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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
VOL. VI. NO. 1.950
SAM W. SMALL,
» He Has a Tough Time With His
New Paper.
WANTS TO GO TO SENATE,
While He Is Off on a Lecturing
Tour His Associates En
gage in a Battle.
New York, Feb. 12—A special tc
The World from Oklahoma City says:
Just one month ago Rev. Samuel Small,
the Georgia evangelist, began the pnbli
— cation of a daily paper here. He had
been conducting a revival here for some
months, and, becoming convinced that
there was a great future in store for this
territory, he decided to live here. Being
a bosom friend of Secretary Smith, he
started his organ as the official organ of I
of the administration in the territory, :
and made a great flourish.
He had run his paper but a week when ;
the church people found him to be un
true to his teachings in the pnlpit, for
he published his daily both Sunday ami
Monday mornings, and they began to
withdraw their patronage?
At the Perry Statehood convention the
Democrats became convinced that Small
■was on the track for the United States
senate and they began to knife him vig
orously. A week ago the funds of the
newspaper began to tun low and Small
went to Texas to lecture -and preach
to raise money to keep the paper going.
In the meantime a row started among
his associate managers and editors whc
were at home. Judge Rock, an anti
administration Democrat,-on the edito
rial force, slipped in a bogus dispatch
assailing Governor Renfrow on the
statehood question. Business Manager
Reynolds and the telegraph editor wired
t Governor Renfrow that-the thing was a
fake and determined to have an apology
in the paper next morning. Rock,
Frank McMasters and Judge Witten, all
associate editors, determined not to have
the apology printed. A pitched bar; e
ensued, the police being called to >quell
the riot.
The feeling is so bitter that now the !
paper is being issued with a police
officer in charge of the office to keep
peace, while it is thought that Small has
become disgusted with the whole outfit
and will not return at all. although
he is being wired for about three times a
day.
Death of a Wealthy i*rie£t.
Erie, Pa., Feb. 12.—-Very Rev. Tho
mas Casey, vicar general of the Erie dio
cese, is dead. He had been a vicar gen
eral of the Erie diocese 14 years. Ho
was a man of means from the time he
attained his majority, and at his father’s
death he was made very wealthy. He
invested with great success qnd gave all
his earnings to charity an 1 for the relief
of his poor parishoners. In addition to
giving between .§3,000 and §5,000 a year,
in small sums, he built the Old People’s
home lor Catholics, partially built St.
Vincent's hospital, was the main factor
, in tlie building of St. Joseph’s Orphan
asylum and a year ago erected an 1 gave
to the Sisters of St. Joseph the Villa
Maria .academy, worth §150.000. When
the smallpox scourge of 1871-’72 fell upon
his parish he was nurse, physician, priest
and undertaker, and for six months la
bored night and day without flinching,
although he was then worth §IOO,OOO.
His estate now, in spite of his liberality,
is estimated to be worth a quarter of a
million.
•Opposed to tbe ’Wilson Bill.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 12.—Thecom
mittee of the Commercial club, of thia
city, charged with prosecuting the fight
against the alleged disastrous and dis
criminating features of the Wilson bill,
have met and formulated an answer to
the circular of questions sent out by Sen
tor Voorhees, chairman of the senate
finance committee. The committee also
passed a resolution urging upon all of
the people of Alabama that the crisis of
the fate of the bill is near at hand, and ;
to write or telegraph the Alabama sena-;
tors, appealing for the safety of home j
instructions and home wages. All or -1
ganizatlons in the district ar® urged to I
meet and to take the prompt action 100..- j
ing to tlie defeat of free coal and iron. ;
Prominent Ministers Resign.
' Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 12.—The
preachers of two of Birmingham’s larg
i est congregations have given notice oi
b their intention to resign their respective
* charges. Rev. Hugh K. Walker, of the
First Presbyterian church, will go to
Ba’i i more, where he will take a large
church. He is one of the most talented
and popular ministers whoever presided
over a congregation here and his people
are distressed. Rabbi Ullman will also
relinquish his pulpit. He is a scholarly
preacher, and is greatly beloved by hi
flock. Ho will engage in another voca
tion in the city.
Political War Paint.
Perry, Ga., Feb. 12.—The Third
party people of Houston will soon put
> on their political war paint for the 1894
campaign. They are calculating to have
candidates in the field for every county
office. Mr. W. L. Carr, one of the lead
ing Populists of Houston, was in Peny
Tuesday, and he says his party will con
test for every office within the gift of
the people-, f rom constable to president.
