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TH : GF.OKUIA MIDlAND RAILROAD
rre.-nn of Work on Aaot'er New Roar,
That Will
Mia Athens.
\Ve t«k<> &e folloifirg fttems of inter-
X M Cl
Mitllnnd and
Columbus Eri-
They show
eoncer.dng Ihe G
* ftilfniMri - from'
| ^irt'r-Sun of ltifet W 1 „ T
L,i>ir tl»o work h»s beta processing on
f h s i uporUint road, and will be found
I u u ,.f interest to our people:
I I In south pier of Bull creek bridge
f ^ n<J t„ »*n completed. The other pier is
\„ n: rapidly built. They are of hand-
granite, and present an imposing
apjM-arance, and are splendidly built.
I ; mds are rapidly appreciating all along
. ii M e of the railroad. Every property
gotten 'back his subscription
enhanced value of his proper-
1 |i.-tv has sprung rp near the tunnel
^sn ill \ illage with quite a lively air to
It is situated on the clear, cold \va-
1‘i^eon creek, where the air is
,,v and bracing.
lh, first depot outside of the city is
,* mi front of the splendid mansion in
I, ; ,-h Miss Augusta Evans, the aifhor-
tir>t saw the light. A part of the
mf'il grove in front of this handsome
.urban residence is the right of way
tin road. The station will be known
Ibise Hill.
I b,- next point of special interest is
,!midt.” the Uetbnne homestead and
birthplace of I Mind Tom. the pianist.
Midland runs in sight of the house
„-re this celebrated musician was bom.
! t!.rough the woods in which his
: »v*-.!11 y attuoed soul drew its first in-
raJious from nature's birds and brooks,
1 tlie wind's soft sighs.
I be picnic giqund par excellence is at
“Id,ill" Oak mountain, gushing
mgs quid valleys, perfect shade and
],*'tic stone iHUtf* are all there. In
■ >prin # , jessamine blooms, honey-
•kl»»s rlmdodemirons garnish nature
i p, ifnm« and cool this enticing spot.
I'lnrtv m.leH of the Midland have al-
Hv the
• utli ti i
th of this
mseevtive
y for the
graded
re will be th
miles out of Colombo
rai Is . . I
On the 2Jld the track htying is to com
mence in earnest. Sjx hundred kegs of
spikes have ah .-ady strived. Kails, bolts
and plate- will a'l be liereln a lew days,
we h arm
The loci nmti\ es are being built l>y the
Baldwin company, and arc of the most
modern and improed pattern.
Tlo telegraph wite has been strung
t > Pin** mo'infain. .The telephone will
OUR CITY FATHERS. !
1 nr . n,-,:-r- -wr—r
regard Tor their own self-respect requires
They Eiqlain .Their Official Acts
AKD DEMAND A RIGID INVESTI
GATION^
THEIR ANONYMOt’S ASSAILANT ItEQt'E
ED TO MAKE GOOD HI.S CHABGES.
Official Vote of the City on lasnlnc the
Technological Bond*.
that thoy should* ask and expect reqores
at least fair criticism founds upon a
knowledge of facts and not indiscriminate
abuse and unfounded slander. # When
charges or even insinuations are made
that the acts of this body are nut only
^ unwise hut corrupt, a different aspect of
affairs is presented,and tiara ifhity to it
self as |well as the community, this body
must neccessarilj and immediately take
action to prove or disprove tits char-
•d M pi
ul, nnd will be put in p
llu
Th,
1 nnl i
1.1 1
piciti«'4 incident to tb
r:i:l»«*a I.
There in :« wealtl
Midland: First, the
o the (."hnStahoocliee
the Mulherr.v at Mil
mills. - Then the g
e. :it 1’lat shoal-', ;
eonstructifin of
f w»t
proiflgious powe.*
•i! (’olumhus. Then
irTiall Leonard’s
•it fills of Flint riv-
(1 *>e\ond this ihe
went Snepping shoa
iaL. Some of tin *«»
the spindle and tho»
will mingle with th
s and Ce-
days the
last of the
• echoes of
all tin
Mil. he h
the -tali
points, The tax di
rgia will he greater, taxation
there will he more people in
-trite, and the Midland will do an
•ii>. Misiness for utjuiufacloties.
rps No. fi, under Lngineer Cowan,
nearly completeil the preliminary
i p back fromi’ovington to <»riftin.
THE NEW h’AILKOAl).
What Capt. Talmad^e Says About the Ma
con & Athens--Crop3.
Capt. C. G. Talmud go was yesterday
met by a Hanne.'-Watchman reporter,
and .faked what success he had getting
deeds to the right of way through Oco-
‘•1 have deeds from every land-owner
from the Appaluehee to Wulkinsville, ex-
eept one man, and I think that will be
all right. The surveying corps will
reach Athens the latter part of this week
or the first of m*xt, when ! will start out
nd finish up my work. lTes. Elder is
ui h Kngim or Huberts, and they are this
sole of the river inspecting the route.
I*ies. and 1 have been with the ccrps for
two weeks, ami 1 tell you it is no easy
task. Are we paid anything for our
work? Certainly not The advance-
im*nt of Athens is the only reward that
we ask.”
“By what route will yon enter ti e
citv :
**I have no idea, hut the preference is
up the Tanyard brand;. The road can
he easily gotten to the North-Eastern by
going around town, but it is desired to
get a site for a depot as near tlie busi
ness part of the city as possible. The
loot of Broad • street, near Mrs. J.
Nicholson’s *R the host place.”
“Ilow about the tunnel?”
“I do not think it will he necessary.
The road will he covered over, hut I do
not think the cut will he deep enough
fora tunnel.” „ .
“llow is grading progressing. Captain?”
“Bailey Thomas tells me that they are
moving dirt very rapidly between Madi
son and Monticello, but 1 do not know
how far they have graded. As soon a
the route is definitely located large squads
of hands will be scattered all along the
line.” ) ! ’ / ’ > > *
**llow Is crops?” #
“As fine as I ever saw. The rains
h tve been general, and J never saw bet
ter prospects for both-corn and cotton.
The country is prosperous, ami we may
expect a fine business next fall and wir
ier. There is no cause for complaint,
for tlie people have much to be thankful
fo ~ ,
CANDLER RE-NOMINA“ED. *
Gainksvii.i.k, Aug. 18.—The conven
tion for the Ninth congressional district
met here to-day to nominate a candidate
f >r coqgre**> J ‘ Son. «f|>. Confer, 4he
present incumbent, was renominated by
acclamation without opposition. The
conyention passed a resolution endors-
ing Cleveland's administration, .appoint-
, J n now execsqve committee and ad-
CocxriL Ciiasiiif.u, Athens, Ga., Aug.
21, 1880,!) o’clock, a. in.—A called meet
ing of council w»s held this morning.
Present, llis Honor, Mayor Reaves, and
Alt ermen Wood, McKinnon, Gantt, Mur
ray, McGinty, Smith and White.
