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GEORGIA IN BRIEF.
HE WRY ITEMS GATHERED HERE
AND T1IEKK OVER THE STATE
And Con<Icnse<! Into I’lthy and Inter¬
esting I’nrisgraphs,
The people’s party of the tenth con¬
gressional district has unanimously
nominated Thomas E. Watson for con
gress in opposition to Major J. C. (’.
Black, tho dera ratio incumbent.
i he Newjmn Banking company ha
thrown open its d irs ami begun bn*
ness, Tho bank i capitalized nt $ >•>,
000, and includes among it stock’ r old
ers a larg« number < ewnan a —
iug merchants and lmsi .-ns men.
*
A bur scheme to put in a direct lim
of steamships to F.uropo from Ba\ an
nail hni developed. prominent
agent is m Savannah from England,
working up tin matter with Gaptnwi
l>. G. Pi td. A company ia to be
h a capital of five million
It is a great thing for Havan
h and the entire state of Georgia.
fho Athena Itannrr will nnafl inti
Jiow hands on (September 1 nt, M istk.
McMahan, Hiuith hii* 1 MoY horter Imv
jncr clo 1 a triulo with Meet- —t Stevi
*nu Ed l pson an<l CharleH riiini-
7.V, to take effect on that date. M HHTH.
Rliinizy and Kd Upson Mill take
chartre of the bnsificf fiiee and Mr.
Htev tfppon Mill ho tho editor, The
now proprietors aro young men of
ahilit and energy and will make tin
paper hum.
Chancellor Boggs, of tho Statu Uni¬
versity, bus received a favorable reply
from a worthy citizen of New York,
advancing $200 uh a loan to one of the
six young men who would have re
reived tins benefits of tho Brown fund
but for lack of vacancies there. Thrt .'0
of tl: f nix young men have now been
provided for, and throe more remain
unprovided for. Tho chancellor hopes
to receive from several gentlemen of
fern to loan tho necessary amounts to
these young men with which they may
acquire their education.
The weather crop bulletin issued for
tho past week by Acting Chief of the
"Weather lhirruu Gorgas, is one that is
full of interest and brings good news
from the farmers of Georgia, Cotton
throughout the stnl is in splendid
condition stive for the rimt in very few
sections and all in small quantities.
Bpocial reference is made to the corn
crop, and it iH claimed that it is the
best crop made in fourteen years.
The report says that in the northwest
section of the state there are now
bushels of corn raised to where there
was one last year. Fodder pulling is
nunounoed as nearly completed, es¬
pecially in south and middle Georgia.
Thirteen is the lucky number of
Georgia counties that show an increase
of values in their tnx returns. The re¬
turns from Fulton show an alarming
falling off, amounting to $5,609,215.
The tax returns for t he county for 1893
amounted to $58,685,235, while this
year they amount to $53,076,020, show¬
ing a doorcase in values, as returned,
of $5,609,215 for the year, The total
polls in the county are given at 7,915
of which number 6,6-10 aro white and
1,305 are colored. Tho total value of
real estate in the comity is given at
$33,225,871. r Tho banking capital of
Atlanta is $2,112,660, while the mouev,
notes and bonds held outside of the
banks amount to $6,200,978. The col¬
ored people of the county own prop¬
erty worth $1,253,150.
Some time ago the Mercantile Trust
Company, of Baltimore, representing
bondholders of the Georgia Southern
and Florida railroad, petitioned in
Bibb superior court for the sale of the
Georgia Southern and Florida rail¬
road. After several hearings before
the court the court decided that the
road should be sold. The Macon Con¬
struction Company appealed to the
supreme court and endeavored to stop
the sale. The supreme court has now
confirmed the decision of the lower
court. 1’lie exact date of sale is not
known. The road is well worth $5,
(U>0,000, and will, no doubt, bring
that sum. It will be an important
link in tho great chain of railways
reaching from Florida to the north,
and when the road is put on the block
there will doubtless bo lively competi¬
tion.
The jute bagging question just at
this time when the farmers are looking
forward to the cotton crop, is an in¬
teresting one to the merchant who sells
it and to the Consumers who wrap
th ir cotton in it. The general opin-
1. >n is that there will be more jute bag
inkc sold tins season than last, as tho
>tton crop will be much larger, Tho
price of jute l>n re. lias advanced
over the price of year, and that
itself lias caused quite a flutter
st among all classes. Some
ela. that the jute trust has
caused the increase in price, and some
deny this, giving as the reason that
many factories have shut down caus¬
ing a shortage in the amount produced
and consequently a rise in the price,
la st year cotton ties sold for$1 a bun¬
dle. enough to bind between five and
six bah Bagging sold for one to two
cents a yard 1 ss than it does thisyenr.
This > ear t i •s PC 1 for 75 cents and 80
cents a bundle, much less than last
year’s ) rice s. Hugging that weighs
one ami three art-*r pounds to the
rd is selling at 6J to 7 cents, two
pound la ii is selling at from 7J to
7$ cents an 1 2J pound bagging is sel¬
ling at 71 and 8 etuts a yard.
Working on the New Code.
