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THE-WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. jilLAlVrA, GA, TUESDAY APRIL 0 1886 11 THROUGH DIXIE WHAT THE SOUTHERN FOLKS ARE SAYINO AND DOING. Thought to b# JohaCoffoo-A Booth Carolina Farmer Fiodi •la.ooc-A BaagiBg in Toxas-i'ho A- bama Bute Democratic Executive Com mittee-Worth Carolina ft otea. Arkanaaa. The fair penitents of Texarkana have mean* of extracting pleasure from penitential retreat. They met in the Episcopal church and organised themselves into the “Lenten Hermits,” under vows to wear sombre gar ments and walk with cast-down eyes until the Easter chimes shall summon them to festivity, when they will inaugurare the anmmer season by a grand ball. The first meeting had ieven* teen members, the second twenty-coven. The following are the official heads: Rev. N. George (castor.) president; Mrs. Pitcher, vloe presi dent; Mrs. W. H. Twigg, secretory; Miss rhemy Richardson, treasurer. Texas. Wsih Washington, colored, was hang at Mar tins on last Friday, for the mnrder of Willis Durden, a year ago. The condemned man confessed his guilt on the scatfold,and said it was right that ho shonld bo hanged. He stated that he waa instigated to the crime by Ephe Durden, a half brother of the victim. Epbe Durden was immediately arrest ed on tho strength of Washing ton's confession. Washington exhibited great nerve. He rode on his coffin from the jail to the grove near the edge of town, where the scaffold was erected. After admonishing his large and ience of colored people to avoid the pitfalls which brought him to tho scaffold, he anid lio wanted his body to be burled in tho Adjoining county, and passed his hat around for contributions to defray tho expenses of transporting his body. He gathered $28 for which ho heartily thanked the donors. He took his place on tho scaffold, the noose was adjusted, and in a moment his neck was brok Florida. Mrf. Miller,of Philadelphia.disippeared from St. Augustine quite unexpectedly, aud tho last time 6ne was seen was m Jacksonville. After a prolonged search she was finally found by Captain Bowyer, of tho Waycross police force, in tho woods between Orlando and Kissimmee. When found she was sitting beside a pino stump, wfth her faco blackened, apparently so as to diiguieo herself. Sho said that she had slept in the woods for several nights. Sho seemed to possess all of her mental faculties except that she feared that if canghtshe would be taken back to the insane asylum at Philadelphia where she (lid not want to go, and to avoid this she had taken to tho woods. Captain Bowyer carried her to Orlaudo.and locked her up in a room, but she succeeded in escaping by jumping out of tho window. She ran to a lake near by, it is supposed for tho purpose of drowning herself, but was overtaken beforo she had gotten out any distanco into the water. It was ascertained that sho had tele graphed her friends in Philadelphia that she would go home on the condition that the was not to be rotnrned to tho asylum. South Carolina. The Savannah Valley railroad has a new sec tlon muter who is strongly inspected of being John Coffee, the murdcror of Deputy Marshal J. M. Merritt, who was killed at Lula, Ga. An la being kept on him while his description been sent foi K finding of a ng gentleman near Batesbarg, has created a emotion and a deal of talk. " " - "— i wu nlnwlnff In ___ a row, Mr, Oonghmon id no attention to the pot, hot on tho rctnrn trip topped to examine It, and found that it con- rd ,old coin of eomo kind. Catherine hlenetv* d treasure, ho trended hi. war to a Bttcsbnr* ', and after the money man had carefully ex ned the “Und," It traa pronounced .12,000, Ken of the itrcikoflnct aoon epread oyer tho ™ty, and In a half dozen hours half tho conn* were plotring the Held In icarch of other bidden idenre of having comernn different national- lee. Hour it found Its way Into tho Held, or when t waa deposited It not conjectured. Mr. Cough- an'a friends rejoice at hie good fortune, .Louisiana. Wednesday night tbreo negroes shot a ~lorcd woman, Henrietta Smith, with intont kill, one milo and a half from ongwood,near breveport The men—Adam Kelly, Sam Goodman and Aaron Dodson—planned the crime whiio at work in tho Held, and that night met at a ginhonio on tho Sharpo place, armed with a iron. They conccalod them* •circa in ambush near theroadiidoand awaited the approach of tho woman, who waa op her way homo. Having executed their diabolical deed they fled, leaving the woman on the roadeido ap parently dead. Tho woman woe picked up and token to her home, and although filled with ehot it le believed ohe will recover. The crime woe prompted through eplto and lit feeling entertained by the men for the wo- min'a hatband, Kelly wu lodged in the par- lth Jail. Goodman was arreeted and le held at Uanhall, Texas. The steamer Mary Lewie, left New Iberia Thursday afternoon on her return downward trip, bonnd for Morgan City, and whon in tho neighborhood of Fattcnonvllle, about one o’clock thie morning, sho wu etruck by a wind storm. Herttern wu driven into Steel & Co.’s pontoon bridge, and in leu than ten mlnntea the filled with water and tank. The crew, about twenty In number, became terri fied, and some jumped overboard, whit, others eeenred life boat*. All lucceeded la nvlng thamietves except Berry, tho second engineer, add Jtnklne, the cook, who