Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, July 31, 1902, Page 2, Image 2
2 REPUBLICANS HIT TRUSTS IN IOWA ' STATE CONVENTION, BY RESO LUTION, MAKES CUSTOMARY C BATTLE AGAINST TRUSTS. WILL SELECT TICKET. DES MOINES. lowa. July 30—The Re publican state convention convened at 11 ••dock tn the new auditorium with a large attendance. On the platform were Senators Allison and Dolliver. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and the full con gressional delegation with the exception •f Captain J. W. Rumple, who is ill in Chicago. Rev. A. B. Marshall. of the Central Presbyterian church, of this city, offered the invocation, after which Congressman _« W. L Smith, of Pottawatome county, was introduced by Chairman Stndaire, of the state central committee, chairman of the convention. He spoke as follows: .' “The Republican party is wedded to the general principles of a protective tariff, but not to say any specific schedule. The tariff should be revised from time to _ time to meet the changing conditions and reductions of a rate, or placing an article on the free* list is no evi dence. much less no confession that the original rate was wrong when Republican party will modify the tariff whenever new conditions re quire such modification, and if. in any specific case, a change in the tariff will tend to relieve the people frcm the oppres sion of a trust without undue Injury to American labor, that change out to be made.** As the result of the congressional cau cuses this morning the committee en reso lutions decided to report for a re affirmation of the Cedar Rapids trust plank in the platform which reads: "We assert the sovereignty of the peo ple over all corporations and aggrega tions of capital, and the right residing in the people to enforce such regulations, restrictions or prohibitions upon corpor ate management as will protect the indi . vidual and society from abuse of the power which great combinations of capi tal yield. We favor such amendment of the tater-state commerce act as will more fully carry out its prohibition of dis crimination in rate-making, and any mod ification of the tariff schedules that may be required to prevent their affording shelter to monopolies." The following will be nominated without opposition: Beereary of State—W. B. Martin, of Adair. Treasurer of State-G. L. Gilbertson, of “ Winnebago. Attorney General—Charles W. Mullane, of Black Hawk. - Judge of the Supreme Court—Charles Bishop, of Polk. f Auditor of State—B. F. Carroll, of Bloom fie id. Wounded Boy Will Recover. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. July SO— Rob ert Davenport, who was accidentally shot by his cousin at Sulphur Springs on Sat urday. will recover. The boy is still in a very serious condition, however. ELOPIFOWETTE STILL BEHIND BARS THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO SE- CURE BONDSMEN THEIR FATE 18 YET A MATTER OF DOUBT. - GREENSBORO, A. C-, July ».-The eloping quartette. Nick Carter, Tom Col llne. Minnie Shaw and Nannie Jones are •till tn jail, do bondsman from Goldsboro or Danville having yet appeared in ansAr io their telegraphic summons. They are very restless this evening, evidently get ting tired of their frolic. Carter has beert • reading yellow-backs, and must have used "Nick Carter” as a pen-name for his real name to Tom Hicks and he hails from Randleman in Randolph county. The two men owed a boarding house keeper here $lO for board. They left, say ' Ing they would return tn two days and referred the proprietor to the Charlotte Drug company, for whom they claimed to be selling medicines. This morning a let ter came from this firm, saying they had uo such representatives. They now claim to have been selling medicines of their j wwn manufacture. The sheriff says they ' hare been violating the’ law, not having taken out any license. Yesterday fresh cow* peas were again included tn the bill of fare, and instead of cursing the jailor for sending them, they sent back twice for more; this pleas ed the jailor mightily, and he to in a good humor today. The Shaw woman wrote a letter to her father in Danville yesterday, telling him •be vas tn a bad fix. but it might be worse, and for bhn not to trouble over her as she had a loving lover, separated only by Jail bars, but where they could look at each other all the time, and pray tor the time to come when they would be tree. It to said the Shaw woman is also a wife, her busband being Thomas Bailey or Baity, of Danville, from whom she has been separated for a year. The husband of Nannie Jones offered yesterday to pay all costs of prosecution against her and let her out of jail if she would go home to her sister in Danville, but she refused to do this. It to not a tough looking crowd at all. The young men have a good appearance x and the two runaway wives have intelli gent 1 faces. They are both young and go xl looking. HARDING TO RETURN AND LIVE AT HOME GREENSBORO. N. C-, July M—Mr. Caesar Cone, who has Just returned from New York, where he saw J. E. Harding, the Stafford eloper, says the young man. after being interviewed repeatedly yes terday and Saturday night, finally agreed to separate from Mrs. Stafford and make some provision for her. Asked if Hard ing would come back to Greensboro Mr. Cone said not yet. at least. What Mrs Stafford's plans were he could not say Ss he did not see her. Mr. Cone is one of the owners of the Revolution mills of which Harding has been the efficient chief bookkeeper for so long. He was in New York, and on being telegraphed by Harding's father, who is a valued frrtond. to save the boy. he joined his in- Rueuee with that of Mr. Harding’s at torneys to convince the young man of the destraction and ruin ahead. He says it took perseverance, courage and pa tience to convince him. but in the end he agreed to turn back and make a new start. It to really believed that Harding will return from New York tonight with Mr. Kimball, going immediately to his fath ers home at Jullar. in Randolph county. 