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THE TOCCOA NEWS
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL.
VOLUME XIX.
BIRD on the greening bough.
Bird r>» the greening bough.
With folded wing; *.
The matin tow
That thou dost softly sing, *
Is what I would repeat,
With loving art,
To tell my sweet
What lies within my heart.
fly to her. tell it, thou
1'lear voice of spring,
On greening bough,
Bird with the folded wing!
*“ r - Scollard, in New England Magazine.
The Boom at Bullionville.
The town of Bullionville greatly needed
a railroad. The richest ore veins in the
vicinity had all “pinched out,” and it
was not profitable to work the large
quantities without of low-grade ore, or ship It
away a railroad.
It was not practicable now to work
the great timber resources of the countiy
without means of transportation. Every¬
thing in Bullionville languished for ' a
railroad, and at least half the buildings
in the place bore the sign, “For Sale or
To Let.”
The town had a good location at the
junction of two livers, and in the cen-
tre ol a fertile farming tract, and the
surrounding limestone, hills were rich in coal,
lead, iron and low-grade sil¬
ver ore.
The weekly Bullionville Echo had pro¬
claimed these advantages month after
month, until their reiteration came to be
r matter of course, and no one paid any
attention to them. They helped, how¬
ever, to convince the people that a rail¬
road was all that was needed to make
the town a metropolis.
But would the railroad be built? This
was the question which some of the
town people asked young Morris when,
one day in August, he made his custom-
nvy trip from his camp, a few miles down
the river, up to the post and telegraph
offices in Bullionville.
Morris had been employed as clerk to
the contractors who had built the last
Btretch of road beyond, lie was am-
bilious to complete ins education, par¬
ticularly in geology, which was his
specialty; and he had been glad to get
this opportunity to make geological re¬
searches in a country rich in specimens.
He had answered this question about
the railroad to (lie best of his ability
nearly every day for a month, but he re¬
plied, good-naturedly
“1 don’t know, gentlemen. Nothing
new has developed.”
“You aren t thinking of moving awav
the outfit, are you?” -
“I have no such intention. I will ex¬
plain the whole thing. You know I am
merely the clerk ol the contractors who
hope to build the road when the time
comes. They finished it to a point about
thirty miles from here last fall, and then
nuned their outfit, stock, tools, tents-
and all down iuto this valley for the
winter. They hoped to get the contract
to build the remainder of tiic road in
time to begin " ork last spring, but, as
you see, were disappointed. I report to
t lcm ficquently, and1 have standing in-
structions to keep things ready to begin
work on short notice. But you see it is
all guess-work. The company may not
intend to build the road at all, or it may
intend to go along the other side of the
valloy.”
About a week afterward a group of
men who had nothiug to do were dis¬
cussing the great topic in the postofiioe.
“It father looks as though we weren’t
going to have a railroad, ’said the pro-
prietor of the Metropolitan Hotel, in a
slow, melancholy tone, as if each word
were forced from him.
“1 don’t give up vet,” s?id a real es¬
tate owner. “I believe that party of
engineers in camp about forty miles
down the canon has some business con-
nected with the building of the road, in
spite of nil they say.
“It’s about time for that young fellow
Morris to be up after his mail, isn’t it?
Maybe he knows something more about
it, said another.
“He won t be here till late, then,”
said the ferryman, “lie got me out of
bed to take him across the river
iuo ruing. and has gone down the other
side. Tou know the bridge down below
his camp was v. ashed away.
“1 wonder if he didn t go to consult
those engineers: said the editor of the
Buliionvilie Echo, eagerly.
“No; lie said he was go'ng down to
Etc the stock, and to get a fresh saddle
pony ; but he was m a great hurry, aud 1
tell you he looked mightily pleased* at
some letter lie was reading on the ferry.”
’i licve was a general increase of interest
at this announcement.
“I tell you,” said the real estate
owner, “that young fellow knows how
to take care of himself. Like as not he
will be the first to get the news, and will
have half the town bought up before the
boom begins. But 1 tail you, he won’t
get a foot of my land unless he pays a
boom price for it. I haven’t waited here
five rears just to be hoodwinked at the
, , ,5
“Ill bet something's . up,” said the
editor. He started toward the telegraph
qj w
The ferryman was right iu his surmise
that Morris was phased about something.
He had received a letter which gave him
assurance at last that he would be able to
go East and enter college. Ibis was to
him the most important event, that could
take place, and it was with a very merry
heart that he set about maaing his prep-
a rations to depart. The opening of the
college year was near, and as he wished
to have a day or two in which to
plete a collection ot geological specimens,
he made all haste to get his work in
shape so that he could spare tilt time.
