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Accommodations Limited.
A special from Houston, Texas, says:
Tho train bringing Miss Winnie Davis
and tho Richmond delegation arrived
lato Tuesday night. Miss Davis was
tendered a glorious ovation at the train
and sovornl bands paraded the streets
celobrating lior arrival. There is a
fear'ul laok of accommodations for the
thousands who havo crowdod them¬
selves into Houston. They ore sleep¬
ing four deep in all the hotels.
&-W3JZ-Q& TULE-ffQU TH.
e Industrial Situation as Reported
for the Past Week.
Reports from all partB of Ihe southern states
of tho condition of industrial anl busino-s
affairs for the past week seemingly show that
thore is no decrease in the number of new tex¬
tile mills organized and in process of con
struotion. Tho lLt for the week includes a
oot ou mill with $200,000 capital at She.by, N.
O.,o:io capitalized at $100,000 at Blacksburg, S.
C.; an $80,000 mill at Washington,Ga. jmills each
wuh 150,000 capital at Tuskaloosa. Ala., Frank¬
lin, N U., nnd Ch-mson College, S. C.; a cotton
rope manufactory Dadesvillo, at Salisbury, Now N. C., Sterling, and cot¬ N.
ton mills at Ala.,
C., and Edgefield, S. C. Tho general intorest
t xt-ited among lumber manufacturers by the
advance in price lints has inoreaxod pro iuction -.
sabs a so have been better (luring tho week,
and inquiries indicato a good lumber trado at
bolter prices. The iron market oontinues no
t.vo. Coal sales have increased owing to labor
troubles iu other sections which have not
affected tho southern field.
Among new industries established or organ¬
ized are tho Kentucky Beet Sugar Co. of Bow¬
ling Gr«on, Kv., nnd capital $100,000; the West
Virginia Tanbark Lumber Co. of Charles*
ton, IV. Va., capital SYO.000; the Mo-.rill Re¬
frigerator Car Co. of Bardwell, Kv., with
$100 000 capital, and the Wnitaker Od and
Land Co. of Wheeling, W. Va., with $50,000
capital. Tho Empire Coal Mining Co- hns been
chartered at Birmingham, Lumber Ala , with $50,000
capital; tho Torrans Co., o pital
$30,000, at Jefferson, Tex.; tho Bennea Laud
and Lumber Co. with the same capital at La
Nana, Tex , and »he Panther Ci y ILal Estate
Co., capital $300,(XX). at Fort Worth, Tex.
Canning fac ories are reported at McTiao,
and Warren ton, Ga.: electric lighting plants at
Alexander Madisonville, City and Lnfavotte, Ala.. Reynolds,
Ga., and Ky.; flooring mills at
Eagle, N. C., and Spartanburg, 8. t\, an ice
fac’ory at Tren'on, Tenn., oil mills at Gonzales
»nd Calvert. Texas, and a pottery at Sm An¬
tonio, Tex'S. Woodworking p'.ants are re
p>rted at Cox, Ga-, and Milan, Tenn. Water
works to cxet $150.f00 are to l>c built at 8t.
Augustine, Fi*. Tbe enlargements for tlie
week include an oil millai Weatherford. Texas,
a rice null at Crowley, L- 1 .-, cotton mils at
King’s Mountain and Scotland Neck, N. C.,
Granitevil'e and Greenwood, S. C. .and wood¬
working plants at Abbeville, Ga,, and B ack
U ck, Ark.—Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
ATLANTA MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
Groceries,
Rousted coffee 21.60 * 100 tt) c&sea Green
—Choice 21 ; fair 19)^c; 4j£c; prime 18 )^ 0 . Sngar—
Standard granulated off grannl&ted 4A^c;
New Orleans white 4b£c; do. yellow mixed 4^§c.
^ymp—New l'i^®20o; Orleans open kettle 25(g30c; Teas—Black
30®65c; sngarhonse VO^V'c. 20<g35c- Rice—Head 6o;
greeu bfrs.
choice b l / t c. Salt—dairy, sacks, $1.40; do.
