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VOLUME I.
WAYNESBORO, GA-, THURSDAY. MARCH 24. 1892.
NUMBER 19.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
What Is Ecing Dsns In Congressional
Halls tor the Country’s Welfare.
froukedino* from day to dvy nninFXA’
TOLD—RILLS AND MEASURE* UNDER
CONStDERAl ION —OTI1KR NOTES.
iiir: house.
TcrsrAT. — In the hou«c, m Tues
day, Mr. Kn'iu*, of Tennessee,
from the committee on povtnfiicra and
post roads. reported a bill to repeal the
mail Mihsidy act. It wns p’actd upon
the calendar, and the minority was grant
ed le ive to file a minority repot*. Mr.
Sayers of Tex is. presented a conference
rep rt on the urgent deficiency bill, and
it w;,s agreed to. A« finally pa*«c*d, the
bill aupropriates $180,041, being $11 227
moretl r.n wa< carried by the bill us it
parsed the house, and $.3,2-11 less than
U carried spts-edby the senate. The
lu»u- • then went the commit'cc of the
whole—Blount, of Georgia, in the chair
—on the *r e wo<d bill.
Wednesday.—When the tariil debate
was t ikon up in the hou-e Wednesday
Mr. Bryan, ofNobniski, took the floor,
and deliv* red a speech that will make
him famous, lie spoke for nearly three
hours being requested, after his limit of
one hour, to go on by mem*" r* of both
side-*. There was nut a dull sentence
nor a dull word in the entire speech. Not
a man left hi* m at the whole time. It.
was a magnificent cfT rt, perfect in every
way. Nothing like it has been heard on
the floor of the li use for twenty years.
Men who hare served in con
gress irom ten to eighteen
years say they have never heard u inrill
Jpcich to cqud it No effort »*f Carlisle,
Morrison, Mill*, fir nuy of the recognize 1
tariff or tors, ha ever touched it. llis
argument was simply unanswerable in
owry particular. At the opening of
congress Speaker Crisp appointed Mr.
Brian, who i* only thirty-one years
of ng*\ as one of the new men on the
wnts* and mcai s comm ttee. Mr. Bryan
wanted it, mid when the speak-r t dked
with him a few moments lie discoverod
that lie would mike no misnkc to ro
recognize the you -g man. To the nvrr*
ago member, however, the appointment
wns a surprise, but now, since he lias
demonstrated his Ctm .o for !lie place,
l. : - ;pj) » n nieuL 1. inik-J with d*light
by dem*
Tin k*di«. — i;. *ln? hou . Thursday,
l- : .i •••■.* ; - • ‘ until iii/v.g the- S:. Loni*
•» "1 t'inippg'n. i Riilru <J Company to
c< ■ :?- true* a bridge :. r.; * th*: lea no see
river i* Chi to ■. IVun. I he hoti-o then
went into committee of the w ole (Mr.
l31ou'*t, of Georgia, in the
chair) on the free wool bill. Mr.
Payne, of New York, entered into u
defense of the McKinley tar II act. Mr.
Ed p, of Kentucky, spoke in advocacy of
the pending nu nsure. The basis of the
entire tariff, he sdd, was the woolen
fchvdulc, and it was the duty of the
deni* critic liouso to break through this
schedule and thus came the entire struct
ure to totter. At the conclusion of Mr.
Ellis’s speech the committee rise and the
homo a jotiraed.
Fuii> y .—Almost the entire day in the
h"i)sc, Friday, w«*i occupied by Messrs.
Wi Hums and Walker, both of Massa-
chusLtt-, in a person il controversy. Mr.
Wilburns, rising t » a question ot privi
lege, moved to strike from the record
tlmt portion of a *pc**ch of Mr. Malker,
dclivcrc 1 Tuesday last, which hud not
been delivered by him. Portion* of the
h i* cch which hid not bcco uttered <»n the
11 >or Williams obj ctcd to as being of a
per-onal and insulting nature. The dis
cussion wn< closed l»y the adoption of
a resolution providing that the
jointed (and not the delivered)
speech of the genth man from Massa
chusetts (Walker) be referred to thee roi-
inittce on printing, with instructions to
the committee to rep -rt ivlu tli r or not
the privilege* of the house have been
violated in the publication of the same,
whether or not nuy portion thereof should
be expunged from the record and wheth
er any oth«r i.etion t-hou’d bo taken by
the house in the premises Mr. Mc
Millan, of Tennessee, from the commit
tee r.n rules, reported back the resolu
tion calling on the ntcrctarv for informa
tion oh to whntnnvunt.of the requisitions
for payment under contract or otherwise
for the various branches of the public
ten' c * were presented between the 31
and 20th of F« brunry for which warrants
or draft* wi re not issued for payment
prior to March 1, 1871. It was adopted.
