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THE NEWS.
TOCCOA, GEORGIA..
WASHINGTON, 1). C.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT
- AND UIS ADVISERS.
appointment: decisions, and other matitrs
OF interest from the national capital.
C. Kelton , now ihe
general of the army in place of Gen.
Drum, retired.
President Harrison has ordered that
Sunday morning inspections under arms
shall be abolished, and the inspection
shall consist on Sunday of merely as tc
dress and general appearance.
bir Julian Pauucefote, British minis-
ter, called on President Harrison, in
company wi h Secretary Blaine, and de-
livered a message from Queen Victoria
expressing her deep sympathy for the
sufferers by the recent floods in Pennsyl
vauia.
The Piesident, on Monday, appointee Island,
Thom>sJ. Morgan, of Rhode tc
be commissioner of Indian affairs, vice
John H. Obei ly, resigned; William ('.
Wills, of Alabama, register of the land
effiee at Huntsville, Alt, vice Frank
Coleman, to be removed.
T'hc .......U.tod following fourth-class postmaster!
V l.v th. 1're.Ment «
m I ues i} for Georgia. i- \ Mrs. Ir . A. v v 1 itz-,cr- t vyor
aid, ncy, \\i!i x county; J. Donald-
son. Meriden, Decatur county; John M.
Gaddis, Orr, Dickens county; O. D.
Johnston, Roy, Gi-mer county; T. L. J.
Stum-ill, Sharptop, Cherokee county;
George W. Bell, Snapping Shoals, New¬
ton couuty.
A report of the American con-ul at
Amov, China, to the State Department,
furnishes some startling facts as to the
adulteration of tea shipped from that
country to the American market. Next
to England, this country is the greatest
tea market in the world; and as the sys¬
tem of Rritisli inspection is now very
stiict, Chinese merchants are hunting up
otiier fields to which they may send theit
spurious and doctored goods.
A list of twenty-four appointments ol
postmasters by the President was made
public Tuesday. Nine of these were tc
fill vacancies occasioned by the removal
of former incumbents. Among the ap
point merits were the following: F. L.
Slade, Norfolk, Va., vice Michael Glen-
South nan, removed; William F. McDaniel, at
Pittsburg, Tenn., the office be¬
came pre&idcntiid; John B. Cullen, at
Humboldt, Teuu., tho office became
presidential.
Some excitement was manifested at the
State stud Navy Departments Wednesday,
upon the receipt of n cablegram from
Commander Kellogg, at Ilayti. In obe¬
dience to orders from the Navy Depart¬
ment, which in turn were inspired by the
Secretary of State, Commander Kcilogc
recently steamed irom St. Nicholas mole
(cable terminus) to Port au Piince. He
reported to the Secretary of the Navy
the result of lrs observations and inqui¬
ries into the condition of affairs at the
Haytien capital. Secretary Tracy inline-
liately communicated this information
to Secretary Blaine, who carried the news
to the President. Cnpt. OTvano was or¬
dered to sail immediately for the seat of
trouble with the warship Boston, which
has just been vefitted at New York.
In llie case of Capt. George A. Armcs,
U. S. A., retired, sentenced by general
Court martial to be dismissed from th
service, the President has commuted the
sentence in consideration of the good
service which this officer has rendered,
and of some mitigating circumstances
connected with the offenses of which he
was found guilty, to confinement avithin
such limits as the Secretary of War may
prescribe, and to the deprivation of the
right to wear the uniform and insignia
of his rank in the army for the period of
five years. His conduct in connection
with inauguration day parade, and his
attempt to pull Governor Beaver’s nose
afterwards, formed the basis of the
charges against him. lie was acting as
a time secret guard to the President at the
the alleged offenses took place.
The June report of the Department of
Agriculture at Washington, indicates a
slight reduction in the area of cotton on
the Atlantic coast, and an increase west
of tho state of Alabama. Nearly four-
fifths of tlie proposed breadth had been
planted by the first of May, but germin¬
ation was slow ou account of cold and
generally dry weather. The replanting
of defective stands is general, and some
fields were plowed up and planted in
coin. The following averages arc pre¬
liminary, subject to a revision from a
thorough, special investigation now in
prog ress: North Carolina 99, South
Carolina 99, Georgia 98, Florida 100,
Alabama 99, Mississippi 102, 10?, Louisiana
103, Texas 103, Arkansas Te nnessee
106; general average 101. The nights
have been too cold and the seed bed too
dry for germiuatiou or vigorous gr >wvh.