$'A 25; ice cream $1; common 70c. Cheese—
Full cream 12%e. Matches—65s 50c; 500s
$t.S0@$l.75; 300s $2.75, Soda—Boxes Oe;
kegs So. Crackers— Soda 5>$c; cream 8VJo;
ginger euapj 8 l ^c. Candy—Common stick
5V»; fancy Oysters—F. W. $1.70; L.
W. $i.*25.‘ Powder—Kegs$3.35. Shot— $1.25.
Flour, Grain and Meal.
Flour, first patent, $4.25; second pateat
f4.00; straight ta SO; fancy $3.65; extra fami
S 5% ££3 Te.
Georgia 75c. Barley, Georgia raided 85c. Hay,
No. \ timothy, large bide* 90c; small biles 85c;
amall sacks Shorts $1. Stock Meal, $1
Cotton Seed Meal SWc pe r 100 lbs. Hulls, $7.
per tou. Peas. 90c per bu. Grits $3 25.
Countrv Produce
Ezgs r. Batter—Western n , W Creamery. n .
fancy Tenuesseo 15@18c, ch ice V2 x / %
Georgia 10t$l2%c. Lire poultry -Tar
keys 10c V heus 23VJ@25c; spring
chick’i:g, 8 (335c; ducks lS<£20c. Dressed pom
try—TurKeys 16(JlSc; (lucks li<S
; 14. chickens 10(3V-J%e, Irish potatoes—
Burbank S3.00.83.v5 V bbl; $1.10.: ^ bn.
Tennessee bu. 65<$75e. Sweet potatoes
75<aS0o » bu. Honor—Strained 8Jr 10c; iu
! tbe comb l0£12 l ;c. Onions $L.00@$i.25 $ bu
hbls. $3 00 Cabbage 4 25c.
Provisions.
I I Clear rib sides, boxed C^c; ice-cured belliee
• I ; Ikonl quality 7V compouud 5^c.
Cotton.
Local market eloeod nomiuali middling
STATE NEWS NOTES.
CULLED FROM MANY SOURCES
BRIEFLY PARAGRAPHED.
happenings of General Interest to
Georgia Readers.
The tax collectors of Butts, Craw¬
ford, Monroe and upson oounties will
hereafter deposit with the Monroe
Banking, Loan and Guaranty com¬
pany, of Forsyth, that bank having
made the necessary bond as a deposi¬
tory.
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The governor has offered a reward
of $100 for the capture of Eb John¬
son, who escaped from Bibb counry
jail. Johnson was under a twenty
year sentence for voluntary m»n
slaughter, having been convicted in
Dodge superior oourt.
Great interest is being felt in Wash¬
ington in the woman’s exhibit at the
Atlanta exposition, much of which is
due to the zeal and influence of Miss
Morton, a sister of the secretary of
agriculture, who has given much of
her time to the work. Miss Morton is
tho commissioner for tho exhibit at
Washington and has worked with
wonderful energy and interest to for¬
ward tho work.
The steamship Massapequa crossed
the bar at Brunswick last Sunday af¬
ternoon, drawing twenty-two feet of
water, and the tide was nearly dead of
the neaps. There is a difference of
nearly three feet between neap and
spring tides. If St. Simon’s bar only
has twenty-two and seven-tenths feet
on a mean high water, as given by the
latest government survey, this steamer
could not have crossed the bar.
William Whitlock, a boy who was
convicted of a misdemeanor in Elbert
county in August, 1894, having plead
guilty and been sentenced to twelve
months, has had his sentence oommut
od to ten months, with four days a
month allowance for good beha¬
vior. He was only thirteen years old
when convicted, and as he is said to
be weak-minded tho governor render¬
ed a decision in his faver.
The government surveys have filed
their report on the results aohieved by
Colonel Goodyear in dynamiting
Brunswick bar. The report give him
two feet more water on the bar than
survey showed on September 4th last
year, whon ho oommonced work, but
four inches less than tho requisite
depth of water required. Colonel
Goodyear is an indomitable worker
and will resume work at once and
blow out the required four inches in a
few weeks.
