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THE TOCCOA NEWS
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL.
VOLUME XIX.
IN SUNSET LAND.
1ft fti* Sunset land, in the Sunset lanft,
behind the glorious gates o* gold unframed
of human hand,
There lie the mountain, vale and wood,
I he lake, the sparkling stream,
More uncompared and passing good
Than through the clouds they seem.
In the Sunset land, in the Sunset land.
The pearl-and-opal sea of light in ceaseless
motion grand,
Heaves at the feet of hi’Is so bold
IV e cannot dream their height,
Nor gues3 to where their foreheads old
Bear up the gems of night.
In the Sunset land, in the Sunset land,
All cool and sweet the pine tree waves its
slumber-showering hand,
And liquid argent runs the stream
IV ith slumberous, mystic note,
And fast asleep the while clouds seem
Upon the lakes ailoat.
In the Hunset land, in the Sunset land,
No trail of foot or trough of keel is found on
leaf or sand;
No hand hath ever harmed a tree
Or bent a blooming flower;
And matchle sweet as matchless free
1 he landscape lies in power.
In the Sunset land, in the Sunset land,
Ike dream of Rest swims softly dowu as in
our dreams we planned.
The war of wo rk, the clash of care,
The racking of regret—
No echoing thought of these is there,
Ho high that lau i is set,
Oh pearl-and-opal sea of light, barred back
by gates of gold,
9h rainbow bolts shot all too strong into
Time’s pillars old—
Let back, let ini and Jet u> wend
Through country heaven-spanned,
Ai d learn the Universe’s end,
There, in the Sunset land!
—Forest and Stream.
TWO WERE MISSING.
One morning about 10 o’clock a St.
Petersburg money lender and merchant
was seated in his shop trying to devise
some means of investing a considerable
surplus which a creditor had just paid
him. At that time the money market
was dull and it was with great difficulty
that capitalists could keep their funds
profitably employed, As he was medi-
fating upon various projects aud becom¬
ing more and more discontented with
the thought of his idle money, the ear-
riage of General Gorgoli, driven by his
coachman in livery, stopped in front of
the shop. The General, oue of the hand¬
somest men in St. Petersburg and one
of the bravest soldiers iu the army,
alighted and hurried into the presence of
the money lender.
“Can l have a few words with you in
private?” asked the General.
“Certainly,” said the banker, “This
way, if you please.”
They stepped into the private office cf
the banker, whereupon the General with¬
out further preliminaries said:
“I suppose you kuow who I am—
General Gorgoli and Superintendent of
Police.”
“Certainly, your excellency,” replied
the banker.
“Well, I need immediately, fora very
important affair, the sum of 25,000
roubles. I am too far from the Minister
of Exchequer to procure it; for a delay
will ruin everything. Give me the 25,-
000 roubles I beg of you; cotne to-mor-
vow morning at my residence and I will
give you the security for them.”
“I am delighted for the favor,” re¬
plied the banker. “I shall be only too
happy to accommodate you with this
sum or even more.
“Very well, then loan me thirty thou¬
sand.”
“Here they are, my lord,” he said,
counting them out.
“Thanks! To-morrow, then, at nine
o'clock, at nine o’clock.
The distinguished borrower re-entered
his coach and drove away at full speed.
The next morning, according to ap-
pointment, the banker presented himself
at the house of General Gorgoli, who re-
ceived him with his usual affability.
The banker, exchanging the com-
pliments of the day, waited for the Gen-*
eral to open up the business on which
the visitor had come. But instead ot
doing in so, the General was silent and |
stood an expectant attitude, now gaz-
ing at his caller, now looking out of the
window. But hearing hothiog from the
visitor, he finally said :
“What can I do for you?”
The question greatly embarassed the
banker, but lie managed to stammer:
“I have come, sir—”
“I see you have,” coldly replied the
General.
This intimidated and alarmed the
banker. He began to fear that the
General was a scoundrel who had levied
this large amount of money upon him
and which he did not intend to repay.
He began to fear the knout, or imprison¬
ment, or banishment to Siberia for his
presumption in demanding his own.
Nevertbeless he could not afford to lose
such a man. He might as well be exiled
as lose his fortune. So he boldly said:
“I have come for the money you bor-
rowed yesterday.”
“And pray, sir, who are you that dares
to accuse me of borrowing money?”*
“I am Anton Truvouski,merchant and
money-lender, No. — Grand Million
street. You came to my place of busi-
ness yesterday morning. You said that
an important official affair called for an
immediate loan of 25,000 roubles. I
handed you 30,000, which you took
away, telling me to call on you this
morning for your acknowledgment and
ample securities for the loan. I have
done so. I do not understand the motive
of your denial, Y'ou surely do not wish
to ruin me.”
The General said nothing, but looked
bard, and cold and stern. The banker
grew pale, for he saw in the determined
look of the police officer a purpose not to
acknowledge the debt, but rather, per-
haps, to use his arbitrary power to put
his claimant and accuser out of the way.
Suddenly the official turned and rang for
his servant.