Friday.—Several memorials in favor of
the Ine and unlimited coinage of sdver
were prv-cutcd in the senate Friday by
Mr. Wolcott from silver leagues and ril-
ver clubs in Colorado, and one agdrsl
by Mr. Cockrell fr» m citizens of Mis
souri. Mr. Stanford gave notice that at
3 o’clock nc xt Thur day be would a«k the
►enite to consider resolution* in respect
to the dentil of his lute colleague, Mr,
Ibnrf-t. Mr. Dawes cave notice that he
would cull up the Indian appropriation
bill Monday.
NOTES.
The publication of Mr. Cleveland’s
letter to General Bragg, of Wisconsin,
Tue*day morning created much gossip
ab'>ut the caplto).
Mr. Oates of Alabama, by request, has
introduced u bill in the lions * to issue
$1,0' 0.000 to inch of the cougr« aslonul
district!* of the country, for tho purpose
•f enlarging the national banking sys
tem.
Interstate C«mraiTcn Commissioner
Clement* wns sworn into hi* now oflin-
Siturdnv. and wua eordiily welcomed
hv the other commissioners. lie oiled
upon llu* (-resident, in cnmpmy with
'r?j» akcr Crisp, to thank him for the ap-
- Miniin n nt
On account of s-veral order* prcccdiug
it the continuation of the tariff disi us*ion
1* postponed until next week. It will
perhaps consum** two we* ks more of the
timo of tho house, bu» in t‘>c interim
sev ml appropriation bill* will be passed.
Tho business of the house i* rnoro than
two months ahead ot tho pist two c»
grasses, and if the senate doc* not d« lay
adjournment the house will bn ready for
it l»y the middle of June. •
Friday nficmoo *, the foreign affairs
committee made tbair consular and dip
lomatic report. Chairman Blount bud
given it sps'cid study and the report was
more complete thin it h*s been in years.
Tho r* port concerns the s darks, expen
se*, etc., of foreign ministers. For this
purpn-e ti-o last congress expanded nearly
$1,700,000. Mr. Blaine recommended
for this year an expenditure of over two
million dollars. This report calls for
tw< nty per cent less tha i the fir.*t men
tioned amount.
Mr. Oates, of Alabama, on Tuesday
submitted to the bou-r the report of the
judiciary committee, to accompany a bi 1
to change the naturalization laws in many
particulars and to make naturalization
matter purely judicial in its nature to be
ii<d by a suit iu court. The report a*iya
in part: "Tho loose manner in which
alien* have been naturalized in mmy
pbtcc* of late years has been most shame-
Jilt at'd ill utter disr. garil of the require
ments of our laws,oa they arc entirety too
liberal and inefficient in their provisions.
The naturalization of aliens recently ar
rived from ni-road, and knowing nothing
of our in-titutions and government just
before election, with a view to making
votes, bus b-en resorted to in 6cv*rnl lo-
cditics. It state! where only a declara
tion of iotentions to become n cithern is
the essential qualification of the alien to
innkc him a voter, the greatest nud most
unblushing violations of tho spirit of the
law have been perpetuated.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
THU KKSATE.
Tuesday —Only rout i no business
was tr tn*acted in the Semite Tuesday.
Wednesday —In tho senate, Wednes
day, .Mr. Hule, from the com notice on
naval affair-, reported a bill for the con
struction (■•yemtnet) of three baflo
ships of fiotn 7,500 to 10,000 ton* dis-
Dlac mcot, t*vo armored coast defin e
vcs«*-ls, five gunUonts of 800 to 1,200 tuns
displacement, nud eight fir-t-cln * tor
pedo boat*. Tnree million dol are is
appropriate^* for their construction and
$1,000,000 for their armament, nud
$500,000 may be expended in torpedo
experiments. Thu bill w:m referred to
the committee on approprinti»nB. Tho
calendar was taken tip and the bill* dis
posed of uj follows: To extend lo the
port of ijt. Augustine, FJn., the privi
leges of the flr*t and seven’ll *ccti >ns of
the act for tho immediate transport tti**n
of diituib o good*. Pus-cd. For the
inve tig.ition of the claim for fuel us* d
by the army for property in Chatiano iga
known “Cnravron Htll.” Laid aside
without action.