The state normal school at Athens
has been in session one month. Dur
ing that time it has done remarkably
good work. The attendance increases
time teacHersTYrom eighteen different
counties are partaking of its benefits,
The splendid work being done by the
faculty evidences the wisdom of the
state normal school commission in its
selections. President Bradwell, in
addition to conducting his classes at
the normal school, now and then makes
flying trips to different sections of the
state, and generally brings back one
or more teachers with him. He is re
ceiving letters of inquiry every day,
and the outlook is favorable to an at
tendance of over 300 as soon as the
publio schools of the state adjourn for
the holidays ’
Ladles Want Protection.
A petition bearing the names of the
ladies of Andersonville reaohed Gov¬
ernor Atkinson a day or two ago. It
was on the same line as that which had
been previously received from the offi¬
cials and citizens of the town asking
that military companies be ordered to
that place on Decoration Day so that
trouble from the visiting crowds might
be averted. The trouble last year was
recalled. The people of the litile
town are very much in earnest and are
sincere in their belief that the militia
should be held in readiness to put
down any incipient riots.
The governor has ordered the sheriff
to be at Andersonville that day with a
sufficiently strong posse to preserve
order. Colonel Wiley, of the Second
regiment, has been ordered to hold
the Americas Light Infantry in readi¬
ness to be transported at once to the
place should there be any serious
trouble, though the governor is of the
opinion that in view of the publicity
given the matter there will be no
trouble whatever.
A Decision Awaited.
When will the governor decide as to
the status of the Gate City Guards, of
Atlanta?
That is the question which is being
generally asked by military men. It
seems to be the opinion of many that,
for the good of the military forces, the
question should be settled one way or
the other, and without any unneces¬
sary delay. As it is, the controversy
<mn only do harm. “Either the Guard
is or is not a company,” 6aid a gentle¬
man prominently connected with the
military, “and whether it is or is not
should be settled at once and for all
time. If the governor is the proper
person to settle it he should do so; if
it must be by the courts, there should
be a test of the question and a decis¬
ion by the proper tribunal. The un¬
certainty hurts not only the local sol¬
diery, but has its effect throughout the
state. The Atlanta city council will
not take any action concerning the
portion of the city’s money claimed
Dy ibe Guard uutil the status of the
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company is decided, and, , as T I , have
said, there is every reason for a decis
ion.” All sides seem anxious to have
x. tje fl ne -t- tj 0 U sett.eu. KP ttled
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i Fixing the Receivers’ Fees.
_ The . of . the
report commissioners
j who sold the Sam road was heard by
Judge Fish at Americas, and he eon
firmed the sale at the price of $1,800,
000 for the S., A. & M., and $200,000
the Atlanta, FloriJa and Northern.
I ihe matter of fees, salaries and
1 nleu considered and adjusted. The
following sums were allowed by the
conrt and paid of the $40,000 depos¬
ited: Receiver S. H. Hawkins, $22,
030; Receiver T. Edward HambletoD,
$8,400; attorneys for the receivers,
Bacon and Miller, 8^,000; E. A. Haw¬
kins, 80,500; Commissioners Hawkins,
Hambleton and Guerry, $2,100.
The above sums allowed the receiv¬
ers cover also the salaries of 83,000
per month each drawn by them since
December 1, 1892, up to July 1, 1895;
and the fees of Attorney E." A. Haw¬
kins include his ealary for the same
period. In addition to their fee of
$8,000 paid bv the receivers, Messrs.
Bacon and Miller get a good fee from
the bondholders, whom they have
represented since December, 1882,
the amount of which is not made pub¬
lic, bnt it is thought to be not less
than $25,000, as they have done a
large amount of heavy work in this
case for more than two years. Tho
fees allowed are regarded as very rea
sonable, fied. The and receivers, all parties appear' satis¬
it is expected, will
be discharged by July 1st, and in the
meantime the reorganization plan will
be pushed by the bondholders’ com
mittee.
Money in Fruit This Year.
