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The Georgia Record. Published Weekly—Every Saturday—72l Austell Building, Atlanta, Ga. Entered at the postoffice at Atlanta as mail matter of the second class. subscription: One Year 81.00 Six Months 50 Three Months 30 One Month 12 Printed at 116-118 Loyd St. Advertising Rates Given Upon Application. Bemit in stamps, cash, money or express order, or bank check. Address all letters to The Georgia Record, 721 Austell Building, Atlanta, Ga. 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. ne 1 ” iii..j 1 ” 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 dye with Putnam Fadblkbs Dxkb. Sold by 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. 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