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THE TOCCOA NEWS AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL. VOLUME XIX. THE VOICES OF EARTH. We have not heard the music of the spheres, The song of star to star- but there are ’ sounds ttore deep than human joy or human tears r^?ro‘“, ,n r ~ 7 1 2TSL nas 11 at strain The *i 16 r< annR ° , f tke . 8ea8 8U ^ e ’ might nr tu„ r.'n i , | rr '* ,, ,>K „ °^’ a ar or ra ' n r n >a t a s >y m nutes in the summer night. *f c the ** v °Ues of earth's secret s ul, ering mystery from which shec roe; o him who hears them grief beyond control, Gi joy inscrutable without a name wakes in his heart thoughts buried there, impended Before the birth and making of the world. [Archibald Lampman, in Scribner. COLONEL BRAINARD’S OATH. \ A TRUK STORV. The morning was lovely The sky was cloudless. The air was sweet with many odors. A soft, cool wind swent hv now and then, shaking the shimmering raindrops from leaf and tu-ifr nnJ ' k’oiwW grass-blade. Vet, despite the sweet placidity tho of the morning evidences of terriblo storm that raced all the night before was on every hand ° The little village of Marseille, most conclusively hore witness to the f-iet that a storm in all its furv had visited it by its torn and twisted elms its mauv houses without chimney-tops, its orchards wherein tho half-grown fruit lay in wind rows on tho short orchard grass, and its fields of badly-lodged corn Thc storm was tho universal topic of conversation amon- the villairo noonlo that morning. "’tollin''- Groups of meii their heavy eyes of long hours of anxious wakefulness, gathered on the street corners, compared notes Each told how the house shook and the beds rocked when the wind put its great shoulder against the house, how fright- enod Hannah or Martha was how hi* apple 'Splendid crop was a dead loss,’how that piece of com of mine would never straighten wfiat up again o^his^ittle in tho world sir,” and trees domain were down trees that he “wouldn’t have taken a hundred dollars fori” And vet, running of half-concealed through it all, was a little vein tho wind had frolicked pride in tho fact that their possessions. so roughly with “Well, neighbors,” said a cheery- faced member of one of these little groups, “I think there’s a good deal to bo thankful for. We can’t expect sun- shine with gentle winds all the time. I s’poso these great storms are just as necessary in the spriii'>- ns ottr ‘clearing-up-fires’ are Why just think how hot it was yesterday forenoon! Then the Lord sent a big storm, and all the dam- age it done was to throw down a few bricks and a few apples or so, and didn't harm a hair of our heads. Now sec how clean and fresh everything is to-day? I tell you He’s pretty 1 good to us, taking b it all round” “You don’t believe that anyone i m a anything do ' to do with last night’s storm, you, Story?” queried a sarcastic voice and a tall commanding lookinc- helrd man ‘ joined tho group. “Haven’t I a f,.,m o ii i whid°bloweth i *1 whereTt that runs lisfcth?’ like this- ‘The bl ° Weth ” swered°sturdi Tho other’s face flushed but nnothoi bn in 1 v‘And tiio this Ys quotation from sumo uood old liook- ‘And He aroso and rehnlced the wind 1 said saut unto unto the the sea sea, peace, nenco be he still! still' And \„d ealrn It'^God 8 ^ A1,mght 1 mi Irhtv V ’7^vind 8 wind ’ Cob f Brainard” - o7h“1aoVr»f£i i ben& mi ° “ K S i ” ed ,h “Well then HisuinlKlnw J Si nnTn “ 7 barn last nhrht No v ’the all to boar witness to thing that I mlddv'cln",5 0 ™°. ,h “ t God AU SS^aKboUX™,!• H also, that Colo,tel Brainard will yet be h'Srt ^ f hC th 1,0 haS ‘ ° ' °“ SW ° m “Don't Again came be that scoffing laugh. so solemn about it, Neigh- her Story I My barn will yet stand be- fore your eyes, and I will build it too strong for God Almighty’s J winds. Do vnu AmaW honr nuiAHnr?" * Storv turned on his heel and walked * awuv The town of Marshrille was halved by a wide, deep, still-flowing river. The largest half of the town was built on an eminence on the south bank of the river, The Brainard Place, ns it was called, was built on the eminence on the north bank of the river and at some little distance from the village proper. And so, ns there were no houses or buildings of anv description to obstruct tho view, one et in *1 o viUage -n streets . . and a look- , , ifL Tt' Vpi COU t ♦f ?p. he -S g eCOlldWee °° V e " °, 16 V1 “ agG a were'dragging E unenSmous Jliekof oxen timber through the quiet streets. “Hello. Brown!” shouted one of the villagers to the teamster, “where's that v- f e ]i ow croins-?” “That’s for Colonel Brainard’s new barn," woe the reply; and then every- y ° S °° ldte one hfi A r'/ai^noi .t ° r 8 of the eveidnff L Sft Tt amhfr ha 1 nnf ^hfSod omwn as 8kiS yet andPnw^nnSth for £ h Jih in! toe 0 Tf " iimt tho timo makhu^Bmir when tho ct namhl.o, • fe".he