It is now a settled fact that the fruit
crop of the north and west will be a
failure this year on account of the re¬
cent cold spell, with its accompanying
frosts. In Georgia, however, and
other southern states the fruit yield
will be unusually large, and the thing
for our fruit growers to do is to make
the most of it. Thera will be a heavy
demand all through the season in the
northern and western cities for the
products of our orchards, and if our
farmers will make good connections
with the markets through enterprising
agents they will get millions of dollars
in return for their shipments of
peaches, berries and pears, blackberries. apples, melons, straw¬
But this is not all. The scarcity of
fruit and the great demand for it in
the Dortk will make it profitable for
our people Nothing to oan and dry their sur¬
plus. should be wasted this
year. It is not a hard matter to ean
and dry the fruit which cannot be im¬
mediately disposed of, and when put
up in this shape it will command a
ready sale during the fall and winter
at good prices. If our fruit growers
will heed this advice they will make
more money out of thoir orchards this
year than they have made in a long
time. During the present month there
is a little fortune to be made out of
the single item of strawberries. We
have never had a bigger strawberry
crop and it is exceptionally fine. What
cannot be sold in the markets now can
bo preserved and sold later. There is
no sense in wasting any of our fruit
during a year when it i& In eager de¬
mand all over the union. If our far¬
mers will exercise a little business
judgment they can easily turn it into
millions of dollars in ready cash.— At¬
lanta Constitution.
Hopkins Resigns,
^ „ r ’ Dopains, president of ho
? ~ eo /K ia „ School of Technology, has
tendered his resignation. . The leter /
! en ted the boft * d of t™ 8 * 6 ? 8 at ] h ? lr
last i regular meeting. The board de
? Uned ]° ^cept the action of their
honored and loved president and post
P oued act J on ™ 1 } 1 th ®, n ® xt of
the board, which will be held June
25th m Atlanta. The news of Dr.
Ho P klns resignation constitutes the
bl , «« e st w ? r P«f e .'° f th ® ^ ear '“/in¬
tional t and religious circles. Nothing
tbat bas ba PP eDfd ^ Georgia educa
t lona I circles . in months will create a
bl ^_ er sensatl011,
The board . .... their
was unanimous in
e ?P r ?, 8 ! 0 f 9 (d regTet that Dr. Hopkins
should take snch action, and after the
matter had been talked over for some
time it was decided by a vote of the
body that the resignation should not
be accepted.
It seems that Dr. Hopkins has con¬
templated this step for some time. He
has thought very strongly for some
months of returning to his work of
love in the ministry. He did not act
hastily, however, giving tho matter
the very greatest consideration and
thought. No minister in Georgia is
better known than he, and the influ¬
ence of no man is more widely felt.
He is a man of great force of charac¬
ter, forcible intellect, great thought,
and possesses in a marked degree the
power of controlling men and winning
their love. No minister is more search¬
ing in his methods of handling the
gospel and none more direct in style
of delivery. He has been president of
the Georgia School of Technology
nearly six years, being called from the
presidency of Emory college to fill
this important chair. He was elected
at a time when this great state institu¬
tion, then in its infancy, was in need
of a man of power and foroe to give
it influence and standing. A strong,
influential, capable man was needed to
take hold of the school and make it a
force in the state. It was regarded
everywhere as a great development in
education in Georgia, and that class of
people who welcome the development
of head and heart and mind felt that
an important era had dawned upon the
educational world of this state. It was
in this emergency and for the important
duty of establishing the school that
Dr. Hopkins was called.
Grape Crop Ruined in Ohio.
Dispatches from Cleveland, Ohio,
state that tbe temperature fell to 25
degrees in the grape belt along the
lake shore Monday night, and the crop
is ruined.
Increasing Their Sea Forces.
Russia, Franoe and Germany, it is
announced, are about to increase their
naval foroes in the China sea.
General Cogswell Dead.
Representative Cogswell, of Massa¬
chusetts, died in Washington Tuesday
night after a lingering illness, and his
death was due to heart trouble.
Belgium Packed Eggs.
An Eastern paper says: Eggs are
shipped to New York from Belgium.
They are packed in flat boxes filled
in with straw. The boxes hold from
sixty to eighty dozen each. The loss
by breakage is about the same as
those shipped from the West in bar¬
rels. Freight averages from 1| cents
to 2 cents per dozen, while they range
with those for Western stool*,
VETERANS GATHER
IN THEIR FIFTH GRAND REUNION
AT HOUSTON, TEXAS.
Called to Order by General John B.
Gordon, Commander-lnChlef.
