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THE TOCCOA NEWS
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL.
VOLUME XIX.
*OR REMEMBRANCE.
It would be sweet to think when we are old
Of all the pleasant days that came to pass:
1 hat here we took the berries from the
grass.
There charmed the bees with pans, and smoke
unrolled.
And spread the melon note when nights
were cold,
Or dulled the blood-root, iu the underbrush,
And marked the ringing of the tawny
thrush,
While all the west was broken burniDg gold.
And so I bind with rhymes these memories,
As girls press pansies in the poet’s leave*
And find them afterward with sweet surprise;
Or treasure petals mingled with perfusie,
loosing them in the day3 when April
| grieves;
j A subtle summer in tho rainy room.
—Duncan Campbell Scott , in Scribner.
WHY HE FAILED.
1 Tie threw away a great ehanee of sue-
cess, and has been a happier man ever
since.
There is no one but myse[f in England
now who knows exactly how it hap¬
pened, and as I was thinking over it to¬
night (something in the papers about a
clever detective in New York brought it
all fresh back to rny mind) it seemed to
ine such a queer story altogether that I
t/iiuk it will interest others to know it.
I must just alter one or two of the
names, that’s all, because it is not so
very long ago since it happened, and it
came out in one or two papers at the
time, but all more or leas wide of the
mark. Noue of them had just the rights
of it.
You see, no one could make out how
Allan got away so easily»-no one knows
except my friend and I, and one man
over tlie seas, and not even the cutest
Yankee could ever guess the truth.
It is stranger than fiction, as you will
/ind. But this is the story.
I put it short enough, for writing is
not iu my line. I can think things out
in my 1iead, and turn them over and
over, till there is not much left of them
that has not been put through the sieve,
bo to speak, but when it comes to pen
and ink I’m a pcor hand, It means sit-
ting down indoors for hours, and that I
am not used to. No, thank heaven, I
can earn my bread by something else, or
very little bread would come to me, and
no chance of butter or cheese.
This is not my story at all; I mean,
not about my own life, It is about a
friend of mine, George Markson.
If I told you his real name you would
probably remember at once; he was one
of the best known detectives of that
time. Talk about five senses. George
bad ten at least. He could see round a
case, and through a man, and into your
miud almost, and tell you what you were
thinking of, better than you know your¬
self.
And all so quiet—you would not think
he saw much, but he had seen everything
at a glance, and forgotten nothing. I
have known him look into a room that
he had never seen before, and in the
evening, when we were sitting together,
he would describe that room, down to
the maker’s name ou the clock, as mi¬
nutely as if he were holding a picture
ol it in his hand at the time.
lie worked ou his own account, and
lie had constant aud well-paid employ¬
ment, since the day he tracked the mao
who robbed the Bank of Westminster;
you may remember the case—a daring
daylight robbery.
He traced him after a long search to
Paris, aud spotted him there as a gar-
cou in a cafe—a good disguise too.
George was in Spain after that for a long
time, and then went to Cairo, so I did
not see him for more than a year. He
cams back with a reputation more bril¬
liant than ever, aud settled down into
the same rooms he had shared with me
before he left.
He was a middle-aged man when I
knew him, and the severe mental strain
of his employment, together with home
troubles, made him seem older than he
was.
His wife, to whom he had been much
attached, had died many years before.
His only son, too, had turned out badly,
got into debt (the old story of a weak
will influenced by bad companions), and
then had emigrated to the gold dig¬
gings, and was believed to have died
there, after a few more wasted years of
riot and dissipation.
His father had built many hopes on
his only son, aud carried about au un¬
healed wound caused by tho bitter dis¬
appointment of all his expectations.
At the time I am writing about, I saw
there was something more than usual ou
George’s miud.
He never talked much about what he
was engaged in, and I took care never to
plague him with questions, but it hap¬
pened that a chum of mine,named Miles,
told me that George had missed a good
clue, and that another man,named Smol¬
lett, was beginning to make a name, and
was now bent on outdoing George.
Once ruu to earth some one whom
George had failed to trace, and his rep¬
utation was sure.
To outshine one of the best men then
at work was a high game to try for, but
Smollett was trying no less.
Not long after, I met Miles again in
Oxford street. He told me that Smol¬
lett had scored again, and that George
had missed a find he had made pretty
•ure ot.
I pooh-poohed the whole thing.
“Chance, all chance. Fine thing for
Smollett, more luck than good manage¬
ment, no doubt,” I said, feeling rather
nettled, I own. “Wait a bit; you will
see which is the best man of the
twOt^
“I’ll back Sm-” said Miles, but he
remembered that George was my friend
and said no more.
I came across Miles in very nearly the
same place next day. “Heard the lat-
est?” he shouted, and then prcceeded to
explain that a forger, who had been
wanted for some time, was supposed to
be in London, and that a large reward
was offered for him.
“Both on the war trail this tune,”
said Miles, “Which will be the best
man now, eh? Getting exciting, isn’t
it?”
