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NO. VI.
unworn TH« BLOODY SHIRT.”
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Thehtyova campaign cry of. the
fepubliean-phity originated from
one of Scott’* novels. Clan Alpine,
„ den FiuYcn, in Scotland, attack,
e^l a small band of patriot*, and
,l.nlightered (them to a man. To
,iouse thtl*i(jjj.ople*o revenge, the
widows of the'irMndered soldier*
stripped the bloody shirt* fromthe
,.,111 warm i>oi : k» of their husband*.
,nil riding through, the mountain*
on horseback, bjtophving thcss.gory
jjaniientsfanned'lheW into life the
waning spatkof resistance .in the
blasts of their countrymen. ..who
rallied around this standard, and
„ve' threw the invaders of their
L,„(i. But in this instance the ap
peal was made to the noblest and
most patriotic instincts of the heart,
and it was a touching, appropriate P ° nrt *
and effective suggestion. But l»ot
, 0 iii the case of John Sherman and
other republican leaders, who have
►tolen the standard of Glen Fluven
to appeal to the baaer and most cor.
nut passions. Instead of arousing
■ wronged and outraged people,
they seek, by appealing to prejudice
and bitterness, to fan into existence
,be waning spark of sectional ha-
„ c d, with all of its attendant evils.
The bloody sh.rt is the banner un-
dcr which they hope to further de
grade and ion a conquered people,
by elevating ignorance and corrup
tion over intelligence and wrwth.
But the bloody shirt has done its
AT RICHMOND, i
8AF ™ EDITOR OF
THE BASSEB-WMCHltiCN
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ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAT, SKPTEMRER. «9, 1885.
VOL XXXI
WHICH HAKES IT* TRIAL TRIP ON THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY.
Richmond, Sept. rS.--Dear
Banner-Watchman: I reached this
historical city on Thursday night,
*h°ut 8:30 o’clock and quartered at
the Ford’s Hotel, opposite the cap-
o* 1 £ ou " d *' We fir *‘ called at the
R. & D. depot to learn at what
hour we must arise to see the new
steamer, and 1 earned that a special
v train left the Virginia street^ depot
nor': in both Scotland and Aireri- * l 8 o’clock, a. m; We.were on
s-fw#* *rr ■-1tsygariggaa 1
bear this gory banner aloft will | awaiting our party. We -were
find itseif without followers. Peace joined by a select party of railroad
and good will between the races ^ ’
sow reign throughout the south,
mil with the exception ot the ex
piring effort of the republican party
in Virginia, the field is dear for a
renewal of kind feeling between
the late divided sections. The
bloody shirt was folded list Novem
ber by die American people, and
forever butied in the grave with
leciional hate and prejudice.
SANCTIFICATION.
We are glad to see a disposition
now in* lifeMed'hy the state press to
give ihe Holiness disciples justice,
and speak of these humble and con
sistent Christian* as they deserve.
We know many of them and they
are good people, leading chaste and
(joe! tearing lives, and looking with
love ami kindness upon all man-
kind. They make no attempt to
|iu,b ilu-ir f.,ith, but aie ever ready
loexiend a helping hand to the sin
ner and lift lum up. We clip the
following editorial from the McDuf
fie Journal, thi.1 pays a just a id fit
ting tribute ti: Rev. A. J. Jarrell,
lbs discourse delivered at Warren-
ton went.a long ways toward en-
ligmniing the people as to the true
mission ol his ductrine:
“Allho igh the subject of Sancti
fication or Christian Holiness is
■u>acting much attention through
on; tlie country, ai.il especially with
it. she hound* of the M. E. church
suuth. there are comparatively few
p. - 1sons v. i.o correctly understand,
while the great majority entertain
the most absurd and erroneous con
ceptions ot the doctrine taught by
the leaders ol the association. To
correct these errors and to give our
rradeis the tine substance of their
Iritli and teachings, we copy else
where, from the Warrenton Clipper,
ascimonby Rev. A. J Jarrell, who
is considered one of the most intelli
gent pieachcrsof the Holiness As
sociation. It is a plain and pointed
declaration of the principles upon
which they base their professions;
■nil, it carefully read, will disabuse
the public .<iind of many of the
mistakes and much of the prejudice
now entertained concerning the m.’
UNWISE LEGISLATION.
The valued policy bill introduced
by Repiesentative Calvin, of Rich
mond county, if it becomes a law,
wiil assuredly result in the with
drawal from Georgia of al' the relia
ble insurance companies, and prove
of irreparable injury to the business
interests of the state. It is simply
an assumption by the legislature of
the private affairs of the people—a
self-constituted guardianship over
them—that is neither asked for nor
wanted. A man who has foresight
enough to insure his property has
certainly sufficient sense to manage
his own business, and if it can be
proved that, with an eye to gain,
he has misled a company and over-
'alued his property, with their
printed rules and regulations clear
ly before him, he may and should
expect to reap the fruits of his dis
honesty. To use plain language,
we can see this valued policy bill
officers and memberu of the press,
and were soon en route to West
Point, on the York river, distant 38
miles from Richmond. We passed
over the York River railroad, a
branch of the R.& D. system," that
traver>es a thin but romantic coun
try, rich in historical interest. About
half way oor route we Dassed the old
homestead of Martha"Curtis, the
place where the Father o f his Coun
try courted and marriad his wife.
The original house was destroyed
several years ago by fire, and a small
cottage now occupies the site, em
bowered in a grove of trees. We
also passed through the country oc
cupied by the Pomerkey and Chick-
chammery Indians. The remnant
of this tribe still reside in this locali
ty, hut by intermarriage with ne
groes they are almost extinct.
We shall writeup our trip and
the incidents connected thereto at
length to morrow, bvt in this letter
have only time to give the following
account of the new steamer that we
clip from the Baltimore Sun:
The new ste-imer Baltimore, built
in Baltimore for theyork River Line
has been entirely completed, and to
day will make - *rial trip of about
40 miles down the bay and return
A number of officers of the compa
ny and invited guests will comprise
the party on boa-ci. The new ves
sel is a schooner rigged, propeller
steamship of handsome model. Her
dimensions are: Length 236 ieet
overall, 215 feet on keel, 3S feet
beam, 12 feet depth of hole, and 10
feet between decks. Her carpen
ter’s measurement is t,3oo tons,
1,400 tons gross and 1,012 register
ed. She has a carrying .apacity of
800 tons of freight, and has accom
modations for 150 fin t-class pas
sengers and 50 second-class.
