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THE MOMBOB ADVERTISEB
FORSYTH, GA.
Official Orj?an of Honroe County.
BY McGINTY A CABANISS.
i h* animal ronort of th<* Attorney
General of Michigan states that one <*t
every 1 Of of tin State’s inhabitant
v.hm itrres ted on i criminal charge.
while one out of every 1 GO was con*
x let e h
An Hr /lish physician calls attention
to lb, rt played by tramf is in H 1 ►read*
III iuf**ction <ilH* ases The Atlanta
< ‘(instjtiltif inserts there is no doubt
• hat in th country they have had a
freat deal to do with the spread of
•holera, yellow fever and smallpox.
One of tho most recent authorities
make* a statement regarding cholera
which, the New Orleans Picayune
thinks, cannot have too wide a circu¬
lation. It is, he says, “a filth disease
oi » specific character, carried by dirty
people to dirty places, and there
Hpri ad by the use of dirty water. With
pure, water, pure air, pure soil and pure
habit •s, cholera need not be feared by
any Nation or any individual.”
It is astonishing to the St. Louis Re¬
public how many people believe, the old
story that Napoleon Bonaparte put a
check for 100,000 francs ($20,000) iu h
silver five-franc piece and that the coin
»h yet in circulation in France. They
say that the people did not want a five*
franc ,»ieco, that in or.l.T to areata
a derm nd for silver money of that de
nomination the Emperor resorted to
♦ he device mentioned. The check,
treasury order, was written on asbestos
paper and made in the coin. It would
be interesting to know, if all this be
true, how many five-franc pieces have
been broken open since the story of
the check was first circulated.
When Emperor William tasted the
food of his sailors on board his yacht
at Cowes lie did only what is prescribed 0
in the United States Navy, and prol >•
ably every navy in the world, state*
♦ho Chicago Herald. When the Italian
man-of-war, the Giovanni Hannan, lay
at, Brooklyn Navy Yard, the young
gentleman acting as officer of the deck
on a certain day excused himself to a
visitor and turned aside to taste with
duo solemnity a portion of the sailors’
noonday meal, hold up to him on deck.
The same thing occurs at early morn
ing, when coffee is served, and aj, nig ht
when ill** un 11 i ........
officer of the deck is the representa¬
tive of the Commander, and when the
former tastes the sailors’ food he does
it, vicariously for the latter. Emperor
William merely did for himself what
the United Stntes Naval Commander
does through the officer of the deck.
k There are m Frankfort-on-the-Alain
in Germany, so reports United States
Consul Mason, anti-beggary societies,
organized to rosist the lmportuities oi
tramps and other mendicants. Thej
are also to bo found in other towns
and villages, and their members arc
supplied with small, brass discs, which
are fastened to their front doors. Each
disc lias an inscription informing the
applicant for charity that the ownei
of the house is pledged not to give it,
and that he must apply at the office ot
the society or at tho “relief station,”
which is a boarding-house outside of
towu where all applicants for food arc
required to work before it is given to
them. Such a practice, comments tin
New Orleans Picayunue, might oper¬
ate satisfactorily in cities where there
is a large police force, or in the coun¬
try where householders keep a big dog,
but in New Orleans it would be use¬
less. It is against the law for tramps,
beggars and street venders to ring the
bells of houses in order to ply their
trade, but it is entirely disregarded
through tliT inability of the small po¬
lice force to look after such intruders.
Says the Louisville Courier-Journal:
“There are many reasons why Eng
lish should be the universal language.
It is spoken by two of the most power¬
ful and enlightened Nations on the
face of the globe, whose possessions
extend around the world. The use ol
this language has grown faster since
the beginning of this century than
any other. It is iu possession of a
literature whose richness is absolutely
unrivaled. On this continent the
English-speaking race is absorbing
and assimilating rich contributions
from all the civilized races of the
world. All the world is becoming of
kiu to us, in a literal as well as in a
sentimental sense. That English is to
he the dominant speech of the world
for the next thousand years is plainly
foreshadowed n> any future event can
be. Sagacious men iu all Nations are
coming to recognize this as inevitable.
If the advocates of a universal language
can unite at all. they can unite iu the
selection of English. Certainly Eng¬
lish-speaking people will never ex
change the language of Shakespeare,
Alilton aud Byron for any such
barbarous jargon as is offered by
Volapuk, or any similar system,
envolved in a closet aud shorn of all
those living beauties which the life of
a gTeat people breathes into the in¬
strument adopted for the communica¬
tion of their thoughts and feelings.'
THE MONROE ADVERTISER, FORSYTH, GA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1893.---EIGHT PAGES.
GEORGIA NEWS NOTES.
Hems ol General Merest Picked Up
All m m n tCe ■, State. _
Cuehrau I... 81,700 surplus in the
>t,.„ir».n.lth.rci»a movement or,
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V bill in to I*? brought before tin
next general assembly to incorpo
rate Warm Springs, Meri»eth< ?r coun
tv.