P Order mv carriace!” he said,
He put on the familiar gray coat with
a big collar by which he was so well
known in St. Petersburg.
“What was the color of the horse that
was in the carriage yesterday?” he asked
the merchant.
“It was a chestnut, my lord.”
“Have the chestnut harnessed,” he
said to the servant.
“Repeat your story, if your please,
omitting no detail whatever.”
The merchant went carefully over it
again.
“Your carriage is ready, your excel¬
lency,” said the servant, entering.
“I will ask you to remain here until I
return,” said the General to the mer¬
chant. Quitting the room, descending
the stairs to the street and getting into
his drowsky he drove away.
The suspense of the merchant was ter¬
rible. He sat down but iuhalf a minute
rose again; walked the room; looked out
the window- sat in another chair; once
more got up; went to the door; looked
out; saw no one, heard no one; but kept
hoping, wishing for a solution to this
mysterious affair. Should the police of¬
ficers keep the money and not even ac¬
cuse the banker of blackmail or attemp¬
ted extortion—there was only a life of
toil, poverty aud disgrace before him.
He could never recover from the loss,
unless like the man who had robbed him
he entered upon a career of crime.
In his desperation he began even to
contemplate it. He involuntarily looked
around the room to see if there was any¬
thing valuable or a place for concealing
anything valuable which he might lay
hands on by way of restitution. It was
a bare official apartment with ordinary
chairs, a long table and a writing cabinet
furnished with drawers and pigeon-holes.
He stealthily approached it and carefully
opened the drawers. Two of the twelve
were locked. The rest contained only
official papers and documents. He had
several of his own keys iu his pockets.
He tried them one after another in the
drawers. One of them turned the lock
in the upper drawer. It too was full of
papers, lie took two or three of them
up and looked at them. They were re¬
ports of various cases that had come un¬
der the supervision of the Police General.
On one of them was indorsed the name
of the richest nobleman in the empire.
A sudden but base thought struck the
desperate merchant; he would read it
and by means of the information extort
money from the nabob compromised iu
it. But he hesitated; he fumbled the
little package, began opening it, then
stopped and tried to peer into its folds.
Suddenly the stopping of a carriage in
the street below’ arrested him. It might
be the General. A door below jarred.
He thrust the papers back into the
drawer, aud had barely time to lock it
agaiu and seat himself at the window
when the Police General, striding at a
hot pace, entered the room.
CHAPTER II.
In those days a line of sentinels was
established at the comers of all the prin¬
cipal streets, who formed a part of the
police force of the city. On leaving hi3
house Gorgoli ordered himself driven to
the block iu which the jeweler’s shop
was situated. Stopping at the nearest
sentinel’s box, he said tohiin: “I passed
here yesterday morning at 10:30. Diet
you see me?”
“Yes, you excellency.”
“Where did I go?”
“Over to the Troitski (Trinity)
bridge.”
The General was driven to the bridge.
At its entrance he said to the sentinel:
“I passed here at twenty minutes to
eleven yesterday morning. Did you see
us?”
“I did your excellency.”
“Where did I go from here?”
“Your excellency drove across the
bridge.
He crossed the bridge and stopped in
front of the “Hermitage” of Peter the
Great. The sentinel at once stepped out
of his box.
“I passed here yesterday morning at
a little before eleven o’clock. Did you
notice the way I took?”
“You went into the Viborg quarter,
excellency.”
General Gorgoli continued his cate-
chizing of the sentinels from point to
point, street to street, neighborhood to
neighborhood, across bridges and along
the wide avenues. At the last of the
row of shops on the Grand Perspective
he said to cne of them,
“You saw me pass here at half-past
eleven yesterday morning. Did you
notice where I drove?”
“Yes, your excellency, to No.. 19 on
the corner of the Canal Catherine.'”
“Did I go in there?”
“Yes.” : . <
“And come out again?”
“I did not see you.”
“Very well. Have yourself relieved
by one of your comrades and bring two.
soldiers from the nearest barracks.”
“Yes, your excellency.”
The sentinel hurried away and in ten
minutes returned with the soldiers. Ac-
compauied by them the General present-
ed himself at No. 18, closed all the out-
side doors, cross-examined the porter,
ascended the stairs and without ceremony
burst open the door of the front room.
As he entered he came face to face with
the inmate who, but for his hair, which
was dark, might have been the twin
brother of the police general. After one
glance around the room, he said to the
lodger - is-?*’
“Your name
“Yes,” stammered the man.
“Yesterday at 10 o’clock you entered
the shop, No.-Grand Million. You
wore a yellow curled wig resembling my
hair; you. had on a gray coat with a
heavy collar like mine; you drove up in
a carriage like mine, with a chestnut
colored horse like mine. In fact, you
pretended to be Gorgoli, chief of 30,000 po-
lice, and in.my name to borrow
roubles for which I was to give security,
You drove away through many streets,
across several bridges, back and forth
until you arrived at this house. You
are a notorious thief and pickpocket,
who cunningly took advantage of your
accidental resemblance to me, to rob the
banker cf a good portion of his fortune.
