Georgia Historic Newspapers

    ATHENS BANNER TUESDAY MORNING JANUARY 26, 1892
THE GREAT PROBLEM
HOW TO SOLVE THE AGR1CULTUR-
AL QUESTION.
AN \BLE DISCUSSION
By Hon-TJamea M. Smith, of Ogle
thorpe—Mr. Gantt Writes It
up In Style for the
Constitution.
DIRECTORS MEET
crease in our currency, aud I want to I
see a circulation $'t00 per capita It
will take this much -:o transact tbe bu
siness of our great country and develop AND TALK OVER Q.. C. & N. MAT-
its resources Our property will furn 1
Col Gantt is still writing interesting
articles for tbe Atlanta Constitution.
In Sunday’s is-ue he writes an inter
view with Hon. James M. Smith, of
Ogiethorp?, upon the gnat agricultur
al question. Among other things Col
Smith said:
“Yes; I never knew the farmers in a
worse condition than they are this
year, and I really dont’t know what is
i > become of the country. A large
majority of our farmers are bankrupt
today, if their creditors press them,
ami I cau see nothing for them in the
lu*ure. They are disheartened and
dissatisfled, and nearly every man you
meet wants to sell out and move to
some town or city, ostensibly to
educate his children, but
in reality with a hope of better
ing his condition. This not only ap
plies to whites, but to the better arid
more enterprising blacks as well. And
)imi caw not blame them either. Wh< n
a man works hard all the year, in sun
shine and rain, and at Christmas finds
himself still deeper in debt, it is iudt*. d
uiscouruging. The white lartner goes
to town and to him it. appears that ev
i ry one he sees is rich and prosperous,
and that they live with comparative!}
little work. The negro cropper he car
ries with him is told that bauds are
paid from 75 < enta to $1 per day on the
streets, and he compares this with the
losses he has experienced on the farm,
and it appears a fabulous sum. The
natural result is that both the white
nmn and negro returns home dissatis
fied with their lot,, and determined, at
the very first;, opportunity, to desert
the country and move to town them
selves. They only see the bright side
of city liife, and know nothing what
ever of; its gloom and disappt intromits
“Take my own county ol Oglethorpe,”
continued Colonel Smith, "and we are
as well til'as any other stetion of Geor
gia. The richest and faiiest section ol
our country ^bas been turned oyer to
negroes and bennuda grass, and many
lei ms tin rein don’t rent for enough to
pay taxes, and it looks very much as il
the fate of that Goose Pond district
will also he the fate of the present more
prosperous portion-ol our county. The'
country is turned over to irresponsible
tenants and negroes, aud butchered-rtf
destruction. And it’s getting worse
and worse each year.
“What is the remedy? you ask.
'That 1 cannot tell. Ill the first place
vve must revolutionize our system of
agriculture so as to make farming pro
fitable, ai d thus retain tbe brain, iu-
dustry and ca; itnl at borne. This can
never be done with cotton, as our mon
ey crop, ami it selling at less than the
ci st of production.
Just after the war, 1 told the late Mr
John White, of Athens, that. 1 expected
to live to see li)0,000,UU0 people in the
United States, cotton sold at 5 cents
a pound—and a 10,000,000 bale crop
made—and it bt gins to look as it my pre
diction will be realized. Europe is
emptying upon us its sur
plus population, and the
gn at cotton belt of 'he Mississippi val
ley and Texas is fast being settled up.
On < ur Georgia lands we can nev- r
i ompt te w itii this fresh and fertile coun
try. I hey start. <ut with a saving ol $2
per acn by not using guano, and then
can make a bale with half the labor
lequired in Georgia. We
lose our profits in
i urniug out the end of snort, i ows, while
on the western prairies and flats you
can have your furrows miles long if de
sired. I do not iook for any material
advance next fall iu the piice of cotton,
and it would not surprise m> to see it go
to f> cents. We are producing more cot
ton i him the world consumes in its pres
mt impoverished condition.