That evening George, who had been
out all day, came quickly into the room
soon after six.
I knew by his look that he was em¬
ployed on some important mission. His
brows were drawn down into a single
straight line, and his lips were firmly
pressed together.
He stood for some time on the hearth¬
rug, evidently in deep thought. He had
not removed his topcoat.
“Are you off again?” I remarked.
He looked up suddenly. “Going to
drive to Holloway,” he said. “Will you
come?”
I knew by this that he would tell me
more of his-errand. I rose at once. lie
looked at his watch.
“The cab will be round here in a few
minutes,” he said quickly. “I’ll tell you
what it is, Tonr, if I miss this, I shall
give up this work altogether. I have not
been very lucky lately, old man, though
I have not worried you about my af¬
fairs.”
“They never worry me,” I began, “I
only wish you-”
“I know, I know” he interrupted
kindly; “you think your back is broad
enough to carry my cares as well as
yours, but you shall never have mine to
bother you, Tom, while you have got any
of your own. This is the thing you
have heard of”—and then he went on to
tell me the details of the case that Miles
had referred to.
“I came across the track this after¬
noon,” he said, “and now it’s only a
of time.”
He drew a deep breath of relief, and
threw his shoulders back. “I did make
a mess of lhat last thing, and that makes
me more keen about this. You see, there’s
another man” (I knew he meant Smol¬
lett) “who would give a good bit to get
hold of this job before me, but there’s
not much fear of my losing it now.”
He smiled as he spoke, and looked
more hopeful than he had done for a
long time.
We said nothing more and drove off.
It was a wet, cold night, and I was
glad when the cab stopped, and we left
it at the corner of a shabby-looking
side street.
“Third door on tho right,” said
George, partly to himself, “pa3t the coal
yard, over the butcher’s. You wait here
for two minutes, Tom; if I am not back
then, you follow me. Back room on the
top of the staircase. I may want you
Don’t stand in the wet, Here’s a door¬
way, to shelter in.”
At the end of two minutes I was
climbing quietly up the narrow dark
staircase. No sound of voices any¬
where.
“Bird’s flown. Bad luck to him,” I
thought. “Awfully hard on George,
poor fellow.”
I was at the top when suddenly there
came the sound (so seldom heard) of a
man’s voice broken by sob3, striving to
speak quickly and coherently.
“Ah! found it’s no go, confessing his
sins,” I smiled to myself, and pushed
the door ajar.
Ah! how could I have known George’s
voice, always so quiet, so selt-coutrolled?
How could I recognize George himself,
kneeling on the floor, by the side of a
poor, miserable bed, holding iu his arms
the figure of a man. A.head was resting
on his shoulder; his hands were smooth-
iug back the dark hair from a thin, white
face on which his own tears were fait
falling.
“Come, my boy, dear, no time to lose. You
know me? Bob quick, say you
know me—your father, B)b, it’s onjy
your father; you must get out of this, 5*0
one knows but me, Bob, no one will
know, no one will follow you—quick,
quick.” And with a sob in his throat,
he turned round and saw me.
He had forgotton my existence, bat
now seemed to think that I knew every¬
thing.
No explanation that this was his loyt
son, whom he had tracked to earth, and
whose discovery was to bring him ko
much credit. No thought of the object
for which he had come. The detective
was not there; in his place stood a
broken-hearted father, with but one
thought in his mind, how best to get his
unhappy sou out of the reach of the law
which had so nearly caught him.
“Come,” he cried, in a hoarse whispjr
to me, “help him to stand, he is weak;
we must arrange for him.”
I had looked rouud the place. Tlje
squalid poverty of the uucleaned room,
the well-worn pack of cards lying on
the chair by jed, the empty bottle
on the other s^y, and the stale smell of
spirits and tobacco in the room all told
the same tale, and bore silent but umnii-
takable witness to the complete masteiy
of evil habits.
But of all this George seemed to sso
nothing.
The sharp-searching scrutiny of tho
detective had given place to the loving
look of a father, to whom all forgivensss
was possible.
With hasty hands he had taken off
his hat, great coat and scarf, and was
now hurriedly putting them on tho
figure, who offered no help, and who
seemed too dazed and bewildered to
speak.
“Here is money, my boy,” he whis¬
pered in a husky voice; “it is all I have
now, but you shall have more; and,
here, take care of this,” hurriedly writ¬
ing a few words upon a scrap of paper.
“See, I put it in the breast pocket with
the purse. It is the name of a house at
Liverpool. Stay there till you hear from
me, and then you shall get right away
from this. There is a cab waiting at
the corner; tell him to drive to the
nearest station. You follow me, Bob,
you understand what I have said? The
money is here in this pocket. Now
quick! If anyone-I read the
thought in his heart. What it someone
had come on the clue which had helped
him, and should be already on the way.
Is that a foot on the stair? No, all is
quiet.
“Now go, I dare not go with yon. Do
not lose a moment. Downstairs, and
then to the left. Tell him to drive fast.
