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GEORGIA
The Atlanta Journal claim? 21 .V# J*er
•ons are riding bicycles in that city.
H. J. Daughty, a prominent citizen an<l
capitalist and cashier of the Bank of
Calhoun, died Friday from appendicitis
Lieut. W. C. Eider, who aome time ago,
sent in his resignation to the Griffin
Rifles, has withdrawn it. Lieut. Elder
gave as his reason for wishing to resign
his business duties.
A. P. Bignon, an old and well known
cltisen of Augusta, dial Saturday of
brain trouble. In his younger years Mr.
Bignon was a leading citizen and was con
nected with the house of Bignon A Crump.
Amos Is the name of the new postotfice
recently established in Heard county, ft
Is located in the Sixty-ninth district, an l
Henry Franklin is postmaster The mail
Is supplied from the Waynesboro post
office.
About forty meml>ers of the Btbb county
chain-gang have commenc ed the work of
cutting a large canal to drain the swamps
below Macon. The gang will work under
the supervision of Supt. Paschal. It will
take about eight months to Complete the
Joix
Sam Armstrong, the young white man
charged with cutting Conductor Joe
Steed, has had hla preliminary hearing
ai Macon. The hearing lasted about three
hours, and at its conclusion Armstrong
was placed under a bond of tV.c ?o appear
at the next term of superior court. Arm
strong made the bond and was not car
ried to jail.
During last week there was shipped from
the port of Darien 1,437,143 feet of timber
and lumber. During the past month there
was shipped, coastwise and foreign. 9,432.-
100 feet of hewn and sawn Umber and
lumber. During the month ending on
June 30, there was measured at the pub
lic boom In Darien 1,000,000 feet of square,
scab and sawn Umber. This does not In
clude the sawn Umber and lumber which
came In during the month and was car
ried direct to the private booms.
A few friends of Will N. Harben had
suspected for ten days that he would
marry this week, but he stole the proverb
ial march Thursday and was married to
Miss Maybelle Phan'.er of Klngstree. 8.
C, ®ie had been at Dalton the past year,
visiting her relatives, the family of Dr.
J. C. Bivlngs. She Is exquisitely beauti
ful; tias large black eyes; graceful, lithe,
ami only 17 years old. Her father, Joe
Ohanler, was a schoolmate of Mr. liar
ben In Dalton nineteen years ago. The
bappy couple met for the first time about
five weeks ago. They left Thursday night
for Asheville, N. C.
News of a remarkable death near Pond
Springs, Ga., a few miles from Chatta
nooga, Tenn., was received there Satur
day afternoon. Ben Harris, the 18-yenr
old son of a farmer, waa hoeing cotton
In a large field. A laborer working near
him heard the boy give a wild scream.
The young man then ran a few feet, sunk
to the ground writhing nnd screaming in
agony. In ten minutes the boy was dead.
Examination showed that Harris had
been stung by a "bull ant," as the Insect
is called In that country The ant was
found dining to the swollen, purple ankle
of the unfortunate lad, and was secured
and preserved by David Hall, a Ohatta
noogan, who was In the vicinity. Mr. Hall
said that “bull ants” are numerous in
the Pigeon mountains, the scene of the
occurrence. They are about an Inch In
length and have a stinger, which Is fully
a half inch long. One other case Is on
record where the bite of the Insect proved
fatal.
Bcott Thornton and 'his troupe appeared
at Kevin’s opera 'house at Rome Thurs
day night In a "Fool’s Revenge," and It
looked as If all the city of Rome assisted
In the revenge. Scott api<eared in dpe
time on the stage and there was a pretty
full house. The few ladles present begun
to leave when they saw the lient of the
crowd, but they did not all escape, one
being struck In the face with an apple.
Some of the most aggressive of the audi
ence got on the stage and pandemonium
ensued. Bcott and his actors retired to
wait for the crowd to quiet down, but as
It did not quiet, the show was declared
off before the tlrst act was ended. The
police did not attempt to keep down the
rowdies, After the crowd reached the
sidewalk it remained for some time massed
about the entrance, calling for Scott, and
when he came down they followed him to
the Central hotel, jeering at him and
kicking up a general rumpus. It was a
very discreditable affair.
Amerlcus Tlmes-Recorder: In pursu
ance to a general Invitation extended by
the acore of aspirants for county office,
just 300 stalwart Judges of good water
melons assembled at the court house Fri
day morning to assist In demolishing four
wagon loads of the fruit. It was decreed
that buttoned vests were not stylish upon
this occasion, and each voter arranged
his apparel accordingly. The melons,
eighty-five great big forty-pounders, were
laid upon the stone steps, Quickly and
silently a dozen bright blades Hashed,
and—the feast was prepared. Just such
a scene was never before witnessed in
Sumter. Each man of the assembled host
seized a generous hunk, and burying his
nose deep into the rich, red meat, breathed
a silent prayer for the success of every
candidate for office In Sumter county. Not
a word was spoken for twenty minutes;
they had come not there to talk. An,l
later, when the 199 others bdat a retreat.
Will Dodson, from behind the sweet
wreck of a “Turpin Grey” waved them
an adieu and fell gallantly at the post of
duty.
