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SCHOOL FOR CONVICTS.
The bill introduced by Dr. W.
11 Felton in the legislature, to es-
t a b!i>h in Georgia a reformatory
school for female and juvenile con-
■ we trust and believe will r.ot
j.i-s. This bill purposes that all
noiiH-n and also youths under i3
, r> of age, instead of being sent
J tl the regular camps, be kept to
titulion modeled
elves
i instit
ner the relormatory schools of
, ;1) e of the Northern states. The
innate' are *° be educated, given
, odious training and required to
,|„ h-'ht work between times. At
lu . a; r C of iS the males are to be
mined over to the lessees, to com-
„; t .,e their term of sentence. There
maiiv and serious objections to
, ; is t'ill. In the first place it will
e ita l an annual expense ol at
least tfV'- 000 to tke tax-payers, to
i„ constantly increased, besides a
; , „e outlay for land, buildings,
etc. In the present depleted
. , n ,lttioii of the treasury, the peo
., e are not able to meet the expense.
\ ain. we cannot see what interest
t,, the white tax-payers ol
i .eorgia, or how it can advance
tl,e cause of humanity, to sup-
, soft berths for and edu-
a lot of murderers, thieves
., ,1 incendiaries. It will put a pre-
, iml ,. n crime, elevate telons over
,, .m -t laborers, and work nearly as
,, , c h injustice to the colorcil as the
, ull . mce. We cannot, for the
NO XXVI.
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ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER S3, 1884.
VOL XXXI
DIGNIFYINC FEMALE LABOR. j
The bill introduced in the House
by Hon. Martin V. Calvin, of Rich
mond, and which passed that body,
authorizing the clerk to employ la
dies as assistants, was one of the
most just and sensible measures
ever enacted. It will go a long
ways toward encouraging females
in making an honest livelihood, and
casts a respectability and dignity
upon such efforts that nothing else
can i'-'qart. There are few chan
nels in the south open to our ladies
by which they can earn a support,
and these are all crowded to suf
focation. Before the war, when
our people were rich and prosper
ous, there was no necessity for our
women to toil, and as a conse
quence there has ever since exist
ed a prejudice against this sex as
suming any duties that men could
discharge. Mr. Calvin’s bill will
go a long ways toward removing
the barrier, for the highest tribunal
in our state has’proclaimed in favor
. . . of the move. It will give encour
t-e what good can result "
.locating a youth up to the agement to thousands of poor wo-
, c of manhood, aad then con- ! men l ° Seek ^P^ntent, and its
.miug him to the company
ffpest-djed felons. It is neither
imaiie nor charitable. If we are
-ectlv informed, there has been
:! ,,ne white woman sentenced to
.e penitential v in Georgia since
o- war (Kale Sothern) and the
voluntarily consigned ,her to
oo-oion in lii- household suitable
net condition. Nine-tenths of
, nc.mo women aie sent up either
,i murder or arson, and belong to
nc lowest and most depiaved order
: society. You had as well try to
a leper as lefnrm these crea-
As to the negro hoys now
, . iij terms for high crimes
. s; the peace and order of the
i. we will only mention two in*
lues i .at will come under Dr.
iton's which ate sufficient to
■ Hie i s defeat, we think. A short
HI since a ncgio hoy only 12
I- ..hi .'.is given a life's sen-
1,.0, 1 1 in iiiii*- $500,000 worth
: v in West l’oint, his ex-
, , , 'inn alone saving his neck
i , ;s a similar character
a i.oler sentence for one
: tne most buital murders in
criminal history of our state. It
1 In icmcmbered that a negro
1 oc nursing for Dr. llillsman, in
M .;n ., county, wearying of the
uge of the child, beat its brains
1 m w ith a stone and then thrtw the
. 11body in a well. He, too, on
..ccount of extreme \outh, was giv
en .1 life sentence. Now what
would it benefit the tax-payers toex-
I end money on such cases? These
ung finite' should never he par-
,loc.cd. and education is a very use-
!e-s attachment in a convict camp.
THE PROHIBITION BILL FOR CLARKE.
The bill drafted by Hon. R. B.
Russell, and that passed both the
House and Senate, providing for
an election in the city of Athens
and Clarke county on Prohibition,
has, and is still, creating a great
deal of discussion on the
streets. The principal objec
tion urged to the measure is, that
it does not give the whisky
men sufficient time to close out
their stocks, and: would result in
serious injury to this class of our
citizens. By a casual reading of
the bill this seems to be the case,
and we considering the point well
taken, withheld the endorsement
of our paper until the matter was
cleared up. But Tuesday night
Mr. Russell, learning about the
trouble, came to Athens, and we
think has entirely demonstrated the
fact that a wrong interpretation
has been put upon the bill. This
gentleman states that the act es
pecially provides tor this trouble,
by leaving to the option of the Or
dinary the time allowed the liquor
men to prepare for the change. He
says, if necessary, that officer can
wait twelve- months before declar
ing the result, as no specified time
is allowed him. This, to us, seems
as fair as any one could ask. Even
the Prohibition element in our
midst have no desire to injure the
liquor dealers, as they aie all good,
’aw-abiding^citizens, and have the
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
SATURDAY.
The senate met at to o’clock.
President Carlton presiding, and
was opened in the usual way. „„ __
n„ w, hi Tic ixeterrea to committee on agri-
On motion of Mr. Rankin bdls u , further protect land-
were read a third time, as follows: r
A bill to amend section 2S0 of the
code so as to provide for tbe trial of
damages for the homicide of minor
child or children.
1 Referred to finance committee—
To authorize the governor to furnish
tbe Georgia report* and other books
to the university of Georgia.
Referred to committee on agri-
of the * R' or * ous e ff ect will be felt all over
' the land. Now that the ice has
been broken, we want to see this
great reform carried still further.
There are plenty of positions in the
state departments that can be cred
itably filled by female employes.
Why not make a lady State Libra
rian, and pay her that St,Soo salary ?
