Newspaper Page Text
The President’* Proper Title.
In the first congress under the prep
ent constitution, in 1789, the question
of the titles of the president and vice
president was muoh considered, and a
joint committee of the senate and the
house reported that it would not be
proper to employ any titles but those
“expressed in the constitution;" and
f nth was the oonclnsion adopted,
though not enaoted in a statute. A
special committee of the senate, how
over, anxious for something like mon
archical gorgeonsness, proposed that
the chief magistrate should be oalled
"His Highness, the President of the
united States and the Protector of
their liberties,’’ bat the level headed
republicans of that day would not see
it. The appellations of “His Excel
leney” and His Honor" were spoken
of, but those who wished for distin
guished titles did not hold them ade
quate. The debates on the proposal
were animated and the result was that
the official tide and the etiqnettieal ad
dress of the president have ever since
been those of the constitution abae
He is the president of the united states
sod be is addressed simply as Mr.
President
That is the usage and the unwrit
ten law to this day. No foreign min
ster, no member of the president’s oab-
i not, and no officer of the army or na
vy would be allowed to employ any
other form of speech. It is the frm
of speech. It is the form of offioial,
legal polite) ess. and the cu-tom of
good -oriety; and every'hing beyond is
snobbishness —[New jToik sun.
The Latett Trust.
The latest and rnos infamous trust
which has been formed in this country
for the purpose of swindling the peo
pie out of their money is the cotton
bagging trust, and the high lords of
the bagging profession have begun to
put on the thumb screws at once.
There are hot few concerns in this
country who manufacture baggiog,
and as far as might goes they have
things pretty much their own way.
The synd oate within the past few
days has raised the price of bagging
from 7 to 11 cents, or nearly one hun
dred per cent. Business men say it
will go even higher, for being now up
on the very eve of the crop, the farm
et s are c< mpletely at the mercy of these
combination thieves
There can be no reason urged for
this sudden increase in the price of
bagging except the one which moves
most moDopolis‘B and manufacturers
and that is the greed to get rich at the
expanse of the people.
The cotton crop is almoit ready to
lie ga hered and put npou the market.
It in too late now to import the bag
g ng from foreign countries and have
it reach 'be United States in time to
save the present crop. Tbie trust falls
entirely upon the farmers of the South.
The cotton of the country comes from
the*South, and this sudden increase
fal’s heavily upon a people poorly able
to bear i\
It is more than polite to ray that
this swindle is an outrage. It is noth*
ing more nor less than high handed
robbery. When any corporation, or
individual, takes advantage of the ne
cessities and helpless condition of the
people to extort money from them it
becomes theft, pure and simple.
Some people wander why the farm
ers are banding themselves together
How ean they help it, whei upon ev
ery band the capitalists of the country
are gouging and plundering them ont
of their hard earned money? This
bagging trust is only one among many,
but coming at the critical time it does,
is ‘fleets are more keenly felt. Sugar,
paper, coffee and other combinations
were equal in fraud, hut none of them
were forced at such a time, and none
of them have been as open and high
banded as this latest turn of the mo
nopolistic screw.
There can be no wonder, in the fsoe
of these things that the farmers band
themselves together to protect their
rights, and demand, likewise, that the
tariff which further aids these thieves
in broadcloth, be amended or entirely
repealed.
The simple thing is that the trust
mast be “downed," and the farmers
are going to do it, if to use the lan
guage of a distinguished general, “it
takes all summer," or several sum
mers.--[Greensboro Sun
Pet Problems to the Ano ents
Among the problems with which it
pleased the anoients to perplex them
selves was one which bears in an in
structive manner on the dootriue of
limits. It may be thus jda'ed; The
swift footed Achiles started in pursuit
of a tortoise which was 10,000 yards
from him, Aohiles running 100 times
faster than the toitoiee. now, when
Achiles had traversed the 10,000
yards, the tortoise had traveled 100
yards; when Achiles had traveled
these 100 yards the tor oite had
traveled one yard; when Achiles had
traversed this yard the tortoise was
still 100th part of a yard in advance,
when Aohiles had traversed this 100th
part of a yard the tortoise was still the
10,000 th part of a yard in advance,
and so on forever —the tortoise being
at each stage in advance of Achiles by
one hnndreth part of the distance
Aohiles had traversed in the preceding
stage. The tortoise then remains al
ways in advance of Aohiles by some
distance however minute; and there
fore Achiles can never overtake the
tortoise. But knowing Aehiles travel
ed faster than the tortoise, will over
take it. Therefore, Aohile> will and
will not overtake the tortoise; which
is absurd. The anoient were strangely
fond of problems of this sort. Thus
there was ths famous problem about
the ass between two exactly equal
bundles of hay, at exactly equal dis
tance. “This ass,” says the sophist,
■‘will attempt to eat neither bundle;
for, by whatever line of reasoning it
could be shown that he would tnrn
first to one bundle, by a line of reason
precisely similar it may be shewn thst
he would turn first to the other. But
he cannot turn first to both; therefore,
he will tnrn to neither/’ another of
these problems was thus worded:
“Epimenides, the Cretan, says that
the Cretans are liars. Now Epimenides I
is himself a Cretan, therefore Epiuten I
ides is a liar. Therefore the Cretans
Are not liars, therefore Epimeni tes is
not a liar, theiefore the Cretans are
liars, therefc re Epimenides is a liar.
Therefore," etc., ad infinitum. Others
stated the probltm in a more uimp’e
form, thus: “when a man says 1 lie
does hi lie or does he not lie? If he
lies he speaks the tioth, if he speaks
the troth be lies."
The Manufacture of Ribbons.
It is known that the manufacture of
ribbons was fairly established in St.