It was almost sunset when he started
from the herder's cabin on his return
trip, but it was a clear, starlight night,
and he found the ride enjoyable.
As he rode about the river, he ran over
in “"to his mind the preparations it was neces-
ro make mat.. and the best means of
gening his geological specimens to the
college, where, he "felt sure, the profess-
ore would recognize them as the nucleus
of a very fine collectiea.
Before starting out to take his position
with the railroad contractors, he had left
some of hi# books and geological speci¬
men# with a friend at Portland. He
wished te announce his good luck to his
iriend, and also to get the rest of his
specimens; and as he rode along ho
framed in hi# mind the telegram he
should send.
He afterward said that he felt rather
piqued to find that news ot such import¬
ance could be compressed into so few
words as these.:
“Going to Columbia. Send rest of
outfit. Remember Idaho granite.”
Even the last three words, he had to
acknowledge, xvere superfluous, as lie
knew that his friend would never consider
his “outfit” complete without those
granite specimens; but he thought he
might as well make the message ten
words long, since it did not cost any
more.
It was nearly ten o’clock when he
reached Bullionville. Dismounting be¬
fore the telegraph office, he was cha¬
grined to find it had been closed almost
an hour. lie had forgotten that the
office was closed at nine o’clock.
He made some inquiries for the opera¬
tors, but could not find him. Having al¬
ready taken so much trouble in the mat¬
ter, and having so little time for his
preparations, he resolved to ride up the
line five miles to Whitewater, where he
knew the operator slept in the office, and
would get up if need be, to send a tele¬
gram.
lie had no notion what an excitement
his conduct had caused in Bullionville.
Groups of men began to gather upon the
street corners, and the story was rapidly
told that the contractors’ agent had just
come up from the engineer’s camp with
some very important new r s, and that he
had lidden all the xvay up to Whitewater
to save a few hours' delay.
Morris found the operator still up
when ho reached Whitewater. Taking
a blank, be proceeded to write out his
message. The worn-out pen furnished
for the public convenience mado a bad
blot upon the first blank. Crumpling
it, he tossed it out of the window, and
took another.
A man standing in the shadow of the
building reached out and picked it up.
It was the enterprising editor of the
Echo, who was ou his track.
As Morris galloped back through
Bullionville, an acquaintance, whom
Morris was surprised to see up so late,
stepped out and hailed him.
‘ ‘ We hear your’re going to move at
last,” said the man.
Morris was too weary to be pleased at
their interest in his college prospects.
“Yes,” he said, shortly, “I’m going
to Columbia this year.”
“How arc you going?” was the next
question.
“Why, by rail, of course!” Morris
said.
“Columbia is pretty near the salt
water, aint it?”
“Salt water? Well, within two or
tlircc miles, I s^iiess.*'
He was tired and in no mood for
further talk, so lie rode away,
phantiy, “Boys,” said the questioner, trium-
to a group at the hotel, “I
guess none of you will dispute that the
road is going to be built now.”
Before morning the report had gone
through the town that the road was to
be pushed westward, at once through
Buliionvilie to the mouth of the Colum-
bia River. Morris had raid so.
If Morris had made his accustomed
visit to the town next day, instead of
going down the river in quest of geo-
logical specimens, he would have hardly
known Bullionville. Activity and cx-
citement had taken the place of Hstless-
ness. Men were busy staking out lots,
and others were buying aud selling real
estate iu the stores and on the corners,
Lumber, brick and building-stone had
advanced fifty percent. i:i urice, while
the wages of mechanics had increased
threefold.
Improvised real estate offices had been
opened in a dozen places, and were do¬
ing a thriving business—though not, it
must be admitted, a cash business, for
money was as scarce in the town as ever,
Meanwhile, the cause of all this excite-
meat was collecting specimens aud mak-
ing notes of the various geological strata
fifteen miles away. About noon he
went in search of a feed of oats for his
horse, and had to call at several ranchos
before he obtained it.
Soon after this he met the stage coach
coming up aud as usual without pas-
sengers.
“Prospecting?” asked the driver.
“Yes,’’ said Morris, “I find wonder-
fully li rich ground iu this valley.”
( > was speaking geologically, for 1 vs
had picked up the tooth of an extinct
animal that very day.
“That’s what I’ve been preaching for
n*gh onto seven years,” said the driver
;Uld ' veu t on.