What a Godsend it would .be to I sympathy *nd respect.ot our people,
some educated and cultured lady. I While they look upon the sale of
Can not Col. Henderson, in his de- ardent spirits as a great injury both
partment, provide a few ladies I to the city and its people, at the
places, as likewise other public of- same time they want the evil abat-
ficers? This talk about a woman I ed in such a manner as to work the
being incapacitated for such tasks least injury possible to those engag-
is all moonshine. They are just as led in the traffic. While we shall
faithful and efficient as the lords of advocate and vote for Prohibition,
creation, and are certainly entitled at the same time we will insist that
to every assistance and protection ample time be given the parties
that can be bestowed. We want to most effected by the change to close
see another bill passed: To prevent I out their stocks and look around
such unjust discrimination against I for some other pursuit There are
women in the matter of salary, also urged in* opposition to Mr.
You may take anv_house that em-1 Russell’s bill that it will force eve-
ploys both male and female labor, ry practicing physician, before he
anu it will be seen that the former! can administer liquor to a patient,
sex is paid from 25 to 50 per cent. I to takeout a regular license; also,
more than the latter, although that it forbids the use ot any but
their work is equally as well done domestic wines for communion pur-
and is worth just as much to the poses. We do not ro interpret it,
employer. In looking over the re- and only throw out these hints be-
port of the public school system of lieving that the drafter of the bill
Atlanta we find that while the male can clear them as easily as the
principal is paid $1,600, the lady, clause about dealers. There is
who has more work to do I plenty of time to understand this
and has ' charge of a greater I measure before it is voted upon,
number of pupils, is only given 1 and for the good of the cause we
$1,200. They are equal in educa-1 want to see it thoroughly analyzed
tion and every othfr requisite and and dissected, so that when the
have the same responsibility, battle ol the ballots begins the only
Now is there any justice or fairness! question before the people will be,
in such discrimination? We say, if I shall we suppress the liquor traffic
a woman’s work is worth as much I in a manner to work the least in
as a man’s, pay her a man’s wages, jury possible to all classes of our
Do not take advantage of their population? As yet there is no
weak and helpless condition to rob hard feeling engendered over the
and oppress them. Where is the issue, but simply an honest dif-
boasted chivalry of the South? Let ference of opinion. We trust and
us talk less about gallantry and believe that to the dy of election
practice it more. We want to see this desirable state of affairs will
the old prejudice against women continue to exist. It is better for
occupying public offices and earn-1 both sides that they meet and dis
ing an honorable living removed, cuss the question in a kindly spirit,
j.i-mivc examinations in crime und ,j, e legislature can and should for by thatmeans matters can be so
do the work. We are opposed to arranged as to work the least harm
so-called strong-minded women and I to dealers. This is not a war
all the other isms calculated to I against the parties engaged in tbe
bring our females into undue noto- [liquor traffic, but an honest opposi
riety and publicity. Such doctrines tion to a busincssfthat the Prohibi
have never found a foothold among tionists conscientiously believe to
the ladies of the South, and never be a curse upon the land. If we
will. But k we do want this sex mistake not there are 96 counties in
encouraged and protected in their Georgia that have expelled liquor
The country would be de-1 to CQmpete with men in ev . from their borders, but none with gESXZTm£*'
iized, and no man’s property avocation of life. Mr. Calvin so large a trade centre as Athens.
It is only the knowledge of hjs taken the first step toward this Hence the result in Clarke will be
Dr. Felton’s bill
would he a curse to Georgia, end
V..U would see his reformatory
school rivalling the lunatic asylum
in inmates and costing the state
hundreds of thousands annually.
In tact, we believe the negroes
i.'-iilt! soon look upon it as a sort of
\\ i-t 1‘oitit for their race and hold
civil cases where judges are disqual
ified, etc. Passed.
To authorize defendants in dis
tress warrants for rents tu file their
defense in forma pauperis. Passed.
The resolution authorizing the
governor to borrow $200,000 to sup
ply casual deficiencies provoked a
spirited discussion. Mr. Jordan
opposed the resolution. Mr. Da
vidson favored the resolution. On
the call of the ayes and nays the
resolution was passed.
The tax act was then taken up by
sections.
Mr. Jordan moved to amend sec
tion r by striking out 3-10 and in
serting 3+ tenths as the rate of tax
ation.
Mr, Jordan spoke in support of
his amendment
Mr. Davidson replied to him in
support of the original section.
Pending the discussion the hour
for adjournment arrived and the
senate adjourned for the day.
HOUSE.
The house was called to order at
nine a. m., by the speaker, and was
opened with prayer by Representa
tive Durden, of Emanuel.
Mr. Harrell, of Webster, moved
to reconsider the appropriation of
$175,000 to the state lunatic asylum.
Mr. Hawks opposed the motion,
and on motion ot Mr. Flynt the mo
tiod to reconsider was tabled.
Mr. Harrison stated that he reit
erated that there were pay patients
in the asylum. He did not know
what the money was used for, for
extras or regular board. The tele
gram of the superintendent showed
his statement to be true.
It may be proper to state here
that in 1S77 the legislature made
:he asylum free to all patients. It
is provided that when the family of
a patient desires to furnish extra or
additional food or other comforts
they are allowed to do so at their
own expense, under such rules and
regulations as the trustees prescribe.
Under this rule the friends of pa
tiei^s leave money with the physi
cians with the request that the
money be held to supply'the wants
of the patient. The amount is turn
ed over to the steward and placed
to the credit of the patient on a
book kept for that purpose. When
any part of this money is desired
for any purpose, the patient presents
an order from the physician and the
entry is made accordingly. The
amounts thus received never enter
into the account of the receipts and
expanses of the asylum, but it is
settled between the depositor and
the steward.
BILLS PASSED.
To submit the question of the
prohibition of the sale of liquor in
Madison county. '
To amend the law relative to crip
pled soldiers so as to allow those
who have had limbs cut ofi since
the war as the result of the war, its
benefits.
The report of the committee on
hygiene was taken up and adopted.
A communication was received
from Governor McDaniel announc
ing the election of Dr. B. C. Dug
ger as representative from Fannin
county. Dr. Dugger was sworn in
and took his seat.