Macon Telegraph: Mrs. Annie Abbott,
the “Little Georgia Magnet,’’ who has
been out of town for several weeks, re
turned to her home to find that her trunk
had been broken open and the following
articles stolen therefrom: Four and a half
dozen small solid silver spoons, twenty
four large silver spoons, two dozen sliver
table knives, four and a half dozen silver
forks, two silver salt dishes with silver
ladles, one silver bureau set, consisting
of three brushes, a comb and small mir
ror, one gold headed umbrella, one silver
set of salt and pepper cases, three gold
pins, gold bracelet set with nine foreign
coins, a snake gold ring set with dia
monds, sapphires and rubles, silver brace
let with bangles and two silver sugar
tongs. She found that the goods had been
sold to Herman Moll, a jeweler on Cot
ton avenue. She went to Moll to recover
the goods. Moll readily acknowledge buy
ing the articles from her son. hut said
that he had smelted the gold and silver
and worked all of the articles over. She
then took out a possessory warrant for
Moll. The case is set for July 9 in Judge
Gerdlne’s court.
FLORIDA.
The democratic executive committee of
the state will meet at Jacksonville on
Tuesday, July 14.
T. H. Tracy’s store at Macclenny was
burglarized Friday night to the amount
of S3O. Two colored men have been ar
rested on suspicion.
The sponge catch was so fine last month
and the waters are so clear at the sponge
greunds, that a large number of boats
have gone from Key West for a second
trip.
Pineapples continue to arrive at Key
West In large quantities from the keys,
k many of them are ripening too rapidly
for The bulk of th f rop ha*
been n*<rket*tl. *
Th* yield of corn at Heffner will be
abundant tbit rain* have
prevented many iioxes of oranitea that
woul i moon have dropped from the tree*.
The jcrai** yield 1* fairly good in quality
and quantify.
The recent rain and hall have done an
injury !i) the tobacco crop at Midway
that i* Irreparable. Fortunately the dam*
would have b<en nady for the house In
ten day* had to be tut down ami thrown
away. Corn and < otton also suffered.
The d<*inorratl<* executive committee of
V* e county ha* ordered a primary elejtion
on Aufr. H>. Tnere are from two to four
candidate* for every office. Free sliver
ami ttie standard both have advo
cate*. with a majority for silver. The re
pubiu m* are no: putting up wy ticket.
The }ie<>fie of Rocky Point are making
arramp'meiits to efe, t a school building.
George Barker wan before Judge Bar
illa of Green Cove Springs last Tuesday,
chareed with an assault on Clifford Will
iamson, tho Ib-year-oKI daughter of Ivey
Will aiDDon. On the evidence Barker war.
committed to jail without bail to await
the action of th** grand Jury at the ne?i
term of the circuit court for Clay count ?,
which convenes on the third Monduy
in < October.
The Florida Association of Embalm ars
and Funeral Directors elected the fol
lowing officer* at the convention Just
held at Jacksonville: Pres dent, Charles
A. Clark of Jacksonville; vice president.
T J. Miller of Hanford; second vice pres
ident. A. M. DeWitt of Kustls; third vice
president, J. 1,. Wirt of lia~tow; fourth
vice president, la. O. Cotie of Tampa.;
secretary and treasurer, T. F. Thomas of
Gainesville.
Mrs. F. M. Ironmonger,* Jr., and chil
dren of Jacksonville have gone tto the sea
side for the reason, and their house haa
been closed during the day. Air. Iron
monger sleeps at the house, but dines
down town. When he returned iimne Fri
day night all of the silverware, vrhh the
exception of two very large pieces, had
been taken A large amount of linen, a
lot of clothing, forty large Jars of pre
served strawberrleq, about ev ienty-tive
glasses of preserves, everything <9>ntutned
In a chiffonier, several i>oxen of cigars,
and numerous other things about the
house were gone.
The records of the custom house at
Pensacola for the month of Juno show
that thirty-three vessels, twenty-four for
eign ami nine from coastwise jorts. en
tered, having a total tonnage of 37,6f<T.
During the month thirty-four vessels
cleared for foreign and ten for coastwise
ports, their tblal tonnage being A 1 ,873.
The totul value of exports, timber, lum
ber. coal, etc., was $849,230. For Ihe fiscal
year ending June So, 473 vessels ervterod,
333 from foreign and 142 from coastwise
ports, During llie-year 497 vessels were
Cleared. 373 for foreign and 122 for coast
wise ports. The value of exports to for
eign ports during the year was $3,405,589,
and to coastwise <ports $335.19ti, linking a
total of $4.140,785. The imports during ihe
year from foreign ports amounted to $25,-
$08.33. The duties on imports, tonnage,
tax, etc., amountnl to $23,538.88. The num
ber of steam vessel]* employed In the traf
fic of the pdrt durll ig Ihe year wu thirty,
and the number of sailing vessels was 132.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Bennettsvllle Is to have an'opera house,
hank and general ofllee building.
The Dublin Courier Is strongly In favor
of a fair for Laurent* county this fall.