The fifth annual reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans was for
mall v inaugurated Wednesday morning
at t he Winnie Davis auditorium at
Houston by General Gordon amidst
scenes which will be remembered long
after the last veteran of tho came
commemorated has returned to dust
and the last of the great leaders iu
that immortal conflict have passed
away.
In an ever-increasing stream tho
crowds had been pouring into Hous¬
ton frum every quarter of the union,
regular and special trains, bringing
with them tattered battle flags and en¬
thusiastic hearts; bringing with them
the sacred memories and yet more sa¬
cred scars of hard-fought battlefields
and the determination to meet and
mingle once more with their comrades
in arms before they bow to the final
conquerer.
This climax in the matter of num¬
bers was reached Wednesday morning,
and by night there were not less than
30,000 visitors in Houston. They el¬
bowed each other in the streets and
the hotels in cosmopolitan conglomer¬
ation. Veterans, crippled and de
crepid, mingled with daughters of the
confederacy, wearing their jaunty cos¬
tumes of confederate gray, while here
and there a dark complexion and long
black bair betokened the American
Indian. At every possible opportu¬
nity the old veterans gathered around
their respective leaders, shaking their
hands with cordial warmth, not infre¬
quently with tears in thoir eyes.
The morning began with a drizzling
rain, which, with few intervals, pre¬
vailed all day, dampening the clothos
but not the ardor of tho thousands of
veterans who never failed to respond
to the stirring strains of the numerous
bands which were playing war melo¬
dies all over tho city.
Nine o’clock was the hour at which
the convention was to have been open¬
ed, but so cordial were the veterans in
their greetings to General Gordon and
others that it was nearly 11 o’clock
when the commander mounted the
platform. The auditorium, which is
a beautiful piece of architecture was
decorated inside with huudrods of
flags and yard after yard of bunting,
while a row of palmetto leaves orna¬
mented the edge of the huge platform.
There was a deafening roar of cheers
when General Gordon mounted tho
platform. He bowed his acknowledge¬
ment, and as tho band struck up
“Dixie” the enthusiasm rose still
. higher. . , 0 Seated , on the . platform . .. were
the members of General Gordon s
staff and the major generals of the
each respective
1. *T9 were also a large number
ksv sear General Gordon sat
UnlbgTBQS^ MaxqL. Drown,
Chaplain General J. W. Jones, Pro¬
fessor W. B. Cleveland, General S. D.
Lee and others.
The convention was opened with
prayer by the chaplain general, in
which he invoked the blessing of God
on the deliberations of tho assembly
and asked that the God of Israel and
of Jefferson Davis would raise np
friends to care for the veterans in their
declining years.
Professor Cleveland then introduced
Governor Culberson, who welcomed
the delegates and friends to Texas.
He paid a high tribute to southern
valor and the justice of the southern
cause, saying that it was the proudest
event of his official oareer to welcome
tho veterans to this reunion.
Mayor Browne followed in a brief
address, bidding the visitors welcome
to the city.
General Gordon then rose to respond
to the addresses of welcome. It was
the signal for another outburst of
cheers from the throats of the 10,000
people who were assembled in the vast
auditorium, each state under its ban¬
ner. It was some time before the
speaker could be heard.
GENEBAIi GORDON’S ADDRESS.
After paying an eloquent tribute to
tho people of Houston and the state of
Texas, General Gordon said :
“The assembly of these war-scarred
veterans in this war-scarred state, re¬
calls a striking contrast in their war
histories. Sixty years ago Texas won
her fight for independence. Thirty
years ago these ex-Confederates lost
their fight for separate nationality;
but Texas, victorious was not moro
glorious and grand than were these
brave men around me iu their over¬
whelming defeat. Texas, victorious,
won her way to statehood and a place
in the front rank of states. Those
Confederates, crushed and disbanded
as soldiers, addressed themselves to
the duties of citizens with a conserva¬
tism so conspicuous, a patriotism so
true and broad, a fidelity to the de¬
cisions of battle so unquestioned and
sincere as to challenge the confidence
and esteem of patriots in every section
of the union.
“This leads me to recall three re¬
markable achievements by these ex¬
confederates in peace, which impartial
history will pronounce a fitting cli¬
max to their splendid record in war.
