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THE TOCCOA NEWS
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL.
VOLUME XIX.
E, P. SIMPSOKT 3>
TOCCOA, GEORGIA
And Machinery Supplies, Also, Repairs All Kinds of Machinery.
Peerless Engines*
BOTH PORTABLE & TRACTION
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Farmers ami others in want of either Engines or separators, will
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using am
to give Lowest Prices and Best Terms on the celebrated
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McCormick Reapers, Mowers and Self-Binders
Which need Duplicate only a trial their Superiority. Call and see me be-
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Philadelphia. U
v. Victor L. Conrad, Ed. Luth’n Observer
Philadelphia. U. W.
v t iiat les Cushing, D. D., Rochester,
New York.
ltou. Wm Tenn Nixon, E1. Iutcr-Occan,Chi¬
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W. II. Wor.hington, Editor New South, New
xoik.
Judge II. P. Vro -man, Qu nemo, Kan.
Mrs. Mary A. Livoimore, Melrose, Msssachu
Mr. E. C. Knight, Ph ladelpliia.
Mr. Frank Suldall, mt ro ant, Phda.
lion. W. W. Schuyler, Easton, Pa.
L. Wilson, 833 Broadway, N. Y.,Ed.Phila.
Fidelia M. Lyon, Waimea, Hawa i, Sandwich
H mds.
Alexander Ritchie. Inverness, Scotland.
Mrs. Manuel V, Oriega, Freauilio, Zicat cas,
Mexico.
Mrs. Emma Cooprr, Utilla, Spanish Hondu¬
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J. Cobb, ex-Y’ca Consul, Casablanoa, Mo¬
rocco
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LEWIS DAVIS*
ATTORNEY AT LAW
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will practice in the counties of Haber
sham and Rabun of the Northwesteri
Circuit, and Frankl n and Banks of tht
Western Circuit. Prompt attention wil
be g ven to all business entrusted to him
The collection of debts will have spt o
ia! attention.
THE INDIAN IS AVERSE
Tn IO Fnlictino' tnilSUng’ in in tho tne United unuea Stflfpc Diaies
Keg-Uiar Army.
News received at the war department
Friday of the results of efforts becing
made by western army officers to carry
out the provisions of the army appropria-
tion bill authorizing the enlistment in the
regular army of 2,000 Indian recruits is
that very discouraging. The officers report
the Indians will not enlist iii the
infantry under any circumstances, a*
they adhor walking. They will not enlist
iu the cavalry except as scouts, because
they do not care to bind themselves to
fi\e }ears ser\ice, nor to be subject to
removal to distant parts of the country,
T hen, too, they waut their women with
them, and a great majority of the bucks
are physically unfit tor military service,
It is doubted whether a single Indian
company can be recruited jin the west.
Trinity, in New York city, is by fa.
the richest parish in this country, aud
even in the world. The taxable prop-
ertv, which produces an annual income,
and is leased for secular purposes, is
valued at only $8,000,000. but the im¬
mense blocks upon which Trinity Church
aud St. Paul’s chapel stand are worth
enormous sums.
DUN’S REPORT
Of the Condition of Business for
the Past Week.
R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of
trade says: The actual condition of bus¬
iness does not improve, however hopeful
the anticipations warranted, Unfavor-
hie weather has prevailed over a wide.
rmintnMrn^ tronhfJs lrlt S Y tia( dlffic ?. f L and » lfc mak Labor j n 8
Hitkesjmvmg S, l, Xi bec « begun miu ■ « ,aaimportaatfac at | many localities , , . t ? r .
SriS d ?/ g eS tj ; ad d ? s r. ln and notsami the great tbe
V r °r r ° <>! S
Mnnov J * cm > P oraril *-i y closer i at ^ some
, i t ! 4P nl settlements,
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N lnterior ma j‘ ke ts
and •mrt comparatively m easy. Philadelphia
notes slow’collections in most lines; wool
quiet, with liquors, tobacco and jewelry;
trade in chemicals fair, but in paints
light, and in shoes troubled by slow col-
lections, though the prospects are con-
sidered good. Pittsburg notes no im-
portant fairtrade, change, and Cleveland only a
with Cincinnati, Louisville,
St. Louis and Kansas City in the same
condition. Chicago observes an increase
over last year iu the receipts of <r ra in and
cheese, and 50 per cent in wool, no
change decrease in cured meats and hides, and a
in flour, lard, butter, and 50 per
cent in dressed beef.