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 10, 1891
God ble» you. Bob;” and following
him to the head of the stair with broker
utterances of endearment and caution,
George watched the unsteady figure
descend the steps, and listened with
strained ears until he chaught the sound
of wheels driving rapidly away.
We waited for what seemed to m<
a long time, in a silence which I dared
not break. And then we went out intc
the wet and deserted street.
We stopped at the corner where the
cab had waited; and I watched my
friend as he stood under the gas-lamp,
far looking out into the darkness with a
away look in his eyes, not knowing
or at least not heeding that the rain
was beating upon hi3 uncovered head.
There is a better smile on his face now,
than the smile he wore early in tin
evening at the thought of his coming
success. His reputation would suffer
greatly, beyond doubt, but what is that
to him?
He stands there a defeated—and a
happy man.
I always meet Miles when I want to
keep out of his way. So I was not sur¬
prised to come across him next day,walk¬
ing by the Horse Guards.
“Ha, ha!” he shouted boisterously,
before we had well met. “Queer go,
wasn’t it? What was? You haven’t
heard from Markson? Oh, of course,
he would be as mute as a fish, Hard
lines ou him, too, when he had got the
whole thing a3 neat as could be. Went
to the very house yesterday where
Allan was. The man at the pub. saw
him go into the house. Ha! ha! what
does my lord Allan do? Awfully sharp
fellow! lets himself down by a rope out
of the back window, and goe3 off in
Markson’s own cab—not bad, ha! ha!
Markson rushed after him too late.
Smollett is furious that he was just out
of it. He found out where Allan was
hiding, and came on the scene a day be¬
hind the fair. Pity he did not get the
chance. He’d have nailed him. Every¬
one says that Markson has made an
awful mull of it, and now the fellow has
got clean away, no one knows where.
Who’s the best man now? You can’t
say much for your side, Tom.”
As I watched him stride away toward
the park, I thought: “Yes, but thank
God, Smollett did not get the chance. ”
—The Strand
An Ancient Race.
The Guauches, the inhabitants of the
Canary Islands, are said to be the rem¬
nants of the ancient race who 10,000
years ago peopled the drowned continent
of Atlantis. They are reported to have
been strong and handsome, and of ex¬
traordinary agility of movement, of re¬
markable courage, and of a loyal dispo¬
sition; but they showed the credulity of
children and the simple directness ol
shepherds. So tall where they that the
Spaniards speak of them as giants, and
their strength and endurance were so
great that they were conquered by strata¬
gem but not by force. They ran as fast
as horses, and could leap over a pole held
between two men five or six feet high;
they could climb the highest mountains
and jump the deepest ravines. Their
endurance as swimmers was so great that
they were accustomed to swim across the
nine miles strait between the Lancerote
and Graciosa; having no boats, theii
method of fishing was to strike the fish
with sticks, or catch them iu their hands,
while swimming. Their skulls, which
are preserved in the museum of the isl¬
and, show marked cerebral develop¬
ment, the frontal and parietal bones
being well developed, and the facial
angle good. In the early days of the
conquest, before rapme and murder had
done their vile work, the Guauches are
spoken of as being musical and fond of
dancing and singing. These arts, to¬
gether with those of basket weaving and
pottery making, were a few relics of a
great and remote civilization, and were
preserved in the same way as, if Europe
were submerged, the shepherds of the
Tyrol, the Alps, and the Pyrenees would
preserve the national aim and village
dances of their respective countries. The
Guauches were, it is supposed, but the
mountain shepherds of a submerged
world. Though so strong physically,
the Guauches were nevertheless a very
gentle race; they rarely made war on one
another, and when the Europeans fell
into their hands they did not kill them,
but sent them to tend sheep on the
mountains. So tame were the birds in
this happy land that when the Spaniards
first landed they cams and fed out of
their hands. To kill an animal degraded
a man; the butcher was a reprieved
criminal and an outcast, and lived apart,
lie and his assistants being supported by
the State. No woman was allowed to
approach the shambles, and in such hor¬
ror was killing held by Ihese gentle
giants that no man could be ennobled
until he had publicly declared that he
had not been guilty of killing any ani¬
mal, not even a goat. Their standard of
morality was high; robbery and was almost
unknown among them, drunkenness
not yet invented .—Cornhill Magazine.
Wild Horses in Oregon.
For some years a small band of wild
horses has been known to roam the
rugged mountains that rise Irom the
river banks in the Okanogan, Oregon.
The arts an l skill of mountaineer and
plainsmen have been exerted to entrap
the wary animals, but their subtle scon*'
and fleetuess of foot defied near ap¬
proach until recently. A few days ago
a fine horse w’as missing from the neigh¬
borhood. A handsome reward being
offered for its return, John Owens
started on a searching expedition, and
his quest led hin to the stamping grounds
of the wild animals. After great exer¬
tion and stratagem he finally captured
four of the band, which he now has cor
railed at his home. They are fine, fiery
American stock and bear no evidence ol
ever having been broken to bridle.—
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Ia 1873 there was not 150,000 acre-:
of orchard in Great Britain; now ther.
are 202,305, and the orchard area in
creases yearly.