At the last session of the legislature
a law was passed providing for the
codification of the laws of Georgia bv
three codifiers to be appointed by the
governor, each of whom shall receive
the sum of $3,000 as compensation for
his services, one-half of which shall
be paid when the cc >pios o! 1 lie
manuscript have been led in the
executive office, and tho oalance shall
bo paid when the work of tin Ct
ifiers has been accepted r appr you
by the general assembly The three
TUI-1 MONROE ADVERTISER. FOURTHY OA.. TFESDAY, AUGCST 28, 1894 -EIGHT PAGES.
codifiers are Judge Clifford
of Macon; cx-Jud* ?e
of Atlanta, and Colonel .Toseph Li mar.
of Angusta. The codifiers have 1> en
at their work several months, and are
far from being done, Tho labor is im¬
mense, and it is so Very important that
slow tt^work and has with necessarily to be done
great care and caution.
The compensation allowed by the leg¬
islature is small in Comparison with
the magnitude and value of the work.
The Codifiers arc required under the
law to seperntelv codify the civil and
criminal laws of the state, and shall
make a full and corn pleto separate iu
d,-x to each of said codifications.
A Law That is Generally Violated.
1 h<- justices of the peace in the state
are violating a G »rgia law and aro
subject to prosecution should any one
"ant to push the cases. According to
the code of tho state there was a law
passed in 1871 which sets forth that all
justices of the peace in the state shall
keiq posted in a conspicuous place a
C( 'pv of the various items of cost-at¬
tached to an office of this kind. The
law lias either Is-en overlooked or is
bt ing intentionally violated as there is
not a
is not violating tho law in this respect
and it is hardly possible that there ii
any in the state who keeps the fees
posted. The law is supposed to be in
the interest of the public, but thopeo
pie do not get to see the list of costs
in tin hi courts at present and it is all
on account of the violation of this act.
It has never been repealed and tho
questions arises why it has never been
euforeed. Jn section 3 701) the law
can be found and it reads as follows
Fee bill to be posted in office.—
Every magistrate ex-officio justice of
Uh- ,W, ,.„„.t»bl, s .lmli kei-p a
.......... or plainly written copv of tho
f«- Hill ,„t„l i„ ....... con.picuous
plrnv in Ilia office, and upon failure lo
do so. or upon violation of any part of
tiii. and preceding aeetiona aliall i,e
J* il'eUot ct to the h'"^ penalties ina'l-ractiee and punishment and sub
prescribed therefor.- Atlanta Jtntr
nttl.
A Now ."Map.
Three of Uncle Sam’s most expert
topographers have been sent to Geor
giu by the interior and revenue de
pnrtments to make a map of tho state.
The party will begin their work nt
Lawreneovillo. They will go bv wag
on rood through thy country, using to
make the trip tho outfit which they
use in surveying aud which consists of
threo buck boards, one wagon, four
horses, four mules and a complete out¬
fit for camping. They also carry some
very fine surveying instruments,among
them a theodolite and a telescopic ali¬
dad**. The party will survey and pre¬
pare a map of a strip of country nine¬
ty miles wide aud thirty miles long
'between Lawreneovillo and Stone
‘■fountain, taking in the towns of Lin
colntuii, Athens and Lexington.
I he map that tho party will prepare
will bo simply invaluable to the inte¬
rior and w ar departments of the United
Htatates government, as well ns to tho
railroads and to the public generally.
It will show every road and every
stream, great or small, that is in the
territory which it covers. It will also
allow every house in the country sur¬
veyed and its precise location on the
road on which it is built. In addition
to this, tho map will show every hill
and every valley and their exact alti¬
tude above tho level of the sea. If
there is any variation in the altitude
of the country surveyed it will be
shown at intervals of eviry fifty feet.
With the aid of this map, a traveler
can easily determine the shortest and
most direct,the most level or the most
hilly route from any given point to
any other point If the United States
army should for any reason have oc¬
casion to march through this state, the
commander could, with this map be¬
fore him, easily determine what route
to take and where he could find suita
ble stopping places. In case of for¬
eign invasion or war of any kind, this
map would enable the United States to
determine the exact position of the
enemy aud would show the most ad¬
vantageous position for an army.
Resides these various uses of the
map, it will enable tho geological de¬
partment to make an intelligent survey
of the state.
When the topographical map of
Georgia is completed, it will, when
spread out in the interior building at
Washington, cover an area of space,
100x160 feet.
CHINA WINS ONE
I.nek Finally Changes In Her
Favor.
The London Times has received the '
following dispatch from Shanghai, j
dated August 21st:
“General Tio, commander of the
Tien-Tsin division of the Chinese
forces, telegraphs as follows: “The
Chinese on Friday attacked the Japan¬
ese forces at l’ing-Yang driving them
back with a heavy loss, a distance of
eleven miles to Chung-Ho. The Chi¬
nese made a second attack on Satur
day and drove the Japanese from
Chnng-IIo, which is now in Chinese
hands. The Japanese again lost heav¬
ily in Saturday’s lighting. Another
great battle is expected today. I
“ ‘Admiral Freemautlo, the British j
commander, has established the head- J
quarters of his fleet provisionally at j
Cheo-Foo, where the British, Russian
aud Itnliau ministers now are. The
Chinese fleet is enjoying full possession
of the gulf of Pe-chi-li.’