23 miles distant. SOLDIERS’ THROAT IS CUT AND A WOMAN SUSPECTED Henry Beckhold, a private in company L. Sixteenth infantry, had his throat cut last night at 5 Collins street, and Bessie White, in whose room he was found, is being detained at police headquarters sus pected of the crime. The cut was a bad one. but the hospital authorities announce that Beckhold will recover. The woman denies the charge and as serts Beckhold cut his own throat. She says she left him in her room and went to supper. When she returned she says she found him lying on the floor with his throat cut. Her cries alarmed the house and brought assistance. Beckhold was carried to the Grady hospital. Beckhold late yesterday made the state ment that he himself cut his throat. He offered no explanation of the deed. The woman will probably be released. LIVE PIG USED AS BAIT TO CATH AN ALLIGATOR MACON, July 29.—News reached Macon last night to the effect that Messrs. Rosco Lucas and Jack Beeland, residing near lx>cket Swamp, not far from the Flint river in Taylor county, had captured a 300-pound alligator. The gator is 12 1-2 feet long. He was captured on a hook baited with a live pig. The alligator had been destroying pigs tn the swamp for twelve years or more, and many unsuc cessful efforts were made at various times to capture hltn. BLOODHOUNDS _ PURSUE MURDERER OF WILSON WASHTNNQTON, July 30.—A dispatch from Drainesvtlle, Va.. says John Branch arrived there from Suffolk, Va., thl® morn ing with several bloodhounds. As soon as he arrived the horses were saddled and the chase began for Charles Craven, the al’eged murderer of William Wilson. It was after 5 o’clock when the posse went in the direction of the place where the "man was last seen. expebToncdtton WORKING IN ALABAMA T PROF. W. A- ORTON, OF THE DE- PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, , MAKING EXPERIMENTS AT TROY AND IS PLEASED. MONTGOMERY. Ala., July 30.—Wil liam A. Orton, assistant pathologist from the bureau of plant industry, of the de partment of agriculture, was here today. He came from Troy, where he had been to see his experiment station. ♦ He is making a specialty of the study of “wilt" in cotton, which has become, such a serious problem to the planters of the south. He has four acres containing about 100 selections and 20 varieties of cot ton planted at Troy and he is much grat ified at the results he has secured there. Ex-Mayor Folmar has taken quite an interest In the matter and has furnish ed the plot of ground upon which the ex periment 'has been conducted. On account of the drought the results are perhaps not what they would otherwise have been. Mr. Orton said to your correspondent: ’•This disease is of very serious import. It has come to where the cotton crop of the south is seriously threatened. It ap peared first Ip South Carolina where the finest grades of sea island cotton are grown. The disease became so trouble some about four years ago that the peo ple there asked congress to grant them a special appropriation to pay for an inves tigation of the matter and to have experts go into it thoroughly. The matter was taken up in earnest and these four years of experimenting have proven the reme dy. Z “A variety almost Immune has been found among the sea island cotton, while the mark is being approached by the up land cotton. The sea island variety is planted in all the states troubled with the diseases. save Alabama, where the up land has been planted." Mr. Orton hopes to secure by next year a goodly supply of seed which he can distribute to the farmers. He has tried every variety of eotton he could find and has found none that approaches perfec tion po nearly as does the Jackson. He says this is the highest grade—better than the original which he began with. Mr. Orton says the department is exper imenting with breeding cotton seeking to get a longer and a finer staple. The object is to get something to take the place of the fine Egyptian cotton which is import ed. The progress In this line to very grat ifying to the department. He says that when the disease gets into -e piece of land that there is no way to get it out. no fertiliser that can remedy it, no prepa ration that can be applied that will do any good, the only remedy being to grow an immune plant. Mr. Orton said that he was on his wav to South Carolina where he goes to lec ture to the state horticultural society. He is to take up the subject of disease In pecans and