THE ^Al^IDE ORLD.
GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC AND
CABLE CULLINGS
Of Brief Items of Interest From
Various Sources.
The steamer Itata left San Diego, Cal.,
Monday for Chile.
Snow was reported from several points
in Minnesota Monday.
The Chilean steamship Itata was re¬
leased Thursday upon a bond of $00,000
for the vessel and a like amount for her
cargo of arms.
The steamer La Touraino, from Havre,
brought $2,488,000, and the steamer
Ivaiser Wilhelm $1,009,000 in gold from
Europe Monday.
Fred Miller, Susan Warden, George
Quaint and Frank Gallagher were killed
at a crossing Leeminster, on the Fitchburg railroad
near Mass., Thursday.
The immense packing establishment of
John H. Squire & Co., in Fast Cam¬
bridge and Somerville, Mass., was parti¬
ally destroyed by fire Monday night.
Harper Manufacturing Company’s
woolen mill, at Oxford Me., was destroy¬
ed by fire Thursday caused by the ex¬
plosion of a lamp. Loss, $150,000; in¬
surance, $100,000.
The bank of Chrisman, Ind., closed its
doors Thursday. The failure is due to the
speculations on the board of trade, and
is estimatecrat from eight to one hun¬
dred and thousand dollars.
Business at Kingston, N. Y., is at a
standstill, owing to the wrecking of the
savings banks. Other banks have notices
on their doors requiring sixty days’ no¬
tice for the withdrawal of deposits.
A hurricane is reported to have raged
in the northern pineries of Minn esota
Monday. Several townships were de¬
vastated, and the loss of timber is said
to be in hundreds of millions of feet.
Three persons were burned to death
early Monday morning in a fire in the
five story brick tenement house, New
York and two others were very badly,
one pected. so seriously that recovery is not ex¬
The total collections of internal reve¬
nue during the first two months of the
present fiscal year were $20,135,133, an
increase of $032,557 over collections
during the corresponding period of the
previous fiscal year.
Exports of specie from the port of New
York for week ended Oct. 3rd, amoun¬
ted to $000,800, all silver, of which $600,
234 went to Europe and $375 to South
America. Imports of specie amounted
to $5,640,684 of which $5,638,334 was
gold, and $2,350 silver.
The woman’s independent organization,
composed of colored women thoughout
the country, is sending out circulars to
that race, complaining that the lady
managers of the world’s fair have refused
to accord to the colored women of the
hibit country an equal chance to make an ex¬
of their handiwork.
A general striks of the railroad coal
miners, of . ’ittsbuig, Pa., district, was
inaugurated Thursday. Reports have
not been received from all the mines, but
it is estimated that close on to ten thous¬
and men quit work. They are firm for a
3J cent rate and assert thGy will remain
out until it is conceded by all operators.
ing At fire Indianapolis, Ind., Sunday morn¬
consumed the canning works of
the YanCamp Packing Company. The
total loss is $200,000, on which there is
$149,500 insurance. Four Firemen were
caught by a falling wall and badly bruised
but not fatally hurt. Pipeman Martin
Haley was overcome by heat and will
probably die.
By an explosion in the Richardson col¬
liery, at Pottsville, Pa., Saturday even¬
ing, John Magasky, a Polander. was
killed, and James Grant and Thomas
Conville, seriously injured. Those en¬
tombed in the mine are Thomas Claney,
John Lawler, John Purcell, fireboss, and
John Cushyck, Polander. There is no
hope of recovering them alive.
A Washington dispatch says: The first
payments of bounty under the law giving
a bounty of 2 cents per pound on sugar
produced in the United States, were
made at the treasury department Friday.
They were both in favor of the Chico
Valley Sugar Company, of Chico, Caia.,
on two claims for the production of
340,000 pounds of beet sugar, and
amounted to $0,800.
A London cablegram 6ays: At a
meeting of the workingmen in Hyde Park
Sunday, the liberal federation was de¬
nounced for suppressing free speech, neg¬
lecting workingmen and giving preced¬
ence to Ireland, and resolutions were
adopted declaring the liberal party un¬
worthy of confidence, and a labor league
should be formed in order to secure labor
representatives in pariament. The meet¬
ing was attended by several thousand
workingmen.
W. II. Dill, president of the suspended
First National bank of ClearSeld, Pa.,
and of the private bank of Houtzdale,
which also suspended, and John B. Mc¬
Grath, cashier of the latter bank, who
were arrested Thursday night on the
charge of embezzlement, entered bail
Friday morning. Dill was at once rear-
rested on a warrant sworn out by National
Bank Examiner Miller, who is in charge
of the First National bank, and held iu
$25,000 bail.