"There is only one hope ior our Geor
gift farmers that I can sec—to ciiveisily
their crops; become sell-sustaining
We have a soil and a climate that will
giow any cereal needed to support man
< r beast, and we roust turn our attention
to something else than cotton. Unies
w e do, I see no hope for the country
'1 he best class of w hiti s will collect ii
tin towns and < Uies, and leave the farm
!o thriftless negroes. And I tell you
the blacks are multiplying very fast i
the country, and if we don’t look on
they will eventually control it. They
have a decided majority in Oglethorp
aud are gaining on the whiles very fast
ever in Madison, where there was com-
paiativelv few slaves at the surrender.
"There is another thing our Georgia
farmers mu«t learn. They must bt
taught st lt-respousibiluy, and qur
I laming *the other fellows’ for all
their trials and mismanagement. Thai
“other fellow’ is a terrible creature, and
the Scape-goat for all of our miscli
nages and failures. " If our crops get u
the grass, ‘the other lellow’ is ibt
cause; if a drought * comes ami
cotton sutlers for the Wan
ot deep preparation of the land, tiia
‘othei fellow’ swindled us iu guano; i
we don’t get a good price for our pro
duce, ‘the other fellow’ has getton up v
corner on us, or has all the money
locked up aud won’t let us get at, it
if our store accounts are larger than wi
expected, the “other fellow’ has swin
dled us in prices. And thus it goes ii
all of our affairs- We never attach th
slightest blame to ourselve-, for ,c
course, it is impossible for us to err—
but the other fellow is solely responsi
ble. Now, if we could only catch ‘th<
other fellow,’ and pat him where he
would be incapable of doing us harm, it
would be all right. But be isa regula
will-o’-the-wisp, that, we cau uevei
go. hi reach of.
•“Well, the best thing that our farm
era can do is to quit bothering ab u
that ‘other fe'low,’ and see if they are
nor. somewhat to blame tin mseives
‘The other fellow’ is going to look out
ior l imself every time, and got tbe be-
ol w farmer- when ho can So we, in
turn, must look out for the ‘other fel
low,’ and keep him from circumventii
us. Growling won’t help matters W
are the architect! of cur own fortune
and must bear our or. ii responsibilities
“The alliance organi»ation is a gre
movement for tbe relief of the farmers
for it tends to bring about that orgaui
zation am: unity -o essential toihi pr
tictiou of its members We must
our power, now ver. wisely aud c.m
servatively, and l t.btrkk best to battle
for redress in tbe democratic party.
Our oi gam zation is non-partisan, arid
when we slligu ourselves with any po
litical organization wo will have both
the old parties to fight- It takes time
to build up a new party, and from the
deplorable condition of our agricultural
element, they bave no time to lose.
‘While tbe grass grows the steed
ish ample c dlaterul for this sum Of
cou-se we want tariff reform, but must
not permit this demand m overshadow
the financial question, and neither mart
we permit financial relief to make us
neglect tariff reform.
“Tbe farmers of Georgia, I do not.
believe, are ready for any third party,
for they would bu the greatest sufferers
for such agnation. It is sure to bring
the uegroes back into politics, aud de
moralize our only tource of labor. I
cannot imagine a greater calamity that
could befall the planters of our state, or
of the south, than or the whites to di
vide aud leave to the negro the arhi
tration of our political aff.irs Jus!
precipitate a third party in Georgia
i ext a pring, and there ivid be no nec-s-
sity of tbe farmers combining to reduce
the cotton crop, for the politicians will
save them the trouble, and th-y will al
so cut down t.lie grain aud every other
crop. We southern alliancemeu are pe
TERS.
THE ROAD IN GOOD SHAPE.
And Trains win ba Running Into At
lanta Scon—the Meeting Yes
terday Was to Discuss Bu
siness Matters.