The motive power is furnished
by a compound surface cot densiqg
engine with cylinders 30 and 57
inches in diameter apd 36 inches
stroke of piston. They are the
most powerful engines of their
class ever built in this city, and em
brace the very latest improvements
in marine engineering. Most ot the
working parts are of steel, and the
bearings phosphor bronze. Each
cylinder is provided with an adjust
able cut off, and the main engine is
controlled by an auxiliary starting
engine. Steam is supplied by two
Scotch boilers, 11£ feet long by 11
feet in diamster, constructed of £of
an inch plate iron and braced for a
working pressure of 90 pounds of
steam. Eleven engines of different
sizes are used throughout the vessel
for various purposes.
The Baltimore is lighted by 63 Ed
ison incandescent lamps, furnished
by a dynamo situated in the engine-
room. In adition are handsome an
tique bronze oil-lamps placed
throughout, which are said to have
alone cost nearly 81,000 A steam
windlass for raising anchor or haul
ing into dock, steam hoisting engines
fire apparatus and grenades distrib
uted through the vessel, and a num
ber of life-boats and preservers
show the.great regard of the com
pany for the prompt'working ot
cargo and presevation of life on
board.
Interior inspection of the steamer
reveais one of the hansomest and
most complete vessels now used in
the inland commerse of the States.
A cabin containing thirty open
berths is located aft between decks.
On the main deck are the forecastle
for deck hands, refrigerator, ice chest
and engine room. A solid cherry
staircase leads up into the saloon
deck. At its top* landing is a be
veled French plate-glass mirror. On
the saloon deck are our pqfser’s of
fice and room, situated in the forward
end, with two staterooms opposite.
Aft of these and forward of . the
PRESIDENT CARLTON'S SUBSTITUTE FOB
THE TECHNOLOGICAL BILL.
President Carlton’s substitute Tor
the Technological bill, offered
Wednesday, provides that the
school be established as a branch of
the State University, and that it be
■added to the Agricultural Depart
ment, inasmuch as that department
already possesses some of the
in the light of legislation to en- * m 'dship bulkhead is the dining
room, nnithed in Hungarian ash
and cherry, with tables and revolv
ing chairs of the same wood. The
chairs and the stationary seats on
side of dining room are upholstered
in red silk plusb, as is all the furni-
tureofthe saloon, which is 1S0 feet
:ounige misrepresentation and fraud
tpon the part of the people of
«orgia. The present manner of
nsuring property cannot possibly
•fleet any honest man, and we can’t
lte the wisdom or justice in pro-
tecting swindlers. Georgia is well
wtisfied with the preient sys
tem of conducting the insurance
business—the courts are open for a
“ttlement of any dispute between
companies and their patrons—and
,n y intermeddling by the legislature
>> unauthorized and untimely. In'
that body has manfested too
S'eat a disposition, anyway, to as-
‘“me a guardianship over private
business interests, a* it the citizens
°f Georgia were a set ol -children
or idiots. When a man is not able
Xa manage his own affairs, let his
immediate family, and not the Meg--
“lature, demand a guardian. We
d o not suppose, however, that this
even ,P°i' y T "'VT* ^ »U « ■Eke"The’
‘‘Boeathmugh the house the falcon on the promenade dec
““ate will kill it.
On Friday afternoon a twelve-
Bar old son of John Simmons, a
J* r <* hand on the place of Mr. Jer-
"**>n Siccumb,.living near Knox-
, e - in Crawford county, was
'mothered to death. A number ol
««gro boys were playing with the
xottonin the cotton house. Site-
moo*’ son made a hole in the pile.
told the others to pile on more
^Uon, which they did. After
■Siting awhile for him to come out
2fy searched for him in the huge
I>le and when found he had suflo-
***«> to death.
in length, with a width alternating
with the sheer of the vessel. The
pantry, situated amidships, and sep
arated by alley*.from the staterooms,
contains steaming tables, silver and
china lockers; etc'. Barber shop,
bar-room, toilets foe Indies and gen
tlemen preface the rows of 32 state
room* ia the math 1 saloon. An in
teresting -feature i arfc two bridal 1
chambers fitted, up with brocade
lambrequins and upholstery done in
red silk plush. All the staterooms
contain single' and double berths,
spring Buttresses and all the toilet
accessories. The painting of the
main saloon is in white, pink and
blue colors. Between each state
room Cherry pilasters make an ac
ceptable coutraitto the richlv hand-
painted panels on the wood work
of the staterooms. "The designs on
the panels are floral in their idea
14 staterooms counterparts of those
below. A grand stairway ofJHieny
connects it with the main saloon
and is a piece of magnificent handi
craft. A dome opens over the stair
way and lights it through ground
glass windows. Rubber mats and
brass nesings are used on all tbe
at irway*. The social hall is in the
upper saloon, and at the extreme
stern on the same deck is the smok
ing saloon, 12 by 30 feet, situated
at /k^place whare the fumes of
tobacco cannot possibly permeate
the saloon. On the same deck, be
ginning forward, i» the wheel-house,
. nTehgji
k and steward . The part of the'
ship thu* occupied is isolated froaj
the passengers, and they are
allowed its freedom under any p.
text. The location of the kitcht
on the promenade deck forward
regarded by steamboat men as a
happy thought, taking, as it does,
I,of cooking from the saloon
e rooms. All .the. sal
e covered
-JE-. ....
The magnificent vessel which was
prerented to the York River line at
a cost of 1175,000, isyegafded af a
'""lunjent tothe worktnaoshm of
nnore mechanics. The execu-
e officers of the company express
smselvesas proud of her asm
whole, and predict for her a career
that wili be a further testimonial to
the farsightedness that selected Bal
timore at the place to’build: her.
ELBERTON ITEMS.
Elberton, Sept. 23.—Court
week in Elberton has always been
synonomons with rainy, bad weath
er- Last week, however, passed off
as bright and balmy as a May day.
Judge Lumpkin dispatches business
in a manner satisfactory to all. Out
ot about fifty cases on the civil
docket very few were left. The
criminal docket was light, only six
cases being tried. Three ot these
were found guilty, one of gambling,
one assault and battery and one of
eog stealing.
The electian for mayor and coun-
cilmen will take place on Monday,
sSth. This election promises to be
very quiet, as there is no opposition
to the re-election of the old council,
and Mr. H. F. Chandler is the only
candidate for mayor.
Misses Gallic and Bessie Thur
mond, of Athens, are visiting Mrs.
Dr. Oliver,ofthis;place
The sociable of the season wilt be
Eiven at the residence of Mr. J. H.
