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lESWWTOBS MtFIEE RMlKOAD PASSES.
We are not one of thoae who con-
eider that the tender of a free pasa
,o a member of the Georgia legisla-
tu r e by a railroad U either intended
{or or accepted aa a bribe
,o control the action of this body in
fevor oi roads, bnt it ia six ply an
cxtenrion ol courteaiea that time
rendered almost a legitimate
c u»tom. It boa always been the
iu e in Georgia for railroads to fnr-
n ;»h the general asaembly with free
transportation over their lines, and
f,, r a member to decline to accept the
M n,e would at once brand aucb ac-
lion »» “bumcombe” and render
hnn a laughing stock With hia col
leagues. There ia nothing diacred-
i able in a member accepting auch
courtesies, and we notice that even
those who are moat blatant in their
denunciation of thia practice, are
the first to apply for passea when
they chance to be elected to the
legislature. Hut at the same time
we have always,and atill condemn,
this thing of railroads passing mem-
i, c rs free of charge, for a two-fold
reason: 1st, The state pays its rep.
te-cnlativca mileage,and hence they
have no cause to expect or ask for
! lr e transportation. 2d, it encour-
absenteeism, which often clogs
the wheels of legislation, and is an
injustice t" the state. For these
reasons alone we think it would be
well for our law-makers to decline
,uch courtesies. Doubtless the rail
roads''ill be only too glad to col
lect their fare, for it is a heavy tax
upon these corporations, and one,
too, tor which they do not receive a
dollar in return. On the other
hand, we believe that this perni
cious distribution of Iree passes
rather tends to work against
their interests, for so much
do the legislators stand in fear of a
m -construction of their motives by
the dear people, that we believe
these Iree passes often tend to warp
their -crise of justice to the injury
of toads. The proper steps to be
taken to abate the nuisance will be
lurthe various lines of railway in
tne state to get together and de
cline to furnish any more free
pa-ses to members of the Georgia
Icg slature. These corpor-cons are
a- much to blame as the i
tat ves in accepting them,
a'e cut-only working aga
t.tvn interests in keepinj
c..-tom. A few days sir.
ui Ai'auiu, we were c-
n 'n a solid old legislator
to the i'liqinto.is railroad
sion bdi. when our companion re-
nunked that while in a measure he
.igu-ed with all wo said, that did he
sole lot any .njtigation ol the pow
er- of the commission, his motives
would he misconstrued, and he
would he thaiged with being bought
i p uy a free railroad pass. And
diiiihtlos ibis same spirit prompts
other representatives. The sooner
tin- loads realize that instead of free
passe- helping their cause, that they
| are a drawback in the way of secur.
ing their rights, the better for them
We notice that in those states
where the roads are accorded the
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WEEKLY EDiTtON.
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NO. IV.
^THCEnSTS, GEORGIA, TTJESDA. Y, SEPTEMBER 15,1886.
VOL XXXI
DR. ARMSTRONG’S “VINDICATION.”
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KNOXVILLE MURDER.
most protection, there ate statutes
against legislators accepting free
passes, while in Georgia, where a
member has the privilege of free
to.importation on every line in the
state, thc-e corporations are ground
down and oppressed. Free passes
jic a great convenience to the legis-
'..dors, and the people must look to
tbe roads, and not that body, for a
remedy of the crying abuse.
l-'our hundred and twenty-three
bills and sixty-five resolutions are
on ilir house calendar trom last ses
sion; and five hundred and thirty
eight bills and one hundred and
I twenty ri solutions have been intro
duced at this adjourned session
making in a - m the calendar 961
I bills and iS resolutions. Of all
I the-e only about 150 bills and reso-
I Union- have been passed by the
I bou-e. This will give a slight idea
I of the condition of house business,
•nil how long it will take to com
plete the business as now mapped
out.
We see from the Madisonian that
'ince the injunction decision by
■Judge Estes, that the citizens of
Madison are now working on a
sdtoad to tap the E. T., Va. «V Ga.,
wiiicli will leave Athens out in the
cold. As the case will be carried
to the supreme court, we ask that
Madison remain quiet until a final
’treision is reached. The counsel
for :he city council ate now confi*
dentof reversing the decision of
tic court below, as new and impor
tant authority has bean discovered.
it is a pity that the Charleston
rvople hadn’t read the Scientific
American before the late storm.
That journal says that a cyclone can
'■* diverted from its course by ex
ploding a keg of gunpowder under
However, the Charleston peo-
?'■ now know what to do when they
•re another cyclone in their neigh
tothood.
The picture that has been drawn
of the Soudan if anything but
foight one. On the contrary,
"lack night of anarchy spreads over
'nat country, it is said that murder,
'obbery and all sorts and degrees
I »f savage and beastly crimes are
I perpetrated with a free hand by
I ’athless fanatics, whom there ia no
I j*w to restrain, nor even the sem-
| '-'lance of government.
The Railroad Commission bill
I Ccm « up to-day, and we are glad
■° hnow that there ia a good chance
, ( •'» passing both the house and
•enste. It will be a long stride
‘head for Georgia.
Undertaker Merritt, who bad
v** r ge ol the Grant funeral, say#
| his bill is $14,162.75. Of this
| ij.® *5.°°o was for carriages. The
0111 seems to be reasonable.
I Uarlotta, the ex-Empress of Mex
I 7*1'» forty-five. The doctors note
’extraordinary improvement in
11?’ *°d anticipate • complete re-
I “tty,
We refrained from any comment
upon the scandal involving the good
name of Dr. Armstrong, pastor of
St. Phillips’ church, Atlanta, hop
ing and believing that upon his re
turn home this eminent minister
coaid easily clear away the clouds
ol doubt and thoroughly and satis
factorily vindicate himself before
his church e:l the public. He
seems to have satisfied the latter,
that rendered the Scotch verdict oi
“Not Proven,” and reinstated him
in his charge; but Dr. Armstrong
has not as yet succeeded in clearing
himself before the outside world.