Iu the Ec\o extra appeared the follow-
big paragraph,
“Fall particulars regarding th? now de-
ve: .°? meu ^ 111 ra ,H roa '. 1 circles are not at
writing: obtainable, masenuen as the con-
tractor's agent is at present down the river
looking over tho work, and buying up the
£ rain 111 that neighborhood. To persons
have met him. however, he Las
himself in glowing terms.”
From that time the “boom” proceeded
without much restraint. No rumor
too wild to be credited. Reports were
rife that immense railroad buildings
would be located in the town, that nu-
merous syndicates were endeavoring
get possession of land, that manutac-
tories would soon be started. All
reports seemed to start from nowheie,
and yet to go everywhere.
j t was after sundown when Monfis
rode U p t 0 town. He saw at once
from the air of haste and
which dominated the crowds on the
streets, that something important must
have takeu place. He began to make ia-
quirles, but every one seemed too busy
to notice him—even long enough to ask
the usual questions about the road.
But presently a copy of the Echo extra
gave him an inkling & of what had taken
place. The people had deceived them-
selves. He must undeceive them with
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, JUNE 13, 1891
ea little shock to their new found pros¬
perity as possible.
After ascertaining that no message or
telegram had really arrived for him, he
went to the office of the Echo. He found
the editor busy upon an article entitled;
“The “Comein! Future Metropolis.”
clad to see you!” said the
editor, looking up from his work. “But
you must excuse me if I don’t talk much.
You see we are desperately busy.”
“Mr. Bastian,” said Morris, earnestly,
“it is all a mistake about this railroad—
a very unfortunato mistake, and I came
to request you to help me correct it.
There is no news about the road.”
“Indeed,” said th# editor, incredu¬
lously.
I tell you it is not true. There is no
more reason now to suppose that the
road is going to be built, than there
was a week ago. You people had no
reason to interpret my actions as you
have done.”
The editor gazed steadily at Morris for
about a minute.
“My dear boy,” he said slowly, “per¬
haps we know more than you think
about your recent doings, What about
taking out Idaho granite, and going to
the coast by rail? I can readily see how
it might have been to the advantage of
your employers ii the announcement had
been deferred, but they should have
thought of that before. If you have
made a false move, it’s too late now to
withdraw it. No, sir; I know my duty
to the public too well; and I haven’t any
more time to discuss the subject.”
Morris felt himself completely crushed.
“I suppose,” he said, “that I can pub¬
lish a card over my signature?”
“Every inch of advertising space is
engaged for over two weeks in advance,”
said the editor.
“But, Mr. Bastian,” Morris persisted,
“do you intend to go on deceiving these
people?”
“I mean to continue telling the plain
truth. If you are prepared to make an
affidavit that your former statements
were incorrect, I will publish it. Other¬
wise—good eveniug.”
Morris rushed indignantly out of the
office, and the editor proceeded with the
writing of an article which began thus:
“New York has its Brooklyn, St. Paul
has its Minneapolis, Salt Lake has its Ogden;
but Bullionville has no adjacent rival to
break the circuit of its commercial empire.”
Morris did what he could to explain
the state of affairs to the citizens. But
they would not listen.
People accosted him on all sorts of
subjects connected with the railroad.
Grain speculators wished to contract to
furnish quantities of grain to his employ¬
ers, merchants offered him supplies, and
brokers souuded him on the land ques¬
tion. When he denied having any use
for their commodities, they said know-
ingly!
“Oh, that’s all right! but as soon as
you are ready to ‘spring it,’ give us a
chance.”
The “boom” had gone quite beyond
the power of one young man to check.
Meanwhile, a report of the unwonted
activity at Bullionville became a subject
of discussion in the office of a great rail¬
way company in the East.
“It must be that the other company h.ts
given the word to put its line through,”
said a director.
“I think we have the best of evidence
to the contrary,” said the secretary. “It
has done no more than survey the route,
just as we have done.”
“Be it as it may,” said the President
of the corporation, “I think we had bet¬
ter tap that Bullionville country at once.
It is a rich section, and a town with so
much faith in itself is sur# to become an
important distributing centre.”
A similar discussion must have taken
place at the office of the rival system, for
when Morris reached New York he had
positive information, this time, each com¬
pany was trying to outstrip the other in
the construction of its line, and that Bul-
lionvillc was really “booming.”