is to gq to Georgia to study that subject as there is much trouble there with it. He is to make a study of the cabbage disease which has menaced the Interests of south Georgians no little. There are experiments on many other lines going on, the most interesting per haps being thatiof tea culture. Only re cently, in co-operation with Dr. C. U. Shepherd, has the department produced a tea that is superior to the imported tea and It brings several dollars per pound on the market. A regular tea farm is to be begun in Texas next year by the govern ment. The curing of tea seems now to be the most perplexing part of the problem, yet a machine has already been patented to cure it Mr. Orton will return in October to see his crop and to make further arrange ments for the continuance of the work next year. GETS ANNAPOLIS PLACE ROME. Ga., July 30.—Senator Clay today appointed Frank Maddox, son of Con gressman John W. Maddox, to Annapolis. Frank Maddox resides in Rome with his father. John Towers, of this city, was appointed to a cadetship tn Annapolis by Congress man Maddox some months ago. All that is needed to make these South American revolutlcnts look business like is a casualty list. Disfigured Skin Wasted muscles and decaying bones. What havoc I Scrofula, let alone,‘is capable of all that sod more. It is commonly marked by bunches tn the neck, inflammations In the eyes, dys pepsia, catarrh, and general debility. ft is always radically and permanently cured by • Hood's Sarsaparilla Which expels all humors, cures all erup tions, and builds up the whole system, whether young or old. 'RooJVFM* cere liver ills: the eoeJrrttattag eJ only cathartic to take with Hood . S*r»sp»rilia 1. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1902. IMFM SHOOTS SELF ANO SON TEMPORARILY INSANE FROM ILLNESS DYE MORTALLY WOUNDS HIS SON ANO THEN COMMITS SUICIDE. LOUISVILLE. Ky., July 30—While In a fit of temporary insanity, as a result of a severe attack of pneumonia, D. P. Dye, formerly a barber, shot and fatally wounded his 11-year-old son, Carrol, and then committed suicide at his home in this city, at 7:45 o’clock today. This morning, after eating breakfast with his family, he started upstairs to awaken bis son. A short time after he left the dining room his wife and daugh ters heard pistol shots from the room above. Hastenfhg upstairs they found Dye on the floor dead with a bullet wound in his bead, while on the bed lay his son, shot through the temple and uncon scious. A physician was called and pro nounced the boy’s wounds fatal. englanThas withdrawn SOVEREIGNTY O»ER ISLANDS NEW ORLEANS. July 30.—The steam er Condor which arrived here from Puerto Cortes, Honduras, brings the news that th« British government has withdrawn all claim to sovereignty over the Bay Islands of Utllla, Ruatan, Bonacca or Gflanaja, Feina and Barbarat and aknowledged they belong to the republic of Hondurs. Great Britain's formal acknowledgment was carried to the island by the cruiser Psyche, which sailed from Havana under sealed orders on July 17. The British landed at Ruatan where a proclamation was read to them by the captain of the Psyche. There are some Americans from the western states who have recently come in. The only language spoken Is English. The islands do a large fruit trade mainly with New Orleans. The Unit ed States government is the only one having a consul in the islands. barkeepers’responsible FOR INJURY TO PATRON T / OMAHA, Neb.. July 29.—According to a decision of the United States court of ap peals, which affirmed the judgment of the plaintiffs of the federal court o( Nebraska, a saloon-keeper may be held responsible for the death of a patron of his place in the event that th© death occurs from an accident resulting from the Inebriated condition of the patron. The suit was filed by the widow and daughter of Charles WaJker, against John Moser an others who were engaged in the saloon business at Ashland, Neb. Plaintiffs charge that Charles Walker, in 1900, drank intoxicants at Moser’s saloon and in consequence was thrown from a buggy and killed. A verdict giving the plaintiffs damages was appealed. < TWO PAIRS OF TWINS BORN TO FARMER’S WIFE JACKSON, Miss., July 29—Joe Banks, of Yazoo county, presented her husband the other day with two boys and two girls, both healthy and In fine condition. Mr. Banks, the father of the four young ones, to a very prosperous farmer of Yazoo county, living near Benton, and this sud den addition to his family, will undoubted ly increase his popularity. pdwelTcHyton MUST AWED CHARGES SENATOR PENROSE IS NOTIFIED THAT PAPERS HE FILED HAVE BEEN SENT TO AMBASSADOR. WASHINGTON, July 28.