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George W o Childs.
Creat lives alwavs leave great lessons forth.
young, Such a life as that of George W.
Childe leaves many a lesson. A few line,
which Mr. Childs wrote last Christmas are
, -€e»erving ot note:
“One of my first recollections of Christmas
D-.y is. having no sled with which to enjoy th.
'.frost-covered ground, for we had frost and
Mow on Christmas when I was a bay. and I
>wade up my mind that before the next
•Christmas arrived I should have one . And I
'had and without any one giving it to me
•either, as I had both earned and saved th.
afll.M’y with which 1 bought it.
"And if a lesson can be drawn from a single
'fncident in my boyish Christmas, it is that
• any boy who is determined to succeed will do
• so If he keep his aim constantly before him
and neglect so legitimate means toward
Gaining His End
'"When I was a boy I made up my mind
’ rto be rich, and I also made up my mind that
. 'When I should be a man I would give
'Christmas presents to every one 1 knew. If I
have aot been able to accomplish my resolve it
i bas not been for lack of will. I can truthfully
say that the happiest week in each year of my
i life is the one which directly precedes
, 'Christmas, when I feel that lam able to send
. presents to about two thousand people whom
< 5 know and feel are perfectly deserving of
' them.”
Mr. Childs’ natural endowments were
perhaps no greater than those of thousands of
boy -., who started out in life with him, but
whose names have never been known outside
of their own little circle of immediate friends.
"he Difference Was
that Mr'. Childs had a definite purpose;
V\ ealth and Philanthropy; and see how
t straight he steered to his mark. The boys
who had equal talents, but whose names the
'world has never heard, had no definite plan of
life; they simply had a vague impression that
’ the world owed them a living, and so they
, stumbled along through life with the hope
that somehow, sometime, somewhere they
i imigbt perhaps stumble unto fortune or fame;
“hut they never did; fortune and fame are not
found that way.
It was this definite purpose that enabled
Childs, who began life as a poor boy, to
purchase the Public Ledger when it was
Hosing $150,000 a year, and make of it a
•property that pays sr,ooo a day. His fame as
a liberal giver to all worthy charities is world
wide.
If Mr. Childs were a boy now he would be
among tne first to take advantage of The
Encyclopaedia offer, for boys of
tiis mettle never miss such an opportunity to
be tter their chances for
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” Rome. GA’.
HIS FIRST
Governor W. Y. Atkinson’s Mes
saged the General Assembly.
AN ABLE DOCUMENT
Full of Gum, Pointing out
rmny needed Reforms and
Directing the attention
ofthelaw makers to
Various matters of
importance to
the State
Atlanta Ga , Nov., 26. —At noon
to-day Governor W. Y. Atkinson
sent his first—the following able
message, to the General Assembly
of Georgia. Members of the Gen
eral Assembly:
I desire to call your attention to
some matters which, in my opin
ion, deserves consideration, and
which I submit to yon to be acted
upon as in your judgment, you
may deem wise.
As reports from the various de
partments of the State have been
laid before you, 1 shall not now
make any suggestions which call
for special legislation in relation
to any of the departments of the
government which are required to
report to the General Assembly,
but shall leave you, in the light of
reports made, to enact such legis
lation as, in your opinion, is nec
essary to properly sustain them
and to provide for the exercise of
economy in the transact ion of the
business of each of them.
OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM
I call th a’te ilion of the Gen
era! Assembly t > the greai n*ed of
reform in our judicial system Ou
pie<ent jy-’iem is the same that
was adopted in the ear’ier history
of the State, and is now distinc
tively a piom-er system; it is
abruast with th* times, nor does it
adequately meat the demands
which the condition of society and
of business makes uuou it.
Our judicial system is an’iqua'-
ad ; the machinery of onr courts
needs to act mor«aasi'y and with
It cannot be denied that the rate
of interest paid in Georgia is two
or three times higher than in some
other States of the Union, largely
because men who have money to
invest prefer to put it where col
lections are more certain, and
where the courts can be relied up
on to bring their cause to a prompt
hearing. A dollar paid as interest
in Georgia is worth to the money
lender in New York. New England
or Europe, just as m c i as a d< T. r
paid as interest in any other
State. Men do not bring money
here to lend at as loxx’ interest rate
as in some other States, because it
is not to their interest to do so.
