Banks County journal. (Homer, Ga.) 1897-current, May 15, 1897, Image 1

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BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL. VOL. I. TURKS CAPTURE MB STRATEGIC PEAKS OF THE MOS LEMS PROVE SUCCESSFUL. GREEKS DRIVEN TOWARDS ATHENS. Smolen.kl, Who I. Cnt Off,' AVIII Be Compelled to Fight for Erecdom Or Annihilation. Edhem Pnsaa, the Turkish comman der-in-chief in Thessaly, has sent the following dispatch to the minister of war at Constantinople: “The imperial army while marching to Pharsalos met the enemy in the vil lages of Soubathi, Souledji, Turcoman li and Lamia. After a severe engage ment, lasting fifteen hours, we dis lodged them from their positions and advanced to Pharsalos, which the im perial army has just victoriously oc cupied.” A London cable dispatch says: Evidently it was Edhem Pasha’s ability to cut in between the two G: eek armies which led to the Bpeedy retreats which were the beginning of the end. The Greek accounts say that both retreats were orderly, but such news comes only from official sources in Athens, which are not exactly re liable. It is just possible, so far from being orderly, they may both have ended in a panic, as was the case at Larissa. Edham Pasha will almost certainly follow to prevent General Smolenski from rejoining the main army. Iu any event, General Smolenski is now cut off from all chance of em barking on the Greek vessels at Yolo. He must either surrender to the Turks or endeavor to reach Larissa by the difficult mountain paths, so that ev- erything indicates that Greece will be compelled to sue for peace in order to save the remnant of her army from destruction. The absence of Greek cavalry at Pharsalos left the Greeks in complete ignorance of the move ments of the Turks and it is.another illustration of the general incompe tency of the Greek stall 1 . Geneial Smolenski has admitted that long habits of guerrilla warfare have made the Greek army helpless against modern military strategy. It is now believed that the end would come much sooner, hut for the difficul. ty tho Turks have experienced in brinj | ing adequate supplies of ammunitioi , for magazine rifles and modern artij J lery over the mountain passes. FI FT! FIREMEN PROSTRATED Fumes of Amin onia Cause tlie Trov One Death. Fifty or more men disabled and one dead was the record of the New York fire department at a fierce fire at No. 161 to IC3 Chambers street Thursday night. The fire was in the large cold storage warehouse of the Merchants’ Refi ig erating company, and it was the fumes of ammonia and the heaviest of smoke that struck down men by the dozen. The call for ambulances was as ru; id as the call for engines. The dead fireman is John Eeinhard, of Engine Company 7. Fireman John Rcinhard, missed his way in leaving the cellar, and was finally taken out unconscious. He died in an ambulance on the wi y to a hospital. Those overcome, some of whom an in a serious condition, include u°n.-. bers of a dozen of companies thd' wen, called out as reserves, when' Ohio Bonner found he was losing his men or every hand. The fire was an unusual one and ii estimated to have done damage t> the extent of at least half a million. BISHOPS’ ASSIGNMENT. j Flan of Work Made For Conferences During tlie Coming Year. The college of bi3L ,ps of the Meth odist Episcopal church south Ins agreed upon the plan of Episcopal vis itation for 1897-98. Among the apportionaries are Bishop Key, South Georgia conference, Sa vannah,i December 1; Bishop Keener, North Alabama conference, Florence, November 17; Alabama conference, Union Springs, December 1; Florida conference, Tampa, December 9; Bishop Galloway, North Georgia con ference, Athens, November 24. RESOLUTION FOll ARBITRATION. Bacon, o* Georgia, Introduces Measure To Offset Defect of Treaty. Asa sequel to the defeat of the Anglo-American treaty of arbitrat on, Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, introduced a joint resolution in the senate Thirs day, deprecating war and announcing the policy of the government favorrble to arbitration. The resolution was in effect “'i’hat the United States of America depre cate war and desire the maintenmee of peace and friendship with all the world, and that this desireftato| lim ited to their relations one nation, but extends to theß SWtions with all the nations, he great or small, strong AFTER OIS EKSARV MEN. Investigations Re* ilt In tho Issuance o€ a urants. T. J. Williams, a member of the South Carolina state board of control, has sworn out warrants against S. W. Scruggs, chief clerk of the dispensary, and Col. John T. Gaston, ex-commis sioner of tie dispensary. This is tie result of investigations by the attorney general, the testimony showing tbit Scruggs had taken from a trunk wbcli was seized by constables four boxesof cigars and several cans of peache:. The trunk was the prop erty of Wo. Beckroge, of Savannah, who went o Charleston about a month n.