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VOLUME XX.
THE ATLANIIG STEAMSHIP.
[ Saw thee stride upon the tossing sea
What time the pinions of all sail-borne
craft
Were buffeted by mocking gales that
laughed
And beat them down into the spu ny lee;
Be onward thou didst urge, erect and free,
In the gale’s teeth; an 1 streaming fir
abaft,
A league-long, darkling banner thou didst
waft,
Signal of elemental victory.
A demiurgic tr.umph thou do3t gain;
An equal god within thy breast is pent
To him wiio moves upon the whitening
main;
Thou throncst with gr?at Neptune, anl
are bent
To que l the empire of the stormy rain,
And work old ocean’s utter vauquishment!
—Titus Munson Coan, in the Century.
LOT NUMBLR ELEVEN.
NCE more, Mr. El¬
£ more, not proposal entertain I repeat for I your can¬ my
dauL'hter's hand.”
‘ * But,consider, Mr.
' ✓ Bulsale, Ethel and 1
i love each other to
mi distraction.”
“Pshaw 1” con¬
temptuously ex¬
claimed the unrelent¬
ing lather of the dear
girl I fondly adored,
bad been I, Edward Elmore,
for a goo 1 half hour doing my
utmost to induce the old gentleman to
receive ine as his son-in-law elect, and
by doing so cause two fond youzig
hearts to beat with ecstatic joy; for why
should I desire to conceal the fact that
I had the very greatest cause for be-
lieving that my darling Ethel fully re¬
ciprocated my consuming passion?
That l had signally failed to make the
old gentleman see the interesting subject
in the light I wished him scemei only
too plain.
I was tolerably alive to the reason
why Mr. Bulsale did not look with favor
upon my suit. My financial position was
not of the strongest, and tliero was a
certain Mr. Sowerbutt, a much middle-
aged individual, short (uot of cash) and
fussy, and proprietor of “Sowerbutt’s
Sauce for the Million.”
As the very particular crony of Mr.
Bulsale, the condiment concocter was
naturally a frequent visitor at the for¬
mer’s residence at Brixton. 1 half sus-
pected that Sowerbutt had a silent regard
lor Ethel, having, on more than one oc¬
casion, caught him furitively casting
“sheep’s eyes” at my darling, when he
had doubtless imagined himself unob¬
served.
How I had obtained a footing in the
Bulsale mansion was in this wise. I was
a clerk in the office of a fine old-crusted
firm of family and conveyancing so¬
licitors. Mr. Bulsale was an “eminent”
auctioneer, and revelled iu the satisfac¬
tion < f possessing au extensive and
lucrative business, aud, as he had inauy
transactions with our firm, he and I were
in consequence thrown much together.
After a while Mr. Bulsale seemod to take
a fancy to me, and invited me to dine
with him at his house, aud that visit
proved to be the forerunner of many
more.
The keen man of business, who ever
had his eye on what is termed the main
chance, found me useful to him in many
ways, especially in what may be called
the “literary” part of his calliug. I re¬
fer to the composition of those entic¬
ingly flowery advertisements, setting
forth the varied attractions of charming
country retreats, and the delirious de¬
lights appertaining to magnificent man¬
sions, which from time to time Mr. Bul-
sale received instructions to offer for sale
to a yearning public.
I reflected that to keep a watchful eye
on Simon Sowerbutt I must remain on
good terms with Mr. Bulsale; so, with
this laudable object in view, I said, with
au air of apparent resignation:
“I trust, Mr. Bulsale, that, although
you cannot briug yourself to look upon
me in the light of a possible son-in-law,
you will net prohibit my occasionally
lookiug in upon you, as before?”
“Come aud see us whenever you like,
young man; but mind, don’t let me
catch you making love to Ethel.”
I thanked him, and then remarked:
“I think I may with truth say, Mr. Bui-
sale, that you have always enjoyed the
littfca rnisic that your daughter and—
and myself have beeu in the habit of—
of providing. Those little duets, for in-
stance—you will not.”—
“Well, no,” the unsuspecting Bulsale
said, slowly “I see no reason why you
should not, as before, indulge in a little
music, especially as I like it so much!”
Of course, Bulsale was nothing if not a
little selfish.
Thought I to myself, if two fond
hearts, with the assistance of a piano
and sheet of music, caunot ma^e good
use’of the opportunities presented, and
at the same time bamboozle the unbend-
ing parent, my name is not Edward El-
more.
Again I thanked the old gentleman
and then addressed him: “You have
been candid euough to indicate that you
have no persoual objection tome, only !
you corsider my means inadequate to |
deem maintain satisfactory.’’ a wife in a mauner you would j
“That young man is precisely the state
of the poll.”
“And a very unsatisfactory condition
it is for me,” I answered, ruefully,
“Now, would you mind telling me under .
what condition of circumstances you !
would be willing to bestow your daugh-
ter’s hanc—’’ j
“And fortune,” put in Mr. Bulsale
quickly. ;
“That, sir,” I answered quietly, and,
I trust, with dignity, “was not my
thoughts; I should be willing to take
Ethei without a penny. Try me.”
Mr. Bulsale said nothing, but took a
silent pinch.