The Mayor stated that the meeting had
been called tor the purpose of opening
and consolidating the returns of the elec
tion held on the 14th inst., to determine
whether or not the mayor and council
shall be authorized to issue (33,000 of
bonds to be given to the State Techno
logical Institute, provided it shall be per ;
mnnenlly located in this city.
The returhs were then opened, show
ing the following vote:
1st ward—For bonds 230; against
bonds, 10.
2d ward—For bonds, 141; against
bonds, :i.
3d ward—For bonds, 103; against
bonds, 4.
5th ward—For bonds, 123: against
bonds, 5.
Total for bonds 00
Against bonds ’. 22
The council then declared the requisite
vote had been cost authorizing too issu
ing of bonds.
Alderman White rose to a question of
privilege and submitted the following
which was unanimously ordered spread
on the minutes.
In view of certain publications which
recently appeared in the daily prints,
the mayor and council desire to enter
the U,Mowing minutes in the published
proceedings of this meeting:
This body fully recognizes the right
of any and every citizen to freely review
and fairly erilicise its official acts. It
further concedes that it is its duty, ns a
body of public servants, to olfer full op
portunity to the public to become ac
quainted with its acts, and to present
when necessary such explanation of them
us may assist in forming a judgment npon
their wisdom and propriety. To this end
the meetings of the council aro held pub
licly, anil all citizens are not only per
mitted but invited to attend them.
The proceedings of council are freely
published and the records and books are
the | opf” to the inspection of every citizen.
At this particular juncture this body will
even go so far as to prescut the following
statement concerning certain of its ac
tions, even though no request 6r demand
in proper form, or* which it should per
haps dignify by notice has been made
for such explanation.
In regard to the sale of school bonds,.
At ameetingof council Febrnary lst, a tbe
Mayor and finance committee were order
ed to arrange for the printing and sale of
the public school bonds of the city. The
Mayor and chairman of the Finance
committee immediately corresponded
with brokers and others in New York,
Philadelphia, ltaltimore, Atlanta, Augus
ta and Savannah. They also conferred
with a number of gentlemen in this city
with a view to the sale of the bonds here
at home. The bestoirer with one excep
tion that was received, was for the bonds
at par at 6 per cent interest for immedi
ate issue. I-ettcrs are now in possession
‘ef the Mayor ar.d chairman of the Finance
committee in support of this assertion.
The one exception was an offer from Mr.
J. 11. Rucker to tako the bonds at 5 per
cent, with an allowance of *2}.j percent,
for broker's commission—practically an
offer of :i7 l j for 5 per cent, bonds. At a
meeting of council May 2d this offer was
pled with a proviso made at the in-
stanceof the chairman of the finance coin-
mi. tee, that the bonds should not issue
until July 1st. The In nils were accord-
Iv issued. For the (2t t,(.100 in bonds
till,5tll) was paid into the city treasury.
No money was paid Mr. Rucker from
other funds of the city. Nointercst has
yet been paid upon the bonds, nor will
any bo jiaid until January 1st, 1887.
Concerning the building of the public
schools. The council in May adver
tised for plans and specifications., None
of a suitable character were received in
response to the advertisement. Accord
ingly the mayor and publio school com
mittee were authorized to mploy a com
petent architect, to design and superin
tend the construction of the buildings.
They selected for the purpose Mr. \V.
\V. Thomas, a distinguished citizen and
a skillful architect. Mr. Thomas pre
sented three separate sets of plans, and
two complete tets of specifications
working plans and estimates. At his in
stance the first bids upon the buildings,
amounting to over (10,000, were rejected
as too high. A subsequent bid was re
ceived of about (15,000, and the contract
was let. The architect made a charge
for his services acconfing to the regular
schedule for such professional work,
viz: 2,'t per cent on cost of building for
plans, etc., and 2j^ per cent for super
intendence of construction. This
amounted on the last bid to (750. Inas
much as the two buildings were similar
ia plan, the charge made by the-archi-
tect und allowed by tno Council was
(fiOO.
3. In the matter of City Attorney. At
the first meeting in Junusry of the May
or and Council the office of City Attoiiiey
was abolished. It has never been re-cs
tablished. In Fcburary Council found
that a considerable amount oi legal bus-
ges.
In a recent issue of IheRanner-Watch-
man ne vspaper. an anonymous comniu-
n.cation appeared containing charges, or
at least grave insinuations and suggestion
of corrupt practices on the port of this
body cr certain members of it.
The mayor and council hereby request
and demand that the authors of this
communication or any others that may
now or hereafter have evidence or sus
picions affecting the integrity of the of
ficial acts of this body, present the same
in specific, tangible form that action may
be taken and full investion had. If the
charges are genuine and true this body
has a right to their presentation in pro-,
per form if they ore the thoughtless
productions of indiscreet persons or the
fabrications of.base slanderers, this de
mand will at least, have had the effect
of silencing unfounded aspersions upon
the autnorities of this city. This minute
is here entered of record because this
body is firmly af the opinion that hasty
judgment, 'unfair criticism and slander
ous assertions concerning its acts when
[flbliihcd to the world deeply affect the
good name and prosperity of the city.
The members of this body would not
select this method of defending their own
private character. Bat a city unwise
ly or corruptly ruled is not a
tempting
dwelling
pleasant
And even .the breath of
suspicion concerning its honesty,’- or a
common rumor ascribing lesa than ordi
nary intelligence to this body of public
servants the administration for the time
of the affairs of the corporation must cer
tainly be damaging to the character and
prejudicial to the interests of the city in
which up to this time at leastall of its in
habitants have token-commendable pride
and for which they have exhibited patri
otic affectiod.
That this pride and affection may not
be Icsssened but increased, moves the
Mayor and council to present this state
ment to the careful consideration of their
fellow citizens.
Council then adjourned.
W. A. Gim.ei.akd, Clerk.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Dr. Geo. Eherhart And son Leek, of
11arinony Grove, came very near mcctiag
death in a horrible manner.recently.
They had just erossed the North-Eastern
railroad when the train came thundering
up. The horse hacked the buggy against
the train and the buggy was upset and
demolished. Fortunately the doctor and
Leek jumped oat in time to escape inju
ry. The horse was unhurt.—Hartwell
Sun. \ '
DEATH OF AO OLD CITIZEN.
On Sunday August 1, Mr. Wm. Rey
nolds. one of the oldest and best citizens
of tireeue county, died at his homu, a
few miles Ironi Woodville, on the Wood
stock rood. Mr. Reynolds was in his
fifty-seventh year, and 1 ad.been a mem
ber of. the Baptist church forty-two
yews. He' wss horn'and rsised within
one half miles of this place.—Greens
boro Home Journal.
MURDER SD IN FRA* XI at
William Read, of Franklin county,
while going from church home on Sun
day night Of the 8th instant, was shot
from ambush by some unknown party.