™ to got and carried a trunk full or wile and whisky, cigofs, canned peaches, ranges, etc. United States Judge Simonton de clared tie seizure illegal and when Beckroge demanded his trunk and content! they were gone. The rank was sold to Legislator Garris, but the board decided that was a perfectly legitimate transaction, but ccild not stand the idea of em ployee appropriating the cigars and thingsto their own use. GasAn got a few cigars, some or anges jnd a pair of shoes out of the trunkUut after the whole matter was venti’ited he paid for them. Scnggs has been decapitated as chiefclerk and W. H. Lawrence, an expet bookkeeper, was appointed in his pace. RISKED CLEVELAND’S ORDER. Ex-1 resident's Forest Reservation Criti -1 vised By the Senators. Tl(. senate Thursday agreed to an ameidment to the sundry civil bill re volt ig the order of President Cleve land made on February 22d last, es tablshing forest reservations aggre gathg 17,000,000 acres. ’Jhe debate brought out much criti cise of Mr. Cleveland’s order, Sena tor Pettigrew, Wilson, Turner, Raw lire and White speaking against it. dr. Gray, of Delaware, defended th< course of the president, pointing ou. that it was the result of an inquiry auliorized by congress and conducted by he National Academy of Science. fr. Allison endeavored to have the am ndment restricted so as to leave the question of revocation to the presi dent, but he was defeated on an aye nar vote —14 to 32. Mr. Gorman made a point of order against the amendment, but this being flbmitted to the senate, was defeated 3to 25. The amendment was then agreed to without division. /Another amendment agreed to pro ides for a continuance of the investi- Sxtion of the condition of the fur seals i Behring sea. The sundry civil bill as,passed late in the day. It carries i aggregate of $53,000,000. GOVERNOR SEIZES THE ROAI). Richards & Cos. Fail to Pay Rental foi Northeastern. Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, has t ken possession of the Northeastern railroad, forty miles long and running from Athens to Lula, on the Southern railway. The lessees, E. A. Richards & Cos., defaulted in the last quarter’s rent and Governor Atkinson, after having giving the lessees three days of grace, signed an order taking possession and nam ing R. K. Reeves state agent to take charge of the road, subject to orders from the executive department. This effectually disposes of the twenty-year lease held by Richards & Cos., and makes the sale of the prop erty by the state an easy matter. The long lease was a serious impairment of the marketable value of the road, which has been ordered sold at an early date by the legislature. UNCERTAIN ABOUT WAGES. Miners In the .Tellico District Awaiting Conference. A special from Knoxville, Tenn., says: The coal miners of the Jellico district are all idle, awaiting their big conference, when it will be decided whether or not the reduction of wages will be accepted for the next year. The miners are not in position to stay out of work any great length of time, as some are now in destitute cir cumstances. The operators say they will not make contracts for another year unless the reduction is accepted. Senator Earle Very 111. Judge Joseph H. Earle, junior sen ator from South Carolina, is now criti cally ill at his home in Greenville, S. C. Grave apprehensions are enter tained as to his condition. CASSIN BEFORE GRAND JURY. Indicted * Cashier Made No Charges Against Other Officials. Harry Cassin, the defaulting cashier of the Georgia Loan, Savings and Banking company, of Atlanta, w be fore the grand jury Thursday morn ing. Cassin was questioned shout the connection of the bank with the prop erty that was burned in Pittsburg. He testified that the property had been turned over to the bank. He was also questioned in regard to the connection of other individuals with the misappropriation of the Geor gia Loan’s funds. It is understood that he made no charges against the other officials. HOMER, GA.. SATURDAY, MAY 15. 