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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-22
B9nn, What the good gods Epicurus ana
i'dcclius were born for
he Livingston Family.

RI What the good gods Epicurus ana
A'"ccius were born for.
she Livingston Family.
congressman Livingston married Miss
Martha Gutiin when he was a young man.
1hey have five children, w. g. LIVING
ston, Laura +, who married Mr.. ). IL.
KIchards. Alice. who married Mir. j. ".
Nlng, q. =, Livingston, who married Miss
Minnie Downs, and Robert l.. Livingston.
who is the youngest of the children, and
who is unmarried.
Only two Of the children live at the home
OF the congressman, Mr.. Graham Living
ston. WHO manages the farm i'll the alb
sence OF the congressman, and Mr.. Robert
Livingston, the youngest son, who will
leave soon to accept the place as clerk of
the congressman ut Washington.
Mr. Graham Livingston is q very excel
lent manager of the farm. He knows how
TO raise good crops, and does 1t every year
somehow other, no matter how the
seasons come and go
Livingston as Farmer.
Colonel Livingston is not an extensive
farmer by any means.
He believes in the policy of making a
heap out of little He has but little more
than 600 acres on his farm.
But out of this 600 acres Colonel Liv-
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-22

Hon. James Griggs was appointed Judge
of the Pataula circuit Monday afternoon
by Governor Northen.
TWO vacancy was created q week ago
b, thn restoration of Judge James Query.
Colonel Grggs was solicitor general OF
the circuit which embraces the counties of
Terrell, Randolph, Quitman,, Clay, Early
and Miller. He was not inclined to make
the race at first but was urged to become
a candidate lie is an able lawyer ana
strong among the lawyers and party lead
ers all over the state, having wide ac-
uuaintance. His friends got up petitions
and endorsements and came up mere ana
pushed his claims before the governor.
sheffield as solicitor.
Fx Senator H. c. Sheffield of Early eoun'
ty. was appointed solicitor general of the
Patauia circuit Tuesday by Governor Northern
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ven must certainly be near the home OF
the congressman, the road takes unto llseiI
g doliplp back action twist and you ma
Yourself tUt off from all pubic highways
and wondering aimlessly through Tile most
'f,,s., forests 10 he found in Newton coun-
IL. and linen it is your fancy that you nave
,l.,taiuly lost YOUR way, sucn painless roads
,,,.,.A- being dreamed If as the avenues 10
load To the home oil congressman, anu
n1rticuIoriv the home Of : politician SO
tvnH known as Colonel L. T.. Livingston
LA-eu The faithful old nag you drive seems
f. 1--WE I'D in hopeless despair at the pros
ne,T. and stops now and then at some htti"
fork in the half visible roadway, uerFously
shaking his head and turning round 10 ASK
vour advice Both you and Jne IhthLul
nag are about to pause in the midst OF 'he
deepest forest and hold Il conference over
tile doubtful inquiry, where am / at, Wheh
10. far up through the arch OF the low hend-
ing trees you see Il faint glimpse OF white
,eIhyes buried in a world of pretty flowers,
red, white. pink and blue and all OF a SUD
den YOU find yourself in the sleepy hollow
where Livingston lives.
You DO not expect to find the congress-
man himself at home. He is away at
Washington listening that very day to the
reading of President Cleyeland's message
and wondering what on earth will come of
such talk. and thinking perehance, of some
fling To be done to offset it. No. you are
NOT oxnpc1ing 30 find Colonel Livingston at
home for he is "A member Of congress who
i ALWAYS at his desk when the general roll
i called. and you 20 to his house fully ap-
rriged Of the fact that lie is away.
You are going to his house for another
prrnosp. You are going there TO sketch
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-22
EORGIA'S CROPS.
The Cotton Yield Will Re About the Same AS
Last ear.

