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THE TOCCOA NEWS
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL.
VOLUME XIX.
PEPMAKENCY.
ft lover carved upon a bed of stone
l His lady’s name, and set thereto a rhyme;
And on the rook were marks beside his own,
• Scratched by a glacier in primeval time.
And ret tbe passion that, his spirit stirred,
Tho while he cut her fond and fleeting
name,
Methinks was more eternal than the word
The ice age spoke-time's snow against
love’s flame'.
“ Richard E. Burton .in Harper's Weekly.
Her Love Saved His Honor.
A RECAST INCIDENT or NEW TORE LIFE.
It was nearly 4 o'clock in the aftcr-
noon. People who were going down
Cortlandt street stepped quickly to one
side. Those who were coming up did
likewise. This action made a free pas¬
sageway for a man who was hastening at
the top of his speed to the ferry. When
he came to where another street inter¬
sected Cortlandt he dodged in and out
between the wagons with surprising agil¬
ity and without perceptibly slacking his
pace.
He was a peculiar looking man.
5carcely five feet tall, with shoulders of
the breadth of a large and portly man, a
large head, set upon a thick, short neck,
a derby hat two sjges too large resting
on his prodigious ears and exposing a
broad, bulging forehead; small at the
waist, with slender legs bowed almost to
deformity and toes that lapped over each
other as he ran, he attracted scrutinizing
attention.
He passed the ticket punchers before
they had time to call upon him to halt.
By the time they thought of their duty
the dwarf was tapping a man on the arm.
This man stood near the gate leading to
the boat, which was just coming in.
The man whom the dwarf tapped on
the arm w’as fully six feet tall, lie
dressed in fhe somewhat worn and ill
fitting garments of a laborer. Over his
right eye was a green patch. His beard
was two days old, and he had been clean
shaven when a nizor last touched his
face. His slouch hat was pulled well
down on his forehead.
The dwarf spoke to the man as he
turned about and bent his head down¬
ward.
“But I cannot come, Jimmy,” he said.
Again the dwarf spoke to him in a
whisper. Then the two turned away to¬
gether. They went directly to the Sixth
Avenue Elevated Station, the dwarf
walking behind. When they reached
Twenty-eighth it was dark and rain was
falling.
They went briskly toward Fifth avenue,
where they turned up town, walked a
few minutes, and the dwarf’s companion
paused. When Jim came up he said:
"You must go in.”
"But I cannot.”
"She is waiting for you.
The man went up the steps, reaching
the threshold just as the door opened.
He stepped inside. The door closed.
Jimmy waited until he heard a sob just
as the door was closing. Then he hur¬
ried away. His work was only partly
done.
He walked briskly and in a little
while ascended the steps of a residence
on Madison avenue. The door opened
before he had touched the bell. He
went inside and a young woman
closed the door. The dwarf followed
her up one flight of stairs into a sitting
room, which was evidently her own.
When she closed the door she said;
"Well, Jimmy?”
"He is with his mother.”
"Thank you, Jimmy. You can go.”
When the dwarf had gone the young th?
woman stood looking apparently at
figures of the carpet at her feet/ But if
*he had ever known what the figures
were they Avere then as far from her
thoughts as the date of the discovery
that the world was round. This voung
woman was Elizabeth Dalow. She was
not beautiful. Her lace was too strong
for beauty. But a novice in n character
reading must have seen that she would
be impressive anywhere. She was above
the medium height, with a good figure,
Her eyes were a clear gray. Her lips
were suited to a mouth that could be
either firm or sweet. Now it was firm.
Her forehead was not high, but it was
broad, nud her head sat well upon a faij,
white neck above shoulders that did not
droop. oop. one She was was a a woman woman who wno would would be oe
a heroine if put to the test. The test
was coming. Courage and strength were
required of her. When she raised her
head nobodv would have said that either
was wanting.
Passing in to another room she quickly
returned in a mackintosh aud was ready
to go out. She passed quietly down the
stairway, opened the door gently and a
moment later was walking swiftly down
the avenue. Later she passed up the
steps where the dwarf had left the man
with the green patch over his eye. The
door opened at her todch. She, too, was
evidently expected. An elderly woman
conducted her to a room at the rear of
the hall, smothering her sobs as they
went. Before she touched the doorknob
she turned in response to a hand upon
her shoulder. Elizabeth spoke—only a
word:
"Courage.”
Then they entered the room. Both
stood, looking at each other. The eyes
of the elder woman was suffused with
tears; those of Elizabeth were filling, but
her face w as no longer stern.
Mrs. Julia Gaylord was sixty years of
e. Her face was sweet, pure,
womanly—sue! a face as a boy who
loves his mother never forgets, as a man
instinctively trusts, and is better for the
trusting, as her husband had been, and
who had died leaving a smile in return
for a kiss that had opened for him the
gates to the visible sunshine of eternal
day. Mrs. Gaylord left the room, softly '
closing the door behind her.