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 19, 1891
You have it here. Hand it over! Give
me that yellow wig which I see sticking
out from under the gray coat which
yesterday formed part of your disguise?”
Perceiving that he had been effectual-
; ly entrapped the thiet went to a little
closet behind ther chimney and took down
the bag of gold, which he handed to the
chief of police, saying: “I have spent
two.”
Gorgoli counted them, found them
correct, handed the culprit over to the
police, who carried him off to prison,
while the General hastened back to his
house. To the immense and natural de¬
light of the banker, who had himself
just come so near being tempted by his
losses into the commission of a crime,
he passed out to him the familiar can¬
vass bag. With a cry of joy and aston¬
ishment at its restoration the banker
seized it, but was so overcome by his
feelings that he stared helplessly at the
police official asking for an explanation.
“Count them!” said the general, turn¬
ing to his table and beginning to write.
The merchaut eagerly undid the strings
of the bag and feverishly emptied its
contents upon the table. He began count¬
ing them, putting them back into the
bag as he did so. At last he said :
“Two roubles are missing.”
“That is strange.”
“What is strange? That there should
be so few gone?”
“Neither. But that the thief should
tell the exact truth. They seldom do. He
said he had spent two.”
“Then you have captured him?”
“He is now in prison.”
“How did you get him so quickly? It
is hardly an hour since you departed.”
The General told him .—Detroit Free
Press.
How to Sharpen a Screwdriver.
The screwdriver is found not only in
the tool chest of every mechanic, but in
most houses and in not a few offices. It
ranks with the hammer, the saw and axe
in general utility, and yet very few per¬
sons know anything about how it should
be sharpened so as to do its work most
efficiently—that is, with the least expen¬
diture of power and the least injury to
the heads of screws.
In driving a screw into the wood the
force used to press the screwdriver
against the head of the screw tends to
aid the latter in penetrating the wood,
but when we attempt to extract a screw
every pound of pressure that we apply
tends to render it more difficult to get the
screw out. It therefore becomes very
important that the screwdriver should be
so formed that it may be kept in the nick
of the screw by the exertion of the very
least degree of force, for if it has any
tendency to slip out we cau keep it in
place only by applying pressure,in which
case we can run great risk of injuring
the nick and rendering it impossible to
draw the screw.
If we examine a screwdriver in the
condition in which it is ordinarily found
we shall find that it presents a section in
which the sides of the wedge in which
all screwdrivers termin’ ‘•e, are curves
with convex sides ou! l. Now, the
effect of thus curving the sides of this
wedge is to render it greatly more ob¬
tuse. Moreover,when we turn the screw¬
driver, the tendency to slip out of the
nick is just in proportion to the obtuse¬
ness or bluntness of the weige, and,
.therefore,this form is the very worst that
can be chosen. In the hands of most
good workmen, therefore, we find that
the screwdriver ends in a wedge, of
which the sides are perfectly straight.
This is a very good form, but it is not
equal to a form in which the sides of the
wedge are curves, but with the concave
sides turned outward. In this way we
lessen the obtuseness of the wedge at the
extreme point, and produce a turnscrew
which may be kept in the nick by the
least possible pressure endwise. To griud
a screwdriver into this form it is neces¬
sary to use a very small grindstone, and
mauy of the artificial stones found in
market answer admirably. Most me¬
chanics would find it to their advantage
to keep one of these small grindstones for
the purpose, and it could be run in the
lathe with very little trouble. — Tech¬
nologist.
The Hemp Industry.
Kentucky has heretofore been our
principal hemp producing State, but
the constantly increasing use of fibre for
various purposes, and especially for
binding twine, seems to demand for it
a wider area of cultivation than it has
previously occupied. In the last annual
report of the Secretary of Agriculture it
is said there is no reason why hemp cul¬
ture should not be extended over a dozen
States and the product used in manufac¬
tures which now employ thousands of
tons of imported fibre. In the manu¬
facture of binder-twine alone there is an
outlet for upward of fifty thousand tons
of hemp annually. Manila is no better
than hemp, and sisal quite inferior.
When the market for binder-twine was
first created American hemp fitted the
demand—the more carefully prepared
article, straight or dressed hemp, being
employed. About ten years ago the de¬
mand increased to a point beyond the
supply, and to meet the exigency of the
case other fibres were employed. Manila
and sisal came into use, and as the con¬
sumption of binder-twine grew to its
present enormous proportions these fibres
held their position and hemp was rele¬
gated to the background.
Extensive manufacturers of harvesting
machinery are quoted as saying that
there is no fibre in the world better
suited to this use than American hemp.
The usual course of procedure in Ken¬
tucky in raising hemp on blue grass sod
is to plow about four inches deep in the
fall or early spring; sow about the time
to plant corn; sow broadcast thirty-three
pounds of seed per acre, having first
prepared the seed-bed thoroughly, aud
cover by dragging with the harrow as for
j any dred of days the small required grains. for About the one huu-
- are crop to
j j be mature. in The this fact country that sisal hemp satisfac- can
grown was
■ tori.’y demonstrated m nj years ago, but
the frost line sharp ns irks the northern
| limit of its cq i. —Neid York
World.