-Bome weeks •go Senator Penrose filed with the presi dent papers which he asserted tended to substantiate the charge made by Mr. Mealy, the American, who has been ii> trouble in Mexico, against United States Ambassador Powell H. Clayton, to the effect that the ambassador was directly interested to the extent of 100 shares in a mining corporation antagonistic to Mealy's claims. The papers were referred to the state department and now the senator has been Informed by Acting Secretary Hill that the department has decided to send them to the City of Mexico, inviting Mr. Clay ton to examine them and make a report The case of Mealy was one of two referred to tn the stirring debate in the senate last session involving a personal encounter between Senators Bailey and Beveridge. COAL CITYM7NES ARE IN GOOD CONDITION A second investigation made by the prifbn commission of the mines at Coal City and Durham, where convicts are worked, shows the mines to be in good condition and that the Improvements or dered by he prison commission some time ago have been completed. E. P. Clute, a mining expert, was em ployed by the commission last spring to look into the condition of the mines and make suggestions whereby the health of the convicts working in them could be Improved. Mr. Clute tnade an extensive report and recommended some marked changes. These changes were ordered, and a few days ago the commission sent Mr. Clute to the mines to see how the changes were progressing. He reports that the changes aro being made as fast as possible ana the better results are already being obtained. Shipments of Peaches Continues Brisk. MACON, Ga.. July 29.—Peach shipments continue to hold their own. The Central df Georgia's stations shipped 39 cars yes terday, and they do that well almost ev ery day; but it is not likely that the total from all over the state will be as great at the end of the season as last year. The season began earlier this year and the in dications are that it will end earlier. To Move Great Trees. Probably the largest contract ever let in thia country for the transportation of big trees is that just entered into for the World’s Fair In St. Louie. The site Is Forest park, in which there are many large trees. Actuated by a desire to preserve as many as possible of the trees and to have their shade In the broad avenues of the exposition, the director of works will have seven hundred trees, each twelve to eighteen inches in diameter, lifted and raoianted. SOLD GIRL’S SOLO AT PRAYER MEETING Philadelphia Press. “I'll give a dollar to have the violinist repeat that solo," exclaimed a man, who said he was from Alabama, to Evangelist Charles H. Yatman, at the young peo ple's meeting tn the Temple at Ocean Grove this morning. The young woman referred to was Miss Cecelia Bradford, who had just finished playing “Safe in the Arms of Jesus." , “You'll have to bid higher, brother,” replied Leader Yatman. . “Well, two dollars then,” the man from Alabama shouted back. “Make it five and I’ll ask Miss Brad ford to repeat the solo,” retorted Mr. Yatman. “Here’s the money,” said the southern er, handing the evangelist a bank note. Miss Bradford played the hymn again. When she had finished Mr. Yatman said: “Half of this money I will turn into the fund being raised for the Marine Carnival on Wesley Lake, and the other half I will give to Miss Bradford to spend for ice cream.” The donor of the bill expressed his satisfaction and as soon as the meeting adjourned the talented violinist gathered her chums about her and started for a ice cream parlor. GOVERNOR-ELECT TERRELL COMING BACK FROM EAST Hon. J. M. Terrell, governor-elect, will sail today from New York on the steamship Kansas City for Savannah, and will arrive in Atlanta Sunday morning. Mr. Terrell has been away from the state for more than two weeks, resting after his long campaign. He has visited many points of interest in the north, and in a letter to a friend at the capitol which was received this morning he says he has enjoyed his trip immensely. Mr. Terrell will be inaugurated as gov ernor on the fourth Saturday in October for a term of two years. He has been be seiged for appointments by many people recently, but he has announced that he will not consider ahy of them until the general election is held in October. FURNiniiEWILL BE GIVEN OLD SOLDIERS TRUSTEES OF VETERANS’ HOME WILL ALLOW FRIENDS TO FUR NISH ROOMSAND NAME THEM AS MEMORIAL ROOMS. v . ■ ♦ The Confederate Soldiers’ Home, built to replace the one destroyed by fire last September, will soon be completed and ready for occupancy. The board of trus tees of the home have instructed its pres ident, Col. W. L. Calhoun, to send ‘ths following card to The Journal: “Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia. ATLANTA, Ga;, July >O, “By a resolution of the board of trus tees of the Confederate Soldiers’ Home, I am directed to publicly express to the people and organizations of our own state, and of other states Its high appreciation of, and thanks for, tfie generous dona tions of cash and 1 various articles in kind which have been so freely made both be fore and sine© th© 'unfortunate destruction Os the home on twe 30th of September last. These donationsi added to the insurance money, have placed in the hands of the board a sufficient amount to replace the building which will be finished about the 15th of August next, and will be a hand some and commodious structure of the old colonial style of architecture, containing a memorial hall, library, mess hall, hos pital, offices and 50 bed rooms. “These rooms will have to be furnished entirely new, as all the contents of the •Id building were destroyed. It Is pro posed to # furnish these rooms comfortably and substantially, as and It to es timated that the cost of furnishing each bed-room will be $65. Quite a number of persons had furnished rooms before the fire which were designated and named as the dohors desired. "Some of the public rooms were furnish ed by organizations at a larger cost. Prop ositions have already been received from several persons to renew this manner of furnishing rooms by donations, and, ow ing to the most certain large increase in the number of Inmates when the new home is opened, the board will need help to accomplish the fitting up of the rooms in a manner which will be suitable and comfortable for our old soldiers in their declining years. “What is done for them will have to be quickly done, as they are rapidly passing ‘over the river.’ Since the opening of the home on the 3d of June, 1901, 20 of the in mates have died; but we have the comfort and satisfaction of knowing that their last hours were made happier by kind atten tion, and that they had Christian burial the most of them on the beautiful lot of Atlanta camp No. 159, U. C. V., in West view cemetery. Proposals to furnish rooms may be made to the president, any mem ber of the board, or officer of the home. "W. L. CALHUN, "President.” CONFEDERATE CAVALRY TO HOLD REUNION AT ACWORTH The annual reunion of the First and Sixth Georgia Cavalry will take place at Acworth, Ga., on Wednesday, August 6th. The railroads have granted a far© of one and one-third for the round trip, and it is expected that a large body will be present at the reunlop. In order to ob taln this low rate, it will be necessary for the members of the cavalry regiments to get a certificate from the ticket agent in the city from which they go, and it will be signed by the secretary and treas urer of the regiment at Acworth. All of the visiting veterans are to be cared for ■free of all charge to themselves, and the veterans at Acworth have been hard at work to make this reunion the most suc cessful ever held. DR. W. M. BEARDSHEAR IS AT POINT OF DEATH AMES. la., July 31.—Dr. W. M. Bra shear, president of lowa State college and former president of the National Educa tional association, is very low and his death is expected hourly. Dr. Bradshear was stricken with ner vous prostration during the recent ses sion of the National Educational associa tion at Minneapolis. MANY MEN AND BOYS JOIN STRIKERS’ RANKS NEW YORK. July 31.—Garment workers who are on strike in Newark have had their ranks increased by t,he addition of over 200 men and boys, who quit work in several factories and decided to remain out until the strike was settled. This ad dition, it is declared by the strikers, will materially strengthen their cause. Annual Stat® Fair, BIRMINGHAM. Ala., July 28.—The Alabama State Fair Association, which is to give a state fair in Birmingham in October, will bring pressure to bear upon the next legislature to have an appro priation made to assist in holding such • fair each year, thereby assuring such a display of the state's resources year by year. ’ FORTY LIVES HI BY OCEAN IN COLLISION AT SEA VESSEL SINKS AND FORTY PERSONS GO DOWN WITH THE DISA BLED SCHOONER. SINGAPORE, July 30—In a collision off Malacca, Straits Settlement, between the British schooners Prince Alexander and Ban-Hln-Guan the former vessel was sunk and 40 lives were lost. The schooner Alexander was built at Papenburg, Prussia In 1878. It was 162.7 feet in length with a net tonnage of 138 and sailed under the British flag. The Ban-Hln-Guan also was built in 1878 at Glasgow. It was 160.3 feet long, with a gross tonnage of 443. BE FORMED BY MERCHANTS Merchants of Georgia will form a mutual ftre insurance company to insure their property and the first steps for organiz ing the company was taken Thursday in the law office of Natper & Cox, in the Equitable building. Fifteen different cities were represented at the meeting and it was agreed to form a mutual insurance company as soon as a charter could be secured. W. H. Nunnal ly, of Monroe, who started the scheme, will probably be elected president. The charter will be prepared and notice of it will be published in the newspaper the time required by law. It will then be filed with the secretary of state. As soon as the charter is secured the company will probably open a headquarters here. The idea is to make the insurance rates as low as possible and to pay back to the policy holders all surplus dividends. SUMTER’S TAX' RETURNS SHOW BIG INCREASE AMERICUS, Ga., July 30.—Tax Collec tor Dunn finished on yesterday his com pilation of the tax digest of Sumter coun ty for 1902, which showed that the total amount of property in the county was $47,350.28 against $47,078 83 for 1901, showing au increase in the aggregate amount of property of $27,145. An interesting fact is that the returns show an acreage of 301,227 acres for 1902, against 294,202, or an increase of 7,025 acres in the county according to the returns of the current year, against that of last year. This is on excellent showing and though the county has been on no boom it shows a steady and prosperous growth. HAVANA COALING STATION IS LOST TO UNCLE SAM WASHINGTON, July 30.