“Under what circumstances,” I re-
peated, “would you consent to Kth—
your daughter, becoming my wife?”
THE TOCCOA
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL.
“I should be willing to listen to you,”
he said, “when you possessed an income
of—say seven hundred a year.”
My heart sank to zero, Bulsale might
just as well have stipulated for a mil-
lion.
‘•Or,” added the old gentleman, a
curious smile diffusing itself over his
somewhat broad visage, as if he had just
thought of something which mightily
tickled him, “or Ethel shall be yours to
nave and to hold, when I knock her
down to you;—once—twice—for the
third aud last tune, going—goiug—
gone!”
I ncarlv lost all patience with the old
fellow for making no absurd, not to say
vulgar, a joke upou a subject so sacred
to mysell. Then it flashed across me
that I, too, but a few minutes previously
had been guilty of similar flippancy, and
I thought I had better bottle up my
wrath and take my leave; so, wishing
Mr. Bulsale good morning, I made for
the door.
“Good . morning, . my dear -i sir • re-
sponded the eminent salesman, blandly.
That evening, as the clocks were strik-
ing eight, I was on Mr. Bulsale’s front
doorstep, armed with a new piece of
music, over which, a few minutes later,
Ethel and I were beading our heads in
delightful proximity, while papa, in his
favorite chair, took alternate whiffs at his
churchwarden and sips at his glas3 of
mountain dew.
In soft whispers, through the music, I
informed Ethel of all tbat had transpired
during iny interview with her revered
but unbending parent. The darling girl
quite agreed with me regarding the un¬
timeliness of the pleasantry her father
had indulged in, thougu at tne same time
she devoutly wished she could be
“knocked down” to myself, of course,
During the evening Sowerbutt put in
an appearance, and the piano had to be
closed. Then followed a discussion over
a sale of a small but valuable lot of
antique furniture, which Mr. Bulsale
was going to hold in a few days at his
extensive mart. There was also the proof
of the advertisement to look over, to
which, as usual, I added a little embel¬
lishment. Mr. Bulsale descanted
eloquently upon the beauty and value of
several of the articles which would very
likely go into the broker’s hands for a
mere song; “particularly,” he observed,
as he warmed up professionally,“a large
cabinet or wardrobe, beautifully carved
and very substantia,no gimcrack work.”
“Just the very thiug I should like,”
exclaimed Sowerbutt. “It would come
in handy la case—if ever—I should get
married, you know.” And the man of
sauce cast a look at Ethel, which, no
doubt, he intended should convey a 1
world of significance.
At eleven we broke up,Sowerbutt and
I going par. of tho way together to our
respective homes. The purveyor agam
intimated his fixed determination to so-
cure the large cabinet, provided the fag-
ure was not iun up too high. Sowerbutt
was a very careful, not to say stingy,
man, considering the pot of money he
had made with the “Sauce for the
Million,” which,by the way,candor com¬
pels me to admit, svas a very relishing
condiment, and deserved the enormous
sale it enjoyed.
As I was seated at my modest morning
meal on the day of the sale of the an-
tique furniture, I fell to musing on the
probable amount old Sowerbutt would
bid up to for the ancient cabinet.
“Tallygraff, tn sir!” said Blary Jane,
bursting upou me.
I never could get that hand-maiden to
say telegram. Opening the buff colored
dispatch I read: “Purchase at sale this
morning Lot Number Elevea at any
cost. Do not fail your Ethel.”
“So, Mr. Sowerbutt,” I murmured,
“you are going to be done out of your
comtemplated purchase, But what ou
earth cau Ethel want with the cabinet,
and at any cost, too?” However, I hil
little time to lose in vain speculations,so
set off to the scene of operations, look-
ffig in at the office on the way to make
excuses for my absence. I arrive 1 at
the mart just as the third lot was being
knocked down. Bulsale seemel sur-
prised on seeing me eater, while Siwer-
butt, who was close to the rostrum,
looked as dark as his own sauce; as
though, iu fact, he had intuitively
guessed the cause of my presence
there.
Lot Ten was quickly reached and dis-
posed of. The auctioneer then, clearing
fiis throat, assumed an air of extra im-
portance, and commeuce i to eulogize
“Lot Number Elevea m the catalogue,”
speaking of the “noble piece” of antique
furniture in terms so feeling that any one
might fairly have been excused for
imagining the article offered had be-
longed to a long line of Bulsale’s an-
cestors.
When Mr. 3ulsale had apparently ex-
hausted his category of laudatory
phrases, he actually wound up with,
by way of peroration >
“The article, ladies and gentlemen,
needs uo words of mine to conviuce any
one of its uniqueness; there it is to speai
for itself.”
“A sovereign,” bid a venturesome
spirit,
The auctioneer remarked that it was
too eariy in the day for yoking,
however, he would take the bid just by
the way of making a start.
“Let’ssee inside of it,” suggested one
those swell wits often seen at auc-
tions.
“Certainly, if you desire to, sir,
I may tell you there’s nothing,
even a shelf; but should a ly one
require shelves, the cost would be only
trifling. John, unlock the cabinet.”