As soon as the story was made pub
lic, it seems to us the right .thing
for this gentleman to do
would have been to at once tele
graph his friends in Atlanta a de
nial of his guilt, and then take the
first train for home and flatten the
falsehood in the teeth of his ma
ligners. This would have been the
proper and ar. easy step for an in
nocent man to have taken. But in
stead of this he tairies in Cincin
nati until a committee from his
church had been appointed and
sent after him, with instructions to
investigate the matter. This com
mittee Dr. Armstrong passed on
the road, and upon his arrival in
Atlanta he declined to be inter
viewed by newspaper reporters,
but stated that he would make his
report to the church. This he did,
and the vestry stated that after a
thorough examination of the re
ports reflecting on Dr. Armstrong,
it was their unanimous opinion that
the facts did not demand the with
drawal ol confidence from their pas
tor. What confession Dr. Arm
strong made to his church wc do
not know, as this weak vindication
by the vestry is all that is given to
the world. We are informed, how
ever, that it is generally understood
by the congregation that their pas
tor’s visits to the questionable places
where he was said to have been
seen, were made with the intention
of trying to find out and reclaim
fallen woman in whom he felt
natural and legitimate interest.
The rumor that the Doctor was
intoxicated, doubtless originated in
the practice, which he
does not deny, of taking a glass
of beer occasionally. It is publicly
reported in Atlanta, however, that
Dr. Armstroug was intoxicated
at the time, and that there was too
much truth in the horrible story
published in the Cincinnati Enquir
er to bear close investigation. We
do not believe ar.y court jury in
Georgia would clear this minister
on the weak defense given the pub
lic. His every act, since the story
was first published, looks suspicious
and like guilt. His long silence—
his unexpected return to Atlanta—
his-refusal to be interviewed—that
secret church confession. We have
no reason to deny that Dr. Arm- r,vcr '
strong’s visit to those questionable
houses in Cincinnati was prompt
ed by the motive he stated, but it
seems to us that any man engaged
on such a sad mission—much less a
minister of the gospel—would have
seen the propriety of refraining
from intoxicating drinks until his
task was fulfilled. Even if he was
in the habit of taking his beer, that
was no time for such indulgence.
We think the press of Atlanta and
the state did right to withhold com
ment until the accused had ample
opportunity to vindicate himself;
but since he hRS failed to do so there
is no further excuse for their silence.
There are black sheep in every
flock—not even the church itself
being cxempt~and it will not do
a cause any harm to expose and
weed them out. On the other hand,
it will be a serious reflection upon
any denomination to harbor in its
fold a man guilty of such
open violation of the laws of God
and his country. It will give li
cense to the outside world, and can
but brine such a church into dis
credit The vestry of St. Phillips
not only owe it to themselves and
their church, but to every
Christian denomination, to make
full and satsfactory
examination into the charges
against their pastor, and publish to
the world the testimony they re
ceive. Then, if Dr. Armstrong is
innocent, his vindication will be
only the grander and more thor-
ough—if guilty, he should not
be longer permitted to fill
sacred a calling. The press
daily gives publicity to the
shortcomings of men in the hum
bler walks of l:*r, when they openly
trar**rrcs» the laws of morality* and
the simple fact of a person occupy-
ing an honorable and exalted post*
tion should not exempt him. It is far
from our wish or intention to cast
one stone at the accused man, and
it would be gratifying indeed to see
him vindicated and reinstated in the
confidence of the people; but this
can never be done by seciet con-
clave and a smuggling of all tesfi-
mony bearing on the case. In fact,
Dr. Armstrong cannot afford to
rest under the brand of suspicion
thut such a verdict naturally fixes
on him, and he will either be forced
into resigning his pastorate or con
tinue tha woik that his vestry has
left undone. This gentleman has a
host of warm friends to Athens, and
the writer of thia editorial has ever
been one of his mbst ardent admt-
1 era. We trust, Acre fore, that Dr.
■ ther vindicate
ret of the whole
quiet retirement
THE ARRESTED PARTIES CONFESS
COMMITTING THE CRIME.
They First attempt to SadCls tbe Harder
Upon Another Farty—Lyneb Law Threat
ened—Tbe Feellns Intense against Frit-
ANEW LIGHT
Throws Upon tbe MarthJSastexm Sztenston
to Clayton—Worth Carolina Baa a Con
tract with tbe R. *9. to BnUA to tbe
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 5.—
Isaac Wright was arrested tor com
plicity in tne murder of George E.
Manus. Sellers’ counsel waived a
preliminary bearing, but at the hear
ing of Wright, Sellers was brought
into court as a witness against him.
Sellers said Wright borrowed his
pistol the morning of the killing,
and afterwards followed Sellers and
Manus to t* ? house of ill-fame; that
Wright toll* him to tell the girl to
take Manus .0 the outskirts, and he
would disguise himself and follow.
This was disproved by a number of
witnesses, and Wright proved an
alibi. Two men were with Wright
in the city from the time Sellers
left with the dead man until after
the killing. The evidence fixes the
guilt upon Sellers without doubt.
He was also identified as the man
seen with the girl and the dead man
within two hundred and fifty yards
of where the latter was found.
Wright was set at liberty.
A hundred men on Fort Saun
ders, u mile from the jail, talk
ed of lynching Sellers. Several
hundred stood around in the vicin
ity of the jail, but no attempt at
lynching was made. Extra men
were on guard, and an attempt at
lynching was expected. Sellers’
lather was nearly crazy, and Sellers’
brother was determined to fight for
his brother’s life. It was not until
three o’clock in the morning that
all dispersed. The testimony given
by witnesses left Sellers and the
girl alone guilty of the murder. It
is tumored that a witness has been
found who saw the shot fired. Sel
lers’ counsel will try to prove that
the girl killed him, and that Sellers
had nothing to do with it. The
feeling is still intense, but as there
is no head to the lynchers, it will
probably never be done. Sellers’
perjury injured him in the eyes of
the people. The case will go be
fore the grand jury next week.
Later.—Lizzie Hickman has
made a full confession, and Sellers
has also confessed to committing
he murder.
STILL LATER.
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 6.—The
particulars of the lynching aflair of
Friday night arc thrilling in the ex
treme. About 10:30 o’clock a large
body oi masked men passed down
Gey street in the direction of the
jail, and they inarohed in regular
step, and were joined at various
points along the street by at least
200 citizens. The mob appeared at
the jail in perfect order, except the
firing ol pistols and a lew yells. The
jailer surrendered the keys to the
main entrance and the crowd then
broke through the door of the cell
containing Lee Sellers, the young
man charged with the murder and
robbery of Edgar Maines last Tues
day morning, a mile east of the city.
Sellers had a knile in his possession,
and when one of the vigilantes’ com-
niitte went into the cell to adjust the
handcuffs, he gave him two or three
serious stabs. Both were soon cov
ered with blood, and the masked
vigilantes shot at belters twice,
without inflicting a serious wound.