Mr. Read lingered until the following
Thursday, when ha died. The existence
of an illicit distillery, and fhe impression
that Mr. Rend had (something to do with
reporting it, is said to he the cause of the
killing. The killing of Dyar and Read
arc dark and bloody spots on Franklin
county's name, and every good citizen in
that county ought to do hut utmost to
bring to tho light the dastards who did
those bloody deeds—Klberton ■ Leader
. COLORED FAIR. ^"
A colored fair association was organ
ized and arrangements were made with
the N. K. Ga. fair associaton, to hold a
(air about two weeks after the X. E. Ga.
fair, rMadison Davis was elected Presi
dent. With a full hoard of directors. I thay were willing foril o go before
o irned.
ON TO THE WEST,
It is said that the North-Eastern rail
road will be extended on to Kqoxville,
Tenn.,in the near future, and from all
strong prohahili*
m. Whehthisis
W-- can learn
ty that it wtti bo
done, the probability is that a railroad
will be built from Toccoa to top the
North-Eastern near Tallulah Falls, t&d
than by making tha Klberton roaa ft
broad gnage and extending it on to Au
gusto, would make one of the shortest
and cheapest routes tq the Northwest
from the cosst.^Uhert^>X>s^otfe.
In a few days peaches and melons wifi
b»s thing of - the" pasf'TIU!‘ifof coiif-
‘ ii
GETS A LONGER TIME.
Ell?* Echols, s^tyronFthhgqity to th*
Dado coal mir.es for the murder of Koun-
Nt about (on years added to
his time for tokipg part in the recent out
break et the camp. Enos has • got to b
▼cry religious of late and often preache*
*0 his follow convicts.
iuess required attention on behalf of the
cjtjj'embractng damage suits,then pen
dhig anil in prospect Ino* possibl
prospect SniT' possibl
railroad litigation. M r. T. W. Rucker of
f:red_to represent the city in all its buoi-
hc city havo averaged, the past 13
years (72G per annum. In the year 188o
(1,325. were paid in addition to the reg
ular salary. Under present arrangements
.-onrae at liberty to form his own estimate
>f the (pod or bad judgment displayed
■y.the mayor and conncil in each cose,
ind to ^criticize the act accordingly.
But while the members of this body ore
public servants, ahd, as such, strictly res-
THE SITUATION.
GRAND SECRETARY TURNER GOES
TO PHILADELPHIA.
Toe Mill strike stilt Unsettle? and No
Near Prospect of Acreement Between the
Mill Men and Master Workmen—Card
From President W. 0. Sibley.
Augusta News.
The situation of the troubles in
the mills is practically unchanged
to—<J zy and the prospects point to a
protracted struggle between the
operatives and the mill men.
Grand Stcrctary Turner returned
to Philadelphia this morning. He
was compelled to return home on
urgent business, and he may visit
Augusta again after consultation
with Mr. Powderly and the general
executive committee. In the mean
time the matter is in the hands of
the local executive committee for
the Kniehts. Editor Mullen has
gone to Birmingham.
NOT A DROP IN THR BUCKET.
“jTo show how much money it
takes to advance wages wages and
hew little a reduction of factory
presidents’ salaries would go to
ward such advance.” said a well
posted manufacturer to the Even-
ingNe ws, ‘-let me put the matter in
figures, It is a popular error and a
great mistake about the large sala
ries of the presidents, bnt if the en
tire salaries of the presidents, not a
reduction or a slice from each, but
all of the combined salaries were
taken away and divided among tha
operatives what would be the ad
vance? Well, it would add about 15
cents to the pay of hardly 500 op
eratives. Now what arr. you go
ing to do with the other 3,000 op
eratives? Where is the money
coming irom to advance their
wages? I tell you, it takes money
and a pile of it to run a mill, and it
takes more money than the mills
are making to advance pr> se’it
wages. There is the whole thing
in a nutshell. The presidents are
not getting more than they are’
worth, and their comhined salaries
would not be a drop in the Ducket
it .we allow the advance.”
WHAT DO THE OPERATIVES WANT?
“What do the operatives want?’’
asked a manufacturer. “Do they
wat.t us to give them the mills? lc
seems like it, and we might as well
turn over the property as advance
wages r.nd do as they say. I think
we are in for a long fight now. The
operatives kicked against the arbi
tration they themselves proposed,
for the mill men were willing to let
the whole matter go to the arbitra
tion committee.”
A CARD FROM PRES1DEMT SIBLEY.
In your issue of yesterday you
report Rev. J. S. Meynardie as
saying that
"Mr. Turner had no i.lea but
what high salaried men were on the
list, and did not suspect they were
fooling him. He is the most unsus
pecting of men, thoroughly credu
lous, and thought he was dealing
with men who meant what they
said, and would stick to it.”
As Mr. Turnei’s only, communi
cation with what Mr. Meynardie
terms high salaried ’ officials was
through the executive committee of
the Manufacturers’ Association, I
would like to know how they fool
ed him, as they did not make any
propositions to him, whereas he did
make a proposition to said commit
tee to arbitrate the whole matter,
and which said committee accepted
and notified Mr. Turner of the
same, as published in your issue of
the 17th.
On yesterday at 10 o’clock a. m.
the executive committee ot the
Manufacturer^’ Association met to
appoint the committee to carry out
the arrangement in good faith. A
few minutes after they met Mr.
Turner cair^e in. The President of
the association stated the object of
the meeting, and then said we
would hear from Mr. Turner. He
(Mr. Turner) asked what we con
sidered the pay roll to include, or
something of similar p.urporL He
was told that the Presidents and
Superintendents were not car
ried on the pay roll. Mr. Tur
ner said that he was under
the impression they were when
he submitted the proposition of the
day before, and '.hat unless they
were included in the pay roll, or the
clause in reference to the pay roll,
&c-, was stricken out he would with
draw it. The committee replied
that the paper had been presented
and accepted as a whole, and that
The result of this fair is to encourage
different industries among the colored
people. Premiums will he awarded for
farm products, cocking, washing, etc. It
is a good enterprise and deserves encour
agement.
FIRE IN BELLTOa.
On lost Tuesday morning, about three
o'clock, a store house in Bellton, belong-,
ing to Mr. J. N. Coggins, and occupied
by Messrs. Roberts & Headen as a gen
eral store, and in which was also kept
the post office, was discovered to he on
fire, and was soon burned to the ground,
together with all its contents. None of
the goods nor letters and papers were
saved. The books and some postage
stamps that were in the safe were saved
in a damaged condition. The house was
valued at (800 and uninsured. The stock
of-goods was worth (2,000, with (1,200
insurance. A house belonging to Messrs.
Faulkner & Bowden, adjoining the burn
ed building, was considerably damaged.
It is generally supposed that the store
was burglarised and then set on fire.
pouible. to the public whom thoy; seyre,
and honored by fhe! confidence the pub-
DIFFICULTY In MORGAN.
Mr. George S. Reese hatl a serious
difficulty, several days Ago, with Gas
aniel, a negro cropper, on his place
The immediate cause of the difficulty
seematohave been Gus Daniel’s failure
to give his crop a lost ncccssaryplowiog.