—Probably the last chance the navy department had to secure a coaling or naval station In Ha vana harbor was lost by the action of the Cuban cabinet yesterday in authorizing . the leas® of the arsenal grounds. This was the sit® of the projected United States naval station, for ■ which it was admirably adapted by its position. HUGHES FOLSOM DIES FROM TYPHOID FEVER WAYCROSS. Ga.. July 30.—Hughes Fol som, the 17-year-old son of D. W. Folsom, and second cousin of the lamented Mont gomery Folsom, died here at 6 o'clock this morning of typhoid fever. His remains will be burled tomorrow in Liberty county at the old Folsom burial grounds. PUMGTMFIT THE COTTON GROWER PRESIDENT HARVIE JORDAN, OF THE GEORGIA COTTON GROW- ERS’ ASSOCIATION, HAS IDEA ON THAT LINE. MACON, July 28.—When the ginners of the state hold their convention here next week, for the purpose of organizatlng, President Harvie- Jordan, of yie Georgia Cotton Growers’ association, will lay be fore them his plans for making weekly re ports of cotton bales ginned and packed, so that the state agricultural department may at all times keep posted on what the cotton yield has been up to a given period In the year, and the national department of agriculture can get accurate figures, and thus keep down the bullish or bearish estimates that are frequently made for the purpose of influencing prices. Mr. Jor dan has had this plan in mind ever since the cotton growers were organized, and he is glad at this opportunity to make it prac ticable. EAST SIDE TAILORS WILL RETURN TO WORK NEJV YORK, July 31.—Ten thousand striking east side tailors will return to work today as a result of a verbal settle ment reached between employers In the New York Clothing Trade association and the Garment Workers’ Trade Council. Non-association manufacturers to the number of 135 have made settlements with the strikers and signed agreements. The association manufacturers, however, have refused to sign any agreement. BRIEF ODDITIES. In the Carpenterla valley, a few miles from Ganta Barbara, Cal., Is an enormous grapvine. It was planted in J 842 by Joaquina Lugo de Ayala and therefore has just completed its three-score years. The first election in Santa Barbara county under American rule was held beneath Its ample shade. This candidate for the world record is double from the surface of the ground up; the two parts are knit together in a David-and-Jonathan-like embrace to a height of about five feet seven Inches, where they separate Into huge branches, the largest having a circumference of three feet. Six Inches above the ground the vine measures eight feet and a half Inches In circumference and it covers an area 113 feet square. Sixty posts support the framework. The owner says that wsrs provision made, it would spread over a greater surface, for it is pruned every year. Fabulous tales are told of the grapes this vine produces. That it did actually yield ten tons In a recent season seems to be au thentic. When the inhabitants of Sidestrand, near Cromer. England, awoke one morning a few weeks ago they were surprised to find that a large portion of a cliff on the seashore had sunk into the sea. Thirty thousand tons of earth had fallen and with it the wall and a portion of the graveyard of old St. Michael's church. The ancient church tower itself la now in jeopardy, for during the day following the slip a further portion of the cliff crum bled, away, leaving only a few feet between the tower and its edge. A grewsome feature of the slide was the unearthing of many igng burled coffins and the scattering of human re mains far and wide. TORE WOMAN’S CLOTHING AND CAME TO GRIEF ■I For attacking on the street the woman he professed to love and following her home aqd attempting to break in, Frank White was arrested Tuesday. Mrs. Lula Cook, of 23 Orme street, was the woman attacked. It was about 7:30 o’clock, at the corner of Luckle and Fairlie streets. The. woman had her clothing torn almost en tirely from her person. Later White appeared at her home and tried to get in, it is said. Police head quarter® were notified and Call Officers Tibbs and Dorsey went to the house and arrested White. Mrs. Cook says White has professed to love her for about a year. He has given her a number of presents. He wanted them back and attempted to tear the clothes off her, he says. She states sho cares for White and is willing to marry him yet. He was drinking, she declares, and did not know probably what he was doing. ,« TAX DIGESTS CONTINUE TO SHOW BIG INCREASES Several tax digests were received by Comptroller General Wright this morn ing, a majority of them showing a de crease. Instead of an Increase in the prop erty returns, it begins to look as if there will be a decrease. Comptroller Wright and Governor Can dler are very much disappointed over the outlook, and unless there is a big increase from some of the large counties It may be that the returns will show a decrease of several million dollars instead of an in crease of $20,000,000, as was expected at the beginning’ of the year. lanetFcotton mills' CLOSED BY COAL STRIKE WEST POINT, Ga.. July 30.