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✓ It! ner. «•» VOL. I. IHAUetliTED. i ! Governor JVortf/cn T>egim His Second derm Of Office . OLD TIME SIMPLICITY. No L owers nor Music. — A Vast AmLance. The Address. I > At noon last Saturday lion. V J. Northen entered upon his sec end term as Governor of the Stan of Georgia. 1 j The ceremony was (tom hided with tin' utmost simplicity. Not s. much as a single flower was visibh on the speakers desk in the Uous< of Representatives, when the cere-j I mn„y u.„k place. No •Misio of am kind k added its inspiration. At Korti.cn 11-45 the Senate followed by : Gov. and the St»te House ■ I A ficers filed into the llall of Rap icsentatives , . and took their , places, Every seat on the floor ot the ball wvis occupied and the galleries were densly packed. many ladit s 5«^«jdn ri^atudiance. v V Pr.- yer was offered by the chap lain of the House. In a brief speech I’resident Olay introduced Govenor Kortkn, who proceeded 1 to deliver his Inaugural Address. He began by congratulating | | Georgians upon the character ot t the men they had elected to the General Assembly; and the Sena tors and Represenufives on the; recent Democratic victory. Yet the I masses are not prosper.!iw. Wl.il. the wealth of the state, it, general has increased during thepp-t tw r en ty live ) eat s at a giatifpng late, inveetigation will show Miat the ag greg tim of t! U wealth has been, largely, iu the cities, while main of the rural districts have suffered j heavy los es. rn Those , conditions . have . Caused , i unrest among the people, which 1ms found utterance in political differences an 1 political ant ago nisms, unknown and nnparal-! R led in the history */ of the, state. This General As. cm lily should do all in its power to remove these differences and re-unite the people. While the mam remedy—tariff reform— may not be a proper suhj ct of lcgula tion by ibis body, yet, it should iuipose no more burdens of taxa tion on tlie people. Abm-e , , all -il else i there .1 * . demand i 1 in, such legislation as shall develop tho intellectual life of the people. There should be a wise and liberal course towards the State University and especialy towards the public schools. An educated people is si DU PONT, GA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER, 5. 1892. progressive ami moral people. The l»esr possible investment of the people’s money is in the education t >1 the children of the State. “With profound conviction that the strength of republican govern¬ ment must rest upon the virtue and intelligence of the people, I most earnestly urge upon yon the ednea tion of the masses ns the safe ;uard of our liberty.” The Oath Administered. At the close of the address Chief Jiiftice Bleckley stepped t«*; the front, *iud in a lull, clear voice id ministered the oath of office. The Governor then kissed tin Bible, the ehuplian pronounced tin benediction, and President Clay declared the session adjourned. Humanitarian Church Work. The church everywhere seems arous ing to the necessity of moving on the work,, of the eaerny fro,,, the etl,u«i ! and sociological sale. One of the latest j organizations cl,ri ’" i for this purpose M-o|„!„n is the j ““ society, which held its first annual con ventiou lately in Baltimore. The gen eral purpose of the union is to pn ami 1 gate in theory and practice thadoctrine that the moral and ethical teachings of Christ are to be the absolute authority among mankiml P-ofi**or Richard T* Ely, the well known sociological writer, is one of the prime workers of the union He resigned his place as a member of at «»*“?**«* Baltimore to Johns become Hopkins professor imvewity of po¬ litical economy iu the University of Wis¬ consin. It is certain that the Christian churches have taken a new and rousing departure within the past half dozen years. They seemed suddenly to realize that if the church was to help redeem the world and bring the kingdom of the j New Jerusalem to earth they must take ! holJ “* poetical Uumauitaria,, work, 1>ud *" tho ' vi5,lum - “ n the iutelli « enc ' of the best sociological scholars of the time must be brought to bear on the p ro blein of making mankind clean, com fortable, healthy and honest. To do this they have concluded that something else is necessary than preaching a theological sermon on Sunday. Tliv Salvation Army perhaps is to be credited with setting the present wave in motion. The Balti more c „ m .e„,ion a<lvanced so fur iu its work of promoting Christian union . u ] 0 pt a constitution permitting a uy person who belonged tb the Epis copal church to belong to this Christian Social union. New Steamship Line. Beginning Dec. 1. the New York