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*THE WEEKLY B \NNER-WATCHMAN, f’JltSpAY DECEMBER io. 18S7
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WOOLFOLK IS GUILTY.
SO SAYS THE JURY OF TWELVE MEN IN
MACON-
The Prisoner l iiiuovrd by the Vcr-
Sisters and Aam Com
plex lr Overcome—Sentenced to be
llniiCT February 10th>noTinv for
u ^rw Trial Xo Demonstration by
the Crowd.
Macon, l>e«% 15.—[Special.]—SoV. »-
tor (Irneral Hardeman concluded his
speech in the Wool folk case at eleven
o’clock. The court took a recess until
twelve. Judge Gustin then delivered
his charge, which occupied nearly an
hour. The jury retired, and after being
out ten minutes returned a verdict of
guilty.
Not a tnusclein Wool folk’s face chang
ed. lie seemed to he about the coolest
man in the court room. His sisters and
his aunt, Mrs. Crane, who sat by hiui,
were very much atlected.
Judge Gustin sentenced him to be
bung on the loth of February. This
in«ved hi in no more than the verdict.
His counsel will move at once tor a
new trial, and will prepare a big bill of
exceptions
There were no demonstrations in the
court room to-day, such as occurred yes
terday. An immense crowd watched
Wool folk as he was taken from the court
house to jail, but nobody made the slight
est effort to disturb him by word or ges
ture. lie still stoutly maintains his in-
F. 11. It.
noc* nee.
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i riiKuroHn
INCLUSION.
fre: tj of the excitable men present was
stirred with results as above narrated.
Col. Hardeman began to speak again
and had not proceed far when the fren-
xied ye 1 of “hang him,” “hang him,*’
was h**ard, this dm© only from the cor
ner near the clerk’s desk.
Judge Gustin immediately ordered the
man put out, and the sheriff having iden
tified him as Major Cicero Tharpe, who
had allowed hisoassion to get the better
of his judgment, conducted him down
the private entrance and turned bim
out
But Judge Gustin saw the state of af
fairs, and after Col. Hardeman had spok
en in subdued language for a little while,
interrupted him and adjourned court at
3:25 o’clcrk until 9 o’clock this morn
ing.
In the meantime, however, he had
communicated the state of affairs to
Mayor Price who immediately dispatch
ed a squad of six extra police to the vi
cinity of the conrt house and deploj-ed
them within easy call, if needed, while
an officer was stationed at the outside
door of the building to prevent any sus-
p cious | eraon going in.
As soon as the court was adjourned
the prisoner, in charge of three armed
officers, was hustled into the upper
story of the building and guards placed
upon the stairs until the crowd bad dis
persed, when he was taken out by the
rear exit and hurriedly driven to the
jail and lodged safely in his cell. Mayor
Price last night gave instructions to the
chief of police to have his inen ready for
action at a moment’s call. The jail was
guard 'd outside and in, and every pre
caution was taken to thwart any attempt
that might be made to do violence. Sher
iff We.stcott and all his deputies and
bailiffs spent the night in vigils at the
jail. During the evening ugly rumors
were abroad in the city, but they could
not ho traced to any source, and as noth
ing happened to prove that they had any
authenticity, it is believed that they were
rumors and nothing more.
AFTER AN OUTLAW.
CHARLIE BANKS BELIEVED TO BE AN
INCEN . °Y-
WHOLESOME RECREATION
DISCOURSE BY DR. TALMAGE IN THE
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.
In the comae of his masterly argument
t’ol Jno. Rutherford pictured a family
jir a> most any one has seen at some
nine < r other.in order to show the weak
i.r-s of an unguarded threat that Wool-
f. Ik miv have mule ajvnst any or all of
h s family. Col. Rutherford then took
up tin* testimony of Hone Davis, calling
atnmiion to the fact that Rone Davis
'fatin'' that Tom used thethreat of lire
:»_* ir>t his father. Rut ihe'e was no
fire used The use of tire would have
teen the destruction of the fame proper-
tv that Mr. Dmenherg’s testimony was
p it up to *how he was eager to inherit.
My brother Gu*rrv has picured in clo-
• jm-ner the cowardice of this defendant
i:i jump ng through the win low and
>a\mg ins on n life. JR* says Richard
went to Ins father’s existence as did
( iiarlie aUo. and were kilhd in their at
tempt to lend succor. Rut Tom. who
awoke in time to start to the rescue, hut
a s« cor.d only behind Richard, whom he
heard fa : l in death, in order to save his
own life turned hvk and tl‘«l through
the Window Had Tom Woolfolk been
a few seconds qircker to start, he to-day
won! I have been where Richard is and
Ki« hat d would have been there in
Til NT CHAIN ACtTvRIl OF Mt'iCbF.R.
ami drfen ’ing his life.
' he ora'or to >k up the subject of pre-
I arations for the picnic that was to take
P ace the da? after the murder at Mont-
LOVE’S LAST TRIUMPH
Raman tic .Marriage In Savaun
of Two Voung People Well-
Known In Athens.
Atlanta, Dee. 17.—[Special.]—'Mr.
Wi Ibur F. Hay good, a son of Dr. A. G.
11 ay good, of Decatur, and well-known
n Atlanta, was united in marriage at
Trinity church in Savannah at 2 o’clock
Thursday afternoon to Miss Mary J.
Rogers, formerly of Covington, 0
Wilbur Haywood and his lovely bride
rived in the city yesterday morning on
the Central train, accompanied l*y Dr. J.
\\ . Re?, and spent a short lime here,
where they were the recipients of nu
merous congratulations from their many
friends. Yesterday morning at 8 o’clock
Hunting of Cttpt. Dolt Mitchell’* Bata Y»
tenlny Moraine—Spo ting the Rascal a*
the Kscmped Convict—Behavior of the Vil
la! it—Vo Threatens the Family and Defies
the Athens Police.
Yesterday morning, about ten o’clock,
ward was telephoned to the police«taticn
and to the Banner-Watchman office
that the barn of Capt, S. D. Mitchell ..as
on tire. These premises, it will be re
membered, were ravaged by fire about
one year ago, the dwell*ng and kitchen
of Capt. Mitchell's ha'. - been burned
down, at that time. There were left
standing the large carriage-house and
stable near which stood a log building,
used as barn and storeroom. It was the
latter house which in some myste/ious
May had caught, and by time the firemen
and crowd had reached the scene, fully a
mile distant frern the center of town, the
building had been consumed. It con
tained a quant ty of lumber and lodder
and being highly inflammable and with
out any protection by fire plug, or oth
erwise, its destruction was inevitable.
A forty dollar wagon body was among
the material destroyed. The carriage
house and stable, a large frame building,
stood in imminent danger as the windble w
directly over it and the heat was intense
Pioneer truck, well inarmed and drawn
by two stout steeds drew up beside the
fire in very quick time and by the
skilful use of hooks, ripped up the house
and scattered the burning logs over the
ground where these were the easy prey
of buckets and shovels. The adjoining
building was coverediM-i h men, armed
with hooks and readj\ with buckets to
fight any spread of th%flames. The ve
hides and machines, stored in this sta
ble were quickly hauled out, and there
was no further trouble. The firemen
work'd hard and Chief Baldwin was on
hand with his fleet horse, a few minutes
after the alarm was sounded. That of
ficer says “until the city runs water
mains and puts up fire plugs on this
street, there is absolutely no protection
in this neighborhood against fire.”
