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VOL. XXXI. NO. 164
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 16 1889.
Down Go the Prices.
LATEST FROM WOOLFOLK
THE TESTIMONY OFFERED BY THE
DEFENSE YESTERDAY.
This week our prices will be lower than they ever have been, or perhaps ever
will be again. Bargains that never have been orioever will be duplicated.
3.000 yards Printed Union Lawn at 34c. per yard.
10.000 yards Dress Ginghams and Chambrays in Plaids, Solids, Checks and Stripes,
worth 10 and 121 o., all go at the uniform price of
7 12 Cents Per Yard.
DOWN GO THE PRICES.
10 pieces 20-inch Figured China Silks at 40c.. reduced from 65c.
10 pieces 24-inch Surah Silk, warranted all silk, at 45c., wortn 65c.
10 pieces 24-inch China Silk, been selling all the season at 75 and 85c., will
close the entire line at 55c.
DOWN GO THE PRICES.
2,500 yards Combination Zephyr Cloth, the prettiest wash fabric of the season, in
Plaids and Stripes, with Solids to match, worth 15 and 18c., will close entire
line this week
At 10 Cents Per Yard.
All our 35,40 and 50c. French Zephyr Cloth at 25c. per yard.
DOWN GO THE PRICES.
5.000 yards 34 inch White Lawn at 4Jc.
2,500 yards good quality Checked Nansook at 5c.
2.000 yards 30-inch Plaid Lawns at 74c., worth 12£c.
2,500 yards 34-inch White Plaid Organdies, lovely sheer goods, at 10c., real value 15c.
1.000 yards fine India Linen, worth 15c., to go at 10c. per yard.
Beautiful line of Mulls and Persian Lawns at the lowest prices.
DOWN GO THE PRICES.
5.000 yards Wool Dress Goods in Greys, Tans, Brown, etc., in Plaids, Checks,
Dots and Figures. Just the thing for nice traveling dresses. Goods that
have been selling for 18 and 20c. Here they go
At lO Cents Per Yard.
All our Fine Dress Goods marked beiow New York cost.
DOWN GO THE PRICES.
Beautiful Chantilly and Guipure Flouncings at 75, $1 00 and $1.50 per yard, worth
double the money. Choice styles in ail Silk Drapery Nets at $1.50, worth $2.75.
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A LACE SUIT FOR $12 50.
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This includes 6 yards of 50 inch All Silk Drapery Nets in either Squares, Stripes or
Vine effects, and 8 yards All Silk Surah, for uuder dres9. We challenge any house
south to produce this dress for less than $15.00.
DOWN GO THE PRICES.
10 pieces 68 inch Bleached Damask in beautiful designs worth $1 25,iwill go
At 75 Cents Per Yard.
50 dozen Turkish Towels at 10c., worth 15c.
50 dozen Turkish Towels, very large, at 15c., worth 25c.
DOWN GO THE PRICES.
50 dozen Plaited Bosom Dress Shirts, sold up to date at 75c., will close the entire
line this week
At 48 Cents Each.
85 dozen “Moore’s Famous Dollar Shirt,” the best Dollar Shirt in America
At 87 1-2 Cents Each.
Through mistake the factory shipped us double the quantity purchased, and
rather than have them returned they gave ns a special discount, and we are giving
our customers the full benefit of same- See this garment at 874 cents, and match it
if you can for less than $1.25.
DOWN GO THE PRICES.
Two hundred pieces of New Torchon Edging came by Saturday’s express. Special
attention is called to 100 pieces of Very Fine, Narrow Edgings at 6i, 8, 10 and 12c.
With the Torchons came 210 pieces of Hamburg and Swiss Edging and Inserting
from i inch to 6 inches wide, at 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10c. per yard.
Beautiful Swiss Edgings at 8, 10 and 12|c.
DOWN GO THE PRICES.
75 Gloria Silk Parasols at 95c., worth $1.50.
50 Gloria Silk Parasols at $1.50, worth $2.00.
50 Gloria Silk Umbrellas at $1.50, worth $2.25.
25 dozen Dr. Warner’s Qprsets to arrive this week. A complete line of Thomp
son’s Glove-fitting, R. & G., and other leading brands always at lowest prices.
DOWN GO THE PRICES.
50 dozen Ladies’ Lisle Thread Gloves, embossed backs in best colors, worth 35 to 50c
At 15 Cents Per Pair.
50 dozed Plain Lisle Thread Gloves, popular shades, good length,
At 71-2 Cents Per Pair.
MOORE BROTHERS.
COLUMBUS SOUTHERN VS. CENTRAL.
An Injunction Obtained in the Superior
Court Yesterday.
The article in yesterday morning’s En
quirer Sun, with regard to tne plan of
opposition to the Columbus Southern
upon which the Central railroad authori
ties had just actively entered, was read
with great surprise by the entire com
munity. By nor.e was the intelligence
learned with more surprise than by the
promoters of the Columbus Southern and
by the local representatives of the Chatta
hoochee Brick Company, the builders of
the road. They were entirely ignorant of
any opposition on the part of the Central
to the new project until they saw it in
cold type yesterday morning. The entire
affair was kept strictly private. In fact,
the privacy under the whole circum
stances was something extraordinary
when it is taken into account the big
details of the undertaking and the number
of persons it was necessary to consult as to
the arrangements for carrying out the
plan determined on.
About 12 o’clock on Friday night
a reporter learned of the
matter in a roundabout, indefinite way.
A start was at once made for the Union
depot. There it was learned that opposi
tion was about to be shown to the Colum
bus Southern, but the exact nature of the
“plan of campaign” could not be gleaned.
After persistent efforts and waiting, how
ever, and a second visit to the depot the
information given in yesterday morning’s
issue was gathered.