The cotton year is drawing to Il close
and Il new one will soon begin. 80 com
plete are the reports made through lhe
agricultural departments OF the state ana
national governments that 1t Is poSSinie
TO approximate closely what the growing
crop will amount to- barring the unusual.
Ii is estimated that the crop which ma
tured in Georgia in 1892 was between 800
UUO and $4,000 bales. The crop which Is
now making is one or two points below
last years
Colonel Nesbitt, commissioner of agricui-
ture, thinks that this crop Will be iitto
short of last years In the southern seq
ton and in middle Georgia the cotton Is
very fine but in the upper part it was cut
down by long drought. Middle Georgia
has as fine cotton as II ever mao, III sou!
Georgia there has not been finer crop IN
several years True, in some counties the
dry weather cut the crops in southern sec
tons. too In Clay for instance, the lower
part got plenty of rain and the crops are
all right, but there is strip in the upper
port of the county where there was very
little rain and there everything is short
The corn is good in middle Georgia and
in the lower part Of the state Corn on
the low lands above the Clhttahodcl'ee IS
making finely. but that which was planted
ON the uplands is short on account of the
dry weather. The oats did well this sea-
son in north Georgia, and there Is good
grain crop although not 80 much as usual
to the acre.
There will be plenty to live on the com
ing wear on most farms, and 1t was all
made right there The western packers OF
meat and raisers of corn and wheat VIII
not find Georgia the market the coming
year that she has been for many years.
The farmers are diyerSityng Their crops
more and more. and are seeing the dement's
of it, says the commissioner. Clean cult
walton takes all the vegetable matter from
the soil and this thing of putting conlmef-
cial fertilizers on the crop from year 10
wear does not permanently enrich the SOIL
rs might be thought.
The soil needs vegetable matter and the
diversified crops will result in incre9 sing
Good farmers calculate that the productive
nnss of the farms i'll this state where they
have been taken care of has increased one
third in the last fifteen years. hettef
system of cultivation is i'll vogue and Il
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-22

and sleepy looking darby t,mbles down
from a pile of wheat straw md comes
Mai1lig towards you rubbing his eyes and
shieiuing them from the blstcring rays of
Tue MONDAY sun. He informs you drowsly
tiiat the people are all gone to church out
al ola Bethany, but that they will be home
ny ny ana by, and asks you to get out and wait
for them
delightful Picture.
Willle you are waiting Oh the front YER
anna Tor the home folks to return from
ciurch you have splendid opportunity for
viewing the place around.
There is the great rural grove snrcadinc
Gown mile or more from the house and
the lawn beneath So low are the bending
BOWS of the trees that it is really dark
underneath, although you are there at the
radiant hour of high noon on a summers
day.
The yard is gay with flowers of every
KIND. Vines climb all about the door, and
the perfume of the yaricgatcd blossoms all
around make the air sweet The sun shines
warm and bright upon tranquil world as
you look out over the fine iicd-corn almost
black It Is So green. and cotton away up
to mans waist nearly in its luXuriant
growth
Down to the right two or three fine Jer-
sey cows stand ut the pasture gait aweary
shadows lengthen before taking another
round at the wild clover that carpets the
meadow lands for long stretch down the
branch bottoms of the pasture. Hens cackle
and sing all around the door. and cluck
to their little broods, ponies prance about
the horse lot, mules wallow themselves on
the pine straw, the mOcking birds are sing
ing in the plum trees the sweetest songs
of the season. and you browse and dream
and wonder who would want to go to
congrcss-who would want to go to para
disc even with such comfort and such
charm about their home.
What life and joy and pence and con-
tentment it all seems!
What fascination and charm. What
tranquility and rest! What bright spot
of the world it is How happy and how
satisfying must such life be. Not care
in the heart not a specll of cloud upon the
sky. Everything fair and sunny and
bright, and y0u dream on
But, the rattle of buggy wheels soon
starts you from your reverie and looking
up You see the family of the congressman
from the fifth coming w the long drive
down the grove running from old bethany
church, where they have been attending the
protractcd meeting of the season. You
greet them at the little old gate and they
make you feel at home from the very start
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-22
EIGHT COUNTIES TO HEAR FROM.
The Falling Off In Valuations WtllGo Higher
Than Eyuectx6,

