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Do You Wear Glasses?
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IDXSZOZsT WILLIAMS
Invites jou to call, next door to
Hotel and examine his lino of
spectacles and Eye Glasses. He
has them to suit all eyes. He
makes a Specialty of the
CELEBRATED ALLUMINUM
FRAMES. These FRAMES ARE
warranted not io rust. They are
set with the purest and best qual
ity of Lenses, He guarantees to
fit your eyes. Remember he gave much care in the selection of the
•::: j*LATEST DESIGNS IN SILVERWARE*^ -
Which he sells cheap.
CLOCKS WATCHES. RINGS. &C.
At the very lowest prices.
l^'Special attention given to repairing.
Oct. 6,1895, 3ms. DIXON WILLIAMS.
! SHOES!
Has just opeued a large, new stock of shoes in all the latest shapes
for men, women and children. This stock was bought with great
care and before the rise in leather which enables me to sell cheap.
We cau sell you the best school shoe that was ever brought to thi
market. We have just received a fine selection of Hannan’s shoes
and the world famous Douglas’ shoes for men, while our stock of
Zeigler’s fine shoes foi ladies excel in selection and style any pre
vious season and cannot be duplicated in any other factory. We
have taken special pains in selecting a stock of shoes that will give
satisfaction in style, price and wear.
T)
The Latest in a “Stetson flat
Or a soft, or slouch hat, cau be found at our store.
TRUNKS, HATS, VALISES AND SHOE FINDINGS.
Give us a trial and you will be convinced that our goods are the
best and cheapest. Everybody conrteously treated.
GOODFOREVERYBODY
and everyone needs it at all times of the
year. Malaria is always about, and the
only preventive and relief is to keep the
Liver active. You must help the Liver a bit,
and the best helper is the Old Friend, SIM
MONS Liver Regulator, the red z.
Mr. C. Himrod, of Lancaster, Ohio,
says: “SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR
broke a case of Malarial Fever of three
years’ standing for me, and less than
one bottle did the business. 1 shall use
it when in need, and recommend it.”
Be sure that you get it. Always look for
the RED Z on the package. And don’t
forget the word REGULATOR. It Is SIM
MONS Liver Regulator, and there is
only one, and every one who takes it is
sure to be benefited. THE BENEFIT IS
ALL IN THE REMEDY. Take it also for
Biliousness and Sick Headache; both are
caused by a sluggish Liver.
J. B. Zeilin * Co., PbiUdelpbi*.
For stile by Culver & Kidd,
Milledgcville, Ga.
M a roh 12. 1895. 87 1 y. ow
KILL-GERM
CURES ITCH
IN 30 MINUTES.
Cures Mange on Dogs.
Cures Scratches quicker than
any other known remedy.
Cures all skin diseases.
For sale by
WHILDEN A CARRINGTON.
YOURS TRULY
FRED HAUG.
Alliance Warehouse,
Milledgeville, - - Georgia.
Literal alracesMteoiCoiMSimi.
Bagging and ties at lowest cash prices. All business will receive
prompt Attention, Consignments of cotton solicited. Agents for
-i-McConaict Movers aid Brow Cotton Gin.-a-
W. H. JEWELL, Manager.
Milledgeville, Ua.,Sept, 1, 1805. 1y.
Editorial Glimpses and Clippings.
Foi- tlie ►eveuteentli time Miss
Fraenis E. Willard ha* been elected
president of the Woman’s Christian
Iemperat.ee Union.
The committee appointed to look
into the Nicaragua Canal has report
ed in favor of the United States com
pleting uud controlimr the canal.
Farmers should by all means look
after the sowing of such small grain
during toe fall and winter us will
keep them in feed-for their stock
next spring.
Chicago will make a strong bid for
the Renuolicati national convention.
A fund of- $75,000 will be available
and a building of 20,0u0 capacity
will be offered.