In a few minutes the door opened and
a young man entered. He was neatly
and carefully dressed. Tall, slender,
pale, and with his eyes upon tbe floor,
he advanced to the middle of the room.
Hia face was clean shaven. Elizabeth
sobbed, but her courage did not escape,
She arose, went up to him and said;
"I am glad you are here,
He raised hi* head. H« could not
speak at first* however hard ha tried.
Tears came to his eyes and then ran
down his face. Again Elizabeth said*
and there was that in her voice to give a
much weaker man strengths
"Courage,”
Then William Gaylord’* voice came to
him. He saidt
"This means State prison.”
Elizabeth shuddered, but William did
not. For a moment he was the stronger
of the two. At length he said:
"Notyet!”
Young Gaylord looked at her as if
scarcely comprehending. Then she
added:
"There is always hope.”
This roused him aDd brought him back
to himself. He said:
"Not for me.”
"Let us see. Tell me all.”
"Have you not beard?”
"Something from my father, but per-
haps not alb Tell me.”
"In three words. I robbed the bank.”
"Yea, I know. But that is not all,”
and Elizabeth gently laid her hand upon
his arm. "I have come to see you,” she
added; "to help you, if I can. Will
you not trust me? I am, I know, only a
woman, but, I trust, a true woman and
one who must be convinced that her ideal
of true manhood is unworthy of her faith
before she will give that ideal up. My
trust in you tells me that there is some¬
thing yet to be uncovered, and may not
one so leal as I am claim all loyalty from
you? Tell me all, IVilliam, and then I
can decide for myself that which I can-
not permit even you, under a cloud be-
yond which I cannot yet see, to decide
forme. Come, then, tell me all.”
The young man looked at her stead¬
fastly a moment and then said:
"I will tell you all. But why should
I? It may break your heart; for, surely,
^ shatter your faith where I had
rather be adjudged a felon than have it
broken. Besides, you may not believe
me. Your father is the President of the
bauk'.”
"But I will believe you—I must be¬
lieve you. My faith, unto the pleading
of my heart, is pledged. My trust in you
is immutable until you have made my
mind turn traitor to your self and led it
to doubt my sincerity. Do, William,
tell me all.”
"Why should I break your heart and
destroy in you a trust which must make
you miserable for life and make you de-
spise me forever? It is better that I
should bear this burden alone, for by so
doing I may retain, or at least sometime
regain, some share in your esteem.”
"William, I love you! Now, tell me
all ! ”
. Young Gaylord hesitated only until he
had looked into her pleading eyes. Her
hand now clasped his own. He saw her
love in all its sweetness and purity un-
folded as plainly as he had an hour be-
fore seen the anguish upon his stricken
mother's face. He spoke:
"God forgive me if I do a wrong!
You remember, Elizabeth, that two years
ago I was made cashier by yout father of
the bank. My hauds were then as clean
as my mother’s name was abov# sus¬
picion. I worked faithfully. My salary
was small. I do not plead this in extenu¬
ation of my error, but it was wholly out
of comparison with rav duties. The di¬
rectors were close fisted men. At the
end of a year I asked for a larger salary,
The directors said they could get compe-
tent and more experienced men for what
I was receiving. My good mother had
onlvincome enough to sustain her prop-
erly, and my salary barely kept roe de-
centlv. I saw no prospect of making a home
of my own. But I plodded along. Eager-
ness to advance in the world sharpens
the wits. One dav I discovered that the
directors, your father included, were
speculating in a mining trust. One dis-
covery led to another: I was not long
finding out that they sometimes used the
bank's deposits to add to their personal
gains. It was easy for me to persuade
myself mi - =n tf thof that if if the officers could make
money iu this way, I could not Tail to
do so. Six months ago I began to use
my own money. I had saved nearly a
thousand dollars. I wen? into the min-
ing trust. At first I made a little
money, and I had $1500. Then I went
deeper. Meanwhile the bank’s officers
were speculating. The trust began to
go backward, and I began to steal. The
omcers officers were were doiDg doing nne *the same. They
could keep going because their .oppor-
tunities were better. They had easier
access to the funds. The deposits were
running low. Three davs ago the officers
called me into their private room. They
had discovered my peculations and told
me so. I confessed, and asked for three
days in which to make my losses good,
intending to expose them and drag them
down with me in the ruins. They knew
that they were, like myself, guilty, and
perhaps mistrusting how much I knew,
they granted my request. Then I thought
of you. Your father must go with the
crash, I could not drag him down and
disgrace you. I determined to run away,
but before I went one of the directors,
more bold than the rest, came and told
my mother that I was a defaulter. She
would not believe him, but I was in the
house, and when confronted by them I
confessed my guilt, but made no ex-
planation beyond tbe mere confession,
This afternoon I, having cleanly shaved
my face two days before, procured a
second hand su't of clothing in exchange
for others and was in the ferry house
when Jimmy found me and urged me to
come back. Why I did not resist him I
do not know, only that you had sent
him. I sipply could not go, and I re-
turned. To-morrow my mother will
beggar heiself to try to save me. If she
fails—and I almost pray heaven she may
—I must go to jail.”