REPORTS FROM THE CITIES.
Merchandise moves more slowly than a
few weeks ago, on account of bad roads.
Memphis but finds trade not yet near normal,
at Atlanta it is improving, and at
New Orleans sugar is active at lower
prices, rice scarce and cotton quiet. Bad
weather affects trade at Montgomery, aud
at Jacksonville there are fears of a disas¬
trous spring and summer trade.
Iron does not mend at all, for the con-
fidence that the strikes will soon end,
consumers ricts record are awaiting. The lowest
l *or bar on iron, and are structural made by movts some ulowly, works
while wrought pipe is terribly demoral-
ized. Pig irou is duller than' for years
disliking and buyers generally hold off as to rails’
is flat, official to help the combination. Coal
above last prices being about 15 cents
year, but with some cutting.
FLUCTUATIONS IN PItICES.
Speculation in breadstuffs does not
abate, and with sales of 33,000,000 bushels
here wheat is H cents higher than a week
ago. Cotton has not changed, and trad-
ing is light. The new tariff has taken
effect as to raw sugar, and the price is
now 3£ cents against 5.19 a week ago,
while granulated is selling at 4* cents
against 0^ cents last week. The average
of all prices is a shade lower than a week
ago. In the stock market there has been
some weakness on account of the total
indifference of the public and the pros-
pect that the new Nebraska law will cut
down the earnings of many railroads
seriously.
Business failures throughout the eountry
during the last week number, for the
United States, 211; Canada thirty two.
For the corresponding week last year the
figures were 189 in the United States aud
seventeen in Canada.
Will \1sit the South.
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A Washington dispatch of Thursday
says that the president does not be-
lieve that theltalian imbroglio will take a
8 erious turn is evidenced by the fact that
he is making arrangeraents for a trip t0
t ke South aud West during the present
month. Visits will be made to the prin-
eipal cities in Virginia, Georgia, Tennes •
see, Arkansas, Texas, Arizonz, New Mex-
ic.> and California, aud probably Wash-
ingtoD. The party will not stop in any
Southern State than those men-
New Orh^ans is not included in
route. The p; rty will number about
ten persons.
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The M0F6W00d Riot.
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Quiet reigned throughout the e >ke re-
gions Friday morning. No outbreak has
occurred sine* the fatal raid of Thurs-
day, and while the situation is still grave,
the presence of the militia has had a re-
assuring effect upon the peop’e. Two
regiments are now on the ground fully
equipped and prepared for action. Ad-
jutant General McClelland and Brigadier
General Wyley are in command and will
remain as long as ther^ is any danger and of
another raid. The unc-rtainty fear
have proven an awful strain upon both
strikers and c it i z e ns .__
If you want to reach the people
should advertise in paper.' *
this
TOCCOA. GEORGIA, APRIL 11, 1891
GEORGIA BRIEFS.
Interesting Paragraphs from all
Over the State.
The comptroller of currency has ex-
tended the corporate existence of the
First National bank of Newnan to July,
181 b
The mule season at Columbus for this
year dealers closed. Tuesday. The prinei- trade
pal in stock, say that the trade
amounted to $125,000. The horse
closing earlier in the year, aggregated stock
over $75,000 and the total sales of
approximated nearly $3o0,000.
Mayor J. S. Powell, of Newnan, has
closed a contract with the National Elec-
Iric nt Light Company for electric lights for of
city. Twenty-five arc lights
2,000 candle power each have been con-
tracted for. The city authorities have
about completed arrangements for a sys-
tem of waterworks to cost $50,000.
airs. CartoUton ia taking on metropolitan
A daily newspaper, electric lights,
street railroads, a first-class hotel, and
now a cotton seed oil mill and guano
factory. This last is one of the best en-
terprises that could be gotten up for the
town, and one the best paying for lhe
stockholders. Nearly every farmer in
Carroll county is interested in it, and it
is an assured success.
