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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.