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THOMASVILLlE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY OCTOBER 28, 1893.
NEW SERIES, VOL. Y—NO. 19
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THE FARMER^’ SONS.
knowledge and belie! it did.
Marshal Height swore that Odom
told him the day after the burning
that the dog was his;
Mr_'J. A. Horst was put on the
stand and swore that Odom, told him
that a negro named General Stephens
offered him $5 to help him bum the
bridge and would pa; him more if be
had good luck; that Stephens said that
John Fitzgerald'had offered him fifty
dollars, to .bum it; that he went with
Stephens almost to the bridge and
stopped. Stephens fifed the bridge
and they left. While he was waiting
the train from Thomasville came by.
This was the train that killed his dog.
Mr. Horst stated that be also beard
a conversation in the jail between
Odom and Stephens last Friday.
Odom asked Stephens where was the
$5 he promised to pay him for helps
ing to born the bridge. Stephens
denied making any such promise.
Sheriff Dorn was pot on the stand
and testified in substance to the same
facts as above in regard to the cons
vernation betweeh Odom and Stephens.
Mr. Arthur' Fatten testified that
he Hard part of the conversation be>
tween Odom and Stephens. He
understood Odom to say that Steph
ens promised him five dollars to burn
the bridge, not to help do it, and
that he-left the jail under the impres-
shn that Odom had admitted doing
IVausiiBu Evickt Saturday.
WALTER ODOM NARROWLY ES
CAPES HANGING. V
Cornar Jackson Streets
“Golden” opportunities are- scarce
in the Senate. /' . V- ;
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
One Year,
Six Month?,..
Three Month?
Confound 1 the senate. There sow;
wo feel better.
I'AYAIIM! IV ADVANCE.
Will the legislature find time Gt
make some better road laws?
How much longer will the Senate
keep the counliy in suspense?
Great preparations are being made
in Chicago to close the World’s"fair.
To the Senate; Watchman, tell us
of the night, and what its signs of
promise are.
Repeal still peals in the Senate.
The end is, somewhere, in the dim-
and distant future.
There appears to be a kind of a lull,
as it were,in Georgia politics. Wheie
are all the candidates?
The great World's fair will soon be
a thing of the post. Only the. mem-
oiy of it will remain. Thousands and
tens of thousands will look back to it
with pleasant emotions. It has been
a great educator aud it would be dif>
ficult to calculate the amount of good
it will leave behind.
Louisville, ClucOinatl
IN Dl AN A PCi'Ll S:
AND
CHICAGO AND THE NGHHWES1.
Some of the ancient rales of' the
Senate will probable be shaken np
considerably before the ' scrap" is
over in the Senate. They are musty
with age and cobwebbed with the ac
cumulations of a hundred years.
Shake ’em np.
The i'u'ilnian Vestihuled ; lerviee cc
Night Trains, Parlor Chair
Cars ud Day Train.
Mrs. Daniel, wife of Lieut Luns
ford Daniel, of the United States
Army, who is stationed oat in the
Yoeemite Valley, left yesterday for
Chicago, where her husband will
meet her., Mrs. Daniel hss been
spending- several months with rela
tives' and friends in Thomasville.
Every one wishes her a pleasant and
sate trip to her far western home.
The Monon Trams make the fastest
time between the Southern Win-
Cities and Summer Re
torts of the Northwest
We believe it is probab’e that the
Georgia legislature will re-enact a
tax equalization law. Experience
has demonstrated that there is much
merit in such a law. The law're
pealed last year was not perfect, bat
it was on the' right Iiaei.—Bainbridge;
Democrat. •>
DUEL, General Hunger,
KD.Ucn. P. A., Chicago.
UKAOING>QcaflAgMit
ra»j Street Tbcm asvlUe.
• Married.