Wilcox CoUlitv has a new judge
Governor Nortben has appointed Hon I
I. L. Holton to tin position of judg<
of the county c*. •art made vacant l.\
th** resignation of Hon. Hal Lawson.
j
Ihe International Brotherhood ot
Railway Track Foremen held its sec
, ond regular annual convention in At
! Junta the past week. Representative.
j from nil parts of the United State
were present.
Nash It, Broyles has been appointed
; I uited States commissioner for tin
j Northern district of ( ICC rgia to sue
' coed Judge C. (’. Halev, whose death
j I two weeks ago created a vacancy iu
• the office.
The postoffice at Hull station on tin
Georgia, Carolina and Northern rail¬
road wuk broken into recently'by un
known parties and about 7<i() one an*
two-cent stamps stolen, besides a small
amount of merchandise from the stock
of the store in which the postoffice w m
' quartered.
'I he district convention of the Asm
| eiation and for the Lynehings, Suppression of held Out
j rages was at
Mayoress a few days ago. 1 he meet
“« »rll attendwl consider
mg the brief notice on which it was
gotten up. A committee wasappoint
: ed
to prepare and issue a call for tin
state meeting, which will be held id
Macon, Ga., October 19th.
Mr. W.. A. Paschal, oi Way cross, fin
harvested 20,000 pounds of choice lm\
from the ground on w hich a crop of
oats was harvested this year. The hay
was properly cured and is now gather¬
ed in stacks over the field, lie will
clear over $100 from his crop of huv.
This shows what can he done on tin
farms of south Georgia. There is
i money to lie made by saving the lmv
after the crops have been harvested.
“Good roads and better roads”
should be the cry lrom end to end of
i Georgia. It is impossible to estimate
! to what extent this state has been held
lmek by bad roads. The wheels of
progress have stuck in the mud.
^ triumphal inarch has been hindered
and stopped by deep gullies or impaes
I able swamps until at last w*e cry,
( “Give us good roads or we cannot
move on.” The advent of good roads
bi this state will mark a wonderful in
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taiiii that no real improvement v ill be
made in the agricultural situation
til we have good roads and plenty oi
them.— Macon Telegraph.
Colonel Jesse L. Blalock, one of the
oldest and best known citizens ot
Georgia, died at his home at Jones
boro, a few days ago. Colonel Blalock
was seventy-six years of age at the
time of his death and has spent all of
his life at Fayetteville, where he was
born, and at Jonesboro. The Blalock
family has resided in that section of
Georgia for nearly a century and is
among the best in the state. Colonel
Blalock was a lawyer by profession,
but of recent years he has practiced
hut little, devoting the greater part of
Ins time to his financial interests. He
was possessed of considerable proper
tv, in Favette and Chivton counties,
which he looked after with an active
interest unusual in a man of his ad¬
vanced age.
. .
m 'v b U1 " U! \ Ma ' m
■bulge i i \ an Epps T' court at Atlanta i , re
eently ,n the ease m the Grand Rap
ids AIich., I unutmv company against
Mied Mr. DeGive lor material urnish
cd am o * i»i»cd judgment. . u »*
Gm went before the city ourt,
1,lough Ins attorney, and asked that
the judgment he set aside on the
ground that he represents a foreign
power and cannot be sued in the .Tate
attoi ney s loi the plain
tiff filed affidavits alleging that Air.
DeGive was accredited to the I nited
States before the war, and that since
that time Georgia had been out of the
union. Judge Van Epps reserved his
decision.
At the last session of the Ware
County Teachers association, held at
Waycross, a resolution was adopted
urging that monthly institutes be abol
ished, and the five days combined with
the annual session, making ten days to
be held consecutive!v. Another reso
Jution called for more prom] t pav to
the teachers. \ third resolution
Hared it to be the sense of the meet
ini; that all public school funds should
Vie disbursed proportionately as pei
lecistratioii. and d that that tliev shoe. \
paid to teachers according to registra
tiou and not by actual average. A
uniform system of text books was pro¬
nounced “disadvantageous.” Repre¬
sentatives iu the legislature will be
asked to embody these resolutions m .
legislation.
Crornin'. t'ottou.
Georgia’s cotton crop will fail sh«ii:
oi that of last year. That is the in
look as viewed by Commissioner • :
Agriculture Nesbitt. Wheii When hie hit e-'fi- erti
mate was sent out vu the lir.-t of the
month, the indications pointed t>
ssssttsast-si
the ease plainly. Since then reports
from over two hundred corre
spondents representing all sections of
the state, put an even worse view on
the situation. These show that tht
failing off, particularly in north Geor
gin, is much greater than was first es
timated,and the inelications are that the
crop will be 10 per cent off from that
of last year. Letters received within
others.' an.l .11 tell the same storsf
........ like, ‘
short erop.