A month ago when the tax returns began to
come in from the counties it was estimated
that the valuations would IAN OH thls year
$l0,00G,0 600 , .,, ,,,..
Now, with ali the counties heard from but
eight the estimate has TO be increased by
million or two. The 100 counties when nave
renorted show a total decrease or $lo,ooi,ooo
r,tntop and RartOW came along Il day or
Two AFRO aud they were short almost million
and half themselves Sumter fell below
last year $S9600O, and Barlow was oehihu
Yesterday Emanuel came along with t de.
feit 81 SGG9 1876 This, added to the other
shortages from last year, makes the total UP
,rha nfsht counties to be heard from are, are
RIB. Books Floyd, Fulton, Liberty, IaS
inr washington and Worth The law re-
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-22

south brings you to the home of the well
kncwn CO orga politician.
The country road winds through many
Of the finest plantations in the county, and
on every side one can see the signs of thrift
and progress. Smiling valleys all waving
green with corn in the tassle and great
fields of cotton blooming white and red al
most ready 70 burst into the full glory of
the feecv harvest spread out ins Overpower-
ing panorama before the eye Of the traveller
ana tend to make the journey pleasant in
the extreme.
When finally you have Travelled several
hours in an open buggy and begin to think
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-22
CROP BULLETIN FOR GEORGIA.
For the Past Week Rain Has Eeen Bounte
nus--A hnut The Cotton Crnp.

In northwest Georgia the cloudy weather
and rains of the past week have been favor
able to the growth of most vegetation. In
cotton, however, it has developed some
tendency to rust. This crop is taking on
forms rapidly, but the plant is small us a
rule. Grass is ready to cut, but the wet
weather has given little opportunity yet
for haying. Early corn is proving to have
been badly cut off by the July drought.
A. good yield of late corn is hoped for.
Frequent rains and lack of sunshine are
causing melons to rot. A good acreage Of
turnips is being sown
In the northern counties the weather
conditions during the past week have been
unusually favorable for the rapid growth
IF all vegetation. Under the influence of
frequent showers corn has improved very
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-22
HOMES OF MEMBERS.
COLONEL LITINGSToN LIVES IN A
TRAN0UILL, SLEEPY HOLLOW,
Where Sing the Mockias Story OF
ths Home Life of One of GeOrxia's Best
Known Politicians of Today.
Nobody would ever take it to be the home

Nobody would ever take it to be the home
OF a politician.
Far away from the din and dust and
noise of city life, not even Il quiet little
hamlet near; buried in the heart of great
forest and shaded by the dark shadow of
Il hundred giant oaks and hickory nut trees
beyond tie piercing scream and thunder
ing roar of any railroad train; calm, repose-
full restful; not 4 sound obtruding upon
great natures meditation save the songs of
a thousand birds by day and the signing
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-22

ingston hAs nSde some Of the finest crops
ever made IN that good section of country.
He runs only six plows, but runs them
well. He works about sixty acres Of cot
ton with these six plows running. and sixty
acres of corn. The crops this year are bet
ter than usual and it will be a joyous harry
est, indeed, at Colonel Livingston's farm
when the frost gets itself on the pumpkin.
In addition 70 the regular crops, he has
great acreage in peas, potatoes sugar cane:
sorghum and other truck patches. all of
which he makes pay him well. He is
farmer who has always believed in the
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-22
TIE RESIDENCE OF COLONEL LIvINGs TON.