1897. BELI COMPANY WINS SI. SUPREME COURT DECIDES AGAIN ST THE GOVERNMENT. MONOPOLY EXTENDED 17 YEARS Decision Is Far-Reaching, As the 801 l Company Is Now In Full Possession of All Patent Rights. A Washington special says: The Bell Telephone Company has won the case brought against it by the United States to annul the last Ber liner patent. This decision has the effect of con tinuing the control of the telephone by the Bell company for seventeen years from the date of the last patent, which was granted in 1891. The court in its opinion delivered by justice Brewer Monday, held that there was no evidence of corruption or undue influence exercised over the patent office by the telephone company, and that there was no evidence that the delay in granting the patent had been brought about by the company. It held that whatever delay had been was through the fault of the patent office and by no fault of the company. Justice Harlan dissented from the opinion. Justices Gray and Brown, it was an nounced, took no part in the case, pre sumably because they were interested. This decision by the supreme court sustains the lower courts. The case has attracted wide atten tion because of the extensive interests involved in its settlement, and the opinion of the court has been anxi ously awaited. The suit involved the practical con trol of the art of telephoning. It originated in the United States court for the district of Massachusetts, where it was decided in favor of the United States. Upon appeal to the circuit court of appeals for the first circuit this de cision was reversed and the conten tions of the Berliner claimants up held. From this opinion the United Stn + ♦ appealed to the supreme court. The decision renders all forms of battery transmitters other than those controlled by the Bell company illegal. It is true there are several opposition companies now in existence, but the decision gives the Bell company the power to enter suit against them and cause them to retire from business. Should the Bell company desire to do so, and it doubtless will, it can cause every company which is now covered by the decision of the United States supreme court to retire from business. The decision leaves the en tire field clear to the Bell and it is not to be supposed that it will hesitate about taking possession of it. It gives them the control of telephones in this country for the next seventeen years, since the patent does not expire until that time. GERMANY TO MAKE TERMS. Greece Is Now In tlie Attitude of a Sup pliant. Advices from Athens state that the conditions insisted upon by Germany, the chief of which is that Greece shall give her formal consent of autonomy for Crete, will be accepted by the Greek government. The note of the powers has not yet been presented, but it has been drawn and is to the following effect: Upon a formal declaration by Greece that she will recall her troops and agree to such an autonomous regime for Crete as the pow ers In their wisdom shall deem best and ac cept unreservedly the counsels of the powers, they will intervene in the interests of peace. FRUIT GROWERS .MEET. Georgia Association To Ise Merged Into the National Union. The Georgia Fruit Growers’ Associ ation met at Macon Monday morning. The attendance was not large, owing to the prospect of a very light crop for this season. About forty fruit growers were present. John D. Cunningham was called to the chair. The report submitted says that last year’s business was not at all satisfactory. The report in conclusion recommended that the Georgia associ ation become a branch of the National Fruit Growers’ Union. The report was adopted. alail delivery. Six Prisoners Gain Their Freedom Through a llotten Floor. Six prisoners made their escape from the Bartow county jail at Cartersville, Ga., Monday. The floor and sills of the jail being rotten, they were lately repaired, all but one corner, that was left for sound. Just before time to be shut in their cells, the prisoners pulled up some planks, removed the rotten sill and pulled bricks from the wall to make a hole large enough to crawl out. There were eleven prisoners, all ne groes, in jail. Six had emerged and ran iDto the streets when the alarm was given. The others, through fear, remained. ' BAYARD BANQUETED. His London Friends Honor Him Witl* a Farewell Dinner. The farewell banquet given at Lon don Friday evening by the American Society to