Furmrrn* Nntlonal I onvrmioii.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the entertainment of the
dele ^ ates to th ° national farmers’ cou
vention which is to be held in Savan
nah Dec. 12 to 15. Governor Nortben
will welcome the delegates to Georgia,
* hile MeDonougb will extend
L htm ? c “ r dl, *?., the c "- v
. r ,
the delegates on behalf of the State
Agricultural Society. There will be
speakers on the list‘from South Can
Mississippi, Georgia, Kansas,
Nebraska, Maine, Illinois and ;other
‘■iaU -. The convent ion was held last year
ni Lincoln, Neb. and \ me President
Purse, after a hard fight succeeded m
securing it for .Savannah this year.
Ihe resolution under which the eon
vention was brought here included a
guarantee that the expenses of the
convention to an amount not to exceed
s.iOO would be paid and that the usual
reduction in hotel rates would be se
cured, two things with which Karan
nah never has and never will find any
dlfhculty iu e mplymg when u body
like the National Farmers' convention
consents to pay them a visit.
Prubody Work in (leorgin.
The Georgia holders of Peabody
scholarship in Vanderbilt university
have gone to Nashville. Representa¬
tives holding Peabody scholarships
are: Miss Ella L. Huff, Columbus;
Miss Lizzie McCord, Zebnlon; Miss
Lillian J. Porter, Tallapoosa; Miss
Helen Proffet, Atlanta; Air. Walter
Rountree, Emanuel county ; Air. Ewell
E. Treadwell, Greene county; Aliss
Leona Wright, Meriwether ; Alms Lucy
H. Green, DeKalb; Aliss Alamie Dru
ble, Terrell; Air. J. J. Nash, Walton;
Aliss Lucy Anderson, Atlanta; Air.
W. G. Adams, Thomas county; Aliss
lone M. Bailey, Savannah ; Aliss Mary
AI. Brooke, Canton; Aliss Alattie
Crowley, Luthersville; Air. Jason
Scarboro, Bulloch county; Air. Tonita
Short, Wilkes county; Aliss Aland
Smith, Atlanta; Air. R. Whitmuth,
Logansville; Air. H. B. Davis, Cov¬
ington; Air. W. P. Bailey, Newton
county; Air. H. B. Howard, Cohutta.
Each of these receives from the Pea¬
body fund $100 a year, traveling ex¬
penses to and from Nashville and some
books. Georgia receives from the fund
for this purpose about $4,000. In re¬
turn each recipient binds him or her¬
self to teach two years in Georgia or
refund the money.
Ailvnnce in Naval Stores.
The receipts of naval stores at Savan¬
nah have been unusually large during
the past three weeks. This is on ac¬
count of the shipments which would
-<> to Brunswick being sent there,
J he large receipts have not had the
effect of weakening the market, how¬
ver, as prices have been steadily ml
vancing recently and the demand
seems to be on the increase. The mark
t for rosins lias been firm for several
weeks. There is agood demand for all
grades, mediums and pales being
* P ecially sought after. These grades
bring higher prices than jEe quota
ions w hen se* he
urpentiue 1 1 and jjn..... rosin hand of
on and on
iiipboard are more than double that
d this time last year, they are not
really on the market, but have been
sold, and are waiting to be shipped.
One firm doing business in Savannah
ow 7 ns about one-half of the stock on
hand. The price for spirits turpen
^ ne i® about the same as it Avas this
time last year. Common rosins are
'bout 10 cents cheaper, while medium
und pales are bringing more than they
^ero last year,
YELLOW FEVER AT JESUP.
Five Cases Reported and the Toirn is
in a Panicky Condition.
A ^ Special . to the Savannah Morning
j ^ 6i7is from Jesup says : At a regular
meeting of tho council here Alonday
afternoon > Mayor Steele reported that
he had placed a strong guard around
the Warren residence and that no one
would be permitted to communicate
with it. The quarantine restrictions
against Brunswick are being made
more rigid, and extra inspectors have
, been placed on duty
.
Mayor Steele made a personal inspec
tkm of tbe nmjoritv of the houses
Monday morning and found every- Fite
tbiug in good 8anitfiry condition.
SU8 pi c j ollB cases being reported by Dr.
Tutten, Mayor Steele forwarded the
foUowiug telegram to Surgeon General
Wvm »a at Wasliington:
*< A11 conta gious cities have qunran
t ined against us. One case is pro
nonned yellow fever by jo Surgeon Mnr
ray.
“Five cases reported here are re
t'Rd suspicions by local physicians,
but a 7 - eonvalesent. The town is
panicky.”
The Irish Kerry Cattle.