It is an important city now. It was
only the other day that the Daily Echo
contained some reminiscences of a well-
known geologist who was a contractor’s
clerk in the town in its early days; and
the chief item among the whole was one
which told how the editor obtained con¬
firmation of some railroad news of vital
importance to the town by reading a
blotted copy of an important telegram
which the young man had carelessly
tossed away, — Youth's Companion,
Artificial Griudstoues.
The manufacture of artificial grind-
stones now constitutes a very important
industry "... in this country. J The materials
used in - this manufacture , , are pulverized , . .
quartz, powdered flint, powdered emery
or corundum, and rubber dissolved by a
suitabiG so.vent. These materials, after
being carefully mixed together, forma
substance that is exceedingly durable,
and that will, when used for sharpening
tools, outwear by many years any natural
stone known. During the process of
mixing and kneading there is a constant
escape of tar fumes, very often rendering
the covering of the mixers with a sheet-
iron hood necessary. The compound is
afterward calendered into sheets of one-
half to three inches thick, shaped up and
carefully vulcanized, and the process is
completed by the wheels being trued up
with tools made especially for the pur¬
pose. These wheels are used for the
finest sort of grinding and polishing pur¬
poses. — Courier-Journal.
Stone That May b2 Moulded,
A new artificial stone which can be
melted and cast in moulds, is said to be
a compound, partly chemical and partly
| mechanical, of iron, sulphur and silicon,
with more or less foreign matter, Its
normal color is a dark slate, which
be modified by pigments. The material
has the hardness of bluestone, and can
be worked bv the usual stone-cuttin^
tools, turned in a lathe, or planed. The
tensil strength is from 650 to 1200
pounds per square inch, and compression
of 9000 to 12000 pounds is withstood.
The specific gravity is about 2.6; the
melting point about 300 degrees Fahr.
The new ..J, stone is described''under ^ the FY
name “Ferroid. —Trenton (it. A)
American. - - —
GEORGIA BRIEFS.
Newsy Paragraphs From Over
the State.
___
Dr. Hunmcutt . has tabulated the crop
reports from the counties, which shows :
nrtl’si S ^ /h C CODd,t °“ dltlo . lon “ 80
'
The rw ^ ibl . b^mid J
f a total total peach nearh crnn crop will be made.
The first car of Georgia mclotis was
shipped from Meigs, Friday. They were
shipped by J. II. Sapp and J. M. Pelcher,
and were sent over the Alabama Midland
and Louisville and Nashville to Kansas
City. The car was deerrated with im-
P. mense Lawshe, signs stating the above fact, by W.
the Alabama traveling freight agent for
Midland.
It appears that many of the sub-alH-
ances in different counties are opposed to
a legislative appropriation for the pur-
poses of a state exhibit at the world’s
fair. Ou the other hand, there is gen-
er.il public sentiment in favor of it. The
world's fair has raised a racket m
Chcago, and a wrangle everywhere else.
But Georgia will be there, in some shnpe,
in s< me way.
Tha report of the board of visitors to
the State University recommends an in¬
crease of the state appropriation to $50,-
000, and an appropriation for now furni¬
ture. It shows the standard of the
university to be higher than it has ever
been, and is quite complimentary to Dr.
Boggs the and the entirely faculty. Indeed,
report shows the uuiversity is man¬
aged and conducted admirably.
The truck farmers of Chatham county
have plainly demonstrated that there is
big money in the business. It is said
that over $1,000,000 is invested in truck
farms in the county, and this year’s crop
is estimated at $500,000. It is said to
be the mast important industry in the
county, outside of Savannah, not even
excepting rice planting. More attention
is being paid to this branch of agricul¬
ture everywhere. It seems to be a great
source of revenue.
The governor is still engaged in exam¬
ining the report of the Western and At¬
lantic commission. He spends each af¬
ternoon at the mansion considering the
matter. There is some discussion among
interested parties as to what he will do.
He has been advised by attorney’s inter¬
ested on the state’s side of the case to
veto it, but he has given out no hints as
to what he will do. The general opin¬
ion, however, is that he will approve the
findiug.
A B1r Difference.
The stock of Ryan’s Sons, was exam¬
ined a few days ago by two committees
of Atlanta merchants, and two valuations
were placed upon it. One committee
was composed wholly of retail merchants,
the dry goods, clothing and shoe lines
being represented. The committee was
composed of two wholesale and one retail
merchant. Both committees went through
the store, giving and the stock a thorough
examination, both committees will
submit written reports as to the value of
the goods. Between the two reports there
will be a difference of $122,500. The
committee composed of retail men have
agreed that the stock is worth $400,000.
