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THE TOCCOA NEWS
VOLUME XX.
EVERY day.
Amiri the tumult of the street
And ceaseless tread of restless feet;
IV hat varied human forms we meet,
Every day.
Fome burdened with unwhispered woe;
Sad secrets God aione can know;
We see them wandering to and fro,
Everyday.
Fome seared by time’s decay or blight;
With furrowed brow and fading sight,
W ho haunt our feeet from morn till night,
Every day.
Home swayed by passion deep and strong,
Enkindled by some burning wrong.
Unheeded by the listless throng,
Every day.
The Inst of power, the greed for gain,
Twin tyrants of the heart an l brain;
W e see the ruin of their reign,
Every day.
The crafty ghouls that throng the street,
Wearing the garments of deceit,
d\ ho breathe to lie an 1 live to cheats
Every day.
And somo aspiring to be great,
With beaming eye and heart elate,
Fcorning the thorny thrusts of fate,
Every day.
The youth enthralled by some fond dream
Or borne along on fancy’s stream,
Believing all things what tboy seem,
Every day.
The aged tottering toward the tomb,
No light to lift their rayless gloom,
Nor hope their weary way illume.
Every day.
The rich and poor, the old and young.
With silent lip or fluent tongue,
And griefs untold or joys unsung,
Every day.
Thus in the drama of tho town
Home tear a cross or wear a crown
Until death rings tho curtain down,
Every day.
—D. B. Sickles.
Vigilante Vengeance.
A UNITED STATES SENATOR’S 8TORY.
ENATOR SAN-
ders, of Montana,
is one of the most
entertaining talk¬
ers in the Senate.
A group of gentle¬
r5 men were sitting in
Ill his committee room
one day listening
to his tales of the
early history of
I Montana, when the
mining fever w as at
M its height. The
talk turned on the
if different doings of
*s m tho Vigilautes, of
which Senator San¬
ders was leader.
“Yes,” said the Senator, retrospectively,
“I have assisted in a good many send-
offs where a robber or murderer was
launched into another world without the
benefit of the clergy.”
“ Were you present at the execution
of the notorious Slade?”asked one of the
gentlemen. the Montana Senator,
“Yes,” replied
“and 1 could tell you a story about that
execution. That was the one instance
where the gentleman whom we assisted
in making his exit was neither thief nor
murderer—or, at least, that was uot the
crime for which he was huug.”
“What was his crime?” again asked
the pent e nan.
“We executed Mr. Slade for treason
—high treason against the Territory of
Montana,” replied Sanders, thought-
fully, “and thereby know,* hangs a tale.
“As you 1 was chief of the
Vigilance Committee, and we had sue-
cessfullv engineered about forty or fifty
hangings, w hen w e became imbued with
the idea that a little more lawful form
of government would be to the better iu-
terests of our camp, \ irginia City, then
having about 10,000 population. So,
one evening, we gathered together on
the outskirts of the town in an informal
mass meeting, and proceeded to choose
from among ourselves officers for our
local government. Our organization
was the simplest thing in the world,
Wc would turn to one of our members
and say, ou are a pretty square sort of
fellow, and wc anew you to be as
Straight as a string, so you shall be our
Judge,’ aud to anotl er, ‘You are a
heavy built e no and have plenty of grit.
and you shall be ■ arson!. I was Dis-
tiict Attorney bcc.u-e I had a smatter-
irg of law, aud it was upon my afiu.l i-
VitS I at all warrants were issued. It
Etc - s;ran ,e in these cays to think of
constituting a court in such an off-
handed way and without the slightest
ves: ige of Federal authority; but we did
it, and our court was respected by all
the citizens of Virginia City, Montana,
That is, most of them all. For a time
all went web, but after a while, when
they wc were not hanging so frequently
as before, the i aw less element grew bold-
er and more asrgressive.
“ Lite lea cr of this tough part of our
population was Mr. Slade. I had known
him for a long time and we were the best
of friends, lie was warm-hearted and a
powerful friend to those he liked, but a
perfect devil to those who had incurred
his displeasure. I have seen him come
into a sale vu where perhaps fifty men
were engaged in playing billiards, car ls,
etc., aud insist that everything should
stop at ot.ee and that they ail drink with
him. lie would line them all up to the
bar and generally had me next to him.
He would raise his glass with tbe rest of
them, would wait until they bad finished,
when he would bring his glass on a level
with his eye, aud aboui a foot from it,
and stare, stare, stare at it with terrible
iutentuc-ss for two or three minutes,
Then suddenly he would raise the glass,
dash it from him with terrific force at
the mirror, the floor, the barkeeper, or
anything that seemed to strike his fancy,
anil draw his revolver and begin shoot-
iDg indiscriminately. I would say to
him, ‘Slade, give me that pistol,’ and in
e minute he would baud me his gun and
«uiet dewi*
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“I suppose I have done that same
thing ten or a dozen times, I never
could understand him at such times. He
was not after any one with deadly intent.