Biewer on next Friday night. All
the young folks will be there.
Miss Allie Tate, a talented young
lady of this place, has accepted a
situation as teacher of music and
drawing at the female college in
Monroe, N. C.
Most of our lawyers are in atten
dance upon Hart court this week.
A sub-cription is being raised for
the building of a $5,000 female acad
emy. This is' certainly a good move,
as the present house is too small to
accommodate the flourishing school
being taught by Prof. Noyes.
The rains on Sunday and Monday
will injure tbe cotton crop in this
count/ io a considerable extent.
Water courses are higher than they
have been for years.
piements necessary to carry out the had b “ n s P lia ^ red ’ and Aejreavf.
purposes of technology. The sub
stitute further provides that the
land script fund, amounting to about
$17,000, be appropriated to tbe es
tablishment of the school, and that
any additional appropriation be
made necessary to make up the com
plement.
A NEW COURT HOUSE.
In their general presentments the
grand jury of Madison county re-,
coinmend that immediate sieps be
taken to secure the erection of a
new court house in that county,and
request Solicitor General Howard,
in case the ordinary fails to take the
necessarry steps within three
months, to proceed by mandamus
.at their instance to compel him to
do it. We learn that Judge Darnel
wrilyofbse to obef the pritorj. pf (he
grand jury. ’
DEATH OP REV.' J. H. ECHOLS. V
Lexington, Ga.„ Sept. 23.—Rev.
Joseph H. Echols, one of our most
prominent and pious citizens, died
this morning at 2 o'clock. He has
been on; the verge of {he grave for
months' past, but owing to the
strong constitution and tenacity to
live he fought off the dread disease
until at last it conquered him. He
was a member of the , Confederate
congress, and a man who had the
respect of ail who knew him.
STEPHENS' HIGH SCHOOL.
Prof. V. T. Sanford, one of the
most successfuleducators in the
south, will next year take charge of
this school, located in old Liberty
Hall, the home of Mr. Stephens.
The name of Prof. S. is enough to
plant the institution on a firm
foundation.
bailroad honey.
Mr. Jatn.es M. Edwards, formerly
superintendent of the North-Eas-
tern, is now in charge of a new
trunk fine between Memphis and
New Orleans. This road was built
under the supervision of Mr. Ed
wards, who expended twelve mil
lion dollars on its construction. He
is recognized as one of the best rail
road men in America.
FINE STOCK.
The Athens fair will show some
of the finest horses in Georgia.
Oconee county will make a desper
ate effort to carry off the first prize,
and says Kentucky must climb high
to beat her. The outlook for tbe
fair is bright indeed.
HART happy.
The house bill to establish the
stock law in Hart county has past
ed the senate, and now only lacks
the signature of the Governor. This
abolishes fences in that county
without the people voting on the
question. -.-
There are very few county treats
urers who would, like Mr. W. L.
High, our county treasurer, take
his own money to pay claims
against the county when there was
no county funds in his hands. This
he has always done, and we think
he i* entitled to the thanks of the
by the republicans tor Governor of
New Yor k. Hill will’probably be
the standard-bearer ot the -demo-
cr#t *' •
A delirious small pox patient in
Montreal escaped from his home
and ran through the streets. He
ise the report in the
of the blowing up of
:ge house -of , the
the blowing
-owntJTlhe mammoth Gospel tent
at Caitersville.
Cartersville, Ga., SejL.20.—
Last night:, the dynamiter! =* paid
RqH oHnJbnesH »ia»t^|iid blew
the floo# out of his buggy bouse, as,a
foretaste, perhaps, of things yet to
be.’ - h * «
The story may be related as fol
lows:
Friday night, in the courssof. Ijis
sermon, Mr. Jones made a vere' se
vere attack on the men who are
flanking tha prohibition law in Car
ters. After using some vety sting
ing words, Mr. jonessaid.
“Now I have had my say to you,
I will talk to you and reason with
you concerning whaV I have said
and the strictures I have made . on (
you. But you and I can’t fight. I
would as soon get into a pit with a.
mangy boll dog, and gnaw with
him, as to fight such low down
scoundrels as you are. A man who
will illicitly, speakingly, perpetuate
a traffic on a community that his
voted it out, is too mean for me to
belittle myself by a personal fen-
counter with him.”
THE EXPLOSION.
About 10 o’clock last night the
quiet of Cartersville was startled by
a terrible explosion
like the thunderous roar of a can
non. The inmates of the house of
Rev. Sam Jones felt the building
tremble^ and heard tbe f lass rattle,
and those asleep and awake,spra'ng.
to their feet with astonishment writ*
ten in every line of their facet: i
At the same time a- man- at the
gospel tent, several hundred yards
distant, saw k flash of light * in the
diaectiofi of Jones’s residence, ac
companying the exposition. The
flash seemed like a suppressed bolt
of lightning, that appearance of it
having been caused by the fact that,
the explosion was within the walls
of the house. There have been re
cently several - - - . ^
TORPEDO EXPLOSIONS
by malicions parties and Mr, Janes
and bis family decided that the
noise was the explosion of a torpe
do somewhere in the neighborhood.
The man at the tent decided that
the flash was more than. a_c
away and such the impression
Others who saw ;and heard it,
Therefore nothing was done in thf
way of an investigation. * JL
This morning a servant went to
the carriage house, about fifty. y*rd»>
from the family house, and soon re
ported to Mr. Tones that the car
riage house had been broken into.
Mr. Jones went doyjf n and found the
floor of the house torn out as if by
some crushing force, The flooring
2x10 sleepers, right new, had been
shattered as by a bolt of lightning.
THE TENT BLOWN EOWN.
At 6 40 p. m., a ’bu* load of peo
ple on their way to the gospel tent
heard cries of “tent blown .down;
no meeting to-night” This was
easy to believe, *s a fearful ..storm ,
had been • and Was still raging
Continuous rains had caused' many
to reman at the tent for the night
service. Some had come early and
.other were.entering the tent while
those already assembled were sing
ing wheti
A FEARFtJL GUST OF WIND,
with torrents ot rain, seemed . to
burst right over the great tent The
poles and ropes to the leeward gave
way, and in an instant tbe people
saw the riain ;drenched canvas be,
ginning to settle gradually down
upon.theftL- It’ seemed to pause
and hover a moment and the tall
poles swayed downward,
THE GREAT ROPES
snapped like thread, and the' tent
with all
nalia settl
on its nest
aiid congregation under" its" vast
folds.' Three Hundred people, most
of them women and children, who
but a moment before felt as secure
from the raging elements as if they
were under their own roofs, rose'to
their feet
SHRIEKING AND RUNNING
hither and yon among the sea of
.plank seats. The scene was inde
scribable. The wildest .confusion
reigned, with terrified children,
clinging to their flying parents.