and Brazil Mail Steamship company will ma j t0 ref , u i ar trips between New York and y outh American ports. The ships , ^irt around South America, toueh ing at several points in the West Indies on the way, and at Barbadoes, Para. 1 J Maranhao, ' Pernambuco. Bahia, Bio aneir0 , et c .. ia4 bringi „ g „„ at Bneeo, A ea From Jan. 1 the service will be bimontbly . This will do to start. But there ougbt to be mail communication jnore than twice a month between the United States and the great, rich con tineut south of us. CUR NEIGHBORS. GLEN MOKE. A new enterprise has been be gmt by tint enterprising citizen. Mr*S. E. Crih. A Saw, driven by a 20 II. P. engine, is already buz zing away meriily on flic logs :n fast as they are brought in, and a ! .-witch has been laid for the load tig of cars. The mill will he built as fast he timbers are sawed, the carp* n ters working over the sawverV I liead. Toe prospects seem good for i i nice, [laving bu.-incss for such a mill. Rumor has it that another enter¬ prise will lie inaugurated hofort very m.;nv *‘utoons shitll wax and i wane”, that will eclipse, in import tl.ee, all that has • one More it. : Concerning it k, d« ponent suit It not 1 lierefore, ask no questions, bu* , watch the Hannkk for rticulurs. Mr. and Mrs. I hompsoil expect to move northward '.-tidy in winter. l’heir destination will be llarri man, Tenn. or Demurest, Ga. f ) 1 Peacock & Kemp's Mill. Mr. Editor:— Will you al lo\v space in yrntr valuable ]top* i ; to say that last Thursday the *2< th i inst. the closing exercises of tin-1 rhool taught by Miss Amanda . this pint 1 c was w.,m^ sse(! ’. v il v erv large congregation, lie -e.hool was one of the most intercs ting and successful ever taught in his section. By 9 o’clock the rhool house and yard were filled with people, at ten the school was called to order, after singing’ 4 ! j have a Sweet Hope.” Prayer was offered by Mr. Henry Smith, one if the patrons of the school. Tin •coasiort wss one of real pleusurt ro all who attended. The examin ition evidenced the fact that the pupils had been rapnlly advanced mu througTily trained. I he bright eyed girls and hoys made glad the hearts of the parents by ready understanding and theii -plendid recitations. The teaehei nade a fine impression as an etfi •out teaclier and a Christian lady. rhe good people of die eon inanity h id prepared a sumptuous dinner It was a feast . f good things, and was enjoyed by all present. In the liter uoou the school was called to >rder. Miss Amanda Davis rose to •id her school farewell. The words hat fell from her Ii,is were so . ouehing the .Midienee were almost nelted to tears. After several com | dimenhiry spot e .es from the p?« 'roils to the teacher the tchoul vv;d lismisscd hv singing “ God B With You Till Wo Meet Again.” A Friend. NO.tv TO COMMIT!: Ills SENTENCE. Representative .Johnson lias » Petition to Commute (i. F. Tomlinson's Fine. Representative R. B. Johonson from Atlanta Tuesday, Imv ng with him a petition asking Governor Northen to commute t h^ of G. F. Tomlinson, who dead guilty to the charge of si li¬ iug liquor contrary to law, from a line ot £->50. to 82.). or some small -urn. The petitioners cite, as reasons for leniency, that tins is his first tfe ice, tluit he has hitherto lmon a law abiding citizen, never having given the courts any trouble before md that in the opinion of the pe* fill0 wiH BS much good in ids ease ns a larger • mo. Special prominence is givt n in rlie jietition to the suiferings of the wife and children who have had no part in bringing about this -ad affair, hut must necessnily suffer with tho guilty, For their i. ikes tie plea for mercy is specialy made. Mr. Tomlinson has a ltost of friends who are filling up the peti- 1 i n very rapidly with their signatures, --- Death of Senator Jones. Senator Reuben .Tones of Deea tur county, fell dead In Atlanta last Monday, lie appeared well as usual i in the morning, and ate a hearty breakfast, hut a short time afterwards fell dead in the street, To Abolish tlie Fquali/.at on Hoard. Four hills to abolish the hoard for the equalisation <>t taxes have hc( ,„ illtl . 0 ,l UL . ei | in t ] 10 General Aa , j ^ To Reduce Widows Pensions. Wednesday Mr Fleming intro* bleed a hill *o reduce the pensi m ' f widows uf Confederate soldiers fr|)m gjoo to $72 a year. In ex T j | lining the hill Mr. Fleming said i t Wlis U) bnng about a more equit e distrihution of the pension •noncy eoutrihutcil by the state s* , IS .rive the Confederate veteran ;l chance at some of it. Tho reduc I non, it is claimed, will enable the i to buv the Cohf, dor 'o v Home. | Tlie Daily Citizen of A ;nnta tonnes to us full 1 fres » and ■igorous.