-On account of scarcity of coal the Lanett Cotton mills, employing about 1,500 hands, shut down at noon. The strike in the coal re gions is the cause of the trouble. M'TO MS ID DE PUCED ON SALE HANDSOME CARDS IN MEMORY OF DEAD PRESIDENT TO TAKE PLACE OF OLD Yi] J ONES. ’r-’T A new style postal card has been issued by the postoffice department in honor of the late President McKinley. The Atlanta postoffice will soon receive its allotment, when they will be placed on sale. The new cards were to have been is sued earlier in the year, but the first de sign submitted was not satisfactory and another was orderbd. This has, of course, caused delay. The new card is of exactly the same size as the one now in use, but is, on the whole, an Improvement over the old issue. It is to be of better quality of paper, although it is somewhat thinner, and will therefore give a better writing surface. The printing on the address side is better arranged and presents a plainer and more business-like appearance. On the old card there is considerable scroll work around the< portrait of Jstffer son. There is merely a plain line around that of McKinley and the words, "Post age one cent. 1843—McKinley—1901.” This is printed In plain type outside of the line around the portrait. Just opposite the portrait of McKin ley in the upper left hand corner Is the seal of the United States, also with a light line around it, with the words, “United States” above and "of America” just below and outside the line. Printed In large letters between the lower ends of the two are the words, “Postal Card.” Just above is printed, “The space above is reserved for postmark.” and below In type a little darker, “The space below is for the address only.” » All of this printing is a little above the center of the card and leaves an open space for the postmark. Nearly all of the wavy cancellation lines will pass across the portrait of McKinley but the name of the mailing ofllce, dates and other marks will appear on the blank between that and the seal. This is an improve ment ©ver the old card, 'as on that the legibility of the postmarks is interfered with by the heavy black field for the words "United States of America.” GEORGiiTTHIBD IN PRODUCTION' • PHEAS STATE NUMBERS SEVENTH WHEN STATISTICS ARE SHOWN BEAR ING ON THE CULTURE OF TOBACCO. WASHINGTON, July 30.-Georgia stands third in the list of pea producing states, being led only by Michigan and South Carolina, according to a census bul letin to be issued in a few days. Ths production In the United States in 1899 was 9,440,269 bushels from 968,371 acres, with a value of $7,909,074. an average of 84 cents per bushel, or $8.17 per acre. Georgia produced 1,130,441 bushels on 167,082 acres. Burke was the banner pea county, with 52.669 bushels. The production In other counties was 20,000 bushels or more, as follows: Bulloch, 23.439 bushels; Dooly, 32.697; Emanuel, 33.443; Hancock, 22,139; Johnson. 25.726; Jefferson, 36,782; Montgomery, 24,201; Randolph, 20,545; Screven, 38,813; Stewart, 22,920; Tattnall, 21,446; Warren. 28,081; Washington, 44,772, and Worth. 20,749. Georgia produced 176,304 bushel of beans, with an average value of $1.51 per bushel, and 967,927 bushels of peanuts, worth on an average 61 cents per bushel. Virginia and North Carolina alone led Georgia In the production of peanuts. Georgia stood seventh in the list of tobacco producing states in 1899, according to a census bulletin to be issued tomor row. The total production in the United States was 868,163,275 pounds, with a value of $56,993,003. In Georgia 2,304 acres devoted to tobacco culture produced 1,105,600 pounds, with an average of $159,659. The bulletin shows that the Georgia crop was raised on small tracts of land. In Union county 236 acres were devoted to tobacco, producing 112,628 pounds. White county had 55 acres in tobacco, and Lump kin county 56 acres, while for the rest of the counties the average ran from one to 20 acres per county. Enterprise. The Courier de Paris. A party of men sitting in front of a boulevard case were recently approached by a man had a clarinet in his hand, and who said: “Gentlemen, excuse me, I have to make my living, but I suppose you would rather give me a sou not to hear me.” They took the hint. He repeated this performance- several times till one day one of the men said he felt like bearing a tune and asked him to play. “I am sorry,” said the man with the clarinet, “but I cannot play a note.” W SEGGIRS INNEWyORK MRESTED FORTY CHILDREN WERE TAKEN FROM THE STREETS TUES- ■ DAY NIGHT BY POLICEMEN. WILL CONTINUE WORK. CHICAGO, July 30.—Under direction of the probation officers the police made a tour of the principal down town retail streets last night, and gathered tn as many as they could of the scores of lit tle children who are sent Into the streets nightly to beg and peddle. Forty children, boys and girls, all be tween four and seven years of age, were gathered in. Each “waif-finding wagon” was preceded a half block by two police men who picked up the little ones and put them into the wagons. Many others es caped the officers. The children are held at the Harrison street police annex pending an Investi gation in the case of each child by the Visitation and Aid society. The raids will be kept up until the streets are cleared of baby beggars. OXFORD’S OLDEST LANDMARK IS DESTROYED BY FIRE OXFORD, Ga.. July 30.