When Capt. Sam F. Parrott read the in
telligence later on, he at once proceeded
to the office of Goetchius & Chappell, at
torneys for the Chattahoochee Brick Com
pany, to consult them as to what was best
to be done under the circumstances. Tne
attorneys decided that the only means to
be adopted was to obtain an injunction
from the superior court to restrain the
Central authorities from continuing the
work of laying the track.
Goetchius & Chappell, in company with
Capt. Parrott, accordinglyiappeared in the
superior oourt before Judge James M.
Smith about 10 o’clock and applied for the
injunction. About 11 o’clock the legal
instrument was perfeoted, granted and
placed in the hands of Deputy Sheriff
McMichael for service. Messrs. Goetchius,
Parrott and McMichael then hnrriediy
left the court and took a buggy, which
was in waiting outside. They immedi
ately drove away rapidly in the direction
of Boll creek, a point where they were
informed earlier the principal prepara
tions were being carried on by the Central
railroad hands under the direction of the
authorities. When the scene was reached
Mr. McMichael at once walked up to
Superintendent W. H. McClintock and
served the notice of the injunction on
him. When the superintendent was fully
informed of the legal proceedings he im
mediately ordered th- work of grading
and track laying stopped. Tne picks and
shovels,hammers and rails, bolts and cross
ties were accordingly abandoned.
About 150 hands were hard at work
under the direction of the section bosses,
the road master and the superintscceut of
the Columbus and Western division. The
three construction trains of this division
were also on the ground with a full sup
ply of croeeties, rails, bolts, etc., on board.
The hands were carried to the city during
the night from the several braucnes ot
the division by the construction trains,
and at once taken to the scene of opera
tions. One of the construction trains on
the Birmingham road passed through the
city about 3:30 a m. As fast as the hands
arrived they were set to work.
Now for details of the disputed territory:
The survey for the Columbus Southern
road was parallel, and near to the South
western road of the Central system, from
a short distance this sidejof Bull creek, to
the city. When the* Chattahoochee
Brick Company was commencing to build
the Buena Vista extension, they ran a side
track, from the junction of the South
western and the Buena Vista
roads, about 400 yards towards
the city. The end of this
side track just reached the Columbus
Southern survey. The effort made yester
day morning by the Central authorities
was to extend this side track to the brick
yard over the territory which the Colum
bus Southern projectors claim as their
right of way according to the provisions
of their charter. The Central authorities
claim it as their ground on the very same
conditions. The hands were put to work
at both ends, some from the brickyard cut
and others from the sidetrack in towards
the city. The distance is abont a mile.
When the injunction notice was served
upon Major McClintock about half the
work was completed, including the laying
of the track.
The injunction was set for hearing on
Monday, June 24. Matters will remain in
statu quo until that time.
Said an official to a reporter yesterday
afternoon: “If we had only a few hours
more we would have the work completed.”
From Oglethorpe.
Oglethorpe, Ga.. June 15—A shelter
fell in at D. Kelson & Co.’s brick yard,
injuring two negroes. No one was to
blame.
Prof. W. P. Thomas has been re-elected
by the trustees to teach school here anoth
er year. This was a wise selection. The
professor is a scholar and a gentleman.
Several new enterprises are being start
ed here. There is a fine opening here
for a bank with a capital of $100,000. We
will probably have one in operation by
falL
Large quantities ®f fruit is being shipped
front this place. The fruit business here
beats the oraDge crop in Florida.
The Enquirer-Sun has quite a large
list of subscribers in tnis county.
The Last Spike.
Birmingham, Ala., June 15 —The last
spike on the Georgia Pacific’s western
extention was driven this morning at
Winona, Montgomery county, Miss., thus
giving the Richmond and Danville system,
of which the Georgia Pacfio is a part, a
clear through route from Washington
City via Atlanta into Arkansas, as a branch
road from Greeneville to Arkansas City
has been leased.
The Bloated Banks.
New York, June 15.—Following is the
statement of the New York associated
banks for the week:
ease -
increase —
ease ——
tioid f 10,603*225 in
f 452,950
2.384,400
1.334.900
1.465.900
2,339.809
27,900
of the 25
Evidence of the Prisoner’s Relations With
His Family—Jack DuBose in Coart
O’Connor’s Testimony is Im
peached—Wool folk Sick.
Ferry, Ga., June 15.—[Special.]—Court
met at 8:30 this morning. W. E. D.
O’Connor was called, bat failed to respond.
Mr. Miller, of counsel for defense, took
the stand and said O’Connor made a state
ment to him; that he said, if allowed to
depart at once, he would testify he was
mistaken in the prisoner’s identity; that
the right questions were not asked him, or
Ue would have given different testimony.
A letter was shown, signed by J. P. H.
Jones, of Stark, Ga., to Solicitor Felton,
written April 26,1889, asking a subpoena
for E. D. O’Connor, an important state
witness. The subpoena was sent. A letter,
signed by E. D. O’Connor, was received,
stating the evidence. One letter from
Felton to Jones was obtained by Dr. Bat
ner, and the defense was notified to expect
the testimony. The letters were written
by the same party.
Dr. Batner and H. A. Cowan testified that
O’Connor acknowledged swearing falsely.
After much discussion concerning the
unreliability of O’Connor’s testimony the
state offered to withdraw it; defense ob
jected, with the evident belief that O’Con
nor’s testimony would injure the state
more if presented to the jury.
Nancy Byrd testified that she went to
Woolfolk’s on Friday before the killing;
spent the night at Green Lockett’s; Lock
ett left after supper; after supper Nancy
heard a screaming and a dog barking;
afterwards Green returned and lay across
the bed. Then there was another scream.
Then Tom came down, called Green, and
told him of the killing. Tom returned to
the house, and then a barerooted darkey
came down, talked low to Green, and then
went away.