These cattle having been kept for ce*s
turies on the exposed and mountainous
pastures of the County of Kerry, where
the storms of the Atlantic sweep with
violence, are, as m giit be expected,
small, but from tbe noted excellence of
lhe herbage in that locality, where the
fie ,ds are always green, they are fine
. and yield the best of beef. They
miners
aie , black , , ed ... , h ta .
or / c ° °F’ r ® u S as
their . coat, f and not at ad handsome, ex
cept it be under the rule that “ hand
some is as handsome does.” For many
of these little cows, hardly three feet
high and weighing only 300 pounds, will
give more milk and butter, the latter
especially, than the average of cows
twice their size and weight. They are
very hardy, but their small size has been
the reason for their unpopularity n
America. A few only of them have
j been imported, and thess ________________ have gone out
; 0 f sight. Of late the breed has been
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: improved ______________________ by a mixture which has given ____
rise to the Kerry-Dexter cattle, now be
coming small _ popular ‘family in England _ for parks
nnd and Qm q 11 /»Atrc cows. The IVixx mil milk Ir of
these cows is very rich in butter, and the
a good-sized dog.—[New York Times.
j Soutli American Revolutions.
i I The New l’ork Herald correspond
j eil tin Santiago, Cuba, telegraphs that
tbe g OVernai ent of Argenta has over-
1 the revolutionists in the state
come
} s anta llD d also has suppressed tht
turbulent element iu the citv and pro
! zz:zr,::: tss .
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SHEFPERSON'S ESTIMATE
oi tie Amount o( tie Cot'on Crop for
thp Ulu uDaollil Qpocnn U1 nf \m iO“d. '
- |
He Sera 1» Will Be About 6,800,000
B * leS ’*•«• “
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A New York dispatch of Saturdav
. sftys; Alfred ? sheppenon, author
of “Cotton Facts ” has furnished the
Southern Associated Press with the
following opinion as to this year’s cot
ton crop. Mr. Shepperson is neither
a t, uver n J f tt bnt
possesses unusually good facilities for
accurate information covering the en
tire cotton belt In his estimate oi
, the yiel d Mr. Shepperson says: “The
ol j oottoa hw now beeil ‘about all
marketed and it is probable that the
commercial crop of this vear will not
differ apprt , cialdv from * the actual I
; ; cslimnt ',i t |, e v i,ld
ottcm laB -
<, , 8( , ason , 6 100 00l) .
the difference between that and
the commercial crop being made up
from cotton from previous crop. Com
pared with last season’s to‘the vield ihe pros
cut indications point followinc
gains, viz: 366,000 boles in Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana, being 20
per cent. ; 200,000 bales in Arkansas,
being 33 per cent.; 240,000 bales iu ■
the two Carolinas, Georgia and Flor
idn, being 15 per cent. The total ol
the gains is 800,000 bales. The yield
in Texas is estimated at 1,750,000, be
ing a loss of 400,000 bales. This de
ducted from the estimated gains will
h ave a net gain of 400,000 bales upon
last year’s yield of 6,400,000 bales.
Tennessee will probably make about
the same crop as last season. Some
CO respondents, whose facilities for ob
taining information are excellent and
whose standing are of the highest,
do not think the gain in Alabama,Mis
sissippi and Louisiana will be over 15
per cent, and the gain in the Carolina*
over 10 per cent, while I am informed
that the commissioner of agriculture
of Georgia estimates the yield ol
Georgia will not exceed that of last
year. The receipts at the ports foi
the week just ended were 20,000 bale*
more than the corresponding w 7 eek last
year, and it is probable that this
week’s receipts will be liberal. Early
receipts are no indication oftke extent
of the crop, for a small crop may ma
ture quickly and be promptly mar
keted.
BUSINESS REVIEW.
Condition of Trade as Reported by Dun
& Co. for the Past Week.
R. G. Dun & Co. ’s weekly review of
trade savs: A complete statement of
failures ‘for the quarter, which closed
Friday night, is not possible, but the
number thus far reported is about
4,000, and the aggregate of liabilities
about $i50,01^,000, greatly surpassing
the record mf any previous quarter.
For the pc week the failures have
United f S tates, against
177 last'vent T nJi '
31 last J year#
<<rr Hop. dofcrml j, ,,, • . . the past
neck in part, and it i» doubtless true
Wes^busitfhas r“.’;
answ 7 ered expectations. Tho feeling
of disappointment is commonly as
eribed to delay of action on the silver
bill in the senate. It is also true that
Z ™ L f ^ ! , < fiU , 7 °f resumed rS “ , op
^2.. otoue , as they « anticipated, °7 ? aBt0 “ e and r»“»' with n f
some t.s a question whether they
uot close agam. While money on cal
^ 84,500,000 clearing r “ k house P,aD certificate. t c ?
have been retired, there u a percept!