Frosts are reported in May, some as late
os the 30th. Throughout the cotton
bclt'the condition is therefore rela ively
low—the lowest in South Caro'ina, the
higlust iu Texas, averaging 86.4; the
state averages being: Virginia 85, North
Carolina 84, South Carolina 78, Georgia
80, Florida 88, Alabama 83, Mississippi
85, Louisiana 90, Texas 95, Arkansas
93, Tennessee 79. General average 80.4.
Replanting date was scarcely completed at
the of the report, and in dry laud
the latest seeding had not germinated.
Rains on the last days of May were ex
pected to improve the condition mate¬
the rially. In some districts are reports of
presence of lice and injuries by cut
worms.
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
cratic Oa A\ oimni eduesday, the National Demo-
( tee met at the 5t!i Avenue
hotel, in New York, nearly the en-
rotary tire membership stated attending. Sec-
Sneinti that the only busi-
ness he knew of that was to come before
the committee was the election of n Mic-
cessor to the lute Chairman W. H. B r-
nuin, and the adm sston of his successor,
Car.' s I rench. us a member of the com-
mittee from Connect cut, and I). M.
Haske'.. from JHUith Carolina, as succes-
sor to t of ie the i;tt • Capt. Dawson. Ihe sec-
rttary coaim ttee made an addre.-s
on the <_c-atn oi Capt. Francis 1\ Daw-
.
son, oi uta C .uo.ina, m which he paid
a high tr; »ute t > Ins wortn and memory
ana biieflv lev lowed m$ nte. He a iso
p;esen:ed resolutions testifying t> tht
regret at h.s death, and higa esteem in
winch he was heid by the committee ot
wlnch he was a member. Ihe-e were
Cal v. n S Brice Z, to be c>ai.min the
co.mu:t,ee theu ttrt '-t',..-', , J,K
^ded Meltcrv of Ke'ftx kv
by 'elected. Senator Gorman ° ' ‘ Ue vvasunan
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA-
RIO US POINTS IN THE SO UTII.
AX ITEMIZED ACCOCXT OF WHAT IS GOING ON OF
IM1-OKTANCE IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
United States Senator Joseph E. Brown
is so sick at his home in Atlanta, Ga.,
that some politicians are log-rolling for
his successor.
h. B. Davenport, senior member of
died Sunday.
The large lumber mill of J. H. Clarke,
at Doctortown. near Jesup, Ga., was to-
tally destroyed by fire ou Wednesday.
Loss, $60,000; partially insured.
W< sley Clark and Harrison Blackburn,
1 oth colored, were hanged in Aberdeen,
Mi-^. Tuesday for the murder of Maj.
I at Hamilton last December.
Bi hop Quintard’s beautiful re idcncc,
at night. Suwanee, Term., was burned Saturday
of curiosities T he bishop’s valuable destroyed. collection
was totally
Edwin Harris, late deputy collector of
New Orleans, La., has been indicted by
the grand jury on ten counts for em-
bezzlement of sums aggregating nearly
$4,000. '
Frank Smith, of Smith Station, Ga.,
wo , ttruck hy lightning Tuesday whde
landing in his store door and instantly
killed. He leaves a wife and several
child™..
Col. , Charles ,,, . C. ,, Lmgdon, r i secretary of r
the State of Alabama, died after a pro-
tiacted : ; i V. lness e lie ,al, was horn in in South- &OUU 1
ington, Conn., m ■ 1807, and , at the age
of "O went to to Alabama. Alabama
Rev. Robb White, of Chariottesvi 1*,
Va., has been called to the pa torate of
Christ church (Episcop d) in Savannah.
Rev. Dr. Thomas Boone, the last rector
of Christ church, goes to New York.
William Anderson, living at Alcove,
S. C., a railn ad section master, in a fit
of deliiium tremens, killed his wife and
two children by cutting the throat of
each. At last acc-ou ts, Anderson was at
large.