Tdubiday.—The day in the senate
was taken up with thocab ndiir, and only
routine buafuts! was considered.
GOING i'llKPAItKD.
(Mamma explaining to her littlo girl,
aged b, tliat everything alio docs and
k .y* ia written down in u large book in
Leuven.)
L. (». aaka—And all the naughty
thing® too?
Mamma—Yea, dear.
L. G. (pemivelv)—Then I think I
tako a piece of iuuia-ruhbur with mo.-
[London Truth.
THE LEASE BROKEN
And all (tie Central’s Olxrs Tender
Their Resignation.
THEY WERE ASKED TO DO 80 BY TUB TER*
MINAI. PEOPLE IN NEW YORK—SEN
SATIONAL TURN OP AFFAIRS.
Telegrams of Saturday from Savannah
state that the long expected next move
in the great iwitrond game has come nt ^ ,„„ vt
hint, and it is expected by the many wbo ^reminded
have li-ld all along, that >he Terminal
mint* rrnptid.
u «i i:*g tbi.*.
I ar.ticipato no difficulty
Fuller detail! bv mail.
^ “R I*. Alkxander,
*— *‘Temporal y Rec iver.”
Judge Speer >cnt the following tele
graph c an-wir to Receiver Alexander:
* Y- ur telegram i* nccivid. Tliesud-
deoiu s* of th(! action and the simultane
ous resignation of the officers of tho lcs-
-ci > -bouli! awaken the liveliest sense of
the urgent and vital responsibility dc-
pendent on you- -If a* the officer of the
court. 1 have just been informed that n
la*go number of the engines and cars be
longing to your tru.*t are being run out
of »lu* •.»«?!.. Referring, to the tcims of
me order of your appointment, you are
of the vital inipo-lanro of
, RWtdinglh interests in your hands from
P’OI'lc "cre behind the Clarke suit, anal, guch f j. pr ..dn»ions as reported. If Iherr-
tbat they were the real pirtic- who wanted
port in true, persons»ngaicd in that w» rk
ttie Central broken. S.ituMuy ihe Ter
minal pi oplc throw up the =p ngc and
sumndered the Central in* fur as they
cna, buck into the hands of tho*e who
controlled it prior to the m-king of the
Um.sc. They tt ill m,tko no oppo.it-on lo prc5crvmic ; n of , hc ,, r , rtv . '
Mr- Ch-rho - suit in the l n.icd Sh. - ■ . ! -Emohv Srr.Kn, .Iu
court nt Macon, on March fifth. So „
mh they nre concerned, they wnsh thei/ l>'finntchcs of Sunday »t«tn thni Gen-
might be Ioilile to viverc pennlt c*s fur
•ym i Am tit of the injunc ion. Immccliale-
I iv m*»- **ig»ir, ninl if ueccssnrv net with
utmost promptitude. I ►tnnd ready to
grant any proper ord»*r necessary for the
fudge.”
hmds clear of the Central systelb, tir’d
reuouuce their obligstion as guarantors
of ihe dividend of 7 per cent.
The oflhuaD appointed by Receiver
Alexander to run tho Central railroad
have nil resigned. And they do not.
know why except hat they were ordered)
to do it. Tho order came from tho head*)
quarters of the terminal management in
New York nnd the resignations were!
banded iu instantly. G nenti Manager
Green, Treasurer 11 ill, General Supcnn-1
tend nt V. E.McB*c, Trefllc Manager
Sol H ms, all resigned R3 oftic n of Gen-j
ernl E. P. Alexander, receiver of the
Central. The Tcminal simply wants tq
drop the Central system—po it says;
1 lie-e nsign *tions cm bo explained n
tin* light of the breaking of the lease.
Naturally the Terminal wou’d no:
want its * fficcrs runumg a ron-1
which it wanted to get iid of.
When the uewa first got out S.i'urrl v
morning there was general iodignatini.
It was thought to be a step on tin* pa*t
eral Alexander h»s not accepted tho
resignation* of the Richmond and Dan-
villo and Ccntr d railroad joint offlcmlo.