Here young Gaylord broke down com-
*
pletely. Elizabeth did not. She still
clasped his hand, but she almost choked
as she said :
"And this is all?”
"All!”
"And my father was as guilty as the
rest?”
Gaylord bowed his head. Then Eliz-
abeth said:
‘I believe you. You shall not go to
4
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, JUNE 6, 1891
Here voice was hard, firm,determined,
When Gaylord looked at her* he saw at
a glance that her mind was made up as
unalterably as the numbering of the days
one upon another. He pleaded rtith her
to save her father and let him go, but to
no purpose.
"God is as merciful as He is just,” she
said. "Through hirrf I will save you
both. If in the ruins you are found, he
w ill be there with yoiii He has done this
wrong as much as you have done iti His
ability to stem the tide of adversity aug-
meats rather than excuses his crime. He
should have saved you. He shall help to
do it yet, or the same law which sen-
fences you shall sentence him. Weak
though you were, he was weaker, and
his sin, if there be a comparative degree
in a sin like this, is greater than yours.
You shall bo saved or he must fall.”
Elizabeth’s face now softened and tears
ran down her face. Through them she
said:
"It was for ms you hid my father's
crime. Surely my love can save you and
in it you can never again go astray. If
you could do this much for me my
womanhood would be false hearted to
falter in my duty. Wait here for me
until to-morrow. I will come. I will
go to your mother now.”
Mrs. Gaylord's pillow was wet with
tears that night, but they were the tears
of gratitude, and peace came to her like
a shadow, ray of hope that never leaves a somber
from the giver of every good
and perfect gift.
The remainder of this story is quickly
told. What Elizabeth said to her father
will never be repeated in words, but it
had its full and perfect effect, She re-
turned to young Gaylord the next even¬
ing, and this is what she said to him:
"William, my mission has been a suc¬
cess. I believed you and I know that
you told me the truth. You are a free
man. Before I rested last night my father,
confronted with your words, confessed
all. I went with him to the bank to-day
and faced the directors with him. His
head was only one of all the rest that
burned suffused with shame. I demanded
y° l,r freedom, and my father then ad-
mitted that the trust had advanced again
an( l that the bank was now as solvent; as
‘t ever bad beeu. Even your investment
bad made no loss. Indeed, there was
something said about the profits gained,
aad 1 then demanded a promise from each
separate individual that not one penny of
this gain should ever be touched by a
single officer of the bauk. The promise
^ vas made, and, William, you will prom¬
i® e > too? I know, my love, you will.”
And as he profnised her tears mingled
with his own, while Mrs? Gaylord lifted
up her voice from a heart overflowing
with gratitude to Him who has promised
1° be mindful of the widow s son.
William Gaylord and Elizabeth Dalow,
bis wife, are living in the West, happy
ant ^ as nearly well contented as lov-
^ n o raan aQ d w’ife can be, she still doing
him honor, and he as proud of her as aft
honest man can be of a true and loving
woman.
If any man or woman is disposed to
doubt the truth of this story of real life
in all essential details, let it be said, with
all the reverence for truth which belief
in the Master based upon unfaltering
hope inspires, that it is true, and that
there are men, for the incident is not of
remote date, who can verify it almost
within reach of the writer s hand. — W.
S. Snyder , in New TorJc Press.
Wheat in America.
„ C . the introduction of . wheat
ncermng
. to ^ ®* ¥ lnfor atl
in menca r ia e ™ on 13 °‘ v
.
^ At aina3e the on many ^ y the , e following j-n W ’-° r <i "note e is
gi™n: Prior to the discovery of this con-
tine at b ? Columbus there was no cereal
m America, A either North or South,which
M>P roach f ^ ™^o the wheat plant,
t was no. un i a 1 1 53
wa J. m °/ e * lco ' 1 roa ^ b f difficult to
' ealize * h ® fact that ,, wbcat w ; as at ? ne
Wholly unknown , in such an im-
mense country and one so favorable to
its production, but such was the case.