The mob passed out of the jail yard
and to the middle of the Tennessee
Meeting Capt W. W. Thomas
yesterday, we asked him how he
stood on tbe Columbus extension.
“I am not antagonistic to going
if such
Columbus,” was the reply, “i
a road is possible, hut I am more to
favor of holding the R. & D. to its
contract to build to Clayton. As
soon as we reach that part there ia
not the slightest donbt about the
extension to Knoxville. While in
Atlanta, recently, I had a conversa
tion with Dr. H. V. M. Miller, who
had just returned from North Caro
lina, and that gentleman stated that
he had seer and conversed with
Gov. Scales, ex-Gov. Jarvis, and
Col. Andrews, a prominent railroad
man, who stated that North Caro
lina had a contract with the Rich
mond & Danville, in which it was
stipulated that so soon as the North-
Eastern reached the state line it was
to be at once extended through to
Tennessee, leaving a short gap of
about 20 miles to Maryville to be
filled. This does away with the
argument that the road will stop at
Clayton, for so soon as that point is
reached a through line to Knoxville
is assured. It is only 109 miles
from Tallulah to Maryville, Tenn.,
and of this distance seven miles
from Clayton to Locust Stake, and
nine miles down the Tennessee
Valley to the mouth of the Nanta-
hala river, are graded. With the
presen' contract to build through
that st:.te and Georgia, you see there
is not the slightest doubt about go
ing to Knoxville if Athens will on
ly insist on the R. & D. carrying
out its original contract.”
INTO THE RIAERP
A TERRIBLE SCENE ON THE COOSA
RIVER.
Tba Family of Captain Connors in nBst-.
toan, Wlun Two oftto Family Fan Into
ta* Biror and an Drownad-An Asonlsod
Family, ate.
Robb, Ga., Sept 7.--One of the
most heutrending accidents that
ever occurred in this section hap
pened about six o’clock yesterday
afternoon. About five o’clock Capt,
A. B. Coulter, with four of his chil-
djen, ranging in age from three to
fourteen years, entered • batteau
and floated down tbe Coosa nver,
intending to meet, the steamboat on
its way to Rome. The c(fgwn and
two children, 5 and 7 years old,were
seated in one end ot the battean
and at the otter end the fourteen
year old daughter, Mary, was seated
in her chair, nolding in her lap a lit
tle sister, aged three. The latter
asked for water, when Mary leaned
over to dip a cep Into tbe river, and
losing her balance, she and her little
sister were precipitated into the wa
ter. Tbe two other children seated
with their father screamed in af
fright and dung to him. preventing
him from rescuing the two in the
water, if that were possible. Not
withstanding this, the agoeized ta
ther made every effort at rescue, but
in vain. This afternoon tbe body of
the younger child was recovered.
Tbe grief of the mother was terrible.
She was seized with convulsions
and her condition is critical. An
elder daughter is also overcome with
jrief, while the father’s agony can
isrdly be described. The sympathy,
of our whole community is with the
stricken ones.
ANOTHER CHEESE STORY.
THE FURNITURE HOUSE.
Edge, Dorsey & Co. appear in a
large advertisement in the Banner-
Watchman weekly. This firm has
opened ut> a splendid line of furni
ture at their new store on Broad
street, and will sell as cheap as the
goods can be sold.
FINE COTTON.
Mr. F. Phinixy says the finest
cotton he has seen is on Capt. Carl
ton's Cloverhurst farm, and one
field will make two bales per acre
if the seasons hold out. George
Thurmond is in charge of this place,
and is certainly a model young far
mer.
' * FOH FOB THE B0Y8.
A bootless task—going barefoot
ed.
A black maileiwa negro postmat-
A SNAKE IN A BED TICK.
A BIO FEE.
We learn that Judge A. S. Erwin
is to receive a fee of $2,500 in the
injunction case'against the city
council of Athens. The matter will
be carried to the supreme court, and
the counsel for the city are confi
dent of gaining the cause there.
1®*" Butler la reported
g* to make friends with
^evdaad. Beniamin is
I jy^dock to the rad
to be anx-
with President
abont the
radical mud
A rope was placed around the
criminal’s neck while he was yet in
the corridor of the jail. He stood
with arms tolded, and never flinch
ed an inch while the knot was being
arranged. He called lor a drink of
water before leaving for the bridge.
His wishes were complied with.
After reaching the middle of the
bridge, the mob halted and demand
ed a confession. Sellers refused to
say a word, and the rope was placed
over a crossbeam about twenty-two
feet above the floor. He was not
handcuffed, and as soon as the noose
began to pull, up the rope he climb
ed, hand over hand, and, gaining
the top, he crawled along the cross
beam to one side of the bridge.
While he was crossing, at least fifiy
shots were fired, none of them with
fatal effect. He rose to his feet,
yelled at the top of his voice:
“My friends, come to me; I’m
murdered; come quick.”
The wounded man then lay down
on a sleeper and several shots were
fired, but none of them could hit
him in the vital parts. Runners
were sent to the city for ladders and
another rope. Tne crowd war. or
derly, and but few people outside of
those implicated knew anything
about it. The young men at a ball
leit the dancing and followed the
masked men in swallow tails. Af
ter the ladders had been brought
two men climbed upon top the
stringers and readjusted the rope.
Sellers had taken the rope from
aronnd his neck and begged the
crowd to kill him and end his suf
fering. The men started to take
him down. He lost his hold and fell
into the water, eighty feet below.
He has not been found yet. At
the very last he protested his inno
cence.
SAM JONES AGAIN.
Rev. Sam Jones is in charge of
the camp-meeting now in pr gress
at Warm Springs, Meriwhether
county. The attendance at this
camp ground has always been very
large, probably larger than any.
other in the state, and now that the
evangelical enigma is there the
crowd will be larger than ever.
FINE CROPS.
Capt. C. G. Talmadge, who has
just returned from a trip through
the West and East, says he never
saw such crops as between Atlanta,
Ga., and Niagara Falls. The whole
land is groaning beneath a load of
plenty. Capt. C. says his passage
from Atlanta to New York only
cost him $7.50, by selling his return
Ni
ACCIDENT TO. A TAX COLLECTOR.
We regret to learn that Mr. E. B.