On motion of Mr. Pringle, the
senate general local option bill was
read the second time and ordered
printed.
their sons to see who will be
j-iuinotcil. Older heads will use
these juvenile scape-goats to perpe
trate their villainies, knowing that
t lev will not be punished. The
1 tuple, seeing that they are given
no piotection, would soon take the
.aw into their own hands, and shoot
down these outlaws like ravenous
be
MONDAY.
The senate met yesterday at the
usual hour, President Carlton pre
siding.
The tax act was taken up and
read by sections.
After a very full consideration,
the bill was finally passed. The
provisions establish the following
rate of taxation
Rate, three tenths of one percent.
Poll tax J I 00
10 00
10.00
Auctioneers tor eacti count/ S3 00
Billiard tables, etc 25 00
: tain ami speedy punishment tnat lyoiutiomzing march of justice, I looked forward to with peculiar in- Ten pm alleys » 25 oo
oppresses crime, «nd Dr. Felton’s an4 j j,is name will ever remain terest, and we believe that if our of pltcnt medicines. Jewelry, ^
so-called leformatory school re- I green in the hearts of the women of I people vote Prohibition, it will give inmr^^nu,''*^" 1000
»i"ves this dread. In the North, I ^ state (JoJ speed him in hisjthe temperance cause a ground- M »*rtm<mi»i association s*enu «»ch ooan-
I here the white population so glorious wor k, say we! Now that swell that will speedily result in i Each emigrant agent SOO 00
gely predominates, such ' nst ' tu ‘ ; ce ; s broken let him carrv the driving the traffic from our borders. Pcddlcm in t»aucash county so oo
turns doubtless do good, but down , t,_„_j, “ „_,;i I We are free to confess that it would Lightning rod peddler, 25 00
, , . ... . reform to Its Utmost bounds, until " , “ Mnalcal Instrument dealers 23 00
.'.mill. Where our prisons are filled ^ ^ of G ia to tbe oth . be much better to have a state elec- 8how , «ce P t hiatoric,
•mil ignorance and brutality, it ’' J ’
. , . vi er you will see our
1,1 " ork ~reat and irreparable /
lords in collecting rents.
Mr. Calvin asked unanitnouscon-
sent to have the bill amending sec
tion 4552 of the code, allowing
freight trains to have to ten o’clock
to get in terminal points read the
second time, which was given and
the bill read.
. BILLS ON THIRD READING.
To incorporate Harmony Grove,
in faclcson county. Passed.
To amend the charter of Clarks
ville. Passed.
TUESDAY.
SENATE.
On motion of Mr. Tigner house
bills were taken up and read a first
time as follows:
To submit the liquor question to
the voters of Habersham county.
Referred to the committee on tem
perance.
To provide for an election on the
fence question in the 241st district
of Clarke county. Referred to the
special committee on judiciary.
To submit the fence question to
the voters of the 220th district of
Clarke county. Referred to the
Committee on special judiciary.
To incorporate the town of Har
mony Grove ia Jackson county
Referred to the committee on cor
porations.
'To authorize the governor to is
sue bonds to pay off the public
debt falling due in 18S5 and 1SS6.
Referred to the committee on fi-
THE HOUSE.
On motion of Mr. Hall local bill
favorably reported on were fake
up for third reading:
BILLS PASSED.
To prohibit the sale of liquor
within one mile of Shady Grove
church in Oconee county.
To repeal the law relative to head
rights in Franklin county.
To prohibit the sale of liquor in
certain localities in the counties of
Oglethorpe, Macon, Lumpkin
Walton and Warren—(a consolidat
ed IocbI bill.
To .prohibit the sale of liquor in
Elbert county.
To prohibit the sale of liquor in
Rabun county.
To prohibit the sale of liquor
within three miles of New Fork
church, in Madison county.
To appropriate the hire of con
victs in Morgan county to pay in
solvent costs.
To prohibit the sale of liquor in
Habersham county.
To submit the prohibition of cat
tie running at large to the voters of
the 241st district of Clarke county.
Mr. Felton’s bill to establish t
reformatory for children convicted
of crime was made the special or
der for the first Thursday in July
next.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The house met and resumed local
bills on third reading:
BILLS PASSED.
To prohibit the sale of liquor in
Gwinnett county.
To incorporate Jug Tavern.
Mr. Watkins, of Gilmer, offered
a resolution to pay B. C. Duggar,
of Fannin, per diem and milage
which was laid on the .table.
Twenty-nine local and three gen
oral bills on the liquor question have
been introduced.
Atlanta affairs.
Comment on tki Penitentiary Committee'e Report
j Atlanta, Dec. 13.—There is
considerable comment here among
the knowing ones over the report
of the committee on the peniten
tiary. Evidently the committee did
not make a full investigation and
ascertain all the facts or it decided
suppress what it found out It is
well known here that the camps of
Lockett & Co., in Fulton county,
were in such a notoriously bad con
dition that the Governor was on
the point of forfeiting the lease, and
ordered the immediate discharge of
Wm. Lockett, a son of B. G. Lock-
:. who was superintendent of-the
camps. The committee refers to
these and other facts in the follow
ing mild language:
“There has been some complaint
to the management and sanitaty
condition oi the camps in Fulton
county, but after a thorough inves
tigation by two sub-committees, we
think no blame attaches to the pres
ent lessees, especially since the en
forcement of certain orders and reg
ulations by our worthy Governor
and Principal Keeper.”
In the face of that the committee
gives these figures:
Number ol convicts at Lockett's camp..._190
BacagM— .....none
8nS~v“.v..■.v.'.v.v.'.'.'.v.v.v.'.'.Trrr
•The above convicts are in a neat
and healthy condition, and the con.
victs appear to be satisfied with
their treatment at this time, but say
that they were cruelly treated by
Mr. Wm. Lockett. And from the
information obtained we' would
recommend to his Excellency,
Henry D. McDaniel, Governor of
the state, that Mr. Wm. Lockett be
not allowed to control any more
convicts in this state.”