The directors of the Georgia, Carolina
& Northern railroad held a m eting
yesterday afternoon at tbe office of tbe
company on Thomas street.
There were present Ur. John
M R tbinson, President of tbe Seaboard
Airliue system, General R. F. Hoke,
president of the Georgia, Carolina *
^orthem Railway Company, Mr. Tuck
er, of Ril< igb, Dr, W. A. Strands, of
culiarly situated, and :ln only way that I Clinton, S. C., Mr. L. W. Perrin, of
« e can control our labor is to k< ep
the
negro out of politics as much as possi
ble Experience has taught us that he
•will not. vote and work the same year.
‘ I do not see what the Alliance of
Georgia cau po-sibly hope to accom
plish by going into a new party. They
have already elected six our. <,f ten con-
Abbeville, Mr. C. A. C. Waller, of
Greenwoxl, Mr. A. L. Hull, and Mr
A. H. Hodgeon.
The meeting was for the purpose of
discussing the geueral business affairs
of the Company, and to see to its early
gressnien, and control the legislature ] comple’iou to Atlanta.
and slate government, and at the next
contest will do even better, I believe,
ii thev remain united and present
unbroken front. Tl ere is not the faint-
i st hope for a third party dairying 1
enough states to elect a president, and
even if they did, the house is over
whelmingly democratic and the senate
is republican. With an unbroken line
of succ-. ss.-h, it will take the new party-
years to capture the machinery of the
government, and all the time, the farm
era are suffering. It seems to me that
the best poliev for tbe. Alliance-men to
pur-ue is to work for the balance of
power—commit themselves, as an or-
gauiz itiou, t neither part ', and throw
their voles where they will Uo the most
good You cannot expect many Kan
sas Vlliancemen to vote the democratic
ticket, and neither will Georgia Alli-
anc inen v> te the republican ticket.
But if 'lie farmers from both states cau
ele :t to congress men pledged to the
ref >rms they ask, they cau then claim
their rights independent of any new
party.
Don’t experiment with your health.
Yon may be sure of the quality of y. ur
medicine, ev. n if you have to mke much
of your foo i upon trust. Ask y. ur drug-
gisi for Ay ei’o Sarsaparilla, and no other.
It the standard blood-purifier, the iuom
eff c'ive and economic d.
No doubt is felt iu regard to their en
trance luto Atlanta, and the officers in
charge of the construction of tbe road
hope to have everything in shape for
tbe running of regular schedule trains
to the Gate City by April 1st at the very-
furthest. Everything now hangs upon
the decisiou of the injunction suit
br ought by the Georgia railroad in At
lanta.
WU1 the A. & C. be Purchased?
From the very inception, mere has
been very little talking done by the offi
cials of tbe G C. & N., or Seaboard
Aii Line, and if they are going to pur
chase the charter and franchises (of the
Augusta & Chattanooga, they make uo
intimation of it
It is the general belief however, that
such will be the course pursued by tbe
Seaboard Air Line system, and if it is
Athens is in fer another splendid sys
tem of railroads.
The directors leave for their several
homes this morning.'
A YOUNG WIFE’S DEATH.
^JTO
APPOINT DELEGATES
To the State Agricultural Convention.
The last meeting of the State Agri
cultural Society was held in Athens,
and nearly three hundred delegates
were in attendance. Measures of im
portance were settled and others wer.-
issod over until the meeting next
month in Cuthbert.
The society will be in session in
uthbert Feb. lHh and 12:h,
il a large number of
•legates are expected to he present,
rating the important questions that
ill be discussed will b ; the reduction
f s he c o.ton crop to a basis where the
upply will only equal the demand.
Oi course Clarke county will he on
iiivi at tbe convention at Cuthbert, es-
cially as she clains the oldest aud on
ly surviving charter member of the 90-
iety, Dr. John S. Linton.
The Farmers' Club of Clarke county
will hold a me 1 ting and appoint dele-
ates lo the convention of tbe Strie
agricultural Society at an eery date.