He simply seemed to be seized with a
mad passion, which he could not con-
trol. He was the recognized leader of
the toughs, and bad about a dozen satel¬
lites always on hand to do his bidding.
A favorite diversion of theirs was to dash
down the mountainside from their cabin
homes, load up at the first convenient
salooD, and proceed to some house of
pleasure, all the time getting drunker
and drunker. In the morning, when the
peaceful citizens got up, they would see
a pile of logs, not one left standing, and
a group of shivering and crying women.
This scheme of demolishing houses was
the principal pastime of this lawless
crowd.
“One morning, after we had organ¬
ized our court, news came that Mr.
Slade and his chosen friends had spent
a night at a disreputable house, and in
the morning destroyed it as usual. We
sent our Marshal with instructions to ar¬
rest Slade and bring him to court. In
due time they both appeared, Slade
peaceable enough, and very gentlemanly.
After hearing the case, the Court im¬
posed a fine of $25, which was cheer¬
fully paid by the defendant, and he de¬
parted, inviting us all to come and have
a drink. Not long after that Slade was
again before us, charged with the same
offence. This time the fine was doubled
and paid with the same degree of alac¬
rity which had marked the previous
payment. Slade did not seem to profit
by these lessons, for he was frequently
before us, and was each time fined a sum
double that of the preceding levy.
“On one occasion when the fine had
reached the sum of $400, Mr. Slade said
ho had not that amount with him, but
would bring it in the next time he came
to town. He acknowledged our power,
and didn’t care for money, as he was a
man who made it easily. Well, he came
to town several times alter that, but did
not offer to pay $400. It was not in his
nature to long remain quiet, and soon he
was again in trouble for a like offence.
Our Marshal brought him to the court
room, which was a portion of a groceiy
store, with barrels of four and grain
around the floor and bacon and hams sus¬
pended from rafters. We used soap
boxes instead of chairs, and were not a
very imposing assemblage. Mr. Slade
came in peaceably enough, and stood
quietly while the Court directed the Mar¬
shal to read the warrant. As the Mar¬
shal pulled out the document Slade, quick
as a flash, sprang at him and jerked it
out of his hands, at the same time level¬
ling a revolver at the heart of his Honor.
It was all done in a second, and the six
or eight henchmen of the tough had also
drawn their pistols at the same time.
‘Now,’ said Mr. Slade, ‘I am about tired
of this business. 1 am not going to be
drained any more, aud I am not going
to recognize your authority, nor shall I
pay that $400. I shall hold you per¬
sonally responsible lor my personal safety,
and it any of your committee attempts
to touch me I will blow your heart
out.’
“While he was speaking I was think¬
ing, and, before he had concluded,
quietly turned and walked out, as if
thinking of something else, I walked
out on the street, aud the first mau I met
was a member of our Vigilance Com¬
mittee. I explained the situation to him,
and asked him to get on his horse and
ride to a camp about two miles away
aud tell the boys we needed them. He
set off in post haste, and I turned back
toward the court room. Just as I turned
around I came face to la.ee with Slade
and liis followers, who had walked
boldly out ot court soon after I came
away. ‘Come in and have something,
Zanders, called the irrepressible. I said
to him, ‘Slade, get on your horse, and
A 0 home as fast as you can.
“ ‘What do you mean? Why do you
tell me that?’ demanded Slade,
»< ‘Never mind what I mean?’ I re-
plied; ‘get on your hcr-e and go ho ne.’
‘»He didn't get on his horse and go
home, but he got on his horse and rode
a ff through town, bringing up at last at
the court room. He was inciiued to be
very proud of his defiance of the orders
0 f the Court, aud was insulting to his
Honor, who was still there. He was
swaggering around the store, when I
happened to look out of the window and
saw that the house was surrounded by
armed men. The next minute they were
m the room, and one of them was say-
jo--. *\y e want you, Mr. Slade.’ He
turned pale and weakened at once. A
crowd of his captors surrounded him,
;UU 1 1 left him safe in their keeping. I
went home, and was not there live min-
utes when one of the vigilantes came up
aud said: ‘Mr. Sanders, the boys have
.ff,out concluded that they won’t
he bothered with Mr. Slade any
longer, and as there is no place to
keep him safely, they are going to hang
him whether the Court wills it or not.’
[ hurried to the court room and saw
the Judge and the Marshal and several
others, and after a conference we agreed
that as Slade was bound to hang whether
by our wishes or not, it was better to
have him executed by order of the Court,
aud thus preserve our hold on the com-
munity. We sentenced him to death for
high treason for inciting others to re-
belliou aud for himself seeking to over-
throw our form of government, When
Slade heard of this he sent a messenger
[or me to come to him at once and make
speech in his behalf. I knew that it
would be worse thau useless for me to do
3 o, and relused to go on a fool’s errand.