Th- y were appointed by him as receiver
and cannot resign without p rmiss»on of
tho coup. Supi r ntendent Me Bee has
n**t resigned, nud will continue for tho
present iu charge of the operation of the
road.
DUN’S REPORT
On Condition of Business for Week
Ended March lbth.
Business mi urea occurring throughout
the cnuutrv during week ended March
18th, ns reported to U. G. Dun A Co.,
number forthoU itedStates 208, Canada
83; total 240, against 250 the week
previous. Storm*, b id wc.ither and bad
rc.uis have much retarded trade during
the pint wick, reducing the rnoviment
ot gruin and cur ailing the retail tinde in
many cities; but, mver hdess, report-*
indicate, on the whole,
, , , nn Improvement
of the Terminal toi embarrass ’he Centnl j iu th--distribution of good* nnd fairly
and to throw it into cot fusion. Some J niMained the demand, in some braurhe*
I'eop'e were very angry nnd :; 5 d harsh increasing for manufactured products,
things about tho Terminal nnd the Dan- I Thor*- is no trouble anywhere U n it
vide. On second thought, tlnmgft, tiuy j money, even nt tin* south the market*bo-
concluded that it would not m»kc anv ing fairly supp'ied with a light bnt
A Splendid Record of Enterprise for
Ono Week.
The Manufacturers' Record of March
10th contain* the following: "Reporta
from all sections of the south indicate a
steady infi *w of capital for investment in
new enterprises. Tho establishment of
new industries as indicated by the incor
poration of companies shows that a large
amount of new money ia being placed
where it will be of immense benefit to
the south. The railroad situation is still
e in plicated by the uncertainties of tho
Rictitnoi.d Terminal reorganization, but
present indications poiut to a plan that
will place this system and nllica interests
upon a Founder basis than hitherto, and
re i'-vo the properties of tho great burden
of obligations it was proposed to impose
upon them.
“Tho iron trade is strengthened by tho
consolidation «*f tho two greatest pro
ducers, the Tenn«s*-eo Coil, Iron and
Railroad Company nnd the DeBardeleben
Coal and Iron Companv, nnd thcro is mill
aprrapcctof the inclusion of the Slots
Steel nud Iron C«*mpnny in tho deal.
“Our record »»f new enterprises for tho
weok shows tho following ns tho moro
imp rtnufc items: A $125,000 electric
light plant ot Richmond, Va.; a $000,-
000 stockyarls company at Louisville,
Ivy.; a $50.000school disk ruiniifactur -
irg comp my n» Newport, Ivy.; a $1,000,•
000 coil and coke comjiany at Corinth,
W. Va.; a $500,000 iron nnd z*nc com
pany nt Roanoke, Va.; a $23,000 fruit
pre-i rviug company nt Richmond, Va.;
a $100 00" wafer and power company at
Palest n**, Tex n; a $25,000 manuLvtur-
ing company at Salem, Va. ;n $1,000.
000 manufacturing company at Balti
more, Md.; a $20,000 woolrn mill
company at Salem, W, Va.;
$050,000 phosphate company at Plant
City. Fla.; a $40,0"0 brick comp my at
Louiiville, Ky.; a $500,l 00 loan nnd trust
company at Chnrleaiou, 8. C.; u $1,000,-
000 rnio* ral and mi ing company nt Hnr-
riman, Tenn.; a $275,OuO cojiper mining
company nt llcnrit t a, T* x.; an iron fur
nace ut Queen City, Tex.; n $500,OoO
cotton f.ctory company nt Newport
New-, Va., and a $20",OiiO coal nud c»*kc
company iu McDowell county, West Vir
ginia.”
d IT- rencc to the Central, and that it,
could get id* ng all right. Genera! M n-
ngcr Green t.1 i!cd tlmt all lie km*w
about it win that “our people in New
York ordered us to n . ign.” He pre
sumed that they widt*d ima to «i. v* t
himself to their proper m* oxfInsiveh.,
nnd not be giving hi* time tothn Ceu trail
Captain Green den Yd i mphtificaBy tlie
report that the Dmville i< runuir g cuv
li the Central v.ystcm. “Our cars go
everywhere nnd we get cars from dozens
of other roads,” Paul ho. “Everything
will be properly accounted for.” lie de
clared that it is nbpo’utelv fa'sethat Cen
tral curs are burned up to get th** s^mp
to sell. “The Terminal company would-
not bavo nn officer who would permit
that to be done.”