Of the killing of the white con
vict Faulkner by a negro guard
Jackson, the committee says:
“Having repaired to said camp,
and near the place of said killing,
we proceeded to examine a number
of the convicts who were present
and witnessed said killing separate
ly. A11 of these witnesses agreed
almost exactly in their statements,
and taking the fact as detailed by
them as the basis of this report we
feel compelled to render it as our
opinion that said killing was unnec
essary, uncalled for, and a violation
of law. As a matter of justice to
the authorities we feel it our duty
to state that said Dock Jackson is
now in Fulton county jail, under a
charge for said offense, and that
another guard by the name of Wyly
is under bond charged with being
accessory to the killing of said F.
M. Faulkner.”
Tbe committee reports that there
has been a good deal of unnecessary
newspaper controversy over the
convict question, and “much sickly
sentimentality” upon this subject,
which does not, in our opinion,
benefit society or lessen crime.
HEATHENS NEAR.
A C0SS3SUSITY OF SEUISAGA-GES SEAR
PEEKS KILL.
BACK FROM THE FAR WES
saRtturn-
. . with credit to themselves and honor clean sweep at once and for all tima Liquor duien 50 oo
hat,,, We do not doubt thepunty toth#ir aUte lucnltiveandrespon ,i- to come. But the legislature does ££C-KlTuciuains toy P u-^ 1 °'”
it Dr. I eltons motives, and con- They will then be not give us this privilege. Hence rou
him a charitable, Christian I * - - ■ I «-
mlenum, and cannot think that j th<a the y sway in-1 column brick by brick until the D^intm**.,, «c 10000 . and —, d bave been better
he will insist on the passage of his L ... uj Ipinnacle is capped. Even if it l * •appos«l to include peddltn, *ndl« P—j ,,
r . . tor each county in which they may do
requires as long as the completion bosioau
OANIELSVILLE DOINGS. I of the Washington Monument, it ^^oratorc, etc 10000
will be a structure far rivalling that b “ ur “ ce «>mpauie*-<me p« cent 00 hi
-lire after Weighing ail its bear-
"i«'. We believe in treating our
cwivicis with humanity and mercy,
but at the same time the peace and
Wile
matrimonial wave suuck tht Free | sh . a “ in „ ^? ur - Thc advocac y -4 ■>•*«»"*
nr of the country must be P re ‘ I state a few days ago, and rolled up I the Prohibition measure in our «roo»i*niea,ona percent of thairgroM
Cl ved at all hazards. The peniten- I t h re e of the young weddings of the I city is a trying ordeal to the editor WholuHe dealers in sewing machines
fiary must be made a place of ab-1 season. First, our young money I Q f this paper, for it is made neces* The bill goes on to prescribe how
Wicnce—not a downy bed of ease king, Mr Robt. Lucius P'bman, I sar y ^ ra ; se b ; s arm agains t some the railroad taxes and other matters
"here the scum of society can fiSoSta* thefiirwMVWhere ina of the truest friends * ma “ ^er shall be managed
turn for a season and be pampered 1 starting without a dollar, I knew, who.have more than once . nuuoc..
anil fed at the expense of the law- bv bis energy, industry and talents,I come to his support when he need- , .,T he * nown as the funding
*• “• l£rorh^a un th%»»ni it d^. 1 .”i ed para r unt to esssrs
PROHIBITION- |„ a t be young, beautiful and acC om’ f verytk,ng . ,ooro * “ p the great amount of $3455,135 to raise money
nlishedMiss Alice Williams, daugh- 1S!ue of principle, an d believing as to pay off thet portion of the pub-
ter of Mr. Laban Williams. They we do that tbe triumph ol Prohibi- He debt falling due in 1885 and 1886,
Columbia, Dec. 14.—The Prohi-1 w - d j make the Free State their fu- tion will be the commercial and a “ d to PK> vlde *°* the exchange of
Vi.ionists of this city have received jure home- N la ° r * “ lTation of our city and P e0 ‘ debSdne^of'tto state. °“ *
a Mack eye from ‘he supreme court. I jovial and wealthy^ ^ ple would sacrifice our honor The biU was passed by yeas 101,
l iie question whether or not th i* an( j fascinating Miss Come-1 consistency by the espousal of nays 5, and ordered transmitted to
tribunal should grant a mandamus I G bolston, daughter of Mr. La-laisy other cause. Seeing the ruin the senate by yeas 104, naya 2.
compelling the aldermanic board to payette Gholston. Third, to-night land misery wrought by the sale of senate bills first reading.
order an election to test the sense Mr. L. Jackson, of Oconee county, |jjq Uor we gay throttle the monster The following senate bills were
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s ')l ill CAROLINA
I9TS.
granting ot liquor licenses, was I J'^r midst These coupka all
heard, and a decision has been ren- sWrt t b e ir new life under the most
tiered to the effect that the city favorable auspices, and are predict
'hall not be compelled to hold such I for tbeib a happyfuturo.
an election. The city council, how- w Mr. James
ever, to satisty the demands of tbe building nw ta> a ~“‘
temperance people, has agreed upon ® ,le *5** t * dwelling to be
a scale of high license which, if store bouse ’FDwelling; t» be
earned out will do far more & ood I SStoSyw"g merchant, l/r. W.
fl an complete prohibition. Each jjf dd y ^p5k seems determined
har room on Mam street will be re- ” r bis own. and Mr
| qaired to pay , n annual license of « a city of tosqwn, and Mr.
D,000, and bar rooms on the other |K ,dd *• JJ 0 . Hiilme and familv
■ » nnmtal IIemm et *15* m,, 'Sg
ta >nly be decreased. The ides I an 7 wher*
smong our most intelligent advo-1 —
of temperance appear to be to} deliberate and almost success*
P v e the high license system a good {fuj attempt to burn the Fulton
There ia no prospect of Cor (county courthouse made Monday
lumbia becoming a “dry” city. I night.
IGSORASCBASD FILTH.
A DOZES FAMILIES LIVING IS DEGRADA
TION ASD KS0WISO NOTHING OF
TUD OUTSIDE WORLD.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
A DESOTO SENSATION.