Cr Ca " T r k "i g 0 ° m -
mercial me. loans at NewlorK v ond at . some
western points. Confidence, prover¬
bially of slow groxvth, lias been sorue
xvhat diminished, in part, because ad¬
vancing exchange suggests the possi¬
bility of gold exports. The cotton
manufacture is gaining more than any
other, and there is a stronger market
for print cloths and prints, while some
reduction has helped to stimulate trade
in other goods. The enormous de
crease in production for the past two
months begins to be felt, and sales are
larger, though much below the usual
qantity.
While seventy-eight manufacturing
concerns are reported as starting,
whoily or in part, against twenty clos
ing or reducing force, more than a
third of the increase has been in cot
ton mills, and another third in ma
chine shops, nail mills,
of stoves and hardware, tools and cars,
while in the iron manufacture proper,
only seven concerns have started,
against three that have stopped, and
the outlook does not seem brighter.
The closing of the largest iron mine in
the country, the Norris, which ordina
rily produces a million tons yearlv,
indicates the limited character of the
business.
At the east the demand for products
is painfully inadequate, even for the
scanty force now at work, and the
lowest prices on record attract little
business. It is said that one sale of
, steel rails has been effected by
a sharp
reduction in price. The contest be
'
i tween the Amalgamated Association
; and the works in theFfittsbnrg region,
has been settled, but too late for most
j of the men.
A British Ship Seized.
The revenue cutter Rush reached
San Francisco Friday night. Captain
Hooper reports to the treasury the im
portant news that the British vessel
Coquitlam has been condemed by the
\ United ______________________________ States circuit court of Sitka, f
| ‘ Alaska. The Coquitlan was seized for
supplying the British sealers with pro
visions" ^__^______ ~ % and -* waters° taking i i _• off . ls* iL„:« their seal ..1 skins
i n \! as ka without entries at
Prince BismarH: is said to have
sold , , , hm . memorial • , to , a c Son a German
puuht-ker .or oj>-J ma y , v->, on eon
dition they be published immediately
i after his death.
j It is impossible for a frog to breatne
WItb lts mout fi op eQ - I t3 breathing ap
• P arat « 9 13 so arranged that when its
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CROP STATISTICS*
Some Figures from Commissioner Nes
bitt’s Report for September.
* ^ cotton C ro P of Georgia i 8 no
greater than it was last year, all re
ports to the contrary nothwithstand
i“R- That is the opinion of ttodom
. of Agnenltute Neeb.tt; end
the ioat reliable correspondents in
ail parts of the state. The department
S * T6tem ? f ^curing crop estimates is
“ complete as such a system could be
and these reports are reinforced by
Personal observations by the cornmis
; *f 10 V tnre er » of his «J1 report parts of the reference state. to A
is a
Die reports of the weather bureau.
* he f® reports, says Commissioner
^ eabltt ’ are often confounded with his
° wn ’ and as there is a wide divergence
?* ! he °P weather mi ?? bet bureau . ween findings * tate ™ he d
has ‘lesiro , to receive credit for re¬
V ° ttB that are nothls owu ’
C ™°*:
-Regarding cotton the report lavs:
“In the August report the estimate of
Ii th,t e . d ll .! p ” ™ tm uld ,°,“ t no °? J oar e5eera “'I 11 .'? ‘ h “ 7°{’* t last as ,
?“ r - Tb ® re P° tts received from our
lar e° ” umbe f, of correspondents lor the
P resent n ! OI ‘ ththla “ d
nre B »‘ 1 8fled tha .*' notwithstanding
he Bma11 mcr . f” B 't m aor onRe and th ?
large increase m the use of , commercial
f .. t . b at ,, be P ro j?P e ?* . 18 . SUch ,
; hat the y iekl 1 . ^ lU . accord Wlth our e8 '
“The estimate of the weather bureau .
has been con fused Wlth that of thls de ‘
P artmeilt and 1 through the press many
reports have been circulated that the
estimate of the department was that
the C !®P ^° uld ® xoeed thafc of 1 aat
^ ear 100 > 000 bale ® 7 Wo regret this T
exceedingly, as we are anxious that no
eonfusion should arise or question as
^ th e future or present report of the
department.
‘ Laat y ear tb e almost total absence of
a to P or second cro P had the effect of
neatly reducing the yield. This ye nr
are confronted with the same coudi
e \en a more marked degree and,
notwithstanding the lateness of the crop
k Wl11 be virtually all gathered during
the month of October. lor this rea
sou large receipts may be expected
*' 11 ring this month, with rapid de¬
crease immediately after. The early
maturity and absence of a top crop
are due * be changeable character of
’ R, nson » v<‘t weather followed by
j drought, , parching winds and the une
ff Uft l distribution of rain throughout
the state, which we have illustrated.
“It will be seen from reference to
the tabulated statement that the eon
dition and prospects since the Seintem
I ber report has fallen off 5 1-7.
i “To the figures of the correspond
'' e are able to add the personal
observations of the commissioner, who
has visited a large number of counties
SdnCfe G ie report. These observa
!F ons and in< l™ries corroborate the es
Gmates of correspondents,
CORN’.