GEORGIA BRIEFS.
Newsy Paragraphs From Over
the State.
There will be no strike of the negro
aliiancemen, within but the movement came
gia. an ace of being endorsed in Geor¬
So says E. S. Richardson,
super ntendeui of ttie colored alliance in
Georgia.
I he bill to provide for an increase in
the tax ition of the property in the state
lias been favorably reported by the leeis-
lat:ve finance committee, the tax for 1891
being raised from 2 4-10 mills to 3*
mills, and the tax fo. 1891 was raised in
biil from 2i mills to hi. This measuie
was iuuds necessary with which to supply thetrea ury with
to pay the appropriaJJ
tiorrs made, by this legislature.
1 be house finance committee has deci¬
ded i ot to pay interest on the award of
the Western and Atlantic commission.
Mr. ‘Whitfield, struck the popular chord
in a strong speech against the payment of
an interest, urging that all the legislature
is bound to do is to make the award iu ac-
cordace with the finding of the commis¬
sion. His views prevailed, and the items
read: “To pay the award of the Western
and Atlantic commission $99,G44,04.” It
will be so reported.
’Ihc committee from the directors
of the Piedmont exposition ap-
pointed fur that purpose,
went before Commissioner Slaugh¬
ter, of the Southern Railway Passenger
Association recently and made a strong
plea for low ran road r ites to the exposi¬
tion. They made an able presentation
of the r side of the case, and Commis¬
sioner Slaughter gave them a respectful
hearing and said lie would announce the
iate later. The matter for fixing a rate
his been left entirely with Mr. Slaughter
by agreement of the association.
Under a resolution adopted by the late
Alliance convention, a committee was ap¬
pointed to confer with the owners of the
Farmeis’ Alliance to get control of the
Alliance Partner, published in Atlauta.
A great many conferences were held, but
no agreement reached. The gordian
knot was severed a few dais ago when
Col. Gantt got control and Mr. Brown
walked out. Then Col. Gantt opened
negotiations with the committee from the
Alliance, the result of which is that the
paper remains the organ of the Alliance,
under the supervision of the committee
of three, with Gantt as editorial writer
and manager.
Not Constitutional.
Hon. William H. Fleming, who som'. 1
time ago introduced a bill to restrict pen¬
sions to those soldiers who had less than
$2,000 of property, or an income of less
than $600 p-.r year, said recently that
he was now satisfied the pension problem
could not be solved in that way. His
bill, as a plan or line of policy, was en¬
dorsed by the finance committee, but
Mr. Fleming has given a closer examina¬
tion to the constitution on this point,aud
basbeen forced to the conclusion that the
legislature can not make property or in¬
come an element of qualification or dis¬
qualification in the matter of pensions.
To do so would be to add a condition
not embraced ia the constitution. Some
other plan will h ive to be suggested, oi
else the rate of taxation will have to be
materially increassd to pay the pension
list.
The Home Clotted.
The Confiderate home will be closed
until the next legislature shall have had
a chance to act upon it. If it is not
thnn accepted, the trustees will sell it
and the sum realized will be equitably
divited amoug those who subscribed to
the fund. This was the decision of the
board of trustees which met in Atlauta
on the 9th inst. Those preseut at the
meeting were Col. W L. Calhoun, pres¬
ident; W. H. Harrison, secretary; Hon.
Nelson 'lift, of Albany, Hon. T. E. Mas-
sengale, of Milledgevdte, Mr. Richard
Hobbs, of Rome, Mr. J. Gunby Jordan,
of Columbus, Mr. W. M. Towers, of
Rome, Mr. W. H. Ross, of Macon, Gen¬
eral Clement A. Evans, Captain E. P.
Howell, Mr. S. M. Inman, Mr. Donald
Bain, Dr. Amos Fox, Major Foute, of
Cartersrville, Captain J. W. English,
Captain W. D. Eilis, Mr. W. A, Hemp¬
hill, Judge W. H. Newman, Hon. Wil¬
liam Smith, of Ouinette county, Major
M. C. Kiser, Judge George Hiilyer, Dr.
R. D. Spaulding and T. L. Langston.
A Complicated Law Suit.
Preliminary steps have been taken in
Atlanta in a suit involving a large amount
of money— -perhaps half a million dol¬
lars. Some peculiar legal points are
also involved in the case, which is one
of the- most complicated cases ever filed.