Democrats must trim their sails accord
ingly. If their calculations are the
basis of positive action, lively times are
just ahead.
ill Aot Throw Mini.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 12.—Senator M.
C. Butler, speaking of his rave for )•<,-1
► election says: “As for my part the cam
paign before the people will be a dis
cussion of national issues, not mud
throwing and personalities, and 1 do not
propose to submit to it from my op
nosers. whoever thev mav be. of which
1 will serve notice at tlie proper time, I
have devoted the best years of my life to '
the service of my state, and whatever
ambition I may have had has been fully
satisfied, as I have been in the senate for
a number of years. Under ordinary
circumstances I might never have been
a candidate for re-election, but Ido not
propose to be made the victim of bossism
or any clique or ring. I have a duty to
perform to the people of my state, and I
am going to do it. I shall go about it
fearlessly, but respectfully, and I am
not losing any sleep over what my po
litical fate will be. As what ambition I
might have had is satisfied, that is a
matter of small moment.”
A Cruel Father.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 12.— A
second suicide by drowning within a
fortnight was frustrated by Deputy
Sheriff Joe Anderson at thevnorth end of
the Tennessee river county bridge. Liz
zie Schraud’r, a simple minded but
pretty girl of 19, was driven from her
father's door with an oath for keeping
company with John Walker, a boat
hand about 16 years old. She sought to
end her sorrows by jumping from the
bridge into the river. She threw her
gloves in first and was climbing over
the railing when the officer caught her.
The girl struggled and begged of her
captor to be permitted to drown herself,
as everybody’s door was closed to her.
Her father is Hermon Schrauder, an ex-
Baptist minister, and reputed to be very
cruel to his children.
The War in Honduras.
San Salvador, Feb. 12.—A message
from Tegucigalpa says that President
Vasquez’s army has made a brilliant
sortie against the "beseigers, during
which over 100 of the enemy were kill
ed. Vasquez drove Bonilla and Gutier
rez back on the south, and is now en
gaged in repelling repeated assaults by
Ortiz on the north. Three cannon were
captured by Bonilla. At the time the
message was sent Ortiz was preparing
to attack in force. Vasqnez said he
could hold out indefinitely.
An Old Paper Changes Hands,
Dalton, Ga,., Feb. 12. —J. T. Whit
man, former editor; and proprietor of
the North Georgia Citizen, of this city,
has bought the Madison Madisonian and
will, in a few davs, take charge. His
son, George W. Whitman, will be asso
ciated with him in his new field.
MURDER~AND~ CANNIBALISM.
Shocking: Conduct oi Russian Officials in
a Convict Prison.
London, Feb. 12. — A dispatch from
St. Petersburg says:
“The government commission which
investigated the scandals in the convict
prison at Onor, on the Island of Sagha
lien, reports that there have been in
stances without number of merciless
cases of beatings, lopping off of fingers
and aims by sabre strokes, while canni
balism, under stress of famine, has beer,
common.
“Murder followed by cannibalism, has
been frequent, with the sole object of
ending a misserable existence. Several
convicts have disputed .to be convicted of
murder when not guilty.
“During 1892 there was an almost
continuous string -of convoys carrying
corpses of convicts from Onor to By
kovskaya, the residence of the authori
ties. In nearly every case the .bodies
were shockingly mutilated.
“Convicts who fail to work on account
physical incapability were put on half
diet and when it became apparent that
they could per fornijno further duty, they
were dispatched like animals with a re
volver.”
PRINCESS COLONNA ARRIVED
The Story that She Hail Left Pari.Turin
Out to Be True.
New York, Feb. 12.—The dispatch
from Paris last week, announcing the
departure of the Princess Colonna,
which was afterward denied, has been
verified by the presence of the princess
herself who has arrived here on the
steamer New York from Southampton.
She was accompanied by her step brother,
J. W. Mackay, Jr., and her three chil
dren.
Mrs. Mackay, her mother, is still liv
ing in London. When the New York
drew into her dock Mr. Mackay, the
princess's step-father, was waiting with
his business partner. Mr. Mackay de
clined to discuss the ass tirs of his daugh
ter. As soon as tbe gang plank was
lowered the princess descended from the
steamer, followed by her brother, her
maid and the three children, who were
dressed in natty Italian sailor costumes.