The following is the official call for a
meeting of the Farmers’ Club and
members of that body would do well to
>te it down, and not forget the m-et-
The farmers of Clarke county are re-
ested to meet at tbe cilice of E. K.
-urn;.kin, Secretary of tbe Farmers’
Tub of Clarke county on Saturday, Jan
uary 23rd, at twelve o’c.ock, for the
purpose of electing delegates to the.
S-ate Agricultural Convention atCuth-
bert.
Edwin D. Newton, Pros’*.
And it ia to be i.op-ed that this meet
ing will be largely attended
The counties a> joining Chirke will
Uso send up large d< ligations to the
Olivetti ion. and every! king points to
lit- Febi uary convention as a great suo-
:e-s
A HAPPY MARRIAGE.
“God’s Finger Touched her and She
Slept,”
One of the saddest deaths that has oc
curred in Athens for many days was
that of Mrs. D. D. Quillian Thursday
night about half past eleven o’clock.
Mrs. Quillian had been sick but a
short while, and her death, coming so
unexpected, is a terrible blow to her
loved ones and her many friends. •
Mrs. Quillian as a young lady, was
Miss Lena Comer, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fulcher Comer, of Madison coun
ty. She attended.the Home School iu
ibis qity where she made numerous
friends and graduated with honors.
About three years since she was led
to the altar by Dr. D. D. Qtillian, one
of our most esteemed ciiizous, and since
that time had lived to brighten aud to
bless his home.
The crowning virtue of her young
womanhood was that she was a devoted
Christian, a m rnber of the Methodist
church, and her young life wa3 truly
cjiisicrated to the service of Him who
died on Cavalry’s mount.
At the news of .her untimely death,
sorrow will sit around many firesides in
Athens today, and tender sympathy
will go out to the bereaved husband
and mourning relatives.
WAR STILL THE TALK.
The President Thinks the Chilians are !
Only playing for i ime.
Wash ngton, Jan. 22.—The presi
dent’s message to congress ou the Chil
ian contioversy i9 delayed on account
of the correspondence now going on be
tween tbe two countries.
It is barely a probability that a set
tlement will be arrived, at, and war
averted. But the prevalent opinion
here is, that a war is certain.
Among congressmen there is a de
cided feeling in favor of immediate ac
tion, and many have already prepared
speeches on that line, and will embrace
the first opportunity of delivering them.
Southerners and northern men stand
in line upon tills question, and there is
great unanimity in th« desire to see the
dignity of the American flag upheld,
whatever the cost may be. ,
A disp teb was received from Chili
stating that the English government
had wired the Chilian ministry through
tbe British minister at Santiago, that it
would pay the indemnity demanded ba
the United States government for the
killing of the Baltimore sailors, if Chili
would make the proper amends to the
United States government, and thereby
prevent war. England has .also offered
to act as arbitrator in the controversy
and settle it peaceably. Indeed, the
British government seems very anxious
lo preserve peace, and it is evident it
will do all in its power to that end.
President Montt of Chili, Mr. Egan
wired, is very much opposed to war
with the United States, but owing to
internal dissensions and to the demand
of his people for war, he fears to make
an apology. He believes that in the
event ot the settlement there would be
another revolution in Chili, and that
perhaps he and his ministry would b<
overthrown. Naturally, under the cir
cumstances, Montt is looking out f j;
himself, and fears to take any action
that would arouse his people against
him. • •
The officials of the navy department
here are still making active war prepa
rations, and naval officers are unani
mously of the opinion that there will In-
war. Indeed, they are eager for war.
President Harrison, although he hits
consented, at the suggestion of Mr
Blaine, to withhold his message to con
gress for a day or two, at least, is <le
cidedly of the opinion that the intima
tion* from Chili that she intends to
apologize, are simply for the purpose nt
gaining time, in order that she might
make preparations for war.