“The Japanese are re-embarking
large numbers of troops at Fuesau.
Nothing is known regarding their des
tinaliou. - |
“The Chinese forces which occupied ,
' llslu ‘ u have evacuated that place aud
have reached eastward in the direction
»f Seoul. The force, which is under
General \\ , b. who falsely reported (
was
to have been killed in a recent battle,
h is I'-een augmented by the adhesion of I
number of sympathizing Coreans. 1
“The Chinese forces are converging
on Ring-Yang. Ihe telegraph line . at
the latter point remains iu tbe posses
sion of the Chinese.
“Nine thousand Japanese troops j
have left Seoul and marched in the di- i
rectiou of Ping-Yang.”
Prater is sinful wheu you ask for
blessings vou might secure bv vour
own exertion.
Dcbiso the Jryipeli ther»m h«ded , ,
the injunction, "Keep off the graw.”
NEWS CONCERNING .THE VARI
OFS DEPARTMENTS.
Hayings and Doings of the President
and Members of the Cabinet.
Cleveland Will Not Sign It.
I he house leaders received a straight
tip Tuesday. It was that President
Cleveland had finally decided not to
sign the tariff bill. He will not veto
it, but will permit it to become a law
nt the expiration of ten days, This
would send congress home on the 29th.
Several members of the cabinet win
saw the president Thursday morning
afterwards stated their belief that no
ohaugo , , had , come or. r the , yrnsOcnt
dunng hi. rtay at Buzzard'. Bay, and
hat he would permit the tariff hill to
become a law without lm o.-eaturc.
It general y thought how, v, r, that
tho prculent will .end a menage to
tll<; hou se announcing that he has per
Iulttod ie . to become a law and giving
reasons therefor.
The honse and senate now meet only
to ndjourn. The end of the long ses
s ’ on congress is practically at an
ent1 - A quorum could not be produced
in either house even l»v the ai l of the
sergeont-at-arins. Members of congress
are leaving on every train to escape
the stifling heat of the national capi
tftl > Rn ‘I to work for their own re elec-
1ion ‘ Thc senators who are not in
danger of defeat are sojourning at
I “' , ' r - | *y *»*»ang 1>1 ucvb.
Secretary Carlwle Thomlay ad
drc.ae.1 letter, to Dr. Jo.- B. < Ir.ham,
United States quarantine officer at
’ Savannah, (la., and Mr. Peter Dodge,
; of Savannah, awarding them silver
and gold life saving medals of honor,
under the provisions of act of congress
of Juno 20, 1876, and May 4, 1882, for
their courageous rescue of three sail
ors of the British bark “Mary ^.m, E.
Uhapinan," wrecked near Xybee
on the afternoon of July 25, 1894.
President Cleveland returned to
Washington Wednesday, but his inten
Rons in regard to the tariff bill are as
much surrounded in mystery as if lie
w-ere still on board the Ruth in Luz¬
z,irt ^ The opinion lias been that
would sign the bill and accompany
Bs return with a characteristic mes
sago urging the passage of the pop
gun bills. Opinion, however, has
shifted and it is thought he will per¬
mit the bill to become a law with¬
out liis signature. The constitutional
term of ten days will expire on Tues¬
day next. Those who think he will let
it become a law without his signature
believe ho will send a message urging
tho passage of the popgun bills on
Monday, prefacing it with a statement
to the effect that, while he cannot ap¬
prove of the bill by fixing his signature
to it. nevertheless he can feel justified
in disapproving it, and therefore, per¬
mit it to become a law in this negative
manner.
Concerning the Tariff Bill.
There ie great uncertainty as to when,
the tariff act goes into effect. Many
conflicted stories have been telegraph¬
ed broadcast, and the public mind
has naturally become much befuddled.
Wednesday morning, Secretary Car¬
lisle and attorney General Olney held
a conference over tho disputed points.
After the meeting Secretary Carlisle
said to a press representative: “Tho
bill provides that so for as the
internal revenue and whisky taxes are
concerned, they are payable as soon as
tlie bill is signed, or it becomes a
law, but on the other articles, tho su¬
preme court has held that persons pay¬
ing taxes can prove the hour and min¬
ute in which a bill becomes a law. If
the president does not sign the bill, it
will become a law at midnight on the
27th, and will be in full effect and
force the whole of the 28th.” In re¬
gard to those goods which are now
held in bond and which are placed
on the free list by the new tariff bill,
the secretary holds that they cannot
be withdrawn from bond for'eonsump
tiou without paying the McKinley du¬
ty. To escape this tax. these articles
will have to be re-shipped to a foreign
port and then sent back to this coun¬
try. This is not true of dutiable goods,
because the section of the bill which
relates to them provides that they may
be withdrawn for consumption. The
second section, which relates to the
free list, makes no such provision.
THE CORBETT-JACKSON FIGHT.