All tlie laborers at the government
work, on the Warrior Tiver, near Tuska
loosa, Ala , ivent out on a etrike. They
demanded an increase of pay and the dis-
charge of the present foreman. The con¬
tractors refuse to accede to either of their
demands.
The various applicants for the p >st-
mastership of Nashville, Tenn., were
thrown iuto excitement on Wednesday by
the announcement that Postmaster J. II.
Currcy had sent in his resignation. Dr.
Cuirey’s term docs not expire for some
months.
Dispatches report that a severe wind,
rain and hail storm, passed over a large
portion of Western Missouri Sunday, do-
ing considerable damage to crops and
bu filings. Near Warrensburg a church
was blown down and two persons dan-
gcrousiy injured.
Martin La Irvclt, a sporting mail well
known in Charleston, Savannah, Ga., Co¬
lumbia and Greenville, S. C., dropped
deuu at 3 a. m. Saturday. He was engaged
in playing a game of cards when lie was
suddenly died attacked by heart disease, and
in a few hours 'a
R. V. Covington popular member
of the Brunswick (Ga.) Ilor.-e Guards
while drilling, made a si sh with
bis sabre and missed his aim-a post-
aud flew backpnarrowly ’ J missing cutting
tv 1 +i,„ h 2£" .i “? - , . h0 , ?i °
? ‘ e , l ;Z , ,ld , , ,
g ? “r 11
ly severing v one oi hi :. I ears from Ins , face.
A meeting of the Greenville, 8. C.,
banners Alliance was held there in the
courthouse on Saturday. About
hundred representatives were present,
manly a l the sub-illianccs in the
weic lepresented. Resolutions were
parsed adopting cotton bagging to take
tin place of jute.
Lieut. Carter, of the engineer _ corps in
charge of the harbor improvement at Si-
aannah, Ga., has submitted a report on
the charges brought against him through
the press of that city by a discharged
employe, that he has been having a cor-
and i apt that understanding lie has wasted with his contractot®,
the public funds,
Laden Turner, of Saluda township, S.
C., went to the house of Tom Gainer
and brutally assaulted him. After
knocking him down he jumped upon
liim with his feet, mashing his body hor-
ribly, and the wounded man died. The
trouble grew out of a case before the
commissioner, in which Garner testified
that he had seen whiskey sold to Turner.
Near Falkville, Ala., an attempt was
made Monday eight to wreck a passen
ger train on thc Louisville & Nashville
road. Had the train been on time, thc
attempt would have been successful,
The passenger train was half an hour
late, and a freight train struck the ob
struetion on the track. The engine an 1
five cars were thrown from the track and
badly wrecked.
The sheriffs from all over Georgia will
meet in convention at Atlanta on the
10th of July. The purposes of the con
vention is to perfect an organization and
provide plans for the co-operation of
sheriffs in bringing criminals to justice.
An organization of the sort would be of
great benefit not only to the sheriffs, but
to the public as well, and the movement
is an important one
Mountain"passenger train' c
An Iron „
founding the Inst etuve before reach,„u
killing ing considerable John diLge° and insuutlv
Gebhart. None of the , as-
sengerswere hurt, but Engineer ° Die-
inert was tcrriblv scalded.
, . cutting affair _ .
serious occurred „ in
*
^tan killing ey of county, one man N. and C., the resulting probable m the fa-
‘ mounding eat two others. A crowd
of . men, as usual, had gathered at the
neighborhood store on Saturday evening.
-'Iauy lagan to iltink heavily, and soon
the entire crowd felt like fighting. A
dispute arose, and m a short time eight
uicn were dgbt. engaged in an active knock-
John Finch and Albert
iiacer vvtre wounded, and Henry J. be-
HRs was killed.
The supreme court of Mississippi, on
Monday, in affirming the case of the
Louisville. New- Orleans «fc Texas Rail-
road Co. against the state, which was a
conviction of said road by the circuit
court of Tunica county, for failing to
provide alike accommodations for the
black and white races, decided that the
statu’e requiring roads to provide such
separate tion accommodations wus constitu-
d, and sustained the verdict of the
Oaeo <- the m>»t dramatic incident s
a" 7“?“^ wot place “ ou » tho ^ occasion fa Atlanta, of thc
of a sermon by Judge Howard
an E PP 3 OQ Suuda J. ^ho acted as sup-
ply for Rev. Dr. Morrison of the First
Methodist Church. The judge's subject
was the betrayal of Christ, and as he
described the scene and the agony of the
Savior in the garden of Gethsemane, a
furious s or a raged outside, and the
learned j ris’s remarks were punctuated
by fl ishes of lightning and peals of
thunder.