A Bauur-Wstchmaa Eaportar
ed Prodigal from New
A reporter of the Banner-Watch
man spied a man on the streets
yesterday, with a hat onlhat looked
! ike a Mexican Sombero, and think
ing the man under the hat might
be able to give an item from the
wilds of the west, we approached
rather cautiously, as we had read ‘
dime novels that these fellows with
long hair and big hats were liable
kill on short notice. The party
proved to be our young friend Nat
Arnold, of Oglethorpe, who, in
company with Frank Edwards, has
just been exploring the western
territories.
“I am well pleased with the
west,” said Nat, “and think 1 could
make a fortune out there very easy
if I could get a young lady whose
father owns a large ranche to say.
yes. This is the quickest way I
know of to make a fortune, and it
is the way I expect to get it. I like
everything I saw except those little
mud houses that the Mexicans and
Texans call Dobe houses, but what
you people call here Adobe.”
“you «nd Frank went out on a
pleasure trip?” we asked.
‘ Well, yes; it was a pleasure
An Iraie Father Slaps the Jaxss of a Young Man
Who Insults HU Daughter,
Rone Courier.
DeSoto, staid and steady DeSoto
—our progressive little neighbor
over the river, enjoyed a big sensa
tion yesterday morning, which was
brought about thusly:
Mr. Sidney Johnson, one of the
DeSoto society young men, who
was fascinated by the charms of
Miss Lula Maxwell, one of DeSoto’s
pretty black-eyed brunettes, made,
so rumor says, numerous efforts to
engage the attention of the young
lady, and one evening last week so
licited' the pleasure of calling on her.
It seems that Miss Maxwell did not
reciprocate the young man’s feel
ing of admiration and declined to
receive his attentions. Her refusal
irritated Mr. Johnson to such a de
gree that he wrote a very offensive
note Sunday afternoon, and in
which he called the young lady “a
fool."
Actuated by the highest sensfe of
propriety, the young lady dismissed
Mr. Johnson’s messenger without a
reply and when her father, who
was not home at the time, returned,
Miss Maxwell placed the note she
had received in his hands.
Early yesterday morning as Mr.
Johnson was hurrying along the
principal street of DeSoto he was
confronted by tbe indignant father,
who demanded of Mr. Johnson
whether or not he had writteu the
no'te. Mr. J. declined to answer
the question, and Mr. Maxwell
struck him in the face several times
before any one could interfere. Mr.
Johnson offered no resistance, but
took the whole afiair very quietly.
Mr. Maxwell says he is. not
through with Mr. Johnson yet
enjoyed if Frank had hot got into
the hands of the bunkd men in a
little town near Mexico, As soon
as they tackled him he wanted to
go home at once, as he believed the
whole ofTexas had formed into a
conspiracy to get what' money we
had; and after that I had no more
peace. Texas is a grand country
tor a man who has a large insur
ance on his life, as there is a. hard
crowd of roughs there that keep a
fallow dodging bullets all tha time.”
We did not inquire whether Nat
was going back or not, but wa give
it as an opinion that he and /Frank
Edwards will reside in Ogj|ethorpe
in the future.
it it makes every business house on read rime and referred to the
our streets the abode of owls. But *» e " eral judiciary.
... ... _ , ... , “ To provide for cerboran of cer-
thts wiUn« be the outcome. It ta j n caS es at justices’ courts; to
will elevate Athens upon a founds- provide for the discharge of certain
tion that must in time place her articles paid for.rent from the lien
among the first trade centres of the any J ud g me,lt ot ' othefrMecree
state. against the party making such pay
ment; to authorize executors, ad-
The crowning infamy of Mr. ministrators, guardians and trustees
Blaine’s life, if it were possible for to > nv . e . st * n ^° ndi «*»d other
any of his infamies to stand out securities issued by the state; defin-
from the others, is the manner of ing voluntary assignments and piror
his dismissal of the libel suit against vidin g “>T * *» or “ «fl« d »le ol crwU
the Indianapolis Sentinel. When it0 ™ °e filed with the deed a!
the Sentinel met the slanderer of assignment; to repeal the act au-
Grover Cleveland by showing that ritorizing the hiring of certain class
own record needed clearing, Mr. convicts to private citizens; to
Blaine rnshed to the courts with a ■uthoijze defendants to file their
great show of indignation. He defense in forma pauperis in co-
now withdraws the suit on the ex- tain cases; to authorize toe husband
traordinary ground that there is no 10 recover damages fox the homicide'
justice in Indiana courts. Such of toe wjfe; to amend sub-section
vile accusations against toe people 4 of general ^section 3854 of toe
ot a state could only come from a code; to authorize toe father, if li v -
man whose whole lUeis but veneer. n ff> *f not » the “other, to recover
A CAPTAIN’S BRUTAL CRIJ
Princess Anne, Md:, Dec. 16.
News was received to-day of a
brutal act on last Friday at Tang
ier Island. Louis Vesey, captain of
an oyster boat, and one of his deck
hands, a young Baltitooreau, .got
in’ a .quarrel, when toe captain
•'.rnclF toe deck hand on the head
w t ’billet of wood, felling hint
leiHehus to the deck. Vesey then
kicked toeflunconscious man to
death. Not satisfied with his bru-i
tal .work, he chopped the dead body
to pieces and threw them into toe
hold. He then sailed down toe
bay, and yesterday was seen with a
new crew oMMgjoes. It is thought
that-th? rest of the old crew (only
two men) have been foully dealt
with to caver up the crime.
' It is seml-officiaUy announced that
Senator Bayard has informed Pres
ident-elect Cleveland of bis accept
ance of toe treasury port folio.
fliUMP * saiTMifiH, op Missouri,
SUCH IS LIFE WITHOUT A NEWS
PAPER.
Greenesboro Journal.
Once upon a time a man got mad
at the editoi and stopped his paper.
The next week he sold his com at
lour cents below the market price.
Then his property was sold lor
taxes, because he didn’t read the
sheriff’s sales. He was arrested
and fined $8 for going hunting on
Sunday, and be paid $300 for a lot
of forged notes that had been ad
vertised two. weeks and toe public
cautioned not to negotiate them.