Manager Brady Accepts the Offer of
the Sioux City Club,
A dispatcli from Sioux City, Ia.,
says: Corbett’s manager, William A.
Brady, has telegraphed his acceptance
of the Sioux City Athletic Club's $25 j*
000 offer for the Corbett-Jackson
fight. Jackson telegraphed that he
would accept if training expenses
wore guaranteed him, provided the
fight did not take place. The guaran¬
tee was made. The club is composed
of forty of tha leading business and
professional men, who have jointly
signtul a note for the $25,000 to be
taken up and the cash deposited with
the articles when signed. The club
manager does not tell how they expect
to pull the fight off.
FALL RIVER MILLS TO CLOSE.
This Move Will Tliro^v 2,500 People
Out of Work.
It has been learned beyond question
the executive committee of the
Manufacturers’ association at Fall
p liTer? Mass., met Wednesdav after
noen and voted to order all mills under
their control to close for an indefinite
period. The order will cause the
throwing of 2,500 people out of work,
and tbe stoppage of plants variously
estimated at from $40,000,000 to $50,
000,000 iu value. No one seems able
to predict bow long the lockout will
continue, but it is generally expected
that it will go on until the market
shows improvement.
Watson for Congress.
The populist convention for the
congressional district met at
Thomson, Ga., Tuesday aud nomi
Rated lhomr.s E. \S atson to again op
pose Major Black for congress. f Re SO
]ulio „ e „„„ r „ reei , c , u Dg for , free
ballut aml a , a . r count
TRADE TOriCS.
Itradstreet’s Report of Business for
the Fast Week.
Bradstreet’s review of trade for the
past week says;
"I he special telegraphic and mail
advices summarizing interviews with
mote than five hundred leading whole
sale dealers and manufacturers at
j forty-seven country to the cities present throughout effect, if the
as any,
of the prospective tariff settlement,
and the outlook as to the effect of the
senate tariff bill, should it become a
law-, indicate relatively less enthusi¬
asm at large eastern centers, except at
New York aud Baltimore; almost uni¬
form satisfaction throughout the
southern states and similar advices
from the central and northwestern
states, except where serious crop dam
age has taken place. In the far west
little interest is manifested in tariff
legislation, notably at Denver and
Helena, where silver attracts more at
™t,on. T> Portland , feara . the ., rmu ... t m
the reduction of the tariff onjumber,
but at San Franc,eco an improve
ment ,u demand .. expected and con
..derabje fre.ght u offenng for »h,p.
| ment to China.
j “A feature is found in declarations
from manufacturers of woolen goods,
j glassware, pottery aud iron and steel
! at vanot ? 8 cen ters of production, that
; probably be reduced,
j Aside from tho probable improvo
lll * e to ending of the uncer
t* uut \\ 111 bu8 J" Buffalo, e ^ i ’ 1 uel Philadelphia, * bc ^ 1 B ? s [ ou ’
j z, rov ^ence,
-*■ dtsburg, , Newark nor Rochester mer
j c iants interviewed express noteworthy
1 ent usiasm n8 to tue trade prospect.
'Vhile . reported
I no gam is in trade
circles . at southern cities,
severalthous
an,l coal atnkvr. Lave gone buck to
”°.f ”*| *“ “ Llrm, railways "« h ‘ lm are dlstr calling “‘- s f' for
T‘° ,ron "' orks " re
] ,, 1 ' 1 '*'*-'*.** 1 :‘’ *!”“ i ,’'\ la u “ * a r , „r ago,
T ‘ "'' ' ' ,r '
| I ^’Ln . , bin^ndTho , prospeoti™ F 1 pas¬
i sage of the senate bill and will make a
; j difference in profits in consequence,
j Little Rock expects eastern cotton
» . , , . .
i
of the excellent crop prospects in that
state anil prospectively the largest
cotton crop on record, regard tho bus¬
iness outlook very favorably. The
proposed change in the sugar sched¬
ule exerts material depression in Louis¬
iana.
“The region west of Pennsylvania
and east of the Mississippi river re¬
ports almost uniformly favorable trade
conditions, with gains in demand and
in industrial activity, except in Indi
ana and Illinois pottery industries,and
among Indiana clothing manufactu¬
rers, who report that they expect to
reduce wages.
“Money at nearly all leading finan¬
cial centers has hardened. Demand
for shipment west to move and carry
the crops has begun to exert an appre¬
ciable influence.”
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.t
The Industrial Situation as Reported
for tho Past W'*ck.
The TiY.ile.-man. Chattaocife'*, Tenn., ia i 8
report on tho industrial condition of the south
for the paH week Bays: The long strike among
the Alabama cotil miners is now virtually at an
end, and die mute op rators will now increase
their output to tho maximum. Preparations
are being made to further increase the number
of iron furnaces in operati n, and iron pro
duc is are much encouraged by increased de¬
mands for pig iron, stocks of which are low
and some grades in scant supply. Producers of
southern pine are preparing to reduce then
outputs by concerted action, hoping thereby to
increase tlio price, which is now very low.
Crop cot:didon3 continue to be very favor¬
able.