A ... dispatch , , , f Arkansas . , Ciry, .... Ark., . ,
rom
gives the details of a terrible cyclone
b s 'T e P, t t ^ ir0l i®D tbat c> }? i-unday.
1 he Melodist - and Baptist , churches and
ti.c rna( nf tho Arkansas ft*-valor to
molishing a number of loaded freight
rnrs The only lives lost were th^se of
K ve Walton, aged 15; Tudy Walton,
a „ ed 9 Mrs , Walton, the mother, was
badly injured, and another daughter,
Lizzie Walton, had a hip dislocated,
All are colored.
In t he death, on Wednesday, of Dr.
Andrew Simonds, one of the most con-
spicuous figures in the history of Port
Bellevue, South Carolina, has ]>i 8 ed
away. Ur. Simonds has been a confirmed
dyspeptic nearly alibis life. A few clays
ago he was attacked with inflammation of
the bowels, which rendered a surgical op-
(-ration necessary. This resulted in his
death. lie was a native of Abbeville
couutv and a connection of John O’. Cal -
bo ' ln > ° f nullification fame, his mother
being Jane Hamilton Calhoun In 1860
ie marr ‘ ed a daughter of John A. Cal-
bou “- He organizet ic* lr- - a lona
Bank of Chnrkstoo .n 1805, was elected
president, and filled the office till his
*•
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The Augusta, Ga., exchange , has lust .
cou compueu . : led the me answers answers oi of its i,c corresnond- correspond-
ent, in reply to crop inquiries m seventeen
counties ]n Georgia, and five counties in
South Carolina. Seventy-six corre-
spondents report the acreage as last year:
fortv-seven report a decrease of ten per
cent*, and six an increase of five per cent.
Seventy-seven report planting as having
progressed favorably, sixty-six report
that it has not. Only one correspondent
out of 133 reports the plant up with
good stands. All report bad effect from
cool nights retarding o-rowth and pro-
ducing lice. The general tenor' of all
reports is that the crop is not in good
condition. One hundred and eight cor-
respondents reports the crops from ten
days to two weeks late,
A thunderstorm, resulting in consid¬
erable damage to property, occurred i n
Newberry county, 8. C., on Wednesday,
On one farm a c w was instantly killed,
On another, the corn crib was set on fire,
but the flames were extinguished before
much damage was done. OuNoahWil-
son’s place a colored boy leading a mule
to the stable was prostrated and stunned,
while the mu’e was instantly killed by
the stroke. On John Wertz's farm a team
°( killed four and mules were crippled. struck, The two being
oue negro
driver was thrown from the mule be rode
and stunned, his hat bcin" torn to shreds
an<1 bl9 clothing much injured. The
b:ini Oeorge McWhorter, in Colum¬
bia, was struck and set on fiie.
On Wednesday, at Kiug’s Crossing, a
few ^‘ les beyond Seville, Ga., two nc-
£ roes hoarded tlie train and attempted to
s h al a ride on the top of the height car.
^ ^ en Conductor F. S. B. A\ kigliam dis-
covered them he climbed on top of the
‘f' As he approached, is is supposed
J ^ he negroes car and slipped held b down * t w on lr the ? n laddcr side of
’ ’
T °, rdtT to c /\ nceal themselves from him
10 P assc< ie °° et ^ °.
the car, and one of f them , fired a shot
Thc fr.™ a pistol i, entered and the dropped brain from the Whig. train,
l>a of Mr.
imin, and he fell to the ground. As soon
ns possible the train was ^stopped, Mr.
