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T„b WEEKLY TRIBUNE
M. QUAD’S STORY.
AMODERNCRUSOE.
(Copyright, 1803, by Charles B. Lewis.]
Were a sailor to be asked the question,
•'What is an ocean?” he might truthfully
answer, “A large body of salt water ever
thirsty for a sailor’s life.” Out of every
storm comes disaster —every calm is a
menace to his peace of mind.
We were holding up for Acheen Head
and the straits of Malacca in the bark
Briton, and the bay of Bengal was with
out a whitecap, when, at 5 o’clock one
afternoon in the year 1862,1 was ordered
over the bows by the mate to clear the
flying jib downhaul, which had become
jammed. I was a fairly grown boy in
the second year of my apprenticeship, and
an order to call the captain on deck
would seemingly have involved no more
peril. I scrambled out and was working
away with both hands when the bark sud
denly rose to a roller which came racing
at her from the north, with a crest as
smooth as if it had been oiled, and there
was an angry flirt of her head as she
came down, which broke wy hold and
flung me far out on her -starboard bow.
I was under water only a few seconds,
but yet when I came to : the surface the
ship seemed half a mile away, while a
sudden squall was giving the crew plenty
to do without looking after me. It had
come out of the east and out of a sky as
clear as a bell but a moment beforehand
it had come with the swiftness of a bul
let. I was seen to fall, and as a shout
was raised the man at the wheel flung a
life preserver over the starboard quarter.
A LAST SIGHT OF THE BARK.
' This article was simply a block of cork
covered -with canvas and a stout strap
made fast at either end. Two of them
always hung within reach of the man at
the wheel.
The life preserver must have fallen
close to me, for when I got the water out
of my eyes it was close at hand. I rec
• ognized the squall asone of those sudden
puffs rightly named a “Bengal terror.”
They fly like an arrow’ discharged from
a mighty bow, and as their approach is
unseen and unheralded many a good ship
has been wrecked aloft while sailing
peacefully over a plaeid sea. I fully ex
pected to be picked up after the squall
had passed and was not a bit worried, as;
I got the life preserver under my chest
and made the straps fast. The squall
did not last three minutes, but it had no
sooner passed than the wind, which had
hitherto been from the north, whisked
into the west and began blowing a gale.
The sun was obscured, the sea got up
wonderfully quick, and the last I saw of
the bark everything . was confusion
aboard, and both topgallant masts were
gone. Five minutes after she was out
of sight I realized that I was doomed.
Had she suffered no damage by the
squall, she would never .lower a boat in
the face of that piping ga-le and frothing
sea to hunt for a boy whe might reason
ably be looked upon as drowned within
three minutes after striking the water.
I of course had no idea ®f the position <
of the bark when the accident happened.i
I simply knew, as did all the other hands [
forward, that we were pretiv well up to'
. ■ w——.<l that two days
of fair sailing would see us around Ach
een Head. Indeed, I didn’t bother about
the position, but as soon as the bark was
. out of sight I give up all hope, of being
. saved. Why the sharks didn’t get me
during the next 30 hours has .always
been a matter of wonder, as the-waters
of the bay of Bengal were swarming
with them at the time. I had been drift
ing an hour or more before I thought of
the monsters, and as night came ondjizlr
and, stormy I got so frightened at <t|ie
idea of being seized thgt I shouted ftp
help untjl. hoarse and then became par
tially unconscious. I remember very'
little about the events of .that night or
the succeeding day.
Looking back to it is like recalling a
dream. Hunger, thirst, fright and ex
posure kept me ip a semiconsejous state
most of the tiipd, and it was probably
better so. The gale lasted most of the
night, and as it filled down the next,day
it still blew from the same quarter, so
that I drove steadily to the east frcin
the hour of falling overboard. I was
not fully conscious of my surroundings
wjien I heard the roar qf breakers, and
1 did not realize that I Was being drifted
ashore until I wws carried ip on a big
roller, left on a sandy beach for a mo
ment and then carried into tije foam
again by the undertow.
The next time 1 felt the sand under my
I»et, however, I made a struggle for it,
airl after being half drowned found iny
•ck’ on a sandy beach beyond the reach
of the waves. I was sick and weak and
throw myself down on the ground, and
when J Anally awoke from what was like
a troubled aleepa full moon was shining
in my face s;id the night was half gone.