John Stnubes has been appointed su
pervisor of Aiken county, vice G. \V.
Bawyer, removed.
George P. McKagen htis been appointed
sheriff of Bumter county, vice Marlon
Banders, deceased.
There I* much Interest in Columbia In
tlhe selection of a bank examiner, pro
vided for by a recent act of the legisla
ture.
Dr. S. M. Orr of Anderson has gone to
New York, where he will try to place the
$75,000 of stock needed to develop Port
man's Shoals.
The corn crop In Edgefield; county Is
not so good by 33Vi per cent, as It was
this time last yenr: on the other hand,
cotton is as far above.
The executive committee of Davidson
College have purchased the Presbyterian
high school fit Rock Hill, and will reopen
the school at an curly date.
A stock company has been organized
to build a bathing house of ample dimen
sions In Brookland. Tho water will be sup
plied from a clear flowing spring.
The Arcude cotton mills at Rock Hill
lhave put In electric lights, automatic
sprinklers, anew engine and boilers and
will make other important improvements.
Anew dispensary plan Is proposed for
South Carolina. It gives control of the
dispensaries to the different counties, and
is said to 'have been received with much
favor.
The Anderson hook and ladder, No. 1,
was organized there Wednesday night,
and the company have offered their ser
vices to the city of Anderson and there
is no doubt but that the city will accept it.
Some of the prominent business men of
Rock Hill have submitted a proposition
to the council in regard to waterworks
and asked for a franchise. The plans as
submitted are very full and particular
and seem very fair.
The Sumter Cotton Seed Oil Company
will erect a complete ginnery and will
operate it in connection with the oil mill.
The latest improved machinery and cot
ton elevators will he put In, and cotton
wtll be ginned with the utmost dispatch.
Cnpt. James H. Green, master mechanic
of Hie Southern railway shops at Colum
bus, has tendered his resignation, and
will go to Charleston and accept the po
sition of superintendent of motive power
and machinery of the South Carolina and
Georgia railroad at Charleston.
The Teachers’ Normal Institute is now
in session in Anderson. Prof. Albert of
Pennsylvania Is in charge of the work.
He is assisted by Prof. Sutliff, who is
also from Pennsylvania, and by Miss
Johnson of Walhalla. who Is in charge of
the kindergarten work. Quite a number
of teachers are attending the Institute.
A charter has been granted to the Pala
chucala Club of Garnett. Hampton coun
ty. Over fifty per cent, of the capital
stock has been subscribed and over twen
ty per cent, paid in. The following are
the officers and directors: John K. Gar
nett, president and treasurer; IV. K. law
tan, vice president, and \V. J. Gooding,
Jr., secretary.
John H. Smitn was badly injured near
Columbia Thursday. Mr, Smith, who Is
one of the guards on the chain-gang,
was standing on the edge of a pile of
planks when he made a misstep and fell
to the ground. In some way bis gun was
discharged, the Shot striking him and
entering bis right side and arm, indicting
an ugly wound.
On last Wednesday Robert McComb,
one of the guards over the Abbeville coun
ty chain-gang, was knocked down with
a sfliovel and severly cut by one of the
copivicts named Henry Bulow. who seized
bis pistol and made his escape. Imme
diately one of fhe convicts unchained the
blood-hound and started in pursuit, and
upon catching up with Bulow, he turned
and shot tb<? dog and would have killed
the negro in pursuit bad he not at once
retraced his steps.
Some forty years ago several thousand
dollars’ worth of gold was mined at Town
ville,, Ahderson efiunty, and notwithstand
ing the crude apparatus used the yield
was about 11.50 per day to the hands’ eia
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY , 18W>.
ployed. For some unexplained reason
work was suspended while paying at the
above rate and before the discovery of
•he rich deposit tnen believed to exist.
Faith in the presence there of gold In pay
ing quantities has never been lost, and
recently Dr. W. K Sharp, who now owns
the land, has been prospecting in a lim
ited way, but with encouraging re.-uits,
■and it is the opinion of experts that it is
only a question of time when Townv.Ue
will be ablaze with the gold fever.
The Arkwright mills of Spartanburg has
received a charter from the seetetary of
state. The officers are R. M. Cates, pres
ident and treasurer; R H. T. Chapman,
secretary; directors, R. M H. S t'nad
wick. J F. Cleveland. W. F. Smith. A
chart- r was also granted to the Keeley
.multure The officers are James Court
land. presiiiem; L. G. Corbett, secretary;
J. W Cortlandt, treasurer; directors. J.
s'. Roliertson, J. W. Courtland, O. D. Bel
linger, L a. Corbett. A com
mission for Incorporation was is
sued to the W. D. Wheat Compa
ny of Gaffney City, the incurporators be
en* W. D. Wheat, J. A. Carro, J. O.
Wardian of Gaffn*-y City, and J. I*. Wil
son of Charlotte. The Gaffney Manufac
turing Company increased its stock from
IGOt’.tisj to S*JU,OUO.
POLITICS 13 THE STATE
Candidates In the Field and Xews
poper Talk on Parly Policy.
Col. Tom Duffy of Jones has announced
for the legislature against Judge Barron
and Col. Comer.