The fair committee of the agricultural
society met at Macon a few r days ago.
r J he secretary was instruced to present an
itemized account to the city for the
amount claimed by the society. T he
secretary w r as also instructed to publish
the premium list. This settles the ques-
tion of the location of the fair, which
Will be held in Macon, commencing Oc¬
tober 21st.
The naval stores year of 1890 and 1891
is ended. The receipts at Savannah
from April 1, 1890, to March 31, 1891,
barrels were 19,6GG casks of spirits, and 758,448
of rosin. The increase of the
year just closed of the previous year was
12,608 casks of spirits, and 75,371 barrels
of rosin. The exports for the year
showed an increase over the previous year
of 14,683 casks of spirits, and 53,653
barrels of rosin.
The Gordon Press says that a farmer in
that section was keeping his cotton for
higher prices, and as it did not have
suffic ient shelter it lotted on his hands
and he was forced to take H cents a
pound for it. The Press adds: “There
are a number of farmers in this section
wko kave their cotton exposed to the
we ather and who will yet most probably
be compelled to take less than the market
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T he g*? 1 , Wilson tr ., trial . began . before ,
Judge , Richard H. Clark in the criminal
branch of the superior court at Atlanta,
T »esday. The merits of the case are
liinilIla r to all who know anything of the
histoi 7 of Fulton County for the past
three years. In 1888 Mr. James M. Wil-
sou ’ then tax collect °r of Fulton county,
was impeached for alleged defalcation
and crookedness in his management of
the funds oi the county,
In January Postmaster General Wanna-
makf r issued an order from Washington
that an experiment of the free delivery
of mail should be tried in one small town
in each state. Hephzibah was select d
fer Georgia, and beginning on the 1st of
February it has had the free delivery
service. Postmaster Rhodes considers it
a remarkable success, and believes that if
the towns in other states have done as
well as Hephzibah the free delivery ser¬
vice will be adopted throughout the
union.
Reliable reports from various points in
southwest Georgia and northern Florida
sbow that the truit and melon crops and
tbe cotton have been seriously damaged,
and in many districts almost entirely de¬
stroyed. The bad effects of the cold
weather were felt as far south as Lees-
bur S> Fla. The reports show it to be
tbe coldest spell known for this time of
tbe y ear - The total loss in Georgia aud
Florida will amount to $200,000, and,
coming after such a bad fruit year as last,
may ruin many "rowers.
Savannah is going to steal another
march on Charleston. This time she will
snatch from her a part of her shipments
cf r truck. . , Arrangements . , , have , been made ,
d Savannah truck right from Charleston’s
°or to and ship; it from there
JoNcwAork. f! 1 ? Char eston aad A train bavannahrailroad will be put on for by
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thls l nu L°f ’ The truckers have already
made , saUsfactoi t 7 te ™ 8 Wlth bf *h the
railroad company and the Ocean Steam-
sbi P Company and considerable of what
in the P ast has been Charleston’s Business
wil1 be diverte( l to Savannah’s port,
Martin Davis, the foreman for years of
the “First Bale” plantation of the late
Primus Jones, is still farming on that
’dace, and is cultivating the famous
swamp field, from which the first bale has
been repeatedly gathered. He reports
that he has just finished chopping out
sixty-five acres of cotton, which was
planted the 1st of February, and during
the recent cold wave and preserved it
from frosts by the smoke of log heaps
and burning stumps in the fields. He
says he will send the first bale of the crop
of 1891 to the market by the 5th of July.
The secretary of the treasury, on Mon-
day, opened the bids for the location of
the site for the new public According building to be
erected at Rome, Ga. to the
specifications provided in if the bid, the
site must be 130x100 feet a corner lot,
or 160x100 if an interior lot. After
opening the bids, Secretary Foster re-
fused to make public ground the names of the
bidders, on the that it would
precipitate a tierce local fight and cause
the department no end of trouble. As
the sites for over a hundred buddings ate
to be located w ithin the next mouth, the
secretary is anxious to avoid the annoy-
ance of listening to delegations sent to
Washington in the interest of eeitain
sites. He will send a special investigate agent to
R >me and the other places, to
the bids and act upon the agent's will
mendations. The Columbus bids be
opened at once.
The Home Maket.