Etienne, France, in the eleventh cen
tury, and that the place remains to
this day the centre of industry. Dur
ing the attacks of the Hugnenots in
that country, many of the Bt. Etienne
operatiyes went to Basle, Switzerland,
and established the industry there,
where it became second only to
Etienne The third most important
centre was Coventry, England, but
Crefeld and Yienna are also large pro
ducing centres. To-day there are man
ufactured ia this country quite a* mary
ribbons as are made in S’. E one.
The pioduots of Switzerland consist
mainly of plain styles, that of France
largely of fine and fancy millinery
goods, that of Crefeld mainly of black
silk aQd black velvet ribbons, the lat
ter a specialty, that of England largely
of plain goods, while this country tries
everything with much success, though
dependent chiefly upon Europe for the
lead in styles
It is a curious fact that for 500
years ribbons were worn mostly by
men lather than women, especially
duiing the long period of effeminacy in
the male attire. In the fifteenth to
the seventeenth centuries their uss in
England was restricted to the royalty
and gentry by statute. Iu the time ot
Charles 11. and James 11. tbs whole
attire was covered with ribbons. A
fop in those days was described as
“wearing more than would stock halt a
dozen shops of twenty country ped
dlers.’’ It is another oniious fact that
in the manufacture of ribbons the self
acting loom was in use 100 years be
fore Cartwright’s invention, and that
iu more reoent times little has been
added in that branoh of the silk indue
try —[London Times.
Georgia,
Banks C >unty,
All persons interested are hereby no
tified that if no good oause be shown
to the oontrarj an order will be grant
ed by the undersigned on the first Mon
day m September next, establishing
three new roads as marked out by the
commissioners appointed for that pur
pose. One commencing at or near the
old Meeks field where John S. Cham
bers now lives on the Homer road,
thence by the residence of Pritob
ett to Messrs. Massey and Joseph Par
sons, intersecting the Federal road at
the old Grocery place. And one com
mencing near W. T. Massey’s resi
dance; thence by the way of Massey’s
Gin, and iatereseeting the road lead
ing from the Homer road to the old
Grooery place at cr near Jack Turk
(col.) Also one commencing near the
residence of Dr. H. P Q lillian, thence
by the rsidenoe of J. J. Pendergrass,
W. C. Oliver and Taylor Armour and
to intersect with the public road lead
ing from Caraesville to Harmony
Grove, at the Wilson Bridge, in said
county. Aug. 4, 188.
15 4w. T. F. Hill, Ordinary.
To ail whom it
may concern:
A Week’s Heading I !
FOR SIX GOOD FAMILI -
Send your name and the name aud /
dress of five of your reighbo j
fil-nds on a postal card and g
free for yourself and each o<
them a specimen copy of the
Great Soul Hern Weekly*
The Atlanta Consiitmioix!
Our three humorous writers, Unole
Remus's word, famious sketches of r
plantation darkey. Bill Arp's h’
ous letters for the home and hearth
stone. Betsy Hamilton's adventures
told in cracker dialect. War stones,
sketches of travel, news, poems, fun ad
ventures, the Farm, the household cor
respondence, a word of instruction and
entertainment. Twelve pages. The
brightest and best Weekly. I lease ev
ery member of the family. Send a
postal for a speoimen copy, free.
Address The Constitution, Atlanta Ga.
Legal Notices.
Georgia, Banks County: To all
whom it may concern, Mary E Rees
ter, has in doe form applied to the u*
dereigned for permanent le ,,r 'B of
ministra’ioa on the estate of Henry
Keesler, lat# of said count}, ceatn
and I will pass upon said ap cati
on the Ist Monday in &>p mbi
1888. Given under my hand .nd cl
fioial signature this 26th day ot Ju
1888. T. F Hill. Ordinary. "
14 4w.
Georgia, Bank* Coumy.—To all
whom it may concern: W. P. Ray,
guardian of A. (J. Anderson, applies
to me for letters of dismission from said
guardianship, and 1 will pass upon his
application on the Ist Monday in Sep
tember next at my office in Homer, in
said county. Given under my hand
and official signature, May 31st, 1888.
T. F Hill, Ordina<y.
Georgia,
Banks Cos ,
born, administrator of Thos. Ausborn,
neo’d, has iu due form applied to the
undersigned for leave to sell the lands
belonging to the estate ot sai.l dee’d.,
and said application will be heard ou
the Ist Monday in Sept. next.
Aug 6, 1888. t. f. hill,
15 4w. Ordinary.
Georgia,
Banks County,
6on, administrators of J. J. Wilson,
late of said county, dec’d, has applied
to me in terms of the law for letters of
dismission from said administration.
This is therefore to oite and admonish
all concerned to show cause at the reg
ular term of court of Ordinarj' cf said
county, to beheld on the Ist Monday
in November next, why said discharge
should not be granted. Given under
my hand and official signature An
1888. T. F. Hill Ordinary 15
F'. dyspepsia and Livei Comp,
yen u-ive i printed guarantee -n
bottle of Shiloh’s Yitanzer It alv
cures. For Kale by W. B Mason.
Shiloh’s Oougb and Consumpi
Cure is rfbld by uv on a guarantee
cures Consump ion. W. B Ma
Homer.
Are you made miserable by indi*
tion, Constipation, Dizziness, Los>
Appetite, Yellow skin, shiloh's vita
or is a positive cure. For sale by \
Mason, Homer.
Hackmetack, a lasting and frsgrai
perfume. Price 25 and 50 cents. F
sale by W. B. Mason, Homer.
Itch, Mange and Scratches of evei
kind on hnman or animals cured in 3
minutes by Woolford’s Sanitary Lotic
rh:s never fails. Sold by Hardma
k Sharp, Druggists, Harmons Grove
to all whom it may
concern: H B Aus
Whereas W. S.
and W. G. Wil-