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SUBSCRIPTION.— SI.OO i>f.r annum.
Mexico continues to be seriously
troubled with eat thquakes. Tlic city
itself has received some damage, and
the inhabitants ate restless with fear.
The most fortunate class of poison
in this country are the women who
married Federal generals, piov ibed the
husband died first. 0»lr a little over
sixty-three thousand has been raised
for Mis. Logan.
The officials ot the East Tennessee
and Richmond and Danville roads
were in Chattanooga a few days ago,
and located the site for the bridge'
across Tennessee river just aboye the
eity, near the city furnace.
Nothing seems to be more vexatious
to the average country editor than
road laws and dog laws. Fortunately
for the city editor he knows nothing
of had public roads and his own ami
neighbors’ sheep being killed by dogs.
The land reforms just inaugurated
by President Cleveland and the ad
ministration should certainly not only
commend him to his party but the
whole nation. Mr. Cleveland has
shown himself squarely against let
ting railroad companies steal the flower
and such a large amount of the pub
lic domain.
Nothing is more threatening to our
institutions than the social dregs of
Europe that are now immigrating
into and flooding our country. They
land on our shore poverty stricken
and the apparent oppressed victims of
tyrany; in a few months they are the
worst types of anarchists.
The colored race is demanding first
class passenger accommodations un
der the Jnter-Stat# Commerce law
and from the way Commissioner Bragg
talks, he will get it. Wm. 11. Comi
eill, a leading colored Democrat, has
filed a claim with the Commission
against the Western & Atlantic Com
pany, claiming s'if •,000 damage for
being forcibly ejected from a first class
ear after purchasing a first class ticket.
It might be that the Abolitionists
never abolished slavery, as some ow
haa attempted to show, but it remains
without question that had it not been
for that party and their efforts in that
direction, secession and a civil wai
would have never been a reality, an ‘
slavery might have by this time been
abolished without disunion and blood
shed.
An attempt no doubt will be made
$o make the tariff question a party
sss»e„ but the tone of the press of
cketlb porties will have to assume a
different sound horn its present one
to ever be really so. The Democratic
party wants a reform but to wliat ex
tent has not nor cannot be clearly
stated. It will have to be left to the
national legislature without reference
to party spirit.
One of the most delusive fancies of
many prohibition organs, is that old
parties must and are breaking up to
give room for that party. Prohibition
lacks a great deal of being the pivotal
point of the civil liberty of the people
©f this government. The most vital ele
ments are in the Democratic party,and
Prohibition must remain a sole issue
depending solely upon its own merits
Jfor success.
The first railroad in China has just
been opened up. It will be interesting
to watch tne effect ot this modern civ
ilizer upon the customs of that people
The laws and customs of China date
back oyer thousand years, and she 1 1 n
always jealously opposed any innova
tion npon them, ■
It is very evident that Chattanooga
has a lot of the most corruptible and
bigoted set of officials of any city
in the South.
Snakes, Prohibition and Sam Jones
seem to he about three of the most
interesting topics of the press at pres
ent. Mr, and Mrs Cleveland have
gone on a fishing and recreation tour
and of course the presidential baby
lias fallen out of line.
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In the formation of her new and
present ministry France has left Ccn.
Boulanger out. \Y hether this is to the
satisfaction of her soldiers and army
is very questionable. In noting all
that has been said about this Genera!
it appears conclusively that France
has no other that can near fill his
place in any respect, and may soon
piecipitate her affairs in a very un
happy and unfortunate state.
Did the South lose anything by
the emancipation of the slaves? “Bill
Arp” started it. and affirms that
she did not. The Courier Journal
(Louisville), which the Atlanta Con
stitution endorses by re-publishing,
says: “it was no loss to the South,
though it was a loss to the former
owner.” It is veiy difficult to com
prehend the difference, without it
would be that the loss would be less
felt and hard in its nature to the
general government than its citizens
individually. The slaves in the
South represented a real value as well
as the manufacturing interest in She
North. As a slave be commanded a
price—commercial worth: as a freeman
he commands nothing. It is just as
reasonable to say that removing water
horn a given quantity does not decrease
the volume But it either actually
or tacitly admited by all that the South
is better off with the negro as a 'ice
man than as a slave, yet had the peo
ple of the South received the real
commercial value represented by the
Javes, there would not have been such
a cry for northern capital to come and
develop our general resources. Had
the Southern people got wliat the
slaves cost them, it»would not have
taken a quarter ol a century for ours
to have been one of the most prosper
ous countries on the globe, varied in
terests and enterprises, notwithstand
ing wc have just emerged fioin all
ravages of a horrible war. Now, at
this dav and time, to try to make the
impression upon the minus of our
people that we were not injured by
the manner in which the slaves were
freed, has an undoubted coat and col
or of todvisin.