The Orange and Vegetable Auetiton
company at Jacksonville, report that or-
an g es have reached the highest point
touched this season. They say: “Buy-
C rs have gathered here on their way
North, as the fruit throughout the state
has become tco much scattered to pay
them to haul it up, and they wiil remain
here as long as a sufficient quantity is
massed in the auction to afford them a
supply. Growers should send their fruit
in while they are here and prices are
goo I. Strictly fancy fruit ran from $3
to $3.60; good brights in best counts,
$2.40 to $2.80; mixed lots, averaging
well as to size, $2 to $2.50; mixed lots,
running sizes largej ^ 75 tQ $2. 2 5; all large
lower. Russets sold as well as
brights unless very dark. Grapefruit, $2
to $2.80. Navels, in smooth, bright
stock, wanted at good prices,
A!1 | )Pn(l bllt Five-
The people have not forgotten the East¬
man riot, and will recollect that scveial oj
the fioters we re confined in the Bibb jail
for safe kee pi n g. 0 f the seventeen negroes
who were found guilty and sentenced to
hard labor in the penitentiary for and
during their natural lives, for participa¬
tion in the memorable Eastman riot, on
the 6th day of August, 1882, only five
are died now living—twelve of them having
since their reception into the com
vict camps of Dade City. Jack Knowles,
one of the five living ones, gave this bit
of information to Representative Hon.
C. J. Jones, who, as a member of the
committee inspect appointed by the legislature to
the convict camps at the Dade
county coal mines last summer, saw Jack
at the mines and had a briaf talk with
him.
The Fifth Georgia Encampment.
Letters received from the officers of the
companies in the Fifth Georgia Cavalry
regiment show that they and the men are
well satisfied at the decision of the ad-
visory board sending them to camp in
Savannah instead of at Chickamauga.
The encampment will begin on Monday,
April 27th. Camp will be broken on
Saturday, May 2d, at noon. A fine site
on the outskirts of the city has been se¬
cured and will be placed in excellent
condition before the time of encampment.
There will be nine companies at the en¬
campment, Liberty Independent as follows: Georgia Hussars,
Troop, Eftiugham
Hussars, Screven Troop, Liberty Guard,
Brunswick Light Horse Guards, McIntosh
Light Light Dragoons, Troop. Burke Troop W. and Wayne
Colonel W. Gordon
will be in command. In all, over 300
cavalrymen are expected. For their ac¬
commodation the state will furnish fifteen
Sibley tents, nine Wall tents and 125 A
tents. The governor and his staff and
the advisory board are expected on Fri¬
day and Saturday, May 1st and 2d, when
there will be a general military parade
and cavalry tournament. The novelty of
the encampment is expected to draw
thousands to the city.
Gruel’ ll Gartrell Demi.
General Lucius J. Gartrell died at his
home iu Atlanta Tuesday afternoon. His
illness had been a long and painful strug¬
gle for life. Many days ago he was
stricken down wit h an abscess. Ilis
splendid physique and iron constitution
enabled him to triumph for awhile, but
gies at length the resources of his vital ener¬
wer e exhausted, and then he began
to fail. General Gartrell was born in
Wilkes county, in this state, on
the 7th of January, 1821, and
received his education at Franklin col¬
lege, now the State university, and at
Randolph-Macon college in Virginia.
Choosing law as his professien, he entered
the office of General Robert Toombs and
prosecuted direction his studies under the super¬
vision and of this distinguished
lawyer and statesman. General Gartrell
was admitted to the bar at an age when
most young men who look forward to the
professions have scarcely completed
their literary course. He entered ti e
arena of the law fully armed and
equipped, and was successful from the
start. He was so succe ssful as a
lawyer, even at that early age, that he
attracted the attention of ttie general as¬
sembly, and in 1843 was elected solicitor
general of the northern judicial circuit,
a position which, at that time, was much
sought after by the younger members of
the bar as an honorable and responsible
office which promised political prefer¬
ment. He served the state four years in
congress. It is useless to allude to the
incidents of General Garirell’s cireer
during the war. He was commissioned
a brigadier general by President Davis,
whereupon Georgia he organized four regiments
of reserves, which were known
as Gartrell’s Brigade, the commaud of
which he held to the close of the war.