Mr. Bayard, former ambas sador of the United States, was attend ed by 270 guests. The company included Ambassador Hay, Mrs. Hay and all the members of the Am rican embassay, the lord bishop of London (Dr. Creigton), Baron Russell, of Killouen; the lord chief justice, Sir Francis and Lady Jeuene, Sir Edwin Arnold, Sir Henry Thompson, Lady Randolph Churchill, Lady Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Vivian and Miss Genevive Ward, the actress. But there was a notable ab sence of the majority of the best known Americans residing in London. Mr. Bayard had a cordial reception. He brought with him the log of the Mayflower, which he deposited in its glass case in the reception room, where it became the center of attrac tion. The dining room was prettily deco rated with flowers and banners, the stars and stripes and the union jack being entwined about the arms of the state of Delaware above Mr. Bayard. The lord mayor of London, in a felic itious speech, proposed the health of the president of the United States. In response to a toast Mr. Bayard said in part: “There is nothing we desire to con ceal except a strange shame-facedness that tempts us to restrain the love each feels for the other; but there never should be a train of doubt as to that affection between the heads of the two countries. No man feels this more than my illustrious successor. If I was ever worth a button, you have here a better button to put in my place. I rejoice in my successor, for he will be as fair as I have always sought to be.” OFFERED CASH FOR VOTE. Legislative Clerk Mistaken for Member By Street Railway Lobbyistist. A sensation developed in the Illi nois legislature Friday in connection with the Humphrey bills by a reported attempt to bribe a committee clerk, mistaken for a member of the house. A. L. Hamilton, publisher of the West Chicago Journal and clerk of the committee on live stock and dairy, stated to representatives of the press that he had been mistaken for Repre sentative Flannagan by a lobbyist for the Humphrey bills and offered $7,000 to vote for them. The Humphrey bills extended the franchises of all street railways in Illi nois for 50 years and give the control of existing roads and new franchises to specially appointed commissions in stead of to the boards of aldermen of the various cities. CALL COMES DOWN. Florida Ex-Senator Retires From Race. Stockton Entered. Ex-Senator Call, of Florida, with drew from the senatorial race Friday and most of his strength went to John N. C. Stockton, of Jacksonville, a member of the house who was elected as an independent. In nineteen ballots Call’s vote ranged from 30 to 35, or from 10 to 15 less an the number necessary to elect. During most of the balloting State Senator W. D. Chipley has run from 6 to 10 votes below Call, but in Thurs day’s ballot he went ahead, and that fact brought on the ex-senator’s with drawal. Friday’s vote resulted as follows: Chipley, 37; Stockton, 33; Raney, 20; Hocker, 3. Buford, 1. GOLD WITHDRAWALS A Subject of Discussion at a Cabinet Meeting. The recent heavy gold withdrawals was a subject of grave consideration at Friday’s meeting of the cabinet. Assistant Treasurer Jordan was called from New York at the instance of the president and was questioned at length concerning these heavy withdrawals. The president and Secretary Gage expressed anxiety because of them. They took them as indicative of the probability of the gold speculators making another systematic raid upon the gold in the treasury. Conference Committee Agree. The conference committee of the senate and house reached an agree ment Friday on the Indian appropria tion bill. ATKINSON GUEST OF ELLERBE. Georgia’s Governor Inspecting South Caro lina’s Convict System. Governor Atkinson was in Columbia, S. C., Friday as the guest of Gover nor Ellerbe. Georgia’s chief executive spent sev eral houris n inspecting the peniten tiary, the hosiery factory within its walls and inquiring into the details of its management. During the day the two governors took a train for Camden, Kershaw county, near where the big state farms are situated, on a tour of inspection. It is supposed that Governor Atkin son is contemplating recommending a change in the Georgia convict system. HOSTILITIES HAVE CEASED. GREECE GROVELING AT THE FEET OF TURKEY. THE POWERS’ TERMS ACCEPTED. Autonomy for Crete Asuured—Sultan Will Require Heavy Indemnity to .Secure Peace. A special cable di-patch from Athens says: The