f ii f’ vUlager8 getting morrow and the news of the day 7 to carrv home. “ Bovs !” called out the Colonel in his bluff. hearty voice, “come up to the ‘raising’ to-morrow 1 I need a good deal of up/ help about this one, I can tell you! Come neighbors 1 Story, I shall count on you anyway 1 You’ll he there, * ' won’t you?” “Not I, Colonel!” answered Storv, seriously, obliged, but pleasantly. flying “ I’m just as much but I ain’t in the face of Providence this year.” The “raising” was a grand and all who attended it came bark with the most vivid accounts of the strength tbe new barn and tbe immensity of its timbers. | In a day or two afterward, Colonel Iirainard again stopped at the village j I can MT t *K<" you? *>» I want -M. to “ see — you .»« about here, a j 1 little matter.” Story rose to his feet and walked out | to the Colonel’s carriage. j “ What is it, Colonel ? ” I Braiuard put his hand on Story’s J j shoulder Well, and Story, pointed up the river. j . “ I want you to see some- thing, for of course you haven’t noticed | it before; I want you to see that up there on the Brainard Place ! What do you think of it ? ” “1 think it is a pretty strong one, Colonel,” was the frank reply: “In fact, I know it is, for I have been told over and over again by the best of judges, that from ridgepole to plate, and from plate to sill, it is just as strong as huge beams, iron rods and steel bolts can make it; but, Colonel, you and I are both lumbermen; and more than once we have seen great tracts of timber, through wb ‘ cb the wind had hewed itself a path, and do you remember evor seeing a tree Ieft 8ta » din g in an 7 ono those l )atl,a? And did you over think of what a tremendous force it must have been that took bold of tbo8e bi g trees and P u,,od thcm U P out o£ tbo £ ro,u,ld just as quickly and easily asadentist would pull a tooth? If I were you, Colonel, I guess man 1 wo f u,d 8 btt,c * ak strength ® Jt a [ l against bac . k ’ a » the d “ mighty 0 .t Pjf arm of the Lord!” ‘‘H you were me! said tho Colonel, “But you’re act me Story, and L Brainard, don t tako back any- \ hU ^ l “OT °Sf n ‘ ^ losing side, . Brother Story! Don t forget that! ” As the days , went ,, by it .. , became evident ., + that Colonel Brainard did not intend that Amasa Story should have a chanco to for S ot iL Evcr y time he saw Stor v be ^ - nevet a ^ ed to remind him in tho most offensive manner of the fact that the barn still stood firm and strong upon its btory, S undatio until “ s ’ time “ and rots wili the stand, timbers Brother and out tho bolts!” Alld htoi T wou l d answer cheerily: “ The Lord bas S ot lots of P atieQc o, 'Vinter came on. ri Colonel . « Brainard . , and Amasa Stor ^ hoth f n S a ? ed j n evten- ?. lv ° umbc r in ^ operations in the great forests m the 1 l northf,rn P art of theKr na ‘ tive State, and did not see each other again for some months; hut with the re- turn of spring, logs and lumbermen came down the river. Cdone „ . 1 , Brainard „ . , got , , home first n . He wa8 ^the best of spirits. His winter s ' vork had brought him a great deal of money, and naturally he felt rather jubi- [ bad an 1 t - ^ ot As bome sooa be a3 made bo baa all T haste d that to bto ^' to th go * “Hello Story! heshoutedas , soon ns . b caught sight of Story cheery face, « s did you get home? ‘ Ju8 f com °’ Colonel! answered the other . heartily. 1 “What s the news? ^ryholy “Pretty well, all well Story; up to pretty your place?” well; and com e to think of it, neighbor, why didn’t v°u inquire about the bam, ako? Don’t for g et that bam, Story! I want you to beep an eye on that barn,” said the Col- ? n<d .' vitb tho 8am0 old mocking inflection in his voice. fotten'all Story colored furiously. Ho had for- about their dissension in his joy Weing at getting home, and his pleasure in his old friends; and to have his frien dly inquiries met in this way, was too bad. But, controlling his temper, ' he answerod with something b of an e ffort . “No need of me, Colonel! The Lord has got His eye on that ham fast enough!” .SStST-'S ’STS. though the impression tliev made on him d ^ d not hinder him from attacking his 'ictim every time he came within sound 0 on after this fashion aball of red-hot iron. All the tonaam " ,c u \ r S'o nsM P “ Staten.:: Winding. s " "° " “ But, « the afternoon. a soft base Como into the .,r n ^. so: " e flec v c, °" ds oreptoverthe face - Now and then tb ? there was a a |. btt ! e ° f f ^ ind ■ i * Late m the afternoon, a T bank , of . gray ^7 rolled up m the West, I bere was nothing particularly alarming “ bou ‘ ,llcm ; Jhey wore not dark or lookm 5'. b "* T”? S, ” >pl:r » m " SS o£ m l S X7“-i , bU i S ? n, °‘ how they seemed , , to bring with them a d ™thI v st,linos, that settled down over ?'erythmg, fo d upon fold, and its md “ e n<!e 7 as fe “ ** "vcnColonel Brain- . f Ho harnessed