They immediately entered carriages
and drove off.
NO CONVICTS NEED APPLY.
Macon Will Use Only Free Labor on Her
Sewers.
Macon, Ga., Feb. 12.—Macon will
not allow convicts to be employed on
her new sanitary sewers to be construct
ed at a cost of $200,000.
Chairman Carling, of the city council,
sprung the matter at the advisory meet
ing, and entered his earnest protest
against the employment of convict labor
in the construction of the sewers, and
by his earnest opposition firmly estab
lished himself as the friend of free labor.
The sentiments of Mr. Carling were cor
dially and unanimously endorsed by the
other members of the meeting, and it
was emphatically agreed that no convict
labor shall be employed on the sewers.
So opposed is Mr. Carling to the em
ployment or convict labor in any field
where it can possibly be in competition
with free labor he is almost constrained
to take the position that no brick or
other material made by convict labor
should be allowed to be used in the con
struction of sewers. However, he and
the committee will not go to this extent,
and they will rest satisfied simply to de
clare that no convicts shall be employed
in the work of constructing the sewers.
Bidders can. therefore, govern them
selves accordingly.
ROME- UA„ TUESDAY MORNING, FEBKUAKY 13,
STORM IN ENGLAND.
A Peculiar Featuie Is the De
struction of Churches.
A NUMBER OF THEM DOWN.
Houses Are Unroofed and
Creat Damage to Ship
ping Reported.
London, u eb. 12.—The gale tnat set
in in Great Britain Saturday night con
tinued to gain in violence and in the af
ternoon the wind was blowing with hurri
cane force. Telegraphic communication
has been greatly interfered with, and
details of the damage done are being re
ceived very slowly. A peculiar feature
ot the storm was the destruction
wrought among churches.
At Teignmouth, in Devonshire, a
church in the course of erection was enJ
tirely destroyed.
Tbe spire of St. Mary's church, at
Shrewsbury, county of Salop, was blown
down.
At Petersborough, county of North
ampton, the pinnacle of the Parish church
of St. John, was blown over, and the
glass roof «>f the Great Eastern railway
station was destroyed.
The English Presbyterian church, at
Holywell, Flintshire. Wales, was also
®mong the buildings wrecked.
The bearding school and many dwell
ing houses in town were also blown
down.
At Newport, in South Wales, roofs
were blown off a number of-houses, it
is feared that there has been many
wrecks along the coast.
Several vessels have gone ashore off
Margate and Ramsgate, Isle -of Thanet
Devonshire.
A dispatch from Greenock states that
the Norwegian barks Bertie and Tan
cred have been wrecked there. The
quay at Port Glasgow was carried
away. The British bark Wilhelm Tell,
from Calcutta, while discharging a car
go at Alexandria aock Hull, was sunk
by the gale.
A dispatch from Flushing, Holland,
says the British bark Gatesville is
ashore: Danish schooner May ashore on
Kaloot bank.
In the House.
Washington, Feb. 12. — This is Dis
trict of Columbia day in the house.
Mr. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, called
up the urgent deficiency bill. It made
an appropriation of §50.000 for the en
forcement of the Chinese exclusion act
and various amounts for the payment ot
United States witnesses. As there was
a disposition to debate the bill, Brecken
idge withdrew it and Mr. Hoard proceeds
ded with tlie District of Columbia busi
ness. At the request of Mr. Tucker, Mr.
S. S. Turner, a newly elected member
from the Seventh Virginia district, to
succeed Governor O’Farrell, was sworn
and took liis seat.
Reported Without Itecommcnuiition.
Washington, Feb. 12. —The senate
committee on the judiciary decided to
report Mr. Peckham’s nomination to
the senate without recommendation.
Senator Host was absent and tlie com
mittee were divided evenly in its vote.
Messis. George, Vilas. Lindsay, Platt
and Mitchel-1 voting for confirmation,
Messrs. Pugh, coke, Hill, Zeller and
Wilson against.
Bland Will Take a Hand.
Washington, Feb. 12.—1 n view of the
differences of opinion regarding the
Bland seignorage bill, as it stands, it is
understood that Mr. Bland himself will
offer several amendments to the meas
ure which will materially change it.
Thousands' of Partridges Shipped.
Quitman, Ga.. Feb. 12.—About one
month ago Mr. K. H. Williams inserted
a short notice in The Free Press to the
effect that he wanted live partridges.