Of all the lessons a college can
teach none is mote valuable than the
lesson ot self-restraint, ot Simple
living and ot control .of the desires
and appetites of youth.
CHAIN GANGS OF GEORGIA.
A Shameful State of Affairs
Which the Legislature is
Called Upon to Remedy.
Governor Atkinson sent a special
mesenge to the legislature last Tues
day on the subject of misdemeanor
convicts. Reports reached the Gov
ernor touching the management of
the convicts, that indicated such a
state of RlTairs that, ho felt, it his
duty to investigate and place the
facts befoie the legislature. To per*
form this important work tlie Gov
ernor appointed Hon. R. F. Wright,
a man ot unquestioned integrity onu
ability. Mr. Wright’s report to the
Governor was laid before the legis
lature and remedial legislature asked
for. The report of Mr. Wright re
veals a state of affairs that is aburn-
ing disgrace to the State ot Georgia.
He has visited thirty-thiee camps.
The total number of convicts im
prisoned in these gangs is 795, of
which there are 27 white males, no
females, 749 colored males and 19
colored females. The average length
of sentence is nine months. Aver
age number of hours wot ked per day,
ten. These convicts are employed
in 'arming, saw milling, brick mak
ing, turpentine farms, at d a few on
public roads. Where convicts are
hired to private indiyidlals the hire
averages about $5 per month.
“Generally the white and blacks
ate not chained together, nor are the
males and females, but they are
worked together indiscriminately,
and in many of the gangs practi
cally no provision is made for a sepa
ration of races or sexes during the
dav, or at night in sleeping quarters.
There are emong this number many
oonviefs still tinder their majority,
and I found eleven under the age of
fourteen.
Very little attention is eiveu to the
comfort or sanitary condition of the
sleeping quarters; some sleep in rude
houses with no floors, some in tents
on the bare ground, aDd a few Iu
bunks. The bedding is egenernllv
scant and filthy, frequently full of
vermin. In a number of the camps
no fire is allowed even in the coldest
weather The ventilation is ver
tioor and insufficient; and in mauy
instances in summer sleeping quar
ters are veritable sweat boxes, being
constructed only with a view to pt-e
venting escapes, comfort, and sani
tary conditions being entirely ig
nored.
VVl'hafew exceptions I found no
hospital buildings for the sick, no
preparation for their care, comfort,
or medical treatment.
In fact it seems to be expected that
luisdeameauor convicts never get
sick, or require no treatment If they
do; one superintendent having boast
ed that in his gang, which averages
twenty-five convicts, “he had not
had a physician In five years,” and
yet, in one gang of eignteen men, I
found there had been eight deaths
in the past twelve months. In the
viciuityof a few aamps I found phy
sicians residing who are called in
when needed, but most of the gangs
are practically without physicians,
one being sent for only iu extreme
oases.
In a few of the’camp? the convicts
are fairly fed, but generally the food,
which consists of corn bread and
fried meat, with no change from day
to day, is scant and meager and really
insufficient to sustain health aud
strength.
The clothing is generally scant atiu
filthy, some convicts
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
Powder
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E. B. HARRIS & COMPANY,
THE SHOE BROKERS,
Now located corner CHERRY and THIRD STREETS (Dannenbcrg's old Star.d
JMACOJY, GEORGIA,
Where we tire serving our customers as of old, with the best and
cheapest shoes over brought to this State. Iu fact, we retail shoes
at wholesale prices.
Thousands of Sample Shoes at Half Price.
W atch the other dealers imitate us and talk about us and against
us, but they dont’t get there. See us before buying your Shoes.
many euses too true, of cruelty aud
inhuman treatment.
Escapes are very frequent, there
having been ninety-eight reporte I to
me at the camps visited during th°
pist twelve months, or mora than
12 per cent, of the whole number
confined therein.”