Thirty-nine new industries were established
or Sve incorporated (luring of manufactories, tho week, together with
enlargements and twen
tv-three important new buildings. Prominent
among tho new industries of the week are:
The Cherokee Ochro and Barytes Co , of Car¬
ters ville, Ga., capital $50,000; the Vulcan Ma¬
chine Works, of Hillsboro, Texas, and the Mt.
Clair Coal and Coke Co.. Buckhannon, W. school Va.,
each with $40,000 capital; Houston, a $‘?0,000
furniture factory mill, at Mobile, Texas; a large
saw W’alballa aud planing Manufacturing near Ala., and
the Co , capital $10,
000, of Wall) all a, S. C
Car works are reported as to be established
at Augusta, Ga.; a cannery at Tampa, Fla-;
coal mines are to b - opened at Paintsville, Ky.,
and Bryson City, N. C., and electrical plants
established at Hammond and New Orleans, J.a.
Flour and gristmills are reperted at Hunt-mile,
Ala., Bom*-, Ga., and Fall Mills, Tenn.; a fur
nitu:e factory at Charleston, W. Va. ;ice facto¬
ries at Mammoth Springs, Ark., St. Petersburg,
Fla., Chatlo te, N 0., and Greenville and San
Angelo, Texas, and machinery works at Bir¬
mingham. A a. A cott on oil mill is to be built
at Newport, Ark.; steel works are reported as to
be established at Sistersville, Fla.; \V. Va.; phosphate
works at Floral City, a tannery at Spring
ville, Ala., aud woodworking plants at Mobile,
Ala.. Fort Smith, Ark., Becks, Ga., Lake
Charles, La., Elizibetliton, Tenn., Fredericks¬
burg aud Norfolk, Ya., and Central City, W.
Va.
Waterworks are to be built at Forest City,
Ark., aud to be enlarged at Winston, N- C.
The enlargements for the week include iron
works at Wheeling, W. Va.. phosphate works
at Orlando, Fla., and woodworking plants at
Little Bock, Ark., and Beaumont, Texas.
Tho new buildings for the week include
bank buildings at Ellisvilie, Miss.', and Mem¬
phis, Term.; business houses at Demopolis,
Ala.. Tampa. Fia., Louisville, Ga., and Mon¬
roe, La.; a $20,000 church Siuton, at Tex., Mobile, Ala. ;&
$35,000 court house at and one at
Waxahatehie, Tex.; hotels at Hillsboro, Tex.,
and Clarksburg. W. Va ; schools at New Or¬
leans, La., and Boyd. Tex., and warehouses al
Louisville, Ky., and Edwards. Miss.
COTTON OPERATIVES STRIKE.
Eleven Thousand Idle at New Bed¬
ford, Massachusetts.
Monday morning the cotton opera¬
tives of New Bedford, Mass., inaugu¬
rated their general strike and nearly
11,000 are idle. The machinery of but
five of the twenty-seven mills in the
city will be shut down with the others.
The manufacturers have nothing to
say, but the notices of reduction
against which help rebel are still
posted.
The strike promises to be the most
important that ever occurred in the
textile industry in Massachusetts. The
manufacturers must fight perfectly or¬
ganized unions, some of which are
fairly wealthy. Notable in this par¬ |
ticular is the Spinners’ Union, which j
has a fund in its treasury aggregating
at least $30,000. The spinners have
voted, however, not to touch any of
this money for a month. ;
The executive committee of the Na
tional Spinners’ Union met at Boston, j
and it was the sentiment of the meet- j
ing that the action of the New Bed- j
ford spinners in striking was just, as ;
was also that of Fall Biver spinners in ,
voting to accept a reduction and sup-j
port them. It whs voted to assess all
spinners in the country 50 cents a I
week for three weeks, and at the end j
of that time, if a settlement was not
reached, to call a convention of mule
spinners iu Boston, i
FELT HATS.
COMPLICATED OPERATION'S IN¬
VOLVED IN THEIR MAKING*
^he Legend of the Discovery of Eel.
by the Hatters’ Patron Saint
Fur of the Hare aud
Coney l sed.
s AINT patron not because CLEMENT to saint he of was is the derby called the hatters, first the
man wear a or a
broad-brimmed straw, but for the rea¬
son that—so tradition has it—he un
wittingly invented felt, Aud all
derby hats are made of felt.
Toe good man, it seems, was about
to set out on a pilgrimage to Jerusa¬
lem, as was the habit of the holy miu
of the early centuries, aud. realizing
that many dusty miles lay between
bim and his destination, he decided
lhst he miht ’ M „ mali0 )lim , clf
oomtortabl for tUo j, mrn0 ,
It was not good ° for worth? a pilgrim to be
eomtorlab , Ci so tbe man heel
to oontllle hi8 endeavor, to .uchptace.
M would not be noticed l,y any other
saints with whom lio might come in
conta-t. Ho decided to ease up on
his feet, and accordingly plriced a
nice big pal of wool in each sandal.
When the pious pilgrim reached
Jerusalem and removed his sandals he
was surprised to find that his woolen
pad ling, under the influence of con¬
stant heat, moisture and rubbing hail
become a tightly packed, strong an l
flexible mass. That was the first felt
made. llow Saint Clement spread
abroad the knowledge of his discovery,
or whether he went into the manufac¬
ture of hat.--, tradition does not tell.