The negro went off on an indefinite trip,
and yonng Reese had his crop plowed
in his absence. On retaining the negro
became exasperated, and in a colloquy
ceiled Mr.- Beene n lier. The latter
struck him several blows with
when the negro ran /or his gun..' Little
Burney Reese, s brother of George, ran
for e pistol when this occarred, end
gave the weapon to his brother. George
followed’ the negro, to his house, who
was preparing to draw his gun, wheu
he caught the gun with one hand end
snapped his pistol three times in the
negroe’s face. It failed to discharge, end
he proceeded to pound him fiver the
head to submission. The negro is very
insolent, and has threatened young
Reese’s Ufa on ' several occaiions. f His
late narrow escape may cause him to be
more respectful. Yonng Reese U one of
the most sober end industrious yonng
farmers in the county, and is to be con
gratulated on his remarkable display of
ooolneso.—Madisonian.
SHE HANGED HERSELF.
1 deeper, of Fairborn, Commits
• "subiae.
Fhe ba’ance of the family nad gone
to camp "
to camp meeting., During thqir ab
sence she hung -herielf. -Nothing
positive is known a* t<> the cause ot
this rash (ct. JMG a Clcckler was
twenty-five years'.old and belonged
to one of the best ’Amities in the
county. It is said that.sbu attempt
ed suicide once before by tying her
feet together add rolling into a fi»b
pond.
another account.
Fairbcrn, Atig.riL—The Gleck-
ler family, well known and id good
circumstances, Jive’ about three
miles from Fairburn. Yesterday
the whole family, with the excep
tion of a daughter, Miss Emma
Clcckler, left home to attend a
camp-meeting. ..After the rest of
the fjitnily had gone and the house
was quiet, theyoung lady deliber
ately proceeded to ihe work of self-
destruction. Site went into * the
yard and secured* a clothes line,
which she took Wkth her to a barn
near bv. She mounted to the loft
of the barn and fixed the rope to one
of the joists above. She theq turn -
ed a barrel on end and stood on the
head of it. In ’that posit on she
fastened the noose about her neck
and when she was ready upset the
barrel under her, and in a few mo
ments her -soul was in eternity.
When the family returned from
camp-mecting in |he afternoon, the
uolortunate girl was found dangling
at the end of tfe rope, cold and
lifeless.
ENGINES TO RUN WITH SODA.
Ho Boot, No Cinders, No Fire—New Street
car Power.
Philadelphia, Aug. 17.—There
are being constructed at the Bald
win Locomotive Works four loco
motives. which are to be run by
soda,- which takes the place of fire
Soda has much the same power as
Coal without any of the offensive
gases. The engines are nearly fin
ished, and are to he shipped to
Minneapolis, Minn., and run in the
streets of that city where steam en
gines are forbidden. The engines
look like ordinary passenger cars.
Inside the boiler is placed five tons
of soda, which, upon beng damp
ened by steam, produces an intense
heat. When the soda is thorough
ly saturated the action ceases, and
then it is necessary to, restore it by
driving the moisture from it, when
it is again ready lor use. These
engines are the first ol their kind
kuilt in this country. They have
about the same power as those of
the New York elevated roads, am.
will readily dtaw four light cars.
Soda engines are used in Berlin
and other European cities success
fully and travetse the St. Golhard
tunnel under the Alps,where steam
engines cannot be used because the
length of the tunnel tenders it im
possible to devi.-e a system of ven
tilation which will carry ofT the foul
gases generated by a locomotive.
’ Atlanta, tig. 16.—One of the
notib!e effects ot prohibition his
been tile rise in the value of old hot--
Hen, For the la»t month the de
mand f.ir old 11*»lt t-s h is been ex
ceedingly lively. One ot the prin
cipal purscha er. ..1 buttles is a coj
Ore l man name-1 H<-nry Smith. He
buy* all sorts ol bottles madg to hold
liquors— wine, b-er vnd whisky.
For whisky bottles he give< 2^ cents
apiece; fur beer bottles -5 cents a
dozen, and for wine b-ittles 15
cents a- d-zen: He has a regular
set of cus'omers whom he visits
weekly. However, he makes a daily
round through certain portions of
■ be city, and has “helps” to cover
the teiritory through which he does
not pass. These “helps’’ are small
negro boys, and thev a.e allowed
a commission on a!l the buying they
do.
The bottle-buyer will not >t «te for
whom he buys the battles. It is a
secret ot the tn.de. This much he
does say The buttiesare taken to a
place on Decatur street, where they
are cleaned tnd assorted. The wine
and beer bottles are shipped to Ma
con and the whisky butties are sold
to an Atlanta wholesaleliquor deal-
Henrv admit, that he never
makes less than (60 clear, and that
lie lias purchased 7,000 bottles
the past month. Before
pr ihibition went into effect his
earnings were only (30 per
month. He says tha> during the
first ten da\s oi July’he found b t-
tles every w he e he went, and on
the 7th and 8th of that month he
was forced to hire a "dray to carry
his stock to the warerooms.
Henry laughingly says that his
principal customers aie rich white
folks, but the -elling was done
hrough 1 ttle children. Such cos
tumers were regula-, and could al
ways he counted on to have a full
upply. To the question if any
leading prohibitionists sold empty-
bottles, the old man replied, with a
knowing wink: “In Je business 1
know neither the pruhioilionists
nor de whisky men. De bottles
from one is as good as de bott'es
from de udder.”
Disappointed In Love.
Atlanta, Aug. 18.-Miss Emma
C.akleler, a beautiful young lady 18
years of age, commit ed suicide yes
terday, at her home near Fairburn.
The family hail gone t-i camp meet
ing. MissClakeier took the clothes
line, tied it to a joist, and getting on
a barrel tied the line around her
neck and kicked ihe barrel from un
der her. When the family returned
they found her swinging to the rope
dead. She was the t aughter of a,
wealthy planter and was disappoint
ed in love.
The house of commons, while
virtually censurii g the same, will
appoint a committee to investigate
interference by lords in elections.
CANNIBALISM,
the arbitration committee as it read,
and let them decide whether ttft
presidents’ and superintendents’
salaries should be included as part
ot the pay roll or not, Mr. Turner
declined to agree to that, and stated
that he withdrew the entire propo
sition.
I would thank the Rev. Mr. Mcy~
cardie to inform the public who was
tLe party that did not stick to thet
agreement.
As much has been saidabout high
stlaried officials, I would sta'e that
I voluntarily reduced riiy own sala
ries before any of the wages ot the
Sibley and Langly employees were
reduced.
The salaries ot president and su
perintendent of the Sibley Manu
facturing Company have been re
duced each about thirty per cent.,
and since the reduction my labors
have been more than doubled. The
salaries 01 the presideut and super
intendent at Langly have each been
reduced more than fifty per cent.
A much larger, reduction than.any
ot the employees ever bad. Re
spectfully. Wm. C. Sibley
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 19th, 1S86.
The Bostsnriferald calls atten
tion to the cases of cannibalism in
Hayti, described by Sir Spencer St.