“The key ain’t in, sir,” ans vered the
“It was an hour ago, I’m certain,” re-
marked Mr. Bulsale. “However, it’s of
little consequence. Sorry we can’t
oblige you, sir, just at the moment; the
key has evidently been mislaid.”
“Supposing, after all, there is some-
thing inside; will it go ~ with the
article!”
“I pledge you my word,” answered
Mr. Bulsale, w-ith mock irony, “that the
fortunate purchaser of that work of arc
nc*y justly claim anything that may hap-
pen to be in the interior. I trust every-
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY. JULY 9, 1892.
body will now be satisfied and allow us
to go on with business.”
There is no need to dwell on the prog-
ress of the bidding for Lot Number
Eleven. Besides myself there were two
or three other keea competitors, and so,
even if I had not been there with such
imperative orders, Sowerbutt would have
failed to secure the coveted piece of fur-
niture at what he considered a reason-
able price; he retired from the field van-
quished when the bidding had reacued
£12 10s. Eventually the cabinet fell to
,n y bid °f ^7 15s., and a rather exorbi-
tant figure I considered it. Of course,
alter all, I was but an agent in the mat-
ter.
As there were not many lots to be dis¬
posed of, I elected to stay till the sale
was concluded, thinking it just possible
I might learu something more respecting
my purchase. I pushed my way throuh
the crowd into Mr. Bulsale’s office behind
the salesroom and seated myself facing
the doorwav through which I had just
'
entered, j my eyes ,u the while i i resting upon
■ tne antique cabinet, which had beeu so
; placed that the back of it™ parti,
across the entrance to the private room.
I had been sitting a minute or so, mus-
I ing over the unusual events of the morn-
ing, when, to my amazement, I saw—
there was no delusion—the back of the
wardrobe slowly opening towards me,
like a door, disclosing a space of four or
five inches, and through this aperature
there appeared a small feminine hand,
whose tapered Augers dangled invitingly
a scrap of paper. Acting on the impulse
of the moment, I rose and quickly trans-
ferred it to myself. The little hand
was tuereupon instantly withdrawn, and
the opening closed.
Could I believe my eyes as I read on
the paper I had so mysteriously become
possessed of as follows:
“So I have really been knocked down
to you, dear. Now vou will understand
my teleoram. You, of course, will
know how to complete the stratagem be-
'
° mu bv Ethel!”
.‘Whew! the clever darling!"
The next * instant Mr. Buls.dc entered, ’
. . .
GX ? aimin "* .
* Ve ^ iais ^ ed * _ , w , ^ ere
• Ethel?
is
Before I could reply the back of the
antique cabinet again opeued, but wide
this time, and Ethel—looking somewhat
flushed—stepped forth. Advancing
towards us, she said demurely;
“Here I am, papa, none the worse for
being ‘knocked down’ by you.”
Papa Bulsale’s face was a study, as he
looked first at Ethel, then at myself.
“Explain?” he gasped out, a3 he sank
helplessly into an easy chair.
“It is all my doing.” Ethel quietly
remarked. “E lward knew nothing of
the actual fact till a moment ago. 'You
cabinet see papa, had I disc’“S* a revolving back *1 and ‘at at
once, as if by inspiration the idea oc-
curred to me to be sola along with the
lurmture, and so well, jou know tae
rest, dear papa, and I belong to the pur-
chaser of the antique wardrobe, ‘Lot
Eleven.’ Here is the key. ’
The ingenious damsel put out her hand
to me, and taking the dear little palm, I
turned to the dazed Mr. Bulsale, saying
gravely:,.
“I claim this lady according to the
conditions of sale, as well as by your own
words, of which I dare say you do not
require reminding.
As soon as the eminent auctioneer re-
alized how beautifully he nad been cor-
uored he stormed dreadfully; out the tor-
rent of his wrath soon exhausted itself,
and he calmed down wonderfully, even
going so far as to designate his friend
Sowerbutt a meau fellow for not biddmg
a ove me.
On the ^ . when dar-
auspicious occasion,
ling, darling Ethel became my wife, the
order of things customary at such times
was somewhat reversed in the case of Mr.
Sowerbutt. Instead of his making the
bride the customary present the latter
sent him a handsome gift—Lot Eleven!
He accepted it!
Snake Farming.
Snake farming as an industry is just
now engaging the attention of the
people and press of the southwestern
section of Missouri. The Ozark News
of a recent date says: “Signor Don
Allen aud Senorita Lanaa Lee, repre¬
senting the J. E. Childs snake farm at
Chadwick, this county, were in Ozark
last Friday and Saturday establishing
agencies for their rattlesnake oil. Miss
Lee had with her a pair of water moc-
casins that she handled as though they
were kittens. There is no doubt but
that snakes can be petted as easily as
anything else, and for a choice between
suakes and alligators,we would certainly
take snakes.”