A large stockholder of the Central,
stated that the new clement in the Ter
minnl, the Reading nnd Jersey Ccntrnl
people, are anxious to have the Centnl
of Georgia cut loose for the prescut. It
seems that Fahnestock, Kennedy, Todd
and tho-c capitalists have a lnrge amount
of capital tied up in the Richmond and
Dmville property. They will exert them
solve* to brace up that company. If th-*
East Tennessee ptoves too much of a load
they will drop that. too. “ft behooves
Georgians now to give the Central their
sympathy and do all they can to build it
up n« an independent property.”
There is no way to compel the Dan
ville to continue to run the Central if it
persists in refusing, but that on** tni'lion-
do'lar bond can, perhaps, be forfeited.
That bond was given to protect tho Cen
tral against any loss or damage it might
sustain through the breaking of the con
tract by tho Dmville. If the Danville
cl* ims that the lease w»s illegal it might
escape making good the dnmsgcB in the
event tho courts decided that the loose
was unconstitutional. But if the Dan
ville simply assigns ni the reason for
surrendering the lease that ihe Central
does not pay, the bond s' ould hold.
An important question now is. Where
is the bond?
A minority stockholder sarg that he
understands it is not in the Central rail
road bank in Savannah. General E. I*.
Alexander was supposed to be its custo
dian. A railroad official, being naked if
ho lmd ever heard whore it is, answered
that lie had undeistood that it is New
Y»»k somewhere, puiliap** in the vaults
of the Central Trust Company. There
will be a great sensation if that bond
cannot be found, for it in going to figure
in tho future proceedings. °
It is report* d tlmt the Central’s direc
tors will insist fir*t upon having tlie con
trol of the road placed in their hands
instead of turning it over to a permanent
receiver. In the see nd place, it 1h
thou•• lit tint they w 11 try their hardest
to collect tint $1,000,000. or so much of
It us will compensate the Central for the
damage it suffers through the breaking
of the lensc. The Danville would owe
the Central stockholders $202,500 in
June on the dividend account, it owes
now, say, $150,000.
rather better demand, wbilu almost nil
the most active are still met by »m ample
uj.pty.
imports ot mercbnndi :o\. a large
lm ir iso over I*«st year, f«: !f ot March
’<) 4 -w cent. There n! * am»:.irs ju In-
rreuse in dome-tin export i for the two
week** of Mnn-h of nbout d r - r cent. But
\jm*. supplies of Home great I’au'e-* have
pixaiuccd phenomeunlly L. pne * during
the, past week, p&tticulatly 5*c ur cotton,
98a tor wheat, 4Gc for corn, $l » f*>r No.
1 anthracite iron, and 28c for Ohio XX
wool. These low prices cause not a ittlu
disheartenmeut in ►onie branch 1 .'.* of the
tridc, nlthough tnovcmcitR of jirod-.ict*-'
continue active. Reports from interior
cities are generally more encouraging.
In great manufactures .there is a general
activity, especially in co'tom*, though
print c o hs nnd prints move less rapidly,
but tho demand for export goods is
larger. In woolens makers of ov. rcoat-
ings nud cloakings aro h**ppv, nnd the
movement In dress goods is unusual for
the season, while a stronger demand is
seen for higher worsteds, and a singular
concentration of men's wear demand
upon cheviots
Biles of p*g ironnt low figurescontinuc,
some makers even coniruaing for such
prices for the whole of this year. lbs*
*cmer ir*»n nt Pittsburgh has Eoldat $14.-
50; for No. 1 Alabama $15 at Phi ndel-
pbiu, and No. 1 northen nt $1(1 nt New
Y'ork. Tho demand f«»r bir iron is dull,
but for plates a li tlo better, though
prices are demoralized. Cod i-i dull.
The treasury has been putting out $1,-
000,000 more money than it has received
in March, but some movement from Now
York to the iaterior is seen. Tho stock
market has not been such us to eucourngc
much foreign selling, but »hows no mch
wenkness ns pnt*t shipments of securities
fr* m abroad might naturally Imvocaust-d.