Senator Ingals, a leading republican,
is put down for saying: “I have no
hesitancy in saying that granting the
fight of suffrage to the colored people
has proven an absolute aud unquali
fied failure.” Jim Blaine virtually
said the same thing. It is clearly
evident that the entire leadership of
the Republican party would now most
willingly and cheerfully deny the
the negro the right to national suffrage
were it m t heir power. Let the ne
gro in the South vote as he pleases,
in's vote only increases the electorial
votes of the Democrats in national
elections.
While it appears that the Inter-
State Commerce hill as a whole is
very largely condemedryet it contains
one or two clauses noth
ing has ever been said. Discrimina
tion in rates and the system ot pooling
is seldom or never mentioned. It seem
that the fairness of these two clauses
has not been questioned. The prohi
bition of discrimination m favor of
rich shippers and corporations is too
much the spirit of the people for any
one to dare openly enter protest against
it. Neither will the people ever will
ingly submit to any system of pooling
by which common carriers divide the
spoil, To sum the whole matter’ up
it is clear that about the only fault in
the Commerce bill is that it is an at
tempt to remedy every evil between
the railroads and the people at one
stroke.
■tfY 'J3** —•
The United States Brewer ’ A'■■■■■: ia
tion recently held >a Baltimore r«T. ed
(“57.000 to be used againsts prohibi
tion and high license. Texas got
$5,000 and Tennessee $3,000 of it.
Sonic of Chattanooga’s business
men have made a move to “give their
clerks a chance’ s by publicly agreeing
to close their houses at 7p. m. It nat
urally awakens one to thinking.
NEARING THE NOCSE,
A Fiendisli Negro on Trial in Chat
tooga County, Charged With
a Terrible Crime
All North Georgia, and especially
Chattoaga county, is in a great, state
of exeitement over the trial ot Henry
Pope, the negro who is charged with
having bruts ily outraged a Miss
Kendrick near Summerville, in Feb
ruary. ’The crime was a hortibloone,
the Kendrick family, one of the most
aristocratic and respected in the conn
tv, were plunged into the deepest grief.
Hundreds of men scoured the county
for the black brute, and fully a ball
dozen were arrested and brought before
Miss Kindiiok for identification, hut
they were released when she saw them
for none bore any resemblance to her
assailant. Two weeks ago Henry
Pope, a negro who once lived in Chat
tooga who had left Summerville about
the time of the outrage, was arrested
in Gadsden and taken before Miss
Kindrfek.
A very sensational scene ensued
when she faced the negro. She turned
ghastly white and cried out, “that’s
the man,” and then looking Pope
•straight in the face cried, “oh why
did you not have mercy on me and kill
me,” at which the young girl fell reel
ing to the floor in a dead faint. The
negro was placed in jail and a mob of
500 men was organizd to hang
him. There was a big reward for the
capture and conviction of the rapist
and when Pope’s captors learned of
the proposed lynching they buged the
people to desist, saying they had been
to great expense to capture t lie negro,
and if he was mobbed they would not
recieve the reward.
W.’titsng Too Long,
A short time ago a well known cit
izen of Atlanta was discovered on a
lounge in the Comptroller general’s
office, under the influence of morphine.
When spoken to, he admitted that he
had taken tho drug in order that it
might do its deadly work. A hysi
cian was hurriedly summoned, who, by
strenuous efforts, succeed! i i: reliv
ing the would-be suicide.
This man was an ex-C on federate
soldier, and had lost a leg in defense
of the South. Tie had had, tor some
time, a position in one of the United
Staets government offices, hut had
been turned out to make room for a
successor. lie had aLfaruily depend
ent on
ble to support them, he rashly at
tempted to do what many other men
have been driven to by desperation.