When Alexander H. Stephens was nomi¬
nated for governor, General Gartrell en¬
tered the race against him, and during
That campaign distinguished himself as
an orator aud skilled "politician. After
the election of Stephens he retired again
to private and professional life, and since
that time has never appeared in the arena
of beloved politics. by Widely circle known, honored and
days a large of friends, his
last were spent in useful work.
Barnum Dead.
The great showman, P. T. Barnum,
passed away at 6:22 o’clock Tuesday
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evening iu the presence of It's grief-
stricken family, at his home in Bridge¬
port, Conn. He was eighty-one years
old.
Johnston Memorial Day.
I ; Col. W. P. Smith, grand commander
‘ f the grand of Confederate Vet-
0 camp instance
erans of Virginia, at the of Lee
camp, of Richmond, has issued a circular
calling upon all confederate camps
throughout the country to observe Sun-
April 26th, as m memorial day in
commemoration of tb -j late Gen.
e. Johnston.
NEWS AND NOTES
CONDENSED FROM TELEGRAPH
AND CABLE.
Epitome of Incidents that Hap¬
pen from Day to Day.
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Arguments in the Kincaid-Taulbet
case, in Washington, D. C., were con-
eluded Tuesday.
A disastrous explosiou occurred iu a
coal mine at Apedale, Englaud, Friday,
and ten persons were killed *
The cruiser San Francisco sailed Tues¬
day for Chili. .As this is the fastest
crusier of the navy her performance will
be watched with interest.
The secretary of the treasury has paid
the direct tax claims of the state of Ohio,
P" uter ® st ; ikc in the job offices at
wu- Washington, D. C., is ended, the em-
ployers conceding 42 cents a thousand,
with extra rates for more than nine hours
a day ‘
The East German conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, at Balti-
more, voted 41 to 1 against admitting
ference. women as delegates to the general con-
General B. F. Butler, of Massachusetts,
lias received from the United States
treasury $200,000 for property owned by
him at the corner of New’ Jersey avenue
and B street, Washington.
The utmost tranquillity prevailed
throughout the coke region Sunday. It
is reported that several of the coke com-
panies in the region will make strenuous
efforts to resume work at once.
A small riot occurred Monday in the
Phmnix packing house, at Kansas City
by a crowd of Italians proposing to work
for $1 a day. They were driven off by
a shower of stones from the w’orkmen.
Ex-Representative Lorenzo Cronuz, of
Nebraska, will be appointed assistant
secretary of the treasury iu a few days,
to fill the vacancy caused by the retire¬
ment of General Balch&lder, of New
York.
The will of the late General Joseph E.
Johnston has been filed at Washington,
and the court directed that letters of ad¬
ministration be issued to James A. Mc-
Lane, of Baltimore, executor. The value
of the estate is estimated at $80,000.
A number of French capitalists have
made an offer to the Russian government
to kuild a Siberian railway from Tchel-
cabuisk to Vladivostock, a distance of
7,198 versts, receiving payment either in
railroad bonds or by a loan of 300,000,-
000 credit roubles.
Senator George F. Edmunds, of Ver¬
mont, who has been in the senate of the
United States since April, 1866, and in
nearly, if not quite all of that time has
been of the republican leaders, has re¬
signed, the resignation to take effect the
1st day of November next.
During the past week, ending at noon
Saturday, there were 1,100 death in New
York city, against 895 for the preceding
week. There were fifty-six deaths from
grip, against ten from similar causes the
week before. The police department has
244 of its force on the sick list.
Governor Boyd, of Nebraska, Friday
morning, returned the Newberry maxi¬
mum rate bill to the legislature without
his approval on the ground that it was
unconstitutional. The bill passed the
house over the veto, but it is believed
that the veto will be sustained in the
senate.
The many conferences that have been
held between the steel company and their
employes, at Joliet, Ill., have resulted in
au arrangement of the wages question, at
least until the close of 1892, after which
six months notice must be given of a
desired change by either side. The slid¬
ing scale is adopted.
A London calegram of Sunday says:
Von Caprivi, the German chancellor, has
notified Lord Salisbury, the British prime
minister, that Germany w T ill abandon
southwest Africa, unless the Anglo-Ger¬
man syndicate succeeds in raising the
proposed capital. It is doubtful whether
the sum required can be secured.
