Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-30
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
An Interesting Collection of Assorted
News Notes.


ATLANTA, June est has been rathel
quiet about the State House for the pas
two days, as Governor Mcdaniel wa.
absent in attendance upon the Mercer
University commencement exercises.
OF course old Mercer was glad to greei
the only one of her alumni who has riser
to the high position of Governor of the
State, and doubly so from the fact that he
is an honored son of one of her earliest and
most conscientious teachers, one whose
heart, head and hands united in earnest
efforts to build up the once struggling
manual labor school out of which the
University has grown.
Still further improvements in the old
Union Passenger depot indicate that
there will be no new and more commo-
dlous depot built at present. The ticket
/ ONCE on the right of the main entrance is
being enlarged to double its former size.
and greatly improved. But the greatest
| Improvement is in the dining saloon.
which has been renovated and altered.
and decorated in the most elegant stvle.
1t is to-day the most elaborate piece of
work in Atlanta. Henry Durand, the
manager, Is almost dazzled by its gran
\ deur, and the travelling public say it is in
striking contrast with the dirty depot
outside.
Atlanta has suffered, is suffering and
| VIII suffer still more in the future from
the sensational advertising of her adyan-
! tages. Already host of frauds, hum
| bugs and questionable schemes have re-
moved here, or set up business in our
| midst. Men with patents come here and
] flatter us into the belief that they want to
! locate here because Atlanta is big city,
and the great central distributing point.
Ihls KIND OF taffy generally succeeds in
winning few thousand dollars for a
company to manufacture some worthless
! patent. friend of mine, old and ex-
perienced, was fool enough to be to taffied
out OF $1,000 solid cash by one of these
frauds. Several of these patent es-
adjustments can now be bought very
cheap.
! President Arthur has acted wisely in
! refusing the clemency asked for w. H.
Finch, son of Rev. VIM. Finch, a tailor
preacher of this city. This colored man
was a soldier IN the army and committed
murder, for which he is to be hung on
FRIDAY OF this week. His father has some
| little property in Atlanta, and was en-
abled to bring strong influences to bear
upon the President, but without avail.
Mr.. j. I'll. Bailey, Of this city. who
married Miss Thiot, of Savannah, is
| just issuing the first volume of his schol-
arly work, "Ibe Factors Of Ci0ilization,o
which, singularly enough, follows the
second volume, published last year. Mr..
Bailey has spent much time and thought
in the treatment of the real and assumed
| factors of civilization, and however much
learned men may differ with some of his
views, all will admit that his laborS have
not been in vain, and agree that he has
made valuable contribution to this ex
panding arena of discussion.
A host OF warm personal friends have
welcomed Judge Erskine to Atlanta this
week, and expressed joy at his renewed
health. Age and infrmities NAV enfeeble
his body, but his mind and heart are as
clear and genial as ever. May his sue
cessor be as much respected for his pub
lie services and private virtues.
There is to be a lively squabble over the
city offices on Monday night, and indica-
tions point to new and sad era in the
history OF Atlanta. | doubt if there is in
the world city Of half this size in which
the men of wealth and character stand
IDLY by and let ignorance and corruption
rule. If ''Tweedism" does not flourish in
Atlanta in less than three years it will be
| because the programme now fixed upon
fails to be carried out.
Since the sudden demise of the Post
appeal thirty unemployed editors in At
lanta have applied to Col. |. w. Avery
MIN $o,OOO per year to return to journal
ism, ana each expresses a willingness to
Jump into such a ''fat posish" blindfolded,
without regard to the politics of the
paper seeking editorial talent.
There is considerable sensational nom
sense going the rounds of the press about
Emory Speer and his attempts to Mahone-
lze this State. happen to know that he
is Just now quietly attending to his legal
0fflclHl business
anu o. leia'l tatiQn, and not giving his time
10 polltlcs. He auvt7vJl Drasident A rfbur
to consolidate the revenue dIstriets in
Georgia as a matter of economy: and here
in Atlanta he has saved thousands of
dollars already by Topping off useless ex-
penses IN his department. So far he has
proved the best man for retrenchment and
reform that has been in Che District At
torney's Office since the war.
Red flags have become so numerous in
Atlanta as a part of the real estate boom,
that hereafter they can never be used as
smallpox flags of warning. The yellow
nag must now be recognized as the official
sign of that dreadful scourge. In some
cases, however, the red flag ought to be
considered a warning to innocent real es-
tate spectators.
AS to what ! have written against the
evils connected with the present truck
farming boOm-not against intelligent
and prudent truck farming-I am content
to let every line stand until the season is
over and the reports are all in. If at that
time l am not shown to have been as
clearly in the right as / was in opposing
the sensational Clement attachment boom
that sought to ruin thousands of unsus-
pectlng planters, will make most hum
BILE apology to the "other side'' of the
question.
And now another gallant Confederate
General has gone to join his numerous
comrades who have crossed oyer the river
and are resting under the shade of the
trees. In little while they will outntlm-
Der the living, and yet how feeble and
scattered are the efforts being made to
gather memorials of their valor, their pa
triotism and their virtues. General james
Conner, of South Carolina, Just dead, will
soon be followed by others whom exposure
or wounds or old age have disabled.
Would it not be well to give some serious
thought to this subject before it is too
late9 What has Georgia done, what is
she doing, in the matter of gathering up
and preserving Confederate recOrdss 1t
is not the work of the Southern Historical
Society, at Richmond, Virginia, to attend
to these purely local matters, and each
State ought to be prompt to act for ITSELF
South Carolina, through her efficient Adj
jutant General, Manigault, is doing noble
work in this direction
was greatly pleased to hear most
excellent suggestion. yesterday, in CON
nection with the military corps of the
State University at Athens. 1t was this
Let the Board of Trustees make the mill
tary feature separate and distinct de-
partment, and put at the head of 1t first
class military man, and thereby greatly
improve the standard of military drill and
science at that institution. The person
recommended for this position, Was Col
Clifford w. Anderson, of Savannah, il he
could be persuaded TO accept 1t. At pres
ent he occupies, as he has done for several
years, the highest military position in
Georgia, and not only is he fitted by ripe
experience, but his education has been
thoroughly on that line. As a distin-
guished graduate of the Iirgiaia Military
Institute next III fank to West Point !,
he was few years ago called to I'LL SIM
liar position in that hOnored institution.
He declined the offer, it is true, but might
he not be persuaded to accept a similar
position here in his native State, in whose
military progress he takez such q ueepIfi.
terest, and TO whose military renOWn upon
the battle field his entire family have con-
trIbuted so much? / heartily second the
suggestion, and hope that Col. Anderson
may be selected and not decline the uonor
Never nas the University been more in
need of a thorough and dignified military
department. ] have no personal interest
or preference ip this matter. If any other
man, from any other part Of the State, can
better fill the position, let him be chosen:
but let us have a reform in the military
feature of the University without delay
CHATHAM.
Bat and Ball.
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