GRAVE CHARGES BROUGHT
TELEGRAPHIC.
THE LATEST NEWS FROM ALL SBC.!
TIONS.
SENATOR QUAY IN COURT.
Southern Fever Among Cattle—In
cendiarism In Dublin—A Street
Railway In the Hands of a
Receiver—Other Items
Pittsburg, Jan. 22.—The action for
criminal libel brought by Senator Quay
against Albert J. Bar, president of the
Pittsburg Post Publishing company,
tnd James Mills, editor, has been taken
np in the criminal court here. It is ex
citing considerable interest among tbe
legal fraternity, in particular, aud poli
ticians generally. Colonel Quay’s as
tuteness in recaining Thomas M. Mar
shall, Joim S. Robb and E. A. Mon
tooth, who are recognized as among the
ablest criminal lawyers in the country,
is pointed to as strongly in contrast
with the defense engaging two un
doubtedly able counsel, but gentlemen
unaccustomed to criminal court prac
tice.
Southern Fever Among Cattle.
Washington, Jaunuary 21 —Secre
tary Rusk has issued a notice to mana
gers and agents of railroad and trans
portation companies, stockmen and
ithers interested, that splentic, or
southern fever exists among t&'tle in a
described area, which includes nearly
all of the territory lying south of and
ncluding the States of North Carolina,
Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas and
the Indian territory. From February
15 to December 1, 1892, uo cattle are to
be transported from this area to any
portion of the Uuited States, north oj
west of it, except by rail, for immediat
slaughter, and when so transported cer
tain stated rigid regulations are to be
observed.
HE BROKE HIS LEG
By
Against Prison Authorities, and the State
Asked to Investigate Them.
Crawfordsvills, lad.,Jan. 22.—Wil
liam Shular, recently paroled from the
Michigan City penitentiary after serv
ing seven years of a seventeen-year sen
tence, has published a long article, in
which startling charges are preferred
kgainst the officials of that institution.
He states that rotten pork is given pris
oners, and the other food is so prepared
that it is only fit to fatten bogs, to
which use the greater part is put. He
asserts that the prisoners are starved,
overworked and thrnsc into a dungeon
on the slightest pretext, where many
contract what is called dungeon con
sumption. Cases of unparalleled bar
barity are cited, and he asks tbe state
to demand an unbiased investigation
Shular is educated, and was an exem
plary prisoner.
Mushed strawbeny ribbons sell at om
>oHar a vard but vou can ee' a bottle of
Dr. Bull’s Cough Syiup for only twenty-
fiv- e'-n's,
"W ’ll be gay and h ippy,’’ fo: S ilva’-ioi
Od is only 25 ceuts a bottle. Ii kills all
pain.
Frozen to Death.
Birmingham, Ala., January 21 —An
Age-Herald special from Athens, Ala.,
says that community was horrified to
day by the discovery of two old people,
in their little borne iu tbe suburbs, fro
zen to death. They were Mrs. Martha
Davis and her brother, W. H Danforth
Mrs. Davis was sitting in a chair before
an empty fireplace stiff and stark. The
brother was in bed in an adjoining
oom.
Harmony Grove items.
Harmony Grove, Ga., Jan. 21.—
[Special ]—“Squire R T. McGinnis, of
Pocataliigo, is in town today.
J ustice court convened here yester
day, with a full docket and a large
number of litigants. Besides our local
bar Col. E. C. Armstead, of Jefferson,
aud George D. Thomas, of Athens were
present.
Several important cases were dispos
ed of yesterday.
RESIGNS HIS CHAIRMANSHIP.
The Texan Says ho Can Better Serve
His Party on the Floor.
Miss Lena Wages to Mr. John Lav
ender.
At the resideroe of the bride’s father,
Mr. James Wages, on Prince Ave,T urs-
lay night, Mr J:io Laveuderaad Mi*-s
L -na Wages were u .ited io marriage,
the Rev C. A. Conaway ofli.fating.