Hats,Shawls an.* other light arti
cles were blowing about like chaff,'
and all were swept out into the
storm and darkness. Two score of
lamps, most of them electric burn
ers, were swept from their fasten
ings and burst into one wild glare
that illumined the darkness for an
instant and then fell into the mass
of dry straw that covered every foot
of ground under the tent This
caught and ;
WOULD HAVE CONSUMED ALL
if the rain had not drenched every
stitch of canvas that covered it
Many were unable to get out rill
the tent had settled and then ripped
openings in the tent, through
which they escaped into the blind
ing darkness, drenching rain and
driving wind without. The egress
of the people was greatly impeded
by the seats and the tangled ropes.
Fortunately no one, so far as. now
known, was seriously injured,
though many are scratched and
bruised. All were terribly fright
ened. Eye witnesses say it looked
as if one of
SAM JONES’ THREATENED JUDG
MENTS
had fallen on them, and if.the end
of the world bad really come greater
fright confusion, and ..-c&Mjterna
rath n«|t have pi evaded: The
Was insured against fitfef bht the
tent of the daaoage from that cause
seems alight, though four large
street lamps exploded when they
were dashed from their post*. The
damage otherwise cannot now be
estimated.
_
Miss Gussie t Hale will open 4
iressmaking establishment at Dr.
Bale’s residence on Jackson stret t,
rear of campus and invites the ladies
to S vdberrf'calt t T jTT
ill
tween two posts about 25 yards
■part, or whatever distance wanted,
with a rieg to which to tie the rein
of the halter on the animal,you have
a tjick whidh allows it to graze
from one post to the other by slid
ing _ the nng along the w ’tie. It
well and there is no patent
nit
WUUtDyar,
Hear Hartm.
Monday we came dbvrh on the-
traiaPWlf^BBpjty-htarshal'Cjirt^”
who gave us the following particu
lars M the IriTTdg of w]P Dy*r on
tty j B ,t/about sbndown. in
ranklin county, some three miles
from Martin, a station on the Elber
ton railroad:
It seems that the murdered man,
who was about 25 year* of age and
lately married, had for some time
been a government’s witness -gainst
the illicit distiller* in Hart and
Franklin counties, anil these, men
had 8wortfprcngeancef*H*ioit him.
tCAshtf farter the
threats, that reached his ears from
various sources,’and advised him to
go arm^d: Dyar remarked that he
bad sworn nothing but the truth,
and din not think any one would
dare torharui him. Besides, bis ene
mies hid already gotten a true bill
againrt him for carrying a pistol
concealed some two years since, and
they jwould delight to get him in
more tf-mbTe, if possible; that there
was. iiother witness living pear,
who undoubtedly had falsely testi
fied, and if any one was harmed he
would be the otyr- Mr. Carter say*
that Dyar Was a sober, truthful
man, and his , tesfintopy flways
went a long ways> ’■ with the court.
The evening of hi* death this officer
rode over to Noah-Dj-ar’*, and un
cle to: Willis, whert Ihe latter was
engaged in making up sorghum,
and served several notices on him
to appear as a witness in Gainesville
on the following day, also instruct
ing Dyar to meet him (Carter) at
Martins, | when thev would make
the trip together. He promised to
do so. In dess than an hour alter
Mr. Carter’* departure Willis Dyar
started for his home (he living on
the farm of Elias Dya') driving a
tyne-steer cart. He bail occasion to
J>as*.tbrou^toa.*ltiit' of woods; not
. ■ —*■’ TT,* 1 ’ ;—
Reeder, the builder of the engines
*>t the boat, and General H. S.
shipping point TOR THE CLYDE Heidekooper, postmaster at Phila-
stopped at a mudhole to drink
Dyar,was seating on the cart, with
his feet hanging ovei the Iront-
board and resting on the shalves.
His assassin, as appeared from the
tracks and trampled ground, had
fbrsomd time been waiting' for his
victim behind tree hot 25 steps
from the highway. He fired with
deadly aim, nine buckshot entering
Dyarw 1 and killing him in-
stantly, as had he raised the slight
est alarm it wiAifllJiave been known
at the farm house, where the report
of the gun was distinctly heard.
Yhe steer, doubtless alarmed by the
sound, started for home, and the
first intimation that the young wife
had ot hfr husband’s fate «as when
theyude vehicle.stopped in front of
the^ate, bearing its ghastly freight.
Gym’s ffetArmstill hanging rover
the front of the: cart, and his body
lying in the* bottom. Her anguish
was heart-rending, and the alarm
was soon sounded. A party of
neightyon wOt-obcs-started.-out to
learn JSj|icpj|rs|bul the murderer
had fled and the only sign left was
the beaten eptli where he stood
in wait for his.victim. A-cbrooer’s
jury was summoned the next day,
and a verdict rendered that the de
ceased came to hi* death at the
hands ofwtvuqknown party. Some
who; examined the ground think
there were,two men engaged in the
killing. There is not the slightest
clue to the murderers. Sevetal
Railroad system.
A WORD ABOUT THE
POCAHONTAS AIT Ant.
A CONGLOMERATION Of RAILROAD
FINANCIAL OKEATWfl|L
I BHWHMnii»MriN»AkD'’'wH it'*#
IS DOMQ POE ras PAWrirTT’f .