were drowned, Tennessee. Jim Baxter, who wu to hang at Lebanon April 0th, wu respited till July 8th. The itate democratic committee met at Nath Title. All were present except Mr. Sail! van, of Knox, who wu detained at homo by •Ickneta in hit family. Thero wu considera ble discussion by the committee and other democrats In the morning u to the number of conventions. The com mlttee met in secret session this afternoon Mr. Hlllsman resigned. Mr, H. J. Lynn, of Memphis, wu chosen secretary. The Tote on holding one convention wu e tie, six and six. Two conTentions were then unanimously agreed on. The call wu tuned for the Judi cial convention on June 9th, and the guberna torial convention on August 11, Governor Bate hu granted a respite nntil July 1, to Allen Herbert, who wu to hang Friday for the mnrder of Henry Everett. Herbert and hli friends claim that they can pretent evidence on which they can accnrc a commutation of sentence to Ufa imprisonment. The gailowe bu been built, and would have been placed in position Thursday but for the respite, A sensation wu created in KuhvtUaby the ar rest of A. D. Bcoby. a teacher in tho normal school at winchester, on the charge of seduction, last ‘complainant la a beautiful brunette, BeUte McDaniel, ol Lebanon, who fire years ago wu a pupil In Ecoby’s school near her home. She wu ihen fourteen years old. Scot,, made love to her there, and when he went to Woodbury, Tonn., to tsa.h *om„aded her father to let her come to t there, lie still courted and become deraN.000bond. Sheinca for .10, . —. which he to weU able to pay, and aara he will pay ■f she gales the suit, but he asserts his Innocence In the strongest terms. North Carotins. At Guilford superior court Judge Thomas Baffin, and Judge David Schenck, the former ax-goprems court judge end the latter ex-Judge of the superior court, were oppoaiog counsel in e civil suit before Judge Walter Clark. Bath gentlemen are uid to be uncomfortably ag- trrearire In the practice of the law toward tbelr fellow members of the bar, and in thh caw 8ehenek hod offered a number of affidavits,and Baffin remarked: "Ah! offered for a contin uance.” Schenck took offense at the manner end tone, end nid to Baffin that he did not allow any one to pnt on such airs u that to him. Boffin fired np and remarked: “You don’t, yon infamous puppy! - ’ Schenck imme diately knocked ICulfin down, and as Baffin recovered Schenck struck him again two or GEORGIA NEWS. Asheville was shocked Friday by the an nouncement that a mnrder had been commit* ted on Horning creek.fi vc miles from that city, by a boy only uine. Mrs. Charles Presley had two boys, sged ten and twelve. A negro man by tho usme of Black lives nearbv. Her boya had an altercation with Campbell Black, the ninc-jcar-old son of this negro. Yesterday, wLile the littlo Presley boys were passing the bonio of Black, Campbell Black, threw rocks at them, followed them to where the read ran through the woods and attacked them with a stick. One of the boysi the old est, attempted to defend himself with a board, but the negro boy rushed upon him, drawing a shoemaker's knife, and stabbed him to the heart, instantly killing him. A curious case baa been compromised a War- renton. A man named Pettit inflicted a serious wound upon another named Beavans. Both were men of means. Beavans sued for $10,- 000 damages. The case was removed from Halifax county, where the aflfcir oocurred, to Warren county. There tho parties met here, were reconciled, and the matter was compro mised by Pettit paying $000 and costs. Hews reached Asheville of the total shoot ing Friday, at Pigeon River, of a young man by the name or Madison, from Alabama. He was walking out a hair mile from his boarding bouse, along tho road, and a pistol ■hot was heard. Persons hearing the report hastened to the place. Madison said a strange man had demanded his money. He refused to comply, and was shot in the region of the heart. It is said he can't live. ' rounds the aflklr. Some think i sur- Alabama. A meeting of the state democratic executive committee has been called to meet in Montgom eryonthoUth of April. Thla meeting, it is supposed, is to consider the propriety of post poning the stato convention a low days. The change of gauge in the railways has been fixed for May 31 and Juno 1. The conven tion as now called is for June 2. The proba bility that tho change in railroad schedules might prevent a. full attendance, the suggos* later, Mayor W. 8. Reese has just returned from Beauvoir, where he was tho guest of Mr. Davis. The venerable statesman was fouud to bo in excellent health for one of his ago. Jn regard to Ills proposed trip to Montgomory, the dates upon which he will bo present. On the 28th of April, he will deliver anaddrers on the fair grounds, and on the 29th be will officiate at the ceremonies attend ant upon the laying of the corner-stone of the con fid era to monument. He was not only overtho selec- as his associate upon that occasion. He was fervent in his praise of the cbhalric career of the gallant and intrepid Georgian, speaking of him as the type of brave southern manhood which won inch renown during the four years of strife. During tho next two days Mr. Davis will make bis trip to Atlanta, whero he will pay his respects to the memory of the eloquent Hill, which Mr. Davis holds in special venor- atiou. _ A state of lawlessness