The other committee says it is worth
For Georgia Girls.
The board of directors of the Georgia
Normal and Industrial college, ’held an
important meeting at Milledgeville a few
days ago. Mr. J. Harris Chappell, pres¬
ident of the college, submitted a Teport,
recommending what departments should
be established in the school at its open¬
ing in October. The report was unani¬
mously adopted. It established in the
school a normal department, five collegiat#
departments, provides and six industrial depart¬
ments and for the election of
ten teachers besides the teachers of art
and music. The salaries of teachers were
fixed. The following teachers were
unanimously elected: Dr. A. V. Beal,
at present president of the
Mississippi Industrial institute and col¬
lege, teacher of pedagogics and natural
science. Mrs. C. C. Brawlev, at present
lady principal lady of Chappell college, Col¬
umbus, Ga., principal and teacher
of mathematics. Mi-s Jennie T. Clarke,
first-honor graduate of the Peabody
Normal college, and at present teacherof
Latin in the Mississippi institute and
college, teacher of Latin and modern
languages. Mrs. A. II. Beals, at present
of the Mississippi Industrial institution,
teacher of free-hand industrial drawing.
It was deemed the best to defer the elec¬
tion of the other teachers until the next
meeting of the boat d.
to Ch,ckn,na,, « a<
T h ,f Cbickamauga encampment begins .
on + the 16th and will continue for four
w closing Ju i y 13th . After contio-
U0U8 appeals, $ F the state has at last come
forwar and provided handsomely for an
enca mpment of her volunteer soldiery,
aa d for the first time in the history of
Georgia all of her state troops are to be
mus tered into a thoroughly equipped
encampment. The last legislature ap-
propriated $25,000 for that purpose
alone, an amount amply sufficient for the
comfort of the entire militia forces of the
state during the month of camp life.
Chickamauga, the site selected by the ad¬
visory board for the encampment, is a most
appropriate location. It is not only
a place of beauty—a place endowed by
nature with all the advantages which go
to make the spot for a pleasant outing
and a beneficial recreation—but it is at
the same time a place surrounded by the
most interesting historical associations.
Besides the fact that $25,000 is appro¬
priated for the entertainment of the
troops, every c >mmand in the state—in¬
fantry, cavalry and artillery—will be or¬
dered into the camp under penalty of
disbandment for non-attendance. It goes
without saying thit almost every one of
the fifty-five commands in Georgia will
go to Chickamauga an 1 join in the en-
campment.
Bishop-Elect Gailor Declines.
Bishop-elect Gailor haa declined. Tft
has decided to remain at Sevanee, giv-
ing his life to the upbuilding of the Uni-
ver3 hy of the South rather than be-
c ° me *he heal of the churen in the chief
dl °cese of the sou:th. The announce-
men ment J ** to lU the * nD Episcopabans £ -“'El of nfSE Georgia,
for since his election the church ha?
unanimous in the hope and be
lief that Dr. Gailor would accept,
Dr. Gailor told them that he did not see
hi9 way cledr to a decision and asked for
time to consider. He ha# considered,
carefully and player fully, and in his let-
ter to Rev. Mr. Rees and Colonel L. D.
Harrison, the dioce-an committee, he
8 ets forth at length his reasons
f or declining what must have been
the most tempting offer of his life.
When the announcement of Mr. Gailor’s
decliDa,lon was m!lde known in Sewt.nee,
the eh'btlsiasm was unprecedented.
“The declination • of Rev. Gailor,” said
Mr. Z. D. Harrison, a member of the
commTtfee, It however, “was not wholly unexpected,
was, in the nature of a sur-
prise and was a great disappointment to
us. At an early day the standing com-
mittee will probably meet and issue a call
for a convention, the time and place to be
named then. A three weeks’notice must
given, hence it will be held in about
1 hirty day3, Of course, now the question
of another election and the possible can-
didate3 wil1 be widely discussed by
m embers of the church.
The Commissions’ Finding.
The following letter has been sent to
the governor by the railroad commission :
Office of Railroad Commission,
Atlanta, Ga. —His Excellency, W. J.