It Is said the republican party of
Lumpkin county, three of whom arc can
didates, are trying to fuse with the pop
ulists do secure a division of the county
offices.
ANTE-CONVENTION STORIES.
SIDE LIGHTS OF THE PH E*II)E.\T
91AKEH8 AT CHICAGO.
A View of Ihe South Carolinian Who
Slt la Calhoun’s heal—Vest, Ihe
HlKKeat Man Milling and Ihe Lil
lies! Man Standing, In the Meniite.
Sundry Yarns.
Senator Tillman is supremely happy.
The notoriety for which he is striving
daily has come to him In Chicago with
little or no effort, says the New York
Tribune's correspondence. His headquar
ters at the Sherman (house are crowded
to suffocation by admirers and worship
pers of his pitchfork philosophy, to whom
he Incessantly pours out the stream of his
iwculiar rhetoric. He receives ihls rural
visitors lying with muddy boots on a bed
that once must have been tolerably clean.
His hair In Its wild disorder is a picture
of his mind. Coat and waistcoat are
Hung in a corner of the room to keep com
pany with cigar stumps. The air is red
olent with stale tobacco and the fumes
of alcohol. There Is everywhere a studied
disregard of the conventionalities of life
designed to Impress the caller. It works
to a <?harm, and it seems almost to Im
press the hero of It all with Us genuine
ness. He has played the game so long
hk has nearly succeeded In making himself
believe that he Is the "man of the people.”
"Hungry bellies and hard times are con
dition which kill argument and refuse
to satisfied with theories," he exclaims,
and then he half closes his eye to watch
the effect u;on !hls listeners. After awhile
the "spell" Is once more upon him, and he
says: "The farmers are dally growing
poorer. I am one of them, and I know.
Unless some relief is offered they will
become desperate. They will be compelled
to Join the revolutionary element of the
cities, and within twenty-five years we
will have rapine and devastation in com
parison to which the French revolution
was a child’s game. I can feel lt;I ean see
It." The farmers who sit about the bed
of the oracle listen with bulging eyes.
The oracle rolls over, and punching two
pillows Into a heap as If they were a cou
ple of "goldbugs” made to feel his wrath,
continues: "Financiers? We’ve had
enough of them. They have financed all
the money Into their own pockets. It has
been tho euslom to feed the masses slow
poison. They have given them a blow be
fore the eyes this time. They have saint
ed John (Bull. The ‘st.’ after Wall street
stands for another saint.” He scarcely
stops to take breath, while his audience
Is gaping In silent wonder at the great
man rolling over once more In his ecstatic
Indignation. "The few have stolen the
labor of the millions," he goes on to say.
"The millions are now rising to resent the
outrage. They are crying out against the
combinations and the suspicious dealings
In high places. Unholy alliances have
been formed in places where Justice
should sit. I have had my finger on the
pulse of Ihe people. The workingmen are
in desperate straits. They have been read
ing and learning, and the rule of the aris
tocrat is at an end." Oh, he is great—is
Tillman. He Is a daisy, and no mistake.
And it is only his first whack at Chicago.
Charles Sumner Thomas of Colorado,
tall in frame, with whiskers above tim
ber line, is among the delegates from the
centennial state, says the Chicago Times-
Herald. As Shakespeare is to the drama,
so is Thomas to Colorado democracy. He
was for years a partner of Thomas M.
Patterson in the law business at Denver.
Roth were democrats and party leaders,
l’atterson was once taken ill. The cen
tral committee was in despair because he
had been booked for a series of speeches
on the stump in the state campaign.
Thomas was persuaded to act as substi
tute for his stricken partner. All was well
until Thomas struck Las Animas county,
the hotbed of a Mexican population,where
the American tongue was seldom spoken
at Mexican mass meetings. The Mexican
constituency was naturalized and had
the right of suffrage, but cluing with un
bending loyalty to the tongue of Spain
Mr. Thomas could not speak Spanish. To
tally unprepared for such an emergency
when he faced a crowd of 500 Mexicans at
Trinidad, he engaged an interpreter. That
Is where he made a fatal mistake for the
democracy. For two hours Mr. Thomas
spoke In English on fhe tariff, berated the
republicans, perspired, filled the air with
gestures and wound up with spread eagle
outburst of eloquence. He would pause
in each Instance to allow the interpreter
to repeat bis remarks. The crowd cheered
and t.he aroma was one of delightful en
thusiasm after each report from the in
terpreter. Mr. Thomas was happy over
what he thought was the magnificent im
pression which he was making.
■ After the meeting a friend called Mr.
Thomas aside. His eyes were moist with
tears.
"Charley, when did you turn republi
can?” he asked.
"Republican!” gasped the horrified na
tional committeeman.
"Yes." replied the friend with ardent
sympathy. "According to that interpre
ter you denounced the democracy, (did
them all that if a republican was elected
that It meant a home and SSOO for every
Mexican and a free excursion twice a
year to the Spanish bull fights, with all
expenses paid—"
"Enough!’’ shrieked Thomas, as the
treachery of the interpreter flashed upon
him. "And who was that interpreter?”