Tho ceremony was performed in th
presence of a large company of friends
Slipping From a Crossing on
Lumpkin Street.
Mr- A. W. Watson, who has so ably
filled the position of Agent at tbe ex
press office during Capt. Williams’ab
sence, happened io quite a painful ac
cident last night about tin o’clock.
He was going to hi3 home, having
completed his work for the uight. ami
was walking along Broad street
He Btarr^d across L i napkin street on
the crossing leading to
the Steedly in-use, and when about half
way across, his foot slipped and he fel
heavily to the ground.
Iu falling bis right „leg was twisted
under his body, aud the large bone in
the kg was broken in - wain. The in
jury was an exceedingly painful one,
but Dr. S. C. Benedict carefully dress
ed the wound, set the broken member
and Mr. Watson was carried to bis
I'Oine on South Lumpkin street, where
ue is now restirg easily Many of the
crossings in the city have been render-
ind relatives.
The occasion was a pics' enj ^yable | ' ;<i slippery and darig. ro.'.a ^ ^iny
ne. Sweet mus o and merry conver&a
ou was engaged in to a late hour.
ON HIS TRACK
weather, and ciliz'us would do well to
walk carefully across them.
A PRINCELY FORTUNE
And Only Accumulating Evidence.
The police are on the track of the
man w ho applied the incendiary’s torch
to the nc w rchoo-1 building in Brook
lyn.
They hsv° good reason to believe that
the culprit is a certain patty, and- cir-
Awalts the Man Who Invents a Way to
Destroy Rabbits.
In talking with Mr. Nit J. Barnet,
of Australia, yesterday, the Banner
reporter asked him the truth about
Australia being overrun witb rabbits.
“Yes,” said he, “our country is p«-r-
cumiuant-ial evidence all points that I ftetiy infested with them They are
way, but they are waiting to acuiiunT-1 -.bout fourteen inches long as a rule,
late more aud better evidence before | an ‘-l ® re a brownish gray color. They
eat the young grain and destroy the
crops fa various ways, and are the
cause of tbe loss of millions of dollars
each year to tbe people of Australia ”
O: such great moment is this ques-
BAD, VERY BAD. I lion, that a standing reward of oni
It is a bad state of things when a man I million pounds or five million dollars!-
making any disclosures as to who the
party is.
But they will keep on bis track all the
same.
Washington, Jan. 82.—Roger
Mills has resigned the chairmanship
the interstate ami
foreign commerc-
committee.
The Texas states
man gave no reason
for his action other
than ' that he did
not desire any
chairmanship, aud
y. ; could serve the
parly better by de
voting all his time
on the floor.
R. q. mills. He had previous
ly written a note to Mr. Wise, of Vir
ginia, second man on the committee, t
organize the committee, appoint a cler -
and assume the duties of chairm iu.
Mr. Wise communicated with the
speaker, asking if such a coarse wonl
be agreeable to him, to which he re
pli< d that he had no objections what
ever. Mr. Wise has, therefore, organ
ized the committee, and it is ready for
business
It is generally believed that Mr. Wise
will be made tne permane.it chairman
The real reason for Mr. Mills’s actio
is understco 1 to be his determination i
canvass actively for the Texas senator
ship, and he does not care to spend very-
much time in the house while the can
▼use is going on.
An Incendiary’s Work.
Dublin Gi. Jan. 21 —The machine
»hops of W. G. Carter and Brother lo
cated on the banks <-f the Oconee were
•les’royed last righ’ with a loss of
•leven thousand dollars Incendiarism
is attributed as the cause of thr- fire.
has to go down some lonely street to
• scape met’ling sonm one lie owes and
ought to pay- It would be a good stale
ot things if that man and all others of
that class would pay their debts tbaD
ke -p out of it walking both up and
down Broad street independent as a
wood-sawyer- none to molest or make
you afraid. Try it the fi-st of the new
year. Start now and we will bet a pair
of Skifi the Jeweler’s Diamond Specta
cles that the next new year will be a
happier ore than tbe last one has be°n
A good and satisfactory starting point
v ffered for the suggestion of a method
by which they may be exterminated.”