Fortunately he was saved from a st<-
cede’s grave, and fortunatly too his
unhappy condition at once awakened
sympathy, and fiiends set find
ing employment for him. g
We are glad this crippled ConM
erate found friends in his hour of need
but they came very near waiting too
long. And so it is with the world
generally. A man may be in the
greatest distress, suffering severest
trials, which could bo easily relieved
if some of bis more fortunate brethren
wonld impart a little timely aid. But
the more fuitunate ones are so taken
up with their own affairs that they
are blind to the condition of the
sufferer until, in a moment .of despera
tion, he kills himself. Then their eyes
are open to the truth, and they ask
themselves the unavailing ques
tion: “Why did we not see his condi
tion before it was too late?” Then,
with many A-ain regrets, they bury
him out of sight and go ou their way,
treating with the same neglect other
needy ones who daily cross their path.
It is the way of the world—the
same old story. Men will not see the
needs of their brethren until it is too
late for aid to be of any use.
If you have sympathy or aid to give,
give it now. Keep your eyes open to
the condition of those around you,
and do not wait to shed useless tears
above the bier of some one whose life
might have been saved by kindness
from you manifested sooner—kindness
too, which perhaps would have cost
y u a mere trifle,
' Evil iw light by want of thought,
As well u ' b y want of heart.”
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Tennessee has passed a law permit
ting criminals to be sworn and testfy
in all misdemeanor cases. It has
proven not to woik very rvell in bene
fiting the criminal. It offer; ' groat
a temptation to swear fals<d\
man h is just been com i
who was about the first t
dor the new law.
Lep) Polices.
GEORGIA.— Dade County :
To nil whom it may conncrfi.
W. C. Cufeton 'nag in due f(/rm applied to
t! r Undersigned for permanent letter.* of ad
ministration on the estate of James 4V. Cure
ton, late of said county, deceased, and I will
.i. s upon said application on th<r first Mon
day in J imu neat.
Given under my hand atid official signature
this 2nd day of Mav, 1887,
J. A. Bennett, Ordinary.
GEORGIA— -Dadk County.
Whereas James R. Allison Administrator
of II- L. W. Allison deceased, represents to
tiie court in his petition duly filed and entered
on recoad that he has fully administered 11.
I,- W. Allison’s estate: —This is, therefore, to
cite all persons concerned, heirs and creditors
to show cause if any they can, why said Ad
ministrator should not be discharged from
his administration, and recicve letters of dis
tnis don, on tile first Monday in August 1887.
This Aprial 22nd 1887.
.. A. Bknnytt Ordinary
Apr. 29 Jm.
GEORGIA— Dame County.
S. J. Hale and others have made application
fora second eiass publie road in the 1089th
District G. M. of said county. Commencing
where the road eomiug up the hollow from
S. J. Hale’s enters the Gardenliife ferry road
thence East to where the road turns off to
Hooker, thence North to the Nashville Chat
tanooga A St. Louis Railway. Which has
been pointed out by the commissioners and
a report thereof made on oath by them.
All persons are notified that said tew road
will on and after the fiist Monday in June
next, by the Ordinary of said county, be
finally granted if no cause be shown to “the
contrary. This Aprial 20th 1887.
J. A. Bennett Ordinary
Ai r. 29, 30d
Will be sold before the court houso door, in
the town or. Trenton, Dade county Georgia,to
the highest bidder for cash, on the first Tues
day in July nest (1887), between the legal
hours of sale, the following unreturned wild
lands, to satisfy a tax Fi Fa. issued in favor
of John Clark, tax collector, against each lot
or bart of lot respectively, all lying and situ
ated in said county of Dade, each lot or r part
of lot pointed'out for levy by said tax-col
lector and levy on each mads by me the un
dersigned. to wit:
Lot of land, No. one hundred and forty one
(141) in the 18th district and 4tb section, as
tho property of Geo H Cherry; lot of land No.
one hundred and fifty three [ls3] in the 18th
district and 4th section as the property of 11.
L Russell; lot of land No. one hundred and
forty five [l4s] in the 11th district and 4th
section, as the property of W W Simpson; lot
of land No. seventy in the 12th“distriet; and
4th section, as the property of M S Mabrey,
and lot of land No. one hundred and forty
nine [ll9] in the 19th district and 4th sec
tion as the property of Geo C Sleuimons.