"His brother is a candidate for the leg
islature on the republican ticket," replied
the friend. Mr. Thomas sat up nights to
study Spanish after that.
The boys took time by the forelock and
used up a good share of their supply of
firecrackers to-day, says the Washington
Post special. One of them touched off
a monstrous cannon cracker Just in front
of the Palmer house. It exploded like dyna
mite rending a rock.
"There goes Altgeld talking again," said
a Chicago man in the lobby.
There is anew confusion of tongues
every five minutes in every hotel lobby In
town, says the New York Tribune special
Two men will begin: "Take 50 cents on
every dollar—labor of the workingman—
gold standard—bimetallism—platform four
years ago-ujppptararum,’’ says one of
the advocatea. "Gold bugs of Wail street
—betrajr the people-coin bonds—green
■eks— Money now in circulation, billions,
ir*illlon% thousands, huniireds, dollars and
■ l.mes." says the other, and by that time
each pair is the center of a gaping crowd
that doesn't know and wants to. Along
In the quiet hours to-day, before the heavy
guns got untimbered, there was one of
then* debating classes In the lobby of the
Auditorium arm**. and a crowd wax col
lecting. a traveling man, who resented
thix political trilling with his regular ho
tel comforts, broke through tne shore
Ice and exclaim* 1 to either of the contest
ants: "You say there isn't money enough
now In circulation “That .* what I said "
ssid the calamity howler, "and the way to
make each man rich is to double the mon
ey; that’s what. Who'll double It?"
"Why. wq will— the people.” "Double our
own money?" “Yes, certainly. You see—”
“All the people of the United States give
to all the people of the United States just
twice as much cash as Is now in
existence In the United States." “Well,
but. It Is this way: When—" "Where
does this Increase corne from?" “From
the people of the United States." said the
silver man, for he was unconsciously
driven to a corner. The traveling man
paused a moment, and then he said: “I
am one of the people of the United States.
1 give myself—not from the funds of any
one else, but from my own—twice the
money J now have Every other man In
tho United Btales treats himself Just as
liberally. We part with nothing to get It,
consequently It is worthless, yet It Is sup
posed to enrich us. Wouldn’t you better
go and get another drink?”
The only thing that is absolutely cer
tain, so far as I can ascertain, Is that
we are to have a IS to 1 convention from
the opening prayer to the fall of the
gavel, and that any attempt to Interfere
with this programme will result to the
disadvantage of whom It may concern,
says the Cblcago Record. Senator Vest
tells a story ihat Illustrates the deter
mination of the free sliver men to carry
out their own programme and to tolerate
no suggestion or objection from the mi
nority.
He says that a man of the name of
Jake Smythe used to keep a dance house
and music hall down on the. river bank
at Kansas City when that town was new.
and furnished evening diversion for a por
tion of the population who were not too
fastidious. And It was Jake's habit to
run his own show, Just as the silver men
Intend to run this convention. One night,
us usual, he announced from the stage
that Mias Blnlle Annandale would sing
“Down In the Valley."
A river boatman who happened to be
occupying a proscenium box arose and
entered a protest. He said that the pa
trons of Mr. Smythe's entertainments
Were tired of “Down In the Valley," and
they wanted Something new. He indulged
also In some reflections upon the musical
accomplishments of Miss Birdie Annati
dale, and expressed dissatisfaction with
the programme In general. Mr. Smythe
being a man of firm convictions, like
those who are managing tnis convention,
and familiar with the demands of the
public, moved promptly across the stage
and grasped the boatman by the ears.
Shoving him along before him, with well
administered kicks nt frequent Intervals,
when he reached ihe door he kicked him
into the road, while the audience watch
ed the proceedings with great interest.
Then, when quiet was restored, Mr.
Smythe returned to the platform and
said:
“Nevertheless and notwithstanding,
Mtss Birdie Annandale will now sing
‘Down In the Valley.' ”
Mr. Vest recommends the moral in this
story to th careful reflection of the gold
bugs.
Col. Martin, sergeant-at-arms for the
convention. Is again on the quarter-deck,
and the clerks In his room at the Pal
mer house are wondering why they can't
work as tirelessly as he does, says the
Tribune’s correspondence. Col. Martin’s
temper is of the exhaustless kind. A man
floated In to-day and asked for three
tickets to the {■ouvention. "For whom?"
asked the serge,;mt-iu-a,rms, as nothing
flleases Him So much As handing out
tickets to strangle gentlemen, whose chiet
warrani for the request Is their nerve.
"For myself.” "And who are you?"
"Pillman of Pennsylvania.” "You 'won’t
need all three of them." “No," said .Mr
Pillman, with a leer, "but I may sell
them for enough to pay my expenses to
Chicago, you know." "Put down Mr.
PUlman's name,” said Col. Martin. "When
I come to your name, Mr. l’illman, I will
send you the tickets. Now about this
matter of ” And so he rattled on Into
one of those depressing farewells. And
if the chambermaid does her duty, and
ahe seems to be the kind of a woman
who would, the name of Mr. Pillman will
never get out of the waste basket till it
goes into the lake.