exists in the swamps on Dog river, near Mobile. A Urge number of negro thieves have concentrated there, and nightly make incnrslons into the surrounding country, stealing horses, cattle and hogs. Others go to Mobile, and after committing acts ol burglary, find their way back to the swampe beforo daylight. A gentleman who went out!fish!ng tied his horse to a tree. Ten minutes later be fonnd that the hone was { -one. In one cabin there are seven negroes, or each of whom warranto are out. but they openly defy arrest, and tho officers know that death will be the portion of the one who dares make the effort. TOPICS OF THE WEEK. Tax visitation of Immense bugs at Raleigh reported in our dispatches yesterday morning created something Ilka a panic. An estem ed subscriber in that city at onee fonrardedtho amount of an ovorduo bill to Tun Coxsrru Tioif. Ho alio inclosed two of tho bugs, and wrote: "I want,to bo square with the world if such looking things aro tube sent among as.” Quite a number of our citizens viewed tho in sects, but wero nnable to deddo upon their species. They seem to bo a combination of buy, locust aud Kansas grasshopper. The horrlblo bugs which overcame Raleigh like a summer cloud, tho otherday, havo at last been identified. The manager of tho North Carolina experiment station has issued a circular, in which he says: These tups era the lsrgcrt water-bags of the fsmll] l'cClroptl, which ate included in the sub order to which tho squash-bug, bed bag, water- measurer, etc., belong. They Tin principally In water, snd feed on aquatic lame, Insects, young fish and probably fish eggs, It to said they havo been reen before In poods near Raleigh, nod also that they have been known to kill small tub. This aquarium. Their sting la poisonous, though per haps not deadly to the human body, This may account for tbelr ability to kul Urge fish and sparrows, which wu noticed yesterday. They conceal tbcmaelres in crevices during the winter, and lire In a torpid state till warm weather, when they leave tbelr quartets end fly to considerable distances, usually during the night, and rarely before Jane or July. There need ha no roar of tbelr Injuring tho crops, u they ore not mentioned u being at all hurtnil to any kind of vegetation. As theyllve on fish, however, It would not he well for thou having udo lo havo them near. wero a few beetles (of the species Dytlscus Illbrldui) found with them bugs, which aro de scribed u having very elmllar hablu—that to, llv ngtn waterana cation other Insects, Itoh, etc. IWesfor Riley also mentions the factor the bags t.elrK^sitrsctcdbytllBbtji which wu noticed to a WxznutoToiqa Pennsylvania town, adopted prohibition nlnoteen yean ago. Tito numbar of drag stores hu grown daring that time from fifteen to forty-five, showing that the unities sre still preserved. Ah afternoou paper in Washington pub- ...hresn article written in a gloomy vein, pre dicting all sort* of cal unitie. If the United States does not change its treatment of the Chinese within odr borders. Mysterious hints are thrown out of secret arrangements bo- tween China and Germany to "down” thb country by force if necessary. The aathorahlp of the article has been traced to a member of the Chinese legation. The rioters in one of the Belgian towns se lected singular breastworks. They placed 900 women in front of them. Thb did not prevent the iolditn from firing a deadly volley. Many women were killed and wounded. Peopu in Washington express the opinion that President Cleveland will fkl! a victim to apoplexy within a year, tf he does not work lets and take more exercise. The president hu gained forty-two pounds in weight since he entered the white hettse. He weald per haps grow thinner if he reed what the newr pepers are saying about him. The citbens of New Iberia, Ism, will tobr- ate no nonsense. A business man In that place who defied public opinion by odvertblng such sentiments ss "An honest Ged bthe noblest work of man,” wu promptly sat down npon. Fbming placards at once appeared on all the walb calling npon Christians to boycott the infidel. The New Iberia Enterprise says: The bold snd defiant attitude or tbs infidel hu _ mated much Indignation in t community not yet prepared to Imbibe or even totorate sachadraooed potmens In the field of free thought. The step to certainly a very injudicious one, to say the least oflt, end we should advise th* apostle to furl his An Acoldtntal XUllax Hear gylvanta-Xn; Old-Tlms Sssk«t-A Peculiar Way of Butins a XXarst—A Kardsrsr CodTmm.—The Oaorgfa mid land Itallroad-Other Oeorgta Hew*. A mulatto girl, named Catherine Bareoy, wae accidentally shot and killed near Brblow Lawton's store, five miles above Sylvanls, on Wednesday. Washington Lawton, a colored man, wu handling an old mnsket loaded with blrdihot, near where the girl wu standlog, when the gnn suddenly went off and tho eon- tenb were nnloaded In the hack of tho unfor tunate woman’s head. Medical aid wu hasti ly snmmoned, but tho wounded woman died before the physician, who hod been sent for, arrived. Paudcrsvillo wu startled Wednesday morning by the cry of fire. Tho blaso wu lo cated on the premises or Dr. M. D. C. M. Sum merlin, whoso residence focee tho depot. It was discovered that the barn and stable of that gentleman were being rapidly oonsamod by the flames. The fences that stood near tho burning building were tom down, os