Then he sent me to our Judge with a
similar request, but the Judge, knowing
that he was powerless to prevent the
execution, declined to see him. So Mr.
Slade was taken to a hill overlooking a
gulch, and a noose from a gallows (used
fb slaughter sheep) slipped around his
neck and a barrel placed under him.
Just as he was about to be swung off, the
noise of a horse's hoofs was heard- and
a mounted woman appeared in the dis-
tance coming at a breakneck speed. It
was Slade's wife; but by the time she
arrived upon the scene, around which
twe thousand paqple watt gathered, the
TOCCOA. GEORGIA, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 1892.
barrel had been kicked from under him,
and Mr. Slade was no more.
“That is the story of the execution,
and a singular one it was.”
During the recital of these stirring
events Senator Sanders seemed to forget
his surroundings and to be living over
again the scenes which he was depicting
to his interested listeners.—Commercial
Gazette.
A Friend.
A London paper offered a prize for the
best definition of a friend. This defini¬
tion gained the prize:
The first person who comes in when
the whole world goes out.
The following are some of the best
definitions submitted:
A bank of credit on which we can
draw supplies of condolence, counsel,
sympathy, help and loTe.
One who considers my need before my
deservings.
Tke Triple Alliance of the three great
powers, Love, Sympathy and Help.
One who understands our silence.
A jewel, whose luster the strong aeid3
of poverty and misfortune cannot dim.
One who smiles on our fortunes,
frowns on our faults, sympathizes with
our sorrows, weeps at our bereavements
and is a safe fortress at all times of
trouble.
One who, having gained the top of the
ladder, won’t forget you if you remain
at the bottom.
One who in prosperity does not toady
you, in adversity assists you, in sickness
nurses you and after your death marries
your widow and provides for your chil¬
dren.
The holly of life, whose qualities are
overshadowed in the summer of pros¬
perity, but blossom forth in the winter
of adversity.
He who does not ad ere to the saying
that No. 1 should cotm first.
A watch which beats rue for all time
and never “runs down.’
An insurance against misanthropy.
An earthly minister of heavenly hap¬
piness.
A friend is like ivy—the greater the
ruin, the closer he clings.
One who to himself is true aud there¬
fore must be true to you.
The same to-day, the same to-mor¬
row, either in prosperity, adversity or
sorrow.
One who combines for you alike the
pleasures aud benefits of society and soli¬
tude.
One who acts as a balance in the see¬
saw of life.
One who guards another’s interest as
sacredly as his own and neither flatters
nor deceives.
A nineteenth century rarity.
One who will tell you of your faults
and follies in prosperity and assist you
with his hand and heart in adversity.
One truer to me than I am to myself.
Color in the Hainan Yoice.
A novel entertainment was held at the
Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, a few
evenings since for the benefit of the
children’s fresh air fund. Professor D.
S. Holman delivered a lecture on “Some
Effects of Light and Sound Waves,”
demonstrating with the aid of an instru¬
ment known as the phoneidoscope the
lights and shadow's of musical sounds,
assisted by the vocal taleut of Miss M.
Virginia Peck, Miss Charlotte Mawson,
Miss Kate Sheain, A. H. Darby and
Charles Graffe. Professor Holman pre¬
faced his lecture with the statement
that color exists alone in the eye of the
3eer. After a few experiments in chang¬
ing the colors of objects under a power¬
ful light composed of carbonate of soda,
Professor Holman started in to prove,
with the aid of the phoneidoscope, that
the sound waves produced by the voice
possess motion and color. When this
announcement was made the audience
held its breath iu expectation.
A sheet similar to that used in stere-
opticon entertainments was sti’etched
across the stage, and what Professor
Holman termed the mirror, upon which
the-effects of the voice were pictured,
was adjusted in the instrument and mag¬
upon the sheet. In color it was a
dull, leaden gray, showing in bold re¬
lief upon the white canvas. Then four
of the voices struck up a quartet, while
Miss Sheain placed her pretty lipi to a
mouth piece and saug through what
very much like a speaking tube.
The other end of the tube was connected
the phoneidoscope, and her voice,
in contact with the mirrors, was
to the canvas, forming into
most delicate shapes imaginable, at
same time taking ail the variegated
of the rainbow. As her voice rose or
in volume the waves rippled across
surface of the mirror in the most as¬
manner, while the audience
to the echo. Tals was re¬
several times.
After the lecture Professor Holman
to a Record reporter the ap¬
miracle by saying that the so-
mirror was merely a film composed
soap suds. The voice, coming in
with this surface, caused it to
while the variegated colors
were formed by the decomposition of
soap film.
The New Quarter Couaterfeitetf.