“Notwithstanding the gloomy out¬
look as a result of want of rain, the
, . . n his with he
cro V t increase
cage wUT Exceed Tfiat'''ol
, | last year, and in this connection it is
to note that the tendency
j of tho acorgio farmer towards inde
! >«*»“ <> f HOG PRODUCTS. « B ‘
I While in several localities the chol¬
j ’ era has greatly damaged the pork
prospects, yet, considering the state
, at large, w r e are pleased i that we are
ableto congratn ate our farmers on
1 the fact that tl,e report* evidence that
fact that the yield in Georgia of
| Georgia-cured hams aud bacon will be
ter than for a number of years,
W hen we recall that in ante-bellum
days the state produced * one-fifteenth
ot thc h mea of th union we can
sec inthiB uo IeaKm wh ‘become Qeorgi a should not
industry a source of
j instead of demand.
FIGURES FOR THE STATE.
Total yield compared to an average:
Cotton, 74; corn, 89; sugar cane,
! 92 2-5; sweet potatoes, 95; tobacco,
88; prospect of pork compared to last
year, 104.
^ leazi P« , ho " 8e «<*angcs indicate . a
i. v tJe g am * n the ™ lume of business,
bein f!L for , tbe J eek 19 5 cent be
j , * P er ‘
! A 7° » W forei . lo . so gn °f trade * 16 exports 8ame ^ek again last exceed year,
last year s, and for the same month
; about 24.6 per cent. w 7 hile imports
I s l iow , a decrease cent. ^ or Yet ^ ie foreign °P
1 a 1,011 1 P ei ex
! cbail g e ba8 ris ea 80 far that exports of
' ^J 1 d 6 \° °‘ ss German and ^ Y 18 mi believed g bt be “fde that with calls
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1 !° r re P a ymeno of gold Tuly obtained and Au- on
ual j s J[ oia uro P e
f US a ect ra ^f e 1016 than current
- lough
JUsmes ®* a return of part of
e f’°, as been expected, and the
, band
I ! ,! an e 7 & neec a J eon he treasury stock more is so low
*
; tilat a renewed outflow would be re
I garded with some apprehension. The
. . , .
' € &i mone y from the interior
f° n mile8 & r?e, and plainly reflects
lees activity than usual at this season
:n domestic trade and industry.
Executioners’ Fees.
A curious document kept in the arch¬
ive of Darmstadt records the compensa¬
tion of executioners in olden times. Ac¬
cording their to the enumeration of crimes and
punishments contained in this nan
uscript, the executioner of Darmstadt
received the following fees: For boiling
a malfeasant, $12; for quartering a crim¬
inal. f9; for burning a witch alive, $6;
for putting a man in stocks, $1.25; for
burning the gallows on a man’s forehead
or cheek, $2.50: for cutting off a man’s
$2.50. nose or ears, $2.25; for ordinary torture,
The list closes with the remark that
the executioner is always to be provided
j with board and lodging.—[St. Louis Post
j Democrat
i ; A M0Sf extraordinary incident recent
] y occurred in the house of a well-knowt
!SH£Ss£is I be t k
°° lD
i the hall light—the ” blinds being drawn 1 —
, t0 be a fo tstooL He kicked it, wbere
; upon? to his intense amazement and
, horror, a large snake uncoiled itseif,
j reared up, and hissed at him. He sprang
! upon a table to escape from it, and
-called loudly for help. The servants
t heard, came to his assistance, and killed
the reptile, which showed the most act) rt
j ssl , T r an snako authority, - who pronounced ci -
it to be of a very deadly specie s. How
it got into the house and where it carm
from remain a mystery.
OUR LATEST DISPATCHES.
Tbe Happenirgs oi a Day CHromclci is
Brief u Coacise Paragraphs
tn<l Containing the Ght of the News
From All Parts of tiie World.
News reached Huntsville, Ala.,Thurs¬
day that the posted gins,about twenty,
in the county had resumed work. Fears
>f trouble are subsiding.
Only nine new oases were reported
by the Brunswick board of health
for the twenty-four hours ending
Thursday at noon. Five eases were
lischarged.
The New York democratic state
convention was called to order Thurs¬
day noon at Saratoga. Daniel N.
Lockwood, of Buffalo, was elected
temporary chairman.
Three new eases of cholera and five
ieaths were reported in Leghorn, Ita¬
ly, Thursday. In Palermo there were
fourteen deaths and no new eases.
Since September 20th there have been
sixty-eight cases of cholera and thirty
eight deaths in the lunatic asylum at
X oeera.
A special of Thursday from Lincoln,
Neb., says: It was after midnight be¬
fore the democratic state convention
settled its disputes by the overwhelm¬
ing defeat of the silver element, led by
Congressman Bryan. Secretary Mor¬
ton directed the movement of the re¬
peal leaders from Washington.