It was in 1530 that a poor slave belong¬
ing to Cortez found a few grains of
wheat in a parcel of rice; he showed
them to his master, who ordered them
to be plafited. T- e result showed that
wheat would thrive well on Mexican soil,
and to-day one of the finest wheat val-
p * e a ^ P s . ltal *. Q wo ^ Mexico ! s ne the / r cereal found
-
^ P on ie pP em ‘ Eh ,,J arle auves ^ Escobar, earned a wife few
»
o rains to Lima, the entire product for
sev f al 6u ^ cessiv e years being used for
set l * 1-iancis, Ecuador, named a monk Ira Jodosi of the
Eixi, 2. r . introduced the bread grain,
new
1 1S s taat “te J a r iu which the
P 10u * man , ^ e P l ^ ie Or *o 1 ° a ^ see( ? 13
preserved at Quito. heat was intro¬
duced into the present limits of the
United States contemporaneously with
the settlement of the country by the Eng¬
lish and other Europeans.— St. Louis Re¬
public.
A Necessity of Russia.
In Russia the passport becomes more
needful than money. Not because peo-
pie are halted on the street to show their
passport, a3 is currently supposed, nor
because police line the streets and are
waiting for strangers at every corner,but
because it is impossible to get either in
or out of Russia or to get food and lodg-
ings when one is there without it. The
police on the Itreet- know very well that
strangers have their passports or they
would not be there. First of all, it is
difficult to buy tickets to Russia without
showing a passport vised by the Russian
Consul at the starting point. By the
steamship lines no passenger comes on
board the boat without the Russian Con-
sui's w ritten permission, and by the rail-
ways, while the greater hurry at the tick¬
et office makes it possibie to buy tickets
without showing any documents, no vis-
itor arrives at the frontier without very
earnestly wishing he had one .—Jfew
York Herald.
Americ&n cotton seed is a failure in
Jnd the beavv mOQSOOn rains facili „
taring ^ a fungoid' ;. disease that attacked
all p , RQt
GEORGIA BRIEFS *
Kewsy Paragraphs Prom Over
the State.
The Central Railroad of Georgia has
berl leased* to the Terminal sigtem for
niDety-nine years.
Rome is to have a charitable hospital.
The eminent surgeon, Dr. Robeit Battey,
Is the donor. The buildings have been
selected and they will be equipped at
once. For some time a hospital has been
greatly needed and the people of Rome
have talked a good deal about establish¬
ing one.
The alliance of the ninth is reported to
be red-hot against an appropriation for
the world's fair. All the county alliances
are looks passing resolutions against it, and it
like the alliance members will vote
solidly against it. They say that the
manufacturers who will reap the benefit
should pay for the show.
issued Comptroller his abstract of the Currency Lacey has
of the condition of
the Georgia national banks, from reporta
made to him. There are thirty-two
national banks in the state, with re¬
sources The liabilities amounting to $15,255,266.93.
leave a reserve of 26 24-100
per cent, the legal reserve being 25 per
cent. close Although this is running pretty
to the limit. Mr. Lacey regards it
as satisfactory.
Dr. J. B. Shearer, president of David¬
son college of North Carolina, and Dr.
G. B. Strickler, of Atlanta, members of
the board of regents for selecting a site
for the situation of the Presbyterian
university to be built by the Presby¬
terians of Georgia, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Florida, visited LaGrauge
recently, in conseqnence of which the
people of that city are expecting the lo¬
cation of the university there.
Mr. J. R. Ward, of Genesis. Point,
Bryan county, has just had finished ona
of the greatest flowing artesian wells in
the south. Its outpour is 1,500 gallons
per minute, 2,160.000 gallons every
twenty-four hours. Mr. Ward has spent
about $35,000 in experiments on wells.
Ilis perseverance has at last been awarded,
and he now has a well that he says is
worth $20,000 per annum for irrigation
purposes. The well is 438 fiet deep.
A Washington dispatch of Thursday
says: The court martial which tried
Lieutenant Commander Bicknell on a
charge of negligence in suffering twm
vissels of the^iavy, Galena and Nina, to.
be stranded, has found Bicknell guilty,
and sentenced him to suspension from the
rank and duty for one year and to retain
his present number in his grade during
that period. The secretary of the navy
has approved the action of the court, and
has promulgated its action.
A libel suit for $10,000 is brought
against the Alliance Farmer Publishing
Company of Atlanta. The suit is
founded on two articles which appeared
in the Alliance Farmer on February 3,
1891. Waites L. Mims, a merchant of
Waynesboro, Burke couni v, is the plain¬
tiff. The articles said to have been li¬
belous were the manner in which a legal
advertisement was reprinted and an edi¬
torial "on’the Twitty bill founded on .the
advertisement.
A recent meeting held at Smith c onia
of the stockholders of the Smithsonin
and Danielsville rond resulted in the
election of Colonel James M. Smith,
president; Judge G. C. Daniel, vice
president, and.Colonel D. W. Meadow’,
secretary and treasurer. The' road wili
be built at once if the citizens of Madi¬
son county will raise $15,000. They
will do this and when finished the road
will probably connect with the Georgia,
Carolina and Northern railroad.
The Atlanta and Florida railroad has
changed management. Col. I. Y. Sage
was made president and an entire new
board of directors was elected. The new
board is pomposed of I. Y. Sage, Henry
Jackson, Tom Cobb Jackson, Henry
Rothschild of New York, McAllen B.
