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EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Mr. It. R. Russell has \\ iili
dravn his insolvent cost bill.
The* Athens Danner '-avs nearly
two thirds of ih@ cotton coming to
list cry is robed in ‘•white.”
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Tho h gislal tire claims a few
more (lays yet, so says one of the
members.
The bill for higher education
has been cut down from SOB,OOO
to $ 15,000.
Harrison has tauon up his ofli
cinl duties at Washington, Now
or the run ot petitions, applica
ti- ns and appoint merits.
Mr. Tom Cobb Jackson seems to
be getting his name in tire papers
again. The A lania Constitution
contains a long account of him.
If tho people of Georgia would
vote a stated salary for the legisla
ture, as other states have done,
they would do more in a much
shorter time than they do.
If the legislature would OHCour
age the railroads instead ©f trying
t-> "ripple and kill tirern ou‘, Geor
gia would prefly soon show up in
a luoro prosperous way and the
state would present a perfect net
work of railways.—[Eagle.
Liverpool, Out. 4 —Ti e receiver lo
day puts total sales of the week at
38 000, American 27 000. Trade
leaking#, including forwarded from
shipside, 34 0), actual export, if,ooo.
total import 33,000, American, 22,000
T-ital stock, 368.000, Aoieociu, 202.
000, toml ati-iat, 13-1 000, Americau,
120,000.
The supreufe court of Georgia
has, since tiie present term opened,
been sitting on alternate days and
rendering decisions on the other
days. It was decided yesterday Jo
make a change, beginning next
Monday. In future court will he
held the first three days and decis
ions will be rendered the last three
days of each week.
The state ©i Alabama has done
the right thing. Bhe has enacted
anew law. “tVh.en a murder is
brought to justice, and pleads the
ins imiy dodge, he is then tried un
der a special empanelled jury for
insanity. If he is found sane, then
he is tried for murder.” This is com
ing under the march of civilization.
The courts ot Alabama will be no
longer hoodwinked under the in
sanity dodge.
John Burns, the leader of the
London strikers, controlled 100,*
. / half starved men for tliyee
weeks. The in 11 ue nee some lead -
t-rs is magnetic. Bur, in this, Burns
•,d only labor to puli against cap
ital, end tl:o Jo id was too great for
1. ;i- As long as the world stands,
h.bor will always be controlled by
wniiah This is one of ihe inevi
t; 1 .. ~ outside of the laws of the
lan 1. An it ration has been fried,
hut without oiled.
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Gov. < iordon commuted the sen
tence of i suae L. Sellers toilio time
lie I>. rve-h Sellers was convict
wl < ■ ' •••! ;h, i\ : 5, in A w ! ir-g
c'■ • -of G' i. :•••)* r ai. 1 was
i ■ ;.j .ii wi : su'lered
Com tiro nthnrpt has recently
signed an affidavit that Sellers was
not the guilty man. and that sire
had be-ui hired by Ron Williams,
the r ml criminal, to necusa Seller.'.
Tiro pro so co dng allormy and
many t f the citizens of Appling
county signed tiro pet it ion.
A Gratuitous Insult.
The aelion of the house of repre
sentatives yesterday, with regard
to the cotnmillve to investigate the
claim of the lessees of the Western
and Atlantic railroad, in instruct
ing said committee how they
should take testimony, is tire most
remarkable c induct we have ever
heard of Irorn a legislative body lo
wan! the aelion of a committee.
It is clearly and emphatically an
insult to tli© committee. This com
mittee was appointed to take testi
mony, and report. The house thinks
the committee is so weak they may
be imposed upon and deceived,
and hence they throw safeguards
around it.
If die senate agrees to the resol
ution, no decent man ought to re
main on the committee, and we
don’t believe they will.
Nothing is clearer than tint we
have men in the legislature who
are not willing even to trust them
selves on a proper settlement of
the question involved in this mat
ter. It is very easy to account for
demagogue? who will some to the
surface on an issue like the Olive
bill, and who will, as a certain mem
her, who made a demagogical ti
rade, and when called to account
by one of his friends, said; ‘*o,l
don’t believe what I said, but it
suits my constituents.” i3ut this
isabusiness matter in which trie
state is interested, and it is the part
of statesmanship to solve it proper
ly, and if the committee is so weak
that it needs the guardianship of
the house to watch and protect its
proceedings, it should never have
been appointed.