All sorts and conditions of people camo
in with them until he had to cry out
enough. In that short time Mr. Wil
liams bought and shipped 1,600 par
tridges. During that time other parties
have shipped half as many more, and
counting those shipped previous to tha
time, and used in town, it is probable
that fully 3,000 live partridges have
been shipped out of Brooks count}’ in
the last two months. It looks like this
would soon thin out the Bob Whites.
Ail Enterprising Citizen.
Lavonia, Ga., Feb. 12. —Lavonia has
-pne of the most enterprising men in the
county. He is a practicing physician,
sole proprietor of a canning factory,
keeps a livery stable, runs a drug store,
confectionery store, and has q good farm
out of town and a few houses he would
like to rent, and it is rumored that he
will put up a boarding house.
Joan of Arc’. Beatification.
Rome. Feb. 12.—The Moniteur pub
lishes a decree announcing the beatifica
tion of Joan of Arc. The pope will issue
documents showing that beatification is
in accord with the private records of
successive pontificates.
Tlie Senoy Pictures Sold Well.
New York, Feb. 12.—The sale of the
Bcray collection has been concluded.
The total amount realized from the sale
was §213,705. Tlie highest price paid
for any one picture was §8.200 for
Knaus's “Coffee Hour.” a canvas 26 by
18 1-2 inches. The next highest was §7,-
000 for the “Edge of the Wood, Fon
tainebleau,” by Diaz.
Ingalls Drubs It.
Nashville, Tenn , Feb. 12. —Hon. J. i
J. Ingalls says the dispatch sent out re-1
ferring to his conversion by Rev. Sam I
Jones was not true. He had expressed |
bis pleasure at meeting Mr. Jones, and j
endorsed his sermon—that was all.
LONG DELAY.
Crew of the Kearsage Were in
• Crave Danger.
HAVE ALL BEEN RESCUED.
Those Controlling the Steam
ship Para Indulge in
Circumlocution.
Washington, Feb. 12.—The secretary
of the navy has received a dispatch from
the Panama Railroad company stating
that the steamer City of Para had just
arrived at Colon with Admiral Stanton
and officers and the crew of the Kear
sage. All are safe and well.
A few minutes after 11 o’clock Secre
tary Herbert received a dispatch from
Admiral Stanton confirming the news
sent by the Panama Railroad company.
It was very brief, and read as follows:
| Colon, Feb. 12.—Arrived. Shall we sail
for Nqw York on City of Para on 14th?
' (Signed.) Stanton.
The crew of the United States cruiser
I Kearsage was reached at noon Saturday.
I Only one man was drowned. He was a
i second class fireman named Anderson
i Robins.
The good old war ship was abandoned
on Roncador reef, with the stars and
stripes still flying at her peak.
The steamship City of Para, with the
crew of the Kearsage on board, will
leave the port of Colon for New York on
Wednesday next.
The greatest anxiety has been felt at
I the navy department over the fate of the
• brave officers and crew of the Corvette
; Kearsage, which went ashore on Ronca-
I dor Reef on tlie evening of Feb. 2. For
i eight days 175 men have been living on
I a little patch of sand less than three
I acres in extent, in constant danger of
j being washed into the sea. While it is
I known that they have provisions enough
; to last theffi until help can reach them,
:it is also tl.at they are without
: fresh .vat<. r to drink. There is the keen
] est apprec ation here of the fact that all
■ of the mei must have suffered the agon
j ies of th: rst in the tropics, if indeed
; many of tljiem have not succumbed to
the terrible torture.
The brackish water which can be
found by digging on the cay is not only
unfit for drinking purposes, but surely
breeds malignant fevers, even when used
I for cooking purposes, and should the
' sailors yield to the temptation to drink
j it it is certain they would all be attack :<1
! by various painful and dangerous dis
eases.
The delay of 30 hours occasioned by
tlie heartless conduct of the Pacific Mail
and Panama railroad companies in re
fusing to permit the ship to leave until
the department had accepted the exorbi
! tant rate charged for the attempt to r. s-
• cue the castaways has aroused great in
dignation here among public men as
well as in naval circles.
Much bitterness characterizes the dis
cussion in the navy department, where
every officer lias a personal knowledge
of the enormous expenditure of time ar d
money that has been occasioned in the
past by the efforts of the navy to protect
the interests of the Panama canal and
the Pacific Mail Steamship company on
the isthmus.