“The first is the reconstruction,
mainly through your instrumentality,
of the labor system of our entire sec¬
tion. Yon returned from a long, ex¬
hausting and unsuccessful struggle to
find the agricultural labor of your
state not only disorganized, but, as a
Bystem (to the management and con¬
trol of which you were born and train¬
ed), it was utterly destroyed. Yet yon
heroically undertook the task of its
reorganization under a new system,
and of adapting yourself to that new
order. The success of yonr efforts is
the noblest commentary upon your
wisdom and justice. With no power
to control that hitherto servile labor,
and no money to pay it, you success¬
fully guided it to a plane of self-sup¬
port and to vastly increased product
of the south’s great staple.
“The second in your astounding
success in securing in Bpite of the rad¬
ical revolution in the conditions around
you, and in so short a period, financial
independence for yonr families, and
industrial prosperity for your section.
You returned from the war poor—tens
of thousands penniless—many shot and
maimed; and yet bravely and uue >m
plaiuingly laboring with aid from God
and your own self-reliant manhood,
you hate fought your way to compe¬
tence, provided for your disabled com¬
rades, until scarcely a Confederate
soldier can be found deprived of the
comforts of life. At the tame time
your combined efforts have carried
these southern states to a height of
material advancement from which you
may now calmly look back over a laud
which but thirty years ago was a wide
waste of desolation and ashes, and
around you, over a country now happy
in its rebuilt homes and redeemed
farms radiant in the light of industrial
resurrection; of assured prosperity and
enduring material independence.
“The third achievement is the pas¬
sionless, unostentatious and peaceful
manner in which you laid aside the
trappings and discipline of the camp
for tko modest garb of the citizen and
silent restraints of civil government.
For this marvelous exhibition of self
oommand undee supremest trials ; for
this eomplete burial of all sectional
bitterness ; for the gradual but certain
transmuting of your valor and devo¬
tion exhibited in defense of the llag
that fell into unchallenged loyalty to
the flag that triumphed; for all these
evidences of the loftiest attributes of
citizenship, you will yet find your re¬
ward in the universal plaudits of your
countrymen as it is already secured in
the power, progress and cherished
freedom of our reunited republic.
“Go forward, my comrades, and by
self-denial, by wise economy and well
directed energy continue the material
development of this heaven-blessed
section until abundance shall be found
in every home and tko whole land
shall rejoice in your industrial tri¬
umphs. Go forward in the cultiva¬
tion of a national fraternity, giving no
heed to imprudent or thoughtless ef¬
forts to stimulate section animosities
in any quarter.
“I rejoice in tko privilege of bear¬
ing to you fraternal greetings from the
great body of bravo men, who con¬
fronted you in battle. It has been my
fortune recently to minglo with tkoBO
men in every section. Bo assured, my
Confederate comrades, that the over¬
whelming majority of the Grand Army
of the Republic, composed of soldiers
who were brave in battle and generous
in peace, courageous, knightly and
true, bear toward you neither linger¬
ing bitterness nor sentiment of dis¬
trust. Whatever of untimely passion
may hero and there exist from any
cause will be of short duration and
comparatively harmless. In the pres¬
ence of your continued conservatism
and before the higher and nobler sen¬
timent of the country it will vanish
like vapors before the morning sun.”
At the conclusion of Gen. Gordon’s
address the convention proceeded to
business. A committee on credentials
was appointed as follows: Arkansas,
R. G. Showe; Georgia, R. M. Plow
man . Kentucky, John Boyd; Louisi
ano> w R Lyman; Florida, Frank
Phillips;South Carolina, B. H. Teague;
North Carolina, Samuel Thomas; Ten
n088ee> B H Dudley; Virginia, J.
El' *
Tavlor ^□d, . H
St ewart:, ■ Georg’#
L, -Colonel Gold
smith; Missouri, H. H. jNewman;
Texae, J. D. Shaw; Indian Territory,
J. H. Galt.
A committee on resolutions was then
appointed as follows: Alabama, H. L.
Bridwell; Arkansas, D. H. Brawley ;
Georgia, N. b. Calhoun, Louisiana,
John Glynn,Jr. ; North Carolina,Sam
uel Thomas; South Carolina, J. G.