Higginbotham, our worthy Tax
Collector, was seriously hurt one
day last week while cutting down
a tree. In falling, one of the limbs
of the tree struck him across the
body and injured him. internally.—
Elberton Gazette.
Armstrong w
himself before
world, or seek 1
that forgiveness
God vouchsafi
These are the
open to him, *
honorable sad
remain at the "
church,
cion that
is not only an
•nd hia flock, 1
religion of our
ne d the above Iim
est feeling, and
with a number of
sens of Atlanta at
one of whom expi
satisfied with the
_ an outraged
erring sinners,
paths left
ate alike
fchilli^
i of Jsuspi-
follow him
to himself
t Christian
We have pen
"li the kind
conversing
ninent citi-
Georgia, not
himself as
vindication
of their pastor by the vestry of St
phuiip*. ;
Bow tLo Clilaf or Police was Ones Tom In.
The Air-Line railroad authorities
are not the only ones who have been
fooled by a box of limburger cheese.
When Chief Oliver first came to
Athens he was clerking lor a large
firm on Broad street, and was sent
to the third story 10 get some goods
tor a customer. While hunting
around for the goods the Chief
came across a box that did not
smell exactly like the otter of roses
He began to think, as the smell per
vaded the room, that it was the
place where the firm killed and
stored their delinquent customers,
and debated in his mind for some
time whether it would do to say
anything about it. The Chief came
down, and taking one ol the part
ners aside, informed him that there
was a dead dog, man or horse up
in tbe third story, and that the body
ought to be taken out. Tbe Chief
and the partner went up to move
the box, when he discovered that it
was a case of limburger cheese.
The Chief has never been able to
see'how any. one can eat such bad
smelling cheese.
ticket at Niagara.
A DREAH EULFILLED.
A lady in Athens was once sleep
ing with a friend, when both dream
ed that a neighbor had died that
night. The next morning they
spoke of their dreams and were sur
prised to find them the same; but
their consternation was increased
upon learning later in the day, that
the patty had died, just as their
dreams foretold.
A HOTEL IN FLORIDA.
Messrs. Calloway & Camp, the
enterprising proprietors ot New
Holland, have received a proposi
tion to take charge of a fine new
hotel at Palatka, Fla., that has just
been completed. They would cer
tainly build up the reputation of
the house, and render it the most
popular in the Land of Flowers.
We do not want these gentlemen,
however, to leave Northeast Geor
gia.
A DESPERATE FIGHT
SitvHS Two Olrls—Tbt Hatcbst and Razor
- > la Flap: L -
Statbtvillb, N. C. f Sept 5 —
A remarkable fight between two
youngladies occurred near here thia
morning. Miss Susie McDowell, of
Davidson county, fell in love with a
voung man who was devoted to
Miss Carrie Long. To-day, meeting
at a neighbor’! house, they quarrel
ed, and the McDowell girl attacked
the other with a hatchet Miss
Long being the stronger of the two
wrenched the hatchet from the
other’s grasp. The McDowell girl
then drew a razor and went to
slathing in earnest, and doubtless
would have ended the other’s life
then and there, but the Long girl
grasped the razor blade and twisted
it out ot the handle. At this time
help interfered and the McDowell
girl was carried to jaiL She gave
bail for her appearance at ccuirt,
The whole county is scandalized by
the occurrence.
THE CIRCUS 00KINO.
Coup’s circus will take in Athens
the latter part of October. It is one
of tbe but shows on the road and
is sure to draw a good crowd. This
will be a big year for shows, as
there has never been such crops in
the south. Two other circuses are
heading this way and will probably
take in Athens.
PROFIT IN HOBBES.
Our big stock man, Mr. W. S.
Holman, tells us that he does not
average a profit of over $10 to the
head on horses and mules, except
for fancy stock. He has told, how
ever, >,ooobead in a tingle season.
Mr. h. saya profits have been cut
down of late years. It costa him
$7.50 per head to land stock in Ath
ena from Kentucky.
SCHOOL PROSPECTS.
Athens is rapidly becoming the
great educational point in the state
of Georgia. We * are glad to note
that the outlook lor all our schools
and colleges is unusually bright. An
educated, moral population, united
with the best teachers and profes
sors in the land, are levers which
will move those desiring an educa
tion. We are glad to say that Ath
ens posseses these levers in a large
degree, and that they are supported
by a healthy location unsurpassed
by any other in the state.
DEATH OF W. A. ELDER.
The sad news reached Athens
late yesterday evening of the death
of Mr. W. A. Elder, formerly of this
ilace but recently of Ocouec. Mr.
ildvr has been a long sufferer from
that dread disease, consumption,
whieh caused his death at his fath
er’s yesterday evening. Mr. Elder
merchandized in oar city for some
time and had many friends here
who are pained to hear of his death
A HEW STYLE BOILER.
A boiler has been made in France
in which the metallic surface ex
posed to fire does not touch the
water. The boiler, it ia said, can
not become red hot, bnt ia envel
oped all oTtr by the tame tempera
ture. The vaporization is very
great, and the last drop of water
can be converted into steam with
out any danger of explosion.
REVIVAL AT CRAWFORD.
An interesting revival has been
in progress at Crawford fora week
past, and over 30 persona have unit
ed with tbe church. Mr. H. J.
Pace, the liquor dealer, ia deeply to-
pressed, and yesterday closed up
nit bar-room and says he will never
sell another drop of the poisonous
stuff.
Judge W. H. Underwood, the
great wit of his day, in defeddinp
client, sued in Franklin court
Major Payne, of Elbert, warned the
jury aa follows: “Do not suppose
because the plaintiff is called “Ma
jor” Fayne he ia entitled to any con
sideration on that account, fori
will inform you, that in the military
county of 'Elbert no man is born
lower than a major.
SHOT AT HIS OWN DOOR.
A Bystorloai Barter In Oforeia—No Clow
to the Culprit.
Swainsaoro, Ga., Sept, 7,18S5.—
S. E. Warren, a prosperous citizen
of this place, was assasinated at a late
hour last night as he entered the
front gate of his house. Hit wife
and four children who were m the
house heard the report of the gun
and Mr Warren exclaim “Oh Lord”
and fall to the ground. When they
reached his side he was dead and the
assasin could not be seen. The
latter bad crept up very close to his
victim, every shot ajtd even the wad*
ding of the gur., having entered his
heart. Neighbors scoured the coun
try, but there is ns yet no clew by
which to identify the murderer.