Tbe general opinion seems to be over
berc that if the average small boy were
turned loose upon them, there wouldn’t
be many of them left.
starves.’ What we most need is an in- $<££*£5SSHUSSS
* -TfiE-
AU *ho are troubled witb G»ns*ipation
will find a safe, sure’ and speedy leli f
io Ayer’s -Piila. Ualike most other
cith&Mic', tjiese pills sirenatiien the stom
ach, liver, »nii bowels, and re.-tore the
organs to normal and regular action.
'
A GOOD kEASON 1 OU LIVING.
“She lives lo love anil l- vs t ■ .)
S 'cloves to live I ec-mse she 'Les i<< me.
Many ihink it is a sin to be sick; h >i
m», one cannot bestow i heir aff. cuons oh
nitaers as tbe Ore tor intendec; b. iut« so,
certainly is a duty t-» cure y outsi If. Mo
women, ih-se i ays need an invignraiin
ionic. Won.-out teachers, •‘shop-gins,
dressmak is, milliners, and Ihosesubj ct I
• ii*some labor, l ave found a boon in Dr,
P.cice’.- Favorile Prescription, It ip t
soothiug and ptreugtbeiiing lu-tvine, indu
cing refr fbing sleep relieves desponden
cy and re-mres to full use all ihe appetites
and aff c io s of on* ’s nature It i 8 sold,
by drug->- -nder a guarantee from its
mikers that I wiili i every ense, give
s itisfactiou, or price ({1.001 will bu prompt
ly refunded.
- — Tntj
Dyspepsia
Few people have suffered more severely
from dyspepsia than Mr. E. A. McMahon, a
well known grocer of Staunton, Va. He says:
• Before 1878 I was In excellent health, weigh-
tog over 200 pounds. In that year an ailment
developed luto acute dyspepsia, and soon I
was reduced to 102 pounds, suffering burning
■ i sensations in the stomach,
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In the Hands of a Receiver.
Atlanta. Ga , Jan. 21—Tbe Metro
politan Street Railway (Jompanv of thiB
city is badly embarrassed and was on
esterd&y placed in the hands of a re
ceiver who will adjust matters. The
eceiver appointed by Judge Marshall
J. Clarke is Mr. Arnold Broyles,
The Pope Is in Good Health.
Rome, Jan. 21.—Tbe report that the
Pope is suffering from an attack of in-
(lut nza is pronounced today at tbe vati
an to be unfounded. Officials at the
vatic in say tbat instead of being ill his
ir.liuess is enjoying good health and
hat he today received daily reports
made by them.
Failure of W. S. Cherry & Co.
Savannah, Gi., Jan 21.—The fail
ure of W. S. Cherry & Co , ship chau
ihrs, groceries aud butchers, is re
ported.
The Rice Market.
Savannah, Ga., J.uj. 21—The Sa
vannah lice crop is now moving ai
prices about a quarter of a cent higher
than they were a few weeks ago.
The R. & D. Presidency
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 21.— I be talk in
railroad circles now is tbe probable elf c
tion of Mr. Samuel Spencer, of Drexe
Morgan, & C<>, "f New York, as th
president of the R. & D. Road.
Augusta will not be Flooded
Augusta, Ga , January 21st
The Savannah will nut ovirwbeln
Vuguftta this lime, although the watei
aas gone almost to tbirty-tbre feet
Ml fears of a freshet havi- ended.
Will Not Play There.
Augusta, Ga., J-m. 12.—Sarah Berr
hardt will not play “LaTo-ca in Au
-ru-ta, as was billed. Po r sale of seat
assigned as cause of cancellation of en
gigeruent.
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