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DUAL OFFICES.
It seems that there is “much ado
about nothing” in some of the discus
sion as to the dual positions in office,
or double holding of offices in our
city and county. Several very nice
gentlemen, who have double-barreled
capabilities, have been selected by a
committee of the city council as hav
ing too many holdings. The city at
torney has given an adverse opinion
as to the dual official holdings, and
some of the capable gentlemen have
been, or will be, requested to “step
down and out” from one or another
of the several offices. Dr. Bizzell
has declined to accept a position as
a county physician. Let us see
if there is really in the law any
such office as “county physician.”
We do not now know of any law
which has specially or technically
created any such office in this State or
county. Where is such a law, and
how and when was it enacted, to au
thorize any such an office as “county
physician?”
Does the employment of a doctor
create an office, or does the rendering
of medical attention and professional
services by a doctor make him a pub
lic officer? In similar reasoning as to
the position, so-called, of “county
attorney.” We do not know of any
law which creates such an office as
“county attorney.”
We quote the following from the
Atlanta Journal of January 18th.
“Mr. Rosser’s friends claim tlijt lie is not
nolalng his office On the school board ille
gally. They assert that the section of city
charter referred to is an amendment which
was passed after he began to serve on the
board, and that as the law is not retroactive
it does not touch him.
On the other hand, it is claimed that Mr.
Rosser recently accepted the office of coun
ty attorney after being re-elected to the
place and that on his acceptance of the of
fice his place on the school board became
vacant.”
We also would assert the opinion
that Mr. Bosser “is not holding his
office on the school board illegally,”
but we would ground or base our
opinion on a different reason from that
stated in the above quotation. There
is no such legal office as “county at
torney.” A county is a corporation.
As such a legal corporation the legally
constituted county authorities, as
legal corporation officers, may employ
an attorney to represent the interests
of the county in litigation wherein the
county or public corporate interests
may be involved, but such employ
ment ,of an attorney does not
make or constitute such employed at
torney a county or corporation officer.
A railroad corporation attorney is not
a railroad corporation officer. The
fact about the matter is, that the
county commissioners have no legal
right or authority or power to create
any such office as “county attorney,”
as an elective office, and the position
of “county attorney” as we have it
and know it here, is merely the posi
tion of a counselor employed by the
county authorities or commissioners.
It is not a county office, in the legal
and constitutional sense of the term
“county officer. ” So likewise as to
the term or official designation of
“county physician.” In our view of
the matter Dr. Bizzell and Mr. Bos
ser cannot be denied the right or
privilege to hold city offices, at the
same time that they may be engaged
in a professional way to represent or
serve the county as physician and at
torney. Surely it cannot be seriously
contended that the law which makes
an attorney at law, an officer of the
courts, as to practice, and subject to
rules, and under general duties as at
torneys, will prevent a lawyer from
accepting a city office and performing
the duties of such an office. In the
matter of a physician no such State
law exists as to the medical profes
sion, hence there is nothing to prevent
a doctor from accepting employment
by city and county, or by any other
person or corporation. As to law
yers, any “briefless barrister”
would perhaps bo glad to have an ap
pointment such as Mr. Bosser fills, as
counselor to the county, with a good
salary, and at the same time hold an im
portant place with the city for the pro
motion of education, while the commis
sioners, who are the authorized judges
of county matters, take advice and
leisure, as they go about their own
personal affairs.
The condition of matters does not
seriously call for or justify so much
fuss. As to dual offices, perhaps
“there are others” in similar situa
tions. ______
The Platform of Principles.
In the days of “granger party” and
“hayseed eloquence,” a certain gran
ger statesman who was in favor of
free trade and free silver and sub
treasury schemes, or “something bet
ter,” with pumpkin vine collaterals,
was requested to address a meeting of
many citizens of the same sort.
He came before the audience and
said:
“Fellow Men and Women —I come
before you, and not behind you, to
tell you that I am in favor of the un
alienble rights of mankind, and the
rights of women to rule the men. My
flatform, (and he emphasized the flat,
as he put his No. 10 foot forcefully on
the planks of the floor) is this: We are
tired of the eternal and infernal fuss
about the tariff business, and I am in
favor of taking up a subscription right
now to raise the money to pay off the
derned thing and be done with it.
“The next thing is, I am in favor of
the free corner in silver, and I am in
favor of standing on this corner and
a-looking both wayg, till we can see
something better a-coming from one
way or tother.
“And the next thing is, I am in fa
vor of the women a-marrying who
they please, with equal rights to all
and special privileges to none. ”
Amid great applause the lights went
out.
Bryan and Belmont.
We have noticed in some newspaper
recently that some of the New York
Belmont Democrats propose to request
Colonel W. J. Bryan to drop the sub
ject of free coinage of silver in his pol
itics. If they really wish to dispose
of the subject promptly and effectually
—why don’t they drop Bryan?
Thanks to the President.
In December, on the anniversary of
the Atlanta peace jubilee, we sent to
President McKinley a memento or
souvenir of the jubilee—-a piece of the
grand arch which spanned Peachtree
street, also a couple of nails from the
arch and some documents and letter.