At the-residence of the bride’,
parents; in the 17lh district; -Thomas
county, oh Sunday, Oct, 22, Miss
Maggie Singletary to Mr. J. H. Rast,
W. B. Bibb, Esq., performing the
ceremony. - -
The Tints Enteki'Iiise lender*
congratulations and best wishes.
MENTAXJNE
A mogul engine blew up in North
Birmingham on Saturday night. The
engineer’s body was blown 300 yards
and tell through the roof of aresidence
while the fireman was blown 200 yards
in the opposite direction. Both bodies
[ were terribly mangled. Railroad hors
rors appear to be multiplying.
Washington, Oat. 23.—Senator
Sherman says- that he is opposed to
tho proposed compromise, and in favor
of the cloture rule to bring the Senate
to a vote. He says that not a repub
lican Senator will vote for the com- j
was at home. On the cross czamna*
tion Mr. Austin said he would not
swear positively that the dog belonged
' Send ns your orders for printing.
We do first clam work at low prices.
to Odom, but that to the best of his promise.
THEO. TITUS
A\toi*nt>v Jit Law,
-ThoRjasvtllo, - - - - C
Office over St. Jt-riaatt’A, 129. Broad S
Special nUcnlio jjivea to collections.
a.\ -UN,
*• u n r: v at
■ given to all business ea
V-itt’s store, corner Broad
g G. CULPEPPER.
i'iij'siclin and Surgeon,
MOULTiUE, . - - GEORGIA.
O-fera his fi n ices to the citizens o
ol'juitt AO J a l-.t vnt •■nnnties.
i lively diy anil all
re well attended.
the cr.urc!
G. C. LANEY. i'll. D.,
mytitciAN and sor qeon.
■'I'f I.TitlE. C(JL(jntTT r ).,OA.
(Jl.r* tii^ fun,.; to tbe J r ' ie Col-|«rt
WHAT HAS TAKEN: PLACE
DURING THE WEEK.
Interesting Items Pcked Up All
Over the Country and Care
fully Prepared and Serv
ed to Our Readers.
MU. Annie Poland is now with the
crockery bouse of C. B. Quinn, On
Broad street. '
Sugar boilings will soon be in fall
blast. The young people won’t care
s pin whether the senate stays in
session or not.
Mr. Keefer’s elegant new house
facing the park is almost completed.
It is one of the handsomest, homos in
the city.
Keep a lookout for tramps. Two
ot them were making a begging ex
pedition through Tookwotten yester
day morning.
The attention of any onojvauting a
pair of males is called to tho local ad
headed mules. The pair is ono ol the
best in the county.
Mr. C. P. Davis, of Iatnonee, Fla,
was in the city yesterday shaking
hands with his numerous friends.
Charley always finds a welcomo in
Thomasville.
sent one of tlio
til most reliable
t boascs in ;he
anil can mate
i.ouuments, head-
. lower tlmo any
WrSY
lOHI? Cl.llUllg
lots made to
. KUKCII,
omasville, Ga,
Thompson
forks,
ron
-i .uricEET,
THOMASVILLE, - - - GA
(o)
•re pa red Ilian ever to
;•! :■ ii kimls of repair work
:.\ In addition to long
perU-nce, 1 am fully cquip-
ihe latest improved tools
rn-irauiee all work entrusted
lit*!"* in rear of former real-
lower Jackson street. Give
pomfnity to make an esti-
iiiitr work.
(*. B. THOMPSON, Agt
A. W. PALIN & BRO.'S
Carriage Shoos.
Lore? Broad Street, Thomasville, Ga
It is patting it mildly to say that
the trams appear to be in a state of
chronic lateness. If the thing keeps
they will arrive this winter some
time next day.
We would, again, remind farmer.-*
that Tbonia*ville, as she hss been
d.dog tiucc the market opened, is
paying tho very -HIGHEST market
prices for cotton aud in spot cash.
The friends of Mr. Charley Pid-
cock are glad to see him in charge ol
the Boston aud A.bmy load again.