Marsh, W. A. Heath, Joseph N. Moody,
John York, Hightower, jr., G. N. Tiler of New
Edward S. McCaudless, II. M.
Atkinson and W. T. Ashmore. It is the
intention of the new management to ex¬
tend the line from its present terminus at
Ft. Valley to some point on the Atlantic
coast, but just where does not seem to
have been determined.
The cold storage companies of Atlanta
have paid the $500 tax to the city under
protest. The tax and cost together
amounted to $536.20 in each case.
Colonel Hammond, in making the pay¬
ment for the three companies, the At¬
lanta Beef Company, fhe Armour Pack¬
ing Company and Nelson, Morris & Co.,
filed a written protest against the collec¬
tion of the tax. He also filed a protest
with Tax Collector Stew’art. The pay¬
ment being made under compulsion,
should the supreme court decide the act
to be unconstitutional, the state will
doubtless be called upon to refund the
money.
Macon is determined to stop the spread
of infections diseases, as the tenor of the
following ordinance passed by the city
council will show: "Be it ordained by
the board of health of the city of Macon,
and it is hereby ordained by authority of
the same, That there shall not be a public
or church funeral of any person who has
died of smallpox, diptheria, scarlet fever,
yellow’ fever, typhus fever or Asiatic
cholera, but the funeral of such person
shall be private; and it shall not be law
ful to invite <>r permit at the funeral of
any person who has died of any of tin
above diseases, < r any contagious or pes-
ti'ential d scas-’, or with any services con¬
nected therew ith, any person who-e ut-
tendarce is not necessary, or to whom
there is danger of-contagion thereby.
An Error.
A big error has been discovered in the
appointment of commandants of the state
military encampment to be held in Chick-
mauga in July. Colonel John Millege,
of Atlanta, was appointed command er-in-
cbief of the camps for the fourth week.
If the Augusta toops go into camp, by
light Colonel J. C. Levy of the Augusta
battalion, should have been made cotn-
mandant of the camp that week. Colo¬
nel Levy received a letter from Colonel
Milledge, made stat ng that an error had been
in his appointment as commander
of the camps the forth week and the
honor should fall to Colonel Levy, who
was entitled to the office as he was senior
colonel. Colonel Levy’s commission is
da’ed seventy-five days before that of
^denel Mbledgo. In the appointment
of commandants, seniority has priority.
I.nadmai ks l)i<tnpprsrin(.
The old hist rical landmarks in an!
around ! he Augusta are disappearing fust.
two-stofy frame house that stood on
:he MUledgeville toad* is gone. It was
•h ■ flr-t government building, or pojt-
1 tli c, ustdin Atiitlsta, and moved
to the Turpin ph c •. three miles out,
where it stoo 1 a landmark fot marly
years. Another building in Augusta
once sheltered George Washington, the
lathi r of th s couniry, on the occasion of
a visit to th: city, then a lonesome little
village. Another historical hi tlse, big
one in the best state of preservation,
graces the right bank* of the Savannah
liver in the lower part of the city. Its
historical recollections tell of the patirotic
and courtly Lafayette, who was once en¬
tertained under its hospitab’e rooftree.
Under n New Name.
The old Macou and Covington road is
now the Macon and Northern. In April
last Judge Miller, of the Bibb county
ing superior court, entered a decree foreclos¬
the mortgages on the Covington and
Macon. These liens were in favor of the
Mercantile Trust company, of New York,
and, as Judge Miller rendered the de¬
cree of foreclosure, he apponted Mr.
John C. Ivey commissioner to sell the
road. At the recent sale the property
and was purchased by Mr. Alexander Brown
Mr. Skipwith Wilmer, of Baltimore,
for $1,000,000. When the auctionrer
knocked tire property off, it was gener¬
ally understood lhat it had been bid in
in the name of the bondholders. The
purchasers, Messrs. Wilmer and Brown,
however, announced that they bad bought
the road for themselves and their asso¬
ciates, and, upon that fact being re¬
ported to the court, Judge Miller ap¬
proved and continued the sale, and
ordered the court to make the purchasers
a deed to the road. T his was done, and
the purchasers at once secured a charter
from Secretary of State Cook in com¬
pliance with^thc laws of Georgia, incor¬
porating themselves under the name of
the Macou anil Northern Railroad Com¬
pany. Messrs. Brown and Wiltner then
conveyed the road to the new’ company,
the Macon and Northern. The capital
stock was placed at $1,000,000.
A Trade on Tnpia.