Governor Atkinson’s action in in
vestigating and bringing to the at
tention of the legislature the condi
tion and treatment of misdemeanor
convicts is oue of the best acts of his
administration. Of course the legis
lature will make haste to enact a
law th it, will better the condition of
convicts in the chain gangs. Tlie
whole system of hiring out convicts
Is radically wrong, and should be
speedily abolished. It is the duty
of the State to enforce the laws un
der her own duly appointed offleers,
who should be held to a strict ac
count.
The Royal Fraternal Guardians.
The National Underwriter of july
15th, has this to say about, the Royal
Fraternal Guardians:
“This order Is incorporated under
the laws of California, and specially
chartered by the State as a Fraternal
and Beneficial Society. The objects
of the Order are to unite fraternally
all white people of sound health and
good moral character, to furnish so
cial features, to assist members in
distress, and to insure against, old
age, total disability and death in
sums not greater than $5,000 on «ny
one risk.
“A careful Inspection shows that
the plan ot (ids Order has been care
fully prepared, and floes not promise
a fubnlous return for on insignificant
•ntu, but gives value received for an
udeqi.ate compensation. In fact the
Supreme Council officers do not harp
ou cheapness of the protection their
organization offers, but on sonnduess
and feasibility.
The plan comprehends a reserve
fund (which all new organisations
and some of the older ones are wisely
engrafting on their plans) which riot
only helps to establish aud maintain
the peruianeDcy of the Order, but
provides that after 20 v ears ot mem
bership, a member may cease his
payments amt remain a full paid up
member for the balance of life and
not be required (as are members of
other Fraternal Orders) to pAy as
long as life may last in order to be
in good standing in the Order when
death occurs. This feature over
comes the objection which has here-
Washington Letter.
From Oar Regular Correapaaileat.
Washington, Noy. 14, 1895-
Democrats are extracting onnelde
able consolation out of the old poMt**—
leal maxim, that “a party Is nevsc*
Iu such great, danger as just after It
has won a great victory,” and that
it is a wise maxim the political opa—
lieavals of the last siiffft or to®-.*
years fully prove. No greater pollt*--
ical victory was ever won In tht***
country than that which Id I890 pot>~
the democrats In po«sessloa of tb#--
executive and legislative branches off
the government. Yet, look what fob -
lowed. In 1894, dissension In demo—--
cratic ranks, and a republican Coo—
gressional vio ory; in 1806, morodeue-.
ocratlo dissension and republic®®**
victories in states heretofore safely?-'*
democratic. The dissension hi the—
ranks of the victorious republioaoui
party is slready marked, and It I®-*
not coutlntd to the fight oyer the—
presidential candidate of the party-*
but Includes the policy to be fob--
lowed by the over whelming repub
lican majority In the Hou-h durlncr:
the coming session of Congrese-..
The»e dissensions even xteod to toe-**
tariff question Senator Sherman.*
lately said that he would vote for now-
bill amending the tailff that did aiofl-v
provide a duty for woo-; and Reprcr*-
sentative Da'zsl, oi Pennsyl--anle-*.
who may be the u**xt. Ottairuiao-otf'J
the House Ways and Means C»m»-
mittee, says the taiiff Is going w>
amended and dur**s rai-evl, Sow*
comes ex-Senator Maiidet-on. . oS,
Nebraskq who poiLteJK s-vys. :“Tn*a-'
republic ms e*nnn' affoi -l to- opera-
up the tariff question, if mi attempt •
is made to put a <lu f y ou *vr o! ow-
any other ariic'e, •■very industry will-:',
rush in arid demand more p-roCets'—
tion.” This living the situation, ifc
isiiiitur.il that democrats should vie-—
p-et. their prospects in the tnt f louadfH
campaign to be much i i,proved by,j-
existing dlsseution- in tlie reptruieaiinx
party and tho-e certain >o In- -ngeix—
dered during the session ot Cons**
gress. As Senator Mitchell,..of WiA***-
cousiri, now in Washington, apt!^-
puts It, “I have sv* n uiu-cli dark**?*-
days than these for file democratic-;
party. But there was a vital prfor* 1 *-
eiple in the doctrine* o f d**uioora®jrr
which was destined to make this-
party great, and which will' al-Wrcy •*«.
make it important.”