He then, paid a big Irishman, with
a foot like a forge hammer, to kick
him all the way. to the,, newspaper
office, where he paid tour years’
subscription in advance and 'made
tbe editor sign an agreement to
knock him down and rob him if he
ever ordered; his paper stopped
again. Such is life without a news-
paper. - V , ,..... 1
ADVISING H1SDAUGHTER.
. _ ip"”BeIore Mr. r
Cleveland yesterday, while
>, 1. -j■; Chieayo Neat.
“Yes^nty daughter, I wish you
would do your best to captivate the
heart of our coachman.”
“And elope with him, papa?”
“Yes, my dear.” .bn-ii!
1 “Ah! I see, yon dear, good papa;
you want aU toe papers to say ' that
I am a 1 fascinating beauty and a
reigning belle.” . -v>;
“Well, of course, that wUl help a
little, hut that’s not the main point”
“What is toe chain 1 paint, papa?"
“Well; you see, the pfcpers: will
say yon are the daughter, of a ^mil-
lionsire.”. c <1; l>«t".-ii > « ■
..“WeUf?. :>• .r!»tiH .. ./ ! >11"', :
“Well, that will enhuge my credit
See? Now ran out to the stable,
that’s a good, girl.” , ••
!.'• • . U ova .I • »■*.. ma i lo: eta ?id
Mtswnn,t">ThipgreateMWtloWdt Ijfew
for the *t- leans' was opened Tuesday with
— magnificent ceremonies. The pres.
ident and his cabinet started the ma-
Sew York Herald.
Four miles from Peekskill, in
what ig known as Furnace Woods,
exists a semi-savage community. It
contains about one hundred and
fifty men, women and children,
who live in a dozen miserable huts.
They are utterly degraded and idle,
and only do enough work to enable
them to supply themselves with
drink and tobacco. The marriage
ceremony is unknown in the com
munity.
A reporter visited the place yes
terday. He was first compelled to
run the gauntlet of a dozen dogs of
every breed that snapped and
snarled, but did not bite. Thc huts
are not built in rows, but are scat
tered, and some are built above the
ground, while many are simply pits
thatched over with rough cedar
boughs. In front of every hut a
crowd of partly naked children
were playing. From their appear
ance it is probable that none of
them were ever washed. Their
only garment resembled a bag with
holes cut tor the arms and head.
Their ages ranged from three to
fourteen years. At the reporter’s
approach, with one accord they
ceased their play, and after eyeing
him curiously for a moment dived
into the openings of fhe nearest
hut.
A FAMILY HISTORY.
Seated on a log near a large rock
were two men. Their appearance
also indicated that soap, brush and
comb and razor were unknown
luxuries. Their long, matted hair
and beards, and generally sloven
looks gave them the appearance of
tramps, but they were too dirty for
tramps. One of them wore what
had once been a checked jumper.
A pair of ragged patched trousers,
tucked into a pair of toeless topped
boots, covered his lower limbs,
while a stiff hat, with the rits. cut
off the sides and back, was perched
on the back of his head. After a
while he became sociable. He
had lived in the woods since the
time of his birth, he said, and so
had his father and mother, whose
name was Graff, before him,
Whence they came or whether
they were among the original
founders of the hamlet he did'
not know, . neither did he
care. His wife was from Dixie,
almost two miles to toe eastward,
he said, and had been married to
two other Furnace Wooder’s before
she became his wife. Her two pre -
vious husbands were still alive and
among the dwellers in toe huts. No
ceremony had been performed- to
make them man and wife. His
wife’s maiden name he did not
know, neither did he know what
her father did or had done for a live
lihood. They had three children.
By a former wife he had had tour
children. The other was npw liv
ing with the second husband of his
present wife. To the question how
he managed to live and find suffi
cient food for, so many mouths,.. he
replied: “Oil, the kids must all
hustle for their ownselves and
catch what they can. It don’t take
much for me and the old woman.”
A SAMPLE DWELLING.
The reporter descended into toe
hut of that much married man. The
floor was about lour feet below the
level of the ground^ and a roof of
pine and cedar boughs, laid on a
few. rough planks, was seven feet
above the floor. The hut was not
over ten feet square and in this
space dwelt dogs, chickens, the
man, his wife and seven children.
In one corner was a bed of straw
and leaves, covered over with a few
blankets and horse robes. This
served for a bed for the entire fam
ily. At the other end of the hut
was the fire place, a hole dug in the
side ot the hut and lined with brick,
from which arose a piece of water
pipe used as a chimney. Over this
fire place a woman, apparently fifey
years of age, was stirring some
mixture for the noonday meal. The
only article of furniture was a
trunk, which served as table and
chair and a step to get in and out of
the hut. The woman said her
name was Sue. She never remem
bered having a mother or father,
and her earliest recoUection was of
living with a farmer, who beat her
so she ran away into the woods
Of the outside world she was total-
ly ignorant.
There is not the slightest differ
ence between the Graff family and
the eleven others who make up the
community.
DEGRADED BUT HARMLESS.
Officer Wyatt, of Peekskill, told
the reporter that the Furnace
Woods settlement was in existence
long before Peekskill. Those who
lived there, he said, were not in
dined to give the authorities much
trouble. , Their main fault was their
love for strong drink and tobacco
and'to : obtain this they j would
sometimes steal. The women were
as fond of drinking and smoking as
the men. The men would beg
when driven to it, but generally hac 1
enough potatoes and vegetables to
live on during the winter. Tjhese
they got from toe farmers in pay
ment for some little job they would
do. i.Itwas very seldom they got
drunk in-the village. They gener
ally got their liquor in a bottle and
carried it home. He remembered
one case where a lady went among
them trying to 1 coavert' them, am 1
succeeded in getting one Mr*.
Strang to go to church. She went,
and the first time she got inside she
whipped the aextoq. Since, that
time home missionaries have given
them a wide berth.
Mr. Davis convicts Gen. Sherman
of deliberate lying.
A Wisconsin girl administered
strychnine to her sister with fatal
results.