Whigham was picked up aud put oil
bo ird, and carried to Americus, where he
d j e d. A negro has been arrested at
Sycamore, who has been identified as the
or , e fired the fatal shot,
Hon. Sam E. Fields, senator from the
4 g d district in Georgia, was killed at his
home in Whitfield county on Tuesday
morning. The killing was done by
Dennis Taylor, a young man about
twenty years of age; whom Fields had
raised from a child. Taylor had spent
night before at the house of William
Anderson, a neighbor living about 200
yards away. Fields went in the morning
to wake him in order to feed the stock,
which was one of his duties. He took
with him, as was his custom xvhen walk-
ing, a stick or switch. The boy saw him
approaching, and seizing a gun which
whs standing near, fired at him as he was
coining up the steps. The shot entered
Fields’ neck and severed his jugular vein,
killing him instantly. Taylor has always
bore the name of a half-witted creature,
if not a crazy one, and was placed in the
two or three years ago.
SERIOUS COMPLICATION.
FATUICK EGAN TO llE RECALLED FROM
THE UNITED STATES MISSION AT CHILI.
Irish circles in New York are full of
the report that minister to Chili Eagan
has beea recalled to explain the refer-
eaces \° his name in tbo Chicago trial,
John F. Scanlan, who was in Washing-
* on ’ 8 ^°PP e d there on his way to Chica-
8°» and 8tated that ifc wa3 on h ’ :8
statement, that the recall is to be made,
Jame3 J - K >S eTS - Brooklyn lawyer,
whoso Iiamc is “g^ed to the. Clan-na-
Cael report as one of the executive Com-
?/, Jte body c t? found * r ^ns to<i nevet «*«• concI.ts.ve r* -r y
i i' nt , * ed " s ,hat of t,lc m ‘ 3 '! n S ">*"• H°
,
haveb( ; en placed in the catch basin by
t interested in helping the enemies of
the Ir.sh people There are evidently some
me “ dee ^ bcnt oa bnngiug out to the
public the purposes for which these
noticed moneys the were expended. If you have
reports of the alleged Cronin
murder in all the newspapers the first
three days were remarkably alike as if
inspired by the same set of men. To
me the whole thing looks more and
more every day as the clever work of
some smart men interested in making it
appear that Cronin was killed. The
doctor, I feel convinced, is still living
tbe and has been of sent out of the wav to hefp
scheme an alleged murder. He
may not be cognizant of the scheme, but
he is all the same being used skill-
fully to help it.” Rogers is an ardent
admirer of Alexander Sullivan, the Chi-
cago lawyer, accused of complicity in
the murder of Cronin, and this is the
latest theory that is said to be now talked
continunl'y inside the circles of the C.an-
na-Gael camps,
COTTON.
years small. The changes this season are
. little larger than a year ago. A net
increase over 1888 of 3.34 per cent, bring,
mg up the total to 20,399,480 acres in
183 9, agarnst 19,845,430 in 1883.
ALLIANCE DOTS.
SOMt THING FOR FARMERS TO
READ AND STUDY ON.
THE RAILROADS FIRM.
At a meeting of the Joint Rate Corn-
mittee of the Trunk lines and Central
Traffic Association, a vote was taken
upon the application £f of the Baltimore A
0hio Raill d for a rcduc tion of the rates
on corn to the basis o, „0c. per one hun-
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WOOL GROWING.
^ I resident .. . „ Harmon . , has received . . a .. let-
. f the N nal
a con ^™ lttee °. ■ *’ 1( ?
™ . ^ f .^ Lnl ed
ia ,0 “ ® e .‘
’ “
tho n "J it ^ fo „ extra session oiCon-
forThTpurp , ,.
ticable dav, .se ^f "enacting
necessary legislation in regard to wool-
growing countrv’. ami other industries of the
RAD CROPS.
Fine rains fell here, but the cool, win¬
dy weather that has prevailed since that
time has somewhat counteracted the
benefits of the rain and prevented the
rapid growth of the crops. Farmers
siill complain of bad stands of cotton,
late planted corn. The wheat crop will
fad far below the average, aud Spring
o its are a total failure. Fall oats are
fairly good, but the acreage is small.—
Greenwood, S. C., Paper.
de kale county, ga.
The 1 ue I Farmers’ Alliance, Alliance® of oi DeK ijciv lb in
county hold ,,, their quarterly meeting f at
-
. . , . ... i he
c 1 A cuapei on juiy 4tn, ana , me i.m
°t all the members iu the county are
mvited to attend and have a biscet dm-
ner gatherings ; ^ promises ot farmers to oe and one their of the families largest
h * ld ln the c « ua |y • ril ^ e Wl11 be a
Helvalb county colt show' in . Decatur on
the hrst luesday m August. One pre-
m 'Y m l ' as bceu olTeroJ fo .f, th f best col N
and other premiums will be offered, „
There are some fine colts m the county,
and the clay promises to bo an interesting
oue stoc ^ raisers.