['here is a fact that has come to
our knowledge lately with regard
to the claim these lessees have
against the state, which we deem
it our duty to give to the public.
It comes trom Tennessee, and not
from ijie lessees. It is this; Under
he lease act the state road was to
be exempt from taxes. The sta e
of Tennessee has assessed and col
lected one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars of taxes. This matter,
from the first, was brought to the
attention of the legislature of Geor
gia, and no action Ims been taken
in tho matter. In the meantime;
the taxes being assessed under the
Tennessee law against the state ot
Georgia's property, the fi fas, have
been, for a long time, paid and
transferred to Tomlinson Fort of
Chattanooga, as trustee for the les
sees. These fi' fas., we presume,
will be all levied on this property
when the lease expires, aim this
will bring the whole- matter of the
difference into the Tennessee courts
lor settlement.
We simply desire to put oarselv
es on record now, and for all lime
to come, that we prefer to have the
Georgia h ; ;-laturo to pass on tL .
settlement rather than tq'l av: a.
Tennessee court and jury. !o <i& it.
If t! o le-ste.s demand cuoie than
they aie **niit 'id to, there ,s enough
resnhoo !in tbe <4oorg ; a usserrittlvH
tod rh m so, an 1 there wi S be no one
• r-vly 'o echo their reonmeuls on
tbif- boo *i h-a die OoiAtituti-in.
Or, thin, and ell the lines t ! a' iffc
tt:i- K*te, i> 8 t O ItT Georgia. Wt
v not t. lie cjn ti.,n KVlhd to cans-* i
t right to ho !b>t, ami hic< r.d yby ser
ving if, we will gm t.Qoiher bidder for
the new 1 one, amiVvo do not besita'e
to say one. t *; j .t if rhe srec*SK f nl bid
tl*r, will he an acquisition to Q orgia
in more ways ban one [Constitution.
W isi sag’ ton ti.i-Aivr,
[From the Journal's Correspondent. ]
VVashing’on, O r, 7 —The \Vtb
’ogtQtA Post has given ib raaiiiJest in
is fight vvith the Civil Service Com
missioners. in a four cnlnrpD i<-view
of tbe history of the commission, the
Post “Btablisbsg bv nudoubted testiuio
ay that a clerk in the employ of tbe
(.< in mission, (i no Campbell, a brother
>i law of Commissioner Lyman. r< 1 i
h.cngb a second party lists of ques
tions to be iced in examinations 10 a
fakir, who “prepaies candidates h r
be civil f-cuvice.” ,Tbe ingenious
purchaser drove a spirited trade in
p eparing at a high price and as long
as tbe game lasted his candidates were
strangely s u ccessfa 1.
The true state of a/Tabs were reveal
ed tux Commissioner Oboriy two years
ago, but at the earnest solicitations of
Commissioner Lyman, who said that
such a disgrace would just mortify bis
wile to death, the dear brother in law
escaped with only a reprimand. Com
tnissioner Lyman says that tbe Camp
bell even wept bitterly u ben the error
of liis way waa point and out t * him.
It was probably to keep this soft
lsead-d rascal irotn crying his Lena
out, that Coturaibniudur Liman —then
the sole tomm s-loner in o ice—hod
cimpbili, several months a dev, pro
moted from one thousand to one thou
Sand two hundred duilars.
iii view ot commissioner Lymauk
admii-NTODa on Svijrday, lfi bold a>
-i-uiiD teat *b*> courts tha infest iuve.
Gabon, f cund • tike bu i;>g. To
Lava a • igbt<one contempt lor one’s
enemies is justifiable, but if Mr. Lv
mau hopes ihat > ougress will not m
\tstigaie these charges, he hopes a vain
thing,
The man who is charged with hav
ing brought tiro questions says ttn-.t.