Charley is a pusher. lie keeps
things going at a lively rate.
Surgeon General Wyman says the
worst ol the epidemic is over at
Brunswick. He thinks there will be
a marked decrease in the number of
cases after the first of November,
Everything is being put in first-
class trim at the Piney Woods for the
coming season. The hotel is being
freshly painted and the interior
touched up. The Piney Woods easi
ly bolds its own with the leading
hotels in the South.
“Dr. Bill'* is the next attraction at
the opera house and it is a good one.
This play was presented here la*t
year and made quite a hit. It is a
bright, clean comedy, free from all
objectionable leatures.
Thomasville’s Sanitary Condf-
tion.
From a paper by Dr. Boardman
Reed, of Atlantic Chy,.entitled .“ The
Need ol ’Improved Sanitation at
Health Resorts,” published in the
September issue of the Illustrated
American Climates and Resorts, we
take the following extract in regard to
Thomasville:
Last winter I spent some time at
Ashville, N. C, and Thomasville, Ga.,
and had the oppormoity, therefore, of
looking into the Sanitation of those
well known tesorts. Ashville has
supply of unexceptionable jra
brought in pipes from springs in the
neighboring mountains and the hotels
are generally connected with under*
ground sewers. Privies are still used
by many of the private dwellings and
boarding booses, But the town is scat*
tered over sj wide an area and the
surface is tverywT? r; so hilly -that
there is the wry best of drainage and,
all things considered, the sanitary
cord lions miy be ace muted good
ThomasvilV, having the highest
altitude ot any ot the tar southern
orts—about 841 feet above the sea
level—and being situated on the top
u ridge with water courses near by,
s also exceptional natural advans
g< s as to draioage. The hotels and
>t boarding houses as well as many
of theprivate residences are connected
with the system of underground sew*,
crage which has amp'e fall and dis*
charges into a creek ou'side of the
town. W hen I lefc there a new sew*
er was about to be constructed to
accommoda e more fully the residence
and business places, and the public
sp rit of the local authorities promise
well for the lu ur«. O-ie especially
praiseworthy sanitary regulation is
forced -at Thomasville, wh ch I have
:i seen tr. tp.ratioji anywhere else
in the South. It n.qi res all privies
to be built entirely tbjve the ground
d public employes then regularly re
move the offal and cart it a vay from
the town every d»y or two before de*»
composition has had time to occur.
Some of the underlying ear ; h is re-*
moved in addition and a quantity of
some disinfectant spread do vn ?n its
No jiou;e however humble is
lighted in this mast. imponaot rcav-
engering and ihe healthfulness of the
place is of course vastly promoted
thereby. S >me years ago a*i abun**
dant supply of \ u*e and who’esome
water was introduced from a deep
artesian well. Th : s is conveyed in
pipes to all parts of the town. I
upplied to a-1 tho hotels a*,d most if
not all the hoarding houses, but the
occupants of some of the cottages
which are rented to winter visitors,
still have to depend upon a v«ry dubi-
water from surface wells.
CARRIAGE m WAGON REPAIRING
HOKSK SHOEING. ETC,
Mi Equipped Shops
Cards arc out for tbe marriage ol
Miss Emma L Whelan and Mr.
Kenneth L. Thompson at Fort How
ard, Wisconsin. Tbe ceremony will
be performed to morrow evening.
The young lady is a grand daughter
of Mr. David McCartney, and she
has many friend* here who will join
os In tendering congratulations.
a Southwest
• do ail kinds ot
d x ti:gr md u«*i
We regret to learn that the exec*
sure cotton ginnery of Messrs. Harts*
field, at Hartsfield, Was destroyed by
fire on Wednesday night. Four gins,
two for kng and two for short staple
couou, together with twenty odd bales
of long cotton, went op in flames.
The loss is quite heavy and there was
no insurance. The burning was caused
by striking a match. One of the
Messrs. Hartsfield was severely
burned in trying to smother the fire.