Lynching would surely follow his
apprehension.
A WEDDING EXTRAORDINARY.
A Baa AcsB Forty Barries a QlrlAxed Ten
la Pierce County, Os.
Atlanta, September 4.—To
day a most extraordinary wedding
occurred In Pierce county, Georgia.
William Harrell, aged forty, a well-
to-do-farm-,:r, espoused Sallie Wil
son, aged only ten years and a half.
The girl’s father, who ia a ferryman
for Major Spence, gave consent to
the wedding. The couple went to
Macon on a wedding tour, and will
return home to begin housekeeping
to-morrow. All the parties con
'kerned are white and are weH con
nected.
OVER A FREE FAIR.
Hon. R. B. Mathews, represen:
tive from Oglethorpe, and CoL
L. Jarrell came near having a' dii
culty yesterday, at Crawford, while
discussing the acceptance of free
passes by members of the legisla
ture. Friends interfered and pre
vented trouble. They are both
clever gentlemen, and we trust that
their little differences will soon be
forgotten.
Washington,Tex, September 8
Washington Sledge, colored school
teacher from Robertson county, was
arested for swindling. The offense
consisted in offering for sale printed
copies of a letter purporting
to have been written by Jesus
Christ and found hidden beneath
stone near where Chriat stood on
Monnt Calvary. Sledge represen
ted that acopy of thia letter hung up
in the house would haye the effect of
preventing disease and pestilence of
all kinds and ward ofl'hghtning and
impending danger. He round
ready sale for the letter among the
negroes.
Loafing ia doing nothing—labor
iously. 1
Made out of hole cloth—a mos
quito bar!
A bit of real life—a piece of
boardinghouse cheese.
When a batcher gambles he
should play for large stakes.
Plain facta are hunks of ice to a
romantic cap of coffee,
A smile is an indication of a genial
heart. It is also frequently a prelude
to a swelled head.
The thief who took the washing
off the clothes line explains that he
wanted to make a clean sweep.
One’s relatives is sometimes very
disagreable, but perhaps the meanest
of the lot is your carb-uncle.
When a barber seek* to make
himself sociable with ■ customer in
ther chair he is only “scraping an
acquaintance.”
“A Meddlesome Detective,” is a
headline in an exchange. He pro-
bsly arrested the banker before he
got to Canada.
“Yes Augustus I love you. Now
you must go and see father.” “No,
dovie, not yet; that ia lather than 1
want to go at present.”
* Robbie,” said the visitor kindly,
have you any brothers or sisters?”
“No,” saiJ wee Robbie, solemnly.
“I’m all the children we’ve got.”.
A Wisconsin man was reported
“murdered,” when the word should
have been “matried,” but the dis
tinction was so slight that the proof
reader let it slide.
What is the best thing for potato
bugs?” asks a rural subscriber. Up to
the hour ot going to press nothing
lias been found more satisfactory
than potatoes.
A gentleman said to a minister:
“When do you expect to see Deacon
S. again?” “Never,” said the rever-
rend gentleman solemnly; “the dea
is in Hraven.”
The King of the Sand wish Islands
is said to be inordinately fond of
mince pie. What can you expect ol
a man whose ance»ters were brought
up on missionary?
“A new policeman on the beat,”
remarkes an esteemed contemorary.
“Well that’s too bad. The old po
liceman was on the beat, too. Times
don't seem to improve any.
Roofers are at work on top of the
house. The man in charge hails from
below: “How many of you are up
there?" “Three.” “Well half of you
come down!”
Csrrom—No you cannot play
billiards with a barbecue.
A man will never reach the top of
the ladder if he carries a brick in his
hat.
The reason a man afRicted with
corns remind one ol fruit is because
he is a toe-martyr.
Some eastern poetess asks the
conundrum: “O where does beau
linger?” Our office hours are fn
to 6.
Dont ask me for my fare; don't
you see I’m strapped,” said the
standing up passenger of a mole
car.
Wiggins, the weather prophet,
seems to have gone into the coal
business. He predicts, a winter
that will bury last years record un
der ten feet of snow.
Conductors on reaching Chicago,
used to call out “Chicago! twenty
minutes for divorce!” Things have
changed since then. It now takes
thirty miuutes to get a divorce.
It hat been found iu Spain that
people living in the neighborhood
of soap factories are entirelly exempt
from cholera. If you can’t get near
a soap factory burn an old rubber
shoe in a kitchen stove.
A corespondent writes to a rural
journal asking sugettions in fixiing
np a nice little place of retort in his
back yard. If he means by this that
he wants to start a beer garden, all
he has to do is to sprinkle
his chicken enclosure with saw dust
and set an oleander tree in a tub
one corner.
All the dime museum freaks are
marrying off. The living skeleton
married tbe fat girl; the armless won-
has married the Albino,foc henfaced
boy has siddled up to the two-head
ed cow, and e.\en now they say that
Dr. Mary Walker has had a prop
sal, though the studied refusal to t
which of the meustrosities made
leaves the rumor oben to tbe suspi
cion of being rouadlets.
“Pop’s drunk,' mam’s in jail, and
Bill’s got the measles, and ther’s no
one to get me off to school. Hope
this business will last all winter said
the youngster, as he vaulted over a
hydrant.
“Doctor,” said Mr. Groanby, “look
at my awful face! Tones hit me in
ye with a club Saturday night,
what shall 1 take for it?” And as
the medicine man drove rapidly
away back came the sympathetic
answer: “Take offence man, take
offence.”
The same old story: Mamma—
“Don’t you think, Etnma, yon are
a little too old to be playing with
the boys so much?” Emma—“I
know it but the older I get the bet
ter I like 'em.”
The difference between a dog and
a boy consists in the tact that when
a dog finds a scent he dosn't spend
it for candy. .
Miss Cleveland’s book has reach
ed its tenth edition, and $50^00 has
been paid to tbe authoress.
The Englishman who said that
American girli did not know what
to do with their anna certainly never
had much experience in American
parlors with the gas turned low.
“Where is the dollar of our fath
ers?” shrieks an exchange excitedly.
You needn’t look this way so intent
tiy. We are willing to be search
rivsuoAHiimimpMioaiiiiwi
"Mi, I believe there’s a moose in
my bed!” exclaimed a young lady
aoas Aotieasm Junction. Her moth
er was not so much alarmed by tbe
retnailc as the would have been if it
bad related to tbe maternal bed, but
the young lady
The bed clothing wm hauled off
and tbe moose did not make its ap
pearance. The mattress was then
tilted off the bedstead, bnt no mouse.