A dangerous counterfeit silver quarter
of the “vintage” of 1892 has made its
appearance. The coin is iu imitation of
one made at the New Orleans Mint this
year, and the only difference is that the
eagle, etc., on the reverse is a little too
clearly outlined. The weights of the
two coins, the genuine and the spurious,
are the same. The only flaw is in the
ring of the coin when it is dropped. “It
is the most dangerous counterfeit I have
come across iu ail my experience,” said
a business man. “Its face is absolutely
perfect, and the reverse is nearly so; the
weight is just right, and so is the size.
In fact, the only flaw is the ring, and
the milling is slightly defective.”—Port¬
land (Me.) Argus.
The duty on raw sugar in Germany
has been removed and will now be
levied ou the sugar as it leaves the f*c-
MCKINLEY WAGES
BREAK DOWN.
HISTOr.T OP THE SMALL LIST OP BOGUS
WAGE ADVANCES THAT NOW SUP¬
PLIES TWO PARTIES WITH CAMPAIGN
MATERIAL — BRIEF FACTS IN RE¬
GARD TO EACH CASE.
The Hon. John DeWitt "Warner, oi
the New York Reform Club, has com¬
pleted his investigation of the twenty-
eight cases where, according to the
American Economist and other high
tariff authorities, wages have been ad¬
vanced in protected industries since
October, 1890. Trustworthy examiners
were sent to each place to get the facts.
Their reports were of such a nature that
the Reform Club has published them as
a number of Tariff Reform, and the New
York WeekiyWorld gave them a full page.
It will be remembered that the Re¬
form Club had prepared and published
in the World and in Tariff Reform a list
of nearly 500 wage reductions and lock¬
outs in protected industries since the
McKinley act took effect. The protec¬
tionists who had promised higher wages
with the McKinley bill and had been
shouting higher wages ever since, began
so get uneasy because they could uot
tell anxious inquirers exactly where
wage advances had occurred. They be¬
gan to search, feeling confident that
wages must have advanced in many of
the thousands of protected mills in this
country. They sent out circulars to
manufacturers asking them to report the
per cent, that wages had been advanced
in their mills since October, 1890. In
this way and in other ways they got
together what purported to be a list of
wage advances. Apparently it did not
occur to the American Economist editor
(or if it did he was so anxious to publish
the list that he did not consider the
consequence of au exposure) that the man¬
ufacturers might misstate facts, perhaps
to get free advertising, or, it may be, to
attract laborers to their mills. The
twenty-three cases of “wage advances”
were published with a flourish in the
American Economist. Republican papers
were not slow in copying the list. At
last McKinley had been vindicated aud
the “free trade liars” silenced. But tne
one great fault with the list was that it
was short; indeed it was its brevity that
betrayed it in more ways than one. It
not only exposed the meager results of
great promises, but it offered induce¬
ments to investigation which a more
formidable list would have precluded.
If the protectionists were attempting a
game of bluff they should bave made a
list of several hundred advances—so
many that it would be a very big and
very expensive piece of work to make
inquiry in regard to all. But twenty-
three cases were just enough to challenge
investigation. If g. few of them could
be shown to be incorrect, the already
small list would be diminished so that
even Republican editors would be
ashamed to publish it. It was not ex¬
pected by Mr. Warner, when he began
the investigation, that the whole list was
a fraud and that he would, in the ma¬
jority of cases, get wage reductions for
liis already long list. The following are
the briefest possible summaries of the
list, the quotations being from the
American Economist’s list of examples
of wages advanced under the McKinley
tariff, showing increased per cent.:
“1. Haskell & Baker Car Company,
Michigan City, Ind., 10 percent.”
Wages were reduced from 12£ to
25 cents per day in 1889, and restored
12£ cents in May, 1890. No change
since the McKinley act took effect.
“2. Wooster & Stoddard, Walden,
N. Y., 5 per cent.”
Strike in May, 1892, caused a read¬
justment of wages by which some got
more and others less—total effect not
certain.
“3. Camden Woolen Company, Cam-
den, Me., 10 per cent.”
Four looms got a raise because they
changed to heavier work; weavers earn¬
ings were not increased.
“4. Rider Engine Company, Walden,
N. Y., 5 per cent.”
No advances in ten years, but reduc¬
tions of 10 and 12$ per cent, since 1884.
“5. Hawthorne Mills Company,Glenn-
ville, Conn., 15 per cent.”
One man advanced from $1.15 to
$1.25 in July, 1892, and nearly all of
the 200 employes reduced from 10 to 20
per cent, since 1890.
“6. Alfred Dolge, Dolgeville, N. Y.,
20 per cent.”
Alfred Dolge has for years had a sys¬
tem of encouraging employes to work
for little and to expect more, by advanc¬
ing the wages of twenty or twenty-five
cf his more industrious workmen a shil¬
ling at the end of the year. In" Febru¬
ary, 1891, forty or fifty received this
advance but in February, 1892, no ad¬
vance whatever occurred and many em¬
ployes were disappointed. Numerous
reductions each year fully offset these
bunched and widely heralded advances.
“7. Lake Superior Lumber Company,
Sault St. Marie, Mich., 15 per cent.”