John in his book on the “Black re
public.” Sir Spencer represented
Great Britain in the republic for
twelve years, anJ his hook appear-
in print within the last year. Ac
cording to Sir -Spencer’s story, can
nibalism is practiced to a very
marked extent in Hayti. Voodoo-
ism prevails there, and there are
diabolical rites connected with it
which require tile killing and eat
ing of a child as a sacrifice. These
rights have developed an abnormal
appetite for human flesh, and now
it is not an uncomniing thing to
kill and eat children for food. It is
stated that very lately, in Haoti, a
well authenticated case has been
reported a negro woman killed five
of her children, and sold their flesh
for food just as any butcher would
kill pigs and sell the pork.
It ik stated as a fact that the kill
ing of children lor topd is so gen
eral that Ihe white residents of
Foil an Prince cannot t c induced
to use domestic lard. They use
only that which they are confident
has been imported. Not long ago
one of the Port au Prince newspa
pers stated the facts about the kill
ing of the children for food, but the
government forced it to retract
what it had stated.
Nodcubt there is a sad condi
tion of aflaits in Hayti where the
negroes appear to be going back
to barbarian instead of advancing
to a higher civilization.
MANGLED BY THE CABS.
A Tonne Man Killed In OxlnoiTllle—Foul
Play snspecled.
Gainesville, Ga., Aug. 19.
To-night as the train of the Gainea-
ville. Jefferson and Southern rail
road yvas coming, in from Social
Circle it ran over and instantly kill
ed Mr. John ’O’Connor, a young
gentleman who was ’engaged here
-.-tewing machine ^agent He
has lived «n Gainesville several years
and was at one time connected in
husidess With Mr. Maje Smith. He
waa unmarried -and as fafat known
baa op relatives here." The horrible
accident occurred between the Air-
Line crossing and the depot ot the
narrow gauge road. Engineer Spen
cer «aw him lying on the track bui
could not atop in time*to aave him.
Both lega were completely-severed
from the body at (he hips and be
was otherwise horribly mangled. A
J: - - ^ ,T - l *-‘--*1^81 ■
deep gash on his head Ie
Util "
tic has renosed in them, by election to
iffieo; yerThey are. Tor tho most pari
men fo whom the responsibili-
duties,are onerous and distoste-
wheh their acts are received
with approval. White they ate wilting,
xs good citizena to bear their proper part
in this duty cf citizenship, and white
they do not ask even sympathy and cer
tainly not unqualified commendation at
tho hands of their fcllw citizens, whom
they cheerfully serve, yet a decent re-
T LUlMIl'Ufi w * » J w *
•. . ... .....
Canine affection.
Hr. M. 8. Hitchcock; of this county,
haa a setter dog that has a strong attach
ment for his horse, ao much no that ho
stays all day with him and if the horse
is tnrned into the posture at bight spends
t,benight with him. The . horse seems
to be attached also to.tho dog.
Gray, the defaulting treasurer o
the Atlantic.mills company, suicid
ed Wednesday.
A RISE IN. OLD BOTTLES.
T telr Value Greatly Enhanced by ProMbl-
Kun. at amuls-a Colored Man's Bus: ■
Ing Business.
A CASE OF UNNATURAL CRUELTY.
A Whit* Woman Cuts the Blood From Her
Little Danchter With a Cowhide.
Yesterday a white woman, Who>c
name is Fannie Grier, was arraign
ed before Judge Wooten on a war
rant foi cruelty and brutally beating
her own daughter, a child seven
years of age.
The complaint was made by Mrs.
Roland, who brought the child with
her to the magistrate’s office. The
inhuman mother, bearing in her
arms a year old c“ild, was brought
into court ab rut 4 o’clock. The
testimony showed t.iat the wurain.
Fannie Grier, lives in the" sixth
ward, and that her child, who was
the subject ot such unnatural treat
ment, bote the name ot Jimmie
Barefield, supposed to be the name
uftlic woman’s former husband.
Airs. Roland testified that she
now lives in the neighborhood of
Brozd S reel Methodist church;
that she formerly lived neighbor to
the woman, Mrs. Grier, and that
she knew the child who came
her house ancut 12 o’clock on some
errand; that the child showed such
evidences of suffering and cruel
treatment as caused her to bring
the matter to the 'attention of the
officers of tire law. ■
The' child appeired to be of
origin And sprigmiy mind end well
developed physualiy, and in an
swer to questions by the court said,
a-the big tears rolled ficely down
her cheeks, that her mother had
whipped her with a long cowhide.
The court'then caused the child
to be stripped to her. waist, and the
sight mate the heait of every spec
tator bleed for pity. The red and
blood-shotten stripe* three and four
inches in length—marks of tile cruel
lash—appeared all Over her little
arms and back. During the exam
ination the mother showed no signs
of sorrow or shame, nor did she ex
hibit any evidences of dissipation;
neither was she crazy nor a fool.
The unnaiursl mother was placed
under a (50 bond to appear before
the,grand juty.—Columbus Enqui
rer-Sun.
INDIAN RELICS.'
The Rome Courier tells an inter
esting stoiy of the finding of some
Indian relics:
A walk ol Haif a mile down, the
east bank of the CoOsa river carries
onc"to the sitcoLan old Indian vil
lage. It was situated on the farm
now owned by Mr. Ks -F. -Nixon.
During the recent ireshet the land
was considerably wa-hed, and
Messrs George add; jl^nnington
Nixon have gatheted an interesting
lot of Indian; relics.; ’^nrough the
courjqsjL.bt’. jrfie’ boys the ref
was shown-the rare accum
reporter
nutation
a» Will Com* Oat squarely for Prohtbt-
tlon-.Bls Folloy to Broak the Solid south
With a. Cold Water Plank In ism.
Ban Harbor; Aug. 10.—A close
personal Ir.end to Mr. Biaiue says
the prohibition movement in thi-
state, which is rapidly assuming
considerable impnit tnee, is cauxing
Mr. 'Blaine more uneasiness than
anything else, and he is now pre
paring a speech in which he propos
es to come out in favor ofthe
strict and imperative enforcement
of the prohibitory law. “Mr.
Blaine realizes,” said the gentle
man, “that the prohibitory issue is
growing throughout the country,
and in 18S8 wid undoubtedly be a
power in the land. In his fight for
the republican nomination he has
no hope of securing the Ohio dele
gation, and it is therefore no object
tor him to cater to the Germans of
that state as he di*l in 1884, by not
voting for the prohibitory amend
ment. Just’now the tempeiance is
sue is very strong, and he believes
the solid south can be broken on
that issue, and that it is essential
for him to declare for prohibition
now, in order to reap the benefit of
ofthe breakdown theie,”
From another source Mr. Blaine
is reported to be considering the
absolute importance of doing some
thing to stem the tide of republi
cans who arc leaving the party to
join hands with the prohibitionists
of Maine, who are being leJ in a
masteily manner by Neal Dow. lie
believes the temperance republicans
of New York beat him in 1884, and
he doesn’t want the temperance re
publicans of Maine to brat his can
didate for governor in 1SS6, for it
would be dangerous to his plans for
the future. #
Augusta, Me., Aug. 12.—The
fact, that Patrick J. Ford, editor of
the Irish Wot Id, has been in consul |
tation with James G. Blaine at Bar
Harbor, for some time has j s b.-
come known. Mr. Ford maue his
appearance first in Augusta, on
Monday afternoon, July 26. He was
driven at once to the Augusta
House and sent a messenger at once
to Mr. Blaine’s house to announce
his arrival. The Plumed Knight
was not at home but young James
was s«*nt down to entertain Mr.