Early Thursday morning Secretary
Herbert telegraphed the Pacific Mail
Steamship company in New York, re
questing them to co-operate with their
agent in Colon in enabling Lieutenant
Brainard to get the Para started at the
earliest moment. No reply was received
from the Pacific Mail company, but
at 4:30 p. m the following message from
the office came over the long distance
teiphone:
“To the Secretary of Navy: The Pa
cific Mail Steamship company has refer
red to us instructions in reference to the
secretary’s that he sent. This company
operates the ships under charter. We
want any message that you may have to
the Panama Railroad company to be
sent to E. A. Drake, No. 169 West
Senventy-fourth street, tonight only, to
morrow to No. 29 Broadway.”
The fact that the agents of the Pana
ma Railroad company should make a
point of demanding that any message re
garding the Para should be repeated to
them when they well knew the crying
necessity for hastening the departure of
the Para, aroused the righteous indig
nation of Secretary Herbert and his
aides; but realizing that there was but
one vessel available for the trip and that
she was entirely controlled by thegree iy
Panama Railroad company, a dispatch
was quickly forwarded to Mr. Drake re
peating the request which had been
made fully seven hours before of the
Pacific Mail company’s agent.
In reply to this. Secretary Herbert re
ceived the following telegram:
“Hilary Herbert, Secretary of the Na
vy, Washington: Your dispatch to E. A.
Drake, secretary, received, alid we cable
to Colon to send the Para to the relief of
the officers and men of the Kearsage.
“As the Para is a chartered and in
sured vessel, and prohibited from devia
ting from her regular route, we were
obliged to specially insure her for own
ers’ benefit, and such cargo as is on
board for our risk. This we have done
at a cost of §3,500, and direct our agent
to make agreement covering these con
ditions.
“To afford the immediate relief de
manded the Para cannot wait to take
the whole cargo, but must return to
Colon to finish loading. Owners requh 3
§2,500 and expenses for the trip to the
reef and return to Cplon to resume the
schedule with connecting lines. Trans
portation to New York will be adjusted
at Colon. John Newton,
President Panama Railroad Co.”
It will be seen that the railroad com
pany not only insisted that the depart
ment should guarantee the payment of
§6,000, but proposed also to charge the
entire expenses of the trip, and in addi
tion the fares of tho castaways from
Colon to New York. These fares, at an
average rate of §SO, wmil ! amount to
§8,750, and it is expected that at least
§3,000 will be charged for coal and the
incidental expenses of the trip, coal be
ing put in at the usual exorbitant rates
"L? 3 ’jeiiil b.v tbw .*>.l . »
isthmus, where the Facinc Man ana
Panama people control a monopoly with
which they frequently levy tribute on
the navy. It is probable, therefore, that
the department will be called upon to
pay at least §17,750 for the rescue of the
Kearsage’s company, nearly all of which
will be clear profit to the giant monop
oly that controls the isthmus trade, for
the Para will lose neither her regular
trip nor her customary cargo.
STRUCK A SUNKEN WRECK.
Steamer With a Valuable Cargo Is Towed
Into Port.
Halifax, N. B.,Feb. 12.—Thesteamer
Forest Holme, Captain Johnson, which
sailed from Westpoint, Va., Jan. 29 for
Liverpool, arrived at midnight
towed by steamer Priam, Captain Thom
son, which sailed from New York Feb.
3 for Liverpool. The Forest Holme has
a valuable cargo of cotton and cotton
oil cake. Everything went well until
the night of Jan. 31, when while going
at full speed the ship struck a sunken
wreck in latitude 39.3 longitude 67.07
west and her tail shaft was broken and
the propeller carried away.
She drifted helplessly about until the
evening of Feb. 7, when the Priam
met her and took her in tow.
They were within bOO miles of
Halifax. The weather was very
stormy and the vessels broke apart
several times during the tow and Thurs
day Priam had to keep pouring oil on the
water to keep down the sea. The Forest
Holme taking very badly and both
steamers sustaining some damage by the
stress of weather.
THE PALMETTO BRAND.
Governor Tillman’s Fight in Washington
Over His Trade Mark.
Washington, Feb. 12.—Therehas just
been another legal step taken that will
prolong the fight between Governor Till
man, of South Carolina, and the com
missioner of patents over the granting
of a trade mark for the palmetto brand
of whisky. An appeal from the com
missioner’s refusal to grant the trade
mark was taken to the circuit court on
a petition for a writ of mandamus, and
which was granted by that court.