Augustus Tripp was introduced to prove
that Anderson James had given an account
of the murder, and had threatened to kill
him if he testified against Anderson. Au
gustus denied everything.
The jury was withdrawn. Rutherford
argued ably that he should be allowed to
prove "by Judge Robert Tripp that Au
gustus had made to him statements im
plicating Anderson. Being hearsay evi
dence it was excluded.
Mr. W. H. McKay testified that Captain
Woolfoik hud a oread of a negro named
Caldwell, who stole a cow, and when the
negro was arrested, he said he was reaily
afraid to prosecute him, and that he was
afraid he wouldn’t be sent to the chain
gang long enough, and when he got out,
he or some of his friends might do him
damage. The same negro knocked down
Jailer Birdsong and escaped. He was
afterward seen at the Woolfoik place be
fore the killing.
R. L. Bradley, Wiley Jone3 and S. F.
Fletcher testified the relations of Tom and
the family were pleasant.
Mrs. Edwards, Tom’s sister, attempted
to testify, but broke down, sobbing bit
terly. She has been ill.
Mrs Crane, Tom’s aunt, testified to the
cordial relations of Tom and the family,
and the value of the property owned by
Mr. Woolfoik at the time of his marriage.
Jack DuBose was brought in at 3:45. He
is of ginger-cake color, small eyes, over
hanging brows, and has a cunning, brutal
appearance. He is muscular, weighing
170 pounds. He don’t look crazy.
Edgar A. Ross and Spencer Zachery
identified DuBose.
Cilia Darden identified DnBose. She was
asked what he said to her about the kill
ing. Ruled out.
W. A. Kitchen, sheriff of Cherokee
county, identified DuBose. He was ar
rested by him on suspicion of being an
escaped convict. He had plain shackle
and strap marks. He was examined in
court and the marks were found, but not
so plain. When he first arrested DuBose,
DuBose described the Woolfoik place and
the facts concerning the killing; said he
was outside on watch; that he hid out and
was fed by a woman named Ann, which is
the name of Anderson James’ wife. He
mentioned the name of Green Lcckett.
The state obj ected, and asked why coun
sel for the defense did not cause further
detention of DuBose when jailed.
The defense claimed the right to intro
duce evidence showing suspicion rested
on others besides the prisoner, and more
direct evidence existed against others
than against the prisoner.
The. objection was sustained.
Woolfoik grew slightly sick in coart this
morning, delaying testimony a few min
utes.
The state have made out a perfect chain
of circumstantial evidence, and the gen
eral opinion of those wbo have heard it is
that the jury cannot do otherwise than
bring in a verdict of “guilty.”
While the state’s at torneys seem jubilant
and consider nothing but victory possible,
they ye'e watch every movement of Col.
Rutherford, and seem to expect a bomb
shell at any time.
Occasionally an unsworn witness is dis
covered in the court room, and perempto
rily sent out to await the bailiff’s calling.
The jury is composed of good-lookiua
farmers of fair intelligence. They use pal
metto fans, rub their eyes, pull their mous
taches, cross their legs, yawn, and in other
ways show that they are wondrously bored
by the nonsensical and misleading cross
questions frequently plied by attorneys on
both sides.
Witnesses seem well trained by their re
spective sides, and seem to know who are
trying to draw them out, and who are try
ing to mislead them and make them con
tradict themselves.
Jack Dubose, about two moDth3 ago,
was jailed in Carrollton, Alabama, for
vagrancy. A detective offered to pay his
fare here if he would come without a
requisition. DuBose was brought to Macon, !
kept in private confinement a few days, j
and brought here last night.
DuBose is mad about being arrested. He
states that the defense wants them co
swear he was standing in a fence corner
on the night of the tragedy; that he saw
Tom jump out of the window ana run;
and tnat the killing in the house con
tinued—but that it is all false, for he was
at the time in the chain gang at Jesup,
Ohio.
Latest From Ferry.
Perry, Ga., June 15.—[Special.]—A
warrant was sworn out some time ago and
its issuance kept secret for the arrest of
Jack DuBose for the murder of the Wool-
folk family. The defense in the present
case diligently searched for him and at
last located him in Pickens county, Ala.
He is now confined in jail at Perry, hav
ing been arrested on an attachment to
show cause why he should not give bond
for appearance as a witness in the Wool-
folk case. The warrant for his arrest for
murder was served ou him in jail this
evening.
I NINE MEN KILLER.
irloody Affray in Texai—Four Whites and
Five Negroes Killed.
Chicago, June 15.—A dispatch from
Austin, Texas, says: There are conflicting
reports about the cause of the bloody
shooting affray which occured eighteen
miles southeast of this city Thursday
evening, in which four white men and five
negroes were killed and many others
wounded. From one version it appears
that in the neighboorhood where the
trouble occured. a colored justice of the
peace, Orange Wickes, and a colored-con
stable, Isaac Wilson, were recently elected.
The justice had issued a warrant for one
A. D. Litten (white) an i it was put into
the hands of Wilsoa. Soon after the latter
met Litten and informed him he had a war
rant for his arrest and proceeded to read it.
Litten remarked that it was no use to read
the warrant, for he would not be arrest d
by a “d—d nigger.” Quite a crowd had
gathered and Wilson’s iriends advised that
he place the warrant in the hands of a
white constable. This he did and Litten
was arrested, bat declarea he would not be
tried before a colored jus ice. Notwith
standing hi9 protest, he was carried before
Justice Wickes, whose court was in session.
The room was crowded with blacks and
whites. In the court room Litten was
very abusive and finally words led to
blows, then to the use of six-shooters and
Winchesters. Justice Wickes and Litten
were riddled with ballets and
died immediately. The colored
constable was also killed as
was a negro named Bell. A spectator was
filled with lead, and died soon after.