A Knoxville special says: Judge
Hicks, Thursday morning, refused to
illow 7 the sixteen soldiers now conliued
in jail, charged with the lynching of
Miner Richard Drummond, a change of
venue from Anderson to Knox county.
Their counsel will at once enter habeas
corpus proceedings to have them re¬
leased.
A Jackson, Miss., special of Thurs¬
day says: Judge H. 1>. Meyers, of the
eight judicial district, embracing thir¬
teen counties in eastern and southern
Mississippi, denies the sensational re¬
port sent over the country in regard
to white caps taking the country. Ho
says white capism is about extinct iu
his district, which has heretofore been
regarded as one of the strongholds of
the order.
A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch of
Thursday says : Ex-Assistant post¬
master It. H. Burger, under It. L.
Houston has been indicted, and is
now under bond on the charge of em¬
bezzlement. He is charged with ap¬
propriating $1,379 to his own use on
or about June 30th, last. He had fill¬
ed the place about eight years and en¬
joyed the confidence of all who knew
him. Until recently his life has been
above suspicion.
A very interesting cuso was decided
Thursday at Wilmington, N. C., in
the superior court. When the Bank
of New 7 Hanover failed there last
spring State Treasurer Tate claimed
that he alone had the jurisdiction to
brjiirg action for ^fea the appointment of a
" receiver. Cre *»-Thi(P filed yft-.bffi
and the superior court judge appoint¬
ed Junius Davis receiver. The court
decided that the state treasurer had
the sole right to bring action to secure
the appointment of a receiver.
The white caps have at last arrived
in Randolph county, Ala., according to
a dispatch from Roanoke. Several of
the ginneries were found posted with
the following notice: “The white
caps have come at last—No. 816. If
you gin or haul any more cotton you
had as well haul out your fodder and
corn also. Take warning.” Most all
of them were worded differently in
different handwritings. The most
conservative citizens think there iH
ground for fear.
Russia In Asia.
Most of the towns and cities of Easteri
Siberia are important only because they
happen to be situated in a thinly popu¬
lated country, but Irkutsk is a city
which would attract attention anywhere.
As seen from the western edge of the
forty or fifty miles of table land which
tie between it and Baikal lake, it has
quite an imposing appearance. The plain
below is covered for a considerable dis¬
tance with the white buildiugs of the
city, the stately towers of numerous
churches standing far above the rest, their
crosses bases partially gleaming in the sunshine, their
concealed by the luxuriant
foliage of the trees which have been
planted around them.
The beautiful Angara river i3 seen in
the suburbs, curving half way round the
city on its way from Baikal to the Yeno
sei. Little steamers ply on it between
the city and the lake, but numerous
rocks and rapids make the navigation ol
the lower courses of the Angara impos
sible: otherwise, through this river and
the Yenesei, Irkutsk would have the ad¬
vantage of a continuous waterway to
Europe. The population of Irkutsk ii
not less than 40,000. It is the capital of
the province and the residence of the
governor-general of the immense territory
comprised in the two provinces of Irkutsk
and Yakutsk.—[London New r s.
Clearing house exchanges indicate a
little gain in the volume of business,
being for the w 7 eek 19.5 jier cent, be¬
low those of the same week last year.
In foreign trade exports again exceed
last year’s, and for the same month
about 24.6 per cent, while imports
show a decrease for the month of
about 30 per cent. Yet foreign ex¬
change has risen so far that exports of
gold to Germany might be made with
little loss, and it is believed that calls
for repiayment of gold obtained on
loans from Europe in July and Au¬
gust affect the rate more than current
business. Though a return of part of
the gold has been expected, and the
banks have now on hand more than
they need, the treasury stock is so low
that a renewed outflow would be re¬
garded with some apprehension. The
return of money from the interior
continues large, and plainly reflects
less activity than usual at this seasen
in domestic trade and industry.
The following unique advertisement
recently appeared in the “Neue Freie
Presse,” of Vienna: “A young man
(Socialist) lar wishes to marrv a girl of simi¬
convictions. She must be kind
hearted, a serious thinker, of a manly
character. The most important condi¬
tions are wealth, beauty and a talent for
literature. The marriage must be pre¬
ceded by long correspondence. Reply
to ‘Wedded Battlers for Liberty,’ at the
office of the ‘Neue Ereie Preesa. ’ ”
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.
T&e Drift of Her Progress and Pros¬
perity Briefly Nolei,
Happenings or Interest Portrayed in
Pithy Paragraphs.
For the 24 hours ending Wednesday
noon, tin 1 Brunswick board of health
re ported 10 new eases of yellow fever,
h discharged, and 2 deaths. The fever
record stands: U nder treatment 51,
deaths 14, total 148; ratio mortality
U.4 per cent.