up h.s horse, and down , , ? to ? nnd his friends were standing busilyf on the steps of the vil i ape store, though quietly- talking politics; and thus did not notice until lie drew rein he- them. At the s »S bt of the Colonel, Story, who happened abri to be speaker E at this the moment, dreaded P t l7 the , sto sight PP ed of -. that y dark time mocking he voice; but the Colonel did not mention b [ s favorite subject as soon 4 as^he saw »«* be “Boys', I wiah you’d Somehow take a look at those clouds yonder. I don't like the looks of them.” Of course everyone iustantlv looked eagerly thl in the direction toward which Colonel pointed. “Don’t see anything alarming ^ about ««■» 38 th ough they were pretty near us, now don't it?” “Well,” said another judicially, “it does seem so, that's a fact! And there's one place right back of the village here. that looks pretty dark. Do you see it? ” “Story, what'do you think about it? ” queried the Colonel. Story gave one quick look at the Colonel's face and tffi-n turr.al his face back to the cloudy sky without one word in reply. The Colonel laughed loud and long. “Oh, hoi Brother Story, haven't you TOCCOA, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 19, 1891. got a word to say? Come, it’s time for you to own up beat! It's no time to hold out any longer. I believe that every mat that stood on that street comer that mom- ing after the storm is right here now. Do you remember what I swore, Story,— 'tg&ZESXX “I ** ^ remember!” came the answer; but the speaker never took his eyes off those silent clouds “And I swear it again, right here, face to face with those clouds you are studying, Brother friend; Story. f Come, face round here, inv hate to talk to the back of a man’s head.” Story never moved. “Do you give it up?” went on the mocking ber voice. “Of course, you remem- what you said at the street corner that morning!” As one having ears hears not, Story half-faced round. “Hush!” he said sternly. Silence fell over the little group; and through the stillness a strange, low sound reached them. In¬ stantiy every man turned his eyes to the west. “Look!” said Story, in a hushed voice. There was no need of the admonition. Every eye was fastened on a little dark cloud that had swung itself loose from the rest. The strange, low sound deep- ened. The Colonel’s horse pricked up his ears, -worked his delicate nostrils The affrightedly, then shuddered all over, Colonel’s hand tightened instinctive- ly on the rein, but he had no reassuring word for the quivering animal that he bad P ett fd from a tiny eolt. Somehow his throat had become hard and dry. He heard nothing but that weird sound, saw nothing cloud, but that little swirling, black It was forty years ago that the events of 8t °7 happened long before the word “cyclone with all its dread signifa- ? anco was f word, and they happened, day also, in a State that to this knows but little about those terrible windstorms. But the terror of this strange, grewsome thing, whose roaring now filled the air, was sufficient of itself to smite all color from the bronzed faces of that group of lookers-on and chill them to the marrow with fear, Lightly,as a thistle-down, turning and twisting, seemingly a plaything of the air, south it bank sped of along over the fields on the the river. At first it was a round mass something like a huge can- non ball, then shaped by viewless hands it took on a funnel-shape; finally it started straight as a line for the river bank. A group of tall elms stood in its way. The soft cloud touched them and then swept on. A few ragged and mut- Hated trunks pointed to the sky, branch, twig and emerald leaf twisted away by ruthless force. It swooped down on to the river, which was full of logs. A river man log-booms was standing on one of the great at work. 1 he voiceless, motionless lookers-on saw him face round, and then tho next instant he had desperately dropped into the water and was clinging tothe boomstick, then the cjoud cloud. hid lor him from one instant view they On sped turned the then eyes from the cloud to the place where they saw the lumberman. He was safe, though his face, which was just emerging from the water, was as white as a patch of foam. Then they turned to the cloud again It sped up the river bank, aiming . as straight as an arrow sped from a taut- strung bow for the Brainard barn. The soft cloudy mass reached it, and never baited an instant as though hindered, but b ghtly and steadily kept on its way. But for all that, the thing happened that every man had had a distinct presentiment would happen,—of that great, solid-built barn, not one timber was loft upon an- other. Fulltothcraftorswithanabun- dant harvest, with six great river-bat- teaux piled around it, in the twinkling of aa eye, barn and batteaux were snatched away, and not a vestige of either