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,jt 19.—The West
andWarehonseCo^
With which Athens
. riftfoad
frade, hat always been considered a
th in our city, and it is even ar
gued ihat’it is a company of straw;
only, known on paper. Hence It
was a very, interesting visit to the
headquarters of this corporation,
that we could tee the extent of fhe
busipess transacted. As stated in
our yesterday’s letter, West Point is
situated jS miles from Richmond,
fn the York river, and is a place of
some 1,500 inhabitants, belonging
solely to the W. P. T. & W. Co,
delphia. . ,
Finding ourself in the midst of so
much, wealth and railroad fame, the
gentlemen surrounding us counting
their money-by the millions, wh si-
died up to a titan with a slouch hat
j»nd a $15 *ujt of clothes, feeling
.that, like qurself,. his. pocket book
-doubtless, iplt lonesome in such com
pany, and wc would ,show by our
f cts, that, we Were not proud be
cause we sported S beaver. But,
gentle reader, wedroppedour, new
found friend like a hot shovel upon
learning tbat-his name was George
T. Baker, president ’of the First Na
tional Bank of Baltimore, one of the
largest owners m the R. & D. syn
dicate, and who had ten million
dollars change on hand. We next
tackled B stolid-looking gentleman,
of about 45 summers' who might,
from appearances, be a merchant in
some small line of trade. Bntthis
was William P. Clyde, President ot
the large syndicate that bears his
name, and also owner of the Clyde
River 'railroad leads to this place,
and is one of the smoothest lines in
the south. West Point is a most
important link in the R. & D. syn
dicate, at it opens to this company
water communication with the
yvhrld. The river is navigable for
the largest sized steamships, and
they anchor at these splendid
wharves from alt the foreign ports
to discharge or take on it cargo. • It
is worth a visit to tee the steamers
lying there, loading and unloading
precious freights; wa ch the largest
and fihest compress ia the country
at work, reducing cotton bales to
the thickness of a few inches; see
the stevedores in gangs of hundreds
Working like beavers, and watch
the great tush in this busy little
mart, which, hardly a decade ago,
was unknown to the world of com
which is a branch of the Richmond of learners. Isi f*ct, *e soOn
& Danville syndicate.. The York discovered that we-were out of our
100 yards distant from a farm house, ... _ , „
and his little steer, it is supposed, m - ’ - e never saw such dis
out. The people aie very indig
nant against Dyar’ for witnessing
against his neighbors, and hence he
has rbut little sympathy. On the
other hand, many persons openly
rejoice at his death. Marshal Car
ter j* of the opinion that had he
gone home with Dyar, as was his
original intention, that he would not
have been v assassinated, as it is
kffowto that tye always goes armed
and would-, h*ve refurned,tbe fire if
taht knled At thelfirst shot. Others
think that the assassins were lying
in ambush for both men,' and Mr.
Carter saved his own life by going
another road. Dyar did not receive
enqugh recompense,** a .witness to
I ake.it an object to him, and Mr.
arter says he did not like to testify,
it when putropon the stand would
II the truth, it mattered—"not who
(ie injured qr offended; that he was
a brave man, and the court officeit
respected ,him. T|he pay of a
government witness is only 5 cent*
per thUeeacn way, with $1.50 tor
eacb day he is before the court, and
this leaves Vareiy enough for hut el
bills. There are other .witnesses in
Franklin county threatened - with
death if they do not leave, anil they
are badly frightened since Dyer’s
fate..! Io fact, it will be a difficult
matter for the giwerQ.nient. to secure
testimony tu convict the moonshin
ers. Marshal Carter says he has no
fear for his o.v 1 life, as he has nev
er insulted or wronged a prisoner
but simply docs hi* duty. He is
one of the best officers on Marshal
Nelms’ force, and a braver man
never lived.
Fighting Oft Oeath.
Greenville Banner.
Couductor Frazer, of the interna
tional and Great Northern Railway,
tried to fight off. death a few hours
in order that he might see his wife
once more. He had been shot by a
tramp, and had been taken to Tyler,
Texas, in a dying condition.
“Help me to fight back thii cruel
death, boys, until my wife gets here,”
•aid the dying man, cheerily.
The doctosr had already told him
that he could live but a few hour*
with a calm courage he heard the
verdict, and called all hit wonderful
force to his aids in tbe struggle to
await until hi* wife arrived.
“Tell me exciting stories,” he said
to the boys around his bed, “for J
must take this run till the comet.”
gret The bpursspeed rapidly by;
tbe merry Voice of the conductor
grew fainter and fainter, but his
courage never faltered. ’
A telegram from his wite, in aii-.
swer to one sent to her some hours
betore was .brought, into the room
and read. She was coming , on a
special train; the toad was cleared
for her—*—- --a
„ .... „„ Ayopagi. _
man in the flush of love and a new
life pitted agai^s^ ,tjie king of ter
rors. The news nerved Frazer for a
moment, and bis-efforts to keep up
were renewed. A little later anoth
er telegram.
“Old boy,” iyhispered a brakeman,
“she will be here in an hour.”
“Turn me over hoys,” he said,
It was done. He whisperd’ to an
attendant: 1 A.
“Charlie, X nanieot run on this
schedule. Good by.1”
• He was dead.
patch and system in work. There
is no confusion, and few commands
are given, but every man knows his
place and not a moment is lost. The
stevedores are paid 15 cents per
hour, when they work, hut do not
get steady employment, as twice as
many men are kept on hand as
needed. There are acres upon
acre* of warehouses, and all freight
i* handled by number*, a separate
space being set aside for each town.
Every facility and appliance to ex-
E edite work a,nd save labor is at
and.
West Point is not an attractive
place for a town, and will never be
more than what it i* now, a ship
ping point for a great railway sys
tem. The country around it is flat
and marshy, and presents a monot
onous and uninviting view. It is
*0 mile* distant to the mouth of the
Chesapeake bay, and the historic
city of Yvrktown could be seen
from its wharves hut for a bend in
the river. We do not blame Corn
wallis for surrendering such a place,
for if we owned all the country
around Yorktown any man who
wanted it couhl demand and receive
our unconditional claim at the muz-
zleofafire'cracker. But this land
is rich in reminiscences of the edriy
settlement of Virginia and the revo
lutionary war, and on every hand
are places of interest to the antiqua
rian. Near West Point, not far from
the river back, is the authenticated
site of the Smith-Powhatan-Poca-
Every farmer
around Richmond-has locoted this
little episode on his place, but from
the best information We can gather
York river has the clearest title. We
saw the copy of a picture of Poca
hontas, taken from life while she
was on a visit to England, and we
must congratulate Smith upon put
ting her oft on an unsophisticated
countryman. We always felt a
little hurt at John for not marrying
the maiden that so gallantly saved
his life, and thus perpetuating the
John Smith family on America, but
after viewing the ungainly features
of Miss Pocahontas we are forced
into the opinion that death from
Powhatan’s uplifted dub would
have been a happy exchange for
such connubial bliss.
Our party, spent the morning in
strolling over the ships at the
wharves, and ..watching the intet-
esjting process of loading these ocean
aionsteis. There was a French
vessel in the harbor,and we boarded
it also, but a* we had grown a little
rusty in that language,, our conver
sation with the officers was confined
to a narrow escape from being run
over by a truck and a slip up on
the gang plank.