This March 29th 1887.
AV. A. Byrp, Sheriff.
SHERIFF’S SALE.—WiII be sold before
the court-house door, in the town of Trenton,
county of Dade, State of Georgia, to the
highest bidder, for cash, on the first Tuesday
in June, 1887, tho following lands and pro
perty, all lying and situated in said county
of Dade, to-wit:
| JAli, lot of land no, eighty-five (85) in
the 18th district and 4th seeti-on as the prop
erty ot A. T, Fricks. Said land sold to sat
isfy’ii'. tax Fi Fa. issued lor the taxes for the
year 1885 in favor of John Clark tax col
lector, against said property. Property
pointed out by defenxfant. Levy made- b.y
me the undersign d.
Also, one house and lot, being town lots,
No. (22) twenty-two and (37) thirty-seven, in
the town of Trenton, and known as the’G. M.
Crabtree house and lot, as the*property of G.
M, Crabtree, to satisfy a justice’s court Fi.
Fa. issued in favor of John P. Jacoway
against said G. M. Crabtree for ballance ol
said purchase money on said pjoperty. Pro
perty pointed out by plaintiff. Tenant in
possession notified. Levy uindo by John
Cuz/ort, L. C., and turned over to me the un
dersigned. Tiiis sth day of Mav, 1887.
W. A. BYRD, Sheriff.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE OF LARKIN
PAYNE ESTATE.
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By virtue of an order of the ceu-t of Ordi
nary of Dade county Georgia: Will be sold
at the court house door in Trenton, in said
county, on the first Tuesday in July next,
within the legal hours of sale, the following
to wit : All of the farm known as the Lark
in Payne homo place, about three miles South
of Trenton, being lots and parts of lets of
land No. 33, 34 and 38 in the 18th district
and 4th section of said county containing
about 300 acres. It will be sold first in
three parcels, as follows; All north of the
barn back to the stone fence, as one parcel.
All sonth of the barn, including the dwell
ing and back to the stone fence, in another
parcel. All west ef these two parcels, in
another parcel. It then will all be sol d in
one body, and which sale brings the most
money will he treated and considered as the
administrators sale. Also lots of land No'
150 and 157 in the 10th district nnd4th sec
tion. of said county, and two-thirds undivid
ed interest in 90 acres of lot 253 in 10th dis
trict and 4th section of said county. The
mineral interest in these three lots is not
included; also lot of land No. 108 in the
11th district and 4th section of said county.
Sold as the property of Larkin Payne, de
ceased, late of said county, for the benefit of
heirs and creditors.
Half cash, balance in 12 months. Notes
and good security. T. J. Lumpkin.
administrator Larkin Payne.
This "is one of the best stock farms in the
county. For father information call on T.
•T. Lumpkin, Trenton Ga., or P. Payne
Chattadoogi tenn.
Will be sold before tho court house door in
the town of Trenton, Dade county, Georgia,
on the first Tuesday in July next, between
the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder
for cash, all in said county, the following
described proper y, to wit:—
Lot of No. 145 in the 11th district and 4th
section of Dade conuty, to satisfy a Superior
Court Fi. Fa. from Cobb county,State of Geor
gia, issued in /tivor of McPherson B. Miller
for the use of W. M Barron against W. W.
Simpson Proyerly pointed out by plff’s. otty
Defendant in Fi. Fa. notified. Levy made
May the 27th, 1887.
Also Lots of land Nos. 37 and 38 in tho in
12th district and 4th section of said county,
to satisfy a Justice Court Fi. Fa. of the 1038
district, G. M., issued in favor of Robert
Dougherty against 11. C. Mclvaig and I). P.
Frye. Property pointed out by plff’s. atty.
Levy mado by G. R. Ilerndon, L. C., and
turned ovtTe to me.
This June the Ist, 1887.
W. A. Byttn, Sheriff.
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Kennedy, Baker, Smith. and a’! other American
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O Ammunition. Ilarrfostori tfc Richardson
J it, Greener, Wesley, Richards, and other fine
■ i ' . :merlins Guns, from $75 to $350. Also a fine
-i f Muzzle T .oadiih' Ride* and Gnats,
j N= t Kisiifi Tackle and Gun mpk^r'
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Children’s lace caps, thousands of
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