Ford until his father returned. Ear
ly in the evening Mr. . laine drove
up to the Augusta House, and tak
ing ^Ir. Ford into his carriage,
went for a short ride. After dark
they returned to the hotel, and Mr.
Biaiue, with Joe Manley, were
c.oseted with Mr. Ford for several
hours. Mr. ForJ asked not to have
his presence made known, and re
fused to register at the hotel. Next
day be left on an Oarly train.
Lately Mr. Ford has been living
at a quiet hotel at Bar Harbor, and
is still in consultation with Blaine.
During the past two* weeks Joe
Manley has been telegraphed for
several times to make flying visits
to his coinmande' , ’s ernt.g? at
Mount Desert, where he lias met
Mr. Ford. The presence of the
New York editor is believed to have
a hearing on the Presidential can
vass ol 1S8S. The Irish World has
Procct dikes ofthe Late Convention at Cor-
tersvUle.
Editor Banner-Wt-tchman: 1 The
Odontc Agricnltuial Society was
represented in the state convention
wniwh met at Cartersvillc, Bartow
county, August to, by Messrs. W.
J. Elder and G. L. Anderson. About
eighty-srven counties in our st; te
were repiesented in this meeting.
The convention opened with
prayer on Tuesday at 9 o’clock. x
Addtess ot welcome by Major
John H. Wikle.
Address of welcome by Dr. W.
H. Felton in behalf of the agricul
tural association of Bartow county,
was a grand effort. We have hut
few such men in Georgiy as Dr.
Felton. He spoke about an hour,
and brought us from the days ol
crude fanning to the present enlight
ened age, and p’etuted a bright fu
ture for Georgia.
Response tor the convention, t»y
Cal. M.J. Hatcher.
Privilege meeting.
Semi-annual address, by Presi
dent Livingston.
Roll cill and perfected.
Adjou nnrent for dinner.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
An address—Does farming pay in'
Georgia, if not, why not, by ]■ E.N.
William Puillips, of Marietta.
New business.
Miscellaneous business.
Adjournment.
Night session, experience meet-
All questions discussed under the
ten minutes tide.
What I know about farming, by
Bill Arp.
Talk by Carmicle, of Coweta
county, on copartnership.
SECOND DAY.
Prayer at 8 o’clock a. m.
An essay—“The relation of capi
tal to Ir hor,” by 3. H. Bassett, of
Fort Valley, Ga.
An address—“The benefits to
farmers from agricultural associa
tions,” by R. D. Johnson, of Piece
county. Mr. Johnson spoke very
intelligently, and dealt in plain
common sense ideas, giving the
remedy for the leading troubles of
our country; namely: that every
other business was organized
separate and distinct from each
each other, but the farmers had
laiied as yet to perfect a plan by
which they could unite. He went
on to tell what the scientific cUtb of
Pierce had saved, and hurt no one.
All in all we had a good meet
ing. Some of the delegates re
marked that we could have a nice
time, even if we did not accomplish
nything; but I would like to say
just here, that we can’t afford to
while away our time in such style.
The truth of the whole thing is
this: We meet twice a year itt a
state convention as farmers, but
alas, when this is said, all is said.
Half or one-third of the delegates
are not farmers bat merchants,
lawyers, doctors and men whose
interest dce> not run with us, and
they occupy the time of the con
vention, harnessed up and run in
their interest, and the
little influence on Maine politics,
a id it is not in relation to the
ent state campaign ^hat Mr.
is in consultation wt’h Blaine.
A Child Marriage.
Jefferson (Ga.) Herald.
Last Saturday evening Pleasant
J. Roberts, Esq., was called upon to
marry a couple at the residence of
Cal. Smith, in Randolph district
Ari'uing at the house i.e found it.
crowucJ with youngsters, among
whom were ichool children. With
some difficulty Mr. Robots lound
the nappy couple, and soon pro
nounced them “man and wile.” Tne
groom was Wil iam Thornton, aged
14 years, who had run away irom
Ins lather to gt^ married. The bride
was Mattie Smith, the adopted
daughter of Cal. Smith, aged 15
years.
Young as this couple may seem
the match was made as readily as il
Thornton had been a widower
courtirig his third wife. On the
first visit he asked the girl to be his
wile, on the second obtained the
mother's consent, on the third the
bride’s father gave his consent. Just
at this point some one informed
Tiiornton that license must be had
oefore the ceremony could be per
formed, when it becomes his painful
duty to contess to all concerned that
he was unable to pay for the license.
But the children at Mr. Emory
Pliarr’s school, anxit u to know that
the law would at their own conven
ience make each of them the happy-
head of a household, made up the
requisite 1.30 by subscription, sent
for the license and the ’squire, and
witnessed the marriage of the child
couple.
What appeared so fraught With
fun to the youngsters and joy to the
young couple may prove to be the
spring of sorrow and disappoint
ment.
A snake in Her Stomach.
Teh years ago when but 8 y cars
of age, Mrs. Henry Ja’meeom, ol
Detroit, swallowed a tiny water
snake. From that date to the pres
ent she has oeen in poor health
She was tre ited lor dyspepsia up to
a couple of monthsago, when a De
troit physician who was consulted
decided that .something more tha i
dyspepsia was troubling the young
woman. Hi> treatment was in con
formity with his susp ; ctons, and
Friday Mrs. Jameson was relieved
of a great - water snake about two
feetiong ar.d half'an inch in dihme
ter. Mrs;, Jameson says ’ that for
yearn she has be in forced to eat rav
enously in order to satisfy the de-
_ _ . . -
Toe collection consists ot potery,
piper, chafins, skin STessers, arrow
heads andtfimahawks. The collec-
tion of arrow-heads, number 850, is
the fii.eit in the sta:e." They vary
in size from a smtli Steel pen to the
small hand ot a la ly» Tne thick
ness of each, one also varies. The
kin d e-sers at d. t jin.ihatrs are
cautifuily polished. . Mast of the
pot ery is lutle and without orna
mentation. One aniele’particular-
■y noticeable was a’ burnt clay bead
and face; tee tcatures were pet-
lectiy clear and well shaped. Tne
Indian who fashioned it was an
xcellent artist. Also in the accu-
mqlation.arc two skulls, and tcvcral
leg hones of the departed tace.
Upon a phrenological examination,
the forehead was low aid retreat
ing; cautiousqeSK was’largely «le-
ihhabitativeness was
„ .. fdfcnl.ty
were’apparent by enlargement
iVer.the ey e. One skull,' judging
•byi:.1lU! size Of the teeth, was that 01
a female-,’the other appeared"to be
•thhFuf a Writ!- .The village wa-
— ihlw inhabited when DeSoto
A STARTLING SPECTACLE.
mands of he' stronge boaider. She .neaawater*qr tne sjooaa. _
experienced a constant gnawing |n j j *'r J | | j
the stomach, and,, while, drinking
water the snake invariably rose tv
her throat. .On several occasions
she almost choked to death. While
the reptile was dying it world coil
itself up and then uncoil with great ne|
force, causing the patient intense! till
ny. Mrs; Jameson is severely
to thinl^ he may been murdered and
placed on the track.