Tlie pol Meal whMag.g turns upv-
sotue queer things, but when it
turned up Boss Quay a- a c-.ndidatw—
for the republ'Saii presidential uon»»~
■ nation n turned up something*;;
queerer than usual. When it was c.
first mentioned m Washington that.
UUllictl IIIW UUJCUilGiJ wiiiuii iiao lit* o , . ,
tofore been raised by business men ,»°“* e *
Sept. 16,1896.
12 4ms.
Notice!
CITY REGISTRATION.
npilE books for the registration of the
4 quiilified voters or the city of Mllledge-
ville will tie opened on the 7th dav of Octo
ber, 1805, and close on the 13th day of No
vember 1893,
, P. T,. FAIR, Clerk.
Milledgeville, Ga., Sept. 30, ’95. 14 Cis.
Mr. Frank A, Hall, Grand Oigan-
izer for tilt* State of Georgia, will
organize a lodge in this city. Wo
men ara admitted into this order.—
All those who wish to join us charter
members should make applica'ion to
Mr. Hall at once.
We are indebted to Win. H. Barnes,
Grand Scribe, for a copy of the pro
ceedings of the Grand Encampment
of waliforuia. As au active worker
iu fraternal societies, our dear old
friend, Bill Barnes, has a well-earned
national reputatiou.
Thirty-one democrats iu the next
house will baye their seats contested
for—one by au independent demo-
esat, two by populists and twenty-
eight, by republicans. The farce will
consume much time and barrels of
“Uncle Sum’s money,—Dalton Ar
gun*
Mississippi now thinks it has
solved the convict labor problem by
putting tlie couvi.:ts at work on tne
state larm ot 10,900 acres. This farm
is reported us not large enough to
ufford employment to all the con
victs, but it is stated that it yielded
a profit of $50,900 to tlie stuie lust
y ear. _
Tlie bill for a * Reformatory for
youthful criminals comes up in the
legislature tomorrow ( Wednesday.)
Tfiis is a matter of great importance,
commanding the sj mpttthy aud sup
port of our best people, 'i. be chap
ter o( hoirors developed by the re
port ou chain gau.-s laid before the
general assembly by our noole Gov
ernor, cannot full to force ourlaw ma-
xmcuien's Arnica Baivc.
The Best HaLiVE iu the world for Cuts
Bruises,Sores,Ulcers,BaltRheam, Fever
Sores,Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
OorusaiulallSkln Eruptions,and positively
Cures Piles or no pay required It ts
guaranteed to glvesatisraction, or money ^er* to take immediate action look-
refunded Prlce‘25e6iit8 per box. Foreale to prison reform. The issue is
bv Culver & Kidd. fairly belore them uud they can’t es
Royal Toast Biscuit, 15 cts. pc? cape the responsibility,
pound, at Bearden & Conn’s.
without a change; hence vermin of
all kind are not infrequent.
At some camps only cotton clothes
are used, summer and winter, and at
a number of camps the convicts had
no clothes except what they were
then wearing.
I found female prisoners working
side by side with their male confed
erates, dressed in full male attire,
the authorities claiming that “this
mod* ot dress was less in tlie way
and besides it seemed to he the ten
dency of the ‘new woman.’”
With one or two exceptions, no
record is kept showing name of con*
vict, crime of which convicted, term,
date received, date discharged, or
record of daily conduct upon which
the good time allowed b? law should
be based.
In many cases the convicts had to
be looked up Rnd counted before I
could ascertain how many were in
the gang. It is impossible to learn,
on this account, how many convicts
have been held beyond tlie terms
imposed by the courts; but from niy
observation, taken in connection
with other facts which will hereafter
be mentioned, I aui satisBed such
cases occur not infrequently.