Northen, Governor—Sir: In pursuance
of an act of the general assembly of
Georgia, entitled “An act to enlarge the
powers of the railroad commission of
Georgia, to prescribe for them additional
duties and for other purposes,” approved
December 19, 1890, the committee in¬
vestigated the through freight rates
in force from points in Georgia to points
out of Georgia, and irorn points
out of Georgia to points in Georgia,
on the lines of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad company, the Central Railroad
company, the East Tennessee, Virginia &
Georgia Railroad company, and the
Savannah, Americus & Montgomery Rail¬
road company. In the opinion of the
commission, these rates are discriminat¬
ing in their nature. The commission
called the attention of the officials of
said roads to the fact, and urged upon
them the propriety of changing such
rates. They, however, have declined to
make the changes suggested by the com¬
mission. The commission has therefore
determined to present the facts
to tho inter-state commerce com¬
mission, and appeal to it for relief. The
act further provides that the commission,
in all work devolving on it in this con¬
nection, shall receive, on application,
the services of the attorney general of the
state. In the absence of the attorney
general, we deem it proper to report
these facts to you, and to state that we
are prepared to furn sh the data and facts
necessary for instituting said proceeding
to whomsoever you may designate to
represent the attorney general in this
matter. Yours, respectfully,
L. N. Trammell, Chairman.
The Ia»t Tennessee’s Melon Census.
The watermelon crop this year will not
be so large as was anticip ited. It has
been estimated from 60 to 100 per cent
above that of last year, but the recent in¬
vestigations of the East Tennessee rail¬
road shows that the extent of planting
was Grffin, greatly exaggerated. Mr. J. J.
of this road, has in the hands of
the printer, a pamphlet, which is full of
valuable information concerning the
melon crop of Georgia and Alabama. It
gives the name and acreage of evt ry
melon grower on tho Savannah, Florida
andWistern, Central, East Tennessee
and Georgia Southern railroads and
branches, with the total acreage of each
shipping station and each load. As the
Georgia Florida Southern and the Savan¬
nah, and ’Western roads
run into Florida, the names
and acreages of shippers on those
lines are given. This covers about 1,500
acres, or about 500 cars of melons, which
may be left out of the count in dealing
with the Georgia crop, for the melons in
Florida mature so much earlier that they
do not come in conflict with the Georgia
crop. Deducting this from the total of
80.299 acres given for-the four roads
above mentioned, there are left on these
lines in Georgia about 28,800 acres of
melons. Add to this about 300 acres for
the Atlanta and Florida road, say 500 for
the Georgia and 1,000 for the Columbus
Southern, and we have 30,600 acres of
melons planted in Georgia. The last
three items are estimated and may be
somewhat changed, but the total
result will not be materially dif¬
ferent. The Savannah, Americus
and Montgomery railroad runs through
the melon district, but the average h
small and the genera* freight agent thinks
the exceed total shipment from the line will not
forty cars. It is safe to ray,
therefore, that the Georgia crop will be
little if any above 10,500 cars, which is
n t far from the movement from the
state last year. This is based on an
average of a car of melons to three acres
planted. beyond An unusudly good crop would
go the estimate; but this is the
average yield of the average season. The
crop now is about ten days backward
and is expected to begin to move about
the 20th of June. It will be noticed
that the crop is about equahy divided be¬
tween the region south of Albany and
the region between the latitude of
of that place and Macou. This will
have the effect of equalizing shipments
somewhat. That is, the crop south of
Albany will come on earlier, and will bj
partly out of the way by the time ship¬
ments begin in good earnest from the
neighborhood of Fort Valley. The South
Carolina crop is not included in these
returns. It may be said, however, that
it is shipped principally to eastern mark¬
ets and does not conflict largely with the
Georgia crop in the west. It should be
remembered that the Texas crop of 800
ears will have to be met in the region
centering about St. Louis, where it will
come iuto market about the same time as
the melons from Georgia.
A DEAD PREMIER.
SlP John McDonflld, PF6H11BP .
Ol
Canada, Dies,
A dispatch frum Ottawa, Ont., says:
Sir John McDonald died at 10:15 o’clock
Saturday, surrounded by his entire
household. All the church bells were
!,° Hed aad t h ° u « ands of «P ress ed
dei p regre at the premier’s demise. T In-
torment will premier*# take place at Kmsto*, Ont,,
where the first wife and his
fahter are buried.
E. P. SIMPSOKT 9
TOCCOA. CEORCIA
tmmtmm m
And Machinery Supplies, Also, Repairs All Kinds of Machinery.
Febbuiss Engines t
BOTH PORTABLE & TRACTION
Eeiser Separators & ShiiHe Mills
Farmers and others in want of either Engines or separators, wm
SAVE MONEY by using the above machines. 1 am also prepared
to give Lowest Prices and Best Terms on the celebrated
<XIESTEY 0RGANS.I»
Cardwell Hydraulic Cotton Presses, Com and Saw Mills, Syrup
Mills and Evaporators. Will have in by early Spring a Full Stock ol
White Sewing Machines.