waa also a small outhouse between it and the dwelling, to cheek the advance of the flamee npon the latter build ing. During the program of tho fire the by- •Under! witnessed a pitiable spectacle, utterly unable to render any uebtance whatever. A cow and two hogs were routed alive in tho flames, and their pitifol dumb appeab excited genuine sympathy. Two horses were olio In the stable. One camped without Injury, whllo tho other wu to badly burned that ho can scarcely stand an his feet. He rushed out of the stable into the streets with biasing mono and hair. ^ Msrshsllvllle Times: There bat the home family formoro than one hundred years. Mr. ■ " id hie father fiat for the preeet season for giving such prominence to his Do not throw away you money, bat whon in need of a good liniment hay filtration OIL Only 23 cents. A action ec is have a nod way of receiving Mda Why don’t yon try Carter’s Little Liver Pilhr They are a positive an fin sick head- •che, and all the Ub produced by disordered Liver. Only one pill a dose. sn old-style gram family formoro tl fitoppy is himself 74 years old, ont first learned to walk by holding to tho top of thb buket and toddling around it. It will be passed on down from sire to son probably for many generations yet. Conyers Solid Sonth: Thoro is a colored preacher who lives near Juper, Ga., that tubs bin horro by butting him. If tkehona is fractloua or stubborn ho takes the kinks out by deliberately seizing it by tho ears and but ting it sqnarelr in the forehead until It falb to Us knees. This it generally dou at the sec- end or third batt, when the old parson steps behind and drives ahead again. Valentino bu eonfeeocdhe murdered Wm. Vtlec, who was watchman at the street car depot In Augusta Ho Implicated several while men in the crlmr, bat no ono believes thb part of hb story. Valentine crashed In the head of Valeo with a pick, then utarsted tho body and office with oil and set it on fire, hoping to hide lie evidenro of hb crime by burning ■tho premises. There is a bitter foclingagslnst tho prisoner, but the law will bs allowed to mete out Justice to tho accused. Valentino hss travelled under several aliases. Ho killed a hoy in Carolina, bnt wu acquitted. Ho ltu several wives living in different states. Cap- tain E. B. Purcell hu boon on hb track for eighteen months. One northern tourist bought a form at Greeuesboro at $10 per acre. A prominent member of tho Ath sorted on tho streeto “that before prohibition went into effect In Cbrko county his criminal practice alone amounted to $1,000, and now ho would take $150 for hb practice In tho crimi nal court.’ On Sunday lost, at Lovett’s, on tho Dublin and Western railroad, Mr. J. F. Mayen (hot and slightly wounded Ms brother-in-law, Mr. J. M. Kessler. Shortly after tho shooting. Kessler, it b sold, procured a doubio-barrolod min and walked np to the house whore Mayor nod entered; he told him to come out u bo intended killing him. Meyer came out and coolly seated himself upon a log, and Keasler railed the gun aud pulled both triggers. The caps pepped, bnt tho gnn wu not discharged, Kessler pat on fresh caps snd mode another effort to fire hb gnn, bnt without avail. Ho then returned to hb house, drew the loads, sud put in new ones. In the meantime Moyor had left. Both are determined men. Daniel Beddick and Mr. Whoeler, both of Putnam county, married sisters. Daring the war Mr. Wbeelor wu killed at tho battlo of Grlswoldvillo. On hb body wu found a let ter commending hb wife ana four children to tho cue of Mr. Beddick, When the war clos ed Mr. Beddick wu without a dollar. Never thelea ho took the widow and her foar chil dren to hb homo and uid to hb wife: “Wife, wo are childless; your sbtor and her cMIdion •hall bo our care, and share whatever we may make in tho foture.” Mr. Beddick spent no time In Idleness, bat he went to work llko a man. Today ha b ona of the wealthiest citi zens of hb county, his fortune going far into the thousands. The four children ofhb wife's widowed sister are usefol men and women, all of them well provided for. On Tuesday night a most dastardly attempt wu made to mnrder Mr, Willie Walton, In Wilkes county. Mr. Walton lives at Max well's mill, and when ha went oat to food hb hones abont dark he uw a man at the back of hb lot. Ho went hack to hb houso and, taking hb gnn, went near to whore ho uw the man standing. When noariy to tho spot tho party fired at him, at a distance of about ten paces. Mr. Walton returned the fire at once, and hearing (omethlng move, fired tho second barrel in the same direction. He than called to a negro boy to briog him another gno, and when tho boy arrived he commenced walking ■round to make further dbcovarlu. He soon ■aw an object lying fiat on tho ground, and •apposed It wu the man ho had killed. The negro boy wss greatly excited, and patting the E un against tho man's body wanted to shoot Im again. Mr, Walton decided that It wu nseleu to shoot a man who wu already dead and ordered tho boy to goofier uatohee. Find ing that tho negro wu afraid to go ho wont himself and the boy followed him. When he retained tho dead man wu gone. Weapons in a ball room tonight paralysed in young gentlemen and ladies present, and resulted in the dangerous cutting of oneof the participants. Itwua general shooting affray at ona time, bnt nono of tho balls did any damage, W. T, Archer and hb vto a