In tho first hats made tho woolen
felt was used, but to-day only a cheap
grade is manufactured out of this
substance, the felt made from the fur
of the hare and the coney having
taken its place. Tho hare’s fur used
in hat felt is obtained largely in Rus¬
sia and Germany. The animals are
*aised there by the peasantry, not for
tlie value of their skins, but for food.
The skins, however, are saved and
sold in small lots to dealers, who in
turn soil to larger dealers, until the
aggregation of the little pickers made
here and there over a wide territory,
makes a great bulk of fur to be trans¬
formed yearly iuto hats. The skins oi
the coney are obtained in alike man¬
ner from France, Scotland and Aus¬
tralia.
The skins gathered, the first opera¬
tion of the long series through which
they are put before they are trans¬
formed into derbys, is the plucking
from the coney skin and the shearing
from the hares’ skin of the hairs,
which are always longer than the fur,
and of no use.
Then the skins pass into the hands
of the cutters, who operate in France,
Germany, England and the United
States. They first put them through
a process called carrotting, rubbing
with a chemical composition, one of
the ingredients of which is nitrate of
mercury. The effect of this is to give
it the power of being worked, which
it exhibits in the subsequent pro¬
cesses. It is next cut from the skin
by machinery. In this state it is
called “hatters’ fur.”
From the time .it becomes hatters’
fur until it is made into a hat it passses
through many complicated operations,
usually carried oil. by machines intri¬
cate in their mechanism, so that to
describe in detail the whole process
w r ould require much space. It is pos¬
sible, however, to give m brief a
general idea of the operations which
the fur undergoes in the making of a
derby.
First it is “blown” or cleaned by
means of a machine that forces through
it a heavy draft of air, carrying out
all the air and dirt, aud leaving only
the pure soft fur.
This fur is taken and weighed into
portions of from two to three ounces,
according to the weight of the hat to
be made. Each of these portions is
separately blown, almost hair by hair,
upon a revolving brass cone, the apex
of -which is slightly rounded, and
which has a perforated surface. A
great suction is kept up through those
perforations, and consequently the
fur clings to the mould. These cones
are from twenty-four to thirty inches
deep.
The fur-covered mould is Dext care¬
fully wrapped about with a cloth anl
dipped into hot water, which causes
each particle of fur to cliug to each
other, so that the whole becomes a
strong web that is easily removed from
the brass cone. This is the original
body of the hat.
The conical shaped body is next
taken and, under the influence of hot
water, rolled, either by hand or iu a
machine, until the fur has become
closer and closer packed and the whole
length decreased to about eight inches,
or in proportion to the size of the hat
in course of construction. The opera¬
tion is called sizing.
The body is then stiffened by a coat¬
ing of shellac, dissolved either in alco¬
hol or water, and applied with
brushes. It is placed on another brass
mould, and after having been softened
with hot water is forced either by a
machine or hand into the shape of n
hat crown, the apex of the cone being
rounded, and the base slightly bent
out where the brim is to be made.
When in this shape it is dyed.
Next the brim is flattened out
straight, perpendicular to the axis of
the original conical body. Then the
whole is placed under great hydraulic
pressure and tbe crown moulded into
the correct simps, an 1 the felt forced
into a more compact condition and
given a smooth, finished surface.
The last operation is the one of
curling up the brim an 1 trimming it
an 1 of placing the ban 1 upon the hat.
—New*York Sun._
Pulverized Diamon i a Painless Poison,
According to the Mohammedans of
Southern India, pulverize! diamond is
the least painful, the most active, and
the most certain of all poisons. Ac
cording to Wilks’s History, the pow
der of diamonds is kept oa hand (by
the wealthy only, presumably) as a
last resource. But a belief in-the
poisonous character of tue diamond
also existed ia Italy in the sixteenth
eenturv.
Only 10.23 per j*;\ o. the voting
strength oi tho nation ie colored
Schofield’s Iron Works!
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General Machinery and all kinds Castings.
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FINE JOB PRINTING A SPFCW.TY
SOUTHERN SPECIALS
NOTING THE MOST INTERESTING
OCCURRENCES OF THE DAY.
And Presenting an Epitome of the
South’s Progress and Prosperity.
A special from Statesville, N. C.,
says the Southern Railway Company
has bought the Western North Caro¬
lina railway for $500,000.
The sixth Texas state democratic
convention, adjourned from Corsicana,
met at Dallas Tuesday, At adjourn¬
ment the 1262d roll call had been
reached without a break in the vote,
which was ns follows: Burko 37, Poin¬
dexter 32, Abbott 12, Hardy 10.
A Nashville, Tenn., dispatch says:
Henry Clay Evans, of Chattanooga,
ex-congressman from the third dis¬
trict, has been made the republican
nominee for governor, after one of the
most prolonged and bitter contests
ever witnessed in a republican conven¬
tion.
Henry Dangerfield, a prominent and
wealthy citizen of Alexandria, Ya.,
suicided by shooting himself. He had
been a hypochondriac for some time.