ENCOURAGING.
[Money to move the crops will not bt
needed for two or three months yet, and
uutil that time come®, gold exports can
go on without exciting much uneasiness.
But if there should not be enough mon¬
ey readily available when that need be¬
comes apparent, business will suffer.
Crop prospects still remain good, aud all
rumors of a new rate war among tho
main lines of railroads have thus far been
shown to be groundless, Indeed, if
crops turn out to be as heavy as they
promise to be, there will be but little
chance of a rate war at all this year.
The financial outlook, in fact, Continues
to be highly encouragiug.
POOR OUTLOOK.
vania Crop and prospects in Maryland, Pennsyl¬
rated, Virginia, have greatly deterio¬
the recent heavy rains having
prostrated the wheat, and the damage is
only to be reckoned when it is known
how r much will come up. A well-in¬
formed gentleman from Frederick coun¬
ty, Md., one of the finest wheat districts
of the state, says that a great deal of the
wheat was down and would never come
up, and this is a fair indication of the
situation in these three states. When
one considers the brilliant promise of a
few days ago, the present aspect is de¬
plorable, while every moment of a con¬
tinuance of rain increases the damage.—
Baltimore Journal ;
THRIFTY COLORED FOLKS.
The colored peoole in the Albany,
Ga., section is gradually becoming more
thrifty. Those who own their farms, if
they will work themselves, are generally
doing well. Sometimes they pay very
high prices for their land, buying it on
time at almost any figure asked. It is a
struggle for several yeais to pay for it,
but when this is eventually accomplished,
they usually make good citizens, having
peace, good orde r and the welfare of the
cotintty at heart. Said Lewis Davis,
colored, of Dougherty cotinty: “Three iii
years ago I bought 166 2-3 acre s out
the green woods, for $800, on time. I
cleared a portion of the land and went
to work on it. I am gradually paying off
the debt. Last ye-ir on the part of the
land which I cultivated, I made 14 1-2
bales of cotton, 280 bushels of corn
and 150 gallons of syrup, which I sold
for fifty cents per gallon. I raise hogs
and "have between twenty-five and thirty
head of cattle.’'
now to no it.
The old towti of Wethersfield, which
is on the Connecticut Rivet, deaf Haft-
ford, Conn., was for a centilry at least,
the center of the onion trade in New
Fnglanel, with Forty years ago it divided
the tciWn df BfRtol, in Rhode Is¬
land, the honor of raising the bulk of all
the onions consumed in the cotihtfy.
Potty-five years ago the cry of “opposi.
tion to monopoly’ 5 was started against
the middle men who .acted as shipper^
and the growers organized tor them¬
selves. They selected three of the bright¬
est and smartest young men in the
town to go to New York and manage
their business there. They decided to
stick by the young tradesmen through
thick and thin. The result was me>re
money for the farmers and handsome
commissions for the agents. The mo¬
nopoly xvas broken down in the end.
„The cultivation of onions has been dying
out rapidly third for the past fifteen years.
Not one of the acreage which was
sowed during the War is bow used for
the crop. Tobacco and garlic have sup-
pi ai.ted the popular product ot a cen¬
GEORGIA CROPS.
There are some interesting points in
the croD rcoort for the month of June
which is now being issued from the state
department Corn of agriculture of Georgia.
is a little off. The condition of
the crop has fallen from 99 on May 1st to
90, owing to unfavorable weather. The
bud worm has been destroying stands in
bottom lands. The fields are in good
condition as to culture, the plant, as a
rule, has a healthy color, though small.