“My child, yon are nervous,” said
the mother; “go to sleep and don’t
think about it any more.”
About midnight the girl gave a
loud sci earn and bounced out of bed
a harry. The bed clothes were
hastily drugged off and the mattress
shaken, but the mouse was not
forthcoming.
“I am sure I felt it move then,"
sobbed the frightened maiden. “I
know it’s something.”
The mother calmed the nervous
young lady with difficulty, and tried
to induce tier to go to sleep. She
did not do so, however, until placed
the spare room in a bed of gen-
Nothing less than cutting open the
mattress would satisfy the young
‘ Jy-
There wasn’t any mouse. Instead
of that, when the bed tick was cut
open and its contents emptied on
the floor, a garter snake two feet
long wriggled abont half scared to
death. A broomstick calmed the
snake’s neives forever in a short
time. It is supposed that a stray
snake egg was sewed up in tbe
mattress with the shucks which
constituted tbe bulk of its stuffing.
DESERTING*A CORPSE.
The sheriff of Morgan county, on
being Informed of the arrest of
Henry Crawford to Washington
City, requested Mr. P, S. Borne’
who was on his way to New Yorl
to stop in Washington and see
they had the right man. On Satur
day morning Mr. Burney telegraph
edtothe sheriff that the prisoner
was not Crawford. The man Ward
bean a striking resemblance to
Crawford, i* about the same age,
and being from High Shoals also,
it was not surprising that the police
authorities in Richmond and Wash
iugton were deceived.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
Tbs Frost Dlspatclits ot Yostorday BodfpoA
Tha He midland r«to1Ubc Conduct of a
LotorKerroci.
A negro man met mounted officer
McWilliams this morning and re
ported that a negro woman was ly
ng dead in a house near the corner
ot Cain and Calhoun streets, with
nobody to look after tbe remains.
Officer McWilliams went to the
house pointed out to him and found
a two room cottage apparently unin
habited. The windows were fas
tened do w n and all the doors but one
fattened. The door which was on-
locked he pushed open, and imme
diately he was forced to temporarily
give up the search on account of a
most disagreeable odor. After
awhile he entered the house a\
and going into the back room
A MOST HORRIBLE SIGHT.
On a rude bed in a corner of the
room was the remains of a negro
woman in a state of decomposition.
No attempt had been made to move
the body alter the life was extinct,
but just as the unfortunate was when
she died she was left by those who
bad watched betide her bed.
From all accounts it appears that
the woman had been tick for tome
time and died on Saturday morning
last All the inmates of the bouse
were in a
WRBTCHBD STATE OF POVERTY,
and not being able to stand the ex
penses of a funeral, and little caring
whether the dead woman was ever
buried, they moved from the house
without telling anybody of the death
of the woman and left the corpse to
be discovered by the next person
who entered the house.
The matter ought to be thorough
ly investigated, and the inhuman
brutes who deserted the corpse
prosecuted it there is any law cov
ering the cate.—Atlanta CapitoL
SUICIDE OF a' 6-YEAR-OLD BOY.
Ha sauso WaaM to Ot to Hoavam W tea
Prohibition carried in Milan coun
ty ’l. Si Ivey &Co., of Rock Hill,
S. C., failed for $200,000.
An Illinois senator has been sent
to the inebriate asylum.
Cholera-stricken bogs are bring
slaughtered in Chicago.
President Cleveland has reached
Washington in fine health.
A ton of DeWitt Clinton died io
the road near Albany, N. Y.
At Greenville, O, one man killed
another for assaulting hia wife.
A child was killed by eating poi
soned sausage at Dover, N. H.
A hail storm destroyed large areas
of tobacco and com in Maryland.
The idle iron mills and factories in
tbe North and West are returning
work.
The negro who killed a street car
onductor in Chattanooga has been
ynefaed.
In tbe Methodist church at Deca
tur, on the ruling by the pastor that
the organist could not play unless
she gave np playing for a dance, a
majority left the church. |
iladelphia, Sept 6,1885.—
Oscar Parry, the eleven year old son
of William H. Parry, a well known
insurance man, committed suicide
this morning by shooting himself
in the bead after reading a thrilling
blood and thunder story published
in a sensational paper.
A general heavy frost occurred
throughout Dakota and North Kan
sas Saturday morning. Great dam-
%c is reported done to the crops,
he thermometer in some localities
fell to nearly thirty degrees, and a
perfect calm rendered the frost
much more destructive. A heavy
snow tell in that section yesterday.
Ellavillb, Ga., Sept. 6.—Last
night Stonewall Tondee, ton of
Treasurer Tondee,of Schley county,
was assassinated by a negro, who
escaped. A report has reached
here that the murderer was arrested
near Americas and lynched to
night
Sunday afternoon, Charles Wil
liams, colored, was ejected from a
street car in Chattanooga, by Polk
Mitchell, for refusing to pay fare,
smoking and using obscene lan
guage in the presence of ladies.
Williams went home and armed
himself with a revolver, and return
ing shot Mitchell three times, killing
him almost instantly. Williams was
jailed. A mob took possession of
the jail and hung Williams to a raft
er inside the jail. Mitchell was at
one time assistant chief of police.
KILLED ON A VELOCIPEDE.
A Struts aad TsrrlOls Accident on tba
state Bond.
Chattanooga, Sept 7.—A
shocking accident happened on the
Western and Atlantic railroad
abont one o’clock this morning.
Alphonto Day, assistant yardmas-
teref the Queen and Crescent line,
left the switch yards on a velocipede
for tne purpose of inspecting the
yard* at Boyce station, five
mile:, Ik at tne city. He had
just gotten under good head
way when the south bound
Atlanta 'rain went thundering down
the track. Engineer Jim Crazier
applied the air brakes and did all in
his power to stop the train, thinking
Day would jump Irom the veloci
pede, but the unfortunate mat
seemed transfixed with fear. The
train struck him in the back, knock
ing him about twenty feet His
skull was fractured, ana he received
fatal injuries. Day hak been em
ployed by the Q. and C. for many
years, and was a faithful employe.