A London cablegram of Sunday says:
A movement has been started to create
a gigantic trust to control the output of
the collieries iu Yorkshire, Lancashire,
Derbyshire and Staffordsnire. The avow¬
ed objects of the new trust are to bring
the consumer in direct contact with the
producer, aud to place the profits on a
less fluctuating basis.
About 200 honorably discharged vet¬
erans, who have served in the United
States army and navy, met in New York
city Tuesday and adopted resolutions
favoring an organization to be known as
the United States Regular Army and
Navy Veterans. A copy of the r -solutions
were sent to various organizations with a
request for endorsement.
Twelve brick manufacturing firms of
Trenton, N. J., announce a reduction of
wages, beginning Tuesday, of 15 to 20
per cent. The reason assigned is the
falling off in the demand for brick.
There was an oversupplv last yejr, and
the prospect is not good for thi* season.
Employes are considering the advisability
of striking.
The Waverly oil work*, at Pittsburg,
Pa ..covering an area of four acres, were
totally destroyed by fire Fiday night, to¬
gether with 80,000 feet of sawed timber,
owned by George S. Lacy. During the
fire several tanks of benzine exploded, but
no one was seriously injured. The total
loss is estimated at $150,000. fully cov¬ the
ered by insurance. The origin of
fire is not knowm.
Sunday’s dispatches say: Secretary
Blaine is not yet prepared to make public
anything throwing additional light on
the Italian situation, and unless there
should be, bombshelfas contrary to all expectation*.
another sudden and start-
ling as the recall of Baron Fava, it is
probable that th 3 Italian entanglement
will not a^ain be a subject of all-engross-
in<* public interest, and that it will take
the usual tedious course of diplomacy.
Up to Monday night several Morewood
rioters had been arrested, and eight depu-
ties who did the shooting. The squire
before whom the lnarings were be d
found a precedent somewhere, held those
charged with riot and carrying concealed
weapons in $1,000 bail, while the depu¬
ties charged w ith murder were released on
$300. It Is said that the wounded strik¬
ers, previously repor cd a? having died
Saturday, were piiv.itely buried Tuesday.
A Boston dispatch of Saturday, says:
Thursday nisrht’s storm has resulted in
the general demoraliz ition of the tele-
an d wrecked, and it is said that the gen-
eral condition of the telegraph system is
worse than that which resulted from the
blizzard of January ‘25th last. Neither
the Western Union nor Postal had a wire
Y° rkl r S to New York S.turday, aud the
Associated . Press wires
were dow n iu all
directions
AN AGREEMENT
between the Jute Trust and
Alliance Representatives
t *°. ns bagging. A maximum scale of
prices has been fixed, and, with free com-
petition below the scale, the business
agents of the alliance have accepted the
proposition of the Cordage Bagging of
company, factories that representing all but one the
the tr*et. The xvere regulations formerly included in
the national bagging began with
posed of Oswald Wilson, committee, corn-
Florida manager of the
state exchange; M. L. Donaldson,
maaa c3 er of the South Carolina exchange,
am W. L. Peek, manager of the Georgia
exchange. fiance At the recent meeting of the
state business agents at Birming-
ham, all the cotton states w’ere represent-
^ A ^cept e ° ° nel Georgia and peek North of Caro- the
n • cl d >
in®!? e ? ? hls an g fami e » cou b. There not go Mr. because Os-
Y ' 1 s on > tbe chairman of the na¬
tional i cotton , , committee, submitted the
proposition of the Cordage Baggage Com¬
pany and it was adopted by all the states
represented. The Cordage Bagging Com¬
pany proposes to guarantee a maximum
price of 6£ cents per yard for one and a
half pound, 6^ cents for one and three-
quarter and pound, 7± cents for two pound,
7$ cents for two and a half pound
jute hanging, and agrees to meet compe¬
tition below this scale. They agree to
supply all the jute bagg ng the alliance-
men want. The alliance business agents,
in accepting this proposition, agree to
take w’liat jute bagging they need from
this source, always provided that it meets
competition and supplies the goods
promptly. As Georgia was not repre¬
sented in the Birmingham meeting, the
same directors proposition was submitted to the
of the Georgia stale
exchange at a meeting in At¬
lanta, and it was unanimously accepted.