left. CoTonerCtaarf S” sTo^ swung around and faced each other, There was too much of a terrible fear, of “j? StS Ta solemn awe in the eyes of the other to ex- taheth away, who caa W.r Him’" said the skeptic slowly; Xf in gh Hi°^fi “"7^tland 01 Trln! script, Water an Anaesthetic. A \ rather remarkable , ,, discovery A . , has just . been made by Dr. C. L. Sleich, of Ber- lin, Germany He was conducting ex- permients with a view to determine how weak a solution of cocoaine would prove olhotmiouo as a local antes hot.c m minor "P^tmns, when hostumbled on tho fact that simple water mjected under tho■ skin with a syringe rendered the flesh at that point insensible to pain, 1 he effect of the water is to create a slight.swelling resomb hug that caused by thostmg b} h swelling of a gnat. 1 he space marked '.’ ? for minutes, remains that msensib e to pam some so incisions can be made without causing tho slight- est pain. The method of procedure P ?he poin? is where very simple. 1 The skin at isTX the injection is to be made * hen tk8 P oiu f of a 1 ravaz s^p fijied with .. distilled ] water is inserted. ’Ihe synnge « slowly ^ a " d a bllster a PPears, stmnar to that n caused n , by a gnat s sting. the gellingdepend upon X^^e^wit^X distinctly marked by space the Winter is insensible, and can be cut into without causing pain. The pain caused by the insertion of the syringe can be at once allayed by spraying with ether. To what extent this novel discovery <»/»* «-ill prove of practical worth in surgery «* determined. Dr. Sleich made use of it m the case of a huge car- buncle on the upper thigh. Afterthem- |f ctl ^ n of °P watt e ? * b the v ^ doetor oss iaci810ns iaid the ^ car- - a f th ’ a f. d 8C °^P ed ? ut ^ J*?!* SHt d . ecla p ^ ag of the wound. , In T the case mentioned the cuts at once reunited and healed per- tectl 7- The words in common use by the ordinary individual are estimated at from 1,000 to 3 000 . THE WIDE WORLD. GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC AND CABLE CULLINGS YT Of Brief Items of Interest From Various Sources. The democrats carried the city election in Meriden, Ct., Tuesday. Report of the ravages of infiuenzi in various parts of Europe are being con¬ stantly received. An order was issued Monday ordering all telegraphers on the Pacific system of the Southern Pacific road to strike. The new tariff bill introduced in the chamber of deputies at Lisbon,Monday,is strongly protectionist in character. The Portsea Island Building Society, of London, suspended Monday, The estimated securities held by the society amount in value to $700,000. The amount of silver offered for sale to the treasury department Monday was 726,000 ounces, and the amount pur¬ chased 250,000 ounces at 96 cents. A dispatch of Sunday from Madrid, Spain, says: The Epoca confirms the an- nouncement that the loan of $50,000,000 has been arranged, to be issued ou the 30th instant. that Sunday’s dispatches from Berlin say the Scientific Journal Lich'strahlen has been seized for commenting unfavor¬ ably upon the emperor’s recent remark: “Suprema lex voluntas regis.” A Washington dispatch of Tuesday says: .Justices Brown and Lamar, of the supreme court of the United States, are confined to their homes with the grip, which has also affected other members of the court in a milder form. A cablegram of Sunday from Brussells is to the effect that the congregathm of Mongolian missions at Ghent has receiv¬ ed news confirming the report that 500 native Christians have been massacred at Patou district, and that all the Europeans there escaped. A cablegram of Sunday from London states that the advisory board of the Vir¬ ginia state debt bondholders have de¬ clined to recommend that the holders ac¬ cept the American committee’s scheme for the settlement of the claims against Virginia. A Cincinnati dispatch says: Articles Association of incorporation of the Tobacco Growers’ were left for record in the county clerk’s office at Covington Satur¬ day morniDg. The incorporators are W. L. Scott, W. L. Piper and S. E. Hamp¬ ton, and the capital stock, $50,000. A cablegram of Sunday from St. Petersburg, officials says: The Russian polii e claim to have unearthed a for¬ midable conspiracy to force the granting of a national constitution. Within the past few days many persons have been arrested on the charge of being implica¬ ted in the plot. The coi respondent of The London Times, at Santiago do Chile) telegraphs that the entire newspaper press of Chile places the responsibility for the difficul¬ ties now existing between Chile and the United States upon Egan, United States minister. None of the papers make any attack upon President Harrison. The London Telegraph’s correspondent at St. Petersburg says: Influenza has assumed alarming forms here. Some pa¬ tients become mad and rush wildly through the