United Confederate Veterans.
The Pullman Gar Line
. General Evans issned the following
order in reference to Veterans day at
the Augusta Exposition:
Headqarters Ga.*, Division United
Confederate Veterans, Atlanta, Ga.,
G- t. 20.—A cordial invitation having
bee- extended by tbe Augusta Ex
position Company and the Confede
rate Survivors* Association of Rich
mond county to Confederate Sur
vivors throughout the Union to meet
in Augusta, Ga., on Noy. 23 and-24,
set apart during the great exposition
as Veteraos’s days; This is to signify
our acceptance and all Confederate
Associations and all ex-Cenfederstes in
Georgia are earnestly requested to be
present and enjoy the great social oo
casion.
It is believed that specially low
railroad rates will be "fixed for these
dates so as to enable large numbers
to attend from all parts ot this state
and from many other states.
By order of
Clement A* Evans,
Msj Gen.Com.Gs.Dnr.
A. J. West, Adju Gent.
At the last meeting of W. D.
Mitchell Gamp, a. committee was ap
pointed to represent the ‘ Camp,” on
tbe occasion mentioned in the above
order, and we presume that most, if
not ah, of the committee will attend.
Superior Court.
The mills ol justice werekfpt grind
ing all day yesterday and several
cases were disposed o r . The civil case
set for yesterday morniog was called
up, but on aec >unt of the illness ol
defeudaot was continued.
The case of the Sate against Wal
ter OJtim, charged with arson, was
next ca'led. Odom bad n> council
and tho court appoiutod Mr. B. F.
Hawkins to defend him. Mr. Haw-
kios having just come into the ciee
was unprepared to go t > trial and he
asked for a continuance, which
granted, the court putting the case
down for the first thing Monday
moruiDg. Odom is charged with
burning a bridge on the S. F. & W'
Ry. a Ipw months ago.
Tbe case oi the State vs. Henry
Jones and John Jones, father and
son, charged with hogstealiog, was
taken up next. Mr. J. H. Merrill
was appointed to represent the de
fendants. He and the Solicitor
agreed upon a compromise verdict.
There was hardly sufficient evidence
to convict tbe old mao bo he was
turned loose, and the Solicitor agreed,
with the consent of the court, to ac
cept a verdict of guilty with record'
mendation to mercy in the case of tbe
boy. This redncea the crime to a
misdemeanor, which is a chain gang
offense.
The next case taken up was that of
the State vs. Alex Grey, charged with
burglary. Mr. Theo Titus represent
ed Grey, rhe prisoner was charged
with entering the boose of Mr. W.
W. Linton, some three years ago, and
taking- therefrom a coat. Mr. Iin<
ton did not see the coat again until a
few weeks ago, when he saw Grey
with it on, and he had him arrested.
Grey claimed that he bought the
coat. The solicitor made a short
Speech , for the prosecution, and was
followed by Mr. Titos for the defenses
The jury was only outn short time be*
ore bringing in a verdict of acquittal.
Mr. Titus received many congratula
tions on his management of the case.
At the conclusion of the case the
Judge adjourned court until nine
o’ciock Monday morning.
The grand juiy also adjourned un*
til Monday morning.—Daily T.*E.
Oct, 2L '
Secretary Hoke Smith Appoints
Twelve of Them as Mes-
j; > sengers.
Washington, Oct 20th, 1893.
Some time ago Secretary Hoke
Smith conceived the very sensible
idea of offering a'posi tion as messen
ger to the son of a farmer in each
Congressional District of Georgia.
This offer was made as a special cour
tesy to the agricultural classes—a
special recognition of that class o£
people who are so largely affected by
the po'icy of public official and who
get bo few of the offices.