Bradford, Pa., Sept. 7.—A little
daughter of David Norf, of Dubois,
Pa^ died a few weeks ago. Willis,
her 5-year-old brother, repeatedly
declared that he wanted to die, to
that he might go to heaven to tee
her. On Friday last he asked his
mother if he was good enough to
go to heaven if he died. Hit moth
er told him that she believed be
wi< v. Not long afterward the heard
a pistol shot in a room np stairs.
She ran to the room and found Wil
lit lying dead on the floor. In his
right hand he held a revolver, with
which he had shot himself through
the heart.
A Revival Bulls# Breton Up by a Da*.
Richmond, Sept 7.—In Prince
George county a protracted meeting
was brought to a dote yesterday
under curious circumstances. One
of the members of the church had
been followed there by a pet dog,
which, after reaching the place ol
worship, went up behind the pulpit
desk and began mnnehing tbe sac
ramental bread. One of the minis
ters kicked the dog, which caused
its owner to become indignant and
be left the church. Hia ton walked
up to the pulpit and had some
words with the minister. The min
ister told the young man if he did
not like what he had done he could
make the most of it. The meeting,
which bad been begun with a view
of keeping it up for several days,
was brought to a close at the sug
gestion of one of tbe ministers, who
said that the devil had gotten into
the dog and the people, and he
reckoned he had gotten into the
preachers aa well.
Pour-year-old is anxious for a ba
by sitter, and quite often importunes
his mother to buy one. “But,” says
mamma, “I haven’t money enough
to boy one.” “Well, bnt mamma,
can’t'you get one and have her
charged?” was the eager inquiry. '
He looked earnestly at the two
glass hand-grenades that hung on
the walls of the corridor of the the
ater. “How thoughtful of tbe mail-
agement to provide bottles of water
in case of faintness among the la
dies.” “Them’s fire extinguishers,
interrupted the attendant When a
fire breaks out, you throw a bottle
on it, ahd that puts it out.” “Any
kind of fire?” “Yes; big or little ”
“Then I’ll have a dozen put into my
coffin.”
“Please, sir, let me shine your
boots,” simultaneously ejaculated
two bootblacks in front of the Aus
tin hotel. The man with the boots
hesitated which to employ. The
smaller boy said: “Let me shine
’em, sir, for I have to support a
tick brother at home who is deform
ed and can’t see.”
Mr. Frank Howard, one of Ogle
thorpe’s most prosperous farmers,
yesterday hauled 20 bales of his
mat years cotton ciop into Craw
hand
but
manrot it
sooner.
A New York World correspond
ent says: “The Rev. Dr. Bnrchard
wanders aronnd Saratoga like, a
ghost The old gentleman, although
he looks very calm and serene, aa if
he had the clearest of conscience,
yet cannot be very comfortable. He
iaone of the most notorious men
living. Wherever he goes be
ia followed by tbe wink and snicker
of some one who regards Burchard’s
existence as n huge joke. ‘There
he goes!’ ‘That’s the man!’ That’s
the nun who smashed Blaine!’
‘That is Grover Cleveland’s best
friend!’ are the constant exclama
tions uttered in his bearing. He
looks very patient under all this
fire, but he must be very much an
noyed.”
Mirk our prediction: Lee will
be elected Governor of Virginia hy
handsome majority.
We ere in receiptof an official
chart, showing the projected rail
roads chartered in Georgia, with the
estimated mileage and Jcost These
roads are as follows: Columbus
Athens, 146 miles; Augusta to
Ckattanoogi^ 223; Augusta to Chi
cago, UL, (in Georgia) 107; Albany
to Columbus, 86; Catnills to Cuth-
bert, 52; Columbus to the Florida
line, via Bainbridge, 125; Coving
ton to Macon, 60; Darien to Jobn-
ston Station, 27; Eastman to Sevan-
nab, 127; Gainesville to Dahlonega,
22; Valdosta to Madison, t6; At
lanta to Columbua, tot; Marietta
and North Georgia, 30; Macon to
Florida line, 158; Quitman to Mon-
ticello, Fla., 15; Millen to Hart’s
Road, Fla., 149; Newnan to Frank
lin, 20; Chattanooga, Tenn., to La-
Grange, 147; Thomasville to Tal
lahassee, 16 (in Georgia;) Savan
nah to Tybee Island, 20; Wrights-
> Hawkins ville 50. Total es
timated mileage 1,726. Total esti
mated cost $25,890,00a
There roads are surveyed through
82 counties.of this state, 21 of which
have no railroad facilitiea.—Macon
Telegraph.
a Om Psrcktd U*sa ISe Prsachar s Hmd.
New Haven, Sept. 7.—While
the Rev. Mr. Clark, of the East
Haven Congregational church yras
finishing the opening prayer on
Sunday, a dove new into tbe church
and alighted on the centre gaUery.
When the pastor read from tne first
chapter ot John, the clause, "I saw
the Spirit descending from heaven
like a dove and it abode upon him,”
the dove perched on the open Bibik
At the close of the seivice, Mr.
Clark said that this might be em
blematical of tbe presence of the
Divine Spirit As he said thia the
bird alighted upon his bead. The
clergyman took the winged visitor
down and held it against nia breast.
Many were moved to tears and the
whom congregation wore visibly
affected.
ITBHS OF INBBBK8T.1
Mm. Susan flartr
Algernon S. Hartridg
Savannah on the 9th iust
Secretary Lamar laughs at the
idea of his health being .rapaiiedjby
> close attention to businc is.
Sam Jones, the revivalist, it op-R9
prsed to ail lotteries wh.ch reduce*
hi* popularity in LouUiima.
Thomas Hughes,‘the author of
“Tom Brown at Rugby,” has lately
returned to the United Sitates.
Rome, Ga., is agitating the ques
tion of a city park. Athens should
keep np with tbe procetsion.
Gen.Slsarwaa Seiri Gets JofJoht-
ston that school commencements
were a block and half ahead of
military glory.
Blaine and Logan Kit be am tha
names of Osage county, Mot, 'twins
entered lor tne great twin: baby
show at the Western National Fair.
Edward Everett fob raiharatat
Bulwer’s assertion that three boars
of daily brain work is ample to get
from a man the beat that ta to! him.
Gen. Rosecnuu has boeat invited
by tbe Democratic Stats Central
Committee ot Ohio to apeak to that
state during the pending campaign.
James William Lambert la writ
ing letters to the London Times in
favor of turning the English grave
yards into recreation grounds for
the public.