The prospects of oats has steadily and
rapidly declined since the last report.the
compared present showing with a reduction of 69, as
against 98 month an average condition,
one ago. The small
area sown in the Fall has contributeel to
prevent an almost total failure of the
crop. The wheat crop is unusually good,
beiDg ihese 93 compared with an average,
real facts. figures are probably below thr
The condition of the cottoA
crop was critical, though not alarming,
even on the first of May, as has been in¬
timated. Since that date the only re¬
absence deeming circumstances have been the
of any sudden and overpowering
disaster, such as flood or frost* and the
opportunity afforded farmers to get ea-
ble tirely clear of grass where it was possi¬
and to plow. The dry weather,.cold wind*
low temperature generally, have re-
tarded germination and growth, cad en?
couraeed insect depredation. It is Dot j
too much to say, that the cotton pros-
pect on June 1 was lower than it lias
been on the same date within at least ten
years. All of North Georgia, and par¬
ticularly versal complaint in Middle of Georgia, stands, there is and uni- a j
iousy and poor condit of the
plau'ts. unthrifty on Georgia
In extreme Southwest ,
the crop is much better than elsewhere.
The fact that the crops are clean and the
soil generally m mellow condition, to¬
gether with the recent rains that have
fallen over the greater part of the state,
encourage the hope that even yet the be¬
lated crops will spring forward and yield
yield abundant harvests. An unprecedented assured,
of fruit is well nigh as no
heretofore known disaster can occur to
destroy the crop, excepting possibly
continued and excessive raias throughout
the period of ripening,
UNITED LABOR.
A meeting was held Wednesday tc
take steps to bring the organized Broth© work¬
ing elas-cs of Chic >go into a -
hood of United Labor—Barry' swb-titute
for the Ivn ghts of L«bor. Representa¬
tives of the following trades were pres¬
ent: M u deis, fouodrymen, butchers.
ESSE-SS uTi r n tur*
ut
GHASTLY SCHEME.
A license of incorporation was Executive on Mon¬
day issued to the American
C >., Chicago, to execute persons who
are sentenced to death. The capital
stock is $25,000. The incorporators are
small dealers in coal in GT icago, and they
c’aim to be acting in go d faith. None
of the trio has had any experience in tho
propos.d business, and their idea is to
employ competent executioners and open
communication with all sheriffs in the
United States, guaranteeing that there
will be no bungle such as that at Ozark,
Mo.
WENT WET.
Local option elections were held on
Monday at the cities and towns of Ra
leigh, Goldsboro, Mt. Oiive, Fremont,
Newton Grove, Hendersonville, Durham,
Wayneville and Washington, and for all
Cleveland county in North Carolina.
Interest centered on elections at Raleigh
and Durham. At both places the pro¬
hibitionists were defeated—at Raleigh
by 198 majority, and at Durham by 75.
Goldsboro gave the anti-prohibition
ticket 179. The prohibitionists have re¬
ceived quite a reverse in this election,
and appear to have lost ground at many
points. No more local option elections
can be held in that state for the next two
years.
_____
KAN8A8 CYCLONE.
The section around Wichita, Kan.,
was visited by a most severe storm Sat¬
urday. The western part of Sedge wick
county and eastern part of Kingman
county suffered most, and a space twenty
miles long by five miles wide was swept
over by the cyclone. A farmer named
Rogers and his family were killed, and
m.iny others are homeless. A heavy
rain, followed the hail, which laid low
Lhe grain and fruit crops.
BLACKSM 1 TH 1 NG j
HORSE-SHOEING j
Manufacturing and Repairing
WAGONS, BUGGIES
—AND—
FARM 1 MPLF.MENTS
Of all kin ’s.
JARRETT & SON,
lOCCOA, GEORGIA.
ROBERTS HOUSE,
TOCCOA CITY, GA-,
MRS. E. W. ROBERTS, Prop
Mrs. Roberts afi has ch rge of thi
Railroad Eating H ise at Bowersvilles,
Ga. Good acjonim ‘atious, good board
At usual rates in firs: class houses.
LEWIS DAVIS,
1TTOPNEY AT LAW.
TOCCOA CUT, GA.,
Will practice in the counties of Haber¬
sham and Rabun of the Nertliwesiern
Circuit, nnd Frank I n and Banks of the
West rn Circuit. * Prompt attention will
be g vrn to ad business entrusted to him.
The collection of debts will have spec¬
ial attention.
1?AL - ESTATE.
CITY LOTS,
Farm and Minei^l Lands
In thc Pleelm nt R gion, Georgia. Also
O:' nge Groves, Fruit anrl Vegetable
Farms for sale in El erida. Address
J. W. IV cLAURY,
TOCCOA, OEOllOIA.