streets in violent paroxvsms, then have fiver and utter prostration, often followed by death. In other cases there are typhoid developments. A cablegram of Tuesday from Dublin says: Michael D.ivitt ha3 issued an elec¬ tion address. He pledges himself, with his colleagues, to endeavor to obtain such measures of home rule as will satisfy the aspirations of the Irish people and en¬ able their representatives to frame laws insuring the fullest opportunities for the advancement of the trade and labor in terests of Ireland. A New York dispateh says: Reports were published Saturday morning that the head of the man who exploded the dynamite bomb in Russell Sage’s office) has been identified as Henry L. Norcross, of Somerville, Mass. It is stated a friend of his visited the taorgue und identified the head as that of Norcross. The father and mother of Henry L. Norcross are pow fully convinced that their son was the man whose insane act in the office of Russell Sage resulted in his own death. THE SENATE. A Number of Bills Introduced and Referred. Among the bills introduced in the senate lowing; Monday and referred were the fol¬ For the monument to General U. S. Grant in the city of Washington; a bill amending the Chinese exclusion act so as to require Chinese removed from the United States to be sent to China, in- stead of the country from whence they came. It is provided further that the burden shall be on any Chinese laborer or person who shall claim the right to remain in the United States to establish such right; to repeal all laws discriminat- ing against the circulation of state banks; to Chinese prohibit absolutely United the coming of into the States, whether they are Chinese subjects or otherwise. Mr Aldrich moved an amendment to the rule regulating admission to the floor of tbe senate. The amendment was adopt- ed. The principal change is as to clerks to committee and clerks to senators, they are admitted when “in actual dis¬ charge provided of that their clerks official to duties, senators ” and “must it is be regularly appointed and he borne on the rolls of the secretary of the senate as such.” The senate then went into execu- tive session, when some nominations were referred to committees, and, then, at 1:29 o’clock the senate adjourned till Tnesday. Honoring Dom Pedro. A cablegram of Thursday from Mad- rid, Spain, stys: The government gave orders that as soon as the train bearing the remains of the ex emperor of Brazil from Paris to their final resting place in Lis- bon, entered Spanish territory every honor due the exalted station the de- ceased had formerly occupied should be paid. These orders were strictly carried oub THE APPROPRIATIONS Which Are Needed by Uncle Sam for the Next Year. A Washington dispatch says. Th' comparative statement of estimates o appropriations needed for the next fiscs year, with estimates and appropriation; for the current fiscal yesr, has been pre pared by the courts and cleves, respectivi clerks to the house and senate committees on appropriations. This statement show an excess in the estimates of the regular appropriations for the fiscal year begin ning July 1, 1892, of $9,522,852 as com pared with estimates a year ago for tht current fiscal year. Similar estimates of the permanent annual appropriations show a reduction of $622,928. These appropriations fox the current fiscal year, exclusive of the deficiency which appropriations of $38,699,746, of $29,335,598 was oa account of pensions and of miscellaneous appropria¬ tions amounting to $4,271,531, was $482,- 047,394, which is $7,884,699 l.ss than the amount estimated as necessary to be appropriated for the mxt fiscal year. These estimates and appropriations do not include rivers and harbors ou which the chief of engineers reports that $58,- 074,950 can be profitably expended dur¬ ing this year. A comparison of the estimates for the next fiscal year with the estimates of a under year ago, which according to the several heads the appropriations are made, is as follows: Agricultural, $3,360,995 for the next fiscal year, an increase of $548,992 though only $332,842 in excess of the current year’s appropriation, this being due to the fact that after last year’s estimates -were priated submitted, $889,753 heretofore ap- under the war department was added to the agricultural ap¬ propriation bill, ou account of the transfer of the weather bureau: Army, $25,949,920; increase of $183,- 562. Diplomatic and consular, $2,138, 466; increase of $195,861. District of C< - lumbia, $5,602,125; increBScof $151,910. Fortifications, $9,386,607; increase o. $1,902,284. Indians, $8,603,908; in crease ot $1,756,999. Appro; riations foi the current year, however, exceeded last year’s estimates by $7,682,377, on account of the rat fication iu the appropriation bill of several In dian treaties, and of the pay ment of