London, Aog. i8.—Indian gov
ernment i* inviting tenders at New
castle for transports to proceed to
Bombay and Calcutta at the end of
August. They are to be used, it u
presumed, to carry reinforcements
of troops to‘Bermuda.
The Michigan democrats ia stale
convention at Giand Rapids, Wed-
Uesday 1 , - dominated - a -ticket ’and
adopted a platform. Before ad
journing a word of cheer was sent
the Irishmen in convention at Chi
cago. .... 1-
Frederick H McCarron, a de
mented barber - of Providence,' cut
the throat, of Jas. Crosby while
shaving him.
New York, August '20.—Busi
ness failures during last week
.hroughout the country, as reported
to R. ’ G. Don & Co., number for
the United States 161, and for
Canada 25> r -totol, 186; against 157
last week and 454, the week-previ
ous. The increase observable this
in the Middle and Pit-
Canada. ',
week
• • *» Haa*.. . |
Chicago, August 20.—The‘jury
in the case of the anarchist’sftrials.
which have been going ot; in thn
city for several weeks past, brough
in a verdict this morning of gu"
except as to Neebe, who gets
teen years in the penitentiary. AH
the others will hang.
Tha Bout .Sold to-Hxre a Loir In Athens
iThis beast igTiAtfhe ring-stresked and
stfiped-ereaturb from the ’ jnftgfes ot Af-
who feeds-oir lambs and Cat flattie
Ijank notes, but is in all places and at all
hours and dishes oat the amplification
fluid known to the World*as corn juice-.
Why Wis coifed a “blind tiger 3 ’ is not
known, for he can scent and' see the bine
coats ofthe police of^anditeVenue
detectives on the darkest nights, that
pome; These- sightless beasts.
is inn
inhabit
dry towns. oqdjVfios been rumored that
they are dginjj a thriving busineis in our
city. Whether they do o{ not is only
conjecture, as none but the initiated can
get Intd ihe den of the “Blind tiger,” and
each one who' is introduced into the lair
iamodqto .swear not' to give it away.
The police have Been on the lookout, but
so far have beett unable to find odt the
resting place of the tiger.
*' Prince A'lexdndef 'Bks been assut -
ed that Turkey will assist Bulgaria
if attacked by Servia.
that
would help the
t’V Mr. Turner being compel!^
break thibujji the proposition m.-uie
Oy tiiir slip accepted oy the mill
president- - .
'151
Rl.« TO.lDiG L' A-ii 11; 1 ILzviilCS-
lew il.T, an«l Silverware Captvred In thi
* War to be Returned. ' ^
Washington, August 19.—Some
t me ago Acting Secretary ' Fail'-
citiid instructed Mr. Krites, Chief
of the Division of Abandoned- ^
l’roperty, to carry into effect thegH
provisions of the act of Congress
authorizing the Secretary ot the
Treasury to deliver to the rightful
owners certain articles of jewelry, .
c.c., captured by the United States
army during the civil war and de- ,
posited in the Treasury* Depart-
teiit. Mr. Krites has accordingly ,
prepared rules and regulations,
which will govern the restoration
of all such artiales, and has just con
cluded on examination of the arti
cles on deposit. They are con
tained in two boxes and consist of
jewelry, portraits, watches &c.
One of the boxes contained nearly
live hundred watenes, gold, silver
<nd brass and a number of jack-
knives, pocket-books, letters, &c.
These were mainly taken from
p.tsoners ot war wito died in hos
pitals around Washington, Cape
Lookout and Elmira and were de
posited in the Treasury by Gen.
Ketcham. Sotr of them, howev-
ei belonged to Union soldiers, who
died during the war near the placeu
designated. The other box con
tained a lot of articles captured by
Gen. Sherman’s troops in Camden,
8. C., in the early part of
1S65. They consist of family plate,
jewelry, etc., which had been de
posited in a bank in Camden by Mr.
McRae and other wealthy residents
of that section. When the Union
aviny approached 'he town an effort -
was made to transfer the articles to
a place of safety, hut it did not suc
ceed, as the troops came upon the
scene while the transfer was being
made. Many of the principal
articles belonging to Mr. McRae
were restored to him by special act
of 'congress in 1S82. An inventory
has been made, and it is thought
that the articles can be easily iden
tified by their ov nets. They will
be restored upon applic. tion, ac
companied by satisfactory evidence
of ownership. The two boxes re-
ferred to contain all the property
ot the character described now in
the United States Treasury except
possibly the presentation swords
belonging to Gen. Twiggs and cap
tured bv Gen. Butler in New Or
leans. It is an unsettled question
as yet whether these swords can be
restored under the provisions of the
act relerred to above. AH the
other articles mentioned which
have not been restoied by April
next will be advertised, and such as
shall still remain in the Treasury for
one t ear Irom that time will be sold
at public auction.
>
RLOOIIY AFFRAY BETWEEN A
MAYOR AND.ALDERMAN.
Macon, Ga., Aug. iS.—Monday
evening, about 8 o.clocK, the neigh
bors who live near Jim Mobre’s
late residence, on Windsor Hill,
ere treated to a sttrtling specta
cle
The wife o'an officer was sitting
on her front porch and others weie
out cool ng themtclves, and sud-
degly a sneet ol flame about tin
size of an electuc tight went up a
pine tree standing near by in a va
cant lot, and lor an instant it illu
mined the surrbunJings, and then
shooting out across the loot of his
former home, it went out as sud
denly as-it came, and the surround
mg- were once more enveloped in
the gloom of the silent night. Thost
who saw it, and thev were quite a
numb, r, sav that it was enough to
send a thrill of superst.tious Utead
through' the stoutest heart-
Many conjectures were made as
to the origan, but it appears to be
inexplicab'c.
The negroes who live in thelow-
er city are afraid to pass the desert
ed house where the two crimes
vere committed and expiated.
Last night one who was forced to
pass there to get home from his
work, called on an officer, and in a
whimpering way Slid: “Ido wish
had stime one to go with me
home. I am so scared to pats the
place where Jim Moore was hung
that 1 don't believe I can do it.” He
went on his way still bemoaning
his sad luck.
There are no new developments
in the tragedy, and its looks as it
the people. were. willing to drop
the matter for the present, aud con
tent themselves with anticipating
startling developments at the time
the two women have their commit
ment trial.