A Chicago dispatch says: M. Y. Gan¬
non, of Omaha, Neb., on Satur¬
day succeeded John Fitzger¬
ald as League president of the Irish Na¬
tional of America. The conven¬
tion, notwithstanding a spirited struggle,
adopted an attitude of absolute indepen¬
dence for the organization from any of
the factions in Ireland on their auxiliary
bouies. Secretary John P. Sutton was
re-elected by acclamation, and Dr. Gal¬
lagher, of New York, unanimously chosen
treasurer.
A dispatch from Circleville, O., of
Friday says: Messrs. Wilson, McFadden
and Follett, a committee from the state
board of charities, have been investigat¬
ing charges of criminal carelessness pre¬
ferred against the officers of the Central
Insane asylum for allowing Charles
King, the matricide, to visit his home
against the protests of his family, and
which resulted in the kiiling of Mrs. H.
D. King. They examined a number of
witnesses, but will not make their
ion known.
A Washington dispatch says: The
supreme court of the United states will
meet next Monday for the October term.
All the justices, it is thought, will be
present. No decisions will be announced
on that day, and after motions to admit
attorneys will adjourn to practice are beard, the c<urt
to pay its respects to the
president in conformity to its usual cus-
tom. The next day, Tuesday, the court
will begin the regular call of cases on
the docket, of which there are 1,395,
the largest number ever on a dock t at
the Lecinnirfif of a term.
WEATHER CROP REPORT.
rnnHltirmQ Conditions Favorable to the
The Growing Crops.
weather bureau’s weather crop but-
letin for week ended Oct. 3rd, says: Tho
past week has been warmer than usual in
all the agricultural districts of the Rocky
mountains. The average daily tempera-
ture was from 4 to 8 degrees above nor-
mal in the cotton growing states and tho
New England, middle Atlantic States and
lower lake region. Frosts occurred iu
the western and northwestern states, but
there is no damage to crops reported, ex-
cept to gardens locally. Heavy rains oc-
curred during the week on the south At-
lantic coast in northeastern and southern
Texas, and from southwestern Kansas,
northeastward to southern Iowa.
GENERAL REMARKS.
has Virginia—Continued warm weather
matured the growing crops, and, ex¬
cept some late corn, all are practically
beyond danger from frost. Rim is badly
needed for seeding wheat.
South Carolina—Cotton is too far
spent for material benefit by the favora¬
ble conditions of the past week. Pick¬
ing is progressing rapidly. Pea°, pota¬
toes and turnips have been benefitted by
rain.
North Carolina—Occasional rains have
retarded the opening and picking of cot¬
ton in the eastern portion of the state,
but have been favorable for seeding
wheat and oats. The greater portion of
the cotton crop will be safe if no frosts
occur before October 12th.
Alabama—The season has been an ex¬
cellent one for gathering cotton; the
staple is in good condition, and almost
the entire crop will be picked by the
15th inst.
favorable Mississippi—Conditions exceptionally
for picking cottOD. Tho crop
is nearly open, and the quality excellent.
Fall crops would be benefitted by rain
and the delay of frost.
Louisiana—Showers have benefitted all
crops. Cotton is being gathered as fast
as it opens. The staple is good and free
from dirt and stain. Conditions have
been very favorable for sugar cane.
Arkansas—Cotton is opening rapidly,
and is good staple and color; the top
crop is generally a failure. Stock peas
and gardens are suffering greatly from
ing drought, and wells and streams are dry¬
up. Dry weather has prevented fall
plowing. Texas—The
weather has been favorable
for cotton, and the prospects are, if no
frosts occur until the middle of Novem¬
ber, for a heavier yield than has bei n es¬
timated during the past six weeks. More
rain is needed in the northwestern por¬
tion of the state to facilitate fall plowing.
unchanged. Tennessee—Drought conditions remain
Late corn is failing. The
cotton crop is short, bolls are opening
half grown and rain would causo new
growth which the frost would kill. To¬
bacco is doing well. Peanuts are a short
crop. the Plowing has been suspended, and
wells and streams are drying, and
of pastures burning up,’ owing to the lack
rain.
Kentucky—Rains greatly benefitted
tobacco and rendered the soil fit for
plowing. Three-fourths of the tobacco
is cut, and corn is fully matured. Morf
rain is neeced for fall pastures.
THEY WANT A MONOPOLY.
Sea Island Cotton Farmers to
Organize a Trust.
A Charleston, S. C., dispatch says: A
convention of pi liters of sea island cot¬
ton in South Carolina has beeu called foi
the puip se of organizing a combine
against the sale of cotton seed. The ob¬
ject is to effect a combination by which
the Georgia, Florida and Egyptian
growers of long staple cotton will be
deprived of the use of Carolina seed. It
is believed that the outside world is de¬
pendent upon the use of Caro i ia seed
fi r the quality of their staple, and that il
they can be prevented from obtaining
this seed, the quality of their staple will
deteriorate so rapidly that the sea island
planters of South Carolina will practically
control the fine cotton market of the
world. Committees have been at work
for some time preparing a plan for com¬
bination, and it is believed now that the
combine will be effected at once.