A. C. Black, a rival of Wiggins,
the weather prophet, has started a
paper called “The Future,” at Rich*
laud, Kan. If the paper fives, if
baa a great field to labor in.
Out of the list of proposed rail
roads recently published in' the
Atlanta Constitution, five of them
had Columbus fora ter ninua. Co
lumbus ia on a “boom.”
Tbe employment of bicyclists aa
scouts for the intelligence depart
ment in military manoeuvres has
proved a great success. They sur
passed horsemen in endurance.
Tennyson, as well as Holmes,- is
one of foe heroes of 76, and the
same year of birth, 1809, so prolific
to poets, would have brought poor
Poe to 76 if he were still alive.
Mr. Coleman, commissioner of
agriculture, left Washington the
other night for his home in Missou
ri to attend tbe funeral of hia ton,
who died there on Wednesday.
The Socialists ef Chicago can
outwave jfohn Sherman with the
bloody shirt Recent demonstra
tions on the part of Socialist* show
that the Hon. John will have some
thing to engage his attention nearer
home before* great while.
A man from the country, named
Fuller, while in Savannah, was or
dered to stop cursing on foe street
by Policeman Warren. He turned
bis attention to tbe officer and began
to carte him. When Warren ar
rested him he resisted stonly, and it
became necessary to use foe cub to
get him to foe guard house.
The Lumpkin IIdependent says:
There is no necessity for conceal
ing foe fact that theVotten crop of
Stuart county haa fallen oil folly
one-foird trom the expectations of
farmers sc ml weeks ago. The
caterpillars has done foe work thor
oughly on foe bottom landsand rust
has blighted foe upland*.* -
The board of trustees of Dr. Arm
strong’s cbnrch to Atlanta publish
foe following resolution: Resolved,
that after a careful and thorough In
vestigation of the reports which
have been printed, reflecting upon
Rev. Dr. Armstrong,-it hfm* opin
ion of this vestry that the ’ facta do
not demand foe withdrawal «f con
fidence to onr esteemed rector.
A Saratoga correspondent lays:
Itiere is a Mr. E. W. Johnson, of
Boston, Mast., here who exactly
resembles W. H. Vanderbilt, or
else Mr. Vanderbilt resembles him.
Vanderbilt may look a little more
alike, but so does Mr. Johnson, Ev
ery time Mr. Johnson walks out on
foe streets people hunch each other
and whisper, “Here comes Mr
Vanderbilt.
Edwin Meredith, once a wealthy
Philadelphian, who for seven yean
’ * ' let Phil Daly’s
ment at Long
ich.'was found dead to hia bed
on Wednesday morning. He was
subject to heart disease, and only
foe night before said foat if it would
only take him ont of trouble alto
gether it would be all the better.
He was 75 yean old, aad belonged
to an excellent family.
TMBstais’bnnaaWii.
XUMrton Under.
The mere mention of foe name of
Folsonoas Clxarnttes.
I am an old sqaoker. Thinking to
try a milder smoke than my pipe
and Lone Jack, last Tuesday I un
dertook to smoke cigarette*. That
day I smoked a paeluge, and on
Wednesday-foe same
Thursday morning my lips were
ing convinced that cigarettes
King Henry, colored, stirs the blood
of many who remember those dark
days just after the war, one dark
night of which he shot and mortal
ly wonndrd George Allen, one o
Elberton’* best loved citizens. The
notorious Akesman defended King
Henry, and heoscaped, despite pub
lic sentiment, with a number of
years in tbe penitentiary, and not
until recently haa he tamed up to
Elbert. He hat been daring, the
year hired to Mr. G. C. Grogan as a
farm hand on Broad river. ' Some
time ago, after a continuous neglect
of bis duty. Mr. Grogan. discharged
him and ordered him off the place.
King apparedtly obeyed, but the
Dext day was seen in a cabin on the
farm. A warrant was sworn out
before Justice Brower, and a const**
ble was sent to arrest King on foe
charge ot carrying concealed wea-
gons. King coolly stepped out
and with gun to shoulder told foe
gentleman. that thane, Woe no> «se ta
parleying, he didn’t popote to be
arretted; be had tiuidjpjfot '
man and be would kUl aoofofo be*'
fora any man should arrest Urn.
Mr. G. was deputized to mid in the
arrest, and while- aoaa*. iprafontoa-
peared. AttAnpt* at artast since
have prove proven futfle, aa be can*
not be found. Ho is httnoiPaadiu
nity, however, armed and roady-for
the fray. He is a desperate negro,
and will die in bis boob. The only
way to arrest him it to get foedrop -
on Mo. -Nieto bo hoped fokf foo .
officers will not coaao smfo bfi ia
captured. He is dangerous to this
community, and his open defiance
to the law tsa disgrace we Sops to
•ee-wiped’okt^' e
TRIBUTE ot‘RESPECT. '
At Si meetingof the Salem S u n -
day school, held to the Methodist
cbnrch at Salem, Oconee co~ Ga..
Sept 6th. 1885, foe following ore-
caused foe swelling I gave them
another trial Friday and yesterday.
Last night my Ups were swollen. I
am convinced that cigarettes are
veiy deleterious if not absolutely
poisonous.—Atlanta Telegram.
The CarsUMs;Cs4*ets «f*K~ ' -
• Paris, Sept 8.—News -has fust
arrived that the Emperor of Ger
many has decided that owing to the
fact that Spanish ships arrived
three days before the German gun
boat on the Caroline Islandi, Yap
shall be gi ven up to Spain. Thus
foe Spanisn-German episode may
be raid to have ended. - »
iTutiont were a
:pt.6th. 1S85,
amhie and resolu
ris:
Whereas, Walter R. Hester was
a member of foe Salem Sunday-
school, be it
Resolved 1st,. That the Salem
Sunday-school have with sorrow
learned of the death of Walter R.
Hester, oldest son of Dr. Jas. T.
KsS&votf.iM, deeply
sympathize with hit jMef-tiricken
parents in the lots Of this then eld.
eit-born son and idol of their hearts.
Res ilved 3rd, That these proceed
ings be SDread upon the minutes of
this Sunday-school,' ««d foat a copy '
be furnished.foe. Athens Banner-
Watchman and Wesleyan Christian
Advocate for publication. Also,
that a copy be furnished the farwly
of the deceased. M. L Jacks,
Supt,
There saems to be aa epidemic of
lynch law now prevalent Rape is
the only crime that w ill give license
to mob rule-