Ue * 0.-8 ... t iesity need to putchas.*
questioni that a>e going m be sck.d
i;C 8 'bat tie- ha? hundreds ot list.--
m questions ii.su hare been used and
the resemblance of the questions ask
iU Hi cacti iCiLti ot t X .tuiuattoti is jiu
Ufor-g that a candid-it.! can be uaiaer:
.n a week to answer all the question.-
that are likely to be asked. Ha adds
• hat. the questions are so caielessly
piepaied and so reldooi changed that
;bc idinticui queNtioos aslic-u here in n
gensMii examination m*y be toatid u.
St. Lonth or ohicag” doing service
ciiiee months honee, He aays in snb
stance, that ibe questions aie very
long lived. i;c does cot deny -having
received -'advance” copies ot questions.
T hat this man is right legstdiog the
gctteial loon, ness in the preparation of
•juesiictis c-ed the stupendous neglect
to pic Tide precautions against their
■.Lett a: \Le const*.nt repetition of the
.same questions, no one will flout,t
who obt-erves the eh.xta -t' cf inanv
people who c-uecef.fully -tana these
exiuchialiOQS. I have known men to
pass v L>o cor.id barely re.d and wiitv.
L b'-ve Known persona who had failed
tv:He meat tgaotni . ousiy to spe .
tf'ti-e everij-c.pK with oca of these ‘ p.e
p-.rerd” ami go through with 11; mg
color . I: i- not necessary to oat.
h >t [ cv-’ y otaocb, it is merely no., ■
■ ary to rem< tuber the'answers to about
re ly qur r-tions.
a ra gp misa w "I ,
A M$ ti tJnnct 1 r n o HCn.
•r&K&O i&TIdBWVaQUi W aW'&ViL sm rktarf v'xtWLa
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fip&F* Would not Cicala fineli an exciter. mit at-f-nthe !•:lesns .be dgnttit
(ADDEI >’B great Display of Rurgam* is Cmati g. it i C vtMti;* " r.Orte-t
.Slush am *'g Huyrre, and not a tew rows among a , :. r y and w i? 1 ■* oO'.upmit
•rs Le Vu> ioar, the whole iion tribe. MaUukn is not under tin bed, but
ie is Ncllirg at
Under Bed-Rock Prices.
lienee the ranter re of Buyers an! roar of competitor q Do v av; uni “ Jut. *
■xeiwment? Take in my store. Can you read rhen < ;.iv.l a/?
Albeits’ liet.l. Cotton Cheeks only o cts. per vsrd. 7I ” k fi. -ling (! ivy) 5
pent s per vaid. 4 1 4>h sheeting (heavy ) tiers Ginghams (a great bargum)
712 cents per yard. Calico from 5 cts. up. I ho-e i. v i*. u for t Seta
selves. Don't let rl c sun go down without bringing your hv ■ m-en to my
store and putting me to the test.
DON’T GO TO RED WITH THIS ON YOUR MIND
and dream of Coming to morrow—to morrow the b&igain ‘ <nLu ;r> ybo a
tDwn away and leave you tbe empty ne>t. Crime, com;. to<h f, bring yon,
neighbor. D) somebody a good turn and put him on the trank of an op port a
uity as rare as snow rr July. Come straight to
I. A. Madden, mavsviu-e, ga.
Buy - Your Shoes
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And Save Money, Athens
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]l2 Clayton Street, Next Door to Postoffiee, Athens, Georgia.
Haselton ’& Dozier, Proprietos.
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j wwvvOsVb o.m
j Viob'tts, and all kinds of musical instrn
• ‘.-if- ? ; -V cj merits • hului and for sale tit greatly ie
■ ' ';*! (’need prices tor cash, or on ti e install
- j incut. Special rates to churches and
3 s.•bools. Picture frames on hand or m
• ! r i - T'V to order at short notice. A Toll and cocm
,•/ 7. b'tr stock of Artists’ Material tor draw®
T- S ..:>/*nd jv>jnting in oi! and water colote
! , D. P. Haselton, Titos. 0. Do
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stud* HfaB B W W*a\
Stock Larger Than Everl
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—Stoves Rouxht bv Car-Loads! — / • x
Audi Prices That are Bound'to y
Attract ■ Jones' Standa’d Tinware.
"T ; n Roofing, Gutteiing and Jol-Wcrk, Cull or Write for. Prices.
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