The boys with the hose red tnado a
gallant struggle against mud and dis
tance and reached the corner of Prince
Avenue, opposite the court house, when
they were turned back, as there was no
need of their hose. It was demonstrat
ed that with jut horses it is almost im-
^ r - I possible to man our hose reels through
the tnuddy streets at this time of year.
It is all that a man’s life is worth to run
with a machine through these streets
and over these hills. We trust the hose
carriages will he given a team, as tli
perato tho physical and mental energies.
While there are a good many people who | on® of those 2,500 cheerful
hero employed this institution, there is a j looks that you have garnered up for the
number who are ignorant of its ex- I whole year. Look joy and hopefulness
cellencies. Th^ro are men with cramped hito his souL It will thrill him through.
chests and weak sides and despondent
spirits who, through the gymnasium,
might be roused up to exuberance and
exhilaration of life. There are many
Christian peoplo despondent from year to
The Gymnasium as a Means of Recuper.
at in?- Mental and Physical Energies.
Music a Source of inimitable Kecrea* | year who might, through 6ucb an insti-
tion and Amusement. tntion, be benefited in their spiritual rc-
^ „. ., „ _ , latinos. There are Christian people who
Bbooeltx, ® c *‘ ^.—At the Tabor- . to think that it is a good sign to be
naclo tins morning the whole congrcga- poor!- Bichaid Btttfw and
uon san:,' the liymn beginning: Eotort UaU were invalids they thlffc that
The hill of Sion vMii, | by tiie same sickliness they may come to
A tlioiMn.i sae.-vii sweets ( the samo grandeur of character. I want
v ;! f?** s e Laa ;;:“ ly ft ' M » to tell the Christian people of my congro-
r ea »toe co oeu st. ecis. gatien that God will hold you responsible
The Rev. T. De Witt Talmago, D. D., j for your invalidism if it is your fault,
pleached on “Recreations Good and | and when, through right exercise and
Bad, * taking two texts: 1 Cor. vii, i prudence, you might be athletic and
31: “They that use tliis world, as not j well. The effect of tho body upon tho
abusing it;” and Judges xvi, 25: “And ; soul you acknowledge. Put a man of
it came to pass, when their hearts mild disposition upon the gnimql diet of
were merry, tliat they said. Call for Sam
son, that he may make us sport. And
they cail«*d for Samson out of the prison
house; ami he made them sport.” Dr.
Talmago said:
We are entering the gayest season of
the year. The winter opens before us
the gates of a thousand amusements, some
of them good and some bad. One of my
texts will show you that amusements
may be destructive, my other text will
show you that amusements may bounder
the divine blessing and direction.
There were 3,000 people assembled in
the temple of Dagon. They had come to
make sjiort of eyeless Samson. Tlxey
were all ready for the entertainment.
They began to clap and pound, imiiatient
for the amusement to begin, and they
cried, “Fetch him out! fetch him out!”
Yonder I see the blind old giant coming,
led by the hand of a child into the very
midst of the temple. At his lirst appear
ance there goes up a shout of laughter
and derision. The blind old' giant pre
tends he is tired, and wants to rest him
self against the pillar* of tho house: so
he says to the lad who leads liim, “Show
me where the main pillars are.” The
lad docs so. Then the strong man put9
his light liand on one pillar and his left
band on another pillar, and, with the
mightiest push that mortal ever made,
throws himself forward until the whole
house comes down in thunderous crash,
grinding the audience like grapes in a
winepress. “And so it came to pass,
when their hearts were merry, that they
said. Call for Samson, that he may make
us sport. And they called for Samson
out of the prison house: and ho made
them sport.”
In other words; There are amusements
that ere destructive, and bring down dis
aster and death upon the heads of those
who practice them. While they laugh
and cheer, they die. Tho 3,000 who
perished that day in Gaza are as nothin;
ste amer and hook and ladder truck now ! c*omi*uml with the tens of thousands who
have. It often happens that the prompt J l Uive been destroyed by sinful amuse-
arrival of a hose reel will suppress an I
j incipient fire, by utilization of the water ! ^ ut l ^ ,e °Hier text I have read implies
pressure.
lie
.'ribed*
they left for Decatur, the residence of! pressure ~ j that there is a lawful use of the world as
the groom’s father, Dr. A. G. Haygood. The colored companies yesterday at- | well as an unlawful abuse of it, and the
They will make Cincinnati tlieir future • tached to Ihe plug in front of Mr. Nev- ; dilToreneo betweeuUie;uiani1 Kristian and
1 itfs and ran through the lot, but could ; 11,0 man ut.-U.rudi.-m is, that in the form-
could not reach with their hose further ' cr «“* thc m;m mastera tho wor1 ' 1 - wlllk
than the lower part of Maj John Thomas'
The loss by thc fire will reach $250, " orl . J ; For . wh ? m th .“ " on ‘ "’hose eyes there is tho first lustre, and
;♦». i derful expenditure of color, this grace-
fulness of line, this mosaic of the ground,
home
The story of this marriage and court
ship r^ads like a real romance. The-e
young people are well-known in Geor
gia. Wilbur Haygood has one of thc
sweetes* tenor voices in the State, and
Miss Rogers who has frequently visited
Athens, is one ol the most beautiful
in thc latter case the world i
For whom did God make thi
asters him.
grand and
which the Indian partakes, and in a little
while his blood will change its chemical
projiortions. It will become like unto tho
blood of the lion or the tiger or tho bear,
while his disposition will change, and be
come fierce, cruel and unrelenting. The
body has a powerful effect upon tliesoul.
There arc good people whose ideas of
heaven are all shut out with clouds of
tobacco smoke. There are peoplo who
dare to shatter the physical vase in which
God has put the jewel of eternity. There
are men with great liearts and intellects
in bodies worn out by their own neglects
—magnificent machinery capable of pro
pelling a Great Eastern acro63 the Atlantic,
yet fastened in a rickety North river pro
peller. Martin Luther was so mighty for
God, first, because he had a noble soul,
and secondly, because be had a mussular
development which would have enabled
him to thrash any five of his persecutors,
if it had been Christian so to do. Physical
development, which merely shows itself
in 'fabulous lifting.fit in perilous,
walking, or in pugilistic encoui
cites only our contempt; but we
to great admiration for tho man wl
a great soul in an athletic body, every
nerve, muscle and bone of which is con
secrated to right uses. Oh, it seems to
me outrageous that men, through neglect,
should allow tlieir physical health to go
down beyond repair. A ship which ought,
with all sail set and every man at his
post, to be carrying a rich cargo for
eternity, employing all its men in stop
ping up leakages! When you may,
through thc gymnasium, work off your
spleen and your quemlousness and one
half of your physical and mental ailments,
do not turn your back upon such a grand
medicament.
Stiil further: I commend to you a large
class of parlor games and recreations.