diplomatic ponr-parlers, which proceeded all of Tuesday morn ing, were brought to a definite con clusion. Greece has formally adhered to the preliminaries of peace as agreed upon between the powers, and the heads of the different legations have received positive assurances investing them with authority to treat with Turkey. M. Skouloudis consulted all day long Monday with the premier, M. Ralli, and the king. All the officials of the foreign office were up all night in anticipation of the action of the Ger man minister, who, early Tuesday morning, sent his secretary to inform the Greek foreign office that he had re ceived instructions to join in the rep resentation of the powers and to prof fer mediation. As soon as the reply of Greece to the note of the powers was handed to the representatives of the powers the latter telegraphed the Greek decision to the representatives of the powers at Constantinople, with the request that they obtain an armistice with the view of arranging for permanent peace. There is a sense of relief in Athens at the prospect of an immediate end to the calamitous war. The govern ment has notified the Greek army of the mediation of the powers. The following is the text of the note of the powers: “The representatives of France, Italy, Great Britain, Germany and Austria charge M. Onou, the representative of Russia, and the dean of the diplomatic corps to declare in the name of their respective governments that the powers are ready to offer mediation with the view to obtain an armistice and smooth the difficulties actually existing be tween Greece and Turkey, on condition that the Hellenic government declares that it will proceed to recall its troops from Crete, adhere formally fo autonomy for Crete and accept unreservedly the counsels which the powers may give in the interests of peace.” The reply of the Greek government was as follows: The royal government in taking the note and declaration ol the Prussian representa tive, acting in the name of the ministers of the powers, declares that it will proceed to recall the royal troops from Crete, adhere formally to autonomy for Crete and confide the interests of Greece to the hands of the powers. Another Athens dispatch states that Greece having accepted mediation, the ambassadors of the powers at Con stantinople have been instructed to approach the Turkish government with the view of ascertaining upon what conditions Turkey will agree to declare peace. The expenses of the w ar with Greece are estimated at £5,000,000, which Greece may be forced to pay as an in demnity, in annual installments, guar anteed by the Thessalian revenues. (QUESTION OF A KISS. A Sensational Feature of *he Cooper-Dun* ston Murde ’ t rial. The Cooper trial at LaGrange, Ga., for the murder of Dunson was full of sensational features Tuesday. The state put witnesses upon the stand by whom it was shown that there had long been a grudge on Cooper’s part against Dunson. In his statement the prisoner laid grounds for self-defense by claiming that he fired the shot through a nerv ousness that was brought on by the fear that his life was in danger at the time Dunson was killed. He never in timated in any way in that statement, however, that there had been a disa greement between him and Dunson previous to the day on which the kill ing occurred. But the state presented witnesses after that statement who swore that Cooper had told them that Dunson had attempted to kiss Mrs. Cooper shortly before her marriage, and that he would kill him for it. They swore that Cooper was looking for Dnnson at the time he made the statement. INMANS MAKE~CHANGE. The Great Cotton Firms Divided Into Three Heads. The partnership of the firms of S. M. In.nan &Cos., of Atlanta, Ga.; In man & Cos., of Houston, Texas, and Inman, Sanders & Cos., of Bremen, Germany, will expire by limitation September Ist, 1897, and these firms will be dissolved by mutual consent. The good will of these firms will go by agreement to the firms of Sanders, Swann & Cos., of Atlanta, Ga., and Bremen, Germany; Inman & Cos., of Augusta, Ga., and Inman & Read, of Houston, Texas. The Inman firm has long been re garded as one of the greatest cotton dealing firms in the world. NO. 6. HOUSE RESUMES BUSINESS. Mr. Simp.ou, offean.a., Pursues HI. Old Tactics. A Washington special says: The house Monday resumed the transaction of public business that has been sus pended since the Indian appropriation bill was sent to the conference