Ou New Year’s morning w r e received
in the mail a splendid photograph of
the president, with his autograph on
it, and an accompanying letter, of
which the following is a copy:
Executive Mansion, i
Washington, Dec. 28, 1899. )
My Dear Sir—The president has
noted your letter of the 23d instant,
and has requested me to send you,
with his compliments, the enclosed
photograph, with his autograph there
on. Assuring you of the president’s
appreciation of your numerous courte
sies, believe me,
Very truly yours,
Gao. B. Cortelyou,
Acting Secretary to the President.
Hon. Bobert L. Bogers,
721 Austell Building,
Atlanta, Ga.
We have already tendered our thanks
in a letter to the president for his favor
of his photograph and autograph. We
sincerely appreciate the souvenir, and
we expect to preserve the picture and
hope to have it preserved in our fami
ly as an historic memento, perhaps
long after the president shall have
passed away, and perhaps also when
we shall have given up the work in
making chronicles of historic events.
In this way, through the medium of
our paper, The Georgia Becord, we
again present our sincere thanks to
the president for his splendid photo
graph and his autograph which has
been set to some of the most important
documents in the history of our coun
try and government. Here is our
good-will and best wishes for long life
ami success to President William Mc-
Kinley.
General Lee’s Birthday Honored By
Atlanta Bar.
, On last Saturday, in the meeting of
the members of our bar in the supe
rior court, a motion was made by Mr.
Bobert L. Bogers, a member of the
bar and the editor of The Georgia
Becord, that the court should not
hold any session on the following Fri
day, January 19th, legal holiday, in
honor of the birthday of Gen. Bobert
E. Lee.
The motion was seconded by Mr.
Hamilton Douglas and Mr. W. W.
Haden, who are natives of Virginia.
Judge Lumpkin very kindly submitted
the motion to vote of the bar,and there
was a unanimous vote in favor of the
motion,
Gen. Lee was a great soldier, and
our people are always glad to honor
his name and natal day. The
Atlanta bar is composed of many
veterans, and sons of veterans,
and some who came from northern
sections, and all have high regard for
the name and fame of General Lee.
The holiday was appropriately cele
brated yesterday by ceremonies suita
ble to the occasion, by the “Virginia
Society,” “Confederate Veterans,”
“Daughters of the Confederacy,” and
the “Order of Bobert E. Lee.”
Speeches were made by several ora
tors, and the historic and patriotic
sentiments in memory of General R.
E. Lee were impressed on the assem
bled audiences, where addresses were
presented in celebrating the holiday
birthday of a great general.
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Allopath, Homeopath, Osteopath.
The recent legislative racket about
the medical schools gave occasion for
much discussion amongst the doctors
as to what should be allowed by law,
as authority for practicing medicine.
The several “paths,” of medical lore,
seem to lead from divergent views, as
to health and disease. The poets
have made suggestions in rhymes on
the inefficiency of medicines and doc
tors.
Shakspeare says:
“By medicines life may be prolonged, yet
death
Will seize the doetoy, too.”
In Butler’s lAkdjbras, we find this:
“For men are broiSht to worse distresses’
By taking physiol than diseases;
And therefore com: nonly recover
As soon as give them over.”
Some “Anonymous” poet makes the
following comments on the discus
sions about “Osteopathy:”
“God pity the doctor who cannot compete
With a quack for a medical fee;
But must have some laws, with teeth and
claws,
To keep the pretenders away.
“God pity the men that make the laws,
That would send a man to jail.
For taking a fee for curing the sick,
Where the licensed doctors fail.”
—Anonymous.
The conduct and the motives of
Councilman Sid Holland in refusing
to allow the name of his own son to
be used in a deal or political trade for
office, where it would operate to dis
place a good veteran is commendable,
and is regarded as one of the finest
examples of omhial integrity, and
fidelity to the sentiment of Confeder
ate comradeship. His act is receiving
favorable comments, and he will be
remembered long. His son is an ex
cellent young man, and he will yet see
the day when he will be proud of the
act of the father. Good things will
come to him. Here is our wish for
success to Sid Holland and his good
boy.
Brigadier General A. J. West will
announce the names of his staff officers
in a short time. The selection of Gen
eral West as commander of the North
Georgia Brigade is very favorably re
garded amongst the veterans, and his
brigade consists of some of the finest
soldiers who were in the Confederate
armies. Success to the general and
the brigaJe.
We have information that great
preparations are being made in Louis
ville, Ky., for entertaining the United
Confederate Veterans in reunion next
May.
Roberts Will Appeal t o Courts.
Brigham H. Boberts reiterates in
the papers the same statement that he
made some days ago, that he will now
carry his case to the courts and de
mand his rights as a representative
from Utah.
GUARD PLACED
AROUND JAIL
“Peg Leg” Williams Arouses Ire
of the Farmers.
AN APPEAL TO THE GOVERNOR
Emigration Agent Now Advises
Colored Farm Hands to
Stay at Home.