No advance at all was made in this
planing mill; report was purely for
political reasons. Roxboro, N. 25
“8. J. C. Bass, C.,
per cent.”
The two or three employes of this grist
and saw mill never got less wages than
now. The report furnished amusement
for-neighbors.
“9. H. L. Chapman, White Pigeon,
Mich., 15 per cent.”
One of the two employes here is an
apprentice and had his wages advanced
to 50 cents per day from 25 cents.
•*10. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, Grafton, W. Va., 20 per cent.”
No advances here, but the few that
have not been discharged by closing of
foundries, etc., have had their wages re¬
duced in the last year from $2.25 to
?1.57.
“11. Wilkins & Close, Mayfield, N.
Y., 15 to 25 per cent.”
Mr. Wilkins says the report is false, as
only the usual advances to new hands
have occurred.
“12. Close & Christie, Mayfield, N.
Y., 15 to 25 per cent.”
Same situation as No. 11.
“13. Cantastota 'Knife Company, Can-
tastota, N. Y., 10 per cent.”
In 1891, by threatening to strike, the
employes got back about 10 per ceDt. of
the 20 pe. cent, reduction made four or
five years ago.
“14. New York Knife Company,
Walden, N. Y», 10 per cent.”
In April and in June, 1892, about
two-thirds of the workers by hazing a
union and by threatening to strike received
advances ot from 7 to 10 per cent. A
general reduction of 10 per cent, oc¬
curred in 1885, which the company
promised to replace if Harrison was
elected.
“15. Tho r.aston Knife Company,
Tbomaston, Conn., 10 per cent.”
Same situation as at No. 13.
“16. W. F. Epperson, Ladoga, Ind.,
10 per cent.”
Mr. Epperson’s reply to the Republi¬
can ietter sent him is being widely cir¬
culated by Democrats, Instead of ad-
vancing wages he has had to shut dowu
his heading factory part ot tho time.
“17. Pittsburg Reduction Compauy,
Pittsburg, Penn., 10 per cent.”
Tho proprietor knew of no advances
and was surprised that such a report
was made.
“18. Sultan Buggy and Carriage
Company, White Pigeon, Mich., 10 per
cent.”
No advances, but more work for the
ssme pay.
“19. B. Howitzer, Chaseburg, Wis.,
10 per cent.”
Chaseburg has fifty inhabitants---"No
Howitzer there.
“20. Enterprise Manufacturing Com¬
pauy, Manhcim, Penn., 30 per cent.”
The girls making socks aud overalls
at $2.50 to $3 a week became dissatis¬
fied and were irregular at work. The
firm advanced piece p rices 15 from 35 to
45 cents, and from 11 to cents per
dozen.
‘ ‘21. Shaw Stocking Company,Lowell,
Mass., 10 per cent.”
The reduction by law of working hours
from sixty to fifty-eight caused no re¬
duction of wages of day laborers, but
piece workers may earn less.
‘ ‘22. Kings County Kniting Company,
Brooklyn, N. Y., 5 per cent.”
The ten or fifteen employes know of
no advance.
“23. Western Knitting Mills, Roch¬
ester, Mich., 15 per cent.”
Four apprentices were advanced; many
others of the one hundred employes re¬
ceived reductions from 15 to 12 Jr cents
per dozen.
“24. Western Knitting Mills, Detroit,
Mich., 15 per cent.”
Wages have not changed for eight
years.
“25. Langley «fc Davis, Oriskany
Falls, N. Y m 25 to 50 cents a day.”
Two foremen and one apprentice ad¬
vanced slightly; six weavers and one
finisher reduced from 11 to 16 per cent.;
wages “26. of other five employes unchanged.
William. Carter & Co., Higk-
lanusville, Mass., 15 to 50 cents a day.”
Five of ninety employes were advanced
to prevent them from returning to Eng¬
land. A few other changes in tho mills
were made because new machines were
introduced.
“27. McCormick & Co., Harris¬
burg, Penn., 15 to 50 cents a day.”
Forty laborers whose $1.10 wages were re¬
duced from $1.20 to last fall had
the ten cents restored in June. Forty
puddlers on February 15, 1892, were re¬
duced from $4 to $3.50 per ton. Eighty-
live were thrown out in March, 1892, by
the closing of one furnace.
4 ‘28. He (John DeWitt Warner) should
not forget the 25,000 employes in tne
Fall River cotton mills, who had their
wages increased on July 11.”
The legal change of hours from sixty
to fifty-eight per week caused no reduc¬
tion of wages, because the employes
were contemplating a strike to get back
a reduction of 10 per cent in 1884.
The Tariff a Tax.
Senator James K. Jones asked the
Hon. 0. R. P. Breckinridge, of the
House Ways and Means Committee, to
prepare for the Hon. W. L. Terry, of
Little Rock, a statement of tho amount
of tariff duties on a bill of goods bought
by a representative furnished farmer. In reply
Mr. Breckinridge an exhibit
based on actual transactions between Mr.