Holmes; Virginia, J. Taylor Stratton ;
Kentucky, John Boyd; Florida, J. A.
Enslow; Maryland, George H. Stew¬
art; Mississippi, W. D. Holder; Mis¬
souri, J. C. Shelby; Tennessee, J. IT.
Holmes ; Texas, J. C. Campbell; Indian
Territory, R. B. Coleman.
SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFICERS
Chosen By the State Convention Held
in Savannah.
The following officers were elected
by the Georgia State Sunday School
Association in session at Savannah:
A. G. Candler, Atlanta, president;
vice president, J. T. Wells, of Savan¬
nah; secretary, Fred T. Lockhardt, of
Augusta; corresponding secretary,
Miss Lulie R. Pitts, of Calhoun; treas¬
urer, F. S. Etheridge, of Jackson;
executive oommittee: W. J. Nor
then, of Atlanta; V. L. Stanton, of
Wayoross; W. S. Witham, of At¬
lanta; R. B. Reppard, of Savannah;
J. T. Duncan, of Douglasville; Will¬
iam Shaw, of Atlanta; D. B. Sweat,
of Wayoross ; T. W. Dimmock, of Car¬
rollton ; J. W. Wheatley, of Americas;
P. Pelham, ofTy Ty; Thomas Moore,
of Bolton; AaronRoff,of Calhoun, J.M.
Green, of Atlanta; John W. Wallace,
of Augusta; M. A. Matthews, ox Dal¬
ton ; Alex W. Bealer, of Atlanta.
R. B. Reppard and D. B. Sweat were The
appointed to redietriet the state.
matter of a plaoe for the next meeting
and the time was left with the execu¬
tive committee.
SILVER’S OPPONENTS
Will Hold a Nonpartisan Meeting at
Philadelphia.
The agitation for sound money in
opposition to the demands of the silver
itea fer free silver has met with a re¬
sponsive echo in Philadelphia and on
next Tuesday evening a non-partisan
meeting of those arrayed against the
free coinage of silver will be held in
the Academy of Music. The meeting
will be addressed by ex-United
States Senator Edmunds, William
N. Trenholm, comptroller of the cur
rency under Cleveland’s first adminis
tration, and a number of other promi¬
nent gentlemen. The letters inviting
Mr. Edmunds and Mr. Trenholm to
speak were signed by fifty of the lead¬
ing business and professional men in
Philadelphia. The names of demo¬
crats are as conspicuous among the
signers of the letters as republicans,
and among the democrats are William
F. Harrity, chairman of the democrat¬
ic national committee; William M.
Singerly, proprietor of the Record ,
and Alexander K. McClure, editor of
the Times.
Resumes Diplomatic Relations.
A dispatch from Yokohama to the
London Globe says: Diplomatic rela¬
tions between Japan and China have
been resumed, Mr. Hayaski, vice
secretary of foreign affairs, has been
appointed minister to Peking. Boku
yeko haa been appointed acting pre
mier of Core*
NEW OFFICERS
Of the Georgia Grand lodge of the
Knights of I'ythtas.
New officers of the Graud Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, of Georgia, were
elected at the session held in Atlanta,
as follows:
Representative to the Supreme
Lodge—Hamilton Clrand Douglas, of Atlanta.
Chancellor—W. H. Scliatz
man, of Macon.
Grand Vice Chancellor—C. Henry
Cokeu, of Augusta.
Grand Prelate—C. W. Warren, of
Hawkinsville.
Grand Keeper of Records and Seals
—W. T. Leopold, of Savannah.
Grand Master at Arms—Hugo Rob¬
inson, of Albany.
Grand Master of Exchequer—C. S.
Cox, of Savannah.
Grand Inner Guard—T. M. Good
rum, of Newnan.
Grand Outer Guard—W. A. Sty
wald, of West Point.
G. A. R. WILL NOT BE PRESENT
At the Dedication of tho Confederate
Monument at Chicago.