McCormick Reapers, Mowers and Self-Binders
Which need only a trial their Superiority. Call and see me be-
ore you buy. Duplicate parts of machinery constantly on hand.
CLOSING UP.
Work in the Census Office Near¬
ing Completion.
A Washington dispatch of Monday
says: The clerical force in the census
office within the next seven weeks will
dition probably be reduced about 1,600, in ad¬
to 200 reductions in salaiies which
will be made within the present month.
This reduction in force is due to the fact
that work in nearly every division of the
census office is rapidly drawing to a close.
There are twenty-five divisions in the
bureau, with a combined clerical force
of 3,058. Of this number 1,046 were
employed in the population division and
these wdl be retained until July 31st,
when the services of at least 900 clerks
will be dispensed with, Four
weeks later this force will be fur¬
ther reduced to about 400. The next
important division branch of farms, of census homes work
is the and
mortgages. There 537 persons employed
on this work which will very likely be
completed by September reduced 15th next, when
the clerical force will be to 200.
Under the present appropriation, work
can then be carried forward until Apiil
1, 1893, but it will be necessary for con¬
gress to make an additional appropriation
to complete this branch of the work.
The ]) pulation division, farms and
mortgage and printing divisions, and
administration division comprise 2,274 of
the present force of 3,058. The re¬
mainder of the force comprises 2,274 of
special work of the census, and it is
staetd that this work decided is sufficiently reductions. ad-
vanced to admit of
Six minor divisions have already been
abolished, and five others have about com¬
pleted their work. In regard to the
condition of work of the census it is
stated that none of the statistical in¬
quiries will have to be abandoned. The
aggregate minor civil population divisions of will the country have been by
completed, printed and bound in pre¬
liminary form by August 1st, next. By
that time it is expected 500 pages of the
volume of the compendium will be ready
for the printer. By December or Janu¬
ary next it is believed that the volume of
the will compendium printed and relating ready to for population distribu¬
he
tion. It is expected that all special work,
with the exception of vital statistics,
agriculture and manufactures, will be
completed and ready for the printer by
the clo^e of the year.
HORRORS OF THE RAIL.
_ Death and , Disaster , Result ,, from _
Railroad Wrecks.
A dispatch from Parsons, Kansas, says:
The most disastrous wreck that ever
occurred on the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas took place Tuesday between Sa-
vannah and Frink. Three men were
burned to a crisp and six injured, some
of them, it is thought, fatally. Two
engines were totally demolished, and the
wreck took fire aud thnty cars burned.
The cause of the wreck was that two
freight trains were ordered to passat
Frink. One of them arrived at the sta-
tion .. ahead of the other, and the engineer -
seeing a train on a sidetrack, supposed it
was the train he had orders to pass, and
did not stop for orde,S
8 V LI A ano T? T er -
A . o bt. Joseph, T Mo., dispatch , says: A .
serious wreck occurred on the Burling-
ton and Missouri railroad directly across
the river from the water works pump
house early Tuesday morning. Just as a
passenger train was passing under the
bluff at that point an immense mass of
dirt and rock came crashing down the
steep bank, striking the locomotive and
mail car, knocking them off the track
and completely wrecking both. The en-
gineer and fireman were both seriously
injured. The engineer is thought to be
fatally hurt. The reservoirs of the water
works company, which are directly above
the landslide, are in great danger of col¬
lapsing.
Specie Movement.
Exports of specie from the port of New
York last week amounted to $6,975,412.
of which $6,414,835 was gold and
$500,577 silver. All the silver nnd
$5,359,399 in gold went to London aad
$1,000,000 gold to Paris and $64,835
gold was shipped in small lots to South
American points. Imports of ^specie
duriDg the week amounted to $78,341,
which $74,560 was gold and $3,781 sii-
ver.
NUMBER 23.
RICHMOND & DANVILLE R- R.
Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Division.
Condensed Schedule of Passengei
Trains, In Effect Nlay lOth, I89L
NORTHBOUND. No. 38. No, 10. No. 12.
1 ASTERN TIME. Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Atlanta (E.T.) 1 25 pm §
Chatnblee..... §
Noreross....... SiS
Duluth........
Suwanee.......