The rail tends arc doing a heavy business,
the earnings in February nud in March
thus far exceeding Inst year’s by 13 to 14
per cent. 8p« culntion in indus<riil stocks
nas b* en stimulated by the Abibnma c *tn-
blnntion. the reported purch-sc of sugar
n fiuerics, rumors of n copper alliance,
and the legal proceedings ngaiust a coal
com bit. a ion iu Pennsylvania.
’ll
JUDGE SPEP.U’ri ADVICE.
The following telegrams between Re
ceiver Alexander nnd Judge Speer ex
plain ihemhclvtP:
“Sivannnh, On., March 10, ifif.fi,
12:08 p.»•».—lion. Emory Speer: The Dan
ville company hss notilb-d mo that it
abandons the Central nil roa t t<> th-
c urt It* dir* c*.«*rs nnd atnckholder-
nnd all of it* jo nt officers whom I no-
t o uted have teudered their re* gou ionv.
I am actively oruanizlng my own .stuff
and accounting dcpartmunLs in orde
that the operations of the
WHO COMPOSE THE SYNDICATE
That Furnishes the Cash to Reorganize
the Terminal.
A New York di-piteh of Friday fays:
Mr. Budge, a member of tho firm of IIuli-
unrten & Co., nnd one of tho Richmond
Terminal reorganization committee, says
that the bank* r.*’ syndicate to guarantee
the cash required for tl c consummation
of a plan for tho reorganization of tho
_ company ns proposed by the Olcotr cm-
-init tec would be composed of the follow
ing firm* and individuals among others:
Hft'lgnrten <fc Co., Fust National bunk,
J. Kenny Todd A C*»., Central Trust
Cotnpiny, Lee Jliggimon & Co.,
Lizard Freeres, Cbiibe National bank.
Maitland, Phelps & Co., Mooro A
Bchlcy, Oliver II. Payne. Spcnccr, Trask
ifc Co., E. C. Benedict *fc Co., Work,
6tr-*ng & Co., Edward -weet it Co , C.
J. Lawrence & Soijh, Woi r-hoff r & Co.,
I. & 8. Wormser. Poor & Greeuough.
The amount of the Richmond Tcminal
syndic ite subscription ii $14,500,000
ra-h. That s, the company will is*uc
$18,000.0(10 4 p -r cent, bonds to the syn
dic ite subscribers at 80, Its * a commis
sion of 2J per cent, cash and 2J per cuit.
iu prefers I itoclc. Thru- will also bo a
bonus «f 3.T per ceul in pr* ferred stock,
so that thn u w J ; r cent bonds, with
„ . . preferred worth 50 should not cost sub-
road may Lo jycribers much, if anv :,bovj GO.
THE SOUTH IN BRIEF
The Hews of Her Progress Portrayed In
Pithy and Pointed Paragraphs
AND A COMPLETE EPITOME OF HAPPEN
INGS OF OENRRAL INTEREST FROM DAY
TO DAY WITHIN HER BORDERS.
Tho stockholders of the Ronnoko and
Southern road on Saturday ratified the
lease of that road.
A N*ishvillo dispatch of Thursday
says: Snow 1ms fallen steadily sinco 6
o’clock Wednesday evening, and there is
twenty-two inches upon the ground.
The n»gro exodus from Roberson
county, North Carolinn, his greatly re
duced tho laboring force, nnd this is tho
only county in that Rtnto thus affected
this y* ar.
A Memphis, Tcun., dispatch says:
Wednesday night’s st-Tm was the heav
iest ever known in this part of the c »un-
try. The snow now lies eighteen inches
on tho level.
The Kentucky democratic state com
mittee has fixed M y 25fh in Louisville
for the convention to name dnlegites to
the nation *1 convention in Chicago, June
21st, to nominate a candidate for presi
dent.
The heavy Dressurc of snow on the roof
of tho Methodist Episcopal church, >outh
at Hamilton, Va., caused the girders to
give khy Saturday, nud precipitated tim
bers and debris into the auditorium,
crushing tho pulpit, pipe organ und
benches to pieces. Fortunately no one
wns in the building at tho time.
In the federal court at Chattanooga,
Tenn , Thursday, the Catholio Knights
of America entered suit eg dost J. II.
Light, M. II. Cb*ft, John Cummings, C.
C. Howard nnd J. T. Willi uns and the
Fidelity and Casualty company, of New
York, sureties on W. J O’Br cn’s bond
as supreme treasurer of tho order.