About 12 o’clock the new steam
ship Baltimore W*s sighted coming
up tbe river, and she wis soon an
chored alongside the Danville, an*
other vessel belonging to the R. &
D. syndicate. We saw on board the
Baltimore several familiar faces,
including the genial Sol Haas.and
2 Ur Athens friend L. L. McCteskey,
pair rof the best railroad men in
America. •
Together with Col. A. S. Buford,
p esident of the Richmond and
Danville road; Decatur Axtell, of
the Richmond and Alleghany; Mr.
John P. Branch; Mr. Charles Har
wood, of the Atlantic Coast Line;
Mr. Thomas Carpenter;: a number
of newspapier-men from North
Carolina and IfVirginia' and a
sharp sprinklings of iovited guests,
We boarded the magnificent new
Steamer, and met a hearty welcome
from the passengers and officers.
The Baltimore^ had among her
passengers Mr. Sol Haas, general
tfaffin«''mriiager; ,’A. *B. Andrews,
superintendent of North’ Carolina
roads, assistant to President Bufond;
Mercer Slaughter, general passen
ger agent Richmond and Danville
railroad; D. Cardwell, ' assistant
general passenger agent; W. A.
FmIt, assistant jpassenger agent
Western North Carolina railroad;
L. L. McCleskey, assistant, passen
ger ageht of the Atlantic Coast
' liny; Reuben Foster, general man-
;er of the Baltimore, Chesapeake
d Richmond Steamboat Compa
ny; William P. Clyde,mresideirt
the same company; John Mc-
nnery, director of the company;
sorge P. Appold; J, W. McCar-
k, agent ot tbe Clyde Line; Geo.
. Baker, president of the Fiwt
ational Batik of Baltimore; C.W.
hears, assistant general passenger
*1 ;ent Richmond and Danville
riilroad; F- M. Heidekooper,
fi st vice president of the Richmond
At d Danville railroad; Washington
Booth, vice president of the York
S J ud S. e A v e, Ha«fcell,
ident Columbia, Charlotte and
p: est|
N irfolk and . Seaboard rokd; ■ A.
Madison, compilerrof, the Richmond
and Danville system, and Charles
financial latitude, and fell back on
our friend Capt. Bernard for" com
panionship. But in *11 seriousness,
we never met a mprevy hole-sou led,
genial set of gentlemen .than the
railroad magnates- assembled on
board the Baltimore. We sat down
to a. fine dinner on the boat, and
certainly spent a most delightful
day. President Buford, of (he R. &
D., is an agreeable old gentleman,
and did all in his power to make his
guests enjoy themselves. But among
the most delightful acquaintances
that we formed, were the proprietors
and staff of the Richmond Dis-
patch, and the Adjutant General ot
Virginia, Our return trip was en
livened by vocal music, oratorical
efforts and fresh stories from the
press gang, and the city was reach
ed only too soon. The Dispatch is
doing noble work for the cause of
democracy, and the people are sus
taining this grand paper as they
should. It i» a financial success,
and one of the proprietoTs the first
year received $35,000 as his portion
ol the proceeds. We spent several
pleasant hours in their sanctum, and
always found an old Virginia wel
come.
In future letters we will write up
the things and points of interest in
Richmond, our interview with Col.
Buford in regard to the Georgia
Midland road, a visit that we made
to Cluverius, sentenced to death for
the murder of Lillian Madison, and
also talks with the prominent wit
nesses, a sermon that, we heard by
the Rev. John Tasper,col., and other
points of note. -It will take a'half
dozen letters more to complete' our
trip.
We declined going to Baltimore,
having visited that city before, and
feeling that duty called us home.
T. L. G.
ELBERT COURT.
Jnds* Lumpkin's] Decision on the Stock
* Law Issue.
A number of important civil cases
were tried; The one that: attracted
the l«ge|..tcrowd and. excited the
most general interest,'' wait the case
T. C. Hudgens and others, against
George L. Almand, ordinary, it be
ing an application for a writ of pro
hibition, to prohibit the ordinary
from declaring the result of an elec
tion held in last July on the stock
law question. The ordinary by his
counsel demurred to the bill, and
this question was ably argued by
Messrs. J. P. Shannon, J. N. Wor
ley and F. H. Colley on the stock
law side, attd Messrs. M. P. Reese
and John C. Reid on the fence side.
Judge Lumpkin sustained the de
murrer and dismissed the bill. The
case was immediately carried to the
supreme court on a writ ot error,
and will be heard at the present term
of that court
QUARTER WITH A SNAKE.
Mr. Seymour Billingsley, of
Greenesboro, was the other day
walking out with a friend near that
town, when he feltsomething strike
his prnts. After proceeding some
little distance he decided that it
might be a snake, and returned to
investigate. He found a large high
land moccasin stretched across the
S ath, that he first thought was dead,
ut Mr. B. was soon convinced to
the contrary when his snakeship
made a leap for that gentleman,
springing its eutire length, but he
fortunately escaped its deadly fangs
by jumping above the reptile. The
snake was then killed.
BAPTI8 AS * B CCIAION,
The Apalachee Baptist Associa
tion closed an. interesting session at
Greshamvilie, a village some ten
miles west of Greenesboro, last
Thursday. The occasion drew to
gether a-large concourse of people
from Greene and adjoining counties
—the crowd being estimated at t,-
aoo. A large number of visiting
ministers were piesent, including
such distinguished men as Dr.
Wharton,of Montgomery, Ala; Dr.
Hatcher, AtVrnta; Dr. Montgomery,
Greensboro, K id others. The asso
ciation meets next year at Monroe,
Walton county.
WILL VOTE “NO LIQUOR.
Henry VV.'Grady favors $5,000
liqnor licenses in larg;e cities, but if
the question is narrowed down to
whisky” or “no whisky,” he will
vote “no whisky,” It is the general
impression that Atlanta will go for
prohibition. The contest, however,:
will be t i'heated. qne. andjbotli sides
will spend money liberally, having
already raised $100,000 each to
spend on fhe election.
THE RABUN MURDERER.
The trial of Eugene Beck, the
wife murderer,, was to commence
at Clayton, Tuesday. The prisoner
it ably defended. Pope Barrow,
Esq., leading the case.. Beck is a
remarkably handsome man, but
does not seem to realize the enor
mity of his.crime, and while on the
train from Gainesville Was laughing
and talking.with all who addressed
him. -Hfs defense will be insanity.
