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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 *• ' ' * 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- ‘ ' " 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. 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