At a recent meeting of the stockholders
of the Macon Construction Company, at
Macon, a proposition made by a Baltimore
syndicate to buy the entire stock of the
company was discussed, but no decision
was „r« ached. Not enough stock was
represented to take action. The Balti¬
more people proposed to pay for the
stock if they could secure a controlling
interest. r J he sensational feature of the
proposition is the rumor that it comes
from Robinson. Robinson, it is said, is
still anxious to secure the Georgia South¬
ern, and in making ihis trade gets it
about one-third cheaper than by the
former agreement. It may not be neces¬
sary to hold another meeting. The stock
is all that is-wanted, and if the individual
stockholder chooses to sell, it’s all right.
Still, the bidder requires to be assured of
a majority of thG sti ck. It is said a ma¬
jority of the stock held in Macon has
been bought at par, and the holders are
willing to dispose of at the pric.e offered,
as they will have suffered no actual loss.
Experienced financiers say a sale will be
made. It means more for Macon than
the stock in its present shape.
Hjan’s Rig Break.
The Steve Ryan failure is the largest
ever recorded in the history of-Atlanta,
and one of the largest ever known in the
South. The collapse of this great dry
goods house came like a bomb-shell to
the citzens and created a wave of ex¬
citement throughout the state; for what
citizen of Georgia has not heard of Ryan
and his great bargains? The early estimate
of the extent of the failure seem to have
exaggerated the true state of affairs.
These estimates were placed at $2,000,000,
but the liabilities will probably not ex¬
ceed half that amount. The assets are vari¬
ously estimated at from $500,000 to
$800,000, so the loss to the creditors will
probably in no event be very great. The
effect of the failure will not be felt by
Atlanta financially. The banks are the
only Atlanta creditors, and they are am¬
ply secured. What will become of the
immense stock of goods which Mr. Ryan
carried, is one of the most interesting
questions of the failure. It is especially
interesting to the Atlanta merchants.
Nearly every merchant in Atlanta says
that the s’oek will be in the neighbor¬
hood of $500,000. Turn all these goods
loose on the t ublic and what would be
the result. Open the doors and sell the
stock piece by piece m-der the sheriff’s would
hammer. Steve Ryan's cut pi ices
be no where. Give it to a receiver, who
would go in to sell out as rapidly as pos¬
sible. It would still resemble Steve
Ryan’s scalping knife. The merchants
are apprehensive of something of this
kind, and are vigorously opposed to it.
So the matter stands.
AGAINST THE FAIR.
Organized Labor Apposing Fur¬
ther Appropriations.
At a general meeting of five central
labor bodies of Chicago, Sunday, organ¬
ized labor took a radical stand against
any further move to give public assist¬
ance to the woild’s fair, as long as their
demands for a minimum rate are refused.
Resolutions upon resolutions were cast at
the fair directors, and a committee wa 9
appointed ta continue the fight. The
bodies represented at the meeting were
the Trade and Labor Assembly, Central
Labor Union, Central Council, Knisrhts
of Labor and Carpenter’s Council, Le-
gal opinions were read from C. S. Dar-
row and Jesse Cox on the question as to
whether the world’s fair directors had a
right to grant a minimum rate of wages.
The directors claimed that it would con¬
flict with their by-laws, which required
them to let contracts to the lowest
bidder.
One Million in Smoke.
A destructive fire occurred Monday
n : ght in the four-story brick buiidiDg of
the Brooklyn Cooperage company, situ¬
ated on Kent avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The fire extended to the bagging factory
adjoining. There was a large amount of
machinery in the bagging factory, which
was destroyed by the fire and water. The
loss altogether will amount to $1,000,000.
E, P. SIMPSOBJ 9
TOCCOA; CEORCIA
And Machinery Supplies, Also, Repairs All Kinds of Machinery.
PBEBLE8S ENOTfBS,
BOTH PORTABLE & TRACTION
Geiser Senarators & ShiiHe Mills
Fnrniprs and others in want of either Engine** or separators, will
SAVE MONEY by using the above machines. J am also prepared
to give Lowest Prices and Best Terms on the celebrated
«1ESTEY ORGANS.!*-
Cardwell Hydraulic Cotton Presses, Com and Saw Milk* Syrup
Mills and Evaporators. Will have in by early Spring a Full Stock oi
White Sewing Machines,
McCormick Reapers, Mowers and Self-Binders
Which need only a trial their Superiority- Call and see mo b©-
ore you buy- Duplicate parts of macliiitcry constantly on ham?.
BUSINESS REVIEW.
Dun & Co.’s Report for the Past
Week.
R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of
trade says: It is astonishiug how far
monetary anxieties have goid passed from the
minds of men, though exports have
not yet ceased. The most powerful sus¬
taining influence is the continuance of
the exceedingly favorable crop prospects.