the claims of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations of Indians. Legisla tive, executive and judical, $72,754,038 ; an increase of $64,755; Military academy, $506,320; decrease of $46,416; Navy, $27,194,639; decrease of $6,131,940; Pensions, $147,064,550; increase of$ll,- 801,415; Postoffice, $80,323,400; increa c of $2,777,506. Su idry civil, $36,183, 955; decrease of $3 627,126. A BOSTON BROKER It was Who Threw the Bomb at Russell Sage. A sensational dbputch w T as sent out from Boston, Mass., Friday, to the effect that Henry L. Norrross, a note broker, doing business at 12 Pearl street, Boston, has hot Ixen sren at bis office since the middle of the week, and other occu| ants of his residence ?ay that lie was killed in a railroad accide t ab nit that t me. New York detect vi s were in the city trying to identify the missing man as the mys¬ terious bomb thr rwcr in Rus-ell Sage’s office. The detectives biought with them a trouser button and por ions of the trousers worn by the bomb thrower, ns well as a pi”ce of h : s coat and por¬ tion of his underc’othing. These were taken to Norcross’ residence and ‘he underclothing positively identified by Mrs. Norcross as belonging to her hus¬ band. On the troupers of the dead mm were buttons bearing the print, “Brooks, Tailot, B ston.’* Pieces of clothing wc-e taken to Brooks’s store There it was pos¬ itively stated that the firm lv d made for Heiiry L. Norcross, a coat of the cloth presented a- d also a pair of trousers of the same cloth as the other piece furnished by the detective. The button was also iden¬ tified as a peculiar one used by this tailor ing house. Henry L. Norcri ss has not been seen in the city since the day before on which the life of Bussell Sage was threatened, fie Was about uv nty-e ; ght or twenty-nine yens of «?<•. STARTLING FIGURES. Lowest Average Price Ever Paid for Cotton. The cotton returns of December to the department of agriculture at Washington relate to the average prices on plantations. The complaint of unremunerative values is general, and the declaration ib frequent that the crop does not rettlrn cost of pro¬ duction. A feeling of discouragement pervades the report, and'a disposition to reduce the area is expressed. The plant¬ ation price, which is the actual rate for cotton sold at agin, averages 7.3 cents per pound. For the five years preceding the range was from 8.1 to 8.6, and averaged echoed nearly 8.4 cents. Th s decline is in the record of export ition, which averaged in October value of 8.9 cents, againstl0.il cents for October The of last year, a drop of 12 per cent. state averages ate as follows: Virginia, 7 cents; North Carolina, 7.4; 7.4; South 7.3; Carolina, 7.4; 7.3; Georgia, Mississippi, Flor- ida, Alabama, 7.8; Louisiana, 7.3; Texas, 7.0; Arkansas, 9.3; Tennessee, 7.3. An almost unexampled season for har- vesting is reported, with packing, gin- ning and marketing far advanced. short, While is the fibre is at many points it clean and of good color, THEIR NECKS SAVED. A Confession by Which Ten Men Will Escape the Gallows. One of the mi st remarkable cases that has ever come to light in South Carolina developed Columbia, in the state supreme court at the Thursday, and, as a result, necks of the negroes under sentence of death in Laurens county for the murder of Thornton Nance, 6ome mocths ago, will be saved. They were sentenced to hang on O tober24th last, but the atter- neys the appealed to the supreme court, and the motion hearing of Thursday was to suspend in the supreme court and transfer it back to the circuit court. The ground of this motion was the confession of another negro, Henry Sarber, who was alone recently arrested, to the effect that he was the murderer,' THROUGH DIXIE. NEWS OF THE SOUTH BRIEFLY PARAGRAPHED Forming’ an Epitome of Daily Happenings Here and There. The legislature of Virginia re-elected John W. Daniel, United States senator Tuesday, The Orleans rice mills, at New Or¬ leans, burned Siturdny night, Loss estimated at $40,000. The first annual session of the st ile in temperance convention, of Virginia, met Richmond, Tuesday. John P. Richardson, one of the largest and best known cotton planters in the south, died at Dallas, La., Monday. The epidemic of influenza in St. Louis is becoming very pronounced, and hun¬ dreds of cases are under treatment. Fire at Florence, Ala., Tuesday morn¬ ing broke out in the Stafford block and spread through the entire row of build¬ ings. Loss $25,000. Virginia, Congressman William Wilson, of West president was on Tuesday night elected of Richmond college by the trustees of that institution. charged Joseph McKay, in jail at Uklah, Cal., with stage robuery, has been found to be the sou of Joaquin Miller, the “poet of the Sierras.” The anti-subtreasury men have post¬ poned their convention, which was to meet