There is a way of making our homes a
hundred fold mere atttactive than they
are now. Those parents cannot expect
to keep their children away from outside
dissipations unless they make the domes
tic circle bri;titer than anything they
can find outside of it. Do not, then, sit
in your home surly and unsympathetic,
and with a half condemnatory look, be
cause of the sportfillness of your children.
You were young once yourself; let your
children be young. Because your eyes
are dim and your ankles are stiff, do not
denounce sportfulness in those upon
careful pieparru
nn »n shaving and dressing the right
h f »re. *»nd asked if his actions were not
: ose of a natural man expectinir to spend
* gala day. llesUoaakrd where were
the provisions found on the next day
that y<»u, >'‘*nile!nrn of the jury, are told
«*• >t the aimly had prepaied for the pic
nic.
.\,.\vhere; they were never found.
\ ...in, •’••nth-men. there is a point that
1 as strut k me from the first as a lawyer.
\ a at* told that Richard was a man
_r w ii lar<»«*r. ifanythini*, than the priso
ner If the p r i oner had been contein-
pltlins murder, would he ever have gone
it t » hi* father’s room end left Richard
l ehind him to either interrupt him and
attack him in the act, or to detect hiui
ur • ill wart hi* object?
No, genffeinen, lie never, if he was the
rool, calculating man that the State says
he was, went out on that bloody mission,
leaving Richard behind him.
The speaker also handled with great
originality and persuasive force the sub
ject of the tracks found in the house
and the lack of more tracks. The mur-
d* rers did the work quickly, and finding
that «>n«-member of the family had es
caped them and gone to give alarm, made
haste to escape, and they were gone be-
f re the pools of blood had time to ooze
fiit of the victims and form on the floor.
At 12 o’clock the speaker paused, and
wiping his face and forehead, beaded
v\nti perspimtion, looked intently at the
jury a moment, and then in low but ear
nest tones went on:
I am nearly through, and soon the life
»*f the defendant will be’ytmr in hands,at
1» s>t so far as the attorneys have any-
thiig to say.
In summing up I would call your nt-
ituition to the fact that one favorable cir
cumstance outweighs many adverse cir-
cumstances, and if you agree with ine in
one favorable circumstance the theory of
the State is broken down.
1 have about finished my task; you
will do me the justice to say that I
could not have said what I have said un
less 1 had seriously thought 1 was de
fending an innocent in&n.
When the evidence of the State was
with no insurance.
origin of THE fire. J this fresco off the sky. this glowing fruit*
And now comes the remarkable part ! age of orchard and vineyard, this full
~ ‘ tern lies t.
hoc>e foot there is the bounding joy
of robust health. I tliank God that in
our drawing rooms and in our parlors
. • i j* r , ,. , there are innumerable games and sports
girls in Georgia. They have been in *>f tliis burning Capt- and Mrs. S. 1). ! chestraof the tempest, in which the tree which have not upon them tho least
lore with cacti other ever since Mitchell are confident that this barn wa* | branches flute, and the wind* trumpet, j t a jn t 0 f iniquity. Light up nil your
they were children, when one lived in ! Ret on tire. '1 here was no fire on tile and tiiu thunders drum, and all ilie ■ hot: os with innocent hilarities. Do not
Oxford and thc other in Covington. They | premises, and after thc hard rain it is , splendors of earth and sky come clashing j i down with the rheumatism, wonder-
had been engaged for nine years, hut fur ! 11 probable that flame could have orig- ! tlieir cymlxih: tor whom did God spring | how children can go on so. Rather
some reason M iss Rodgers’ parents did ; inated itself. The building caught at the ! the arched bridge of colors resting Upon | diank (oxl that their hearts :re so light,
not encourage the match. I) r . Haygood, ! end nearest the stable, suggesting ’ ‘ i
buttresses of broken storm cloud?
on the other hand, t encouraged his son i eendiary effort to burn both buildings. | whom did lie gather the upholstery of
to press his suit. Accordingly Willhur ! Th<‘ family also believe they have spot- fire around the window of the setting
set out for Savannah, where Mr. and ted the parly. 1 «•»'< . *<« m >'"- )‘ ut u "‘ r ” specially
Mrs. Rogers had carried their daughter’ Yesterday morning the Kanskr- j for his own dear clu.drtn.
to live, to be out of young llaygoods. i Watchman contained an account of tho I‘ > ou build a Uuge mansion, and
reach. lie was accompanied by Dr. J- attempted arrest of Charlie Hanks, alias *preau a great feast after It to celebrate
\V. Lee, of Atlanta. The b ide was in j J“ hn Jackson, by the police. Ranks tlm completion of the structure, do sou
formed of their presence and its meaning, ! emptied his revolver at the officers and allow strangers to come in and occupy
and leaving her in nherls house very went off, leaving some of his finest fea- ■ 1,10 I’Lce "bile iou thrust your own
calmly, she walked to the rendezvous, «»rea hanging on the wire fence. Vigor- ! cluUhren m the kitchen or the torn or
... L.«... it.. . t i ... aiic cnfir/'ii iron muiln Tnr Inin Vf stpnliiv ! Bit- llCltlS. Gil, llO. 1OU SRV . 1 Rill
where the groom met her and drove to | ous search was nude for him yesterday, j
Tainity church. l)r Lee tied the knot
and the triumph of love was complete.
SPLIT FROM STEM TO STERN.
A Disaster la a Boat an I lie Tcnnei.
»cc Iliver.
Ciiattaxooiu, Dec. 17.—[Spec’al ]—
Thc steamboat A. G. Henry was com
pletely wrecked on the Tennessee river,
at Gillespie’s bar, ninety-five miles north
of this city, last night at!! o'clock. Only
meagre details of thc wreck were learn
ed until this morning.
The night was terribly dark, the rain
falling and a high wind blowing. The
boat struck a big log, which has been
standing upright in the river for years
and was split from stein to stern, caus
ing her to fall in two pieces. In less
but thc only one who saw him was a i T ‘ r - V *» » grangers in my man-
- ' non. but tnv own eons ami daughters
neg^.% who reported that his face was
bloody, whether from shot or wire barb,
could not be told.