A PECULIAR DECISION.
A Case Where Cash Alone
Counts.
A Kountze, Texas, special to the New
Orleans Picayune has the following: J.
D. McMillan, ex-county treasurer, has
been on trial charged with misappropri¬
ating funds to the amount of $14,000.
Judge Hightower ordered the jury to ac¬
quit him, charging that the legal defini¬
tion of money is legal tender coin, and
that bonds or coupons are not money.
Judga Hightower, who is recognized as
one of the state’s brightest jurists, holds
that no official can be indicted for em-
bezzlement under present state laws un-
less he steals actual cash-
RAGING FLAMES
_
Play m Feariul I? * 1 Havoc in a Q Unlifnv liamax
Town.
The most disastrous fire that has visit-
ed Halifax, N. S„ for years broke out
before 11 o’clock Thursday night, in the
Merlin pi ming mill on Taylor’s whaif,
near the Cunard wharves In a few min-
utes the nlaee was all ablaze, and the fire
8 snread cSr?eds ran'dlv 3 P ow^of A A bieeze from the north
h live sparks to build-
ings, vessels and wharves houth of the
’ the whole block almost
fire. By 2 o’clock
adjoining the Cunard wharves had been
destroyed. A score of schooners at Bun-
ning wharves and those to the north were
saf.ely moved out into the harbor.
TRADE REVIEW.
outlook of Business as Reported
I by Dun & Co.
' Dun’s review of tra le for week ended
October 3d, says: Business failures oc
curring the throughout the couutiy during
week number, for the l oited States,
201; Canada, 29; a total c f 230, against
| 244 1 st week. The week brought the
j expected reaction in stock, with the pas-
sage of dividend by the Missouri Pacific.
I and some troubles among western roads;
j but iu tho business of the c >cutry no re-
j appears, nor are there signs < f
I discouragement, In very many cases the
I farmers will realize for their wheat grown
tuis year more than tho entire cost of
,
[heir has for farms. the time Unseasonably retarded hot weather trades,
some
1 but a change is already noticed. It is
fortunate for the country that tho appro
hension of a financial difficulty this fall
has powerfully restrained the speculative
shreeto tendency. Tobacco lias risen
eight cents in the Conneeti-
cut large valley, and producers are realizing
large profits. Sa'es of dry goods are
iu the aggregate, but in light-
weights far below last j car’s. Cotton
goods are a little less active, but print
, cloths firm at 8 cents, and of prints some
styles are an eighth or quarter higher,
Sales of wool at different markets are not
3 per cent below those of last year thus
far.
Boston reports a closer money market
and satisfactory trade, especially in dry
goods since the cooler weather came. At
Philadelphia building is money is in fair demand,
more active and improvement is
seen in all lines of dry goods and cloth¬
ing, though there is complaint in these,
as in other branches of trade, of slow col¬
lections. At Baltimore the shoe trade
exceeds last year’s. At all points re¬
porting at the south trade is improving
except at Savannah, where the great
strike suspends the movement of cotton.
In spite of several more circulars ad¬
vising the farmers to hold their wheat,
the price had declined about 1 cent.
Corn has advanced 2 cents and oats 1£,
and while cotton is unchanged iu pric■*,
pork and products have changed but a trifle,
coffee and oil are a little lower.
There is moi^ perplexity than usual re¬
garding yield of cotton, but most con¬
servative estimates conclud e that a large
decrease in product is probable, making
a market for heavy stocks, which were
brought over from last year.
Imports of merchandise, though small-
or than a ye ir ago. when the movement
was exceptional, York are quite large, the and ex¬
ports from New for past two
weeks are nearly equal to those of last
year. Railroad earnings exceed last year,
as do exchanges at various clearing houses
outside of New York, though but s'ight-
ly, and there are as yet no symptoms of
the artificial monetary pressure which
some have apprehended
BAD ON THE TROOPS
Is the Inspector’s Report as
Sent to Washington.
A Washington dispatch of Saturday
says: First Lieutenant Charles L. Phil¬
lips, Fourth artillery, who inspected the
state troops of Alabama and Florida at
their recent encampment, ha3 made his
repo:t to the war department. indications Of the
Alabama troops he t-ays that
of a lack of discipline were prevalent in
camp, and nowhere more so than among
the guards. Sentinels The left behavior their post,
arms aud equipments. and
appearance o! the troops on drill were
excellent. Too much time that might be
better employed is spent upon so called
fine paints of the mauual and m rchiug.