Further particulars concerning the
unique enterprise is thus given in another
edition of the same paper: “Among the
many enterprises in Southwest Missouri
there are probably none that attract more
attention than doe3 the snake farm
located three-fourths of a mile due west
of Chadwick, Tne farm consists of
about five acres, half enclosed by a nat-
ural stone wall, or a ledge. Oa one side
of this enclosure is a natural rock cave,
and out of this cave runs an everlasting
stream of the purest water. This spring,
being on the highest spot of land on the
farm, it is easily conveyed to all places
where needed. Mr. Childs has been
dealing in snakes and manufacturing
rattlesnake oil for over ten years, and
finds it quite profitable, as he supplies
all species of snakes for exhibition pur-
poses, all kinds of snake curiosities, rat-
desnake oil to the drug trade, and
charges an admission fee of ten cents to
a n visitors who come to the farm. He
is now fixing up the place for the sum-
me r trade,and will have large pens built
for the snakes, with a living pond of
water in each one, and a platform on
the outside where visitors may stand out
Q f danger looking at the hundred differ-
eat sp«:ies, all in their natural state,eat-
ino-, ?,’ drinking, playing, swimming,fight-
j n sleeping, etc. Mr. Childs also pro-
poses to pav cash for all live snakes of
aDV species measuring over three feet in
length. He proposes to ship all the
snakes out of this part of the country
and brina back cash in their stead.”
PROHIBITIONISTS
Hold Their National Convention at
Cincinnati.
DELEGATES FROM EVERY STATE IN THE
UNION IS ATTENDANCE— PROCEED¬
INGS OF THE CONVENTION.
The National prohibition convention
met it Cincinnati Wednesday. Chair¬
man Dickie, of the national committee,
called the meeting to order, and intro¬
duced Dr. J. G. Evans, of Hedding col¬
lege, Ill., who opened the convention
with prayer, in the course of which he
entreated that rum be driven from the
country and that the saloon cease to exist.
Dumber of belated delegates sought
® eat8 afler the prayer, and the bilver
La’e quartet, of New Turk state, ren-
dere £ a temperance selection while order
was being restored. Thev “ received an
encore> Rev Dr Lockw ood of Cin .
- th hehalf
'“d Tateof.Ohio of the ntv
the welcomed
the de i egate9- p ro f es sor Dickie res-
ponded to the addresses He
c [ osed by naming ex-Governor St. John
as temporary chairman. Wild cheering
and the waving of flags and handker-
chiefs greeted the mention of the name
of ex-Governor St. John. The shouting
was renewed again aud agaiu as the noted
Kansan stepped forward and assumed the
gavel and addressed the convention. His
closing words, “What is the pleasure of
the convention?” elicited the prompt re¬
sponse from numerous voices: “We want
St. John lor president.” The name of
A. F. Wolfenbarger, of Nebraska, for
secretary, and a list of assistant secreta¬
ries and sergeants-at-arms selected by the
national committee met no opposition.
THlS first discussion,
The tEst Adbt in the convention oc-
™rred *>ver the question of adopting the
temporary rules prepared by the national
I hese provided that only
delegates present should be entitled to
vote Tht. would have deprived a num-
berof far-off states, especially tho e in the
extreme south, a part of their represent-
ation in the temporary organization, as
ad their delegates could not come on ac-
C0UD t of the expense. Mr. J. B. Cranfill,
G f Texas, took the lead in behalf of these
delegates. He said that if that rule were
adopted it would leave the control of the
convention in states around Cincinnati,
It would cost $3,500 to send the thirty-five
delegates of Texas to Cincinnati, and they
could not afford it. The temporary rules
would probably be the permanent rules,
He moved that each delegation have the
right to cast its full vote whether all the
delegates bvely were present or not. After a
tilt Mr. Cranhll carried his
amendment oni a rising vote, and then
“ roll’of Tates “wT called
** The
for the announcetne nt of committee
member8hi and then the conV ention
adjourned until 4 o’clock, after giving
directions to the committee to proceed at
once to tbe work asg jg Ded them- T he
most interest centered in tho member-
6hip <>f the platform committee and the
N ew Nation committee.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the afternoon aession the committee
on credentials reported 972 delegates
present, Louisiana and South Carolina,
being the only Btates not represented,
The presentation of the report of the
committee on permanent organization
recommending dianapolis. C >lonel Ritter, of In-
for permanent chairman and
Sam Small for permanent secretary and
reinstating the rule voted down in the
morning giving states votes only for
delegates P rese, 't, was the signal
each delegation rep^t reTmmen^hat
state f be permitted l to cast
fuU VQte t( which it i3 entitled . IIe
ffiade a vigorous ° speech £ in favor of the
minority r eport ad protes ted against
depriving these states of their full vote as
mo numental injustice. The minority re¬
port was de f ea ted by a vote of 350 to 72,
and majority report was adopted, so
that absent delegates will have no vote.
The convention then adjourned until 8
o’clock p. m. The following national
executive committee was selected: Chair¬
man, Dickie; vice chairman, John P. St.
John, of Kansas; secretary, W. C. War-
del!, New York; treasurer, Samuel D.
Hastings, Wisconsin; additional members,
Helen Gougar, Indiana; J. H. Tate.Ten-
uessee; A. A. Stevens, Pennsylvania.