at day Memphis on December 26th, to some to be yet named. The steamer Herbert, of Chattanoiga, from St. Louis, was sunk Monday morn¬ ing at Florence, Ala., after having suc¬ cessfully passed through Muscle Shoals canal. Senator Call, of Florida, on Mouday introduced a bill authorizing the secie tary of w r ar to construct the necessary buildings for a military post at St. Au¬ gustine, Fla. The official returns, cast at the late election for railroad commissioners iu follows: Mississippi, show up on population as McLaurin, 31,986; Sessions, 81,553; Askew, 31,475. Fire Tuesday morning at New Orleans destroyed Dumeron & Holme’s fruit store and damaged adjoining buildings. Loss, $20,000; fully insured. Fireman Matthew Hannon was instantly killed bv coming in contact with an electric light wire. A Nashville, Tenn., dispatch of Tues¬ day says: The monthly statemrnt of the operations of the Nashville, Chat'anooga and St. Louis railway tor November shows: gross earnings $440,701,88, oper¬ ating expenses $266,687.11, net earnings $174,014.77, A Nashville telegram announces that Charles Ne'son, the millionaire distiller, died Sunday morning of congestion of the lungs, after one week’s illness. He was born in Hagerow-Mccklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, July 4, 1835, and came to America with his parents when fifteen years old. A Columbia, 8. C., dispatch says: The anti-prohibitionists are rejoicing. Mon¬ day night the senate judiciary comm ttee, to whom was referred the general piohi- bition bill recently pas : ed by the house, unanimously resolved to report ic b ick to the senate with the recommendation that it do not pass. THE CHEROKEE STRIP. The Commissioners are Unwilling to Pay More than $8,000,000 For It. A dispatch from Tablequah, commissioners I. I'., says: The United States have replied to the proposition made by the Cherokees in regard to the sale of the Cherokee strip. The commissioners insist upon all of the provisions of their former proposition, ar.d positively refuse $8,000,000 to con¬ sider a price in excess of the already effered. It was further pre posed that if the Cherokees do not accept the price offered ihem, it m y be agreed that all the collateral questions will be settled by the commission and the price be re¬ manded to congress for final adjustment. FOREIGN COMMENT On President Harrison’s Message to the 52d Congress. A London cablegram of Wednesday sajs; In commenting upon President Hariison’s message, the Post notices, with SitisfactioD, the absence of signs of bluster towards foreign nations, and says that if the message meets the ideas of the president’s party, diminished. Mr. Blaine’s cbancea have seriously The London Daily News of Wednes¬ day says: The president’s me a sige leaves nothing to be desired, either in tone or temper. Mr, Harrison is less exasperating than Mr. Blame, and cob- sequently more statesman-like. He would not speak so tenderly of reciproc- ity if his protection policy was a sue- cess. __ MILLS FOR THE SENATE. HI* Teias Friends Boomlnff Him for the Place. A dispatch of Thursday from Galves¬ ton, Texas, says: The defeat of Roger Q. Mills for the speakership has given widespread support, it is said, to the ef¬ forts of his adm rers to elect him to U. S. Senate. Governor Hogg has stated that an extra session of the legislature will be called in < M arcb or April. The election of a succes-or to John M. Rea- gan will be one of the duties of that body. Senator Chilton holds his appointment from the governor, and although a can¬ didate for e’ection by the legislature, the friends of Mills are said to be confident of electing the tariff reform champion. EDMUNDS RETAINED By Davidson in His Contest for Call’s Seat in the Senate. A telegram of Tuesday states that ex- United States Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, has been retained by Mr. Da- vidson, of Florida, who is contesting Senator Call’s seat in the Unitod States senate. It is said he will do his utmost to convince the senate th‘ - Call should be unseated for David-on, who Edmunds believes is entitled to the seat. NUMBER 50 . BRAGG’S SUCCESSOR On the Interstate Commerce Cominis* siou is Culberson, of Texas. A Washington dispatch of Monday says: Congre-sman CulhcrsoD, of Texas, has accepted the appointment of inter¬ state commerce commis ioner, recently tendered him by the president. He goes iu as Bragg’s successor. For many years, while the democrats were iu power, Judge Culberson lias been chairman of the judiciary committee, He has served rixteen years in c mgress, nnd has always been considered one of the ablest law¬ yers that ever served in the house. A REVEREND FORGER. He Gets in His Work ou Worthless Checks. A Nashville dispatch of Tuesday says: George R. Lindner, Ph. D.. M. D , and minister of Christ church, is a fugitive from justice. Saturday