CARP BY THE HUNDRED. -i-
Crawford, Ga., Sept. 22.—Dur.
ing the heavy rain storm yesterday
Dr. Mark Willingham’s fish pond
Ope it the lasf dispjtch written
Stonewa’.! Jackson to Gen. L
and penited just Wore his death,
was written with a. pencil in a
hurried manner upon the battlefield
of Chancellorsville. It told ot a
probable attack by the enemy, ami
with the true instincts of this Chris
tian soldier, wound np with aft ap-
peal to God for victory. The other
i* a framed copv of the play bill
used at the.. Richmond Theatre on
tne inight of December 26,1S11,
ed. in excess.of„ ten pounds,
weighed 15 pounds, and is said to
have been seven years old.
—f
OEN.’TOOMBS J
A telegraphic dispatch from
Washington, Ga«, says General
Robert Toombs is seriously ill. He
is in his seventy-fourth year, and
has been confined; to his bed for
RICHMOND-ON-THE-JAMES-
THE naOUtlAN AS YOU FIND HfK AT
HOftE.
A TOUR THROUGH THE CAPITOL BUILD*
*Dt3 AND’GROUNDS.
The Virginians are a nohle-hearf}
ed people, and we do not blame
them for being proud of their grand
old state. Even in her yeemAnry
you see evidences of chivalry and
refinement characteristic to this di
vision of our Union. A stranger is
at once impressed-With the courtesy
and hospitality that he meets on
every hand. It comes so natural
and spontaneously. We do Rot
know a place that we were more
favorably impressed with than
Richmond, and before we wete in
tbe.city a day we fe’.t as if in the
midst of friends. Richmond has •.
population of probably 75,00a It
is ouitt on seven -little hilL, on fine
banks of the James river and at the
head of navigation of ‘het stream.
From the roof of the Capitol a fine
view of the city can be had, with its
brisk streets, very clean, wide snd
orderly, and so densely wooded as
to almost conceal the irousas. Its
streets are all paved with • granite
blocks, and Richmond is a place ot
considerable manufacturing and
commercial importance. Churches
and school houses are numerous,
and on every hand you see evi
dences of thrift, enterprise and pros
perity. The site of Richmond was
first visited by John Smith (as like
wise every other locality ;in the W.S.
by some John Smith) in 1607, ;and
the first settlement made in 1609.
The city was laid off in 1737, and
incorporated in 1742. From that
day to the present time it has been
rich in historic interest
The most conspicuous building in
the city is the Capitol, standing
upon f commanding eminence and
in the midst of a lovely park of
twelve acres. This park is a pop
ular resort for the citizens, and at
any hour in the day you see ladies,
gentlemen and children resting
upon the benches or strolling be
neath the stately elms. The park
is the home ot hundreds of squirrels,
that breed here and are so tame as
to feed from the hand. They are
protected by a city ordinance. Lit
tle birds of various kinds also _ flut
ter through the branches, but are
not quite so gentle as their four-
footed neighbors. The Capitol
building was modeled by Mr. Jef
ferson.after an ancient Roman tem-
C le in France. It is a very plain
uilding, by no means representing
the wealth and advancement of the
state. It is badly arranged, miser
ably kept, and there are a number
of county court houses in Georgia
far more attractive. This building
certainly reflects the character ot
the party now in power. In the
rotunda is a statue of Washington,
that Lafayette pronounces a fac
simile ot his person. It was carved
by Houdon, a French sculptor, who
was two weeks with Washington
at Mount Vernon in 1785, during
which time he took a cast of hts
face, head and upper part of the
body, and minute measurements
ot the person. This is
said to bean exact representation of
the Father of his country. The bust
of Lafayette, which occupies a
nich in the wall near Washington,
was also made by Houdon. From
the shape of the Marquis’ forehead
we are reluctantly forced to the con
clusion that this noted Frenchman
was a lineal descendant from the
Flat Head Indians, and is only sur
passed in appearance by another
statue of Henry Clay, which re
minds us of a bone that some hun
gry dog has been gnawing on.
There is an old stove on exhibition
in this building that was made in
England in 1770, and was used in
warming the House of Burgesses at
Williamsburg. We will here state,
by way of parenthesis, that the Bur
gesses warmed themselves out of a
stove made of clay with a com cob
stopper. There is no place to attach
a pipe to this stove, which doubtless
saved oceans of profanity to those
who had to put it up. At one end
ot the Capitol is .the Hal! of the
House ol Delegates, and in this room
was Aaron Burr tried before Chief
Justice Marshall for treason; here
the secession convention met in
1861. In 1870, while the court of
appeals was sitting in the foom di
rectly above this hall, the floor
broke and 65 men were killed and
200 wounded by being precipitated
into this hall. What an admirable
place this would have been for John
Wise to hold one of his black-and
tan glass-ball-shooting meetings!
But there is scarcely a nook
or corner of this old building
but is rich in thrilling
tne (night ot December 26,1S11,
while “The Bloody Nuti” was be*
ing performed; when'that stneture
caught on.fire anff was consumed,
burning to death Gov. Gj W. Smith
and 59 others. The Wills; twice ’he
size of those now used,, was printed
on old style type, With 5 the "charac
ters of the performed arid fc iynop-.
sis of the play. The! bill stajed that
the performance, would conclude
n«w stands fapon the«site Of the
theatre. The monument’ iti the
portico contains the names ef the
victims, The exeeufiye mansion
Occupies,the east end of the . capitol
'rounds, tad is a'plain hut Staid*
tooking building, ihe finest work
of its kind itv America is the’Wash-
tngton monument in the Capitol
square. It onsists of an. imposing
column of Richmond granite, rising
Irom a star-shaped base, surmount-
ed by a gigantic equestrian statue
of Washington, and on ped:i*tals
around and beneath him are figures
of Patrick Henry, George Mason
(not the assistant engineer of the
Athens fire department), Thomas
Nelson, Jr., Andrew Lewis and
Judge Marshall. The entire
cost of the monument was $259,-
813.26. Had its construction been
postponed to Ihe presen': era thu
bosses of the job would have in
vested the odd 26 cents in n monu
ment and pocketed the first six fig«
ures. A bronze statue of Jackson
is also on the grounds, that was
presented to the state of Virginia
by English admirers of that great
soldier. The bell house, an . odd
shaped tower in one corner of the
incidents and historic reminis
cences, and one feels while treading,
its halls, that he is on sacred ground.