Don’t Fail to Call On
W. A. HITBESON,
Who has Special Bargains in Various
Lines of Goods.
FINE DRESb 800 DS f
felOTSflMQ nUaSUriOj FlHlVj FTfi KlV
—ALSO—
TJ HARDWARE OF ALL KINDS.
Farmers’ Tools, Wagon and Buggy Ma¬
terial, Blacksmith's Tools, Hinges,
Locks, Bolts, Doors aDd Sash.
—EVERYTHING IN THE—
HARDWARE LINE,
STOVES, STOVE PIPE.
AND WOODWARE,
- ALSO -
JOMESTIC SEWING MACHINES,
TOOCOA. CA.
NEW FIRM.
M°ALLISTER & SIMMONS
Hare Just Opened Up With LARGE STOCKS Of
HEAVY GROCERIES
Bought for Cash by the
CAB LOAD *
CONSISTING OF
MEAT, COEN, FLOUR, BEAN AND HAY,
Also, Large Stocks of
STAPLE DRY GOODS, SHOES, CLOTHIN G, Etc
NVe Carry a Full Line Of
Stoves, Hardware, Furniture, Mattresses. Bed-springs
We Have Just Received
Old HICKORY and White HICKORY.
w a (&0NS o
---IN--
CAR LOAD LOTS-
IttlfiS 61819 ©§61. ftOttttt. to
Our New Stock in this Line is Complete, Embracing all the Latest
Styles. We invite our Friends and Customers to call and Examine
our Stock before Purchasing elsewhere.
Having bought all the above Goods
We are able to afford superior inducements to our Customers.
MCALLISTER & SIMMONS,
LAVONIA, TOCCOA,
GA. GA.
e. p. sum psora 9
TOCCOA. CEORCIA-
mm iitiii W6 tiwtiiif *
And Machinery Supplies, Also, Repairs AU Kinds of Machinery.
FiiKLESS Engines*
BOTH PORTABLE & TRACTION
GEISER SEPARATORS
Farmers and others in want of either Engines or Separators, will
SAVE MONEY by using the above machines. 1 am also prepared
to give Lowest Prices and Best Terms on the celebrated
«1ESTEY 0RGANS.t»
Cardwell Hydraulic Cotton Presses, Corn and Saw Mills, Stock Syrup of
Mills and Eva porators. Will have in by early Spring a Full
White Sewing Machines.
McCormick Reapers, Mowers and Self-Binders
Which need only a trial their Superiority. Call and see me be-
cre you luy. Duplicate parts of machinery constantly on hand.
Xoticjv i 0 qivtjj'f
-THA-T-
JONN E. REDMOND
WILL SELL YOU PATTERNS TO
f)o YouV Owr\ $igr) Phiqtir^,
In any Size wanted, from Two Inches up to Sixty four.
Write to Him and get an Estimate of All Kinds of Graining,
Sign and House Painting, Varnishing, at
ROCK BOTTOM PRICES.
lie gives Agents an article with which they can make more money thin they
ever uiaele in all their live*. With these uoods Agents cau make from $5 to $8 ft
day. Tnis is no Northern humbug Inclose a tvvo-cent stamp for postage, anei
you will receive bv r turn mail free samples .and full particulars e,f the business.
I a so i urn tsh Ge»l«l and Gilded letters, Emblems and Graining Ct mbs,
Mortars and Resiles for Druggists I fiiiu’sh Wire Banner Signs, aud make &,
specialty of Po-t Boards for the country. Address
JOHN E. REDMOND,
TTJO-AlXjO, ga.
TOCCOA MARBLE WORKS.
The Undersigned is Prepared to Furnish MARBLE,
- SmtstatsMtuMit!
‘4 wk iSS _ Of AU Kinds and Styles from the
~h fjT plainest elaborate and lowest and costly. prices, up All to work the
'Wrr elelivered, and satisfaction
set up guar-
" autecd. Cull at my yard, examine
samples and learn prices l efore pur-
— M ^ ch “ 5 °g elsewhere. Address,
L,. T>. COOK,
TOCCOA. CA.
ADVERTISE NOW.
will insert you a Dice, well-displayed ad
-itisement at as low rates as any first-ehsj.
paper can afford to do. Advertising rates made
known on application.