Houston Moore, a colored boy, was also
killed by a stray bullet. Alexander Notch
and George Schoehf. both white men,
were shot (down .and instantly killed, as
was another white man whose name could
mt be learned.
One hundred armed men gathered
around ready to renew the fight, but ail
has been quiet so far as known here.
| Sheriff White, of this city, sent a strong
| force to the scene of trouble yesterday, and
j he anticipates no further fighting.
A SENS ATIONAL SCENE.
Tiro Women Claim to bs tbe Mother of a
Child-A Resolute Mother.
Cincinnati, June 15.—A sensational
scene was enacted this morning in Judge
! Ontcait’s court of common pleas. He has
had on beariog and uuder consideration
for several months, an unusual habeas
corpus case, where two women claim to
be the mother of a child for whom the
writ was issued. Miss Kate Schaller
averred that she gave birth to an illegiti
mate child, and placed it to the hands of
Mrs. Humser, a midwife, to dis
pose of, and that Mrs. Hnmser
placed it in the family of W. J.
White to be adopted. Subsequently Miss
Schaller wished* to recover possession of
her child, and applied to Mrs. White,
when that iady informed her that the
baby she had was not an adopted one, but
was her own. Testimoney before the
court was most conflicting, but Mr. and
Mrs. White brougnt many witnesses to
show the baby was theirs. They have had
it in charge during the trial. To-day the
judge was to render a decision, but Mrs.
White appeared in court without the
child.
When asked by the court where it was,
Mrs. White, in a determined manner, said:
“Judge Onccalt, I was submitted to a s -
vere examination the other day and I un
derstand you were going to decide against
ms, and I have protected my child. I know
the consequences and am here to abide by
them, and if I have to stay in prison ten
years I am satisfied, so if at the end of
that time I have my darling.”
z*This reply, of course, made a sensation.
Her attorney promptly disclaimed having
advised this course of action, aud asked
that bis client have time to reflect.
The court said that if Mrs. White did
not produce the child she must suffer the
consequences of contempt of oourt, and
he allowed her till noon to consider.
The resolute mother for two hours was
urged bv her attorney and triends to pro
duce the child, but at the end of tne time
she remained firm and went bravely to
jail, under sentence of the coart for con
tempt. Meantime tbe judge withholds
his decision of the merits of the case.
CONEMAUGH VALLEY.
The Sun Shines Once More—Using Dyna
mite to Clear Away the Wreckage.
Johnstown, June 15.—Sunshine has
succeeded the morning showers, and this
is the first bright noontide Johnstown has
seen for a week. Ou the general principle
that rain cannot fall perpetually, several
thousand men who are anxious to clean
up the ruined city are hoping for fair
weather from this on. The Conemaugh
is smaller, and its rushing current serves to
remind Johnstown of the day before the
flood. Tne water is an advantage, how
ever, as it carries away a great portionlof
the impurities lodged along the river
banks. The engineers resorted to three
hundred pound dynamite cartridges to
clear that portion of the wreck known
as the raft. This morning the first charge
of that size frightened the town and
shook the nouses. Haif of the windows
in the Miilvale school house were shat
tered, and in Prospect, just opposite,
chimneys cable rattling down upon
houses. The next charge was diminished
somewhat.
AdjutantGeneral Hastings was in
formed to-day that the Philadelphia dele
gation of Gov. Beaver’s commission had
started west this morning. Their mission
is understood to be the distribution of the
governor’s million dollars.
This morning the state board of health
began a sanitary survey of the towns of
Conemough valley from South Fork to
Nineveh. A complete census of families
aud a report of the condition of the health
and living will be made.
Barry’s New Labor Organization.
Chicago, June 15.—The organizing com
mittee of the new labor organization
known a3 the Brotherhood of United
Labor, met last night. T. B.Barry,president.
It was reported that labor organizations
representing about 7000 men had signified
their intention of uniting with the new
order. Mr. Barry presented his plan of
government for the new order, which is a
radical departure from the methods used
by the Knights ot Labor. All power is to
rest in local organizations and the annual
convention, and the executive officers can
only advise, the members having no power
to formulate a policy of their own. They
can not order a strike or declare one off,
nor can they levy an assessment of any
kind, but may recommend one, though
they can not force ' it. The organization
contemplates local, central, state and
nation trade branches. J>hu E. Ahles, of
Davenport, Iowa, and Geo. E. Datwiier, of
Chicago, were elected delegates to the
World’s congress of labor, which is to
meet in Paris, Juiy 14.
Governor Beaver’d Proclamation.
Harrisburg, Pa., June 15.—To-day
Governor Beaver issued a proclamation in
reference to the request of the state board
of health, which made an official report
dee:aring the drift in Conemaugh river at
Jonnstown, and at other points, ana about
said locality a nuisance, and directing said
nuisance to be immediately abated. To
this eno he direetShat men and means be
immediately employed, and continued at
work tiii the nuisance has been abandoned
and danger to the public health and safety
removed, ana pledges the faith of the state
to provide funds therefor.I
Review of Chicago Market.
Chicago, June 15 —Wheat was active
and unsettled to-day and with further
improvement in prices, but the full ad
vance was not sustained. June advanced 11c
and closed jc higher than yesterday. Jury
opened ie higher, advanced |c, fell back
and closed at the opening price. Deferred
futures advanced je to 3e and closed about
the same as yesterday. Corn was firm but
quiet, but the close was about the same as
yesterday. Oats were stronger and a shade
higher. Pork was more active, but unset
tled. After a decline of 10c the market
Decame steady and the close was at the
opening figures. Lard was dull and weak,
but closed quiet at opening figures. Short
ribsiwere moderately active and about un
changed.