Virginia’s capital is closely alligned
with the rise and downfall of the
Southern Confederacy,* cause so
clear to the hearts ot every tiue
Southron. But by far the most
interesting part of the building Is
the State Library, containing 35,000
volumes, including many rare and
valuable MSS. and is a sort of mu'
seum for the preservation cf objects
of interest, among which we will
mention historic chairs, portraits of
Governors in Colonial times, battye
flags of the late War, original manu
script of Virginia’s bill ofrights, the
first in America, the lawyer’s 'fee
book of Patrick Henry (we Will add
that Pat. did not charge a Client $100
for suing some railroad, for.- killing a
$10 cow), Jefferson’* marriage bond,
specimens of Continental and Con-
federate money; etc. We were also )ii* capture.
shown an original letter and land
plat by Washington, and also aged
documents from Daniel Boone and
other noted Virginians ot old.
They were penned in the
Horace Greeleyan style of chirog-
raphy. There is also the" 1 original
parole signed by Cornwallis at
Yorktown, and from the quivering
shape of his letters we are inclined
to the belief that Ws Lordship had a
severe attack. the buck ague
about that time. There is also a
bust of Mabone on a top shelf, but
that butt is not so farge a one as the
little renegade will make on the
4th of next November. We saw a
book printed in 1556, ae.years after
printinf&was invented; a'nd right
here WOR Will state (hat some of our
enterprising Georgia dailies might
borrow the same
special dispalche
the wickedest aci
1‘P 1
night
■But
square, was used as a guard boure
in ye olden time.
In the city the various buildings
used by the Confederate govern
ment for offices are painted oat, sad
are even at this early day eagerly
examined, by visitors, who seem
to look with interest upon any and
everything connected with the Lost
Cause. The White House, occupied
by Mr. Davis, is now as a public
school, while the other government
buildings were either destroyed at
the burning of Richmond or are
tarned iato some mpre peaceful use.
It was in St. Paul’s Episcopal
church, remarkable for die grace
aad symmetry of its splire, that
President Davis was at worship
when notified by Gen. Lee, on April
2,1865, that the city most be evacu
ated. St John’s church was built
jn 1740, and it was in this building,
if *775* that Patrick Henry sounded
the keynote of the revolution, “Give
me liberty or give me death.” Like
several r>f our late secession lenders,
the most deadly missile thatPntrick
Henry fired at the enemy was his
tongue. A handsome 11 si nest
block now occupies the site of the
old Spotswood hotel, SD familiar to
tbe old soldiers, but the American
hotel and the Ballard, Hpnse, the
latter connected by a bridge across
the street with another building, are
still open to the traveling 1 ‘public.
The house where Edgar. Alton
Poe spent a greater part of Ms- life
as the adapted son of John -Allen is
still pointed out to visitors who are
poetically inclined. Our guide ex
plained that we would remember
Poe as author of ‘HThe Raven.”
We stated that wq had rather see
the spot where the compiler, of
“The Three Black Crows* lived, at
We wanted to get a* much as possi
ble for oar money.
new obleans Exposition.
Actira Preparation* tor tbs Opsalnc of An
other Great Fair. :
New Orleans, Sept, 22.—F. C.
Morehead, president ot the Cotton
Planters’ Association, has acCepted
the position as Commissioner Gen-
oral of the North and Sonth Amer
ican exposition, which opens here
November 1. Mr. Morehead inau
gurated the late world’s exposition,
in the management ot which lie also
filled the position of commissioner
general with marked ability. -»
The number of men at, present
employed by tne Exposition man-
agetnent considerably exceeds that
ot those employed by the’miAnage-
mentot hut year’s Exposition in tiie
same kind of work. The work of
preparation has gone forward very
smoothly under the present man
agement, and if is believed that the
coming Exposition will ecli]pse the
late one in magnitude arid interest.
KUltasaBoy Wbo Ttmw Him Wrcatllas.
Susquehanna; p*., Sept 22:—
Glenwood, this couuty, is the home
of the Hon. Galusha A. Grow. One
of his near neighbors is the widow
Tarbox, who- had a son, aged 17,
named Henry, A one-armed man
named Hudson kept a peanut stand
opposite the Tarbox residence. Oft’
Saturday morning young Tarbox
was in hjs mothers yard. Ijudsoo
walked over and told the young
man that he could throw hit* three'
times out of five, notwithstanding
that he only had one arm. Tha<’tWo'
wrestled, and Hudson was thrown
several times, in succession.’ That:
made him mad. He jam, Jo his •
peanut stand and camd back
with his band behind his hack. Ha
walked up Close -to Tarbox, %hO
then discovered that .Hudson, had ■ 1
pistol in his hand. Before tpeyonng .
man could get out of his way Hud tan
shot him, once through the body
and onCe through the atm. He tbeii''
ran into the Tarbox house arid; tak- •
ing a rifle and a revolvers belonging
iSumm
the crowd that had assembled with
his weapohs, and swearinghe would'
shoot the firet man- 1 that attempted '
to molest him, he made bis escape to j
the woods. Young, TerJw* .tew c -
sincedied.andno trace of the mar ...
defer has been found, Mr." Grow'
and other citizens offer a fewird’for
rioatr joyo ' in inu-it
AFAUsrttiAWettt ,ir ,uij -
• u •, •(
A Youn* Lady With an Vnr—L ^
»« Commit* _
0U;
protector'on HisLbJfclPfifd'ml„_
to-day be-alive arid drawing a pen
sion! But there are two objects on
several weeks. It is feared 5 that d * s P]*y Ity^is room that appeal to
this is his last sickness, it«s\ - foe deepest emotions of tha heart
Point Clkab, Ala., September 22.-1 ’
Yerterday evening BetflakTarLi; the
sixtesn-year-old daughter of Mr. Faria
a tnsU-esrrtor, residingoneigad!* hslfT
miles south of Clear Point, fbetjMttelf
in ttye bead with ,her broJher’n.ptotol '
s±i«sa&vSS3Sji».'-
er, ptodtefag Instant death. She to said
to have had an nncontrolable : temper
and had some trouble with * neighbor
some three or four .weeks ago. Since .that
time she has twice attempted stylclde, ,
once.by drowning and again by taking
laudanum. Both attempts failed and a
strict watch was placed upon her by her
parents;uatiladoUfiweek'ago, when:...
she seemed to have regained her oheer-
m
keepSoff.'displaya steel breast- faI "eaa, and all team of a furtkar attempt
late, found on the carcas of a dead at self-destruction werelremoyed... Yea-
enk4fe Had the pocr fellote only tragedy proves that thl* wsa
greA||ijtorere^ w - merely a ruse to gun q favorable oppor
tunity to commit the fatal act.. 1 The
pisfolasedlwas 1 * 29-calibre Smith £
Weston revolver which her brother
hai just aleaaad, leaving all the cham
bers empty except the ene that did tha,
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