In tome localities tributary to New Or¬
leans rain is needed for cotton and sugar,
but winter wheat is now so far advanced
in many states that a heavy yield is con¬
sidered certain, and prospects for other
grains arc as bright as they well can be
at this dnte. Whent has fallen 1J cents,at
New York,corn 5 cents and oats 3$ cents,
while pork has yielded 25 cents per bar
rel and lard an eighth. Exports of whe t
already show a decided increa e e. Bugar
is a shade lower for Muscovado raw and
for granulated. In general, the prices
of commodities have declined not far
from 1 per cent for the week, and will
further decline as the new crops draw’
near if no disaster comes. The end of
the great coke strike does not yet
bring lower prices, for it is announced
that $1.20 will still be charged, but
twenty-three iron furnaces of Shennngo
and Mahoning valleys have decided to
•resume work at once, according to tele¬
grams. There is a better demand in
eastern markets for bar and structural
iron and plates. Cotton manufacture
progresses without change, and eastern
failures have caused especial dullness in
the boot, shoe and leather trades, even
for a dull season. At Philadelphia there
is a general hesitation because of the
^state of the city’s finances. The only
^markets at w.hich stringency is reported
are Savannah and Memphis, though
money is firm at New Orleans and in
strong demand at Minneapolis, and a lit¬
tle close at Cleveland and Detroit. But
in general the supply at nearly all points
is adequate for all legitimate business.
Business failures of the week number
219. For the corresponding week of last
year the figure was 204.
POLK ON THE THIRD PARTY.
An Interesting 1 Editorial in the
Progressive Farmer.
The North Carolina State Alliance or¬
gan, The Progressive Farmer, published L.
at Raleigh, N. C., and owned by L.
Polk, National Alliance President, con¬
tains the following editorial:
The question, what will the alliance
do with the new party? is on the lips of
tens of thousands of anxious people to-day.
Well, it ought hot to take much wisdom
to answer that question. The new party
1 as adopted the alliance demands into its
platlorm. Does anyone suppose intelli-
gent? alii nee men will vote against a
party that adopts those demands, and in
favor of a party that not only fails to
adopt, but resists those demands? The
western alliance states have already gone
into the new pnrtv. Will not the nects-
*
sity for alliance unitv force the other
alliance states to go into the Dew party
also? We see no way to prevent the new
party from sweep’ng the country, except
the simple one of cheerfully ’k conceding to
the iwop'c mry ODC ir J“* dc '
tnands. If the alliancemen are to be
blamed for giving in to the third party,
then the hungrv child can be blamed for
going rroinrr to to some s jirtc one nnp who wno can ran ana and will will fur- lur
msh turn food. Gentlemen of the old
parties, if the timecomes when your ranks
shall be broken, your leaders overthrown
and your heritage taken from you, do
not blame the alliance for your ruin. The
people represented by the Farmers' Alii-
ance, have petitioned and begged and
p'eaded and prayed for relief all theee
years; and haughty minions of political
power have spurned both them and their
i etitions and prayers. Do not blame them
for your overthrow, but blame your own
blind and miserable folly.
ANOTHER BANK SUFFERS
Through the Bardsley Examin-
at !° n Pr0Ceedin £ S *
A * Philadelphia dispatch says: During
the exposure of the business methods of
the Keystone bank and^of City Treasurer
Baidsley, the Third National bank was
given an unpleasant publicity through its
business connections with the institution
and with Bardsley, and in consequence
lost within two weeks $1,000,000 of de-
posits. On Thursday President Perry M.
Lewis and Vice President George Myers
sent in thrir resignations to the board of
directors, stating that they thought the
best interests of the bank would be served
by their so doiDg.
NUMBER 22.
RICHMOND & DANVILLE R R.
Atlanta and Charlot'e Air-Line Division. •
Condensed Schedule of Passenger
Trains, in Effect May loth. 1891.
NOR IHBOUND. No. 88. No. 10. No. 12.
EASTEB.V TIMB." Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Atlanta (E.T.) 1 25 pm 7 00 pm 8 10 am
Chainblee..... 7 38 pm 8 43 am
Norcross....... 7 45 pm 8 55 am
Duluth........ 7 57 pm <j 0(1 am
Buwance....... 8 08 pm 9 17 am
Buford........ 8 22 pm 9 33 am
Flowvrv Branch 8 30 pm 9 48 tm
Gainesville..... 3 01 pm 8 55 pm 10 11 ii m
Lula.......... 3 23 pm 9 23 pm 10 40 am
Bellton........ 9 26 pin 10 13 am
Cornelia....... 9 52 pm 11 09 am
Mt. Aiiy....... 9 56 pm U 14 am
Toccoa......... 10 26 pm 11 45 am
Westminster ... 10 07 pm 12 35 pm
Seneca ........ 11 30 pm 12 55 pm
Central........ 12 10 am! 1 45 pm
Easleys........ 12 39 am 2 15 pm
Greenville..... 6 05 pm 1 04 am 2 40 pm
Greers......... 1 30 ami 3 II pm
tVellford....... 1 46 am 3 28 pm
Spartanburg... 6 57 pm 2 07 am| am 3 50 pm
. Clifton........ 2 26 4 08 pm
Cowpens ...... 2 30 amt 4 13 pm
Gaffneys........ 3 00 ami 4 39 pm
Grover......... Blacksburg..... 3 20 am 4 57 pm
3 32 am 5 08 pm
King’s Mount'll 3 53 am 5 26 pm
Gastonia....... 4 20 am 5 51 pm
L< well........ 4 33 am 6 04 pm
Bellemont..... 4 44 am 6 14 pm
Ar. Ctiaf'otte...... 9 20 pm 5 10 am 6 40 pm
SOUTHWARD. No. 37. No. 11. No. 9.
Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Charlotte...... 7 55 am 1 40 pm 2 30 am
BelU mont..... ........ 2 02 pm 2 57 am
L w ( 11......... ........ 2 11 pm 3 08 am
Gastonia....... ........ 2 22 jim 3 22 am
King’s Mount’n ........ 2 41 pm 3 53 am
Grov, r......... ........ 2 59 pm 4 13 am
Blacksburg Gaffneys....... .... ........ 3 3 08 pm 4 4 24 am
........ 25 pm 43 am
Cowneus...... ........ 3 48 pm 5 10 am
Clifton........ ........ 3 51pm 5 15 am
Spartanburg... 9 55 am 4 12 pm 5 32 am
\V Ilford........ ........ 4 39 pm 5 57 am
Greers......... ........ 5 00 pm 6 16 am
Greenville...... 10 50 am 5 33 pm 6 47 am
Earleys......... ........ 6 07 pm 7 16 am
Central........ ........ 6 55 pm 8 10 am
Seneca......... ........ 7 22 pm 8 am
Westminster.... ........ 7 42 pm 8 58 am
Toccoa ........ ........ 8 20 pm 9 35 am
Mt. Airy....... ........ 8 55 pm 10 10 am
Cornelia....... ........ 9 00 pm 10 15 am
Bellton........ ........ 9 26 pm 10 43 am
Lula.......... 1 32 pm 9 30 pm 10 46 am
Gatnewille..... 150 pm 9 52 pm 11 11 am
Flowery Branch ........i)0 ........110 15 pm 11 31 am
Buford........ 30 pm ll 46 am
Suwauce....... ........ 10 44 pm 11 59 »m
Duluth . ....... .......t0 56 pm 12 12 pm
Norcross...... ........11 08 pm 12 24 pni
Chamblee...... ........11 22 pm 12 37 pm
Ar. Atl- mta (E. T.) 3 25 pm tl 59 pm 1 15 pm
Additional ira m Nob. 17 anl 18—Lula ac-
nomnv>dation, daily except Sunday, leaves At¬
lanta 5 30 p in, arr.ves Lula 8 12 p m. Return¬
ing, leaves Lula 6 00 a m, arrives Ailanta 8 55
a m.
j ja i a and Athens—No. 11 dailv, ex-
cept Sundp.y, and No. 9 dai y, leave Ln'a 9 35 p
in, and 1050 » m, arrive Atiiens 11 35 p m and
12 50 pic. Returning on’ on'.
JmLS f*)TV ^vT'LuU ^9 • 7 m
n 00 pm and 10 39
a m.
Between Toccoa and Elberton—Noo 61 cud
63 dailv;rxcept Sunday, leave Teceoa 11 45 a rn
Kumi^Nos W ^?ud 62 dK^Wt
p nnflav? leave Elberton 2 45 p m and 5 45 a m,
arrive Toccoa7 10 pm in t 9 15 a m.
Nos. 11 an t 42 carry Pullman Seepirs bc-
tween Washington and Atlanta, and ho«. 9 are
sl “I" r •”* - v ”
o n No. 11 no change in day coaches from
New York to Atlanta. Kriuthwrst-
Nos. 37 and 38, V> ashington and
«• n Vestibuled Limited, between Atlanta and
Wafihj ton Gn thlH train Rn «ora fare is
chaT{ r C< ion first-cla-stickets only, local and
for detailed information as to
through time table--, rates and Pullman SI exp¬
ing ear reservations, confer with local agents,
j l"TAYLOR, L.L. McCLESKEY, Pass. Ag't.
Gen’l Pass. Ag’t. Div.
Washington, D. C. Atlanta, Ga.
W. H. GREEN, C. F. HAM510ND.
Gen 1 Manager. uperin e en .
CEWTS DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will practice in the counties of H iber-
<ham and Rabun of the Northwes era
Circuit, and Frankl n and Banka of the
Western Circuit. Prompt attention will
he given to all busiut-aa entrusted to him.
The collection of debit w.ll have »[* o-
attention,
Third Party for Texas.
A dispatch from D.dlas, Tex., staff*
that a meeting was held there Thors ’ay
to organize a third party in Texas.