Notwithstanding the gossip that the
headquarters would be changed to Chi¬
cago, the committee then chose New
York for another four years. Song and
prayer by Rev. David Tatum, a Quaker
preacher, of Chicago, opened the even¬
ing session. Colonel Ritter, of Indiana,
who was selected for permanent chair¬
man, was escorted to the platform to
succeed Governor St. John as presiding
officer. Speech-making took up the time
of the evening session.
SECOND DAY.
The southern question broke out before
the prohibition convention had been in
session five minutes Thursday, the cause
being a speech made by Mrs. Gougar at
Wednesday night’s meeting, which was
largely made of a story about the sale of
a negro child at a slavery auction block,
the drink, application being made from slavery
to rhe speech caused indigna ion
oc the part of a number of southerners,
and at the first opportunity Thursday
Mr. W. W. Gibbs, <>f Virginia, was on
his feet and offered the following resolu
tion: “Whereas, The prohibition party
is not a sectional party, but a national
party; whereas, The isiues of the late
civil war are settled, and settled forever;
therefore resolved, That it is the sense of
the convention that speakers who are ac¬
corded the honor of addressing the con¬
vention be requested to refrain from un¬
necessary reference to illustrations th *t
could be considered reflective on partici
pan-* on the last struggle.
After consideaable wrangling, Chair
man Diekie, of the national committee,
then introduced Dr. Evans, of Abingdon,
Ill., who presented & plea for contribu
tions to enable the national committee to
prosecute i s work. They needed money,
he said, not for “blocks of five,” but t
keep up the contest against the liqu »t
traffic. Thousand-dollar subscription*
were made by The Voice, the prohioitio
organ, and W. F. Ward well, of New
York, secretary of the national prohibi
tion executive committee. Through sev
ral indiv duals uie st »e <u rensyivama
?1,000; aave $1,200; Yirgin'u, $1,00); lllinoi-,
Miunesoti aud Tennessee, $600
ach; Massacbusee s. Colorado, Ken-
tucky, California, Wisconsin and New
Jersey, $300 each. Taere were several
individual subscriptions of $300 each.
New York state give $1,000 to the na¬
tional committee and raised a oonsidera-
olc amount in addition for state work.
Gathering pushed of subscribtions was vigorously
aud enough small subscriptions
were finally rece ved to swell the total
amount to $20,000, or $5,000 more than
four years ago. The co ivention adjourn-
• d until 2 o’clock, just as the piatlorm
committee su ceeded at la t in tempora¬
rily getting by the silver plank.
When the convention reassembled at
3 o’clock, two reports from the platform
■o nmittee were submitted. That of the
mnj irity was adopted, after being amend¬
ed in two particulars, and after a great
deal of excited discussion. The platform
savs:
' The liquor traffic is foe to civilization, the
a
arch enemy of popu’ar government and a pub¬
ic nuisance. It is the citadel of the forces ‘hat
degrade corrupt politics, promote poverty and crime,
the nation’s hom ■ life, thwait the w.ll
of the people and will deliver our c >un ry into
, he han Is of r >p icious class interests. All laws
hat unde.- the guise of r gulation legalize and
protect this traffic or m»ke the government
s are in its ill-gotten gains, are vicious in prin¬
ciple and powerless as a remedy.
We declare anew for tiie entire suppression
of the manufacture, sale aud importation, ex¬
portation and transportation of alcoholic liquors
as a beverage by federal and state legislation,
and tho full powers of the government should
he exerted, to secure this result . Any party that
f ,ils to recognize the dominant natme of this
is-ue in American politics is undeserving the
support No of the people.
‘2. citizen should be denied the right to
vote on account of sex, and eqnal labor should
receive equal wages without regard to sex.
3. The money of the cou itrv, composed of
gold, silver aud paper, should be issued bv the
general government only, and in no sufficient
quanth full ies to meet the demands of business and
give bor. To opportunity tor theemplovmont of la¬
tnis end an increase in ho volume of
money is demanded, and no individual or cor¬
poration should be allowed to make any profit
through its issue. It should be made legal
to ider for the payment of all debts, public and
private. Its volume should be fixed at a defi¬
nite sum p -r capita an l made to increaso with
our increase in population.
4. We favor freo an 1 unlimited coinage of
silver and gold.
(This fourth by plank was stricken out by tho
convention a vote of .396 to 333.)
Tariff should bo levied only as defense
against for ign governments which levy tariff
upon or bar onc our products from their mar-
kets, the revenue being incidental. Tho resi-
dueof the means necessary to an economical
administration of the government should be
raised by levying the burden on what the peo-
pie po-isess, instead of what wo consume-
Then follow declarations in favor of
government control of railroads,telegraph
and other public corporations, and strin¬
gent imra gration and naturaliz itiou laws,
agaist alien ownership of lands in the
United States, favoring a leiral day of
rest, arbitration, liberal pensions and
public schools with the English language
alone,against margin speculation and mob
law, and the arraignment of both old
parties for a long catalogue of sins. To
his was added from the minority report
the following:
Recognizing and declaring that the prohibi¬
tion of the liquor traffic has become the domi¬
nant issue in national politics, we invite to fu 1
party dominant fellowship issue all hose who, on this one
are with us, agreod in the full
belief that this par ty can and wi 1 remove sec¬
tional differences, promote national unity and
insure the best welfare of our entire land-
This ad itbmal plank was at once voted
down along with the balance of the mi¬
nority plattorm, but its failure came near
causing a large number of delegates to
abandon the convention and it was recon¬
sidered and added to the pla form as
adopted. Discussion upon it developed
great heat and confusion, and there
seemed danger of another schism. Then
the following resolution, offered by Rev.