Commander-in-Ckicf Lawler, of tho
Grand Army of tho Republic, states
that there will bo no Grand Army
posts at the dedication of the confed¬
erate monument iu Chicago memorial
day. Said ho: “I have not cared to
rush into print on this matter, but I
am on the side of the Grand Army on
this question, and although there 18 UO
objection on my part to the confeder¬
ate soldiers erecting such a monu¬
ment, I can tell you now that no
Grand Army of the Republic posts
will participate in the dedication cere
monies.”
NO MORE PRIZE FIGHTING.
The Bill Only Lacks (ho Governor’s
Signature to He the Law.
The Florida houso of representatives
by a unanimous voto passed the anti
prize fight bill Tuosday. The measure
has alroady passed the senate ami now
goes to Governor Mitchell, who will
most ckeorfully sign it. The meusnro
is a drastic one. Its violation is pun¬
ished by a fine of $2,500 or live years
in tho penitentiary, Glove contests
are construed as prize lighting. Sher¬
iffs are empowered to enter any placo
where they think it is intended to liavo
a contest and arrost any persons whom
they may suspect of an iutentiuu to
violate the law.
Marble Company Fails.
The Piedmont Marble Company in
Pickens county, Ga., the largest quar¬
ries of marbles in tho south, has
failed. A mortgage of $143,000 stands
against it. The petition for a receiver
has been filed iu tho offico of the clerk
of the United States circuit court at
Atlanta, and James M. Malono was
appointed in that capacity. The peti¬
tion for foreclosure against the Pied¬
mont Marble Company was brought in
tho name of A. J. Robinson, of Now
York city, and tho amount of his claim
is estimated at $143,907.32.
Mr. Ransom in Poor Health.
A special from Monter&y ^jytixioo,
u, at ^on. MuU
United States minister to iuoxieo, ax
r iy e d there tw<t ffeeks ago, in very poor
health, and has beffS taking treatment
ftt the hot 8pring8< HeSifts Wafcsond improved
yery much but ie Bti n will
not return to hia p08t i u the City of
Mexico for several days. The high al
titu(3e 0 f t he city of Mexico did not
g w ith him
Whisky Trust to Sell Out.
Stockholders of the whisky trust at
a meeting held at Chicago Tuesday
adopted resolutions for a judicial sale
of property and another for the sale
outside of tho courts. It is under¬
stood that the action is taken to fore¬
stall the possible upholding by tho su¬
preme court of tho decision of tho
lower court, which declared tho trust
illegal under the laws of Illinois.
Passed the Bimetallic Resolution.
The bimetallic resolution which re¬
cently passed the upper house of tho
Prussian diet was carried iu the lower
house Tuesday by a large majority.
A centrist amendment proposing to
omit the words “with the ultimate ob¬
ject of securing international bimetal¬
lism” was rejected by a vote of 187
to 82.
Formed a Secret Organization.
An organization embracing the skill¬
ed employes of five large steel plants
in the Pittsburg district is said to have
been secretly formed within tho past
few weeks to secure an advanced and
uniform rate of wages and an improve¬
ment of the steel workers’ condition
generally.
Another Earthquake in Ita'y.
The town of Spoleto, Italy, about
sixty miles from Rome, was shaken by
a violent earthquake Monday evening.
The railway station was partly destroy¬
ed and crevices were made in the walls
of many houses and in a portion of
the walls of the prison. No fatalities
are reported.
Hayward Hangs in June.
Governor Clough, of Minnesota, has
signed the death warrant for Harry
Hayward, convicted of inciting and
planning the murder of Catherine
Ging in Minneapolis. The governor
sets the execution for Jane 21.
Squelching a Nuisance.
Speaking of the young man who
talks in public places, I heard a re¬
tort made to him last Thursday
night which was so good I was sur¬
prised never to have heard it before.
It was at the theater, and the young
man had seen the play before. He
let everybody for four seats around
know that, and he kept telling just
what was coming and just how funny
it would be when it did come. He
had a pretty girl with him, and he
was trying to amuse her. At length
he said:
“Did you ever try listening to a
play with your eyes shut? You've
no idea how queer it seems.”
A middle-aged man with a red face
sat just in front. He twisted him¬
self about in his seat and glared at
the young man.
“Young man,” said he, “did you
ever try listening lo a play with your
mouth shut?”
And the silence almost painftth