Mr. A. S. Clay, of Marietta, aud Judge
II. B. Tompkins, of At’anta, represent¬
ing Mrs. Mary D. Mead and S. D. Edi¬
son, were the movers iu the matter. It is
a suit a^aicst Senator Joseph E. Brown
and Mr, F. B. Sahlman, of the Nash¬
ville R ilwav Company and the Nash¬
ville, Chattanooga and St. Lou's Railway
Company. These defendants are sued
as officers of the old Western and At¬
lantic Railway Company, and their ad¬
ministration of this property and dis¬
tribution of the assets are involved in
the suit. The purpose of these proceed¬
ings is to have the court appoint re¬
ceivers to take charge of the properly
owned by the old Western and Atlantic
Railway Company prior to the 27th of
last December, when the lease expired,
and the road went into the hands of the
Nashville, Chattanooga and Sr. Louis
Railway petitioners Company. The object of the
is to place the affairs in such
shape that the debts can be paid off, af¬
ter which the residue of assets shall be
distributed among the shareholders of
the dissolved company.
Schedules Under Consideration.
The gene-’al managers and general pas¬
senger agenrs of the southern railroads
met in Atlanta on the 9 h inst. There
were present General Manager J s ph G.
Metcalfe, of the Louisville and Nashville
road; General Manager C. H. Hudson,
of the East Tennessee road; Gereral
Manager W. H. Green, Richmond and
Danville road ; General Passenger Agent
C. P. Atmore, of the Louisville and
Nashville road; General Passenger Agent
B verly W. Wrenn, of the East Tennes¬
see road; Gernral Superintendent J. W.
Vaughn, of the East Tennessee road;
General Manager J. R. Kinley, of the
Atlantic Coast line; General Passenger
Agent James L. Taylor, of the Richmond
and Danville road; General Manager M.
C. Carroll, of the Queen and Cre-e a!
rute: Superintendent of Trinspo?tuio;
George E. Evans, and a ! arge numb r oi
other railroad officials. The mettii g was
called for the purpose of a conferenc
between the officials nam'd on matters
in which they "ere all interested. One
of the most important matters that was
considered "as the different sccdubsof
the roads which were represented. This
was done with a view to getting better
and more perfect connection. Several
very vital changes in schedules may re¬
sult from the meeting.
Citizen Allinucps.
The Citizens’ A I! anc ■ is the late>t
C ppro* ftrflpr ?• Hr o'* iod'T'ng
from the present outlook it promises to
be almost as strong as the original farm¬
ers’ alliance. At the meeting recent of the
Georgia alliance in Atlanta a resolution
was of citizens’ adopted encouraging the organization
alliances in the state. No ex¬
planation went with it, and the people
all over Georgia, who had not heard of
the movement iD Kansas and other states
began anxiously inquiring to find out
what the citizens’ alliance was and wi.o
was eligible to membership in it. Colo¬
nel Livingston in speaking of the new
order says: “The Citizens’ Alliance is an
organization bound to the Ocili plat¬
form. Every male or female wdiite parson
over sixteen years of age is eligible to
membership scribe in this order, who will sub¬
to the Ocala platform and the
principles of the Farmers’Alliance. When
they do that, they are not only fuff mem¬
bers, but are entitled to ail privileges
and benefits of other members of our
order in the state, or in the nation. Their
meeting can be either secret or open, as
the members see fit. They can partici¬
pate equally with the alliance, compo-ed
of farmers, in all matters concerning the
public. ”
More Money for tba Widows.
Each and every widow of a confederate
soldier, who is able to make the proper
proofs, will hereafter receive a pension of
$100 a year fr.im the state of Georgia.
That has been practically settled by the
action of the house finance committee.
This same legislature at its last session
began the good work. It appropriated
$00,000 for this purpose, it being the
opinion then that there were not more
than six hundred people in the state eli¬
gible for that pension. IIow far off that
estimate was everybody knows. Alreidy
Captain W. H. Harrison, who. in addi¬
tion to his duties as secretary of the exc
cutive department, is expected to look
after all the pensions. Already he
has received applications from
3,700 widows. That there are
at least four thousand eligible to this
pension there seems no doubt. The
question which this legislature, there¬
fore, had to meet was whether it would
stand by its determination to pay a huu-
dred-do!lar pension to each soldier’s
widow. For two years that question has
been before the finance committee. The
deficiency appropriation bill was under
consideration, and one paragraph in that
•referred to widows’ pensions. There has
been a great deal of discussion of this
subject. To a few of the members it did
not seem as if the state was able to grant
so liberal a pension in view of the great
number of applicants; but the majority
were emphatically in favor of the pen¬
sions remaining as they were first put—
$100 each—and when the vote was taken
$340,000 was appropriated “for each of
the years of 1891 and 1892.”
THE GRAIN CROP.
General Averages of Cereals
for September.
The statistician of the department of
agriculture at Washington reports Sep¬
tember general averages of cereal crops
as follows: Corn, 91.1; wheat, 96 8;
rye. 95.1; oats, 90.7; barley, 94.3; buck¬
wheat, 96.6. A small advance is noted
in all; buckwheat alone excepted. The
average for potatoes is 94.6; for tobac¬
co, 87.4.