R. G. Evans, of Abingdon, IU., was car¬
ried :
Resolved, That we favor a liberal ap¬
propriation by the federal government
for the world’s Columbian exposition, but
only on condition that the sale of intoxi¬
cating liquors on the grounds be prohib¬
ited, and that the exposition be kept
closed on Sundny.
NIGHT SESSION,
Immediately after the opening prayer
at the night session, the nominating
speeches promptly began. Ex-Governor
John P. St. John, at the request of the
California delegation, was given the floor
first to place before the convention the
name of General John Bidwell, of Cali¬
fornia. Speeches seconding Bidwell
eontiDued until New York was reached,
when W. Jennings Demurest was placed
in nomination. L. B. Logan, of Ohio,
put in nomination Gideon T. Stewart.
Though only three candidates were
named for the first place, innumerable
nomina ing and seconding speeches
lasted until nearly midnight. On the
first ballot, at two minutes to midnight,
General John Bidwell, of California, was
nominated t > head the national prohibi¬
tion ticket, The totals, before any
changes or corrections were made, stood
582 for Bidwell, 184 for Stewart,142 for
Demorestand three for Bascom, 487 being
necessary to a choice.
AN IRISH STEW.
Dr, Tanner is Mobbed While Attempt¬
ing to Make a Speech.
Advices from Dublin, Ireland, state
that on Thursday, Dr. Tanner, protected
by 100 policemen, attemp-ed to address
a political meeting at Tuam. The Par-
nellites seized the speaker’s platform be¬
fore the arrival of the Tanneries. Dr.
Tanner made determined efforts to get on
the platform, but each time was knocked
down. Finally the platform was pulled
down and Tanner was caught beneath
Then a free fisiht, and fun waxed fast and
furious. The situation became so dan¬
gerous that the police were compelled tc
This charge the mob with drawn sword*.
had the desired eff et andthemib
dispersed.
TAILORS WALK OUT.
One Thousand of Them Dissatisfied with
“Task” Work.
One thousand coat tailors in Baltimore
went on a strike Thursday morning in an
effort to free themselves from “ta-k’
work. Heretofore each tailor has been
allotted a certain amount of work by the
contractors to be done in a day. Some¬
times to finish this, it is claimed, they
bad to work fourteen to sixteen hours.
The men want to work ten hour# a day
with reasonable wages and weekly pay
day.
THE SOlTil IN BRIEF
The News of Her Progress Portrayed in
Pithy and Pointed Paragraphs
AND A COMPLETE EPITOME OF HAPPEN¬
INGS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM DAY
TO DAY WITHIN HER BORDERS.
The convention of confederate vete¬
rans of South Carolina has beeu called to
meet at Co.umbia on July 19th, for the
purpose of effecting au organization
similar to the Grand Army of the Re¬
public. Ex-Senator Wade Hampton
will preside.
A Raleigh dispatch says: Thursday
nigl.t the third company of North Caro¬
lina’s naval res rve militia was organized
at D. Fayetteville, McNeill with sixty six men. J.
is chosen lieutenant com¬
mander. The first company is at Char¬
lotte and the second at New Berne.
The June crop report fiom the Ala¬
bama state department of agriculture has
193 reports from *33 counties, giving the
following average as compared with last
year; Corn 98£, cotton 92$. «heat 103,
oat* 15, Irish potatoes 94. hay 102, sugar
cane 97, tobacco 103, hogs 97, beef 81,
sheep 97 and hoises 103.
The sales of loose leaf tobacco on the
Danville, Ya., market for June were
4,377,420 pounds, an increase of more
than one million pounds over the same
month last year. For the nine months
of thi- tobacco year the sales were 32,-
073,509 pounds, a decrease of half a
million pounds as compared with the
same time last year.
Fire broke out at 8 o’clock Friday
night in the wholesale deoartment of
Goetter, Weil & C"., the largest wliole-
S! le dry goods and notions dealers in
ing Montgomery, Ala. The four-story build¬
was destroyed. At one time the
whole bloc ^ was threatened. The loss
to the stock is $100,000,fully covered by
insurance. The loss on (he building is
about twenty thousand dollars.
A Birmingham dispatch of Thursday
says: J The search for oil amid the moun-
tains . ot , north Alabama nas i . i t i,
at last been ppn
rewarded at Hartselle,iu Morgan county,
The well is 1,706 feet deep, aud the drill
has penetrated only a foot into the oil—
bearing 9. sand. The oil rises 300 feet in
the . well, and , . clear , and , beautiful. , Gas ^
is
flows from the well, and, when lighted,
the flame burned steadily for twenty feet
in the air. The prospecting has been
done by experts from Pennsylvania.
Col. James L. Shi ftield, one of the
most prominent politicians in Alabama
died suddenly at Montgomery Saturday.