Wnen our Hiieti-8 an- sate and
inquestiouabb*. and our courts act
nrotnptlv upon causes, money will
bn us cheap in Georgia as in New
York. Asa peualty inflict’d be-
ANNOUNCEMENT COLUMN
For Tax Receiver
I gave my right arm to the “Lost < anso." and
respectfully ask the people of Flovit county <o
give me theotHce of lax Receiver. Election first
XVe< n.nday nt jauuaiy 18ir>.
F. W. QUABL.S.
For Bailiff
I hereby announce myself a canilidate for re.
election o the office of constable for the 919th
D.et <1,51. Fli.jd < ounty E'ection Ist Saturilny
la January 1895respec 1 illy W. M. Byars
For Bailiff.
To the vot‘rs of the 911th Dist <r. M. fellow
< itizen- i in reby anm-miee myself as a Cadidate
li.r Baliitl ul ilie9l9th List, and if elected 1
promise to illseltarue the duties of the ottlc to
be beat ambilitj, Respectfully E. L.Poll ck
For Tax Reci iver
I hbv aum mice myself as a candidate for
ir-electionto the office of Tax Receiver of
Herd county Election, first Wednesday in
miliary 1895 M. I). McOsker
lien 'by renounce myself as a candiilate for
the office ofTax Beceiverof Floyd county , elec
tion to be held on first Wednesday in jannaty
1895. Respectfully.
li. 1.. Foster
For Bailiff.
To t lie voters of the 919 Dist G M; fellow Citi
z -ii- 1 Hereby announce myself as a Candidate
for llailiitof the 919th Dist, and if elected I
pro use o discharge the d i ties of the oftlce to
1 e be>i ambility, Respectfully
F. M. Carwile.
For Bailiff.
To th-» voters of the 9l9th Dist, G, M. I re
spect felly anuoutce myself as a candidate for
l aiiifl . aud if elected will do my duty to the
best of my ambility
W. P. McCi.kod
THE HUSTLRE OF ROME MONDAY NOVEMBER 26 1894,
crtUrPtbiß is not trun our people
Mie paying, in high interest and
xoroitant credit prices, an im
mense tribut"-. It is. therefore, io
the advantage of the people that
our laws be bo adjusted that they
will aid in bringing down th* rate
of interest in this State, which
wou'd inevitably remit in a large
saving to our people, in bringing
to Georgia a grea’°r volume of
money, end in {giving impetus to
Hie growth of her enterprises. A
properly constituted judicial sys
tem can aid in the accomplish
ing it of thu result, and secure all
ether purposes for which courts
h re esia ili-hed .
EQUALIZE THE WORK OF
JUDGES.
I will not now enter upon a de
tailed statement of what I believe
these reforms should be, because,
in iny judgment, there is one step
that should be taken as prelimina
ry to this. The work of the judges
in Georgia is notoriously unequal.
In some circuits the jury work done
by the judges will probably cover
not more than twelve weeks in the
year; in others, the jury work it
self will approximate forty weeks.
I most respectfully urge upon the
General Assembly that a commit
tee be appointed to investigate and
report, at your next annual session,
on the amount of work done in
each judicial circuit, and also to
report by bill how this can be
equalized. When this work has
been successfully accomplished,
the initial step will have been
taken which, I trust, will lead to a
readjustment of our judical system,
so us to conform to the demands
of our commerce and of our civili
zation .
REPORTS FROM THE COURT.
The courts are an important
part of our government, and yet
there is no means by which the
General Assembly or the people of
the State can ascertain how busi
ness m them is being dispatched
in the various judical circuits. At
each meeting of the General As
sembly the representatives of the
people should by reference
to the records of the proper depart
ment, to ascertain how this part of
the public work is being transact
ed, and what has been accomplish
ed within the twelve months pre
ceding.