The condition of corn is twenty-one
points higher than iu September of last
year and has been exceeded only three
times in the past ten years. State aver¬
ages are of generally Michigan high; Wisconsin, the lowest are
those and Min-
nessota and North Dakota coming next,
while South Dakota, Nebraska and Kan¬
sas, make figures under the general av¬
erage. In the eastern and middle states
the crop is well grown and is generally
doing well, but a little late and the re¬
cent cool nights prevent rapid aivance-
ment yet. Frost has as yet done no
damage. The crop is in condition in the
southern states. It is not so much in¬
jured by heavy rains as cotton. high,
The condition of wheat is very
considering both winter and spring va¬
rieties, in soils, latitude and elevations so
widely differing. The general average
has only been exceeded slightly, twice
since 1879, and in 1882 and 1884 State
t
averages are quite uniform, but 100 fall¬
ing below 95 and three below 90, the
lowest being 83 for South Carolina and
84 for North Carolina. Figuns for the
principal wheat-growing states are as
follows: Ohio, 98; Michigan, 98; In¬
diana, 100; Illinois, 100; Wisconsin, 90;
Minnesota, 100; Iowa, 99; Missouri, 94;
Kansas, 89; Nebraska, 98; North Da¬
kota, 95; South Dakota, 99; California,
98; Oregon, 97; Washington, 93. East
of the mountains: New York, 99;
Pennsylvania, 99; Maryland, 97; Vir¬
ginia, 9•». In the southwest: Texas, 97.
DALLAS ALARMED
Over the Frequent Recurrence
of Disastrous Fires.
The fire record in Dallas, Tex s, for
the month of August was greater than
that of all other Texas cities combined—
twenty nine fires in thirty days. It has
developed that the water supply is suffi¬
cient when propuly managed, The in-
surance companies have been hit so
heavy and so often that they have ad¬
vanced r ites 50 per cent, and seven!
companies have withdrawn their agencies
fiom the city. This state of affairs has
filled the citizens of Dallas with a'arm,
as no tangible solution of the origin of
these numerous and disastrous conflagra¬
tions can be arrived at.
money saved.
Cook—hat , „ r , . shall , „ we . haioior , supper? „
anything. Boarding-hou3o Keeper Not much oi
Tne boarders won t be :a
condition. to eat to-night. We had
bakery mince pies lor dinner.
^ ew8 *
CROP BULLETIN
For Week Ending September
12th—General Remarks.
The weather bureau’s weekly crop bul¬
letin says: The wiek has been cool
generally over the country east of the
R Ci y mountains and over the entire corn
and cotton regions, where warm weather
was nr st desirable, the avera;e daily
below temperature being from 4 to G degrees
n rmal. I here ha3 been an excess
of rainfall during the week, generally in
the New Eng.and, middle Atlantic
states, over Lake Erie and in Florida,
Very little rain occurred during the week
in the central valleys, although limited
areas of excess are reported in Alabama,
Indian 'lerriio y, Kausas and Minnesota,
There was a tot d absence of rain in
Texas, Illinois and the greater portion of
the upper lake region. The rainfall
was very heavy in Florida, over
four inches being reported at Tampa
and seven inches at Jacksonville.
GENERAL REMARKS.
Warm Virginia-Some tobacco is being cut.
weather is needed. A light frost
on Wednesday districts, and Thursday in the moun-
taln North but no damage reported.
Carolina—A dry and favorable
week for farm work, but cool nights
badly were injurious to cotton. The crop is
rused, is shedding and opening
very slowly. Tobacco is light and
“<» “
South Carolina—The cool weather and
exces ive rains of the previous week
caused the rust, shedding and rotting of
cotton bolls; 25 per cent injury fully
verified.
Alabama—Cotton continues to shed;
cool, dry weather caused the plant to
stop blooming. The crop is badly dis¬
eased and the yield will be reduced 25
rain. per cent. All other crops are needing
ly; Mississippi—Cotton is opening rapid¬
iu the southern part of the state a
late season would develop some top crop;
in the delta and northern counties a large
hay crop is saved. Showers benefitted
crops generally.
Louisiana—Cotton on uplands has fal¬
len off greatly, owing to rust, blight and
shedding, lowlands. but is somewhat better in the
Rice and cane especially late.
The crop is suffering from drought.
Arkansas—The weather has been too
cool for cot on but was favorable for corn
and other crops. Cotton picking has
commenced. Cool nights continue and
cotton continues to fall off slowly.
Texas—The first crop of early planted
cotton is generally good. Showers have
improved late cotton and the top crop
over the northern, central and eastern
poriions; in other portions the growth
has stopped aud rain would be of liitle
benefit. The worms have disappeared.
Tennessee—Cotton opening slowly,
some rust and shedding reported, Fall
seeding delayed by di ought, Rain
needed in central and western sections
for plowing. Peanuts injured by the
cool, dry weather. Late potatoes doing
well.
Kentucky—The growth of all crops
has been retarded by « cool, damp
weather, and warm, sunshiny days are
required to mature them. Early tobacco
is being cut, but generally the crop is
very late. Fall plowing is progressing.
Corn is very green for the seasoD, and
will not be out of danger from frost be¬
fore the 25th.