Senator Bayard has had an inter
view with Cleveland, and is prom
ised the Secretaryship of the Treas
ury.
An epedemic of marriage is pre
vailing throughout the State.
The Columbus Enquirer favors a
railroad commission with modified
powers.
A number of German anarchists
are on trial at Liepsic for attempt
ing to blow up the Neiderwald stat
ue ot Germany.
The senate, by a party vote, has
agreed that Dakota should be ad
mitted into the union of states. The
house, however, will not agree to
the creation of any more pocket
boroughs, and Dakota will have to
wait.
General Sherman, instead of pro
ducing a letter from Jefferson Davis,
produces one written by the late A.
3. Stephens, in which that gentle
man gave vent to his gloomy views
about the president of the confeder
acy.
REFUSING TO PAY THE BET
Free\elder Blakely Says the Money he Wagered
Belonged to HU Wife.
A very novel suit growing out of
an election bet was tried before
Judge Randolph in the first district
court in Jersey City yesterday.
The parties at issue are Freeholder
George Blakely and Enoch J. Smith,
who is the holder of a wager of $500
made between Blakely and Joseph
Allen on the result of the recent
election. Blakey bet on Blaine and
Allen backed Cleveland. When
the result was officially announced
Smith signified his intention of pay
ing the money to the winner, but
he was confronted by Mrs. Blakey,
who demanded the return of her
husband's stake, on the ground that
the money belonged to her. Being
refused she began the suit.
On the stand Smith related the
conditions of the bet thus: He said
that the two men were in his place
one night late in October, and be
gan to banter each other about the
merits of their respective candi
dates. Allen produced $500, which
he offered to bet on Cleveland.
Blakey only had $400 with him and
he took the bet, a man named
Broas, putting the other $100 up,
and the terms were definitely set
tied.
George Blakey v - ‘hen called
upon to testify. A large number
of politicians and sporting men
crowded around to hear the free
holder, who is a very insignificant
individual with a freckled lace and
side whiskers. He did not contra-
diet the Stakeholder Smith,, but
said that he told several of his
friends immediately after the bet
was made that the money belonged
to his wife.
“Are you sure it was not your
money?” asked Counsellor Rowe.
“I earned the money, put it in
my safe and gave the key to my
wife. She gave it back to me and
I deposited it along with my gen
eral bank account. I drew my
check lor the $400 I put up, in
dorsed it, but then it was all my
wife’s money,” replied the witness,
while the spectators laughed deris
ively at the manner with which he
tried to evade paying a fair bet.
Judge Lawrence will render his
decision on Monday.
GENERALNESS.
h V/-rrr3n A<I
President Cleveland is expected
to. visit,Chicago soon, after his inau-
gu ration. '“ ZZZ5
A New Hampshire boy was
whipped to death because he failed
to spell a word correctly.
It looks as if the surviving Mex
ican war veterans will get pensions
after all. A good many of them
live in the Southern states.
Goveinor-elect Scales, of North
Carolina, will resign his seat in con
gress at once. He will be inaugu
rated Governor on January 8th.
The idea of President Arthur
standing in the White House at
Washington and starting- toe ma
chinery of the New Orleans Expo
sition by electricity is a grand one.
It is now stated that Blaine rec
ognizes the fact that Cleveland was
elected, and that he feels it his
duty to pay his respects to the
new President the moment he ar
rives in Washington.
The celebrated “Headquarters
ghost” is said to have reappeared
at West Point, and the headless ap
parition makes its grand rounds
nightly as of yore and the people
are greatly alarmed.
A good-looking young woman
went to the White House the other
day to call the attention of Presi
dent Arthur to a contrivance which
she said would put. a quietus on
ghosts, and wanted to begin work
on the ghost of Guiteau.
Mr. Hendricks kissed 46 young
women of St. Mary’s, Ohio, the
other day. They were members of
Cleveland and Hendricks Broom
Brigade. Now they want to go to
Washington on inauguration day
and be kissed by Mr. Cleveland.
Blaine has quietly allowed his
libel suit against the Indianapolis
Sentinel to drop. He failed to an
swer the interrogatories submitted
to him within the time specified by
the court, and failing to answer, tne
injunction asked for in defendant’s
motion becomes final.
It is now said that lion. John
Kelly will be made Collector of the
Port at New,York.
It is said that the Washington
monument ends in a point so fine
that you could impale a fly upon it.
A drug war has broken out in
Philadelphia, and quinine pills have
come down to ten cents a dozen.
There are 15,000 teetotalers in
the railway service in Great Brit
ain, and 12,000 among the sailors in
the naval service.
A disappointed New England
maiden, of thirty-one snmmers, is
sueing a bachelor of fifty, for breach
of promise.
The famous Petit Journal, of Par
is, has now a circulation exceeding
three quarters of a million copies
every 24 hours.
Shipments of pig iron are being
made from Georgia and Alabama
furnaces by way of Pensacola,
thence in schoon^is to Philadelphia.
Lieut. Greely says that of his 19
men who perished.all but one were
smokers, and that one was the last
to die. The seven survivors were
non-smoking men.
D. L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey
have received in royalties from the
publishers of the Moody ,and Sank
ey collection of hymns $600,000.
Every dollar has been given to the
cause of religion.
General Hampton say's that while
on his Mississippi plantation, he
saw a lame crow that could laugh
and,, talk. The bird would say
“Hello!” “How are you?” and sev
eral other things of like import.
A TIGER AT LARGE.
An Ohio Village Greatly Excited by HU Visit to It
Dayton, O., Dec. 15.—The peo
ple of Andervjlle, a little village a
lew miles from this city, were
thrown into a wild state of excite
ment this morning by the appear*
ance of a tiger, which had escaped
from Sells Brothers’ circus, on its
way to winter quarters at Colum
bus. The tiger was discovered
about midnight last night, when
JohnKiester, residing on the Mi-
amisburg Pike, heard a terrible
noise in William Lesher’s hog pen.