The importance of this action by all the
state agents of the cotton belt but one is
very great. Even if the action docs not
bind the Sub-Alliances, the recommend¬
ation carries great weight. When the
Alliance passed resolutions boycotting
jute bagging, there were few Aliiancemen
who did not stand up to the fiat of the
order, though it cost them over a dollar
a bale. When they make a fiat which
relieves them of this extra cost, therj is
every reason to believe that they will all
stick. It simply rueaus that, bv one
clever stroke, half the bagging for the
coming year has been sold in advance, on
terms mutually advantageous to maker
and consumer. The recommendation of
the business agents leaves the farmers free
to buy cotton bagg ng if they p efer, but
as the jute is cheaper, it is not likely that
many will now’ buy cotton bagging. One
of the directors was asked how this would
leave the southern factories which put in
machinery to make cotton bagging.
“Their machinery was bought with if view
to conv rting it to other purposes,” said
he, “and they can do that now. They
have had a large sale at good prices, and
they are not hurt.”
QUIETING DOWN.
The Italian Embroglio Assum¬
ing a Milder Aspect.
It is reported that the president and
his advisers are very much gratified di over
the latest message from Premier Ru-
dini, wh'cii was the subject of considera¬
tion at the cabinet meeting Friday. They
ure inclined to think that it indicates an
early settlement of the d plomatic war.
The milder tone assumed by liudini in
his mes-age to Marquis Imperiali is, it is
considered, due to the clear state-
ment of our government’s position the by
Secretary Blaine, supplemented the by
very able presentation United of States case min¬ at
Rome by Mr. Porter,
ister there.
If this government considers the ques¬
tion of indemnity, the inquiry will no
doubt be made into the eh iracter of the
allegt d subjects of Italy killed in New
Orleans, whether they were compelled to
leave their native land, under a promise
never to return aud were compensated these to
leave, etc. Should it be found that
men left the country for their country’s
good, this government would hardly con¬
sent to compensate their families. It was
al o repored that at the cabinet meeting a
letter was read from either Baron Fava
or Marquis Imperiale, intimating that the
recall of the minister was really but a
leave of absence.
The dispatch from Marquis di Rudini,
Italian premier, was laid before the cabi¬
net by Secretary Blaine and discussed for
a time. Later, Secretary Blaine said that
he would not be able to give the out any¬
thing for publication marquis’ now, remains a3 exact
text of the note a se¬
cret, and it is regarded as possible that it
will not be made public until the secre¬
tary has prepared his reply.
From Secretary Rusk.
Secretary Rusk, of the agricultural de¬
partment, has issued the following:
“Notice is hereby given that the regula¬
tions made February 5th, 1891, for the
transportation of cattle from the area des¬
ignated by said regulations as infected
w.th the contagious disease known as
splenetic fever, apply to the movement
of cattle from said area north, for imme¬
diate slaughter. The transportation of
cattle from said area for feeding or for
any other purposes except
slaughter is prouibited by the act of coa
erre-s of Muv 29th. 1884.’’
NUMBEK 14.
SOUTHERN BRIEFS
DAILY OCCURRENCES IN THE
SUNNY SOUTHLAND
Curtailed into Interesting and
Newsy Paragraphs.
The savings bink of Stockbridge,
Mass., is in the hands of a receiver.
The superintendent of the census
places the population of California at
1,208,130.
The confederate veteran* of Richmond,
Vh.. have decided to erect a monument
to General A. P. Hill
Falk & Bcntscliner, retail clothiers,
at Saturday. Charleston. S. C\, made an assignment
Liabilities $50,000; assets,
$40,000.
The governor of Tennessee has applied
to the secretary of the treasury for tho
refunding of the direct tax collected in
that state, amounting to $392,005.
Charleston’s cotton receipts, Tuesday,
passed the 500,000 mark, the total to
date being 501,336 bales. The receipts
for the entire season of 1890 were less
than 350,009 bales.
The North Carolina legislature imposed
a tax of twenty-five cents per share on
the stock of the Raleigh and Gaston rail¬
way. It is now discovered that by an
error in engrossing the bill, the tax levied
is only twenty cents per share.