LOOKING TOWARD OKLAHOMA.
Negroes Swarming on the Out¬
skirts of the New Country.
A Kansas Ci>y dispatch says: It is ex¬
pected that within a few weeks Iowa and
Sac and Fex lands, adjoining Oklahoma
on the east, will be thrown open for set¬
tlement; and in anticipation the faces of
thousands of negroes are turned toward
the new country. Circulars spread
broadcast over the southern states by ne¬
gro pedestrains have had the effect of
starting enough blacks toward the pro¬
mised land to pre-empt five times as large
a territory. Two thousand negroes aie
awaiting on the border of the new laud,
at Guthrie and Langston City, the presi¬
dent’s proclamation. Many hundreds
more are on the way.
The exodus from the south, especially
from Arkansas and Texas, has been well
organized. There are very few negroe*
in the south who have not heard of the
beautiful country where the government
is giving away a farm to every black man
who will come. The negroes seem to
have the idea that the laud is for their
race alone. Several car loads of Illinois
and Kentucky negroes passed through
Kansas City Tuesday en route to the bor¬
der.
GEORGIA RICE
Shows an Immense Increase ir
Yield.
A dispatch of Fr.day from Savannah,
Ga., states that the rice mills will begin
operations very shortly. All that they
are now waiting for is the rice, and, un¬
der favorable conditions, that will begin
to move in within a week or such a mat¬
ter. Only two lots have been received
yet in the city, and in these the grains
were found too soft to mill. One of thc-
best posted rice brokers in the city states
that with a fair crop this year the yield
ought to reach 650,000 bushels. Lar’
season it was only 480,000 bushets
but if the weather and other influences
had been favorable, it would have been
about 600,000 bushels. This year the
acreage has been diminished ’,300 acre*.
The crop is being harvested now,
throughout the entire section of country
contiguous to Savannah. The weather
has, however, prevented any from beiry
threshed. \Yith four or five days of goou
clear, dry weather, the crop will be
threshed and rushed into the market, and
the mills will be put in operation.
GINNERS COMBINE
To Increase the Rates for Gin¬
ning Cotton.
A Greenville, S. C., dispatch of Fri¬
day says: A majority of the cotton giu-
ners of this county have formed a combi¬
nation for their mutual protection. They
fixed a price for their ginnrag and
increased the rates above those of last
y ear> Those who do notown gins are
natu r ally objecting very strenuously, and
threaten to establish gins of their own.
The few remaining owners of gins out of
the combination are rapidly falling into
lin g,
NUMBER 37
CONVICT LAWS
Being; Enacted by Tennessee
Legislators.
A Nashville dispatch says: Two 'im¬
portant bills became laws Tuesday by
their passage in the senate. Oneofthem
makes it a felony to interfere with state
convicts in any way, punislmble by from
one to seven years’ imprisonment. The
other comp 'Is the payment of employes as
often as every thirty days. The senate
sils > passed the penitentiary bill, which
has yet to pass the house. It provides
for a commission to select a site and plans
and have char.e of the building. The
co-t is limited to $320,000. Eightvthous-
and per the annum increased is appropriated,* and to is
meet expenses taxation
raised 2i cents on the hundred dollars.
TWO BROTHES LYNCHED.
They Killed a Sheriff Who Was
Trying to Arrest Them.
A , telegram . , from , Somerset „ ky., „ says:
About 1 o clock Tu s iny morning a
crowd went to the jail, where the Gilll-
lf } nd brf l th( ‘ r3 we ' c tUe
eh of , Shtnff MfCarque
* r B e ass ssl "* ,n -
and overpoweredthe guar t and forced
The -^ler Gilliand fhepherd boys to were give then up takert the out keys, to
a ravme a short distance wist of the city
ptcSr7T d Thfboy.°dIXed
,Unt thc I " er ? The mob is
supposed to h«vc come mostly „ from
IVhitelv and Laurel counties, where the
sheriff was well known and bad many
friends.
The Skewer.
The skewer was formerly used as a
kind of a tally-stick, and it continues
to find similar employment at Lyons,
where the butchers rarely fail to stick in
the middle of a piece of meat a small
n ooden cylinder announcing by so many
notches what every housewife knows to
bo the exact weight of the meat.
RICHMOND & DANVILLE R. R.
Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Division.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger
Trains, in Effect Aug. 2nd, 1801.
NORTHBOUND. No. 38. No. 10. No. 12.