A silver shouter from Indiana, who
wants Matthews for President, >*s• the
Washington l’oat’* special, approached a
clerical-looking person in the corridor of
the Palmer house to-day and said, as he
grasped him by the shoulder:
"Let we tell you, sir, that the candi
dacy of our own Matthews Is one that
should appeal powerfully to religiously
inclined men like yourself. Did he not
stop the prize fighters from disgracing our
state by their brutal exhibitions at
Roby 7”
The clerical-looking man lied.
“Who is that?” asked the silver shouter
of the clerk.
"Why,” said the clerk, "that's Parson
Davies."
Among the "prominent arrivals" to-day
Is Senator George O. Vest, says the New
York Tribune’s correspondence. He comes
from Branch, where he has been in
training for the task of nominating Rich
ard Parks Rland for the presidency. Vest
Is generally suspected of having lost his
grip in Missouri, and to be doomed to
political retirement. He can make the
welkin ring, however, and it will be no
fault of his if tha convention does not rise
like one man and greet “Silver Dick" as
the champion of the down-trodden liber
ties of the people. Vest, one of his col
leagues in the Senate once remarked, is
the biggest man sitting down and the
smallest man standing up. Before a lnrger
body, like a national convention, he is
handicapped by a thin, shrill voice. His
speeches are better read than heard. In
his younger day*, they say, when he was
a plain lawyer, he wore bear's oil on his
hair and went to the dances in Pettis
county, Missouri, as the "slickest" beau
on the floor. In the Virginia reel he was
The poetry of motion, and when he tackled
the heel-and-toe polka everybody who
didn’t carry accident policies got off the
floor. His fame spread to Booneville
where he attended a dance one evening
One young lady to whom he had been in
troduced had forgotten his name. While
standing in a group, of which the Sednlia
man was a member, she nudged her part
ner and asked in an undertone: "What J s
his odd name?" "Think of something I
wear next to my heart," he answered
Jhst “then Mr. Vest came up. and with
sweet innocence the Booneville beauty
turned to him and sakl: "Oh, Mr Sus
pender, do they dance the Saratoga lan
cers in Sedalia?”
“Everybody drink! Come have a drink'”
shouted an lowa friend of Hon. Hod
Boies in the bar room of the Palmer
houses this afternoon, says a Chicago
special to the New Y’ork Times. "Come
on; here's a drink for free silver The
more of it the better.”
The crowd came up with the usual alac
rity of a Chicago crowd when It is in
vited. The bill came to Just }l, and the
lowan passed over a S2D gold certificate
“Sorry, sir," said the bartender, “but
we are all out of small bills, and I’ll have
to give you silver for this," and he hand
ed out nineteen silver cart wheels
"Oh, you go to hell!" snorted the lowa
man, forgetting all about his devotion to
free silver and the better cause; “I won't
take that. Do you think Dm a dray horse
to be loaded down with all that truck’’”"
"I haven’t any bills,” said the cashier
"Well, give me gold for ten of those
cart wheels," said the lover of free silver
and Hod Boies, and then he wondered
why the cashier laughed at him and told
him that he had no gold either and that
this was a lfi-to-1 town.
"There’s a sample free silver man for
you, said the cashier to the reporter
when the lowa man and his friends had
gone out.
The happiest man in Chicago to-dav
•aya a Chicago special to the New York
$250,000
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‘ lb “ " side each 2-ounce beg, and two *
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Smoking Tobacco Made and see how to get your share.
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The little girls under 12 years old are now compet
ing for
Buck's Junior Nickeled Range,
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shown in our window, by bringing in a clipping from
either of the daily city papers.
CONTEST WILL CLOSE
SATURDAY, JULY 4.
All competitors must have their packages neatly tied
up and presented to our office by Monday, 6th, 10 a. m.
BUCK’S AGENTS.
Sun, 1$ the Hon. H. Kohlsaat, the re
nowned pie baker. Air. Kohlsaat has no
less than a dozen pie bakeries in the city,
all of them with lunch room attach
ments, and every one of the places is
doing a rousing business. These places
are regular first-class Chicago lunch
places. They don't serve any napkins
with the food and they don’t have any
table cloths on the table, but what of
that? If they did have these things they
would all the time be getting dirty, and
people would not want to eat off dirty
table cloths and wipe their mouths with
dirty" napkins. This is the reason th>
young woman who waited on the Sun
reporter to-day gave to account for the
absence of the luxuries. "Ts Mr. Kohl
saat, the editor, the man who rqns these
places?” asked the Sun reporter of the
young woman.
She looked at the reporter In surprise
a moment, and then answered:
“Why, of course he is. He gets his
money to run his papers out of these
places. How do you suppose he could
run the papers if he did not have some
place like this to get the money to run
them with?”
The reporter asked no more questions.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
Friends of the Institution to Appeal
to the Legislature.
Athens, Ga., July s.—The friends of the
University of Georgia throughout the
state are preparing to make a grand ef
fort this fall to convince the legislature
of the absolute necessity of making a suf
ficient appropriation to erect a large build
ing on the university campus.