The commissioner carried this decision
to the court of appeals of the District of
Columbia, where it was reversed. J.
Alpheus Johnson, attorney for Governor
Tillman, entered an appeal against the
decision of the court of appeals, and the
case will now be carried to the supremo
court of the United States.
A BLIZZARD IN CHICAGO.
The Worst in Twenty-Three Years anil
Xai»y People Injured.
Chicago, Feb. 12. —The worst bliz
zard which ever struck this city, so far
as the weather bureau records show .for
23 years, is raging here. Street traffic
is greatly impeded and walking is accom
panied with great danger to life and
• limb. Many persons have already been
injured by being bjpwn to the gro’-iir',
j against walls and posts by the wind
Tiie velocity is 60 miles an hour, the
highest ever recorded lor this city, and
almost double the velocity of wind is
blowing a blizzard in the western states.
Newspaper Damaged by Fire.
Greenville, S. C., Feb. 12.—The
Daily News office here has been badly
damaged by fire. Smoke and water
made the editorial and composing rooms
on the second floor appear soaked and
blackened wrecks, but much material
there will be saved. Water was a foot I
deep in the press and paper room in the
basement. The loss cannot yet be esti
mated, but it is probably fully covered
by insurance of §6,000. The origin of ,
the fire is a mystery. The night force
had gone off at 8 o’clock, and the office ;
was closed. An employe had stepped in
at 10:30 o’clock and found ulj safe then, j
The fire seemed to have been Burning ‘
half an hour when discovered. Sunday .
is the only day in the week on which I
the office is vacant, even for an hour, j
night or day. There are suspicions of !
incendiarism, although no facts are now (
known to confirm them. The Daily'
News will be issued as usual.
To Increase the Yield of Cotton.
Waynesboro, Ga., Feb. 12.—There I
will be a meeting held Tuesday at the '
farfn of Mr. Moses Wadley, of ELawton- !
ville to form a club of 12 good farmers I
to test the yield of one acre of cotton. |
Hon. T. J. Brinson, who has quite a rep-'
utation as a farmer, will be a member of:
the club.
Weather Forecast.
Washington, Feb. 12.—Forecast till 8
p. m., Tuesday—For North Carolina
heavy rain, probably changing to snow j
by Tuesday morning, decidedly colder I
Tuesday, high easterly shifting to north
westerly winds. South Carolina, Geor
gia—Heavy rain, probably turning to
snow in northern portion tonight, fol
lowed Wednesday by clearing, severe
cold wave, high easterly shifting to
northwesterly winds. Eastern Florida
—Rain, followed Wednesday by clear
ing, colder, west to northwest winds.
Western Florida—fair tonight and Tues- j
day, colder, high west to northwest j
winds. Alabama and Mississippi—Fair, I
probably preceded by snow in northern |
portions, colder, severe cold wave to
night, northwesterly winds.
Prohibition won.
Tate, Ga., Feb. 12.—The last election
on the whisky question in Ball Ground,
resulted in a victory for the dry ticket,
and now the sale of intoxicating liquors
.s prohibited in every town, except one,
on the Mirietta and North Georgia:
road. Talking Rock is still wet. None ' i
Os the towns off the railroads allows the !
sale of liquor, and tho rural districts are : ]
becoming such a network of schools and
churches that, under the three mile la v,' i
tlwre is no spot left for a barroom. \
prohibition fight will be made at T...
ing Reek.
PRICE MVE CENTS.
AN ASSIGNMENT
f
Made by W. M. Gammon & Co.,
to R. C. Clark.
THE STRESS OF THE TIMES
Forces One of Our Commercial
Pillars to the Wall —Mr.
Gammon in New York.
W. M. Gammon & Co. have made an
assignment to R. G. Clark for the bene
fit of their creditors. The news of this
fact was a great shock to the com
munity when it spread over the city
yesterday. Very few people knew that
that the firm was in serious trouble,
and the Intelligene of it had an effect
very much like the cold wave which
struck the town about the same time.
The failure seems to be due to the
stress of the times. With high stand
ing, a long and honorable record and
1 large assets, the Messrs. Gammon were
! unable to realize on goods and accounts
: as fast as their debts matured, and as a
result they were forced to make, an as
signment,. This conveyance, drawn by
Captain T. N. Featherston,was executed
yesterday and the title to the stock of
goods in Anniston and Rome, with all
' notes and acounts is vested in R. G.