/ Up and looked tuoiinj u H <J dlmiy
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reaiueo uiUc 1 nau urn ten asnore, anu
then crawling on hands and knees un
der the trees I slept again and did not
open my eyes till the sun was an hour
high.
I had made a drift, as I afterward
learned, of about 60 miles, and waves
and tide had cast me ashore on the west
side of one of the Babil islands. There
a»-« 18 islands in this irroun. which lies
off tire coast of Sumatra, distant about
t 0 miles. The largest island is about 30
miles long by 10 broad, and none of them
Is yet permanently inhabited. Most of
the smaller islands are seaward and
westward of the big one, and when 1
came to look around me I found I had
been cast ashore, on a bit of land com
prising not over 200 acres. It : did not
take me over an hour to walk around,
it, and I discovered that it was entirely
covered with trees, contained two or
three fine springs, and that I was six or
seven miles from any Other island. As
for eatables, there were oysters clinging
to the rocks at low tide mark, wild fruits
and berries to be had for the picking,
and I made no doubt of finding edible
-roots in the forest if I ‘Cared to look for
them.
Before night came again I had con
structed a shelter of limbs and branches
under the trees, and I slept through the
night as soundly as if in my bunk aboard
the bark. lam not going to enter into
particulars of the life I led for several
weeks, for you can easily imagine there
was very little to interest an outsider. 1
got up a signal staff on the west shore,
spent much of J my time in looking for a
sail and was cast down and elated by
turns over the situation. I had no means
of building a fire, and my food was con
sequently partaken of in a raw state.
The weather was warm and pleasant,
and after getting accustomed to the lone
liness of the situation I rather enjoyed
the Crusoe life.
I had been - on the island 43 days when
I got up-one morning to find the sun hid
den by a htee which I knew portended a
storm. At about noon a typhoon came
out of the-southwest with such violence
that within an hour I was driven to seek
•shelter at the center of the island, where
tfhe forest was thickest, and as the fide
was coining in at the same time there
-was fear that the island would be sub
merged. At 5 o’clock in the afternoon
and again at about 8 tidal waves swept
up the beach and into the forest 208 feet
abovehigii water mark, anil "between the
same hours the wind had such fury that
at least-half the island was denuded of
trees, bushes and plants -aad left.as bare
as my hand.
For hours I lay flat «®a the.‘ground,
-clutching the roots of a-stout bush, and
a dozen-times over I had-a ll I could do to
keep from being blown away. The gale
began to blow out at sundown,-and then
name aaainfall lasting till midnigh Ifcand
it was.sunrise next morning before-I
-moved do wn to the beach to look around
- -and see- w hat damage had been-w rought
.About the first thing my eyes, rested-on
•was the'hulk of a vessel resting almost
■on. an even keel afar up the beach. Both
anasts were gone a few feet .above the
• deck. Most of her bulwarks had been
.swept away, and as I took a second look
the hul k I made her out to-be an old
-derelict-in place of a craft just driven
■ashore. : She had probably been brig rig
ged, but«masts, rigging, bowsprit and
.rudder were gone.
As.l wenfacloser, my heart in my mouth
for fear I -would find corpses on the
beach, I took notice of the seaweed and
barnacles • clinging to Hie wreck, and
when I got-ck>se up to her I found great
knots of shellfish sticking out here and
there .along her sides. I could walkclear
. around her, the tide being out, and it
' was -not until I had made the circuit
: -twice that I solved the puzzle of her bo
, mg there. - One of those tremendous
xwaves of whichjl havespoken mnsthave
lifted her .off .the bottom of the sea.
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A BOATLOAD OF SAILORS PULLED ASHORE,
miles.away perhaps, ana nnng ner wnere
she rested. The shape of her hull was
ancient, and she earned a figurehead the
like of which I had never seen before.
There .was lots of scroll work on the
stern of the wreck, but if she had ever
had her name painted there the salt
water had effaced the letters. I looked
.along her sides clear down to her keel to
nee if I could find the cause of her going
down, but the hull was perfectly sound
•iml in good condition. I hesitated to
board her, and in fact it was nearly noon
before I did so. I had a fear, as I must
admit, of encountering the skeletons of
the sailors who wont down with her.
When I had at last plucked up courage
to sci amble over h>«r bows, the spectacle
was not near as lonely as I hud pictured.
Her deck was flush from stem to stern,
no cabin gkvJlidit, The two win- 1
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HOME, GA., JHUKSDAY NOVEMBER 30,
aows at the stern Had lighted the cabin.