vto had secured a position in aqnsdrilla, which wu about to bo danced, when Tam Bice, accomps Died by hb lady partner, sought to dancs In the umo position. The yonng men quarrelled and after exchanging compliments in an un dertone, arranged to settle tho aflhir after the usdrille had been danced. Accordingly at, he foot of the stair com leading to tho ball room, they met, Archer knocking Bice down, the biter nslng a knife while the two were clinched with terrible effect, cutting hb an- tagonbt seven timei, none of which aro pro nounced fatal. Both parties returning to the Loll room. Bice drew a revolver and fired at Archer, misting him. Instantly a friend of Archer’s fired at Bice, bat withoat effect. The gentlemen present in tho ball* room succeeded in securing tho parties amid the screams of the ladles and tho oaths of tho interested parties. Joe Johnson, col, attempted to outrage the •non of a white child about five years old, ere, tut evening, Tho frenzied father at tempted to kill tho fiend, batmiued hlevictlm, the pistol fiUilng to fire tho first time. The negro wu caoght and whipped by a crowd of dunns with alnggy trace, thru or four hun dred lashes being applied by muscular men. He wu then lodged in jail. As the story fpread, however, the nature of the crime Influences public fooling so that Johnson was today removed from Waynesboro and brought to Augusta. It wu feared he would bo lynch- Mldltnd read, bu returned from New York. nysthe contract for baildlne the road wu award, iff to Ur. B. P. Dickinson, of Hew York, who built the Air Line and the Savannah and Memphis. The week le to ho completed by May 1, us;. The Bugaboo Business. As tire gubernatorial campaign approaches, many of our esteemed stato contempora ries, edited by veterans in politics, are be ginning to betray a restlessness that threat ens to give them serious trouble. The situ ation, it seems, b not precisely ns they would have it. A (Taira aro growing some what too complicated to suit them, and their symptoma show great uneasiness. In deed, several of those contemporaries are beginning to perspire finely, albeit tho weather is not nearly go warm as It will be when the dog-star stands in the midheaven •tnoon. The trouble seems to he the “Atlanta Ring.” We had supposed that thb im mense bugaboo bad been permanently laid upon the shelf. It baa been shaken In the air, and pounced on, and ripped np and worn to a frazzle in half a dozen campaigns, and it waa natural to expect that it would be allowed to e:\joy a much-needed net. Bnt it seems too convenient a bugaboo to ho let alone. Like a Christmas mask, itb handy to frighten the children on the fourth of July; and the consequence b that sev eral of our state contemporaries have dragged the old myth ont for the purpose of frighten ing country candidates and cross-roads poll- ticians. For s frazzlcd-out bugaboo, it b wonder ful what power tho “Atlanta Bing" myth possesses in the hands of some of our esteem ed contemporaries. Already, we are told, it b about to bring out General Goidon as a candidate far governor for the purpose of (mothering the people of the state and de priving them of their rights. General Gor don, however, according to the before-men tioned contemporaries, b to “he thrown ont as a feeler," and if he shonld develop any weakne»,then tho “Atlanta Ring" b to pro ceed to take other measures necessary for preventing the people of the state from hav ing their way. One of onr contemporaries, which has been in the habit of finding rep resentatives of the “Atlanta Ring” behind every green treo, announces that ex-Govern- or Smith b a tool of the aforesaid “King,” and declares that he b supporting the rail road laws of the state merely for the pur pose of defeating Bacon. Not only thb—we are told that the "Ring" b actively engaged In putting ont local candidates all over the state, ranging in namo and fame, from W. B. Jones to Teto Bmith. Tho complaint, as we understand it, b that the “King” b In favor of every man in the state except Bacon, and, if nec essary to defeat him, will seise ail the other candidates and bnneb. Certainly snch programme b n tremendous one, and we have no doubt that oar esteemed contempo raries will succeed in making n few of their readers shiver snd shake. Onr advice to the susceptible editors, however, b that they drop the “Atlanta Ring" myth. It was a very fine bngaboo years ago, hut time and circumstances havo shown that the attempt to get np local prqj udlces in thb way b a failure. If any of onr contemporaries ore really afraid of the “Atlanta Ring," they shonld strive to make the gubernatorial convention a representa tive body—a people’s convention, which shall thoroughly discuss and consider the merits of Ifie candidates whose names may be brought beforo il The dbgrantled ed- llora shonld use their Influence to secure a convention on which no single candidate has a lien. Above all, they should discard the idea that only one or two men haven right to aspire to gubernatorial honors. Thb bthe right of the humblest citizen of tho stato. Every man in the state, who thinks he b qualified, has the right to offer himself as n candidate for governor beforo a conven tion ol hb party. Tho people themselves hare a remedy against all rings, real or mythical. Let them send representative men to the state convention, men who will give every candi date fair