by drawing out their chairs and gathering
about you in a group, the entire family cir
Gle, and talk to you about the crops, about
the weather, the political situation, the big
meeting at old Behany-every current topic
of the day. The little girls, granddaugh-
tiers of the congressman, gather flowers out
in the yard for your coat and adorn the
vases the mantle piece in the parlor
within.
Then they get to playing the sweet old
simple songs of the days gone by on the
organ, and so charmed are you with the
childish chimes that you almost fail to
hear the ringing peals of the little dinner
bell back III the dining room finally when
dinner is announced.
Congressmans Menu.
1t has always been Il joke among the pol
iticians that Congressman Livingston loses
flesh when he is in Washington i'll congress.
Some of them say il is because he works
too hard there. Others say ii is because
he can't live well i'll the climate.
The truth is Colonel Livingston can't eat
the food they give him at the fancy hotels
of the national capital and nobody would
wonder at it when they have had a whack
at his bill of fare when he IS at home on
his Newton couaty farm.
Great pitchers of rich buttermlk, cab
bage So tender that it seems cruelty to
bruise them, squash, potatoes, rich Jersey
butter, beans. tomatoes, the best corn
bread ever mortal masticated, corn on the
cob, corn off the cob, eggs done up to the
Queens taste, chicken fried, chicken brol-
ed. chicken smothered, great big country
light as thistle down, coffee boiled down
after the fashion of our grandmothers own
invention and poured out to you in great
big cups, peaches and cream, grapefruit,
what's the use trying? Epicures. the god
of We olden times alone can tell 1t an.
You may talk about your great dinners
ot Harveyts in Washington, and at Del
monico's in New York. You may run wild
with enthusiasm in the story from cham
Dagne cocktails to nuts and coffee, you may
tell with rapture and delight OF yonr con
somme, your PURGE, your cToquetteS, your
+ynfitnc and your tousts But when you
have done all this take n little run down
10 the home of Congressman Livingston IN
old Newton county and make it convenient
to get there just about the dinner hour, and
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has it is no wonder that he loves it so.
No wonder that in his speeches ont in the
campaign he refers to it with such tender
ness. No wonder that he has IN All ms
nnhEc life befrjended the farmer with such
earrestness and done so much to adVan:
the itfScrcsts of titat-- IS lnYolV3d
Bold peasantry, their cop .e?rstaera-
Which once destroyed can never ne Suppiru''S
" 'i0 REMSEN CRAWFORD.
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GROVE IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE
his home. his private life on his Georgia
farm, and in doing 40 you forget HIM as
noIilician, and in his absence. hnd all about
HIM Is the simple citizen of old Newton
comfy. the Industrious farmer OF the heish-
borh0od.
You drive up to the gate, and after yelp-
ing hello several times you begin to Won
der if ANYBODY at all is ri home when sud
denly there is noise ont about the lot
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-22

ouires the digests to be sent IN da W behind
isr and these are SeVthtsVh No rare for
fine Until al are heard from NV NV RATE is
The wear cannot be made up ~, and the
fixed by the comptroller genera ia first
state treasurer The legislature a. 1n,jar as
session fixed 00tG1 Of cent on tlie wy made
fine maximum The rate cannot o,-o 400 -
higher than that. If, on basis ot t;~urn
900 the rate can be liked at Il 4oWtl ~. r.
than four mills and siXty-one huh"t, -, -
will be so made Last year me ''A onte
was 0O4S5, and the year before II Wa ."o for
So far this year it will be lower IMAM .oa io 80
three years past. Had the usual inIi he
been obtained this year the rate "oulo ~
not much over four mills
Death of an Old Newspaper Man
New Orleans. La August 1S.-Ma1or W,,
liam Mattison Robinson, city editor OF nv
Pcayune, dlea today, aged ffty-three years
He was born in New Hampshire, OF reVolu'
t3nary ancestry, set type and reporteu ~
Boston before the war. to the rahh VI
brevet major of Massachusetts voiuh
teers. and became n resident or Louisiana,
when the war ended After filling several
positions under the government ne became
city editor of The New Orleans Repupiican
and has been one Of the leaders OF locai
journalism for twenty-five years. thirteen
with The picayune. Tie will be buried To-
morrow with Masonic honOrs. being q thirty
second degree Mason, Knight !emplar;
knight of Honor, Son OF the Revolution, ana
connected with other bodies.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-22

OF the winds N the trees by night-here
in such Il place lives Congressman Living
sion, who represents the fifth Georgia dis
trict in tie councils of the nation.
Surprising, indeed, is the picture present
cl To the eye Of 4 stranger at the APP
proach 4 ten mile drive out Of the pros
porous little city of Conycrs through one of
the most fertile and most delectable regions
OF farm lands to be found anywhere iii the
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-22