He went to see what was causing
the noise and was terror-stricken on
seeing the glaring eyeballs of a
large, strange beast. It raised its
head and bloody jaws from a hog
just dying, and beside it lay another
porker literally torn to pieces.
Kiester did not remain there long,
but aroused some of the neighbors,
and brought them to the spot.
Lesher opened fire with his revolv
er, bnt found that he had but one
load in it. A rifle was secured,.but
no bullets could be found, so a fire
was hastily kindled, a bullet ladle
and moulds hunted up, and some
bullets moulded. The rifle was
loaded and the party marched down
to the pig pen, but the animal did
not look up to see what was going
on. He just kept right along with
his lunch. Lesher fired and out
ran the animal across the fields and
escaped. The men 'gave up the
chase for the night, but at day
break this , morning organized an
armed band and started out in pur
suit. By means qf the bloOd-stains
along his path they tracked the an
imal to 1 Dr. Weust’s residence,,a
half mile distant, where they corn
ered him in a barn and killed him.
Besides tearing four of Leslie’s hogs
to pieces, the beast also killed .a
number of sheep and cattle along
the route oi his wanderings, but
attacked no human beings. The
tigqr was bought in India and cost
the show people $7,000.
A WHOLE FAMILY SHOT"
Wheeling, W. Va., Dec. 11.—
This morning John P. Harden, re
siding hfcar Littleton, accidentally
shot himself, wife and iour children
while trying to extract a load. from
a shot gun., He was pounding. the
muzzle of the, gun on the hearth
stone'to jar out' toe load of slugs
atid shot, when the gun Went off.
Eighteen slugs took effect in the
varipus members of toe family. Qhe
slug broke ^frs. Harden’s leg and
the baby had seven marks in toe
region or the abdomen. These
two ate the only ones seriously
hurt : ,-ii;_■; 1 ml 01 /I'jiii!
OJ h' -.jqw r.taik . i-..
q?i ,ao iti Tbs NswGimt.
Progressive euchre 1
rage among the elite. ....
band overtoe cooking of a: 1 turkey. f am ? **■ ***4: *?, be,a kind qf intro-
No.hopesiare (entertained of .Mrs. to poker at a small ante.
— ** “ f There are SeveralBentieni^n in'our
■rifiiTri iuty who would make good' teach- 1
from era for: the new game.:! '
has founder- . j : 1
'Eftwen : - c v '• -W.JiWiuu.iii ■, ••>»...
1' A colored wdmstostole a mule at
POISONED FROM HANDLING
CORPSE,
-Amsterdam, N, Y., Dec. tis—
M*St Henry .planning, of Glen,
Montgomery county, is tying at
toe point of death from blood-poi-
seining, causedifromlaying. out ..the
corpse qf Mil Edward Colnou,who
committed suicide on Thanksgiving
dayi' by . taking strychnine on a£-
count of a : quarrel with her hus-
Manning’s recovery,. dT
v-
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GEORGIA ITEMS.
A man at Jefferson used up two
wagon loads of locusts in making
beer.
It is now thought that Gen. J. B.
Gordon will be in Cleveland’s Cab
inet.
It is said that less money has been
made in the liquor business in Toe-
coa this year than ever before.
Col.'T. N. Hale has sold his inter
est In the Conyers Weekly to Mr.
A. Davis, who assumes manage
ment of the paper.
Up to Thursday night the cotton
receipts at the depot in Washing
ton were 12,568 bales, against S,7i6
for the same time last year.
.The female engrossing.and enroll
ing clerks seem to be satisfactorily
at work in the office of the Clerk of
the House, in Atlanta.
At the preliminary trial of Mary
and Snow David, two negroes
charged with poisoning the Biggers
family, in Harris county, the pris
oners were discharged, as the. testi
mony was deemed insufficient to
commit them.
The Augusta and Sandersville
railroad ty.still being pushed right
ahead. If ,everything works favor
able, it is expected to reach Sanders-
ville in March. :!
All the Bibb county jail bonds
have been placed, $20,000 were
sold to W. G. Solomon, of Macon,
Thursday. They were 10 yehr
bonds, and were sold at 104.
One hundred and "fifty negro
emigrants passed through Colum
bia the other day, en route to the
West They were from,Lexington
and Dai'lingt'on counties.
Mrs. Wright, of Bulloch county,
has made 210 gallons of syrup on
i(ioo square yards of land. At fifty
cents per gallon toe yield ty at the
rate of $467.50 per acre.. ,
The cotton receipts J of ' Augusta
show an increase of 17,815 bales
over last year. Receipts since
September r, :iSS4, 115,515 bales;
J' ear , 97,790; increase, 17,815.
Two negro men got into a diffi
culty at a church fair near Linton
last Saturday night. One ‘of them
was buried Sunday evening, and
the other was expected to live only
a few hours when last heard from.
LaFayette Quinton, of Dade
county, was erecting a smoke house,
and while raising a huge log, it fell,
one end. striking one of -his little
children, killing it instantly. Its
head was fractured and neck bro-
‘ ’ " A" ’
Cholera 1 is doing fearful work
among the hogs in some'parts of
Irwin county. David Hogan put
up 35 head of fattening. l;ogs, and
ouf of that number has only killed
tWo. The rest'are all sick' "or dead.
The fatal plague has caused consid
erable fear among toe farmers.
. McDuffie Journal:. Mr. Aiken
Stanford, of this county,,, who was
tried and acquitted several years
ago forithe murder of aVMrs. Hill,
A*pr Dearing, .was killed near At-
ig« a < PR, SwVdfty. fno F “ fl g last
He was a train hand ,on the Geor
gia railroad, and while walking on
‘?P # were
running, fixing toe bell rope, was-
knocked off by>Abridge.
q In another'-plaiie will be found a
tribute to'Hon.H. H. Carlton, pres
ident of the state senate, taken from
the State Capitol, which we most
cordially eiidorse. : Capt Carlton
has i shown himself to he a true
iG.eqrgian jn qvery position fp which
fdl and efficient found
in" Georgia: than Capt... Carlton.
{Juch.beingourjestimaieoftoeman,
we would support him. cheerfully
oA’believ-
we would
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