Banks’ wife lived on Capt. Mitchell’s
place, in the old Franklin lot, on uppe
shall have the first right there.” Now
God has built this grand mansion of a
world, and lie lias spread a glorious feast
in it; and while those who are strangers
to his grace may come in, I think that
,, • .» * | «■ » ■ kO 1119 L ItH L II1.1V LlHUc III, X lllllUk lil.lb
Prince .venue, the girl, M.ry having 0(a1 4^. i; ,u v internD to give the advan-
been hired by Mrs. Mitchell Ust week as | to ‘ hw cUiIdren . Thc« who are
cook On Saturday laat Ranks, who is | ^ and tho daughters of the Lord
a bold, desperate fellow, »nd an escaped Almi hlv , lh(Be w)lo through grace can
convict, appeared on the place and fright- | look and ^y, -Abba, Father.” You
ened his wife into leaving with him. . he yanm.t make me believe tliat God gives
went off and stayed one night, but m ^ n * j more advantages to tho world than he
aged to elude the man, whom she tte- . giv<?9 tot i )e chundi bought by his own
tested, and returned to Mrs Mitchell s blood. If. therefore, people of the world
lot and hedged protection. On Sunday
her child, who had been perfectly well,
died in a suspicious manner, leaving the
inference in the minds of some that
their escape. They were landed on the
shore at least five miles from any town
or telegraph office, and had to seek shel
ter in farm houses. The blinding storm
mad* it difficult for the passengers to
find their way across the country to a
place ol shelter. The boat was heavily
. . , c .i . . i i • I loaded with grain and freight, most of
being taken from that stand, I, sitting , b mt , .
here in iny chair, overheard a whisper J was os *‘ vessel is a com-
behind me. It was when the witness I plete wreck, the worst that has ever oc-
was testifying about the in -Mirage given j curred on the Tennessee river, and noth-
upon the claims of the defendant upon I j „ be MTed but lhe cngjnes 4nd
the estate of his father, and some one , °
whispered to the Attorney-General and bo,lers * There was no insurance. The
told him to ask to whom that mortgage | crew worked like beavers or several per-
was given. Rut he nqble, high-minded j sons would have been drowned, as the
man that he was, with a true sense of | T enn *ssee is 1.800 feet wide where the
HANKS HIMSELF HAP POISONED IT.
The body was buried, with the assist
ance of the kind-hearted people who had
sheltered Mary, and to whom Ranks him-
| self had hired her as cook. Banks con-
than ten minutes she sar.k in twenty tinned to hang around, however, and on
feet of water. There were abouttwenty- '/ ^durfn-the'atoin'ce 1 of'U^CaDtain 1 Ij'ivl” tbe^hmdshi'rM' and «"f
fi ve persons on board, all of whom .made [° n i becll ” c ve „ abu sivc, demanding tiie * ‘ le,lials ’ wW1 ° tl,, ' se wlM> come “ 1,avu
Mrs. Mitchell told
have looked with dolorous sympathy
upon those who make profession of re
ligion, ami have said, “Those new con
verts tu:e going down into privation and
into hardship. Why did not they tarry
a little longer in the world, and have
some of its enjoyment* and amusements
ami recreations?” 1 say to such men of
the world, “You are greatly mistaken,”
ami before I get through I will show that
those people who stay out of the kin;
delicacy and honor, waived his right to
do so and let a chance go by to give his
case some advancement |I confess,gentle
men, that 1 trembled then; that for a
moment I, sitting here in my chair, trem
bled from head to foot for fear he would
do so. Rut he did not, and now let me
tell you that I thank him for his noble
generosity and delicacy of feeling. And
1 want to say to you now what I confess
I was moral coward enough to fear to
have you know when tho witness was
on the stand. That lien was inado out
by Thomas G. Woolfolk in my favor.
When I took his case he was confined
and chained in a prison cell. He had not
a dollar in thc world, and I thought it
but right that 1 should have that much
to protect me.
1 felt and acted in time past the part of
a citizen of this city. I knew the state
of public opinion when 1 took this case.
My own sister begged me with all the
persuasive pleading that sisterly love
was capable of, not to take this case; not
to defend the young man there in that
chair. I knew that public sentiment was
agiinst ine when 1 began this case, but I
was gratified as it progressed from time
to time, not only by the kindly deference
of the people toward me, but by the ex
pressions of friends who came to and
expressed their conviction that 1 had
a ted conscientiously and eorrectly.
accident occurred.
release of his wife.
Mary to go with him to prevent a diffi
culty on the lot. Mary demurred and
Banks, alias Jackson, a cowardly and
brutal scoundrel, drew a pistol on Mrs,
Mitchell and his wife, and declared that
he would not leave until Mary did.
Mrs. Mitchell threatened Banks with
the police, but Banks declared that he
DID NOT FEAR THESE ATHENS POLICE.”
Mrs. Mitchell, who is a very spirited
and determined lady, quickly realized
that her own courage was her best im
mediate defense in her husband’s ab
sence, and went into her room fora pis
tol. She told Banks that if he advanced
dcniaLs, while those who come
the joys and the satisfactions.
r i his morning, in the name of the King
of heaven and earth, I servo a writ of
ej< ctment on all the sinful and polluttcd
who have squatted on the domain of
earthly pleasure as though it belonged to
them, wliile I claim, in behal'f of the
good and the pure and tho true, the eter
nal inheritance which God has given
them.
Hitherto, Christian philanthropists,
clerical and lay, have busied themselves
chiclly in denouncing sinful recreations;
but 1 feel we li&ve no right to stand be
fore men and women in wdiose hearts
there is a desire for recreation amounting
to jjositive necessity, denouncing this and
A TRYING TIME.
1 cenf In the Conrt ltoom Daring tho Pas
sion Play of the Woolfolk llunler.
Mac n Telegraph.
Another feature of the episode was the
brave and heroic action of Mrs. Edwards
th.* prisoner’s sister. With the* keen
instinct of love and affection she grasped
the situation upon the instant of the first
yell, and, springing forward with a
smothered cry, threw her arms around
Tom Woolfolk’s neck and covered his
person with her own, thus placing him
under the prelection of
THE SANCITT OF WOMAN.
as one of the most potent forces against
the violence of men however frexied they
might be, for she argued well or her in
stincttold her that however base or wild
a mob might be it would be hard to find
a crowd of Georgians who would act the
ruffian's part so far as to do violence to a
woman.
There she remained weeping and cling
ing to the unhappy man—her brother—
until alter the argument was resumed,
and not again during the afternoon did
•he^move her chair from his.
The beginning of the trouble, perhaps,
originated from time to time by old Mr.
Bowel Woolfolk, the uncle of Tom and
brother of the murdered man. Mr.
Woolfolk is a firm believer in Tom’s
guilt, and although Judge Gustin bad
called him up to the bench and told bim
that he must keep quiet, he repeatedly
made his audible exclamations until the
HUNC, ROASTED, SHOT!
Horrible Fate of Negro Fiend, la
Florida.
Jacksobvili.e, Fi.a., Dec. 14.—[Spec
ial.J— It is reported from 1’emb.rton
Kerry, Fla., that three negroes on Satur
day shockingly assaulted Mrs. 1). J.
Oberry and her daughter, haring gained
admittance to their house bv cirally ask
ing for a dnnk of water. Aa soon as the
assailants left, the women gave the alarm
and bands organised at once to scour
the woods. Two negroes were caught
the next forenoon some miles distant -in
swamp. They were swung up and
choked until they confessed tho deed.
The enraged men then built a fire under
the projecting limb of the big oak, and
applying a match, swung the negroes
up over it despite their agonizing
screams and entreaties. As the flames
leaped the writhings of the negroes were
horrible, and several mem unable 11
stand it longer discharged a volley into
the swinging figures before them, kill
ing them instantly. The fire was ex
tinguished and the bodies were left
swinging, a ghsatly warning to other
lawless negroes. If the other one is
caught he will probably be served in the
same way.