It was a close shave to spare to
Georgia these messengers* places in
addition to those previously given
the state. It tended to aggravate the
charge, already frequently made, that
Georgia was getting an overplus of
plums from the Interior Department;
but Secretary Smith considered the
action in this case peculiarly justified
by tbe 70,000 democratic majority in
the last election which the farmers of
Georgia aided so materially in giving.
ihe places given these farmer boys
pay them $60 per month each. They
are kept busy seven hours a day.
They have an opportunity of going to
school aft night to tho best teachers
the country affords. They .can get
any kind of an education they want
—common school, classical, literary,
scientific or professional.
Besides making money in the four
years they will be in Washington,
they will go back to their people well
educated men, well prepared to make
their mark in any line of work which
they may ehoose.
These farmer boy messengers were
naturally selected by the Congress
men from tbe several districts. The
one selected by Judge Lester, of the
First District, has not yet arrived in
Washington.
Congressman Ben Russell, ot the
Second District, selected James T.
Prevatt, a son of A. F. Prevatt, one
of the leading farmers of Thomas
county. Young Prevatt is just twen
ty-one, tall and .fairly slender, with a
pretty young mustache and an ear
nest look that at once commends him.
He already has a fair education,' got-
teu at the South Georgia Agricultural
Col'ege. He will enter here tbe
Georgetown University Law School.
The representative of the Third
District, selected by Speaker Crisp, is
William H. Liggin, a son of H. H.
Liggie, ono of the leading farmers
and democrats of the county of
Dooley. Mr. Liggin ‘is seventeen
years old, bnt is a bright, capable-
looking fellow, who might be taken
to be several yeais older. He had
hardly settled in Washington belore
he commenced attending one of the
leading business colleges ot the city,
aud in the classes of that college be is
now doing excellent work.
Ramsey Williams, a young fellow
of nearly twenty who might be taken
for sixteen was wisely chosen by Con*
greisman Moees, of tho Fourth Dis
trict. He was educated at the Sjuth
era Shorthand Business Col'ege in
AtlanU,.isagoodBtrenographer and
in every way a bright young fellow,
lie is now attending the city High
School. He is the eon of Hon. B. H.
Williams, of Harris county, who has
several times represented that connty
and district in the Georgia legislate e
and state senate.
emy, and is now' taking a special
Course at the Columbian University.
Representative Tate of the 9th Dis
trict chose Mr. A. N. Coffey, one of
the most influential citizens of the
conhtj .ot Towns, to represent the
good farmers.of bis district in this
classification". Mr, Coffey^ is a well
known Democrat and a thoroughly
capable man who will well improve
his time under any circumstances
and in any place.
Representative Black, of the 10th
District .made one of the best selec
tions ol the lot m choosing Bayard
Lumkin of Columbia county to sus
tain the reputation of the progressive
farmers of the 10th District, He a
the son of Hon. 8. C. Lumkin, a for-
merjrepre£entativc of the county in
the legislature ai d the district. in the
Senate. He is one of the leading
Democrats and farmers of the dis
trict. Bayard is 17 years ..old, large
for bis age, smooth faced and serious
looking and ia starling cat with a full
determination to wisely improve his
time. ' He is attending the grammar
school. r
Jn a few days Judge Turner es»
pecta to have a fine young fellow here
to represent the .11th District.
Tbe weliore of these Georgia farm
er boys wilfcbe carefully looked after
Waririugtou, and they will have
an opportunity in the future ot doing
much good for themselves and their
section. R.
Col- Livingston’s representative
from the 5th district has not yet ar
rived in Washington, bnt will be here
iu a few days.
John P. Blackmon, of Bibb county,
was selected by Captain Cabaniss, of
the 6th District. He is 19, and haa
the dignity and air of determination
of a young man of 22, He is a con
of Henry V, Napier, a well known
Bibb county farmer. By the aid of
the Superior Court he takes his
mother’s madden name of Blackmon,
there being no boys in the Blackmon
family. He was educated at tbe
Gresham High School in Macon. He
is now reading law under a well
known Washington lawyer and will
next year begin a special coarse at
the Georgetown Law School.