A telephone message from Governor
Candler to Sheriff Fears at Madison,
Ga., Monday afternoon directed the
sheriff to place a guard around the
jail where B. A. Williams, the emi
grant agent, was confined. The citi
zens are at a loss to know why this
was done, as there was not and has
not been the slightest danger of mob
violence.
The following circular printed by
The Madisonian was distributed Tues
day:
“To All Colored Farm Hands—To
those of you who are expecting to go
to Mississippi my advice is to return
to your homes and make arrangements
for this year, as the railroads have re
fused to furnish me trains with which
to transport you. Therefore, there
■will be no more emigrant trains this
season. But if the farmers with whom
you are living are willing for the wo
men and children, who have husbands
and fathers already in Mississippi, will
agree for you to go to them, and will
notify me to that effect, I will fur
nish tickets to take you to them.
But unless the farmers with whom you
are living will agree for you co leave,l
cannot move you, as it is now too 'late
in the season.
“My advice to all of you is to go to
work here and make the crop for this
year. This is best for you and best
for the farmers of the county, and you
should settle down and go to work
and stop the agitation that now pre
vails. B. A. Williams.”
“Pegleg” Williams has evidently
been sufficiently amused.
HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS.
Habeas corpus proceedings were be
gun before Judge Hart looking toward
tb;e release of Williams.
Since last November there has been
a continued exodus of negroes from
the section under the tempting allure
ments of emigrant agents, who paint
ed the Mississippi bottoms as the land
of promise. The number of negroes
that have left, big and little, old and
young, has been variously estimated,
some placing it as high as 3,000, oth
ers at not more than 1,000. However,
no excitement was created, since the
section had no more negroes than were
needed, and it was the general opinion
that their exodus would only slightly
decrease the acreage in cotton for the
present year, and would ultimately
prove a great advantage to the county.
In addition to this, large numbers
of negroes flocked in from Putnam
and other neighboring counties. Some
of these joined the emigrants, but
many have remained. Nothing was
especially interfered with, and the
people regarded the matter as not at
all serious.
Since the first of the present month,
however, conditions have been alto
gether changed. The time had come
for farmers to make their yearly con
tracts with hands, tenants, croppers,
etc., which they proceed to do. In al
most all instances after the contract
had been made, it became necessary
to furnish rations, since the land
owners are compelled to run their ten
ants as well as croppers.
This was done all over the county,
the rations for the present month be
ing duly advanced. Very few negroes
really care for a moral obligation, and
notwithstanding the contracts and ad
vancements, they have continued to
leave. In this respect the situation
has become serious. Farmers do not
know with whom to contract, and are
afraid to continue to advance even the
necessities of life to those with whom
they have contracted.
Everything in the line of labor is
in an unsettled condition, and must
necessarily work hardship on negroes
who do not intend to go away, for the
reason that no one can tell who is go
ingl next, and farmers naturally can
not afford to advance supplies on such
uncertainties.
There are no better, more law-abid
ing people anywhere than the people
of Morgan county, and they stood by
quietly in the fall of the year and
offered no objection to the efforts of
the emigrant agents. But now that
their contracts are being interfered
with, their employed servants enticed
away, they simply won’t stand it, and
in the opinion expressed it would be
well for any emigrant agent to think
twice before attempting to ply his
trade now in the section.
"A Miss is As
Good as a Mile/'
If you are not entirely well, you are ill.
Illness does not mean death’s door. It is
a sense of weariness, a “ tired feeling” a
life filled with nameless pains and suffer
ing. In of cases the blood is to blame.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla is Nature’s corrective
for disorders of the blood. ‘Remember
Government Printing Office.
The new government printing office
will cost about 32,000,000, and it is
said that even after its completion it
will not be large enough to meet the
demands upon it. The new building
will be eight stories in height and its
floor space will be about nine acres.
The floors will sustain a load of 85,-
000,000 pounds.
Thirty minutes Is all the time required to
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all druggfats,
A Youthful Schemer.
Tommy—l bought this dog to make money
out ot him.
His Sister’s Beau—How’s that?
Tommy—l expect yon to give me fen cents
for tying him up ever’time you come to see
sister. He’s awful savage.—Ohio State Jour
nal.
Beauty Is Blood Beep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without It. Casearets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
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Buller Dismissed the Quest,
Sir Red vers Buller is credited with
being of that type of officer whose
“butcher's bill’ is rather more likely
than not to be large. That he is not
a person who will allow any ordinary
considerations to swerve him from
what he thinks is his duty was shown
at a dinner in his house not long ago.
A certain well known man was pres
ent, and told an anecdote which was
so “off color” that the ladies were ex
cessively displeased and distressed.
When dinner was over Sir Redvers
rang the bell.
“Mr. A.’s carriage,” he ordered when
the butler appeared.
“I do not expect my brougham so
early,” said Mr. A., and there was a
gleam of defiance in nis eyes.
Sir Redvers did not reply, but he took
Mr. A. by the arm and led him gently
into the hall. “It is time for you to
go,” he said quietly, and his guest
went
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