—The burning of ths Selman houae here on Thursday last carried from Oxford its oldest landmark. The house was first erected in Covington about one hundred yean ago, and when Emory college was founded here in 1836 it waa moved to Oxford and rebuilt on the site that Mn. R. U. Hardeman’® residence now stands, and waa then ownM by the Murrell family of Walton county. When the late state treasurer, R. U. Hardeman, moved to Oxford ha purchased the house and lot and resided in the house for a number of yean, and being much pleased with the lot, when he proposed building a new home, had the Selman house removed to ths next lot and later sold it to Mrs. M. ▲. Sel man, who owned it when it was burned. Many distinguished parsons have lived in it, among them the late Bishop A. G. Haygood, who lived there previous to his marriage, and the late State Treasurer Hardeman, who waa married In It. About five years ago it was remedied and changed from an ancient ante-belldm home with huge columns to a modern home and was one of the prettiest in the village. TIME-LOCK SET BIG BANK TO BORROWING Phoenix National Had to Hustle to Get a Paltry tI^OOO— OOO In Cash Was In Vault. Though solid as a rock, the phoenix Na tional bank, of No. 51 Wall street, had to do business on credit yesterday, according to the New York World. This was simply because somebody on Saturday afternoon set the time lock on the big vaults for 5:15 p. m. yesterday Instead of 9:30 a. m. The result was that the bank found itself practically without funds in the morning. Locked up in the safe was $1,315,000 in cash, to say nothing of notes and collater al worth much more than that amount. A hurried consultation of the bank’s offi cers was called. A safe expert was summoned. He was asked how long it would take to open the vault. He told the gentlemen present that it would take all day, and that great damage would be done to the expensive machinery governing the time lock end to the steel walls of the safe. Then it was decided not to open ths safe by violence, but to wait until ths afternoon, when the lock would allow it self to be opened. Then the hur ried out into Wall street to raise funds for the day's business. When the plight of the Phoenix was learned there were many offers of cash. Meanwhile deposits ware flowing In, and this cash waa used to offset withdrawals. In ordinary business a bank’s deposits of cash about equal the withdrawals in cash. Most of the business both ways is done by check. But there was the clearing house Bal ance to be met. Thia must be settled every day in ready money. If there is a bal ance against a bank it must pay up; if there is money coming the clearing housa pays equally promptly. Yesterday there was a balance of $16,000 against the Phoe nix, but it only needed a friendly call down the street to raise the funds and meet the balance. “It was very lucky for us," said Cashier Bull last night, “that the vaults were closed Bn a Saturday. That was a half holiday and business was very light. We had to have very little cash today to make good our clearing house balance, and our deposits about equalled our with drawals* “But all our papers were locked up, too, and it made it hard to do business. For tunately. the books were in another vault, which was opened at the proper time, so we were not completely tied up.” Everybody in the bank waited around until after closing time to see that the vaults were opened. At 5:15 p. m. there was a click inside the works, and when Mr. Bull turned the knobs the vaults opened as easily as the door to a doU's h Then the lock was carefully reset for 9:30 a. m. today. HON. CRAIG WADSWORTH HAS SAILED TO EUROPE NEW YORK. July M.—Craig worth, of this city, has sailed for London to take up bls duties as third secretary of the United States embassy, to succes sion to William Eustis. SENT FREE TO MEN- A Free Trial Package Sent by *• AH Who Write. Free trial packages of • most remedy are bdlng mailed to all who wfll write toe State Medloal cured so many men who had batOed for years against the mental and physic*! suffering of lost manhood, that the In stitute has decided to distribute free trial packages to all who write. It tea home treatment and all men who suffer wnn any form of sexual weakness, resulting from youthful folly, premature loss of strength and memory, weak back, vari cocele. or emaciation of parts can now cure themselves at home. The remedy has a peculiarly grateful effect of warmth and seems to act direct to the desired location giving strength ana development just where it is needed. It cures all the ills and troubles that come from years of misuse of toe natural func tions aftd has been an absolute success in all cases. A request tothe State Medical Institute. 1627 Elektrori Building Ft. Wayne. Ind., stating that you dSMTS one of their free trial packages will be complied with promptly- The Institute is desirous of reaching that great class of men who are unable to leave home to be treated and the free sample will enable them to see how easy it Is to be cured of sexual weakness when the proper reme dies are employed. The Institute makri no restrictions. Any man who writes will be sent a free eample, carefully sealed in a plain package so that its recipient need have no fear of embarrassment or publicity. Readers are requested to write without detox. *