Thomas N. Adams, of Chattooga
county, comes from Judge Maddox’s
District, the hard fought 7 th. He is
a bright, boyish faced young fellow,
17 years old, larger than his age
would indicate, and determined, if
appearance Indicate anything, to do
much to benefit the good people of
Chattooga county when hVshall have
had enough oT Washington. He is
now putting in good work at night in
the Washington Grammar School.
John R; Hudson, Jr., the smallest’
and youngest of the boy messengers,
comes from the 8th, Judge Lawson’s
District He is a son of M. R. Hud
son and a grandson 6f John R, Hud
son, and is one of the best representa
tives of Young America that ever
came from the good county of Put
nam, He is 15 years old, but has
received a fairly good education from
(he Eatonton Male and Female Acad*
FOR SWEET CHARITY.
An Entertainment to be Given
For the Benefit of Bruns
wick.
Tbomssville is responding nob'y to
tbe Cali for assistance from the dis
tressed aud fever stricken cit«z2ns of
Brunswick. Our people are never
slow to go to the aid of those who need
help. Large sums have been sent to
the relief committee at different times
siuce the city has been.in the throes
of tbe direful epidemic, aud almost
daily small amounts, individual cons
trobulions, are forwarded. The Deni-
orest contest at the Methodist church
Tuesday evening netted quite a neat
sum, which has also gone forward.
While.much has been done to ameli
orate the sufferings ot these afflicted
pe< p'o, our citizen* feel os if they
have not done enough and they pro-
, ose to keep up the good work.
We mentioned a few days ago that
a number of the young.ladies of tbe
place proposed giving an entertain 1
ment, the proceed* of which to be
devoted to this cau?e. The youDg
ladies referred to have arranged a
programme for this entertainment
and it will bs given at the opera
house on next Friday evening, the
27th. -The programme embraces
tableaux, charades, music, etc, but
the main feature will be a farce come
dy entitled “A Box of Monkeys,”
As tbe name implies it is extremely
fuuny. Those who will take the
characters in the comedy are Miss
Ella Stuart, Miss Bessie Hopkins,
Miss Iloroniue Mitchell, Mr. £)uncan
Barbee and Mr, C. M. Smith.
Some of the best talent in the city
will take part in the entertainment
Bud we can safely promise the people
a most pleasing entertainment. Of
course everybody will go. Aside
from the attractiveness of the enter
tainment ltseli, when it is remoiubered
that it is given for sweet charity we
know that all who possibly can will
attend.
Sad Death.
Wc regret to chronicle tho death
of Mr. Heury JuhnsoD, a gentlemrn
well ktosn and highly esteemed by
all who knew him. His funeral tc ok
place at Salem church on .Wednesday
afternoon, 26th ol September. Mr.
Johnson was the"son of Mr. S. A,
Johnson, deceased. Sad indeed was
his death to a great number of friends
who followed him to his resting place.
He was born and raised near Patten,
Ga.' A great sufferer he bad been
for quite a while, though^uuknown to
only a few* H^was highly respected
on account of his upright character.
It can be truthfully said “to know
Mm was to love him.” He leaves a
devoted wife, a mother, brothers and
sisters to mourn his death. Although
he was no member oi Che church; he
gave evidence before his death that
he was saved. The deceased was in
his thirty-third year. The sympa
thies of the community goes out to
the bereaved family on account of tbe
death of their loved one.
A. Fbiend.
The trial of Walter Odom for burn*
ing a. bridge, or rather two bridges,
on the S., F. & W. Ry.. occupied the
whole day in the Superior court yes
terday. *
Our readers doubt’ess remember
the burning alluded to. On a Sun
day morning about the middle of
July, 'the morning passenger train
from Savannah came very near run
ning into a burning trestle about a
mile and a half this ride of Boston.