WITH A RED-HOT POKcR-
A Little Child Came^fear Burning
I p a School Building,
Atlanta, Dec. 17.—[Special.]—This
morning about 8 o'clock a woman who
washes at Prof. Seal’s seminary, on
Whitehall street, left a little four-year
old negro child in a room in the base
ment of the building, in which a lot of
clothing was drying before a fire.
The child heated a poker until it waa
red hot and then applied it to the gar
ments. The clothing caught fire,and the
child became frightened and ran out of
the rooom.
The buitding was soon filled with
amoke, and when the fire was ^located it
was extinguished with buckers of wa
ter.
another step in thc kitchen, she would 1 that and the other tiling, when we do
shoot him in his tracks. j not projiose to give them something bet- I
Ranks had plready drawn his pistol ter. God helping me this morning, and |
which he was waving defiantly on the j with reference to my last account, I shall ;
lot, but realizing that he had inet a ! enter ujton a sphere not usual in sermon- 1
spirit stronger than his own and a hand j izing, but a subject which I think ought
as stead}’, if less skilful with the trigger, j to bo presented at this time. I propose
retreated sullenly.and by the time Mrs. | now to lay before you some of the recre-
Mitchell returned with the pistil he was
in a broad run.
It was Tuesday night that Banks was
overtaken by the police and esreped,
and the determined manner in which he
relumed the fire of the officers shows
what he might have done had he not
been put te flight by Mrs. Mitchell's
prompt and determined behavior. Bank’s
wife was in the crowd when
the police tried to arrest
him, and she returned to the Mitchell,
lot so frightened that she begged the
family to let her sleep in the house.
Banks has l^een seen near the premises
since then and has threatened the family,
we understand. This led to the belief that
he had a hand in tho fire of yesterday.and
Capt. Mitchell has declared that he would
shoot the villain on sight.
Yesterday morning a posse was made
op and an organized hunt will be made
for Banks, alias Jackson. A pack of
hounds should be put on the track aud
he should be captured, dead or alive.
The policejfeel that they are now on trial,
their mettle and blood are up. They
cannot afford to let such fellow escape
and every citizen of Clarke county is
interested in having Charlie Banks, alias
Jno. Jackson apprehendeded.
atious which nre not only innocent, but
positively helpful and.advantageous.
In the first place, I commend, among
indoor recreations, music, vocal and in
strumental. Among the first tilings cre
ated was the bird, so tliat tho earth might
tore musu at thc start. Tin- world,
«t.ich began with so sweet a seienade. is
finally to to demolished amidst the riu;
and their laughter is so free, and that
tlieir cheeks are so ruddy, and tliat tlieir
expectations are so radiant. Tho night
will come soon enough, and tho lioart-
break. and tho pang, anil the desolation -
■t will come soon enough for tho dear
children. But when the storm actually
clouds the sky, it will bo time enough foi
you to haul out your reef tackles. Carry,
then, into your homes not only the inno
cent sjHirts and games which are the in
vent ions oT our oivn day, but the game*
which come down with the sportfulness
of nil the past ages—chess and charades
and tableaux and' battledore and calis
thenics and lawn tennis, and all tliosa
amusements which the young people of
oar homes know so well how to contrive.
Then there wii) bo the pariut socialities—
groups of people assembled in your homes,
with wit and mimicry and joviality, fill
ing the room with joy from the door to
the mantel, and from the carpet to the
ceiling. Oh, is there any exhilaration
like a score of genial souls in one room,
each ono adding a contribution of his
own individual merriment to the aggre
gation of general hilarity?
Suppose you want to go abroad in tho
city, then you will find tho panorama mid
the art gallery and exquisite collections
of pictures. You will find tho Metropoli
tan museum and tho Historical society
rooms full of rare curiosities, and scores
of places which can stand plainly tlic test
of wliat is right and wrong in amuse
ments. You will find the lecturing hall,
which has been honored by the names of
Agassiz in natural history, Doremus in
chemistry, Boynton in geology, Mitchell
in astronomy, John B. Gough in moral
reform, and scores and hundreds of men
who have poured their wit and genius and
ingenuity through tliat particular channel
ujion the hearts and consciences and imag
inations of men, setting tins country fifty
years farther in advance than it.would
have been without thn lecture platform.
I rejoice in the popularization. of out
door sports. 1 hail tho croquet ground
and the fisherman’s rod and the sports
man's gun. In our cities life is so un
healthy and unnatural that when the
census taker represents a city aa having
400,000 inhabitants, there are only
200.000, since it takes at least two men
to amount to one man, so depleting and
annerving and exhausting is this metro
politan life. Wo want more fresh air,
more sunlight, more of the abandon of
field sports. I cry out for it in bclialf of
the church of God as well as lli behalf of
secular interests. I wish tliat tliis win
ter our ponds and our rivers and our
Capitoline grounds might ho all aquake
with tho heel and tho shout of tho swift
skater. I wish that when tho warm
weather comes the graceful oar might
dip thc stream, and tho evening tide bo
resonant with boatman's song, the bright
prow splitting tho crystalline billow. We
hall have tho smooth and grassy lawn,
and wo wiU call out peoplo of all occu
pations and professions, and ask them to
join in tho hall player’s snort. You will
come back from these outdoor exercises
and there will be a reaction upon your
own soul. Going a little farther on you
will como to the store of a friend who is
embarrassed in business matters. You - -
will go in and sar, -‘What a fine store
yon have! I think business will brighten
up and you will hare more custom after
o while. I think there is coming a great
~"~nerity to the whole country,
morning.” You peas out. You have
that youngman and you have
yourself. And ttfct night yon go
borne; yon sit by the fire, you talk »
little, you sing a little, yon laugh
a little; you say: “I really don’t
know what is the matter with me.
I never felt so splendidly in my
life.” I will tell what is the matter
with yon. You spent only two cents out
of the $10; you have contributed one out
of 2,500 cheerful looks; you have given
ten, fifteen or twenty of the 5,000 pleas
ant words you are going to speak during
the year; you have with your own hands
helped tho boy with the wheelbarrow,
and you feel in body, mind and soul tho
thrill of of tliat recreation. Which do
you think was the happier—Col. Gar
diner, who sat with his elbow on a table
spread with all extravagant viands, look
ing off at a dog on a rug,
saying, “Eow I would liko to change
places with him; I be the deg
and ho bo Col. Uardmer;” or
those two Moravian missionaries who
wanted to go into the lazaretto for the
sake of attending the sick, and they were
told, “If you go in tliere, you will never
come out. We never allow any ono to
come out, for he would bring the con
tagion.’’ Then they made tlieir wills
and went in, first to help the sick, and
then to die. Which was the happier—Col.
Gardiner, or the Moravian missionaries
■^ying for others? Was it all sacrifice when
missionaries wanted to bring the
__el to the negroes at Barbadoes, and,
oeiihg denied the privilege, sold themselves
into slavery, standing side by side, and
lying side by Bide down in the very ditch
of suffering, in order that they might
bring those men up to life and God and
heaven? Oh, there is a thrill in the joy
of doing good! It is the most magnificent
recreation to which a man ever puts his
hand or his head or his heart.
But, before closing, I want to impress
upon you tliat mere secular entertain
ments are not a fit foundation for your
soul to build on.