Dangerfield was about fifty years old
and a man of considerable wealth and
owned Franklin “Springfield,” a lino estate in
county, Ya.
The Tennessee River, Asheville aud
Coosa railroad was sold at auction at
Birmingham, Ala., for $14,000. The
road was bid in by James Little for J.
E. Zunts, trustee for the bondholders.
The line runs from Whitney to Ashe¬
ville, a distance of four*-and a half
miles. The road will now be com¬
pleted from Asheville to Andersou.
One of the heaviest rainstorms aud
rainfalls that Alabama has ever expe¬
rienced passed across the state Wed¬
nesday, doing irreparable damage to
the cotton crop). The young cotton
was beaten off the plant and cotton
that had opened was knocked down
on the ground. No casualties were
reported. Telegraph communication
south was cut off, the wires being
down.
A terrible accident happened on the
Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama rail¬
road Wednesday evening. As the
northbound train w r as nearing Hazel,
Ky., about fifteen miles north of
Paris, in passing a crossing it struck
a wagon loaded with people and five of
the occupants met their death. The
killed are: Misses Jennie aud Lillie
Ray, aged eighteen and twenty,
daughters of J. T. Ray; his son Tobe
Ray and two young ladies, Misses
Hannon.
Henry Harman, of Logan county,
Ya., was showing to his friends a rifle
with which he proposed to square
things with a neighbor, who, in a
quarrel recently, had shot his (Har¬
man’s) hand off’. Hmman dropped
the rifle and it went oft’, lodging a bul¬
let in bis brain. William Workman
started through the woods for a doc¬
tor. He passed some men who were
felling trees, and one of the trees fell
on him, crushing him to death. Har¬
man died from liis wound.
In the petition of Receivers Comer
and Hays, of the Central railroad, set¬
ting np claims against the Port Royal
ancl Western Carolina railroad for bal¬
ance due on operating expenses, $130,
000; for new rails, $40,000, and for
intere’st on Augusta and Knoxville
bonds for $22,000 and praying that re¬
ceivers’ certificates may be issued for
the total amount thus due, Judge Si
monton has filed an opinion refusing
the petition and only allowing certain
sums for new rails laid.
ALLIANCE OFFICERS ELECTED.
The Men AVlio Will Watch Over the
Order in Georgia.
Before adjourning the convention at
Dublin the Georgia State Farmers’Al¬
liance elected M. D. Irwin, editor of
Living Issues, president, and Felix
Corput, of Gave Spring, chairman of
the executive committee. The other
officers elected were as follows:
Yice president, W. R. Kemp, of
Swainsboro; secretary, F. M.Waddell,
of Nelson; treasurer, B. H. Pearce, of
Thomson ; state lecturer, F. D. Wim¬
berly, of Cochran ; assistant lecturer,
W. Y'ancey Carter, of Hartwell; chap¬
lain, H. G. Edenfield, of Millen; door¬
keeper, F. M. Brand;sergeant-at-arms,
W. H. Bryan, of McDonough; execu¬
tive committee, Felix Corput, Cave
Spring; Sam Walker, of Thomson; J.
W. Wilson, of Cannon; J. N. Buchar,
of Greeston; Russell, of Carrollton.
Fatal Mine Disaster.
A special to the St. Louis Globe
Democrat from Durango, Mexico, says
the mining disaster reported from Lam
irena district, southwest of Durango,
occurred in one of the mines. Six
were rescued alive, but the others were
dead when found. The cause of the
cave-in is being investigated by the
government. Tbe superintendent o!
the mine has been arrested peBdinp
the investigation.
Know Nothing of It.
The officials at the Japanese lega¬
tion in Eondon say that they have
heard nothing to the effect that seven
Chinese vessels were sunk by ihe Jap¬
anese fleet on August 10th or II b.
The report is dl&cr- ditcd.
3
1ND1CTMRN PS GALORE.
The Grant! Jury of Shelby County,
Tenn., After tin* Liquor Dealers.
The Shelby county, Tenn., grand
jury have found two hundred more in¬
dictments against liquor dealers in ami
near Memphis, making a total of seven
hundred up to date. Indictments havo
also been found against a score of real
estate dealers and more are expected
to follow, running the total to a thou¬
sand, all for failure to pay pnvilegu
taxes. The disclosures of this grand
jury, showing that a million and a half
has befen lost by the state, county and
city in the last eight years,bus created
such a popular feeling that a “Good
Government Club,'’ has 1 con organ¬
ized, embracing leading citizens whoso
announced purpose it is to ui orco tho
laws and especially tho revenue laws.
Alabama’s Official Vole.
A Montgomery speeiol s.iys; Official
returns from all but three small coun¬
ties in Alabama gives the total veto
for Oates and the democratic ticket at
100,292, and for lvolb ami the popu¬
lists 80,378. The three remaining
counties will add about 3,000 to tho
vote aud leavo the democratic majority
in the neighborhood of 26,000.
Distillers Withdrawing Goods.
