnation. Maui p old practical reasons con In bute to deter Laly from any son of aggressive demonstrations or even offensive expres-ions toward the United States. It G all very we 1 for the Italian premier 10 express sym; athy tor on. lack of the keen patfiotic perception that would ena¬ ble us to fully appreciate Italy's fine frei.zy of patriotic angui-h but he wou d probably discover by a con¬ scientious analysis of his palpitating emotions that his poignant ay nap thies are enlisted chiefly lor his uuhapuiness. No one can blame him. With the national finances ing on the verge of collapse and threatening utter ruin his country certainly cannot, be considered in any suitable condition to engage in an expensive war with a powerful nation cf almost un'united resources. Such a thing is simply beyond the pale o ration d possibility. ■ As for the alleged threat to with¬ draw from all diplomrtic relations with the United States that is sim¬ ply absure. While so foolish a cou¬ rse virtually would not affect us any more than tile depart ure of a severe loss to Italy from a commercial -tan 1 point. Best e Italy is literally overrun by a half starved population that is be coming murdeiouslv desperate from sheer lack of pioptr food and a rea¬ sonable eh .n e to make a living. These people have been shipped to America in horde’s for years. T.iey aie certainly not a particularly de¬ sirable acquisition ta our pop lation. but we.are . latucr inclined to be cuartiahl * in such affairs; With a decent cbanc; to mak • a living they frequently turn <ut Very good zens. And the room that tiieir departure makes ia those packed districts at home is undeniably a grfat relief to Italy Any one who may think that Italy will harshly abandon alt of their ad vantages through mere im t etuosity is greatly mistaken Italians have too sharp an eye to the main chance.— Savannah News. - I HE STATE MUST ACT, OR GEORGIA WILL LOSE THE PEABODY INSTITUTES. A CRANK IN EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION EE 51AK.ES A BA O CREAK—A LITTLE SENSATION IN BETTERS! ENTS. Special ro Columbus Sun. •Atlanta. April 28.—Dr. J. L. M. Curry, who lias been in the city tor a rouble of days on bis way to Bruns, wick, has a word to say that may interest the people of Georgia. The Doctor intimates very broadly that tbe Peabody institutes, from which the teachers of the S’ ale have reaped so much beta fit. v% i 1 i be a thing oi the past unless Georgia shows some disposition to help lmrseif in this respect. These institutes have been supported mtirely by the Peabody fund; In other States this fund has been supplemented by appropria¬ tions from the State school funds and tlie tiustees of the Peabody fund t hink this should be the case in Georgia If it is not done the fund will lm withdrawn fiom Georgia. As the institutes have done undoubted gb( d, the friends of the schools will in a I; egi strong effort to secure a sup¬ plemental appropriation from the Legislature at the summer session, and it is believed that such a move¬ ment wili he eminently successful. THE DRUJIMERs’ CONVENTION. The Atlanta branch of the South¬ ern Travelers’Association is making big preparations for the Augusta convention. They have a committee at work with the merchants ,Lo se¬ cure from them permission for such of their men a* desire to go. and the committee reports favorable pro gress. The Atlanta delegation will tie joined here by the Chattanooga and Rome delegations, and a special train, elaborately decorated, will canv them on to Augusta. The boys are looking forward to the big best sort of a time down there. A SENSATION. The meeting, of t’ne Evangelical Ministers’ Association developed a small sensation. One of the mem hers, Rev. C. C. Cary, of St. John’s Methodist church, created a lively sensation by the intr« iluction of a series of resolutions, the purjiort of which was d* numdation of the people who observed Stimlay as Meuioi ial Da\—discountenancing the parade and so forth. The < ther preachers jumped on him with both feet, and there was a lively scene, I)r. Lee called the resolutions “idiotic,’ and equally strong language was used by others. An adjournment prevented any more lively scenes, The members of the association hax*e tried to keep the story qnie f , but it has leaked out. STIRRING UP ATLANTA SINNERS. Atlanta is on the eve of a “ great awakening.” A monster tent i. being eieeted (ipposite toe capitoe and there Rev J. B. Culpepper and Rev. M. B Williams are going to hold a series of revivals. Mr, Cui ) pepper has a Sams-Jone-m.