He commanded a Confederate regiment
during the w >r which lie spent his entire
fortune equipping, and he i-erved with
signal bravery until 1864. He was noted
as one of the most effective stump speak¬
ers in the state, and in 1884 was an inde¬
pendent candidate for governor. He
was interested in the K«>lb movement in
current Alabama politics, and was ranked
as one of the most influential speakers on
that side in the present campaign. He
was seventy-three years old.
TROUBLE PREDICTED
When the Carnegies Attempt to Start
Their Works.
A Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch says:
Affairs a f II< mestead have assumed
«n ugly phase and serious trouble is ap¬
prehended. Tuesday H. C. Frick, chair¬
man of the Carnegie steel comp my, ap¬
pealed to Sheriff McCleary for protection
and asked that 106 deputies be sent out
to the works at Homestead as soon as
possible to protect the steel works. Mem¬
bers of the Amalgamated As-ociation
were confident that the firm intends to
make a test of strength within a very
short time, for it c. u!d not well wait a
year to break down the strictness of the
watch. It was stated that Manager
Potter and about tw'eutv of his superin¬
tendents are away in different cities pre¬
sumably searching for 260 skilled work¬
ers, without whom it would be impossi¬
ble to start the mill. This is accepted as
a further indication of the man igement’s
desire to try and start the mill at once.
A NEGRO NATIONAL PARTY
Organized in Texas-Will Pnt Out
Candidates for Every Office.
A dispatch of Tuesday from San An-
tonio, Texas, says; Gualoupe county to-
day saw the birth of a new party op-
posed to all the old partus. U der a
call issued by B. Berry, a large number
of negroes assembled in mas; meeting
and perfected a permanent organization
with Berry as chairman, and adoptel
a inations platform calling for negro nom-
for every office in the
gift of the American people from presi-
dent down to constable. It recites that
democracy African; is inherently opposed to the
that republicanism la false to
him and that theie is no hope for him in
the people’s party. He is the 1 ati mal
>alance of power. Delegates in every
votiug precinct were duly appointed and
1 convention called for the 22nd of July.
A BIG LOCKOUT.
Carnegie’s Iron Works Shut Down and
Three Thousand 3len Idle.
A Pit sburg, Pa., dispatch says: The
Homestead shut-down went into effect
Thur*day. There are 3,000 idle toDnage
men on the stree's and they have invited
the mechanical department, day laborers
and watchmen to j in them. They ex-
pect that they will do so. If th y do,
the entire p aut will be id e. The firm
discharged all their employes at raid-
night, and notified them to report for
their pay at the office on Saturday. By
this action, the Carnegies have cleverly
forest die I the men, and, by making it a
lockout instead of a strike, have placed
them on the defensive. Th .* streets are
crowded, but everything is quiet so far.
- -
COMER IS RECEIVER
Of the Central Railroad-Appointed
by Judge Speer.
A dispatch fr m M con, Ga., says: At
12:20 M -ndav morning Judge Sd er, on
i i elition ,.f stockii.'lfltfr. rc|irts.-ntiiig
^1.0o0,“.M app-i-ifo. H A.. Lome. ?e
eiver of > lie CVi.tr.n l a li o.-.u. J uuge
Adams filed the petition.
NUMBER 27 i.
RICHMOND & DANVILLE R- R.
Atlanta and Charlotte Alr-Liie Division.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger
Trains, in Effect IVlay 15th. 1892.
NORTHBOUND. No. S3. NO. 10. No. :a
l ASTEJl.N TIME. Daily. Daily. l)ai y
Lv. Atlanta i&i.) 1 40 pm 3 oO pm 8 05am
Chamlilee..... ....... 9 24 pm 8 iOatn
Norcrcwa....... ....... 9 35 pm B .'-2am
Duluth........ ....... 9 47 pm 9 04am
Snvranee....... ....... 967 pm 9 15am
Buford........ .......10 10 pm 9 28am
Flowery Gainesville..... Brandi ....... 10 24 pm 9 42&m
3 03 pm ,0 45 pm 10 ('Sara
Lula.......... .......jl 13 pm 10 27am
Bell ton........ ........1 15 pm 10 30am
Cornelia....... .......J1 42 pm 10 51ana
Bit. Ai y....... ....... 1 1«1 m 10 55a in
Toccoa......... ....... *2 20 am 11 H>am
Westminster ... .......‘2 57 a: >. II 56am
Seneca ........ .......>1 17 am 12 15pm
Central........ ....... 1 50 am! 1 20pm
Easleys........ Greenville..... ....... 2 18 am 146pm
6 08 pm 2 44 am 2 1 lpin
Greers......... ........ 3 14 am 2 42pm
Wellford....... ........ 3 33 am 3 00 m
Clifton........ - partanburg... 7 04 pm 3 54 am 3 -3pm
Cowpens ........ 4 13 am 3 40pm
...... ........ 4 IS am 3 44pm
Gaffuev....... ........ 4 40 am 4 09pru
Blacksburg..... Grover......... ........ 5 01 am 4 27pm
........ 5 11 am 4 37pm
King’s Mount’ll ........ 5 2S am 4 55pm
Gastonia....... ........ 6 52 am 5 20pm
Lowell........ ........ 6 05 am 5 31pm
Bellemont..... ........ 6 16 am 5 39pm
Ax. Charlotte...... 9 10 pm 6 40am 6 00pm
SOUTHBOUND. No. 37. No. 11. No. 9.
Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Charlotte...... 9 45 am am
Lowell......... Bellemont..... ^-OoHcOOO«OOCCCOOO*>I»IClOiWW^I^^WkMWO:»WWtv m am
aiu
Gastonia....... am
King’s Grovi-r......... Mount’n
am
Gaffney....... Blacksburg .... am
am
Cowpens Clifton........ ...... am
W- Spartanburg... 11 43 am
Ilford........ am
Greers.........
Greenville...... 12 36 pm
Easleys.........
Central........
Seneca......... am
Westminster.... am
Tocco.i........
Bit. Airy....... am
Cornelia....... am
Bellton........ am
Lula..........
Gainesville..... 3 41 pm am
Flowery Branch am
Buford........ am
Suwanee....... am
Duluth........ 11
Norcros*......
Chamblee......
Ar. Atlanta (E. T.)
Additional trams Nos. 17 anl 18— Lula ac-
comm idation, daily except Sunday, leaves At¬
lanta 6 15 p m, arrives Lula 9 00 p m. Return¬
ing, leaves Lula 6 00 am, arrives Atlanta 8 50
a m.
Between Lula and Ath ns--No. It dailv, ex¬
cept Sunday, and No. 9 daily, leave Lu'a 8 15 p
m, and 9 35 a m, arrive Athens 10 00 p m and
1120 am. Returning leave Athene No. 10
daily, except aim, Sunday, and No. 12 daily, 6 15pm
and 7 07 arrive Lula 7 55 p m and 8 50
am.
Between Toccoa and Elbe/ton—No. 61 dai¬
lv; except Sunday, leave Toccoa 11 40 a 10
arrive Elberton 3 20 p m. Returning, No. 60
daily, except Sunday, leav&»Elberton 5 00 a n>
and arrives Toccoa 8 30 a m.
Nos. 9 an 1 10 cairv Pullman Sleepers be¬
tween Atlanta and New York.
Nos. 87 and 38, Washington and Southwest-
ern Vestibuled Limited, between Atlanta and
Washington, Through Pu lman Sic pers be¬
tween New York and New Orleans, al-o between
Was dngton and Memphis, via Atlanta and
Birmingham. Observation car between Wash¬
ington and New Orleans.
Nos. 11 and 12, Pullman Buffet Sleeper be-
tw en Washington and Atlanta.
For detailed information as to local and
through time tables, rates and Pullman Sleep¬
ing car r eservations, confer with local agents,
or address,
JAS. L. TAYLOR, W. A. TURK,
Gen’l Pass. Ag’t. Asa’t.G- nl. Puss. Ag’t.
Atlanta, Ga. Charlotte N. O.
C. P. HAMMOND,
Superintendent Atlanta, Ga.
Vf. H. GREEN. bOL. HASS,
Gen’l Manager. Traffic
Atlanta. Ga.
LEWIS DAVIS,
attorney at law
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will practice in the countie* of Hiber-
<ham and Rabun of the Northwestern
Circuit, and Frank! 11 and Banks of the
Western Circuit. Prompt attention wil’
be given to all buxine** entrusted*!© him.
The collection of debt* will have spec
•a! attention.
The Origin of Ice Cream.
de;d Philadelphia lias contributed a of great
to t j, e interesting history this
country. It lias done so much that it
would doubtless be a place of conspicu-
IH>S importance were it not that its best
inernbrance years were long ago and only their re-
lingers. Where other peo-
p l e have the organ of ambition the Phila-
ddphian has the organ of memory. Ho
| ooks eagerly ahead into the past where
td | j ds future lies, lie is satisfied to be
aware that his townsmen are great in
t j, e ; r anC estry and that they bequeathed
to this country the continental congress,
t j, e ii| K . r tv bell and George Washington’s
-hair, knife and fork.
Even this surfeit of rich honors does
not ga tisfy the Philadelphia pride, and of a
para graph now m king the rounds
the press asserts that the Quaker city
can claim the origin of the public bene-
faction popularly and ungrammatically
s v j ed “ice-cream.” The paragraph
gays that the refection was first made
and sold in Philadelphia ninety-one
years ago, shortly after Mr. Benjamin
Franklin wandered into town with a roll
under each arm and saw the lady who
was to be his wife standing on a door-
step. The paragraph is very guarded in
its assertion aud does not give us any
more than the bare statement. Until
something definite can be learned anti¬
quarians will not give Philadephi a more
than her just due of recognition. None
of the Biddles have yet confirmed the re¬
port and the remainder of the local popu-
lation has not himself decided,
To those who eat ice-cream its itself history and
is not of so much moment as
the price charged for it. But if Phila¬
delphia did make the first dish no one
will deny her another medal equal in size
and luster to all her others. No seven
shall squabble for the honor of ice¬
News.
^i *iSK’JS&ST 5 they ^ . make
c h for the imposing political display parades.
carried about in the