Many are anxious to have the
trial come ofT&s /soon as possible,
sO.aS to' bring' out the full facts in
the case.
country and steer her safely amid
ali trouble, must sit still and hear
political aspirants, office-seekers,
capitalists and non-organizers talk
and discouise on the troubles ol far
mers, planters amt lanorers, and al
ways talk about the troubles and
discord, but never give any remedy
lor the evils. Let us have our state
conventions like our little agricul
tural society at Goshen Hill, in this
county, namely—strictly termers,
tad nothing but a farmer can get a
ticket to the state convention, and
f every club had this rule, as they
ihould have, then we would have
only I'armets at these conventions,
and could accomplish something ot
material benefit to the labor and
planter; but never while merchants
can geta free ticket, lawyers, ant,
in fact, every other profession. It
seems that they are determined to
have another non-farmers to watch
over the business and keep the
planters from doing anything to
save themselves. 1 had rather see
the delegates meet and rent a hall,
and pay three dollars a day boaid,
and also pay their fare on ti e rail
road, and do something, than to
have free rides, free halls and free
hash, and go as we have been going.
The day has come when we must
use the proper means to protect
our planters and laborers, because
then we save our country and help
every profession, and when we
prosper every profession and every
body else can prosper. No, gen
tlemen, this thing has been run
long enough on this plan. Let’s
see that every county in the state
sends nothing but farmers to the
slate convention, and give the time
in building up some good safe plans
h\ which our country can build up
her waste places, have reasonable
wages for labor and build railsoads,
educate the rising generation to a
higher standard, and no longer hear
the cry of hard times, but every
body and everything prospering and
moving along in peace and har
mony together. The farmers are
laxed lo analyze the fertilizers at
fifty cents a ton, which amounts up
to several thousand dollars, and to
day I know of but one county that
has ever saved a sample, as requir
ed by law, to have it tested, and
what was t ie result? The gentle
man. one of our state chemists,
could not, or would not,test il with
out tne tag or brand ot the guano.
They endeavori d to get it tested,
but all to no pui pose. Now, have
we got to pay men to protect tile
gnano companies? It seems so by
the above statement. Rather turn
the whole business over on its own
merit, and we can test for our
selves, and if a company puts u;
t spurious article they can be made
td’not only lose the note value, but
also to pay damages—w hatever
losses accrue by bad or worthies:
goano. Give the farmers justice
and you ne» er dealt with a cleverer
set of people, and the day is near
by when you will have to let him
nave justice. L.
Mavor J. E. Felder, of Amerlcus, and Al
derman W. p. Burt Have a Difficulty—
Felder Stabs Burt in two Places, Ma
king Very Serious Wounds-—Blood
Flows Freely.
Amekicus, Ga., August 19.—
Amencus was stirred to its center
today by a bloody light by Mayor-
Fclderand Alderman Burt, in which
the latter was cut twice—one wound •
in the small ol the back in the left
side, penetrating three inches and
pronounced by the physicians very' ’
serious. The trouble was caused
by a misunderstanding of something
Burt had told Felder about Police
man Ragan, who was with Mr.
Felder, when the latter me Dr.
Burt. Felder asked Butt about it
and Burt denied saying it that way.
Felder then gave the lie, and Burt ■
struck him. Felder drew his knife
and stabbed Bu twice, once ort the
eft arm and the other as described.
He then walked along. Two police
men were standing within six ieet
of both parties, ancLrefused to make
my arrest, one, Ragan, being off
duty, and the other, Smith, claim
ing that he had no authority to arrest
the mayor. Dr. Burt is resting very
well. Mayor Felder immediately
left for the country, but is reported
to have returned to town.
AUGUSTA.
8 tnce the riots began in Belfast
every Catholic workman has been
hounded- off' -Queen’s- Island. In
many large establishments in Bel
fast, i’so, they have been. forced to
quit work.
L- bit. »: ,/ ; os .....
Hon: Jefferson Davis, Wednes
day,-made a short speech to a' polit
ical convention, at Mississippi City.
One of the UUle Starts Up, bat the Strike
te StUl on.
Augusta, August 20—The Riv
erside mills have commenced bper
afions with a crippled force, but one
of sufficient stiength to wairant th
continuation of work from day to
flay. As Mr. Turner ordered the
Kni*ghts not to go to work, and at
there have been no instructions
made public countermanding bee
retary Turner’s orders, it is sup
posed that the operatives have
either kicked out of the traces or
are not Knights of Labor. At
tempts to become acquainted with
the facts in the case, proved futile,
as neither the Knights or the mill
men show a disposition to talk, and
refuse to answer questions.
The strike still continues un
changed, with the exception of the
occurrence narrated, and, indeed,
there seems, at picsent, that noth
ing will happen to change the sta
tus of affairs. However, prominent
citizens are at wonr on the case,
and a satisfactory solution may be
arrived at almost any time. There
is no denying the fact that .the
Knights have lost much sympathy
ORGANIZED LAItOR.
Editor Capital: The changes in
congressional nominations, Carlton
vs. Reese, Stewart vs. Hammond,
are undoubtedly to a great extent
owing to the efforts of the K. of L.
The convention in the 6th district
tendering the nomination to Hon.
. H. Blount pa- cd esolutions of
which the following is pr -t: “That
the thanks * * * are due J. IJ.
Blount for his long and faithful ser; _
vice to his district, to his state and
to his country, and he has especial-
’ shown himself to be a patriot
tnd a statesman in preferring the
general weltare of his people to
that of corporations and monopo
lists. * * * We are gratified
t! at there is no opposition to*his'
return,” etc.
These things certainly indicate a
new factor and power in our state
politics. Wise is th6 officer and
candidate who heeds the demands
ol organized labor. Legislatots and
legislation in the interest of the
ople in preference to that of mo
nopolists. -
We clip the shove bit of news
rom the Atlanta Capital. That
lie Knights of Labor, or any other
irganization, had anything to do
with sending Messrs. Carlton,
Stewart and Blount to Congress is.
certainly new political light thrown
on the campaigns. If the Knights
of Labor ever supported Capt
Car.ton his friends are not aware of
he tact. Qn the other had, a very
toolish repor: had been circulated
that the Captain said he would
!rive his buggy over a member of
ne order if he saw one lying in the
road, ami as a cqnsequence the
Knights studiously remained away
rom the convention. If the K. of
L. supported Stewart, it was to
out little effect, as the order in the.
Fifth district is concentrated in A>-
anta, and Hammond carried Ful
ton county. It was thg rural coun
ties, where organiz-d tsih-r is un
known, that defeated Mr. Ham
mond. As to Blount, stronger
powers than t“e Knights of Labor
nave attempted to defeat him in
vain. We are willing to give this
order all the praise it deserves, but
lo not let it try to get up a politi
cal boom under false pretenses.
KILLED IN THE WHEELS.
1
The sad Death of Mr. John H. Banff,
Roswell. 2 J
Roswki.i., Gil, Aug. 19.—Mr. John If.
Lang, superintendent of the Roswell !
manufacturing company, was killed thi.-l
morning white overseeing some adjust
ments about the water wheels or one of
the factories. • The facteries havo bet a
Shut down for sovoral days for repairsiq -
and Superintendent Lang was giving his
personal, attention toj the work. jfll 0
went down this morning into the wheels. '
and while there was accidentally caught
and crushed to death.