A mysterious poisoning case occurred
In West Nashville Tours ’ay night. Just
after supper Sirs. Robert Melrose’s entire
f tnily were taken violently ill, and a
physician being called in, discovered
that all were suffering from arsenical
poisoning. There ii no clue to the per
petrators of the crime. Arsenic had
been placed in Rome of the food.
A Vicksburg, Mis*., dispatch of Sat
urday nys: George Null, one oi tin:
f ur pi nions who wrecked a Louisville,
a; -.i-.v’. TV::, ran.I fr ig lit
train at Redwood last December, in an
attempt to wreck and afterwards rob tho
express, was arrested Friday after a dc*-
p-iatu resistance. Lewis L. Smith,
already iu jail for tho same offense,
broke down and volunteered a complete
confession of the plot.
A telegram of Saturday from Austin,
Texas, is to the i ffect that tho senate has
tabled tho house resolution instructing
the Texas representatives a« d senators to
vote for fr*o silver. A substitute de
claring tariff reform to be the paramount
issue wis passed, then reconsidered nnd
tho whole business put to sleep. Acriou
on the whole may ho taken as a strong
expression of tho senate favoring tariff
relorm nnd Mills.
According to dispatches of Wednesday
there is agitation in political circles in
Charleston. S. C., by rumors that Mayor
Ficken will resign hi* office, itisnllegcd,
ou account of complications and difficul
ties in tho way of his attempted enforce
ment of tho Sunday law. Tno enforce
ment of tho Sunday law hnn raised quito
a storm against the new administration,
especially among tho Germans, many of
whom wero tho mayor’s staunchest sup
porters in tho recent fight in tho demo
cratic piriy.
The alli.anco of Georgia seems to have
taken up tho interest that tho people
generally share in tho movement to send
a Georgia exhibit to Chicago, and tho
Romo alliaocc has passed n-s-Jutions en
dorsing tho work most heartily und
pledging the assistance of each member
in it. This means that tho farmers of
G-orgia arc nlivo to tho fnct that their
lands and agricultural resources must bo
put on advertisement at tho great Worlds’
fair, »nd it means that tiny ore going to
do just that very thing.
A Knoxville. Tenn., dispatch says:
A call wns issued Thursday by ibe execu
tive committee of the Southern Whole
sale Grocers’ Association for a meeting
of the southern grocers to bo held ut
Memphis, T«*nu., March 25 h and 20th.
Every jobbing point of note m the eleven
fouthern states will be repreo-n'ed nt till•
meeting, and it is estimated that the
delegates to tho same will represent in
the aggregate more capital n»»U a larger
volume of husinfss annually than any
similar gathering of business men ever
brought toget’ **r in *h** sou h.
TOBACCO SMOKE.
A Big Factory In St. Louis Completely
Destroyed by the Flames.
Tho extensive tobacco factory of Lig
gett &. M\era, at St. Louis, M*»., took tire
in the six'h story, or “-wealing depart
ment,” Friday morning, and in an h ur
almost the entire up* er part of the build*
ing was in fl itne*. Sever il hundred pen.
pie, men women and children, were cm
piny* d in tho factory, but nil appear to
uaYOcsmp'd without injury
SOMETHING WE DON’T DKAG ABOUT.
Englishman (grumpily)—There la one
thing tlmt I'll buy up nn a curiosity it I
can tiud it in your blawated country.
Amuricau—What in it?
Englishman—Something that you do
not boast ubuut.
American — I’m glad to hear that.
Just gn mul secure nil our Angloumuiact>.
—[Now York Suu.
GEORGIA’S MONEY.
The Sagacions Manner in Which Her
Finances are Being Handled
HHOUI.D INSPIRE FEELINGS OF GRATIFICA
TION AND SAFETY IN EVERY CITIZEN
OF OUR GRAND OLD STATE.
In this day and time when the pressure
of “hard tim*s,” brought upon tho peo
ple of the s-iuth by the low price of cot
ton, is forcing the m >s«es to clamor for
financial reform, it is particularly inter
est in / and gratifying to the people of
Georgia to observe with what wi*dom
nnd sagacity tho state’s financial interests
are being propected.
The satisfactory placing of Rtatc bonds
within tho past few years, the economi
cal methods so obviim-ly execute 1 in the
state treasury department, tho safety of
cur fi"uuciil laws, t e truly wonderful
r» duction of the annual amount of inter
est, nnd all surely should serve to inspire
every Georgian with feelings of safety
und gratification.