R. M. Knox, merchant of Pine Bluff,
Ark., and Mr. D. W. Branch, a farmer,
who bought the goods. Mr. Breckin¬
ridge explains that this is calculated
upon the basis of copy from the books
of Mr. Knox and upon the rate of taxes
actually paid upon competing articles at
the ports as provided by law. The bill,
as it appears in Mr. Knox’s books, is
subjoined:
1SS7. Article. Cost. Tariff.
Jan . 26 To e&ssimere suit
clothes............ $ 11 00 % 4 00
2 pair brogans, $1.65. 3 00 75
Feb. 5 1 bell collar......... 1 50 75
2 pair plow lines.... 70 16
1 pair boy’s brogans. 1 25 29 2
17 1 box axle grease.... 10
21 1 Avery plow........ 9 50 1 09
2 buck "boards, 50c.; 9 29
pounds nails. 6c... 1 05
1 bushel salt, 75c.; 1
pair misses’ shoes, 00
March $1.25.............. 2 .
8 1 pair shoes, $1.75; 1
pair hinges, 25c.... 2 00
1 yard waterproof., 75
26 1 pair brogans....... 1 60
2 yards calico, at 10c. 20
1 water bucket; 25c.;
April 9 11 1 spool thread, 5c.. 30
22 2 hats, pounds nails, yard 6c.. 66
65c,; 1
lawn, 50c.......... l go
20 yards stripe, 12%e 2 50
14 yards calico, 10c.. 1 40
3 yards jean?, 50c.... 1 50
dozen thread...... 40
12 yards ticking, 25c. 3 00
1 set cups and saucers 75
June May 3 1 knife..............
8 2pair men’s shoes... 4 00
1 pair suspenders.... 75
24 10 yards bleached do-
July 25 me stics, 12%c...... £7.50, $9 1 25
2 suits ci’tbes, 16 50 5
2 yards oil cloth, 40c.. 8 I
10 yards gingham 10c. 1 00
1 curry comb and
Aug. 19 35 brush.............. £3 5
yards bagginz, 9c.. 3 1 8
1 bundle ties' 81.50; 12
lbs. nails, 5c....... 38
Sept. S 14 lbs. nails, 5c.......
1 box axle grease, 10
lbs. soda, 10c....... 8 6
16 35 yards bagging, %
lb. 8c.............. 2 S3
1 bundle ties........ 1
10 yards osnaburgs,
Oct. 24 11c................ SS
1 suit jeans clothes....
2 wool hats, $1 and
$1.50.............. 2 8S8sl£SgS5!S 1
1 boy’s wool hat......
10 yards worsted. 20c..
13 yards worsted, 17c. 2
1 set plates...........
1 set goblets..........
1 set knives and forks. tO
2 dishes, 40c an i 60c.. M
35 yards bagging. Sc.. lv
1 bundle ties..7...... 00
$101 50 $33 80
Protection aud Wages.
“No intelligent advocate of a protective
tariff claims that it is able of itself, to
maintain a uniform rate of wages—with¬
out regard to fluctuations in the supply
of aud demaud for the products of
labor. But it is confidently claimed
that protective duties strongly tend to
hold up wages aud are the only barrier
against a reduction to a European
scale.”—President Harrison’s Letter.
WAGES PER WEEK IN EUROPE.
Free-trads Protected
Blacksmiths....... England. Germany.
Carpenters........ ..... 19.60 $4.00
Machinists........ ..... 9.75 4.11
Painters........... ..... 9.00 4.60
Masons............ .....8.92 4.82
Shoemakers....... ...... 8.00 4.07
Laborers.......... .....6.00 2.95
5.29 3.11
TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS.
Tie Hews el lie World Coateed Into
Fitly and Pointed Paragraphs,
Interesting and Instructive to All
Classes of Readers.
The GreeDsbtm/, Pa., glass wo ks
owned by Kuhn Bros., shut dowu for ar
indefinite period Thursday, throwing C00
men and boys out of employment.
A news sp cial of Thursday states tha:
the British bark Hope has gone down a
sea. Six of her crew of nine wen
drowned. The lost men were all Welsh.
A meeting of the stockholders of tin
burned Metropolitan opera house in New
York was held Friday, at which it was
voted to sell the opera house with its en
cumbrances and indebtedness at publi.
sale.
the National Switchmen of Nortl
Amelien met in Dallas, Texas, Monda
morning. More than three hundred dei
(gates, many with their wives, represent
ccl every lodge in North America were
present.
A news special from Loon Lake, N. Y.,
says: It was decided by Mrs. HarrisonV
physicians Monday morning to comply
with btr wishes to Ire t k u to Washing
ton, and the trip will be undertaken at
once if she continues to improve.
dian A dispatch received Friday by the In¬
bureau at Washington from the
Choctaw country shows that the situa
tion there is a_ain critical; that many
Jones men are dissatisfied with the peace
agreement and are collecting in larg.
armed bodies.