At some camps the authorities
have required convicts to make up
all time lost by sickness, und in some
cases where an escape was recaptured
his term has been doubled without
indictment, trial or authority of law,
as I was reliably informed. The act
of 1884 allows a convict commutation
of four days off each month for good
behavior, or forty-eight dava off a
twelve-months 1 sentence. I found
that this law has never been observed
except in three out of thirty-three
gangs visited, notwithstanding this
law lias been on the statute books
for the past ten years,
and others who have been compelled
to patron’ze the “Old Line” Stock
aud Mutual Insurance Companies in
order to secure a contract that could
be paid up iu a limited number of
years.
Tlie hign standing of theOfflcirs
my ™ u * '“ ,u ik-mi Financial Hoard of the Supreme
going weeks Council and the success they haye
made in tne management of their
own finances, insures the future suc
cess and prosperity which the Socie
ty deserves.”
In (hi* connection we print the fo’-
lowi ig from Mr. Harnes, who is well
known and greatly beloved in this
city;
San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 30th. 1895.
To whom it may concern:—Some
months or so ago I was invited to
examine file principle upon which
the Royal Fraternal Guardians were
doing business, which exatuiuation I
made, and had no hesitancy in say
ing that the system was feasible and
with a reasonale rate of increase,
would be permanent and substantial
I also know personally a number of
those who instituted it, and now
conduce it, and believe them to be
gentlemen of honesty and reliability.
Fraternally,
Wm. H. Barnes.
BILLS OF SENATOR ROBERTS.
Senator R. W. Roberts has intro
duced tlie following important bills
of state interest, which have passed
the senate:
A bill to amend an act prescribing
the punishment of the crime of eni-
bfzziement, and the crime iu certain
cases to be a misdemeanor.
A bill to amend section 2005 of ti e
Code of 1882, which provides that
every person claiming the benefit of
tlie exemption of personal property
shall make a full disclosure of all the
personal property of which he may
be possessed, and other provisions to
prevent fraud upon creditors, etc.,
so that when amended tlie person
claiming the homestead
in Pennsylvania were booming Quay,
for the nomination it was regarded*)
as a sort of joke on Quay, sprung by •
some wt ll-meaning editor who was -
seriously grateful for favors done*-
and hopeful for those yet to
and who realty believed ilia t Quay ,
was big enough fur such an lions*.
Hi* candidacy i- un longer rrgaru£a%
a* a joke. He i- sei mu-iy io tne field a
aud lias a.lileraiy bureau working:-
up seuiiment in , is favor. At first,
glance one j* inc fried to suy tbaS*.
Q lay i» throw ng g* o t mouey uwuy,..
so siuull in bis chance to win > bnti.
when one uon-deis that Quay Viav«
made “big guverinu nt a,•( ropria— -
tious aud liberal expe./nii ures upon- ,
all sorts * f lutein I iivi|>rovemeuta ,r, “
the corner suu.e of hi.- candidacy^
and remembers tlie sircosss ot repub
licans in th* past who ail n<»of tier pc£ *
litical ca nit hi 1 liati ”t he old fl <g annP <
an appropriation,” one doesn’t feel ets.
certain at out it. It may be tnafr"
Quay thought that Tom lt-«d. was-*
having too much of a >*aik overhand*
that his caudniaev i* put. forth*
merely as a tounuiitioii t r a good*
dicker,
Hon. William F Hairity, Cbalr»«
| Coni inner) on 5 h page.]
Awarded
Highest Honors—World's Fd^j,
exemption
At many"camps, I found no regular j [ n real or persenal property, or both,
whipping boss, but all gua'Us and shall be required to disclose in hi-
hosses oarried straps and punished schedule all the real and personal . - - r -~— r - ,. , . ,
tlie convicts ad libitum, and from this property of which he may be posses- ; from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant
faot have gone out the reports, in I ged. 40 YEARS THE STANDARD.
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