Whatever may be the discontent on the
farm nt the pitiable price of cotton;
what-ver may be the feeling of doubt
that rrigns in cons quence behind the
counter nnd iu tho bankers’ hall*, there is
room for grave doubt if the people of any
south-rn stile feel -s safe and as con
tented with the manipulation of their
tax money ns the c tizens of Georgia fee!.
TIIE FIGURES TALK.
It is intonating to observe thn figures
as they come from ihe big treasury books
to be lound in tho great v-.ult nt the
state c-pltol, prerid.-d ov. r by State
Trca-urer, Colonel R. U. Hard mm. Ia
the first pi ice. instead of having a per
manent sinking fund to be hoarded up
iu the treasury, the g nernl assembly
through the advice of Colonel Hardeman,
1m* passed laws providing for the im
mediate application < f the sinking fund
to the bonds of the state a* they mature.
By these wi*o provisions of law, the
bonded iu •cbtedue s ha* been reduced
from $8,700,000 to $9.2(10,000, a reduc
tion of $50",OUO, which hits been accom
plished within the years that lmvc
elapsed fiincc Colonel Hardeman took
charge of the keys of the state’s great
money chest. The average rate of inter
est b ing paid by the state before that
time, was 7 per cent, aggregating tho
amn of $582,121 per annum.
B*it undi. the law* iranted by Colonel
H;.r leman, md pissed by 'lie general as-
bernbly at his inriauno, the treasurer his
been enabled to fund the l ends tho
stato into, different series, maturing from
now until 193-1, bearing Interest a: -1|
per cent and 3J per cent, thus reducing
the annual amount of interest to the sum
of $380,000. Ti.is gives an annud sav
ing to the people of $201,401.
The pcop o of Georgia owo their
thanks for all this saving of the state’s
money to Colonel Hardeman, state treas
urer, more thun to any mie else. To his
shrewdness and capabilities as a finan
cier, the credit is duo for this great re
form in Georgia’s financial affairs.
Colonel Hardeman, sinco his election to
thn office of tre surer, 1ms written every
tax and funding act, and managed the
affairs of tho state iu matters pertaining
to the fi'iauciul policy n« outlined under
our state constitution.
There is not u moro sngacioua, more
honest, nor more mle financier in the
country that is Colonel R. U. Ilarderain,
the man who guards the money that goes
into Georgia’s treasury. —Atlanta Conrti-
tut ion.
COTTON FIGURES FOR MARCH
As Issued by the Department or Agri
culture nt Washington.
The March report of the statistician of
the department of agriculture was issued
Friday. It shows that 'he production of
cotton of the world exceeded the con
sumption more thau a million and one-
half bdes in 1890 and a further greatly
enhirgod excess in 1891, glutting tho
ina kcts increasing visible stocks during
tho past year more than one million one
hunds-d thousand b les. nnd reducing
the Liverpool pri u of middling upland
from 0 1 0 p* nco in January, 1890, to
4 18 pence in January, 1892.’ It stales
that iu tw*i years this country has pro
duced excess above tho normal require
ments of more than two mildon bides,
and indicu es a heavy reduction as the
only possible remedy, otherwise the ag
riculture nf the south will suffer worse
ttian the w st« ru agriculture ever ha-. It
declares th t tho cotton stites must be
agriculturally self sus'hiui g, that new
crope must be introduced, us tho agri
cultural population has outgrown the
capacity o cotton to support it.
STRANGE EFFECTS OF GRIP.
Two Cases of Sudden Blindness At
tributed to the Disease.
A Vicksburg, Miss., dispatch of Fri
day says: Two cases of sudden blindness
resulting from grip have occurred here
recently, tho sufferers being well known
persons, and on. a lady husco suit d the
most eminent occulists in Now Orleans
who unite in declaring her case hopeless,
and admitted that they were ignorant of
tho causes that occasioned loss of sight.
Tho other is that of a boy, who was at
tacked by tho diseaso nnd lost his sight
in a few hours. An operation, promptly
pr formed, Ims partially relieved him,
through as yet he can only dintin ui h
light from darkness. His physicians
have hopes of his recovery.
ONE OK Tim UKSUINR 11HKKD.
“That do* is ono of our famous Mary-
land brood.”
“Yes. 1 rocoguiscdhis Chesapeake buy
last ulght.”—[Baltimore American,