There was a companion way, with a
slide to protect it, and something of the*
same sort forward. Though the decks
were covered with weeds and shells and
slime, I could make out that the craft
had carried six cannon on a side. There
had been a cookhouse or galley on deck,
but that had gone with other fittings and
belongings. She was fitted with an an
cient windlass, and that was still intact,
with a dozen coils of rotten hempen ca
ble about it. On her port bow was an
odd looking thing of wood and iron
which the craft hid evidently made use
of as an anchor, and the sight of it was
enough to satisfy me that the hulk be
longed to a period far remote.
She had but one hatch, and that was
amidships. with the covers firmlv se
cured, or to tney seemed until 1 got a
pry under !he rusty iron bar and broke
It at the firr.t heave. That was the first •
thing I did toward seeing what was be
low the decks. I expected to find the
hold full of water, and as there was none
to be seen I took another Ipok around
and finally found her stern post smashed
and twisted and room enough there for
the vCater to pour iii by the barrel. 1 A
modern steam pump could hardly have
saved the brig after that injury, which
was doubtless caused by her striking a
rock. She may have been dismasted be
fore the collision, but she certainly did
not float an hour after it. ‘' j
About all I accomplished on the first
day was getting the hatch open. The
mud was drying up rapidly and the wa
ter still draining out of her, and I
thought the delay would be to my bene
fit. I doubt if I could have overhauled
her had I been so minded, as an odor
which was l-.orribly nauseating arose
from the hatch and drove me to give it
a wide berth. On the morning of the
second'day I opened up both cabin and
fo’cast-le and met with the same odor,
though not so strong. Theri I carefully
lowered myself into the main hold to
see What I could discover.
The craft had only about six feet depth
of hold, and though the slime and weeds
were abundant and far from pleasant I
‘knocked about down there ®or hours. I
feund over a hundred barrels which were
■still of liquor of some sort, and I cannot
tell you how many balesand boxes, which
fell into a mass of mold at the slightest
kick. There were also water butts and
barrels‘of pork and beef, and it was from
these latter that I got the sickening odor.
I got nothing whatever out of the hold,
though I flattered myself that if the bar
rels c*f liquor were all right they would
bring me a pretty penny when I got them
to market.
C-n the third day I overhauled the cab
in and fo’castle. There had been a great
rattle of stuff in both places, but every
thing was mold as I touched it now. The
cabin was small, but the fo’castle was so
large that I figured on accommodations
for a crew of 60 or 70 men, 'Of seme
things there was a great plenty. Mus
kets and cutlasses and boarding pikes
-were to be found at every step, but each
one so rusted and eaten that it would
hardly support its own weight.
I boarded the wreck on the fourth
morning with the intention of getting
’ into the run under the cabin, where any
t’. thing in the shape of treasure would be
i stored away, but T was hardly on her
; decks before a boatload of sailors pulled
, ashore from a Dutch ship bound down
the coast • for Batavia. She was about
to pass the island two miles away when
she sighted my signal and the hulk and
stopped to investigate. The men at once
took possession of the wreck as a lawful
prize and carried me off to the ship. I
was not only treated with calm indiffer
ence by the officers, but some of the sail
ors were - positively brutal in their con
duct.
The shij) was sailed in as near the
shore as.they dared go, and for four days
©very man was busy at the wreck. Th ;y
took out .135 barrels of wine and brandy
and a great amount of what I then
thought was pig lead, but which I after
ward knew to be silver. I was not car
ried to Batavia with the ship, but trans
ferred to a trader going up the coast,
and of all the treasure I never got a
penny. The claim which I filed with
the British consul at Batavia was pigeon
holed from the start, and tlie only satis
faction I have had up to date was the
information that my share of the plun
der, if justice had been done me, would
have amounted to several thousand dol
lars. ‘ '
ADVANCE IN PIC.
The Tennessee Ceuipeny'H Bl e Sale—London
JBaiikers Ju vest in g 1 in Iron,
NasHville, Tenn , Nov. 2S.—The Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company
have advanced pig iron twenty-five cents
per ton, which is the second advance in
the past thirty days.
Since selling fifty-six thousand tons
last month the company has sold thirty
thousand tons additional at an advance of
25 per cent. Fifteen thousand tons of iron
was taken by American consumers and
eleven thousand tons as an investment by
London bankers.