Buford........ 3ig
Flowery Gainesville..... Branch
3 01 pm
Lnla.......... 3 23 pm g
Bell ton........ g
Cornelia....... §
Mt. Airy....... I
Toccoa......... §
Westminster ... 111111111111111111
Seneca ........
Central........
Easleys........
Greenville..... 6 05 pm
Greers.........
Wellfonl.......
Spartanburg... 6 57 pm
Clifton........
Gaffneys....... Cowpens ......
am
Grover......... Blacksburg.....
am
King’s Mount’n
Gastonia.......
Lowell........
Bellemont.....
Ar. Char'otte...... % 20 pm
SOUTnWABD. No. 37. No. 11, No. 9.
Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Charlotte...... 7 55 am 1 40 pm 2 30 am
..... 2 02 pm 2 57 am
Gastonia!...... 2 11 pm 3 08 am
2 22 pm 3 22 am
King’s Mount’n 2 44 pm 3 53 am
Gvover......... 2 59 pm 4 13 am
Gaffneys....... Blacksburg .... 3 08 pm 4 24 am
3 25 pm 4 43 am
Co'.ypeus...... Clifton........ 3 48 pm 5 10 aa>
3 51 pm 5 15 am
Spartanburg... 9 55 ain 4 12 pm 5 32 am
Wollford........ 4 39 pm 5 57 am
Greers......... 5 00 pm 6 16 am
Greenville...... 10 5C am 5 33 pm 6 47 am
Easleys......... 6 07 pm 7 16 am
Central........ 6 55 pm 8 10 am
Seneca......... 7 22 pm 8 38 am
Westminster.... 7 42 pm 8 58 am
I'occoa........ 8 20 pm ! 9 35 am
Mt. Airy....... 8 55 pm 10 10 am
Coruelia........ 9 09 pm 10 15 am
Bellton........ 9 20 pm 10 43 am
Lnla.......... 1 3 J pm 9 30 pm 10 46 am
Gainesville..... 1 50 pm 9 52 pui 11 11 am
Flowery Branch 10 15 pm 11 31 am
luwanee. lord........ 10 30 pm 11 46 am
10 44 pm 11 59 am
Duluth .. 10 56 pm 12 12 pm
Norcross 11 08 pm 12 24 pm
11 22 pm 12 37 pm
Ar. Atlanta (E. T.) 3 25 pm 11 59 pm 1 1ft pm
Additional trains Nos. 17 and 18—Lula ac-
eemmodation, daily except Sunday, leaves At-
lanta 5 30 P m, amves Luia 8 12 P m. Betnm-
ing, leaves Lula 6 00 a m, arrives Atlanta 8 55
a m.
Between Lula and Athens—No. 11 daily, ex-
cept Sundp.y, an;l No. 9 dai'y, leave Lu a 9 35 p
a U ive !?. ai Jn
a?Lv. L^pt SndTy^and No. 12 daily,*7 and oo'p 10 39 m
an d 8 30 a m, arr.ve Lnla 9 09 pm
a m.
Between Toccoa and Elberton—No>. 61 sn<l
“d „ , , , „ , SixS _ ,,
4 *1 a^arrive 3 aTp m and 9 S
ftn) Returning, Nos. 60 and 62 daily, except
fc'undav, leaveElberton 2 45pmand 5 45 am,
arrive Toccoa710 pm and 915 a m.
tween Noe -D Washington ^ nl } 2 ca and %^i Atlanta, 1 t “ a " and J >os. w n p H ^ 9 ^ anti
10Pallman steeper between Atlanta and New
y 0 rk.
On No. 11 ro change in day coaches from
.»d Son.W-
pi n Vestibaled Limited, between Atlanta and
Washington. On this train an extra fare ia
charged on first-class tickets only,
for detailed information as to local and
" nfcTwith kST.gS
, r address, L. L. McCLE-KEY,
JAS. L. TAYLOR,
Gen’l Pass. Ag’t. Div. Pass. Ag’t.
t0n ’ D ‘r’p HAMMoVd U ’ ^
* n r,Rm ' *
Manager. Superintendent,
LEWIS DAVIS,
ATrOENEY AT LAW.
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will practice in the counties of Haber¬
sham and Rabun of the Northwestern
Circuit, and FranKlm and Banks of the
Western Circuit. Prompt attention will
be given to all busineas entrusted to him.
The collection of debts wffli have #p* o-
ial attention.
an eye to business.
Optician (to clerk addressing new ad-
pT j ce } i8t to customers)—Write the
dresses very small, so the people will
t Blaetter. bi n k they need glasses.—[Fliegende