The engineer saw the flames in time
to stop his train just before reaching
it About a half mile further another
and a larger trestle was found to be in
flames a few minutes later. This last
trestle was just around a curve from
the way the train was gong and had
it not been that the eegmeer was
stopped by the first he would un
doubtedly have dashed his train into
it, as it would not have been discovered
in time for him to stop. Had the
train run into th^burning bridge the
loss of life would certaioly have been'
terrible.
Tbe following night Walter Odom,
negro living in Boston, and who
bore % rather bad reputation, was
arrested and put in jail. Sheriff Doss,
Mr. J. A. Hurst and Marshal Height
of Boston, have been at work on the
case ever since, and have succeeded
in weaving around Odom a strong
chaiuof circumstantial evidence.
Immediately alter court was opened
yesterday morning the case was called
Mr. B. F. Hawkins was appointed to
defend the negro, who was unable to
secure counsel. Mr. A. T. McIntyre,
Jr., railroad attorney, conducted the
prosecution.
The first witness sworn was Engi
neer McGee. He said that he went
down on the night train on the even
ing before burning. Had engine 33,
which is a good engine, and did cot
throw fire. Passed over ih6 bridges
about 10:30 o’clock.
Engineer Dubose, who was on the
train which came so near running into
the bridge, was next introduced, lie
swore that the first bridge burned was
at about the 190 mile post; the last
over the Aucilla creek, half mile
nearer Thomasvilie. He was on train
No, 5 bound for Thomasville. First
bridge was turning before he got
there. Saw smoke before reaching
the place, thought it was ties on side
of track at first. Stopped train just
before rosch.ng it. Left side of bridge
was burning. Indications were that it
was set on fire. McGee’s engine is
one of the best on the road, and it is
iot probable that the bridge was set by
iparks. .Never saw a bridge burn m
this xmnnt-r which caught irom spaiks
Saw a black d ig near the last bndge,
which had been cut in two by engine
cars. The Aucilla bridge was
about 25 feet high. About 75 feet of
it was burned. There were no signs
of fire around cither bridge from
which it might have caught.
A. A. Phillips swore that he was on
the tram coming from Savannah.
Saw the burning bridges, and threw
water on one of them. Smelled kero
sene.
Henrietta Thcmas said she saw
Odom the day before the burning go-
iug in direction of railroad. He had
his dog with him. Saw him next
morning between Boston and the
bridges going from tbe railroad. The
dog was not with him. Had never
seen the dog since. -
Another negro woman swore that
Odom told her the day before the
burning that his wife wanted to go to
Jacksonville, bat that he didn’t want
her to go. He was afraid she
wouldn't return.
Deck Slater swore that he knew
both defer dint and his dog. Saw
the dead do£ at the bridge after the
burning. Ou the cross examination he
wculd not swear positively that the
dog was OdomV, or the same one he
had seen with Odom, but it looked
hke the same one.
Mr. Crosby Austin testified that he
saw Odom’s dog, which had been cat
in two at t h e bridge. Knew the dog
well; Had noticed it closely only is
few days before, but cotild not tell its
gender. Saw Odom the day after
bridge was burned. The' dog was not
with him and have never seen it since.
Odom came to ray house day after
burning. He asked me if I had said
he burnedJhe bridge and was going
to prosecute hpa. I told him no and
asked him it be burned the bridge.
He said no. Be also said that it was
it.
General Stephens was next put on
theBtand. He denied emphatically
that he had ever had any conversa
tion with OJom; ho was innocent of
having anything to do with it He
said he was a farmer and worked all
the time, while Odom did nothing.
The prisoner was put on the stand
to make his statement, which was in
substance tbe same as he told Mr.
Hurst, with the' exception that he
said nothing about John Fitzgerald.
This closed the evidence. Mr. Mc
Intyre opened the argument and
spoke about an hour, making a teffing
speech. He was followed .by Mr.