Presidential Appointments.
Washington, June 15.—The president
to-day made the following appointments:
To be consuls general—Josepn A. Leonard,
of Minnesota, at Shanghai; Wakefield G.
Frye, oi Maine, at Halifax; Zachary T.
Sweeney, of Indiana, at Constantinople;
Oliver H. Dockery, of North Carolina, at
Rio de Janeiro; Oliver H. Sims, of Colo
rado, at St. Petersburg; George W. Rose-
velt, of Pennsylvania, consul at Brussels;
Levi W. Brown, of Ohio, consul at Glas
gow.
Export of Specie,
New York, June 15.—Export of specie
from the port of New York during the
week amounted to $4,675,483, of which $4,-
530,343 was in gold and $145,150 to silver.
All the silver and $4,061,922 in gold went
to Europe and $13,571 in gold went to
Sjutn America. Of the gold shipped to
Europe $51,313 went to France. Imports
of specie for the week amounted to $34,855,
of whic h $25,294 was to gold and $9531 in
silver.
The President’s Pleasure Trip.
Washington, June 15.—The president
and Secretaries Blaine and Windom went
down the Potomac river this morning in
Postmaster-General Wanamaker’s yacht,-
the Restless. They will go down as far as
Chesapeake bay and lay at anchor daring
Sunday, and return to Washington on
Monday.
Weather Probabilities.
Washington, June 15. — Indications
for Georgia: Fair, followed in western
Xlissisippi by ligat rain, stationary tem
perature ou the Golf, slightly cooler in the
interior, southerly winds.
DR. BOGGS AT NEWNAN.
THE LEARNED CHANCELLOR STIBS
UP A HORNET’S NEST.
One of His Hearers Differs With Him on
Matt -rs of History as Well as on Ques
tions Pe' taining to Education.
An Interesting Paper.
—
Editor Enquirer Sun: Chancellor
Boggs spoke m Newnan a few nights ago
I on “Higher Education” to a large and ap-
1 preciative audience, and his address was
listened to with marked attention. While
his address evinced much learning and ex
tensive reading, some of hi3 statements
were received with surprise and doubted
by some of his hearers. Ha treated his
subject from a lofty standpoint and tried
to prove that the greatest benefac
tors of mankind emanated from the uni
versities of the world. To sustain this
point he referred to the Berlin university,
which produced a Bismarck and a Von
Moltke. Through the higher education
of this famous seat of leamJhg, he said,
those two master minds were enabled to
successfully conduct the Franco German
war of 1370-T, and that the success of the
German forces was due to that university.
He stated also that previous to this great
struggle between those warlike nations
higher education was on the decline in
France, aud that the French and their de
feat was due to the demoralized condition
of her universities. The truth is, if I read
history correctly, Emperor Napoleon
had no righteous cause to declare war
against Prussia, while at the same time
there were constant internal dissensions
throughout his realm. He did not have
the support of the representative men of
his nation, or the co-operation of the con-
te:va;ive element. A fancied insult to
tne French envoy by King William was
no cause for waging a hopeless warfare;
besides Austria, Denmark and Russia re
fused to interfere as he expected, and
France was left to fight alon9. At the same
time there was periect harmony and con
cert of action throughout the German
empire. Therefore it was not the influ
ence of Berlin higher education that
crowned Yon Moltke with success
in that engagement as alleged by the
learned chancellor.
Mr. Boggs stated farther that the battle
of Waterloo was fought and won in the
universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Let us see if he is correct. These schools
were first touuded in the 13th century. If
it be true, as alleged by the chancellor,
were they not a long time to producing a
Wellington and a Blucher. He differs ma
terially with the most eminent writers of
the nineteenth century relative to this fa
mous engagement, and men, too, who
have evidently given as much thought on
the subject as the noted lecturer. He and
Victor Hugo, for instance, are as far apart
in their theories of the issue as are the
north and south poles. The former at
tributes Napoleon’s* defeat to the Deity,
while the latter accredits it to Berlin. The
world at large, however, charges his
downfali not to the superior sagacity and
generalship of Wellington or strategy of
Blucher, but properly to the traitorous
conduct ot Marshal Ney, who betrayed
his general. Every student who is impar
tial iu his researches and unbiased in his
judgment, cannot arrive at any other con
clusion than that the British soldiers were
inferior in prowess, strength and discip
line to the veterans of France. Had Ney
obeyed his orders, as a true soldier should
have done, Napoleon would have never
died a helpless exile on the wild Atlantic.
The matchless warrior never went to
school over six years iu his eventful life,
and that terminated before he was seven
teen years of age; yet his code of laws
would have made him immortal had he
never unsheathed the sword. Although
he was not a graduate of any university,
yet he shook all Europe by the force of
his genius, aud wrote his name upon the
fadeless canvas of time. He was a per
fect representative of the practical men of
his age. He was a leading* spirit in a pro
gressive era, and his success refutes the
chancellor’s theory of the influence of
higher education, so called. The univer
sities have not furnished the greatest ben
efactors of the human race, as claimed by
Mr. Boggs. One need only observe the
long list of eminent reformers, distin-
tingnished statesmen and ilustrious gen
erate, who have made their names immor
tal by their patriotic and unselfish deeds,
to learn the fallacy of his allegations. It
has always been the poor and obscure
men, surrounded by want and acquainted
with poverty, who have improved man
kind. Adversity and experience in the
busy whirl of Dractieal life have been the
causes which produced our greatest men.