play. AGAINST CIVIL SERVICE. The zyMem le borrowed from Enslsnd, and u, no doubt, comonant with that limited monarchy, where the title to the highest oflloe In the realm it Inherited as a piece of property for life. Hut I be lieve It to be utterly at varlanco with the genlur end spirit of onr Institutions. I do not believe tt It In accord with the seotlment ot democratic America. This Is a government of the people, by the people and for the people, and should so con tinue. Public office is not held as of right by a special class, but Is a public trust, confided by the 1-conic for the public good, Tho act sought to bo repealed Is a radical de parture that leads away from these fundamental principle!. Human nature Is much the same without regard to political party affiliations Long continued and uninterrupted rule, by say politi cal party, will establish abuses and corruption In the public service. The remedy la not la a special office-holding claei, hot la with the people, by a change In governmental control. So that the ser vice fs not made to tuflbr, It aeema bnt lust that thoae who fairly and honorably labor for the triumph of the political principles which they believe will beat pro- mole the good of the whole country should have the offices with tbelr emolumenle in cident toauocesa Equity ought to be Mtdilbhed among the people ofthe several states In the ap portionment of departmental offices Equality is equity, but It hat no exlatenco In this matter. At- tentlon Is invited to the following atatement ofthe number of offices within what la called the claaal- fled service, that Is, the salaries of which are as much as MOO and not more than 11,300 a year,cred ited on the lit day of July, IMS, to tho atalea nsmed below, as shown by the official regtster. The statement of population la taken from the can- Ohio Massachusetts Mary load............. (.108,002 1,733,006 bSii’iS 1,542,180 no.Mol 878,000 WB.fiOO 75.100 07,400 71.100 loyosln These numbers defcnot tnoludo any omplo; the postofllco or custom houses In (m named. Many other states, not; named, have suf fered equal tnlnstloo under egregious dlscrtmlns- •ubllcon administration. It will bo dltcd with one iu this r citizens, while Texas Df republican adminlstrai hat Maryland le credited i d to about 8,625 of her cltlsei lions or seen tbs service 1 is credit citizens. It is well known that a largo per cent of the few employes credited to the ztatea most dis criminated against in the past are not, and have never been, bona tide residents of inch states. The Inequality above shown le thoroughly main tained in tho service both above and below the classes named. A great majority of those now in tho service entered without examination: many of them were appointed npon partisan considerations; some of them upon a slight pretense of fairness appointments according to the population of each slate regardless of existing Inequalities, Indefinite perpetuation of tho portion si of etch il which means tho Indefinite perpcl wrongs existing. If wo sro to havk>»uv official community, it ought to ho organ!: a better basis. Ilutl bclievo the most direct way to substantial reform Is by repeal of the law re- lupon ferrcd to. J. a Clkmknts. DOE8 FARMINO PAY? The Views of the llember From the Ninth District, Congressman J. O. Clements, of tho 7th districts is a member of the house commltteo on civil service. To this oommlttoo was re ferred a bill to abolish the civil servloo com mission and tho majority report of the com mittee wu against the passage ofthe bill. Mr Clements, however, submitted a minority re port which wu u follows: VIXWS OF Till MINORITY. It appears to have boon the design of tho founders of our government that responsibilit y and power should go together. For nearly a cent uryftwos administered upon this theory. I do not believe that the grave abuses that grew up under the long continued rule of the republican paity following the elvll war demand or Justify the new and radical departure In principle and policy embodied in the act known as the elvll service law. The president’s power or appointment and removal with respect to executive offloes is fixed by the constitution. Therefbre.ln so tor os the act in question attempts to limit this power In any way, whether directly by Its own terms or by the rales established In pursaanoe of the same. It Is note valid law and can only operate by virtue of execa< tlvo acquiescence. Not only the president but the political party that elects him are held responsible by the whole pcoplo for bis administration of the tests, unnecessary to the practical ascertainment of the fitness of applicants tor the employment sought. By the rules adopted, all persons over tho | ege of forty-fire years, however well qualified and | honorable, are absolutely barred from examine- H few of’the {■■PBI u>.uvlly u i" i, except Wiiili- tlic pcoplo havo mi ■MMHVHNMHMEjHace. and it is inooa* I I venlent snd expensive to many of those who have notice to attend. However creditable may bo the standing of an applicant upon examination, if he is not appointed within a year.hls nemo Is dropped from the roll of eligible* and If he desires a ebanoe I for admission to the service, be mart again apply for examination. This Is pot Inconvenient to | .1 >V •' HHI to fWSBSBBfBBBB ^■t to enter the service in | order to secure efficiency, for hoaerty and efficien cy