In addition to these the London
bankers offer the company the same
figures for the product of four furnaces
for six months to the amount of one
hundred thousand tons.
The offer was declined.
PAID EVERY CENT.
The Htewanls of the Neeonrl M«tho<llat
Chnreh Meet.
The Stewards of the Second Methodist
church met Monday night to wind up the
financial obligations of that church for
the closing conference year, and after
getting all the figures together they found
that they were behind the
LfllHi jHinv
pastor, and |44 00 behind on the church
collections. After a good deal of inves
tigations as to who had paid and who
had not, the Sunday school was pledged
to pay that $44 00 and the stewards (4)
assumed the $89.40 due the pastor be
lieving that the members and friends of
the church will come to their aid and
not suffer them to bare this additional
burden, after having paid their part, but
they say they will do it rather than see
their faithful pastor go away without bis
salary. So Mr. Duval left for conference
yesterday with every cent of the con
ference collection and his own salary
paid in full.
THE'FAREWELL BANQUET
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To Colenel Walton Was a Success lu Every
, .
The banquet last night by the Masons
of Rome in honor of Col. A. W. Walton
was a success in every particular.
A large crowd was present, and every
one took pleasure in the occasion.
The following programme was rendred:
i Music, iii ■> |
Address by M. M. Pepper, in behalf of
Rome Commandery No. 8.,
Address by Chas. W. Underwood in be
half of Rome Chapter No. 26.
Music. 't
Address'-by R. A. Denny in behalf of
Oastanaula Lodge.
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Address by Max Meyerbardt in behalf
of Cherokee Lodge.
Address of Dr. R. B. Head den in be
half of the Masons of Rome.
Music.
Banquet.
As Dr. Headden drew to a close he
presented Colonel Walton with a hand
some clock, given by the Masons of the
city. Colonel Walton responded in a few
words expressing his gratitude.
Following this was the banquet, which
was an elegant affair. All the addresses
were eloquent, and received much ap
plause. It was an interesting occasion,
and was a high and deserved compliment
to Colonel Walton.
A NEW MANAGER
For the Singer Sewing Machine Osmpany.
Mr. Jones Goes Out.
Mr. J. T. Jones, for a long time city
manager of the Singer Sewing machine
company has resigned his position to ac
cept a more lucrative one with the Cash
Register Co. With this company he will
have Georgia, Alabama aad Tennessee as
his territory. *■’
Mr. Frank S-. Willingham has been ap
pointed to fill the place with the -sewing
machine company. Mr. Willingham is
one of the most energetic and successful
young business men tn the city, and is
sure to keep the mac nine well before the
public. He is sober and industrious and
Che company is to be congratulated in
securing such a worthy successor to Mr.
Joz.es, who has handled the business so
well.
WRECK TUESDAY NIGHT
A-t SIl««r Creek —A Brakemau Gainfully In
jured,
A through freight from Atlanta to
Chattanooga on the E. T., V. & Ga,, was
wrecked Tuesday night about 8 o’clock at
Silver creek.
It was caused by a drawhead pulling
out and falling on the track, derailing the
rear part of the train. Several flat cars
were smashed.
Only one man was hurt—T. L. Allen,
of Dallas, who'was knocked off a boxcar.
He was badly bruished, but while painful
the injuries are not thought to be serious.
Dr. T. R. Garlington, surgeon of the
road, skilfully attended him, and soon
had him resting comfortably, sending
him home on the passenger last night.
A WELL KNOWN CHARACTER
Who Was Popular With AU Died Night Be
fore Last.
• One of the best known characters
about Rome died Monday night and
was buried from the East Rome Metho
dist church yesterday.
For years he peddled and sold “big
hominy” around the city, that gained for
him the familiar soubriquet of “Uncle
Hominy” Morgan. It was a name of
affection, for a more scrupulously
honest or genial old gentleman never
lived. His friends live all over this
BBCt’on, and their regret is deep because
of his death.
BURIED YESTERDAY.
The Body of Mr. Thomas Craton Laid hi its
_ast Besting Place,
Mr. Thomas Crayton was buried yes
terday morning at Pleasant Hope bury
iog ground. About twenty-five Mas© s
went from Rome, and his many friends
in all that section gathered to attend the
last sad rites.
It was a large gathering, and showed
that the good works of the deceased were
not forgotten. Mr. R. A. Denny con- '
ducted the Masonic part of the ceremony. 1
Dr. R. B. Headden preached the funeral 1
sermon.