A terrible boiler explosion occurred
Saturday in Force & Dickinson’s stove
null at Staples, a small village on tb<
Leamington and St. Clair railway, four
miles from Comber, Ontario. Seven me.
were instantly killed. One fataUy injured
and about twenty others more or less
severely hurt.
A New York dispatch of Tuesday says:
The board of health’s 4 o’clock bulletin
says: “No case of cholera in this city
since the last bulletin. There is a sus
pected case of a Chinaman, of No. 14
Mott street, who died to-day, and his
body has been removid to the foot of
East Sixteenth street for examination.
At a meeting of the executive commit¬
tee of the ( harleston, S. C , board of
health an order was issued quarantining
the Clyde line steamers five days from
their sailing date from New York. The
average nnd the sailing regulation time is forty-eight horns
consequently virtually
amounted to three days’ quarantine of
vessels from infected ports.
A disastrous fire occurred Saturday
morning N. Y. at the navy yard in Brooklyn,
It broke out in the three-story
wooden extension of the machine shops.
In this extension was stored the machin¬
ery of the new cruiser, Cincinnati. It
was totally destroyed. The flames en¬
tered to the two-story brick machine
shop and caused much damage. The
loss : s roughly estimated at $500,000.
A news special from Portland, Ore.,
says: The principal business transacted
at the session of the sovereign grand
lodge of Odd Fellows Tuesday was the
election of officers for the ensuing year,
as follows: Grand sire, G. F. Campbell,
London, Ontario; deputy grand sire, J.
W. Stebbins, Rochester, N. Y.; grand
secretary, Theodore A. Ros*, Columbus,
O. ; grand treasurer, Isaac A. Shepard,
Philadelphia.
The largest conflagration that has ever
occured on Long Island coa6t destroyed
over one hundred frame buildings at
Rockaway Beach Tuesday, and left about
one hundred and sixty acres a mass of
ruins. The loss will range between $600,
000 and $1,000,000. The burned district
includes both sides of Seaside avenue
from Long Island railroad track and
about half a mile north from Seaside
avenue.
South A special dispatch of Thursday from
McAllister, I. T., says: The recent
trouble between thq Choctaw national
and progressive parties is settled for the
time being. Twelve of the Choctaws
who did the killing have laid down their
arms and surrendered for trial. The
other three will give themselves up at
once. The remaining armed men have
agreed to lay down their arms and go
home. The governor has promised pro¬
tection tolfoe prisoners who are in charge
of officers of their own party.
A new breech is an owl ewt-
itretched wings of diaaoaAa
NUMBER 38 .
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS
To the Public Issued by the National
Committee.
The Democratic national committee has
issued the following address:
To the People of the United States—The
democratic national committee congratulate the
country on the remit of the n cent state elec¬
tions in Maine. Vermont and Arkansas. Ik
Arkansas the combined opposition, after so
many extravagant c aims, fell short by DVt r
thirty thousand of the vote of the democracy
alone. This has brought dismay to the com¬
bination in the south and its manipulators in
the north. In Maine and Vermont the contest
was conducted distinctly on national issues. The
republican managers appealed for votes in these
states on the gioundthat the “size of pluralities the
would exert a great moral influence on
campaign in other states,” and president.” that the poll
be practicallv qnr vote for the
Similar appeals summoned to their aid all the
potent resources of their national organization
with its exhaustless treasury aud its splendid With
equipment of orators of national fame.
every fav ring force at tlmr command except
public opinion, with no organization opposed
Bave those made up within the states by a minor¬
ity party which has been out of power for a gen¬
eration and which was unaided from triumph¬ without,
tho campaign of our adversaries for a
ant test vote in these states, so carefully planned has
and so thoroughly and forcefully executed,
ended in conspicuous disaster.
Our friends everywhere are entitled to take
fresh courage from these results. They mean
that the strong tendency of public sentiment is
with the democracy Mid tliai the people of the
country are prepared to enforce, rather than re¬
verse, the verdict which they rendered in 1890,
William F. Haiiritt,
Chairman Democratic Committee.
Don M. Dickinson,
Chairman Campaign Committee.
HER FEAR WAS PROBABLY GROUNDLESS.
“I got an awful fright last night,”
said Jennie.”
“You did?”
“Yes; when George was going away
he took my hand to bid me good night.”
‘ ‘And you thought he was going to
kiss you?”
“No, I thought he wasn’t going to
kiss me.”—[New York Press.
TEMPTATION.
He—Congratulate me. I have just re¬
sisted a temptation.
She—What Mas the temptation?
He—To propose to you.
RICHMOND & DANVILLE R R-
F. XV. Hnidekoper aud Reuben Foster
Receivers.
Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Division.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger
Trains, in Effect Aug. 28,1892.