The income of the university for the past
few years has been sufficient td meet all
its necessities, except as to buildings, and
as not a dollar of that income can be
touched for buildings, the result has been
that the classes of the university have
been crowded into apartments almost to
tally unfit for use.
For several years past the boards of vis
itors appointed by the governor, the leg
islative investigating committees and all
who have taken the trouble to examine the
affairs of the university have strongly
recommended a legislative appropriation
for the purpose of erecting a large and
commodious recitation hall here. This fall
the university supporters will make a big
fight for this necessary appropriation
Along with that light, however, will be
waged a kind of defensive warfare, as
it Is rumored that Griffin will again make
an effort before the next legislature to
secure the state college of agriculture
and mechanic arts, now located here
Mr. E. A. Richards of Atlanta and his
financial associates have filed their appli
cation for a charter for the Tennessee
Georgia and Atlantic railroad, which is
to run from Chattanooga via the North
eastern to Augusta. The headquarters of
the road will be established in Athens
Gainesville has offered $200,000 for the
road to pass through her limits, but as
it will cost double that amount extra to
go that way, that step will hardly be
taken. This road is spoken of by hs pro
moters as an absolute certainty.
The death rate in Athens is actually so
small that Sexton W. A. England' of
Uoettfie esmetsfy. is cwppoUasi to wmbitia
other work with his official duties in or
der to make a living for himself and wife.
Oliver Encampment No. 14, I. o. O F
has elected the following offices for the
ensuing term: Chief patriarch, W s
Carter; senior warden, Moses Morris:
high priest, M. I). Browning; junior war
den. R. L. Bramlett; scribe, W. ii. Pitt
man; treasurer, M, C. W arson.
Prof, and Mrs. Enler B. Smith, Mrs, M.
A. Lipscomb, Miss Mary Russell, Miss
Sophie Brumley, Messrs. J. W. Camak,
r. A. Lipscomb and Ned Hooper are at
tending the session of the National Edu
cational Association at Buffalo. N. Y.
Mrs. VV llliam Gottheimer of Lexington,
Ga., who died there Friday, was interred
in Oconee cemetery this afternoon. She
was the sister of Messrs. Charles, Philip
and Meyer Stern of this city. P
P"* f - V T- f l, Bocock of the University
of Georgia is spending several weeks at
Morehead City.
Mrs. W T. Bryan has returned home
from a trip to Virginia.
Dr and Mrs. John A. Hunnlcutt and
family are spending the summer at Madi
son Springs. 1
TOOK POSSESSION OF~A~ LOT.
Railroad Men Cause Excitement at
Ocala.
Ocala, Fla., July s.—Great excitement
was caused last night by H. L. Anderson
taking possession of William Sinkler’s lot
at Che intersection of-Che Florida South
ern railroad, of the Riant system and his
electric line to Stiver Springs, getting a
gang of men to work running down cars
of dirt and filling and laying rails over
the same It seems a Mr. Jarrett, who is
working for Mr. Anderson as manager of
ms street car line, went on to the lot and
was found by Mr. Sinkler and his eon
who ordered him off, and said that if he
d.d not go they would shoot him Mr
wK r 7 et i, tlar , ly 7 d wlth thetn ' ln e mean
wffiile Mr. Anderson and Capt. James Glb
bons approached the scene, when one of
the Sinkters turned on Mr. Anderson and
covered him with his gun and ordered
J', l 7 l , off , with a threat to Shoot him, when
Gibbons passed behind Sinkler knocked
UP the gun and wrenched it from Sinkler’s
hands. When the gang of men came on
the scene and completed the work It is
that ? :,,k i er * ad Anderson ar
rested for cursing him.
DON’T WAST TELLER.
Hawldnsvlllc Want* a Democrat
Nominated at Chicane.
Hawkinsville, Ga., July 5,-Democrats
here, regardless of their Individual views
on the financial question, are opposed to
the Chicago convention going out of the
party for a presidential nominee, and tel
egrams will probably be sent to delegate,
from this part of the state, urging the
selection of a democrat. They will
and insist that one who has long been
Identified with the party be chosen as the
standard-bearer. Well-known citizens are
outspoken in their opposition to the nom
lnatlon of Senator Teller. They savtha.
If the St. Louis belters and ,he ir fol
lowers are honestly ’far silver let them
come to the democratic pat ty artd support
a silver democrat. rport
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tral ,vuthi meridian lime. at> below
TO NEW YORK.
f ABIN 120.00 ) EXCURSION . . *32.00
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KANSAS CITY. Capt. Fisher. TUESDAY
July 7. HI 33)0 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA . Capt. Dagge-
THURSDAY, July 9. at 6:00 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg
SATURDAY, July 11, p. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Asking, TUES
DAY, July 14, at 8:00 p. m.
TO BOSTON.
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STEERAGE. *11.73,
CHATTAHOOCHEE. Capt. Savage
FRIDAY, July 10, at 6:00 a. m. •
GATE CITY", Capt. Googins, FRIDAY
July 17, at 10 a. m. *
TO PHILADELPHIA
(For freight only.)