Three deaths were officially reported
by Brunswick’s health board Tuesday
—Miss Bosh Nisi, the infant of Blouut
Bowen and Mrs. Emma Willis, all
white. Fifteen new eases of yellow
fever were reported and five patients
were discharged.
A Washington special says: The
Pelmet to trademark ease from South
Carolina, Governor Tillman against
the commissioner of patents, was de¬
eided Tuesday by Justice Bradley iu
the district supreme court in favor of
Governor Tillman.
B. A. Tompkins, tax collector at
Russellville, Ala., who was
found to be several thousand dollars
short, is missing. Several days since
he was arrested for embezzlement, but
the suits were withdrawn on certain
conditions. It is believed that lie lias
left for parts unknown.
A Raleigh dispatch says: There id
now no doubt from reports received by
the state agricultural department
Tuesday that North Carolina’s cotton
crop w ill be picked by October 20th.
Three-fourths of the cotton is now
open on most farms. Such early and
general opening was never before
known in North Carolina.
Surgeon Murray arrived at Jesup
Tuesday morning from Brunswick and
visited the suspicious eases reported
Monday. He declares them to be yel¬
low fever. They arc in four parts of
the tow n. The town is almost depop¬
ulated by the white citizens. A strong
cordon has been placed around the
city. Not one will be permitted to leave
unless by way of Camp Detentson.
A Knoxville special states that Ad¬
jutant-General Fite and Captain Ward
arrived in the city Wednesday morn
ing from Nashville. They did not go
to Clinton to disband the troops, as
at first expected, uor w ill they, since
consulting with General Carpenter, ns
it would damage the eases against tlio
soldiers now in jail to scatter
their witnesses over the state where
they could never get them together
again.
A Birmingham dispatch says: Wed¬
nesday morning Leonard Lippmau,
ex-president of the New York Collego
of Commerce, was sentenced to two
months at hard labor in the mines.
He was found guilty of obtaining
money under false pretenses. Lipp
man came from Savannah a few years
ago. He was an expert stenographer
and typewriter. At one time lie was
private secretary to Hm general man#*
“ger-of tK5 ^fiTFaUr^fead.
The cotton crop report of South
Carolina, published Tuesday, says:
Cotton is opening rapidly and with
good weather the crop will be all
gathered by November 1st. Some
damage from water, dropping off wet
leaves and staining the staple, is re
.ported in the west counties. Abbeville
county reports cotton nearly half
gathered. There will he no late crop
or very little in many counties. Esti¬
mates still give cotton at about one
half a crop.
A Birmingham special says: Col¬
onel Clark, of the Second Regiment
of the Alabama state troops, received
n telegram late Tuesday night from
Governor Jones, ordering the four
military companies of Birmingham
and vicinity to arms to await further
orders preparatory to going to Deca¬
tur, Ala., on a special train, to protect
the Louisville and Nashville railroad
company’s property and quell the riot
between the striking shopmen and the
men at work, which was anticipated.
Invitations were extended Alonday
by the Port Royal Shipping Company
to President Cleveland, Vice Presi¬
dent Stevenson members of the cabi¬
net, governors, senators of Georgia
and South Carolina and to exchanges,
newspapers, mayors and prominent
business men throughout the south¬
west to attend a celebration at Port
Royal, S. C., October 9th in honor of
the inauguration of direct trade with
Europe from that port. Governor
Tillman, of South Carolina will pre¬
side.
State Geologist. Holmes, of North
Carolina, reports that the geological
survey will close this season’s work.
It lias conducted this jointly with the
United States geological survey. The
section from the Cranberry mine to
the Georgia line along the Great
Smoky mountain has been examined
by iron experts. Particular examina¬
tion was made iu that region for
chrome iron, corundum and nickel
ores. The winter will In devoted to
the examination of the pine forests of
the eastern counties.
A Birmingham special of Wednes¬
day says: Owners and operators of
Alabama cotton gins are becoming
more* and more frightened every day.
In several parts of the state they have
been forbidden to gin cotton by secret
notices posted at their gins and threat¬
ened with incendiarism i? they persist.
In Madison, Courtland and Bibb
counties nearly all the gins are idle.
Ilie notices read as follows: '‘Please
do not gin any more cotton. We have
struck for 10 cents per pound. If you
gin any more you will be burned out.
— Shotgun Company.”
During the monetary stringency in
August the banks of Montgomery.
Ala., began to issue clearing
house certificates which have been in
circulation since that time. Alonday
the police were informed that some
one had passed a number of counter¬
feit certificates on Saturday night,
and five or six of the certificates were
brought to headquarters Wednesday.
All of the certificates counterfeited
are of the denomination of $5, and in
each instance where they were passed,
purchases of less than $1 were made,
which made the transaction net the
pf» j \* passing the bills more than $4.
Everyoody should read the paper and
keen un with the times.