We find this true of Homer, Virgil and
Milton in the fields of poetry; of Hamil
ton, Clay, Stephens and Lincoln in the af
fairs of government. Poverty and mis
fortune draw men closer to tbeir fellow
creatures, and when one of these rises by
the force of his genius to the front ranks
of bis time, he is greeted a3 a benefactor
of the human race. It enables them to
touch the teudere3t chords of the human
heart and sympathize with all classes as
no collegiate graduate can feel or demon
strate. In the practical walks of mechan
ism improvements have been steadily
made while higher education has lagged
behind One moves forward with steady
pace, in a quiet way, while the other
looks wise and holds aloof from the com
mon things of life.
I am opposed to state aid to the univer
sity, because it is wrong to educate a select
class from tbe public fund. The poor boy
should receive the same patronage out o r ’
the public crib as the rich man’s son. I
favor all aid possible to common schools,
where all are treated alike, but it is not
just to tax the farmers of Georgia to edu
cate a favored class. The learned enan-
cellor seemed very solicitous about the
university, and said he would be glad if
the state would appropriate two or three
million dollars for that institution. He
says he wants Georgia to produce from
that seat of learning a Bismarck to settle
the race question.Does the gentleman think
we must wait for some superior creature
to be born and educated at Athens before
we can settle our own internal affairs? If
so, he certainly undervalues the apility
and character of Georgians. Bismarck is
not the great man the chancellor repre
sents him to be. Distance frequently lends
enchantment to our view. Were Bis
marck among us we might find numbers
of men his equals. It is his position, and
not his personal qualities, which throws a
halo of greatness aroand him. Some of
the most illustrious men of the world
never entered a military school or groped
their way through the musty hails of a
university. Like rare plants, they are
adapted to no particular soil, but spring
up occasionally in obscare and waste
places.
Mr. Boggs said Georgia stood lower than
any other 3tate in the anion on education.
This-is news to many of his hearers. He
also said that at the time the late war
broke oat the universities of Virginia
turned oat more finished senators than
any nation on the globe. This was also
very new and startling. He said further,
that the south was going backward in her
education and culture, while the north
was going forward in these departments
at a rapid rate of speed. And he added
that he was tearful that the negroes would
excel the whites in cultivating their
minds, and that, as intellect ruled the
world, the negro would rule the south.
This was more startling, and rather par
alyzed his hearers for a time. But the
writer preserved his composure under
tuese reckless statements, because he
knew the chancellor was talking in behalf
of the university, and that his zeal was
liable to rush him into extravagant ex
pressions.
We have always' understood that both
Tennessee and North Carolina had a larger
per centage"of illiterate men and women
chan Georgia. [The lecturer referred only
to the white population.]
We were aware that Virginia had most
excellent schools previous to the late war,
but did not know that they turned out
more stndents than any one nation on
earth.
We do not agree with the learned chan
cellor in his statements that the educa
tional interests of the sonth are retro
grading and that the north is correspond
ingly going forward. Nor do we have any
fears that the African will become men
tally superior to the Anglo-Saxon race.
It has never occurred throughout the
world in the past, and we may rest assured
that it will never take place in the future.
The lawBof nature to this respect are as
positive in their application as the law of
gravitation, and we need have no fears for
tbe future. The sourh has always furn
ished her quota of able men and will do
so hereafter. The people of the north are
a money making people, while those of
the sonth are given to ease, comfort and
reading. This is the land of oratory and
statesmanship. Our climate, hills, brooks
ana dales breed inspirational oratory.
Aside from James G. Blaine, Chauncey
DePew and R. G. Ingersoll, where are the
orators of the north equal to Hill and Gor
don, Stephens and Grady, of Georgia?
McKinley, Alger and Morton lay claims
to oratory, but we have several gentlemen
iu our own state who rank higher than
they do. Ingalls composes well, uses
elegant language and polished diction,
but it is cold as ice and lacks all the fiery
eloquence of southern oratory. Yet the
eminent chancellor thinks the sonth is
going backward. The writer differs witn
him on this, as he dees on the other points
referred to.
But let the agitation go on. Any kind
of education, like religion, isbetter than
none at ail. I am only entering my pro
test against class education, as I always
have done against class legislation. Both
are wrong in principle and pernicious in
practice. They are horn of greed and sun-
ported by avarice. Being an imposition
of the past they are not to harmony with
the present. L. P. Barnes.
Newnan, Ga., June 13,1S89.
STRIKING BALL PLAYERS.
The Louisville Club Still Short of Men.
The Strikers Fined Again.
Baltimore, June 15 — Manager David
son announced this evening that he had
fined each of the striking players an addi
tional $100 for failing to report at the
grounds. He and President Wrkoff had a
consultation, bat nothing came of it. The
men remain steadfast and declare they
will not play. Davidson says he will se
cure new men as soon as possible, but ex
pects it will be a week before they can be
obtained. He will continue fining the
strikers at every game they fail to report,
and if the worst comes to the worst, he
will suspend them. Two games were to
have been played to-day between Louis
ville and Baltimore, but a heavy rain
storm stopped the first game at the end of
the fifth inning and prevented the other.
The striking Louisville piayers again
failed tore-port, and three amateur Dlayers
were called into requisition. Baltimore
won the game in the first inning, when
they secured four runs. The attendance
was 750. Score: Baltimore 4, Louisville 2.
Batteries: Baltimore—Tate, catcher; Kil-
roy, pitcher; Louisville—Vaughan,catcher;
Ramsay, pitcher. Errors: Baltimore 4,
Louisville 5. Base bits: Baltimore 3, Louis
ville 2.
Items from Chipley.
Chipley, Ga,, June 15.—The general
meeung of the first district of the Colum
bus Association will convene at this place
Friday before the 5th Sabbath in June.
Business of much weight and prominence
will come before the meeting aud a large
attendance is anticipated.
The citizens are very much cheered at
the prospect of the C. and R. railroad be
ing made a bread guage and are specu
lating on the strength of it.
Mr. R. H. Jackson, former president of
the Farmer’s Alliance, and now agent of
the Atlanta Journal, was in the city a few
days since.