I was reading of a woman who had
gone all the rounds of sinful amusement,
and she came to die. She said: “I will
die to-night at 0 o’clock.” “Oh,” they
said, “I guess not; you don’t seem to be
sick. ” “I shafi dio at 0 o’clock, and my
soul will be lost. 1 know it will be lost.
I have sinned away my day of grace. ”
The noon came; they desired to seek re
ligious counsel.
“Oh,’’ she said, “it is of no use. My
day is gone. I have been all the rounds
of worldly pleasure, and it is too late. I
shall die to-niglit at 0 o’clock. The day
wore on, and it came to 4 o'clock, and to
5 oV.ock, and sho cried out at 5 o’clock:
“Destroyed spirits, ye shall not have me
yet; it is not 0, it is not 0!” Thc moments
went by, and tho shadows began to gath
er, and tho clock struck G, and while it
was striking her soul went. What hour
God will call for us I do not know—
whether G o'clock to-night, or 3 o’clock
this afternoon, or at 1 o’clock, or at this
moment. Sitting where you are, falling
forward, or standing where you are,
dropping down, where would you go to?
But our hour for adjourning has al
ready come, and the last hour of our
life will soon be here, and from that hour
he will review this day's proceedings.
It will be a solemn hour. If from our
death pillow we have to look back and
see a life spent in sinful amusement,
there will to a dart that will strike
Through our soul sharjier than the dag
ger with which Yirgimus slew his child.
Thc memory of tiie past will make us
quake like Mac’.ieth. The iniquities and
rioting through which we have passed
will come upon us, weird and skeleton
as Meg Mcrrilies. Death, the old Shy-
lock, will demand and take the remain
ing pound of flesh and the remaining
drop of blood, and upon our last oppor
tunity for ro]X‘ntanoe. and our last chance
for heaven, tho curtain will forever drop.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
A FEARFUL FALL.
1 Little Boy Plunges Dawn the
ShAft at the Elevator Hills Yester
day Afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon little Willie
Moore sustained a painful and serious
accident at the Elevator Mills, near the
Northeastern Railroad depot. He is
just ten years old, and is the son of Mrs.
Kate Moore, of Athens. The little boy
was hunting pigeons in the mill, and
makings misstep, fell from the third
floor into thc elevator shaft. The shaft
sinks into a deep, well-like cellar, and
the boy must haye fallen forty feet. Ilis
little brother gave the alarm, and in a
few minutes Mr. Jno. Cain rushed to the
elevator shaft. A colored man was lash
ed with a rope and let down into the
shaft. He secured the limp form of the
bruised sufferer and soon had him safely
landed. He was carried to the residence
of his mother near by, and Dr. Gcrdine
was summoned to attend him. Last night
little Willie was speechless, and it was
feared he bad sustained some serious
blow upon the head, His friends hope
•hat he will not prove to be dangerously
hurt
J. H. HUDGINS.
All About a Girl.
Hew Yobk, Dec. 17.—[Special.]—
Thomas Kennedy, s young laborer on
the new aqueduct, had hie head nearly
severed from the body with e razor by e
fellow werkmaa, Patrick Corcora , Thun
der night The murder was the result
of jealousy about a young girt
The gobbler gobbleth, as Christmas
approaches.
A NEW TRIAL-
Another Journal Demands a Rehear*
Injc for Tom Woolfolk.
Atlanta,. Dec. 17.—[Special ]—The
Atlanta Evening Capital joins the Ban-
neb-Watchman in its demand for a new
trial for the Woolfoik case. It says:
“Woolfolk is conyicted and sentenced
to the gallows. This is in accordance
with the evidence, but it is difficult to
imagine bow any impartial man in this
land of judicial safeguards can doubt
that b» is entitled to a new trial. Juries
are not under the influence or the possi
bility of influence from anything but the
law and the testimony. There was an
other and a very powerful influence, un
der the benignity of our law, is not
measured by what it accomplished, but
by what it might have accomplished.
The shout, “Hang him!” rang throagh
the court-room while the trial was in
progress, and the murderous demonstra
tions of a mad multitude could with dif
ficulty be repressed even by the power
and authority of the court. This was a
very strong argument to the fears of a
juryman, and sn^argument that will give
every criminal a|new trial aa long as
justice shall be tempered with mercy,
and the-oath at present be held to ex-
J iress the duties of a juror. The reasons
or a new trial on this ground are too
plain to need ducnision, end too palpable
to be mistaken or overlooked.”
ing blast of the archangel’s trumpet, so
that as there was mus: a at tin) start, there ~ T ~~~~
Shall to music at the close. While this j ^ ^“inyc^ S^ndn flSh
heavenly art lias often been dragged into • ’ ___ . • i„ :,,r2r
tho uses of* superstition and dkSpation, f n
we all know it inay be tl.o means of lugh 1 ^
moral culture. Oh, it is a grand thffig j against the kingdom o^totoem we
to have our children brought up a*“** strong irnnlSd
thesoundof cultured voices and amidst t musc J e . I bless God ttot there rosb
the melodyof musical instruments. There recreations that hare hot on them
u m tins art an indescribable fascination ^ f lniqmt y, recreatipna in winch
for the household. Ia* all those fa.mhes W / Inav l cnga ^ f^’the strengtbeningof
who have the means to afford M, have I . . : - h - . . - .
flute or harp, or piano or organ. As soon
as tiie hand is large enough to compass
the keys, teach it liow to pick out tho
melody. Let all our young men try this
heavenly art upon tlieir nature. Those
who have gone into it fully have found
in it illimitable recreation and amuse
ment. Dark days, stormy nights, sea
sons of sickness, business disasters, will
do little toward depressing the soul which
can gallop off over musical keys or soar
in jubilant lay. It wiH cure pain. It
will rest fatigue. It will quell passion.
It will revive health. It will reclaim dis
sipation. It will strengthen the immor
tal soul. In the tottlo of Waterloo,
Wellington saw that tho Ilighlandera
were falling back. He said, “What is
the matter there?' ’ He was told that the
band of music hod ceased playing, and
he called up the pipers and ordered them
to strike up an inspiriting air; and no
sooner did they strike tho air than the
Highlanders were rallied, and helped to
win the day. Oh, ye who hare been
routed in the conflicts of life, try by the
force of music to rally your scattered
battalion* *
I am glad to know that in our great
cities there is hardly a night in which
there are not concerts, where, with the
best musical instruments and the sweet
est voices, people may find entertain
ment. Patronize such entertainments
when they are afforded yon. Buy sea
son tickets, if you can, for the “Philhar
monic” and the “Handel and Haydn”
societies. Feel that the $1.50 or $2 that
you spend for the purpose of hearing an
artist play or sing is a profitable invest
ment Let your Stein way halls and ^our
Academies of Music tear with the accla
mation of appreciative audiences assem
bled at the concert or the oratorio.
Still further: 1 commend aa worthy at
their support the gymnasium. This in
stitution is gaining in favor every year,
and I know of nothing more free from
dasipttton, or maze ralpnlatrri toroou-
tlie body, for the clearing ol the intellect,
for tho illumination of the soul.