three weeks ago. The house entered upon the consid eration of the amendments to the sun dry civil appropriation bill under a special order providing for a recess each day until disposed of. Mr. Simpson, of Kansas, pursuing his tactics of the last few weeks, at tempted to harass the majority with points of no quorum, but without suc cess and the democratic lack of har mony on the subject of party policy was again in evidence. During the course of the proceedings Mr. Dingley, chairman of the ways and means committee, took occasion to deny a statement attributed to him to the effect that he had said the purpose of the new tariff bill was to allow the treasury to impound tho greenbacks. Beyond this, politics played no part in the proceedings. The general de bate and most of the debate under the five minute rule was confined to the discussion of the senate amendment to restore the lands reserved as forest reservations under President Cleve land’s order of February 22d to the public domain. The consideration of the senate amendments to the sundry civil appro priation bill was finished by the house Tuesday and the bill sent to a confer ence. President Cleveland’s- forest reservation order was the subject of much debate and the house voted not to concur in the senate amendment to annul the order with the understand ing that the conferees should arrange an amendment which would have the same effect. The most interesting debate was on the appropriation of $50,000 to im prove Pearl harbor, in the Hawaiian islands, which was defeated by a vote of 85 to 3. At 5:30 o’clock the house adjourned until Thursday. The Cuban question occupied the entire attention of the senate Tuesday, the debate taking a wide range and at times becoming spirited wheu com parisons were made between the atti tude of the former administration and the present on the subject of Cuba. The debate went over until Wednes day. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. New Industries Established in the South During the Past Week. Business generally throughout the south for the past week, as reported by special correspondents, shows a favor able increase in volume, and tuilding operations are especially active. The iron and steel situation is not altogether satisfactory and operators in the east are curtailing the produc tion of pig iron. The freight reduc tion of 40 cents on southern pig iron to central western points has been fol lowed by correspondingly low quota tions on Alabama irons, though prices at furnaces remain practically un changed. In the north and east this reduction has stimulated buying and the demand during the past few days has shown considerable increase. In the Tennessee and Alabama coal districts there has been some trouble over reductions in wages, but matters have been amicably settled in Alabama and it is believed that a satisfactory agreement will be reached in Tennes see, thereby preventing a general strike. The movement in lumber is good and activity continues to characterize the export trade. Among the most important new in dustries for the week are the follow ing: Electric light plants at Port Gibson, Miss., Martin, Tenn., and Georgetown, Texas; a $50,000 fertili zer company at Griffin, Ga.; the Wright Perfected Flour company, capital $25,000, Bluefield, W. Va.; a 500,000-bushel elevator at Pensacola, Fla.; the Savannah Locomotive Works, capital SIOO,OOO, Savannah, Ga.; the White River Zinc Mining company, capital $1,000,000, Rush, Ark., the Willoughby Beach company, capital $75,000, Norfolk, Va., the Sweetwater Tanning and Manufacturing company, capital $20,000, Sweetwater, Tex., and the J. L. Huling company, capital SIOO,OOO, to manufacture lumber at Charleston, W. Va. Other woodwork ing plants will be established at Lou isville, Ky., Rutherfordton, N. C., Bristol and Memphis, Tenn., and Weston, Va.—Tradesman (Cattanooga, Tenn.) WEYLER BACK TO FIELD. Over Two Hundred Insurgents Killed During First Ten Days of May. A special of Tuesday from Havana says: Captain General Weyler has left Sancti Spiritus, province of Santa Clara, for the field. In the fighting which has taken place in the first ten days of the month of May 218 insurgents have been kill ed and eleven captured. The troops during the same period lost four men killed and had ten officers and 119 soldiers wounded. In addition to the troops captured, 188 stand of arms, 342 horses and 95 armed insurgents surrendered to the ' Spanish authorities.