EASTERN TIME. Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Atlanta (E.T.) 1 25 pm 7 20 pm
Chamblee..... 7 59 pm 111111111111111111111iiiiiiiii
Norcross....... 8 11 pm
Duluth........ 8 24 pm
Suwanee....... 8 37 pm
Buford........ 8 52 pm
Flowery Branch 9 07 pm
Gainesville..... 2 52 pm 9 24 pm
Lula.......... 3 14 pm 9 50 pm
Bellton........ 9 56 pm
Cornelia....... 10 25 pm
Mt. Airy....... 10 28 pm
Tocooa......... 4 02 pm 10 58 pm
Westminster... 11 39 pm
Seneca ........ 12 01 am
Central........ 12 40 am
Easleys........ 1 03 am
Greenville..... 6 05 pm 1 33 am
Greers......... 1 59 am
Wellford....... 2 16 am
Spartanburg... Clifton........ 6 57 pm 2 36 am
2 55 am
Cowpens ...... 3 00 am
Blacksburg..... Gaffney....... 3 28 am
3 46 am
Grover......... 3 56 am
King’s Mount’n 4 17 am
Gastonia....... 4 50 am
Lowell........ 500 am
Belle moot..... 5 11 am
Ar. Charlotte...... 9 10 pm 5 40 am
SOUTHBOUND. No. 37, No. 11. No. 9.
Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Charlotte...... 9 35 am 1 55 pm 2 50 am
Bellcmont..... 2 18 pm 3 15 am
Luwell......... 2 28 put 3 26 am
Gastouia....... 2 41 pm 3 43 am
King’s Mount’n 3 06 pm 4 17 am
G«mr......... 3 20 pm 4 33 am
Blacksburg.... 3 30 pm 4 43 am
Gaffney....... 3 49 pm 5 02 am
Covvpeus...... Clifton........ 4 11 pm 5 27 am
4 15 pm 5 31 am
WGlford........ Spartanburg... 11 39 am 4 32 pm 5 48 am
5 11 pm 6 10 am
Greers......... 5 31 pm 6 28 am
Greenville...... 12 3C pm 6 05 pm 7 00 am
Easleys......... ........ 6 33 pm 7 25 am
Central........ ........ 7 25 pm 8 10 am
Seneca......... ........ 7 53 pm 8 38 am
Westminster.... ........ 8 12 pm 8 58 am
Toccoa........ 2 25 pm 8 50 pm 9 35 am
Mt. Airy....... ........ 9 25 pm 10 10 am
Cornelia....... ........ 9 30 pm 10 15 am
Bellton........ ........ 9 56 pm 10 38 am
Lula.......... 3 14 pm 10 02 pm 10 41 am
Gainesville..... 3 36 pm 10 28 pm 11 11 am
Flowery Buford........ Branch ........ 10 49 pm 11 31 am
........1103 pm 11 46 am
Suwanee....... ........H 17pm 11 59 am
Duluth........ .......il 29pm|12 12 pro
Norcross...... Chamblee...... ........Ill ........Ill 42 pmj 12 35 24 pm
54 pm j 12 pm
Ar. Atlanta (E. T.J.5 00 pm 12 30am| 1 10 pm
Additional !ra ; ns Nos. 17 an i 18—Lula ac¬
commodation, daily except Hnnday, loaves At¬
lauta 5 30 p m, arrives Lula 8 12 p m. Beturn-
ing. leaves Lula 6 00 a m, arrives Atlanta 8 50
a m.
Between Lula and Athens—No. 11 dail v, ex¬
cept Sunday, and No. 9 daily, leave Lula 10 05p
m, and 11 40 a m, arrive Atliens 12 05 a m and
140 pm. Returning leave Atliens, No. 10
daily, except Sunday, and No. 12 daily, 7 20 v> m
and 8 30 a m, at r,ve Lula 9 20 p m and 10 31
a m.
Between Toccoa and Elberton—No. 61 dai¬
ly; except Sundav, leave Toccoa 12 55 pm
arrive Elberton 4 45 p m. Returning, No. 60
daily, except Sunday, leav< iEli erton 5 45 a m
and arrives Toccoa9 15 am.
Nos. 11 an t 12 carry Pullman Sleepers be¬
tween Wa8liington and Knoxvi le'vii. Salisbury,
and Nos. 9 sn 110Pullman Sleeper between At¬
lanta and New York.
Oil No. 11 no change in day coaches from
New York to A’lanta.
Nos. 37 and 38, Washington anil Southwest¬
ern Vestibuled Limited, be tween Atlanta and
Washington. On this train an extra fare is
charged in connection with fir3t-cla*s tickets,
not exceeding $2.00 over and above usual Pull¬
man charges to any point.
For detailed information as to local and
through time table-, rates and Pulimari Sleep¬
ing car reservations, confer with local agents,
or aeldt ess,
JA3. L. TAYLOR, L. L. YIcCLE-KEY,
Gen’l Pass. Ag’t. Div. Pass. Ag’t.
Washington, D, C. Atlanta, Ga.
W. H. GREEN. SOL. HASS,
Gen’l Manager. TrjflL Manager,
Washington, HAMMOND, D. C. Richmond, Vv
C. P.
Superintendent, Atlanta, Ga.
PEWTS DAVIS,
4TTOFNEY AT L.AW
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will practice in the counties of Haber¬
sham and Rabun of the Northwestern
Circuit, and Frankl n and Banks of the
Western Circuit. Prompt at'entbra will
be g Yen to aii husi> ess entriisted\o him.
The collection of debts w 11 have »p
a* <.tts jiioa.