A very interesting ease of lawsuit of
father against son was tried in Justice
Hastey’s court Friday—Rev. J. H. Wil
liams vs. Jack H. Williams. After exam
ination of numerous witnesses ou both
sides and several law speeches, the jury
hung and a mistrial occurred. Then the
interposition of friends settled the matter
amicably and the case was thrown out of
court.
Butler College.
Butler, Ga., June 15.—[Special.]—At a
meeting of the stockholders on the 13ch
tost.. Dr. A. M. Patterson was re-elected
president of Butler Male and Female Col
lege for the next scholastic year. Dr. Pat
terson has filled this position daring the
present term with credit to himself and
the college. We extend our congratula
tions to the patrons of this institution for
having secured tne services of a man who
will do honor to himself and the college,
both as teacher and president.
A Protracted Meeting.
Ty Ty, Ga., June 15.—[Special.]—A pro
tracted meeting is going on here at the
Methodist chnrch. It began a week ago,
and is being conducted by the pastor, Rev.
W. H. Budd, assisted by several other di
vines, among them Revs. M. C. Austin, of
Waycross, J. C. Wray, of Albany, and A.
Hearn, of Alapaha.
Baseball Yesterday.
At Philadelphia (Athletics—St. Louis) —
Game postponed on account of rain.
At Cleveland—Cleveland 4, Chicago 5.
Base hits—Cleveland 4, Chicago 12. Er
rors—Cleveland 3, Chicago 4. Batteries—
O'Brien and Zimmer, Hutchinson and
Darling.
A Boston—Boston 3, Washington 2.
Base hits—Boston 2, Washington 4. Errors
—Boston 1, Washington 1. Batteries—
Clarkson and Bennett, Haddock and
Mack.
At Indianapolis—Indianapolis 16, Pitts
burg 11. Base hits—Indianapolis 21, Pitts
burg 13. Errors—Indianapolis 5, Pitts
burg 5. Batteries—Rusic, Burdick and
Myers; Staley and Miller.
At Columbus—Columbus 16, Kansas City
9. Base hits—Columbus 18, Kansas City 3.
Errors—Columbus 2, Kansas City 8. Bat
teries—O’Conner and Widner, Ganson and
Conway.
St. Louis Races.
3t. Louis. June 15 —The weather was
fine and tne tr ick and racing fair.
t'irst race—Selling, for all ages, six fur
longs; Cora Fisher won, Kermesse second,
May W. third. Time 1:33.
Second race—Four furlongs, selling, for
two-year oid=; Indian Princess won, West
Anna second, Leo third. Time 0:53|.
Third race—Directors’ stakes, mile and
a quarter, for tbree-yearolds, $1090 added;
Joe Courtney won, Haviliah second,
Sportsman third. Time 2.16£.
Fourth race—Six fariougs, selling, for
all ages; Redstoue won, Mamie Hunt sec
ond, Tudar third. Time 1:17|.
Fifth race—Ellis Waimvright purse of
$600, for three-year-olds and upwards, one
mile; Spinnett won, Winona second, Inso
lence third. Time 1:46£.
Sheephead Bay Races.
New York, June 15.—The weather and
track was fine and the attendance about
15,000.
First race—Five furlongs; Pontiac won,
Reclare second, Tormentor third. Time
1:012 5.
Second race—Five and a half furlongs;
Torsoa won, Flat Bush second, On-the-
Way third. Time 1:09.
Tnird race—Mile and a furlong; Han
over won, Jee Lee second, Ben Harrison
third. Time 1:55.
Fourth race—Mile and a quarter; Tenny
won, Long Island second, Zepbyms third.
Time 2:10.
Fifth race—Mile and three-sixteenths;
Longstreet won, Burch second, Greydown
third. Time 2:03.
New York’s Contribution.
New York, June 15.—Mayor Grant
this morning transferred the work of re
ceiving subscriptions for the Johnstown
sufferers to J. Edward Simmons, president
of the Fourth National Bank, treasurer of
the fund. At 3 o’clock this afternoon the
total sum received at the bank was $457,954.
The Master Plumbers’Association to day
contributed $1000 and the Fifth Avenne
Bank $500.
Foreign Brevities.
St, Petersburg, June 15.—The Journal
de St. Petersburg makes an emphatic de
nial of the alarmists’ reports circulating
by foreign newspapers attributing war
like intentions to Russia.
London, June 15.—The sailors’ strike at
Leith is collapsing. The ship owners find
no difficulty in securing crews.
Bond Offerings. *
Washington, June 15.—Bond offerings
to-day aggregated $81,150: accepted $80,150
of 4 per cents at 129 and 4£ ner cents at
106J.
GOSSIP FROM ATLANTA.
TOE BOARD OF RAILROAD ASSESSORS
MAKE THEIR REPORT.
Tbe Property of the East and West and.
Alabama Great Southern Roads Ap
praised — Bill of Injunction
Filed—Other Matters.
Atlanta, June 15. — [Special.] — The
board of assessors appointed by the gov
ernor to appraise the value of the East
and West railroad and the Alabama Great
Southern have discharged that duty, and
their report was filed in the executive
office to-day. The board was composed
of Judge James T. Nesbit, Major A. J.
Orme and Judge Joel C. Fain. They spent
several days in the work and examined
every mile of both roads. The board ap
praises the East and West road at a total
valuation of $217,125.95. The return made
by the road, which was rejected by the
comptroller-general,was $161,956.95. There
was included in the valuation, as made by
the board, a private or local telegraph
line, owned by the road, but by over
sight not returned for taxation. This was
appraised at $1350.