A feedng of independence an 1 company military
esprit detracted much from the
aspect of the encampment. Signboards
indicating the local names of the c m-
panies were appropriate place to a picnic in
ground, but had no rc-trictious a
military camp. The
placed by the commander-in-chief
upon the social featuies of the camp
were prov cative of much discu-sion, and
met with but little favor. Lieutenant
Phillips defends the action of the c m-
niunder-in chief, and says social obliga¬
tions should never be allowed to intirfere
with military duty. He alludes to fric¬
tion between ranking regimental officers,
and the governor endor-es the intention
of the commander-in-cnief to make a
camp school in military discipioe, and
says that it only r< quires ou toe part of
subordinates a full appreciation of the
impor auce of this object ai d a determi¬
nation to heartily second tlieir command-
era’ efforts to have quickly eradicaud a ! i
errors noted in his report. Of the Florida
troops Lieutenant Phillips s-.ys there
were no jealousies among them. The
peismncl good, but there need ,
was was
of instructions in fett ng up drills and
gmrdduty. The discip ine was good,
and military courtesy and submission the
rule.
DELEGATES APPOINTED
From Georgia to the National
Farmers’ Congress.
On Saturday Governor Northen ap-
pointed a delegation to the national far-
mers’ congress, which meets in Sedalia,
Mo., November 10, 1891, as follows:
From the State at Large—Felix Corput
and G. M. Ry.ls, delegates, and J. Y.
Low and DeJarnette, alternates.
Frora the eleven districts the delegates
and alternates respectively are as follows:
First—James Walker, Darien; T. J.
McElmurray , r Wayneobyro.
Second—M. W. Phillips, Oak Grove,
G. P. Wood, Atapulgas. Bullards; D.
Third—Fred Wimberly,
jj Fitzgerald, Lumpkin, Hamilton; A.
Fourth—B. IL Williams,
WL Allen, Temple. Palmetto; J.
H. McLaiD,
xr fl, Liddell T Eastman
e Sixth— . w W. p E. u H. Searcy, fi-rtffin Griffin, J. T r C.
Zorn, Thomaston.
Seventh—J. A. Peek, Cedartown;
James Buttle, Greenbueh.
Eighth—T J. Walker, Machen, L. H.
°. Martin, Effierto .
lunth—J. E. Cloud, Bu.ort, G. P.
Jattett, Tuga.o. Rnarta- Sparta, A. A F E.
Tenth—A. B. Baxter,
Strother, Lincolnton.
Eleventh-W A McDonald, Wares-
boro; W. T. Foraham, Wylly.
A SECRET.
She—How softly the breezes whisper
over this field.
He—Yes, dear—but the corn is all
ears, vou know!—[Life.
NUMBER 40
THE GOVERNOR SUSTAINED.
Supreme Court Decides the
Kolb-Lane Contest,
The supremo court of Alabama ren-
dcred a » opinion, Saturday, reversing and
the decision of the lower court su-
tainiu^ Governor Jones’ appointment of
Meet r D Lane as commbsioncr of agri-
culture. Tnis puts out B. F. Kolb, who
i ms i )e i ( i the office for the past five years,
alu i w ho claimed that the act of the last
legislature providing for the office to be
p y tffi: election in August, 1S92,
took a^ay the governor right to fill the
, erm f ron i September 1st, when th • two
vears > term expires, until the regular
(lection. Th ee of tho ju Iges weie for
tho right to appointment, and the other
two i iel>) t < m , there was an absolute va-
cincy lin{ ji 1392 . None were for Kolb’s
ri< ** T ht to hold over,
IT IS A GIRL.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Re¬
ceiving 1 Congratulations.
A N> w York dispatch says: Cleveland S.turduv
morning ex-Presidcnt and Mrs.
were blessed with an addition to then
household. The news was at once com¬
municated to the press, and within ten
minutes the telegrams began to “rush”
iu. They came from the c ity, from tho
Pacific slope—one even from Windsor
castle, the queen asking most graciously
about too hedth or the nation’s baby.
Too liappy almost to read, s ealiug over
eve ry few in mites and taking a peep at
baby’s face, Grover Cleveland is a hap¬
pier man than on the day when New
York’s l,luO majority, giv 11 by Tam¬
many ball, secured to him the presidency.
UAI.F RATIONS.
Tommy—I didn’t cat half enough sup-
per.
Bessie—What did you have for sup
per?
Tommy—Company.—[Puck.
'v—
RICHMOND & DaNViLLE R-R.
Stlanti aai Charlotte Air-Line Division,
Condensed Schedule of Passenger
Trains, in Effect Aug. 2nd, 1891.
NOR IHBOUND. No. 38. No, 10. No. 12.