A NEW CASE AT BRUNSWICK. 1
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The Weather Warmer—Only Four Cases i
Ender Treatment.
Brunswick, Nov. 28.—-One new case
today, colored, and two discharged—one (
white, Annie Von Kohler, and one col- i
ored. This leaves four colored under I
treatment. The weather la slightly |
warmer. .
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THE LEGISLATURE.
THE INCOME TAX BILL.
Special to The Tribune.
Atlanta, Nov. 27. —There was one'
fight before the legislature today—that
over the .Savannah registration bill.
When the first vote was taken there was
no quorum voting but it looked as if
there would be no opposition. On the
second call, however, Nicholson,of Weir,
proposed to amend by submitting the
question to the people. That is just
what the friends of the bill didn’t want
as it would throw the registration for
such election into the hands of the Dil
lon crowd. Then Harrison, of Quitman,
spoke against the bill, believing it was
unconstitutional. The opposition brought
out a number of speakers for the bill,
most of them supporting it because the
delegates were unanimously in 'favor of
it. Whpn the vote was taken there was
96 in favor of it, and only 2,' Harrison of
Quitman and Wright of Brady, against
it. | ' ■ !
Busy But Sensational.
It was a busy day in both houses, but
not a sensational one. ( ; •’-I I■ ‘
The principal features of the house
was the introduction of new r bill»—two
of them being of special interest) Those
are Mr. Hogan’s bills providing an in
come tax, and Thomaaon’s bill on state
banks. t
Mr. Thomason’s bill is based on th©
clearing house idea of personal liability
of stockholders. It provides for the
scheduling of all property of sharehold
i ers as a oasis for the issue. The bill dif
fers radically from the others that have
been introduced on the subject, as all of
! them has adhered more closely to the
, the national bank idea.
The Technological School.
Mr. Sears, of Webster, introduced a
’ report of a special committee on the
Technological school, which speaks in
the highest terms of the work done out
there.
The lucerne Tax.
■ Mr. Hogan’s bill for an internal tax
•prov des for taxation of incomes of $2,000
and upward.
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Col. Candler Argues.
i Special to the Tribune.
1 Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 28. —The bill pro
s viding for the issuance of bonds to re
deem the Hays and Scott bonds was the
■ special order for today in the house and
j was the only matter of general import
i ance before the legislature. This bill
1 was introduced by Mr. Bacon, of Bibb
i and covers the very familiar subject of
i the bonds for which Judge Kibbee, of
I Macon, has secured nineteen favorable
i reports during the past fifteen or twenty
. years in which he has represented the
> holders of the bonds. In this legislature
as in former legislatures the matter was
referred to a special committee. That
committee made a study of the subject
1 with the result indicated, that is a report
favorable to the payment of the bonds.
1 Col. Milton A. Candler, ex-congress
-1 man from this district was the chair
' mao of that committee and when the bill
came up as a special order today, made a
strong speech in support of the the pay
ment of the bonds as provided in the bill
and in the committee’s report. It was
the first set speech which Colonel
Candler has made in the pres
ent legislature and was listened to with
apt attention. The subject was one
with which he is very ff miliar and he
has made an especial study of it in con
nection with his duties as chairman of
this committee. Co). Candler was not
through when the hour for adjournment
arrived so the matter will come up
again, probably tomorrow.
There is not likely to be much oppo
sition to the payment of the bonds, but
there may be opposition to the payment
of the interest on them. Indeed Mr.
Wheeler, of Walker, introduced an
amendment providing for the payment of
principal only, and it is understood that
in the Western and Atlantic betterments
case it was held by the supreme court
that the state was not holden for the in
terest after maturity unless expressly j
stipulated in the contract as is not the <
case in these bonds.
The Normal School Bill,
The first thing this morning was a
motion to reconsider the bill of Mr. Flem
ing to admit females to the State Normal ,
School at Athens. This was done after
some argument and it new seems prob
able that Mr. Fleeting’s bill will be
adopted as it cannot possibly cost the
state any money.
Dr. Jone’s Funeral.
The senate did nothing except routine
business, adjourning at 11 o’clock to at
tend the funeral of Rev. Dr. Jones, so
long chaplain of that body which occurred
at that hour at the Central Presbyterian
church which is opposite tbe capito).
The regret of the death of that good man
is universal. He was one of natures
noblemeu, a man who was literally a son
of God,
Mr, Wheeler’s Cruelty.