Octavius Coke, of Raleigh, has been
appointed secretary of state by the gover¬
nor. Va., fifty-one Coke was born at Williamsburg,
years ago. He served in
the Thirty-Second Virginia, was wounded
he at Sharpsburg and Five Forks. In 1878
madeEdentou, N. C., his home.
The Louisville leaf tobacco market has
been featureless the past -week. Sales
have been moderately large, consisting
chiefly of tobacco of an inferior quality,
with now and then a first-class hogshead.
All colory and clean red burley are very
strong, in fact slightly higher than last
week.
The St. Augustine, Fla., gas works
were burned Monday morning. The fire
was caused by the giving way of a sealed
door in a tank holding decomposed
water, while it was being charged with
illuminating power from kerosene. The
entire plant, except the oil and charging
tanks and gas meter and generator, was
destroyed. The loss is estimated at $65,-
000; insurance unknown.
A Parkersburg, W. Va., dispatch of
Friday says: There is considerable com¬
motion among the railroad lines in this
state, and there are indications that the
Italians are avenging their countrymen by
the destruction of prouerty. Two at¬
tempts to wreck a fast express on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad were de¬
tected in time to prevtnt the loss of life.
Three thousand barrels of sugar were
freed from bondage at the custom house
at Charleston, the duties, amounting to
$18,000, having been rebated, under the
recent act of congress. Of this amount
over 1,000 barrels were shipped to mer¬
chants in the interior of the state, and
most of the rest w ill go out at once. The
price of granulated sugar tumbled to 7
cents a pound at retail, a fall of 2 cents.
HEAVY DEFALCATION.
A Trusted Bank Cashier Goes
Wrong and Suicides.
Thomas Gadsden, the cashier of the
Merchant’s National bank, at Savannah,
Ga., committed suicide by shooting him¬
self in the head at his child’s grave in
Laurel Grove cemetery in that city Friday.
An examination of his books revealed the
fact that he was embezzelcr to the ex¬
tent of over $100,000. Every cent of
this money has been taken since the 1st
of January. His defalcation was to the
tunc of $1,000 a day. Every cent of it
w r ent in speculation in cotton and grain.
Gadsden had been with the bank for
twenty-three years, the larger part of
which time he was the trusted cashier.
Unlimited confidence was placed in his
integrity, and up to this year there is no
evidence that he had ever violated the
trust placed in him. The bank’s net loss
will be about $70,000. Gadsden was
under a $30,000 bond in the American
Security Company, of New York. The
story of lhe defalcation created great ex¬
citement. As the bank has a surplus of
over $250,000, its credit will not suffer
in the slightest.
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ROASTED TO DEATH.
A Conflagration in Which Ten
People Lose Their Lives.
In a fire at Rochester, P.i., Sat u day
night, a large frame structure, in which
was located the tea and coffee st re of
George Edwards, the millinery rtorc of
Mrs. Hall, and the shoe shop aud resi¬
dence of E. J. Keene, wms destroye ’. A
number of Itali ns lived ever tho
millinery store and were burned
to death. Ihere have been nine
bodies found; only two recog¬
nized. They are Mr. Keene and his son,
w ho was a shoemaker. One hundred and
fifty dollars in gold was found in the
ruins, supposed to have lel-mged to the
Italians. An Italian, who is the only
one of the family saved, and w ho jumped
from a second-story window, says there
is $500 more st 11 in the ashes. Tho
conclusion arrived at is ihat the Itali ms
became confused and could not fin 1 the
stairway, which was a narrow one. and
to reach it required the ope ling of two
doors ia the r<*nr of th*» building.
A YOUTHFUL CRIMINAL.
A Boy Makes a Big Haul From
the Atlanta Postoffice.
Several days ago $11,000 worth of
checks and notes for the Atlanta Na¬
tional bank were stolen from the bank’*
private drawer at the Atlanta Saturday postoffice
by a ten-year-old boy. On the
boy was arrested and $10,215.96 were
recovered. There are still several'
other checks missing, which will run
the total up to $11,000 or more.
The drawer was out of order, and
could be opened from the outside
by a little shaking. The boy stood
on the outside and took the letters
as openly as though he had been in the
employ of the bank.
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