Percentage c0IOreu =
For the state. Is
The number of children who have never
attended any school is -, iOl. The NUM-
Der of children who have never attended
Il public school is 25,531. 80 about G,OUO
have attended private schools but never
public schools The small proportion of
children who have not enjoyed some oil the
advantages of the public school system of
the state is small and tells how the system
reaches the masses.
While the census was being taken, Cap
tain Bradweu had the enumerators put
down also the number of children who have
infirmities. Outsd of the institutions there
are 123 blind whites, 1872 deaf and dumb
whites; there are 142 colored blind, IT'S
deaf and dumb blind. The idiots, white and
colored in the state, number oSo. Inc
number of intirm in these different classes
is Lbs.
Georgia has 1905 white schools and 1850
schools for the blacks, making altogether,
7,2S5.
The number of teachers in Georgia, pub
lie and private, is, i'll round NUMBERS H.
600.
The work of compiling the census stats
ties, as they came in the office, has been
done by Major Robert Quinn. the assistant
school commissioner, and II was a task
which no one would envy. He has had
long and tedious job OF it..
This census was begun in April. Two
counties had to be counted over. They
were Washington and Randolph.
Forty-two counties have less school pop
ulation than in 1888. The cost of taking
the census, which is required by law, was
about $4,000, although the cost has not
been fully counted up. For each child the
expense is 3 cents.
A census Is needed to get a just appor-
tionment of the school fund. Under the
law the fund has to be divided out accord
ing to the number of school children in Il
county. Many a county draws more from
the treasury for its schools than it pays
into the school fund.
me school Fund.
For 1893 the school fund to be appor-
toned is 81 ,O63 G57.S1. Out of this must
be paid the expenses of the department,
and this is the most economically managed
department in the capitol. That is, it
spends less money for the expenses of tha
Office. 1t has to pay its own printing bill,
while in other departments this item is
included in the genaral printing appropria-
ton. But salaries, printing. postage and
everything amount to only 50, 123.2o.
So the net amount to be apportioned
among the counties is ST ,O59. $50 81 TO
this will be added 100000, obtained from
poll taxes. The poll taxes remain in the
counties in which they are paid.
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! white increase in five years has been
F<F99G24; the colored increase, 23,OG6. This
MAY be explained, perhaps, by the fact that
the blacks were all put down in the last
census and that there has been more
thorough enumeration this year
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-05

Are to It. The fire department was
called out and the flames we're
quenched. Then the crowd with
the Marshal at the head of II start
ed to hunt him up, and found him
in one of the rooms of the house.
He blew out the light and the
crowd all fed except the Marshal
who had a hand to hand fight with
him in the dark. The Marshal
soon had the best of it and took
him to the lookup. A crowd of
about 200 followed bent on lynch
ing him. He was placed inside
and rs the Marshal turned to leave
Sherrod drew a knife and stabbed
him in the back, cutting nearly
around the shoulder blade. THE
crowd then drew Sherrod out, and
threw water on him and kicked,
cuffed and beat him till he was
nearly dead. Whips were brought
but he begged piteously for them
to spare him, and he was again
placed in the lookup more dead
than alive.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-05
The Picnic.

The picnic at Buckeye Park on
Wednesday, held under the au-
spices of the Logan Merchants,
was a great success in every way.
More than six hundred people
from Logan and vicinity were on
grounds and helped to make the
day enjoyable.
The entertainments were numer-
Gus and enjoyable, and the wealth
er the finest.
Several games of Base Ball were
played in a creditable manner, the
last being between a picked nine
from Lancaster and the other from
Logan. Five innings convinced
the Lancaster boys that they were
much too slow to play ball with
the Logan Katydids and they quit
in disgust with themselves.
The general feeling, of all pres.
sent, was that they would like to
attend another such occasion next
year.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-05
Calico Ridge.

The farmers are all about done
with their harvest and now the
hum of the threshing machine is
heard in the land.
Mr.. Lewis Rodman has been
quite sick but is now able to be out
again.
Some hungry dogs got into a
flock of Ezra Harsh's sheep on the
night of July 2sth and killed and
wounded five.
Cecil Shultz is working at Long
streth's coal mine.
Charley and George Hengst
took in the Picnic at Buckeye
Park on Wednesday.
D. E. Harsh contemplates going
to the State Convention next
week.
The Blackberry crop is like the
rest of the fruit crop, almost a
failure.
What is the matter with the ad-
vocates of high tariff they are SO
still, has the price of wool knocked
the pins from under them?
We heard gentleman remark
the other day that Mckinley
would be elected by $4,000 majority
this fall, claiming the present dull
times was caused by the Demo-
Gratis having the reins of govern.
ment. Now any one with three
grains of reason would not make
such a declaration. The Repub-
licans are bowling about Hoke