Col. Bill Bmith the special champion of
tbe shad administration in the waters of
the Savannah, wanted to get up today a
bill regulating tbe oatcblng of fish and
protection of the streams In Gwinnet
county. Col. Hill baa posed as the
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special champion of this species of the
finny tribo, and it was nothing short of
cruelty in M-. Wheeler to object to the
bringing up of the matter which of course
had to bo unanimous as it was out of its
regular order.
Major Bacon's Platform.
M»jor Bacon at the night session, in
troduced a series of resolutions declaring
for gold and silver as money for final pay
ment, and that there should be no limit
to the coinage of either, less than the
product of mines of this country; de
claring for state banks, customjduties for
revenue only and an income tax. This
is generally regarded as the maj >r’s
platform in his race for the senate and
created a sensation.
t HARRY HILL CAUGHT.
Arrested in Cincinnati—Will be Brought
ww
ii I Back.
Special to' the Tribune:
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 28.—Harry Hill
was arrested in Cincinnati last night and
will be brought back to Georgia.
. ? . SEVENTY YEARS OLD.. >
Y4t He Goes in Swimming Every Day,
Summer or Winter,
Special to the Tribune.
Powder Springs Nov. 27,--We have
an old gentleman, Mr. D. A. Cochran,
70 years of age, who enjoys the exhiler
ating exercise of bathing and swimming
in Powder Spring creek these cold days.
He goes in bathing once a day summer
and winter when the weather is so that
he can get to the creek, and says he
kept it up nearly all his life, using mod
eration in the length of time he remains
1 in the water, and rubbiog well when be
1 comes out. He is the father of Mrs. F.
‘ A. Simms and Mrs. S. P. Lindley of this
place, with whom he is stopping. He is
as active and vigorous as a boy of six-
■ teen, and says he can walk twenty-five
* miles a day without feeling the least
fatigued.
Married Sunday.
My. Silas McKichen, a young merchant
here and Miss Sallie Walden, daughter of
Rev. W. T. Walden, near this place, were
'married here Sunday morning at the ree
’ tdence of Esq. Uriah Matthews, who
performed the cerem ny.
1 A GIN BURNED'
■ With a Loss of *3,000-A Prominent Mer.
f chant Arrested.
i Special to the Trilune.
Genre Ala., Nov. 27th.—I,ast Friday
, evening the gin, mill and thirteen bales
, of cotton, belonging to J. D. Jordan,
were destroyed by fire, caused by matches
, in the cotton. Loss $3,000. No insur
ance.
Mr. J. W. P. Johnson, a prominent
merchant of this place, aas arrested and
carried before U. S. Commissioner Charl
son, at Atlanta, last Saturday, on a charge
of violating tho revenue laws. It is the
opinion here that the prosecution is a ma
licious affair.
Dr. W. H. Darnall delivered two very
able and interesting sermons at the Meth
odist church yesterday, morning and
evening, in place of the regular pastor,
Rev. T. A. Kerr, who could not be pres
ent on account of sickness in his family,
THE BLOODY AXE.
A White Man Hacked to Death by a
Negro.
Baxley, Ga., Nov. 28.—News has just
reached here of the killing of Mr. O. G.
Herndon, woodsman for Ketterer & Dean
turpentine operators, by one Newt Jones,
colored.
They became involved in some trouble
while in tbe woods cutting br xes. The
negro seized a long box axe and ct opped
Mr. Herndon in the ehoulder and chest,
killing him almost instantly.
The negro was fired at several times,
but escaped.
Considerable excitement prevails, and
if he is caught he may be may be quickly
dealt with. 'Officers are in hot persuit.
Mr. Herndon was a highly respected
young man.
AFTER THE EMPEROR-
Anarchists Send Him an Infernal Ma
cliiue,
Berlin, November 28.—1 l now ap
> pears that Emperor William on Sunday,
1 was the recipient of an infernal machine
from Orleans similar to the one sent
Chancellor Von Caprivi yesterday.
The infernal machine sent the em
peror was accompanied by a letter.
Both the machine and letter were de
livered at the office of the emperor’s
civil cabinet, where some employees be
came suspicious of the contents of the
box, and accidentally discovered its real
nature. They soon managed to render
it harmless.
DR. WARREN DEAD,
A Prominent Hu pt let IMylne Died In Maron
on lh« iilltli,
Macon. Ga., Nov. 27.
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