I therefore recommend that an
Act be passed requiring the Clerk
of each Superior Court in this
State to transmit to the Secretary
of State, thirty days prior to the
convening of the General Assem
bly, in each year, a statement
showing the number of cases on
dockets, how many of these cases
have been in court longer than
three years, and how many have
been disposed of with trial by ju
ry. and how many in chambers or
by dismissal within tne twelve
month just preceding the making
of the report
Tiisrnpirt s’lou d bxkepc on
file by the Secretary of State, and
a summary of it for etch ju Ucial
circuit should be printed and laid
before the members of the General
Assembly .
REVISION OF THE CRIMINAL
LAW.
I respectfully urge upon the
memb rsuf the General Assembly
tae necessity for a prompt revision
in the penal law of this Siate.
The necesity of this will aot be
questioned by any one who will
rtudy them and look closely to th*
character and gravity of all of
fences which are now punished as
'elony.
The last General Assembly look
hold of this question and acted
upon it, in the House, with practi
cal unanimity, in the passage of a
bill introduced by Honorable John
I. Hill, which for some reason
failed to pass the Sen He.
The pemdtisß imposed under
our law are in many instance too
harsh, and I reepectfnly urge that
you revise them in a spirit of jus
tice and humanity. In numerous
cases rhe law demands punish
rnent for a felony wnen the offence
should, in the discretion < f the
judge, or ths jury, punish’d as a
uiLdeineanor under secti'ii 431 •
of th* Cod*.
COUNTY CHAIN-GANGS.
1 desire to join my predecessor
n asking that the county chain
gangs be brought under the super
vision of the Penitentiary Depart
ment of this State, and that, to
enable this to be done, you give to
the PtMiiientiary Department an
additional officer. That so large a
part of our citizens, who have
been deprived of their liberty by
the courts of the country, should
in many instances be left to the
mercy of private individu Is to
whom they are entrusted without
the supervision of a public officer,
is a reproach to our people which 1
trust will not be permitted longer
to exist.
1 can nut more strongly urge
this upon you than to sav that I
m st heartily cuinuDiid >vhat wae
said by my honored predecessor
upon this subject. If each member
or th« Assembly will read
wh«t he so clearly, forcefully »nd
wisely says in the message trans
mitted to you just before he retired
from office, 1 feel confident tha'
this great evil will he c >rected,and
oir State relieved of thu stigma
upon her houur. Whether tnecon
victs are in control of local author
ities or in other hands, the duty to
provide for State supervision is ur
gent. Oar delay in meeting this
duty is not to the credit of our
character as a peop’e,
I cannot too strongly impress
upon you, however, the necessity
of deliberate action in this mut
ter. Let it be done after a tboi
ough studj’ of the election systems
<if other States,and when the min '
of the Gemril Assembly is mature
and cl liras to what system can
,z e best adap 'o ‘he uec p e i r iee o
t'i.' case and will be satis f aft ry 1
•i people with the ideas and cu -
toms of the people of Georgia.
COMMON SCHOOLS.
It is hardly necessary for me to
urge upon you the uecossity «f
meeting the troubles which are
uoxv confronting the aommou
school interests of the State, as I
know ycu will do this promptly
and Wiselj ;b -1 in addition to this,
1 rewpectful'y urge that you io >k to
al 1 our educational interests and
make it the duty of the State Sohoi.l
Commissioner to visit the highest
educatonal institutions of this
State and, as far as possible th"
high schools and public schools oi
the various towns and cities of the
State and require that a short and
succinct report on the University
and its branches be embodied his
annual report to the General As
sembly.
It should be the duty of th«
State School Commissioner to en
deavor to systematize all of our
educational interests harmouiz*
one form of the one perfect and
complete system.
THE MILITIA-
I most earnestly recommend and
urge that this General Assembly
grant the necessary aid and prop
er encourgement to the military
of this State.