ought to be Indispensable requisites to the hold- ng of any office. And while there are as honora ble end as capable men In one great political party las another, is it not reasonable to believe that if, In addition to the requisites above named, the subordinate officials are In oocord with the admin istration they will aid its purposes snd policy in tbc pub’ic service more fslthraijythen ifhostile to It? May they not be in aeconf with the party charged with the responslbtiUy of the administra tion without being offensive partisans, without prostituting their offices to partisan purposes, au without neglecting official duties for such purpo4 The abuses in the service which brought Dr. Westmoreland flsya that Mr, Smith Is Angry. In a communication to the Athens Banner- Watchman explaining hla looses In farming, Hon. James M. Bmith, of Oglethorpe, uses the following language: In June 18851 lost (4,000 in a fight with tho gov ernor and penitentiary officials to disprove tolse charges brought against me by theso officials and to prerent them from making political capital for thrmtolvca at the expenso or my honor and good ntme. In the ahovo (t,ooo Is not tncliutaT my own time, which in that particular Umo of the year wu worth a great deal if I could have usod It in looking after my legitimate business; hence, 1 charge (4,000 cub teas In a fight with opium eaters, drunkards, political aspirants and oaten of public huh. I might have softled thla case with ■onto less expense by bootlicking, fawning and surrendering principle. Dr. Willis F. Westmoreland, principal physi cian of the penitentiary, says: "Mr. Smith Is mad because ho hu been brought to tow with his convicts. When I visited the camps, I found that his barracks were Insufficient, unhealthy and unsafe. I therefore ordered him to build a new barraoks which he did after great remonstrance. I found that his convicts were being badly treated, and Insufficiently fed, and kept on impropor food. Thero wsa scurvy In nls camp whtoh is simply impossible whero proper food Is given. I reported theso facte to tho gov ernor, os was my sworn duty. The gov- ernorj thereupon ordered Mr. Smith to appear beforo him. Mr. Smith secured ... . x i .._j to ovlli. Bo- fore the tlmo for tho hearing arrived Mr. Smith represented that he had made improve ments and corrected the trouble. I paid a visit to the camp and found that this waa true, and tho governor thoroapon laid tho case uide. I cannot see how this cost Mr. Smith four thousand dollars. He was repre sented before the go jrnor by Judge Krwln, and Mr. Bussell, and as no argument was had, I do not see how ho could have been out four thousand dollars.” “Ho states that hli loos is four thousand dol lars.” “I suppose he may charge up the mousy ho spent in improving the comp. If so. thla should bo charged to humanity rather than to litigation. Tho troth Is Mr. Smith found that the convicts wero not paying him on tho farm as hs had sxpoctod, and he determined to dues expenses. This meant pinching the ~ vlcto, and It is against pinching the that wo are bound to protest, and which ws did protest. If tho oonvlcttfll^not pay on Mr. Smith’s firm, that glve^hlm no (iccnio to underfeed them. It j^uld havo been much pleasanter for mo \w get along quietly with all tho leiseos, butchers I havo seen an outrage on bamanlU?cruelty, ineffi cient buildings, insnfflcient^improper food. I have reported the samo tedhe governor. The records will show whether the present admin istration of the penitentiary la not better than It has been, and ou thb record we are willing to rest.” "Hu there been znr difficulty between you and Mr. Smith lately?” "Nothing, except that I havo ordered him to build . hospital, which he hu promised to do next month. Ulsprawnt hospital Is inefficient, snd will he go decided by any Impartial men who look at It. I bare simply called hla at* tentlon to this fact, and lutractod him that bo must bare a better one. The difficulty with Mr. Bmith is that ho considers every complaint lodged against the treatment of tho convicts at a perrons! matter against himself. If he will treat tho convicts humanely, give them good quarters and proper food, he will havo no further trouble. I aln perfectly Indifferent to him. In making my official reports I never consider tho I cues. It la simply the convict, and their quarters that I look after. If Mr. Smith trill be humans hla temper will Improve, and if ha Inafits on bring omul ha will proba bly get madder than bs b now.’’ “Mr. Smith bu boon very conspicuous,” Dr, Westmoreland went on, "In tbs newspapers, with what b* calls his trouble. His troublo Is •imply this: ho hu determined that ho will not treat hb convicts bamnnoly, and wo are determined he shell. If he woala Improve hb camps, feed hb prisoners, and moat the gov- ernor frankly when eomplelnts aro made, he would havo no troublo. Bat ho iqjoete ererr suggestion, postpones every reform, dodges the governor, snd raliu on bullying hb way through. Instead of doing right, ho balllu and abuses. Now we propose to stop him. Colonel Towers b not In the city today, and wa cannot get certain papers that we noed. As soon u ha returns, wa will makoafuU state- ment, that will show the public exactly what the trouble Is.” DIED IN OBOROIA. J to their r L . fezrof Iczinc tbelr ptaceeT^H If the superior officer* of the department!, though partisan.