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Lewis, FRIDAY
July 10, a p. m. ’
Through bills of lading given to all Eastern
and Northwestern points, and to the pnncinal
ports of Europe.
For freight or passage apply to
C. G. ANDERSON. Agent
_ _ Central Railroad Hank.
J. P. BECKWITH, G. F. h P A
Pier 35. Nortn River. New York
G. M. SORREL. Manager.
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day™*l7oo *“ ! ' 00; Intermediate > limited 4
TO BOSTON—Steamer-Cabin. Limited
10 days. *20.00; Excursion, *36.00; Interme
ddle, limited 10 day., *15.00
CaWn W R6 S £ mGT ° N ~ Steamer and Rail -
PHILADELPHIA Steamer and
in Intermediate. *12.60.
~12,. m l ? I , LAI ? I KLPHIA - HBteamer -o“‘>‘.
*16.00; Intermediate, *11.50.
eI JO BALTIMORE— Cabin, *15.00; Excur
slon, 7-u.OO, Intermediate, *IO.OO.
of thi * company are ap
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and I FRlDAyf altlmore everjr TTJESDAI
X J- CARO LAN, Agent,
W. P. TURNER, O. P A P.,,0n,h. Ga.
General Offices. Baltimore, MdT
FOR BEAUFORT AND BLUFFTON
Steamer GOV. SAFFORD will leave Sayan
rmh for Beaufort. Port Royal Naval StaTlon
and way landings at 8:: am Mondays. Wed
nesdavs and 1 ridays, returning same dav
Steamer STAR will leave Bluffton dally (ox
nahat'llp pf/ at ~ am; returnln^leave^Savan-
Southern Railway
PIEDMONT AIR LINE.
THE GREAT SOUTHERN SYSTEM.
The only line in the South operating
every day In the year solid Pullman ves
tibuled limited trains between Jackson
ville, Charlotte and Washington and New
York.
Schedules effective June 14, 1896.
F. C. & P. R. R. | jjo j*
All Trains Run Dally No. 38 Fast
By 90 Meridian __ | Mall.
Lv Savannah 12 ttpmll 26pih
Ar Columbia 418 pm 400 am
Lv Columbia -|- 5 28pmT90ani
Ar Charlotte 8 20pm 8 25a.-it
Ar Greensboro 10 48pm 12 05pm
Ar Danville L.IEOOn’t 130 pm
Ar Lynchburg 158 am 335 pm
Ar Charlottesville 335 am 5 45pm
Ar Washington .-. 0 42am 9 40pm
Ar Baltimore 8 05am 11 35pm
Ar Philadelphia 10 25am 300 am
Ar New York 12 63pm| 6 20am
Lv Danville 12 SOamlTaipm
Ar Richmond -J_:”_LU _6 00am| 6 40pm
Lv Savannah * |~.....|U 25pm
Lv Columbia-1- 7 55am
Ar Spartanburg u 45am
Ar Hendersonville 145 pm
Ar Asheville 2 40pm
Lv Savannah 1125 pm
Lv Columbia oOam
Ar Anderson 3 35ptn
Ar Pendleton 4 40 p m
Ar Seneca ......... 5 50pin
Ar Walhalla 6 45prn
Ar Greenville 4 20pm
Note—‘Central Tmie.
-|-Eastern time.
PULLMAN SERVICE.
Pullman vestibuled sleepers from Sa
vannah to New York.
For detailed information, reservations,
etc., apply to any agent of the Southern
railway or connections.
W. H. GREEN, General .Superintendent.
J. M. CULP, Traffic Manager.
W. A. TURK. G. P. A.,Washington, D. C.
S. H. HARDWICK,A.G.P.A.,AtIanta.Ga.
R. W. HUNT, T. P. A., Augusta, Ga.
CITY AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY.
Summer Schedule—June 3, 18U6.
Leave
Leave From Isle of Into
City- Hope.
600 am Bolton street. 600 am Bolton street
700 air. Bolton street 710 am Bolton street
9 Ou am,Second ave 8 10 am Second ave.
10 37 am Holton street. 945 am Bolton street
1 45 pm second awe. 12 20 pm Second ave.
230 pm Bolton street 230 pm Bolton street
33u pm Holton street 330 pm Bolton street
4 15 pm Second ave. 4 30 pm Bolton street
430 pm Bolton street 445 pm Second ave.
5 15 pm Second ave. 5 30 pm Bolton street
530 pm Bolton straet. 545 pm Second ave.
6 15 pm second ava 6 30 pm Bolton street
30 pm Bolton street. 730 pm Bolton street
730 pm-Bolton street. 830 pin Bolton street
830 pm Holton street. 920 pm Bolton street
930 pm;Bolton street 10 20 pm Second ave.
Saturday night only, 11:00 p. m., from Bol
ton street
Cars leaving Boltotn street and returning
Into Bolton change at Thunderbolt.
For Montgomery—9rOO and 10:37 a. m.. 2:30
6:l3pm: change at Sandfly. Leave Monk
gomery—7:3o a. m„ 1;45.5:50 p. in.
For Thunderbolt—Cars leave Bolton Street
depot on every hour and half hour during tha
day and evening.
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