The existing condition of our
domestic affairs will undoubtedly
encourage the growth of lawless
ness and increase those unfortu
nate occurrences which sometimes
make tne presence of the military
necessary to the enforcement of
law and the preservation of peace.
Ihe piilitia is an essential part of
the State goverment; it is the arm
of the Exncutive upon which he
must, as a last resort, rely for the
enforcement of law. The existence
of an effective militia force is a
c ■neorvator of the | eace, and
d iniiuisLi’S the number of uut
hr -axs and the frequency of Jlaw
less acts.
THE EXPOSITION.
In the Exposition which is to he
held in Atlanta, in 1895, Georgia
has the greatest opportunities
which have come to her during her
existence as a State .
1 recommend that the General
Assembly use every effort and till
proper means to secure tor it an
extraordinary success and enable
Geoagia to attract the attention of
the civilized world to her climate,
her resources and her advantages,
and r up from it tli.i; rich" harvest
which will rip hi ith’ ii '*" it you
meet th* tail m ■l'sitie of t le o >ll
-i> i wh.c.i no x" rests vp >n you.
kSfrUlN RUuROAD.
The disposition ui the North-
eastern Railrnnid, now in the con
trol of the Stat* , deserves your
careful consideration. It is being
operated by the State at consider
able loss. According to the figures
submitted to you in the message
of my predecessor in office, it has,
under the light expenditure here
tofore required for repairs, paid
somewhat more than operating ex
penses, but its earnings do not pay
the fixed charges upon the road,
and are not sufficient to pay oper
ating expenses and cancel the in
terest coupons on bonds of the
road indorsed by the State.
CHANGE OF VENUE.
I recommend that the law pro
viding for a change of venue in
criminal cases be so amended that
the Judge of the Superior Court
may, in his discretion, change the
venue of any case without first
examining all persons in the coun
ty liable to serve on juries, when
in his opinion, the condition of
the public mind is such that a fair
trial cannot he had, and that such
removal of the case be permitted
at the instance either of the State
or of the defendant.
REWARDS.
I recommend that section 58 of
the Code be so amended as not tw
fix the amount of the minimum
reward that the Executive is re
quired to offer where offence
charged is gin-house burning, and
that the amount of the reward in
each case be fixed by the Execu
tive, subject to the other limita
tions in said section.
PENSIONS.
In the recent election, the people
ratified the amendment to the
Constitution xxhich provides that
the Legislature may pension a
class of veterans not heretofore
pensioned in this State. Up to this
time, the State has pensioned on
ly those veterans who were dis
abled in the Confederate service,
or whose disability is a result of
such service. In the amendment
to the Constitution to which I call
your attention, you are authorized
to pension also those Confederate
soldiers who, by reason of age and
poverty, or infirmity or poverty,
or blindness and poverty, are un
able to provide a living for them
selves. It matters not, you will
readily understand, whether this
poverty is traceable to the war or
not.
In carrying into execution this
provision of law, [ would ask that
you provide lib iraily for all wo
thy applicants, prevent my of the
old heroes trom dying in want,and
yet that you do not enter upon a
wasteful pension policy.
This amendment if suplimentn
ry to the Battle Bill, a law passed
by the General Assembly, end
which can be found on pi g* 118 of
of the Acts of 1893. I iherefore
suggest that you take such steps as
you may deem advisable to get
thorough information as to the
workings and operations of this
statue, and as to the proLable num
ber of pensioners who would be
entered upon our pension rolls on
account of the legislation cairying
into effect the provisions of this
amendment, and that when such
information has been obtained,
you act upon that subject m>uch a
manner as to deal justly xvitb th<*
tax payers and meet fully and gen
erously the needs of that class of
our honored fellow citizens wh >m
the generous people of Georgia in
tended to aid by authorizing you
to enact such legislation.
SHOULD CORREC T THE EVILS
OF THE FEE SYSTEM.