-, have a proper appreciation ol theeo- gMggngof public trurta. there need be no partleon. pn the pert of the zuboMlnatc*. even If all | the trurta confided to them by the retention of a part, or even all, of three hoblfag clerical or other officee In the verloae department* of the govern ment, they have the power to do ao without thla The most lerioua objection to It ta that It tend! toward a permanent office holding oonsmnnity. DURING THE WEEK. Tnenday, March 30.—The locomotive flhopf o tho Northern I>«clAo railroad, together with sev eral other building!, at Bralnard, lllun., wcrcdc- itroyed by fire....Thomas Margrave, a etcamboat engineer, wee drowned at Oooeaw, 8. C John Lovln end Sam Loviu were arreeted in North Caro lina for robbing the mails ......Great preparations arc being made In Richmond, Vo., for tho general confercnco or the Melbodlit Episcopal church Eouth, which meets in that city on tho fifth of M&jr. Moody end Benkey are In Columbia, 8. C. In the City.—Governor McDaniel re appointed Hon “James M. Bclloh to bo Judge of the county court of Chattooga county Mr. Floyd Merchant fell from a trapeze end broke his right leg In two placet. Thursday, April 1.—T. T. White, a promtnont and wealthy merchant of New Orleans died sud denly In Staunton, Va, of heart disease It le es timated that the public debt for March has been re duced about (14,250,000. In the City.—W. P. Fonts, of Gilmer ooanty, died In the Fulton county Jell yesterday of spotted fever, or mentoglUs Mr. George T. Merritt ha made a flnt-class violin out of Georgia wood, and •ays he would not take lees than ono hundred dol lars for it. Sunday, April 4.—The visible supply of cotton for the world Is 2,768,859 bales,of which 2,269,759 aro American ThoBelme, Ala., gas works wore de stroyed by fire. In thk City.—Tho poultry show to bo held In Atlanta on tho 15th lnstaut will be a grand affair. ......It li settled that the non, Jefferson Davis will be In Atlanta at the unrolling ofthe Hill statue, on Saturday, May 1st. Pensioners of the Seminole War. From the Caiterevlllo Courant - Thero are two pensioners of the Sominolo war living In Bartow, aud so tor as we learn they ere the only ones In our county. They are Mr*. Elisabeth Heath, sged hty-four £ee™.,»nd^Mr*. Margaret Hobbe, stepmother of Captain J. N. Dobbs. The Courant baa enjoyed a pleasant chat with Mrs. Heath, who wes found to be a very In teresting character. Her husband, if living, would now be near one hundred yean old.. The old lady la toll of Interesting information, aud her accounts of things during "Indian times" would fill a volume. She draws $24 every three months, which Is all tbs sustenance she has. A STANDARD MEDICAL WORK FOB TOONS AND MIDDLE-AGED MEN. ONLY SI BY MAIL. POSTPAID. irxrSTItATIVK BAJ1PLB FltEB TO ALL. KNOW THYSELF. A Great Medical Work on Manhood Kxhanited Vitality, Nervous and Physical De. bllttr, Frematora Decline In Kan, Errors or Youth, tnd therm told miseries resulting from Indium- lions for all “acute and chronic diseases. cachHIH ofwhichlstovalaable. So Jtandnyth* Author, whose experience for 25* years u such as probably pages, bound in beautiful Frenon muslin, emboss- • any other work si raff; b to anybody*. I __ _ mfcg°8 ^of^soclety to whom thg to!, whether youth, clergyman.-Argo- Bulflnch street, Boston, Maas., « Itedon all diseases requiring skill and experience. Chronic and obstinate dlsoft<e g’dSS&STHYSELF tton thla paper. may«-dly mon wed frtdnrky OrTOgrTreKT";^ 93 * ho « 1 NeagGenalneante.. benringlMeBtnmu JAMES MEOWS’ Judge o. F. RrMowe, CrswfordsTlUe Mrs. B. K. McDonald, Rockdale county, Mrs. John (ill belt, Jonesboro^ Rev. A. II. Horners. Atlanta— Hl/s Lucy Clark, Midterm Mr. /. K. Wise, lr„ Cal boon county....Mr. Claud J. TooUlnam, Adslrsvllle Mrs Halite O. (lauldlng, Atlanta.... Mr. K. W, Pool, Banka county.,..Mrs.Thomai Da- Wolf, Chittahoocbee county Mr. Theodora Eg gleston, Aitsnts Mrs. Dud Redding, Moorot county....Mr. J, A. Stockton, Macon. MAttniED IN GEORGIA. Mr. Eugene Clark and Him Wallace, LaOrsngu .. Mr. AO. Carter and Mlu Ware. UOrange..... Mr. Morris Mlchelson snd Mbs Hlnchfietd, lining, wick. Derangement of the liver, with constipation, iniuro the complexion, Induce pimples, sallow skin, etc. Brmore the cause by using Carter’s Little Liver nils. Ono adorn. lfantt-wi thin paper. fohl—dAwkr>m /1EOH0IA, FAYETTE COUNTY. J. F. JACK vJ son as next (Hand of Mrs. Frances A. Callaway has applied for exemption of personalty, and stb> ting apart and valuation of homestead, for her tho said > ranee* A. Callaway, and I will pom upon tho lame at 10 o'clock a. m., on tbo J7th aay or April, lttfl, at my office. This Msroh 27. iwa. April I why 2t D. M. FRANKLIN, Ordinary. G eorgia, fayettk county, j. k. jack- ton hss applied for exemption ol ifemonalty. •nd .ettlug tpart and valuation of homestead, • ml I will pus upon the .erne et 10 o'clock a. m., on tb. g^rof A^.^.t^.moajtob r6why2t tlon, Now Orleans, ■■■and railed in spy contest, hss been still further Improv ed, snd is now tolly adapted to any character of coil end tho most unakiuoil labor, two style* and it lathe adirdurat’fc planter made, and will Save* its Cost Three Times Over SINGLE ISEASON TWO HANDS!AND ONE TEAM. The price hss been reduced to suit tho times, fiend for circular giving full deKrtptlon and GLOHE PLANTER M’FG. CO., sen Marietta Street, AtLraU, 6a. lfenllln this paper.