Hawkins, who occupied about the
same length of time for the defense.
He made a fine speech.
The Judge’s charge was clear and
concise and covered fully all the law
in the case.
The jury was out about 11 minutes.
Whfen they returned the following
verdict was read out by Sdicitor
Peeples: “We the jury find the pris
oner guilty, but recommend him to
tho mercy of- the court,”" Although
on trial fur his life, Odom showed no
signs of excitement throughout the
whole trial.
It is due Mr. Hawkins to state that
he was badly handicapped in the
case, inasmuch as be was appointed
to defend a -man who had virtually
confessed the crime to several parties.
He made a good fight under the cir
cumstances.—Daily T.-E. Oct. 24.
To Amend the Registration
LaW.
Notice is given elsewhere that
bill will be introdneedat the approach
ing session of the legislature to a ttend
an act entitled an act to requ'-re and
provide tor the registration of the
legal voters of Thomas county, so as
to provide for registration by the or.
dinary ia certain cases, to compel
registrars to register names on pay>
racot of taxes, to register tax receipts,
to allow corrections in names and
districts and for other purposes. Tr.e
present law caused no end of trouble
last year and the proposed amend'
meets are intended to relieve it of
objectionable features.
Wheat is down to 68 cents per
bushel, the lowest price reached for
years. Biscuits ought to be cheap.
The business of the country is suf
fering, and suffering badly, by the
senseless and useless delay of tho Sen
ate.
Bob Ingersoll has been guaranteed
,000 to deliver a lecture in Atlanta
some time during the next month.
Where is Sara Joneri?
The losses by fire for the year end
ing Septt mb; r 30th were almost $ 122,s
000,0*00, an increase of $27,000,000
over tbe year before.
If Clay, Webster and Calhoun
cou’d see the wrangle going on in the
Senate, it is fair to assume that they
would be very much disgusted.
Does the “Democratic Steering
Commitiee” need a stecrer? The
stetring apparatui appears to be out
of order. The helm does not seem .
to work well.
The silver senators say they will vote
whto the debate is “exhausted.” But
blame it all, the people’s patience is
being ixhaus*cd in tbe meantime.
Vote! .
Tha Usual Way.
Didst ever observe when a pig in the fence
Sends forth its most pitiful shout
How all of its neighbors betake themselves
thence
To punish him ere he gets out?
And the hubbub they raise ’so. others afar
May know h!s condition and hence
Come running to join them in adding a ecar
To the pig that is fast in the fenca.
Well, swine are not all of the creatures that
be
Who find themselves sticking between
The rails of the fence, and who try to get free
While the world is still shoving them in;
Who find that the favor they meet with de
pends
Not on words, bnt dollars and cents,
And that ’tis hut who will prove them
selves friends
To the pig that is fast In the fence.
* —Philadelphia Ledger.
There were no new cases ia Jesup
on Sunday. Ouly six are under
treatment there, and they will soon
be discharged. Jesup will soon show
a dean bill of health.
Tho man who invents big snake
stone?, like the snakes, has sought
winter quarters And this reminds
us that the fish li*r is out of a job
also, until next spring.
It looks as if the Senate had forfeit-
e l the cocfi ience of the people. Sen
ator are acting like a lot of ovtr-
growu boys, while the country is b'ced
ing at every pore, and begging for
relief.
The life of E* Senator Joseph E.
Brown is slowly ebbing away. He is
very feeble, aud, in the course of na
ture, cannot live much longer. Joe
Brown has been a wonderful factor in
Georgia politics.
The latest from Washington would
indicate that the democrats liaye at
last conc’uded that it is best to com*
promise their differences. To say
that the whole country is thoroughly
disgusted with the squabble ia that
body is putting it very mildly.
Of Gen. Evans the Atlanta Herald „
ys: “He is that anomaly in politics
—a pure man without a stain on his
record.”