To remove cur officers from an
necessury temptation, provide just
compensation for them, and effect
ually prevent a wasteful extrava
gance in Ihe xpeuditure of public
moneys Paid as fees for public
serv-c*, I earnestly recommend
Hint'll* General Assembly have
instituted an inquiry into the
compensation of such State officers
as are paid in part or in full by
fm, an.l to r ?p.-t by bill, or bills
fix iig the cotnp Q iifation ot such ot
- oil offictrs a« are receiving sums
i i exc 'SS of the value of the services
r inl’T-d This matter is worthy of
vou serious attention. I earnestly
o-k that you correct such evils as
have grown out of the f u .
ballot reform men *
Undsr the election laws n<w
force in this State, it if u ''
power of every man to see th lt b"
vote is counted as cast. There i
certainty that under tins syst ’
tho real mult of an eloclio,, "
be ascertained, and the willof t h
people declared as expressed in an
election. While.this is true, th
process of contesting, where th e „
is no registration law and no
quirement that men shall vote k
their own districts, makes th,
matter of a contest a herculean
task. While the right of the ] Pgal
vote to have his vote
cast is secure, it is an extremely
difficult matter to purge the ballot
box of illegal votes. 1 thereto
urge upon you the necessity o f
changing our election laws,'and
providing a system wherein any
unfair or fraudulent practices may
be easily detected and effectively
prevented.
That I might ascertain the pres,
ent physical condition of said road,
I engaged Mr. Cecil Gabbett, an
expeit and able railway officer, to
examine and report to me upon
its condition. A copy of his report
I transmit to you with this mes
sage, and to it I invite your spec
ial attention. The report is a most
excellent one, and is a clear state
ment of facts which should be in
your possession in dealing with
th; important questions growing
o.it of the State’s relations to this
property.
I desire this General Assembly
to advise whether or not this prop
eiLy ehall be now sold and. if not,
what course should I pursued by
the State in it- man genu nt of it,
and what should he done to meet
the State’s obligation on bonds in
dorsed by it. It is worthy of nott
in determining this question, that
while but a small amount lias been
expended in repairs upon the road
up to this date, according to the
report of Mr. Gabbett, to which I
have referred, it will be necessary
to expend during the next year a
sum considerably in excess of that
expended during this last year.
I ask you, als*, to inquire into ths
condition and value of that part of
the road (upon which the State also
hss a claim to secure the bonds in
dorsed by. it) lying beyond Lula and
reading to Tallulah Fall»
I most respecfully ask that your
honorable body institute inquiry,
aud give me snch advice as you may
deem wise, to what course the
Stare should ];u r sue with le'erence
co the part of the road in question
In purnuaiiCH oi my vfficialduty,
I submit thes* suggestion* to jou.
the represeutatiAH« of the pec’ll',
whose prerogative it is to enact,
legislation, perfect our laws, pro
mote our growth, and advance ou
civilization, an 1 leave them to ilrt
disposed of by you, as in your wis
dom you may believe to be to the
best interests of theS<at*
W. Y. A3KINSON
Govei’ r.
“JANE”
The Greatest Comedy in Europe
or America.
Frohnan’d great company
appears at the Nevin’s Opera
house next Wednsday eveuing
or o night oniv, presenting ’h ß '
far icai success “Jai.e. He Bt"H
tens of the adventure of a young
bachelor of prod’gil ways,wh
cures money from the trustee of a»
estate by representing himse.i to
be married-When the trustee sud
denly appears on the seem’, ttie
young mu), forc&d to provide
wife for the situation, Makes a
dus.ueos arrangement with h B
housemaid, dune, and trom U ll3
plot of the morning, a houeemai
econies the wife ol her mat ' 1
nuon,and baa io- acount f ir -
children,their offspring, ev - 1111
The household and neighpoD 1
all turned into ba.e liars and e
ceivera, all for sordid gain
vain glcrv all in a morning, 11
and night. As a farce comedy 1’
ever it accomplishes its own
creates roars of laughter
Don’t take internal r«medio*
for Female Diseases
sense requires a direct app 1C!
like -‘Orange Blossom-’ bold .
D. W. Curry.