Clark, assignee. Insurance policies
■ aggregating §30,000 were also transferred
' to the assignee yesterday.
The other papers filed in the case are
1 mortgages aggregating §8,355, given
with one exception, to secure local cred
itors. These were filed in the clerk’s
office about dark Saturday evening.
( The names and amounts are’ as follows:
MORTGAGES.
j Hackett, Carhart & Co, of New York,
i §1,660.90.
First National Bank of Anniston, §SOO.
The town of East Rome, for which
- Mr. Gammon is treasurer, §1,544.70.
, Mrs. Jane Bowie, §1,650.
I Captain R. G. Clark, §2,000.
Merchants’ National Bank. Rome, §l,-
■ 000.
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
i Careful inquiry elicits the fact that
the liabilities of the firm are about §40,-
j 000. and the assets at face value some
f' thing over §70,000. This amount in
i eludes the stocks of clothing and gents’
•; furnishing goods at Rome and Anniston,
, I valued at about §50,000 and the notes’
, : and acouunts, amounting to twenty
> j odd thousand dollars. The value of
, the S 3 assets will depend largely upon
: the manner in which they are handled,
iAt forced sale they would necessarily
! shrink a great deal, as any kind of prop-
II erty does when forced to sale at such a
: time as the present. If handled other-
_ I wise the result would be very much
j better and would no doubt leave both
' | the firm and its creditors a great deal
i' more.
•' | EAST ROME SE( URE.
■ I It will be noticed that the town of
] East Rome is secured and there may be
i ' some delay, the m«mey will doubtless be
, available by the time it is needed for
, the water works extension.
’ MR. GAMMON IN NEW YORK.
' Mr. Gammon is in New York, where
’ he went a few days ago on business for
• the firm. The nature of his business
is not known, but it is supposed that he
went there for a conference with cred
’ itors.
A DULL MEE T ING.
’ Only Routine BurilneHs Transacted by the
City Council Last Night.
I
| The city council met last night. Pres
i; ent, Mayor S. S. King, Councilmen
Printup, Satterfield, Mathis, Griffin, Mc
; Clure, Underwood and Wright. Min
' utes of last meeting were read and ap
-1 proved. The appeal cases of J. A. Jen
kins and J. P. Perkins ame up, an ap-
I peal from the recorder’s court, each hav
ing paid a fine of §7.50. They were
I fined §3.00 each by the mayor and coun
cil.
| The petition of G. W. Edwards, ask
j ing the city council to donate d to them,
i land formerly owned by the town of De
i Soto, and used as a burying ground for
' colored people, to add to their cemetery,
i Referred to the following special com-
I mittee: Councilmen Griffin, Wright,
I Williamson mayor.
The monthly report of the city treas
i urer, was received and referred to the
finance committee. The city sexton re
ported five interments for January, all
I white, two of which were non-resid< nts.
The petition of R. G. Cross and others
■in regard to the part of East Second
I street leadin'?* from 1' nth avenue to
I the public school buildbig, was referred
to the street committee The petition of
committee from No. 4 fire company,
asking the council to deed them part of
a lot owned by the city, to build on
and improve, for the benefit of the com
| pany, was referred to a special eommit-
I tee, Messrs. Printup, McClure and Mc
-1 Donald.
GEN. P. M. B- YOUNG,
Tbe Minister to Ganteinala, at Home cn
Vacation--Death at Kingston.
Mrs. Nancy Reid, a former citizen of
Kingston, died in Atlanta on the 10th
of February, and her remains were
brought to Kingston on the 11th, accom
j panied by her three daughters and son.
i The was met at the depot by kind
sympathizing friends and conducted to
the Baptist church, where the funeral
services were conductd by Rev. E. R.
Barrett, the pastor, in a very impressive
manner. Tlie procession went to the
cemetery and the body of the departed
loved one was consigned to the silent
tomb. The bereaved ones have the
sympathies of our people. Mrs. Reid
was 54 years of age and has bt en a
great sufferer for years.
Gen. P. M. B. Young, minister to
Guatamala, honored our little city last
week, visiting his many friends, th<
guest of his sist< r, Mrs. Dr. Thomas
F. Jones, near Kin-ion. I was pn ;:d
to hear General Young i ndorst General
Evans for governin’. If. spoke in the
highest terms of the General and
gild he was his tiv-t . ’ini. .■ in the state.