-que rep utaiion, and may be exoected to stir tilings up in a lively manner, The material an 1 the opp-utnuity are both here. a very weak play. There was usmail sensation before the Western and and Atlanta Com | mission this morning when suomitted the | attorneys for the leases lull the t certain receipts in lrom 1 State tor ad claims against th*» THEY MAKE MISTAKES, The father who tells his chil¬ dren to go one way while he walks another makes a mistake. People who talk about their misfortunes to strangers, make a grand mistake. People who never read the Bible are guilty of a grave mis¬ take-' The man who thinks he can 2* < t rich by doing wrong*, and enjoy it after he gets rich ma¬ kes a, fatal mistake. The father who permits his boys to grow up in idleness and profligacy; makes a mis¬ take. The mother who thinks her own children never do any¬ thing wrong makes a mistake. The minister who tries to nn pi owe himself in hol'r ess at the expense of his neglected eon gregution, makes a mistake The parents who are not careful about what their chil dren read make a mistake. The man who thinks the most important, thing to cio in this world is to get rich makes a great mistake. The man who gets behind a post in prayer meeting to keep from being called onto pray, makes a mistake. The man who is always trying to discover faults in oilier people, he too, makes a mistake. The man who never tries to be litigious, except when he thinks somebody is watching him, makes an unpardonable mistake —Ram’sHorn. The First One Caught. At last, a fish lias been caught in the great, Great Salt lake.- It, was captured near Buffalo pak, and is 158 inches long. It is different from anything ever seen he*e before having a large head, a body »• m • thing like a troir, while it is almost transparant, except, t he dark on*lines of the vers* luge, which is as well formed as if of a full g'O vn fish, and is dark. There were two of these small fish swimming together, and they were so lively that on'y one could be caught. Life is really pretty ha**d when an amhbi ms boy cannot have a new spring suit of clothes. Thinking over this distressing condition of things and the slim prospect for getting a suitable suit to strike the fastidi nis fancy of his best girl. Fe*dinand Myers committed suicide in Philadelphia Monday night of last week. This world will have to scnf fie along without Fred, Uut if In* only knew how soon that grrl would find another 17-\ear old l id to con sole her he would have staid here awhile longer—Savannah Morning News. lesse-i. These were the receipts given to Senator Brown by Governor I Northern when the road was form allv turned hack to tise -State at the expirat'on of the lease. Governor Northern was hastily summoned by j she counsel for the State, and he testified that those receipts were in no sense designed to be' receipts in full, but were for nothing more than was stated <<n their face, lliecom mi.-sion will pass on the admissab*. lity of this testimony to-uiorow. Price pu* Year, # $ LI0 Hypnotizing: Drunkards. Senator James Fair, perhaps the richest man on the Pacific const, has two sons, James jr., and Charles who have been, to [silt, it mildly, very wild boys. When James jr., came oit leeemly from the German Hospital, where- lie had been seriously ill on account of exces¬ sive drinking, some friends talk¬ ed to him of i)r. Frown, the hypnotist, who wassaid to have performed wonders with an opium taker, and after a great deal of persuasion he was in¬ duced to pay flic hypnotist a visit. Brown knew his man, and he exercised his will power upon the palate of the heir apparent to millions. He was kept un¬ der hypnotic influence tor sev¬ eral hours, and when he was brought back to a conscious state he was told by the healer to go and drink no nion. The admonition was unneces¬ sary. He could not drink. He made a vigorous effort but failed. The liquor acted on him as an emetic. r ! hat six weeks and was ago ho has not, towing] a drop since. Before this he had to he put to bed five nights out of seven. Young Fair then took his younger brother Charles to Frown and he, too, was put un¬ der the spell. In his case it also worked like a charm and he developed an intense dislike tor liquor. lie told the World representative that so siek of liquor is he that the swinging doors of a saloon fairly nause ate him. There is no huppie»* man on the coast than Senator Fair.— X. Y. World. Crawd'ord H r . 1.1: p r n r . P. M Ch«n n v of Baird-town «r>ent, a nigl't in Crawford this ' w< ek A few rn >nihs ago a litt'e nmi -e trot:, in'o the pnpprs that the pro'essor was paving |5 per hundred for confed¬ erate monev. It was +'5 p *r hu d red pounds ill'll was i ffi*red, fm’. the eager public to >k it the other n*,v, and thought it was .fo for $100. The professor says that ho. iee<Mv*d letters at the rat** of thirty ,,er dav, and they came from C i*ia.da t.<* Flori¬ da and f:*■»til Maim* t<> C.aiil’.g nia. Some were very touching h-i e’’ , wliile others Hr re \i-rv t’dieuten. I’atiy eon 'an »ie*f eo*|tr (.■ a!*- lulls am"Uitmg to $500 all ; CjT. o l inear was big proof in X • 11 '• A T'*..ne ms n »tise that H pivs ti oiver: is *. The Southern Express Company ' u Augusta is in a fix. It has th * bo l \ of a dead nero shoied f am Tex*i> and the friends of the deceased tuivii’b the a mo i i ■ o* RDfM-y fltr’C'* • -Ol' V to take it oiin A i/iete it ihj voinpauv is Iml ling t )>■ b i, for the charge . T e coin ia iiy < a i it Id the remains always, he can -e they ‘VOL u Kia'*<.