The Distillers and Cattle Feeders
Company at Peoria, Ill., Wednesday
withdrew from bond the goods in the
great northern distillery, paying the
taxes thereon which amounted to $289,
000. That in the warehouse at Man¬
hattan was also withdrawn which will
swell the internal revenue receipts for
the day to upwards of $500,000.
The Stockyards Strike Off.
The strike at the stockyards at Chi¬
cago was declared off Thursday morn¬
ing. Tho men agree to return to
work at farmer wages, Out of 2,000
men who asked for work, only 50 were
accepted.
Once it was “tramp, tram]), tramp,
^he boys are marching.” Now it is
“boys, boys, boys, tho tramps are
marohing.”
ATLANTA MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
Groceries.
Coffee—Boasted—Xrbneklo’s 22.75 V 100 11).
cages, Levering’s 22.75c. Green—Extra
clioico 20c; choice good 19 j; fair 18j; com
rnon 17c. Hugar---Granulated 5^o.
powdered 5o; cut loaf
white extra C 4%c; New Orleans yellow clari¬
fied 4%a4%e; ye low extra 0 4%c. Syrup
New Orleans choice 45c; prime 35@40c; common
20@30o. Molasses-Genuine Cuba 35@38c; im¬
itation 22@25. Teas—Black 35@55c; green
40@60c. Nutmegs (55@85c. Cinnamon 10@12.k5
Allspica 10@llc. Singapore pepper
11c, Mace $1. ltice, Hoad 6c; goo 1 5I£;eonirnou
4V»c; imported Japan 5@5%c. Salt—Hawley’s
dairy, $1.40; Ico cream $ 1 . 10 ;
Virginia 70c, Cheese-flats 12@!2%
Mackerel, White fish, half half bbls. $4.01; pails 6)c;
Tallow, barrels, $6.00@150. Soap.
100 bars, 75 lbs .$3.00@.3.?5.
Candles—Parafine turpentine, 60 bars, 60 lbs, $2.25 a 2.50;
$4 11c; star lie. Matches—
400s 00; 300s -$3 00a3 75; 200s $2 00a2 75; 60s
5 gross $3 75. Soda-Kegs,bulk 4%c; do 1 lb pkgs
5%c; cases, 1 lb 5%c, do 1 and %lbs 8e, do % 1 b
6k£c. Crackers—XXX soda 5>£c; XXX butter
f>% 7c;lemon c; XXX pearl oysters O^cisholl and excelsior
hills cream 9c; XXXginger snaps 9c; corn
9c. Candy—Assorted stick (ij./c; French
mixed 12al2%. Canned goods-Condensod Milk,
$6 00a8 00; imitation mackerel$s3 95a4 00. Sal¬
mon $5 25a5 50; F. W. oysters $175; L W
$135; corn $2 50 a 3 50; tomatoes $3.00
Ball potash $3 10. Starch—Pearl 4c; Lump.
4>v ; nickel packages $3 10; celluloid $5.0),
I’ickles, plain or mixed, pints 90ca$l 20; quarts,
$1 $1 lOal 90; 75. Powder—ltitle, kegs $3-25; Hack. %kegs,
% keg»$l 10. Shot $1 25 per
Flour. Grain ami .Weal.
Flonr—First patent $4 25; second patent
14.00; extra fancy $3.10; fancy $3 00; familv
$2.90. Corn—No.: I white 75 j. No. 2
white, 74c. Mixed, 70c. Oats, Mixed
45c; white 55c; Seed rye, Georgia,
60--. Hay—Choice timothy, large choio* 1 tales,
$1.00 No. 1 timothy, large hales, $1.00;
timothy, small hales, 95c: No. i timothy, small
bales, 85c; No. 2 timothy, small hales, 80c.
Meal—Plain 72c ; bolted 67c. Wheat bran—
Large sacks 80c, small sacks 80c. Cotton
geed meal—$1 30 per cwt. Hteam feed—$1,10
per cwt. Htock peas 61.25al.30. Grits—
Pearl $3.75.
f'oiintrv Produce.
Eggs 12%al3c- Butter—Western creamery
18a20c. Fancy Tennessee 15a 18-3; clioic*-,
6al0, othf-r grades 4a5. Live poultry— 20a2‘tj^c.
Turkeys 7<®8 j per lb; hens
Spring chickens, large 15a 1 Go
Ducks, 18a20c. Dressed poultry—Turkeys
]2k*al5c ; (lucks, 12%al5c; chickens, 10a 12^.
Irish potatoes, S2.00at2.50 pei bbl. Fancy
75a85c per bushel, 65u7-e. Sweet potatoes new,
per hu. Honey—Strained, SaJOe;
in the comb, 10al2%c. Onion- 8)i90 per bn.
Hlfbbl. sacks Sl.25il.50. I’cr bbl. $2.00a2.50.
Cabbage, lalj^o.
Pro vitfionq.
Clear rib sides, boxed 8U£o, ice-cure i 1 bellies
10c. Sugar-cure) hams 1 3,11 -ie. according
to brand and average; California, 10)^c. hr-a ;
fast bacon 12c. Lard, leaf 8%c. Compound
Cotton.
Market closed nominal. Middling, 6-9 16.
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