There is still another form of recreation
which I commend to yon, and that is the
pleasure of doing good. I hare seen
young men, weak and cross and sour and
repelling in their disposition, who by one
heavenly touch have wakened up and be
come blessed and buoyant, the ground
under their feet and the sky over their
heads breaking forth into music. “Oh,”
says some young man in tho bouse today,
“I should like that recreation above all
others, but I have not tho means.” My
dear brother, let us take an account of
stock this morning. You have a large
estate, if you only realize it Two bands.
Two feet You will hare, perhaps, dur
ing tiie next year at least $10 for chari
table contribution. You will hare 2,500
cheerful looks, if you want to employ
them. You will Imre 5,000 pleasant
words, if you want to speak than. Now
what an amount that ia to start with!
You go out to-morrow morning, and
you eeo a case of real destitution by the
wayside. You give bim two cents. The
blind man bears tho pennies , ipttle in bis
hat, and be says: “Thank you, sir; God
bless you.” - YdS* pass dow’ft (lie street,
trying to look indifferent; but'you fed
from the very depth of yoor toul a pro
found satisfaction that you nude that,
man happy. You go cn still farther, and*
find a poor boy with a wheelbarrow, try
ing to get it up on tho curbstone. He
fails in the attempt. You say: “Stand
back, my lad; let mo try.*' You push it
up on the curbstone for him and pass on.
He wonders who that well dressed man
was that helped bint. Yon did a kind
ness to the boy, bet you did a great joy
to your own' sold. Yon will not get over
it all (he week.
On the street to-morrow morning you
will eee a sick man passing along. “Ah,”
you say, “what can I do to make this
man happy? Ho certainly does not want
money; ho is notnoor, but heisgick. r
Is makings run and has a fine lot of
goods that must go this week. Now is
your spportunity to get a supply of all
Knes of crockery and glassware at your
own price. Huggins is making a spec
ialty of
CHINA WA11K
in all shapes and forms. Breakfast, din
ner and tea sets. Tete-a-tete sets, break
fast and tea sets combined. Fruit sets,
fruit plates, a most attractive line of
these good at prices that will make them
go soon. A heavy line cf chinaware has
been laid in and must be Bold. House
keepers have a rare opportunity to sup
ply their table with el-gant china at reas
onable figures; He also has on hand
a beautiful anil extensive line of
OLASSWAIIZ.
Glass in every shape, goblets, cham
pagne, claretand wine glass, plain and
engraved. The ladies will be especially
interested, in looking over this elegant
line of goods. There are stacks of them
that will be turned into money this week.
The cut glass is particularly fine.
HANGING LAMPS
by the hundreds, of all prices and qual
ities, from plain hall to most elaborate
and expensive parlor lamps. These wiU
make a most attractive present for wife
or mother.
XMAS GOODS.
Dolls in all styles. Childrens tea sets.
Jhina gift cups, glasses and toilet sets
without nutnber.and the most attractive.
Bronze goods, unique and ornamental,
Those wishing anything in the line of
glassware, chinaware or xmss goods
should call on J. H. Huggins’. To see
his stock is to be satified and to pur
chase.
CARRIED TO ATLANTA.
WOOLFOLK IS ACAIN IN THE FULTON
COUNTY JAIL-
To Escape a Premature Hanging.
The Bibb Boanty Murderer is Qul*
ctly Removed from Macon aud
Carried to Atlanta—The Prisoner
Talks ton Journal Reporter.
Atlanta, Dec. 10.—[Special.]—Tom
Woolfolk, the noted prisoner, who stands
under the shadow of the gallows, con
victed of the most diabolical murder that
possibly has ever been recorded in the
history of the world, is in Atlanta again,
confined in the Fulton county jail, to es
cape a threatened lynching at the hands
of a Macon mob.
He was sentenced to he hsnged on the
10th of February, next, and although the
time is only a few weeks distant, yet the
officers who had the prisoner in custody
in Macon thought there were reasons to
apprehend trouble from’, a mob, on ac
count of the impatience of certain people
to see the blood of murdered innocence
avenged.
Early yesterday afternoon Woolfolk
was taken from the jail in Macon and
kept securely guarded in a private resi
dence until the departure of the train for
Atlanta. No ono in Macon except the
officers and the prisoner’s attorneys knew
of Woolfolk’s removal, and an attempt
was made to keep his whereabouts a pro
found secret, as it was feared there was
a possibility of a Macon crowd coming to
Atlanta to save Bibb county the expense
of erecting a gallows for Vv oolfolk.
Woolfolk was pleased when he came
in sight of the familiar walls of the Ful
ton county jail. Once before it had
saved him from violence at the hands of
an enraged people, sad he had met with
the kindest treatment while here.
“Gentlemen, I feel better now than I
have felt since I left here,” was his re
mark when he shook hands with the
jailer and his deputies.
There was a fire at the jail last night,
and a reporter called at the jail to inves
tigate the matter, and it was while there
on that business that he learned of Wool
folk’s arrival.
The prisoner was confined in cell No.
9, and the outer door stood ajar, giving
the reporter an opportunity to see Wool-
folk and speak to him. The condemned
man had changed very little in personal
appearance since his former visit to At
lanta. He was clean shaved and looked
well, with the exception of a troubled
expression about the eyes, which he ex
plained by saying he was tired, having
slept but little last night.
Woolfolk, how are you?” asked the
reporter.
“O, first rate. Got a Journal in your
pocket?”
“No; when did yon get hero?”
“About two hours ago.”
“Do you know why you were brought
here?”
“Yes, I am told that those blood
hounds in Macon wanted to lynch me
Men with such dispositions deserve to
be hung themselves.”
“What do you think about the ver
dict of the jury?”
The prisoner impatiently shrugged
his shoulders, sad shuddered as he re
plied:
Please don’t talk about that It is
too ssd to think about. If you arc any
better than those miserable Macsn peo
ple and have one particle of human pity
in your heart, don’t ask me that.”
The prisoner let his head fall upon his
hand, which rested upon the iron grating
of his cell door, and remained silent for
some time. Raising his head quickly he
asked:
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THE CLOSING SCENE.
STILL RAMPANT.
THE AMAZON OF THE FREE STATE
COES SCOTT FREE.
Mrs. Moore Ilolil* (lie Fort With the
Sheriffs Fifaa (or SI37, aa Well aa
thc Plaintiff a Receipt in Full
Safely in Her Pocket—Thc Offi
cers Stand Airhavt at Ilcr Audac
ity.
Daniei.sville, Dec. 1.—[Special.]—
The question that is now agitating and
puzzling the official mind of the arresting
officers of Madison county is what to do
with the celebrated Mrs. Ilulda Moore.
She still holds the sheriffs ft. fa. for
$437, with interest and costs, and also
the plaintiffs receipt in full for the debt,
which she took from the sheriff under
Judge Gustin leaned forward and said: ) pretense to examine, and she has not
“This court at this time has nothing to j id a cent for thom „ n<! posjtivel - re .
say as to thc evidence upon winch you l 1 J
have been convicted by one of the most
WHAT WOOLFOLK SAID AND DID WHEN
HE WAS SENTENCED.