NORTHBOUND. No. 38. No, 10. No. 12
FASTERN TIME. Daily. Daily. Daily
t-v. Atlanta (E.T.) 1 00 pm 8 50 pm 8 05am
Chamblee..... 9 21 pm 8 'lOarn
Norcross....... 9 31 pm 8 52am
Duluth........ 9 41 pm 9 04am
Suwanoe....... 9 51 pm 9 15am
Buford........ 10 05 pm 9 28am
Flowery Gainesville..... Branch 10 16 pm 9 42am
2 22 pm 10 35 pm 10 03am
Lula.......... 2 40 pm 11 02 pm 10 27am
Bell ton........ 11 05 pm 10 30am
Cornelia....... 11 30 pm 10 51am
Mt. Airy....... 11 34 pm 10 55am
Toccoa......... 12 00 am l'i 19am
Westminster... 12 40 am 11 56am
Benfeca ........ 1 00 am 12 15pra
Central........ 4 40 pm 1 35 am 1 20pm
Easleys........ Greenville..... 2 04 am 1 50pm
5 24 pm 2 27 am 2 15pm
Greers......... 2 55 am 2 45pm
Wellford....... 3 10 am 3 05pm
Spartanburg... 6 17 pm 3 31 am 3 29pm
Clifton........ 3 46 am 3 53pm
Cowpens ...... 3 50 am 3 58pm
Blacksburg..... Gaffney....... 4 13 am 4 20pm
7 06 pm 4 35 am 4 37pm
Grover......... 4 46 am 4 46pm
King’s Mount’ll 5 06 am 5 02pm
Gastonia....... 5 35 am 5 26pm
Lowell........ 5 50 am 5 37pm
Bellemont..... 6 00 am 5 46pm
Ar. Charlotte...... 8 20 pm 6 30 am 6 10pm
SOUTHBOUND. No. 37. No. 11. No. 9.
Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Charlotte...... 9 45 am 33233B3393B33B332BB33B33333S33
Bellemont..... 2 42
Lowell......... 2 52
Gastonia.......
King’s Mount’n
Grover.........
Blacksburg.... 10 56 am
Gaffney....... Cowpens
......
Clifton........
Spartanburg... 11 43 am
Wellford........
Greers.........
Greenville...... 12 36 pm
Easleys......... i 25
Central........ pm HOOOOOtO®QOOOCCCD«J*d05
Seneca.........
Westminster.... 8 17
Toccoa........
Mt. Airy....... 9 30
Cornelia.......
Bellton........ 9 58
Lul%.......... 3 22 pm
Gaiffesville..... 3 41 pm 1C 28
Flowery Branch
Biplprd........ Snwance.......
Duluth ........
Norcross......
Chamblfee......
Ar. AtHnta (E. T.)
TOCCOA ANP ELBERTON.
No. 63 No, 9 August 2$, 1892. (No. 12 No. 62
Mixed Mixed Mixed Mixed
»-»►-* Lv.. .Toccoa. -Ar + 8 45 .+ 7 710 35p
724 ....Eastanoolee. •• f8 20 i |
7 39 tO ......Avalon...... f8 08 ! 6 55
8 02 *3 .....Martin’ 8 ..... 8 02 6 45
8 38 VO ......Lavonia..... : 13 6 15
9 f 0 ....Bowersville. •• 7 25 | 5 45
9 20 West Bowersviff*. 7 15 ! 6 29
9 40 .... noyston’s..... 7 00 511
10 07 .... Bowman’s •••• 6 35 4 43
10 27 .. .Dewey Rose. -• f6 18 4 20
10 50a Ar*. Elberton -Lv 46 00 + 4 OOp
Nos. 9 and 10 carry Pullman Sleepers be*
tween Atlanta 87 and New York. Southwest-
Noi, and 88, Washington and
Washington.' f-rn Veatibqjsd Through Litnjtcd, Pullman between Sleepers Atjanta and be¬
tween New York and New Orleans, also between
Washington and Memphis, via Atlanta and
Birmingham. Nos. be-
l Hand 12 Pullman Buffet Sleeper
tween Waehmeti i and Atlanta.
For detail o tion as to local and
through ing time fablfo, rite* and Pullman local Sleep¬
car reservations, confer with agents,
r>r address.
W. A. TURK, 8. H. HARDWICK,
Gen’l Pass. Ag’t. Ass’t.Genl.Pass. Ag’t.
Washington, D. C. Atlanta, Ga.
J. A. DOD80N, Superintendent. Atlanta, Ga.
W. H. GREEN, K>L. HASS,
Gen’l Manager. Traffic Manager,
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C.
LEWIS DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will praotioe in the ooumtie> of Haber-
•ham and Rabun of the Northweatern
Circuit, and Franklin and Banka of tht
Western Circuit. Prompt attention wil :
be given to all buaineaa entrustecPto him.
The collection of debts will have spec
iat atteutJbk
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