The board appraised the property of the
Alabama Great Southern in this state at
$396,479.15, against $261,684 returned by the
road, and rejected by the comptroller-
general. While this is a large increase
over the road’s valuation of the property,
the board states that the valuation is still
less than that fixed on the road in Ala
bama.
If the roads decline to accept this
assessment the matter will probably be
submitted to arbitration in the manner
provided by law.
Bill of Injunction Filed.
A bill of injunction has been filed by J.
C. Jenkins against the Atlanta and Florida
railroad, to enjoin the company from using
about five hundred feet of the right of way
in the city limits. The bill alleges that the
road has never paid for the land, has no
title to it, and cannot take it without due
and fair compensation, and, further, that
the road is insolvent. A hearing is set for
next Saturday.
To Visit the University.
Several members of the legislative com
mittee, appointed to visit tiie university
duriug.commencement, were in the city to
day on their way to Athens. Hon. J. M.
Dupree, president pro tem of the senate,
is chairman of the senate com nittee, and
Hon. Clarke Howell, of Fulton, is chair
man of the house committee.
Senator Brown Improving.
Lost night Senator Brown’s physicians
were with him over au hour, and found
him much batter. The senator talked
pleasantly and spoke of visiting his son-in-
law, Dr. Connaliy, at West Ead.
He walks about the house, has a good
appetite and eats everything he wishes.
Yesterday a great many visitors called at
the senator’s residence, and tne telephone
hsli was almost constantly ringing to
make inquiries about his health. So
many visitors are annoying, and friends
do well not to call too frequently.
Tolleson’* Appeal.
This morning Jndge Marshall J. Clarke
put his official signature to the bill of ex
ceptions iu the habeas corpus case of J. R.
Tolleson. Tolleson is still quite sick, and
suffering from his throat. Dr. H. G. Hobbs
has written a letter to Judge Clarke, in
which he states that to his opinion Tolle
son ought to be removed into a more
healthy apartment.
Judge Clarke stated to a Journal re
porter this morning that he could pay no
attention to a letter from a private citizen,
and could only remove Tolleson from bis
cell upon a proper showing being made by
his attorneys.
A Downtrodden Man.
A case of long standing in the Uaited
States court against Alvin F. Call, of Win
chester, N. H., for sending obscene matter
through the mails, was nol prossed this
morning. Mr. Call left his home for a trip
through Georgia about two years ago. He
heard that Mr. W. C. Hardy was paying
attention to his wife, so when he reached
Dalton he stopped off and wrote Mr.
Hardy a letter. The letter was a very
threatening one, and was couched in the
most obscene terms. Mr. Call continued
his trip, aud when it was finished retnrned
home, bat was arrested as soon as he
stepped from the train on a charge of
sending obscene matter through the mails.
He gave a $2900 bond, which was forfeited,
tbe money being paid in cash to the court
at Atlanta.
Tne charge against Mr. Call was still
standing, and Mr. Hardy, who was still
attentive to Mrs. Call, began taking steps
to have Mr. Call re-arrested, at wbich he
acked up and went to Europe, leaving
is wife behind and just $2090 out of
pocket for writing an obscene letter.
Fourth Battalion Colonel.
Adjutant-General Mclatosh Kell re
ceived, this morning, a letter from Captain
Harry Jackson, declining the honor of
being lientenant-colonel of the fourttt
battalion of Georgia. Captain Jackson
says he especially regrets declining, be
cause be is a friend to the volunteer mili
tary system of Georgia, but bis business
engagements would prevent him from
actively discharging the duties of the posi
tion.
General Kell will order another election
as soon as the encampment on 3t. Simons
island is through with.
A Negro Brule Captured.
The negro who attempted to outrage
Miss Burdett at Ponce de Leon Springs,
Thursday, was arrested by detectives this
afternoon. He gives the name of Phillip
Shell, but stoutly denies his guilt. He
was carried out to the residence of Miss
Burdett, near the scene of the crime, and
she identified him without hesitation.
The neighbors were excited over it, and
threatened lynching, but the officers har
ried their prisoner into town and proba
bly saved his neck.
A Big Mortgage
was recorded in the clerk’s office to day
from the Georgia, Carolina and Northern
railroad, to the Mercantile and Trust De
posit Company of Baltimore. The mort
gage covers the line from Atlanta to Mon
roe, N. C. The mortgage is to secure 5360
bonds of $1000 each, to be U39d in tbe
completion and equipment of the railroad.
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
The Celebration in Columbus to b9 Con « |
ducted on a Grand Scale.
The amusement committee of the pro
posed celebration on tbe approaching
glorious Fourth have partially completed
tne programme of attractions. Several*
additional and highly entertaining feat
ures will be added, and the citizens and
the whole people of the surrounding terri
tory and towns may count on one of the
grandest pageants ever seen iu the south
taking place to Columbus ou this splendid
occasion. No expense, time or trouble
will be spared to make the celebration
worthy of the fair “Queen City” of the
Chattahoochee valley.
Following is the programme:
Running race, one mile dash, purse $50.
Runntog race, one-half mile dash, purse
$25.
Boys’ pony race, one-fonrth mile dash,
purse $10.
Trotting race, one mile,best 2 in 3, purse
$50.
Slow mule race, one-half mile, last mole
to cross the line to be the winner, purse
$10.
Grand Regatta on the Chattahoochee
at the foot of the park under the direction
of the Crescent Boat Clnb, parse $20.
Base ball between Troy and Columbus,
purse‘$25.
Individual prize drill by the Columbus
Guards, purse $15.
Tog of War between Alabama and Geor
gia, 15 on a side, best 2 in 3, second in a
senes of three for the championship,
parse $15.
One-fourth mile foot race for whites,
parse $10.
One-fourth mile foot race for whites,
purse flO.
Potato grabbing match, purse $5.
Sack race for boys, poise $2.50.