last Rev. Lind er gave worthb S3 checks to different firms in Nashville to the amount of about $60<\ He also obtain three diamond rings from a jeweler on*pretense of al!owing*a youeig lady to make a sele tion. He has been heard from in New Orlcms. It was thought he was making his way to Mexico neia Arrested. A New York telegram states that Ed¬ ward M. Field, son of Cyrus 'V. Field, and partner in the bankrupt brokerage firm of Field, Lindley, We Ichors Co. ou Broadway, was arrested Monday bj central otlice oefectives on ail indictment charging him with grand larceny iu ihe first degree. He was locked up at police headquarters It is a very common thing for a young man to make a sudden resolve that ho will be a great man, and then to spend all his life waiting for greatness to come to him. In order to erect a magnificent palace, it is expedient to begin by dig¬ ging in the dirt for a foundation. RICHMOND & DANVILLE R. R. Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Division Condensed Schedule of Passenger Trains, in Effect Nov. 15th, 1891. NORTHBOUND. No. 38. No. 10. No. 12. EASTERS TIME. Daily. Daily. Daily. Lv. Atlanta (E.T.) 1 25 pm 10 10 am Chamblee..... 10 48 am Norcross....... It 01 am Duluth........ 1115 am Suwanee....... 11 26 am Buford........ 11 40 am Flowery Branch 11 53 am Gainesville..... 2 59 pm 12 14 pm Lula.......... 12 42 pm Bellton........ 12 41 am Cornelia....... 110 pm Mt. Airy....... 115 pm Toccoa...... 1 47 pm Westminster... am 2 35 pm Seneca ........ 2 51 pm Central........ 3 40 pm Easleys........ am 4 11 pm Greenville..... 6 05 pm 4 4>pm Greers......... 5 C9pm Wellford....... a m 5 27 pm Spartanburg... 6 57 pm am 5 52 pm Clifton........ am 6 10 pm Cowpens ...... 6 15 pm Gaffney....... 6 ‘Opm Blacksburg..... am 1 7 00 pin Grover......... am 12 pm King’s Mount’ll 7 50 pm Gastonia....... 7 69 pm Lowell........ 8 12 pm Bellemont..... 8 23 pm Ar. Charlotte...... 9 10 pm 8 50 pm SOUTHBOUND. No. 37, No. 11. No. 9. Daily. Daily. Daily. Lv. Charlotte...... 9 45 am 1 50 pm 2 20 am Bellemont............. 2 12 pm 2 42 am Lowell................. 2 22 pm 2 52 am Gastonia............... 2 35 pm 3 01 am King’s Moant’n........ 3 00 pm 3 27 am Grover...............'.. 3 10 pm 3 43 am Blacksburg............ 3 26 pm 3 53 am Gaffney............... 3 45 pm 4 10 am Cowpens.............. 4 10 pm 4 42 am Clifton................ 4 13 pm 4 35 am Spartanburg Wellford................ ... 11 43 am 4 5 27 50 pm 5 5 00 23 am pm am Greers................. 5 09 pm 5 42 am Greenville...... 12 36 pm 5 34 pm 6 10 am Easleys................. 6 07 pm 6 38 am Central................ 6 55 pm 7 30 am Seneca................« ? 22 pm 7 57 am Westminster............ 7 41 pm 8 15 am Toccoa................ 819 pm 8 52 am Mt. Airy............... 8 48 pm 9 18 am Cornelia............... 8 9 52 pm’ 9 23 am Bellton................ 10 pm 9 45 am Lula ......... 918pm 9 47 am Gainesville..... 3 41 pm 9 42 pru 1C 12 am Flowery Branch........ 10 00 pm 10 32 am Buford................10 17 pm pm|l0 [10 45 am Suwanee............... 10 33 58 am Duluth............... 10 45 pm 11 15 am Norcross..............10 Chamblee..............11 56 08pm;H pm ] 11 28 43 am am Ar. Atlanta (E. T.) 5 05 pm 11 45 pm!12 20 pm Additional trains Nos. 17 anl 18—Lula ac¬ commodation, daily except Sunday, leaves At¬ lanta 9 30 p m, arrives Lula 8 12 p m. Return¬ ing, leaves Lula 6 00 a m, arrives Atlanta 8 50 * daily, Between Lula and Athens—No. 11 ex* cept Sunday, and No. 9 daiiy, leave Lula 8 39 p m, and ll 50 a m, arrive Athens 10 15 p m and 130 pm. Returning leave Athens, No. 10 daily, except Sunday, and No. 12daily, 6 15 p m and 6 45 a m, arrive Lula 8 00 p m and 8 30 a “; .™^p tween Toccoa and E1 berton-No. 2 61 dai- lv t 8un dav, leave Toccoa 00 pm arrive Elberton 4 40 p m. Returning, No. 60 daily, except tiunday, leave t ElLerton 5 00a m and arrives Toccoa 8 30 am. Nos. 11 an 1 12 carrv PuUman Sleepers be- Sleeper between Atlanta and New York. On No. 11 no change in day coaches from New York to Atlanta. and Southwest- Nos. 37 and 38, Washington Atlanta and em Vestibuled Limited, between Washington. On this train an extra fare is charged on first-cass tickets only- local and For detailed information as to Sleep-. through time tables, rates and Pullman ing car reservations, confer with local agents, or address, W. A. TURK, JAS. L. TAYLOR, Ag’t. Div. Pass. Ag’t. Gen’l Pass. Charlotte N. C. Atlanta, Ga. C. P. HAMMOND, Atlanta, Ga. Superintendent. SOL. HASS, \y. H. GREEN, Traffic Manager, Gen’l Manager, Atlanta, Ua Atlanta. Ga. LEWIS DAVIS, attorney at law TOCCOA CITY, GA., Will practioe in the oounties of Haber- aham and Rabun of the Northwestern Circuit, and Frank! n and Banka of tht Western Circuit. Prompt eatruate<?iO atteAi >a h.m. wil - ^ glvep to all baaioeaa The collection of debts will have »pe attention- —