> ASTERN TIME. Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Atlanta (E.T.) 1 25 pm 7 20 pm 9 10 am
Chamblee..... 7 59 pm 9 43 am
Norcross....... 8 11 pm 9 55 am
Duluth........ 8 24 pm 10 06 am
Suwanee....... 8 37 pm 10 17 am
Buford........ 8 52 pm 10 33 am
Flow.-ry Gainesville..... Branch 9 07 pm 10 48 si m
2 52 pm 9 24 pm 11 11 am
Lula.......... 3 14 pm 9 50 pun 11 36 am
Bellton........ 9 56 pm 11 40 am
Cornelia....... 10 25 pm 12 04 pm
Sit. Any....... 10 28 pm 12 09 put
Tocooa......... 4 02 pm 10 58 pm 12 39 pm
Westminster ... 11 39 pm 1 20 pm
Seneca .*...... 12 01 rim 1 42 pm
Central_____... 12 40 am 2 35 p n
Easleys........ 1 03 am 3 05 p m
Greenville..... 6 05 pm 1 33 am 3 30 pm
Greers......... 1 59 am 4 01 pm
Well ford....... 2 16 am 4 19 pm
Spartanburg... 6 57 pm 2 36 am 4 43 pm
Clifton........ 2 55 am 4 57 pm
Cowpens ...... 3 00 am 5 Oi pm
Gaffney....... 3 28 am 5 21 pm
Grover......... Blacksburg..... 3 46 am 5 42 pm
3 56 am 5 51 pm
King’s Mount’ll 4 17 am 6 08 pm
Gastonia....... 4 50 a ml 6 32 pin
Lowell........ 500 am 6 43 pm
Bellemont..... 5 11 am 6 54 pm
Ar. Charlotte...... 9 10 pm 5 40 urn 7 20 pro
SOUTHBOUND. No. 37. No. 'A. No. 9.
Daily, Daily. Daily.
Lt. Charlotte...... 9 35 am 1 55 pro am
Belltmont..... ........ 218 pm
La Well......... ........ 2 28 pm
Gastonia....... ........ 2 41 pm
King’s Mount’n ........ 3 06 pm 4
Grov. r......... ........ 3 20 pm
Blacksburg.... ........ 3 39 pm
Gaffney....... Cowpeus...... ........ 3 49 pm
........ 4 11 pm
Clifton........ ........ 4 15 pm sm
Spartanburg... 11 39 am 4 32 pm
W< Ilford........ ........ 5 11 pro
Greers......... ........ 5 31 pm
Greenville...... 12 30 pm 6 05 pm
Easleys......... ........ 6 33 pm
Central........ ........ 7.5 pm am
Seneca......... ........ 7 53 pm am
Westminster-.. ........ 8 12 pm am
Toccoa........ 2 25 pm 8 50 pm
Mt. Airy....... ........ 9 25 pm
Cornelia....... ........ 9 30 pm am
Bellton........ ........ 0 56 pm am
Lula.......... 3 14 pmjlO 02 pm am
Gainesville..... 3 36 pm 10 28 pm aii
Flowery Branch am
Buford........ 111 03l>iuj 11 am
Suwanee....... 111 ill 17 pro;l l am
Duluth........ 29pmjl2 pm
Norcross...... 1 11 42 pm 12 pm
Chamblee.............. Ill 54pm 30amj 12 ■S'5 n
Ar. Atlanta (E. T.)5 00 pml2 1 n
Aildit'onal trains Nos. 17 anl 18—Lula a- -
comm xlation, daily except Sunday, leaves At-
lanta 5 30 p m, arrives Lula 8 12 p m. Eetnrn-
ing leaves Lula 0 00 am, arrives Atlanta 8 -0
am.
Between Lula and Athens—No. 11 daily, ex-
a m^rriv^At he^ll 05 ^m No. and 10
1 40 pm. Ileturning leave Athens,
daily, except Sunday, and No. 12 daily, 7 20 y> in
and 8 30 a m, arrive Lula 9 20 pm and 10 30
a m.
Between Toccoa and Elberton—No. 61 da;-
daily, except Sunday, leave sEli erton 5 45 a m
a:i 1 drives loceoa9 15 am.
Nos. 11 an! 12 carry Pullman Sleepers be¬
tween Washington and Knoxvi le via. Salisbury,
and Nos. 9 an 110Pullman Sleeper between At-
lanta and New York,
N On£o._ ^Vlant?” 88 “ *** ^
No*. 37 and 38, Washington and Southwest-
ern Vestibuled Limited, between Atlanta and
Washington. On this train an extra fare is
charged in connection w,th first-class tickets,
not exceeding $2.00 over and above usual Pull-
man charges to any point local and
p or detailed information as to
through time tables, rates and with Pullman Sleep-
ing car reservations, confer local agents,
or address, TAYLOR, L. McCLESKEY,
JAB. L. L.
Gen’l Pass. Ag’t. Div. Pass. Ag’t.
Washington, D, O. Atlanta, Ga.
W. H. GREEN, EOL. HASS,
Gen ’ 1 Manager. Truflic Manager,
Washington, D. C. Richmond, Va.
O. P. HAMMOND,
Superintendent, Atlanta, Ga.
LEWIS DAVIS,
mORNEY AT LAW.
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will practice in the counties of Haber¬
sham aud Rabun of the Nr rthwes ern
Circuit, and Frankl n and Banks of the
Western Circuit. Prompt attention will
lie g : ven to all busi- ess entrustedho him.
The collection of debts will have sp- 0 -
ai .stteuuon.