The Prisoner Addresses the Court and Pro
claims ills Innocence—The Sentence—
Woolfolk’s Relations Deeply Affected.
The court said: “Mr. Woolfolk, stand
up.” The prisoner arose and the court
said: “Have you anything to say why
SENTENCE OF DEATH
should not be pronounced upon you?”
“Well,” said the prisoner, standing
erect and firm, “I say this, that 1 have
been convicted by a jury composed of
honorable, high-toned gentlemen; I have
been tried before an honorable judge; I
have been testified against by many wit
nesses, who also intend to be honest and
to tell the truth, but under their excite
ment and prejudice they lied, and of the
crime charged against me I am innocent,
so help me God,” lifting his right hand
and looking upward.
Anarchist Parson's Book.
Chicaoo, Dec. 17.—[Special.]—The
posthumous work of Parsons, the anar
chist, is expected to appear to-day. It
is entitled “The Philosophy and Scientific
Bass |of Anarchy.” It gives a history of
social reform movements from remote
times, and evidences remarkable reading
and study on this matter.
Gold Mining In Georgia.
Chattanooga, Tehn., Dec. 17.—[Spe
cial.]—Dispatches to the Tradesman
from the gold mining region of Georgia,
indicate a marked revival in gold mining
enterprise.
500,008 Knights Of taker.
PniLADELrHiA, Pa, Dec. 17.—[Spe
cial.]—It is officially announced that the
total membership of the K. of L. ia the
United States is 600,998.
Lost—$50 in currency. One bill $20;
the balance 910's and $5’s, between Wid
ow Coil’s, and Dr. McClesky’s, near
Athens. The finder will receive $6 by
leaving at this office. Edmond Hoff.
CoLT. F. Hill, Ordinary of Banks
county, and J E Stephens arrived in the
city yesterday to attend the show, rhey
report Banka county flourishing.
• How is prohibition in Atlanta?”
“You know the antis carried the day.”
“Yes; what’s the retail lisense now?”
“Fifteen hundred dollars.”
“Goodness, that’s awful high. There
won’t be any shops open, will there?”
“Only a few, but it’s better so.”
“Why?”
“Because whisky works so mnch
ruin.”
This remark was made to see if the
prisoner wonld revert to his past life, but
ho merely said:
“Yes, whisky does much harm, but 1
don’t think prohibition would remedy the
eviL”
“Woolfolk,” said the reporter, quickly
changing the conversation, “do you think
you will be hanged?”
“I reckon I will. If there is no justice
here on earth, it can be found in a higher
court, where God, who knows all things,
sits in judgment. I have hopes, how
ever, that all will be well.”
Sheriff Thomas approached the cell
door, and as soon as Woolfolk recognised
him, he said:
“Colonel, will you instruct the jailers
to permit me to walk out in the corridor
every morning?”
“1 will see about it,” was the sheriff’s
reply, as he moved away.
- The jailer will watch Woolfolk’s cell
closely, to prevent any possibility of his
escaping or of any communication being
made with him by persons from the out
side.
Mr. Walker, one of Woolfolk’s attor
neys, arrived in the city last sight and
visited the prisoner this morning,
Mr. Walker stated to the reporter that
if the motion for a new trial was over
ruled, the case wonld bo carried to the
Supreme court; if that fails than execu
tive clemency will be asked for
intelligent juries that has ever served in
this court. Never has a more attentive
and earnest set of men sat on a similar
case. They have paid the most strict
attention to the testimony of every wit
ness, and have performed their whole
duty faithfully.
“So far as this court has been concern
ed, it has bad no alternative but to do
its duty as prescribed by the law, and in
strict accordance with the law, without
fear or favor.
“The jury empanncled to try the case
hive found you guilty, and nothing now
remains for tne to do but to pass the
sentence of the law upon you. It is
therefore ordered and adjudged that the
sheriff of this county take you from this
court room to Bibb county jail, and that
you be there safely confined until the
10th day of February, 1888, and then
said sheriff is ordered and directed, at
some point within two miles of siid jail,
within a private enclosure, to cause a
gallows to be erected within the same,
and that you be there hanged by the
neck until you are dead.
It is further ordered that the execu
tion bo private. Only such of your
friends and relatives as you may see fit
;o select shall witness the execution and
such officers as the sheriff may see fit to
have present
“And it is further ordered thatDrs Holt
and Wright be present and determine
when death* intervenes, andil for any
reason they should not be present then
such other physicians as the court may
hereafter suggest In
idler.
fell aruiLi^wilh a good
paid :
fuses to give up
The sheritr is
substantial possessory warrant an d has
about a two hundred pound deputy, and
similarly equipped, would arrest almost
any man in a pair of minutes; but all
this avails nothing, when brought face
to face with the game and desperate Mrs,
Hulda.
It sceins to he awkward business for
the arresting olliccr to advance upon this
woman, when sho goes down into that
deep pocket under herapr m, an ! assures
the boys that one more step forward and
death is sure.
To-day was set apart to capture her,
bnt desiring to avoid trouble and perhaps
blood-shed, the officers did not go:
Capt. W. W. Scott proposing to go alone
and try to reason with Mrs. Moore, and,
if possible, persuade her to give up the
papers w’thont further trouble.
All waited anxiously for his return,
and at last came with the informatioa
that the noted woman vows that she will
not give up the papers, and says that she
witl die first. Another effort will be
made to secure the papers to-morrow.
An effort is being made to get the
celebrated Jim McCurdy, *who went to
Gainesville nnd captured alone the noto
rious Dick Hood, to go for Mrs. Hulda.
If Jim consents and goes, it is believed
conclusioa 1
would advise'you to look upon this de- v . . „ ,, . .,
cisiun as final, and to entertain any hope , that, Mrs- Moore will be forthcoming,
of securing its reversal. I trust you J Much interest is felt in the mat er, i
and
will look only to the future. I trust Mrs. Moore is attracting more attention
you will look only to Him who in His t than any T, b ' er individual in the county.
sarsssyrsisss: ** e-s* ** <*•
vation,
“On the 10th day of February, there
fore, it is ordered that yon be banged by
the neck until you are dead, and may
Ood have mercy on your soub”
As the last solemn echoes of the
Judge’s voice died out a few seconds of
breathless silence were unbroken in the
court room save by the sobs of the weep
ing women who sat behind the condemn
ed man.
Before the solemn scene had ended
the door had been opened and a curious
crowd from without had invaded the
court room, but the stopped and stood
awe-strnck and still in their tracks as
they caught the import of the judge’a
words and gathered in the nature of the
proceedings.
A Kentucky Fcuile
WntcuESTKtt, Ky., Dec: 17. [Special.]
The Adams and Caswell’^ factionf are a}
war. One of the Adams was killed Iaa t
Sunday, and since then six more have
been killed. The feud began ten years
ago, and in all upwards of twenty men
have been killed.
Five Deaths By an Explosion.
Westchester, Pa., Dec. 17..— [Spe
cial.]—By the explosion of the boiler ia
the Eidson Electric Light Works here
yesterday, five persons were killed an4
several injured.