Georgia Historic Newspapers

    THE GRAND LODGE
QF THE independent ORDER OP
good templars.
4 KUSY SESSION.
Ju ,: loosed at Buford. Ga-—The Work
Mapped Out for the Yoar Ahead—
7ho Hospitality of Buford's
Citizens.
Ono of the most energetic orders in
tho State is the Independent Order of
Good Templars.
And the Grand Lodge of this order
l, :l . j,ot finished 3 busy session at the
beautiful little town of Buford, in
Gwinnett county.
It had been the intention of the Grand
l odge to meet in Cedartown but at the
lust moment it was notified that an
other place would have to be selected.
The Star of Buford Lodge gave a very
cordial invitation to the Grand Lodge
to meet at Buford, which was accepted,
and a most royal entertainment to the
delegates was certainly given.
The Lodge met Tuesday morning
with forty present. Rev. H. A. Hod
ges, of Macon, the Grand Worthy Chief
Templar, was absent and the
Lodge was called to order
by Grand Counsellor T. W. Reed, of
Athens. Grand Secretary J. G. Throw
er, Grand Vice Templar MisS Decie Ol
iver, Past Grand Chief Templar M. J.
( ofer, Supt Juyenile Temples, J. J
Keith, and Grand Messenger Frank
Quillian were present.
As delegates and members of Evans
Lodge ^o. 76, of Athens, there were
present Messrs. D.C. Oliver, J. K.Ken-
ney, H. L. Cook, W. I. Abney, T. W
J teed and Misses Decie Oliver and Ber
ta Webb.
Tuesday morning was devoted to the
receiving of reports and Tuesday after-
noon to the reports from the different
lodges throughout the State.
Tim report of the Grand Secretary
showed that many of the lodges were in
splendid condition while others had not
done so well in the past year consider
ing the dilliculties under which it la
bored.
The report of the committee on the
State of the order was adopted, and it
was resolved to put a lecturer in the
field at the earliest date possible to or
ganize new lodges. The different mem
bers present pledged themselves to the
organization of ten new lodges during
the coming year.
It was resolved to make an extra ef-
lort towards the establishment of Juye
rule Temples that tbechildren might be
trained up in temperance.
Tuesday night the star of Buford
Lodge tendered the Grand Lodgea pub
lic reception at which a large number
ofeitizens were present. R. H. Allen’s
cornet band furnished delightful music
for the occasion.
liev. W. A. Farris, of Buford presid
ed during the exercises, which were
opened with prayer by Rev. W. J
Wooten.
lion. John O. James, Mayor of Bu
ford delivered an address of welcome in
behalf of the citizens, which was re
sponded to by Mr. T. W. Reed. Pro
fessor Lament Gordon extended the
hearty welcome of the Star of Buford
Lodge which was responded to by Rev
M. J. Gofer in an appropriate manner.
Miss Helen Cowan, of Buford, recited
a beautiful piece on temperance after
which the meeting was closed. Thie
reception was very highly enjoyed by
all present.
Wednesday morning the first order
of business was the election of officers
which resulted as follows:
Grand Worthy Chief Templar, T. W
Keed; Grand Worthy Vice Templar,
Miss Annie Smith: Grand Secretary, J.
G. Thrower; Grand Chaplain, M. J.
Cofer; Grand Supt. Juvenile Temples,
J. J. Keith ;Grand Treasurer, C. Bangs;
Grand Marshal, J. T. Smith; Grand
Ass’t. Secretary, J. K. Kenney; Grand
Guard, R. M. Wilson, Grand Sentinel,
G. S. Hunt; Grand Deputy Marshal,
Miss Helen Cowan; Grand Messenger,
J.T. Carithere.
The invitation of the Demorest Lodge
for the Grand Lodge to meet in Dernor-
cst next year was accepted, and the
time of meeting of thr G.and Lodge
willherealter be the third Tuesday in
J uly instead of the fourth Tuesday as
it has been heretofore.
The Lodge then adjourned to the
school room where the pnblic meeting
w as held. It was largely attended and
highly enjoyed.
Rev. \Y. A. Farris opened the meet
ing with prayer.
Rev. M. A. Matthews, of Calhoun,
was to have been present to make an
address but was prevented by the death
of Mr. John W. Fain, one of his church
members
Rev. John B. Hawthorne, cf Atlanta,
was present and was introduced to the
audience as the orator of the day. Dr
Hawthorne delivered an address of an
hour and a quarter, full of sound logic
and reasoning in behalf of temperance
aud prohibition. The large audience
paid str.ct attention to the remarks of
Dr. Hawthorne, at times applauding
vigorously, it was a powerful speech
and did much good.
Grand Secretfry Thrower'made a few
remarks after which Mr. T. W. Reed
a^ain thanked the oitizensof Buford for
their magnificent reception and splen
did hospita’ity.
Wednesday afternoon was occupied
with a rounding up of all
the business of the Lodge and the in-
atallation of officers.
hry Pond Lod e, of Jaokson county,
was adjudged by the Grand Lodge to
have made more progress during the
year than any other L idge in Georgia.
x his was a splendid eompliment to this
J'-dge.
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meet in Demcrest the third Tuesday in
July. 1893.
Wednesday night the delegates were
entertained by the Star of Buford
Lodge with a supper and ice cream
festival which was elegint beyond de
scription, aid which was highly appre
ciated and enjoyed.
The Star of Buford Lodge is one of
the Btronge&t in the state, and bad a
great influence in helping to carry
Gwinnett county fur prohibition a short
while since. It is still progressing and
prospering. m
No people could have entertained
noro hospitably or more elegantly, and
t is safe to say that the Grand Lodge
will never forget its meeting at Bu-'
ford.
The Good Templars are in for the
warfare and are determinal to push
their work this year and go to the next
Grand Lodge meeting with at least a
doubled membership of devoted work
ers in the cause of temperance.
BBS A-lflSgaa ifite'HAtA
ruckIr RECEIVER.
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THE MACON AND NORTHERN IN
THE USUAL ROAD.
ATHENS GETS THE RECEIVER
Inability to Meet its Ob’igations-Blll
Filed Last Night—The M. and N,
Will Now be Well Managed.
RANDOM THOUGHTS.
News Items, General Local and Oode
And Ends,
The Clarkesville Advertiser states
that there is a great deal of bad feeling
existing among the people of that place;
caused by the discussion of local
politics. Politics is somo.hing that
must be discussed with glo /es on A
man will lose bis temper in the discus
sion of religious differences or politics
mere easily than on any other subject.
The writer remembers a case that
happened a few days ago in Athens.
Some good Methodist and Baptist breth
ren were conversing when the subject
of the difference in the doctrines of
their churches came up for considera
tion. They all wanted, at this stage of
the conversation, all differences done
away with and all to work in harmony
together. One did not exactly like
close communion—another did not see
how sprinkling was Baptism, and in
few moments there was fa ;t and loud
talking. The ending was a Baptist
would be nothing but a B iptist and the
Methodist nothing but a Methodist. We
are all williDg to take, b it who will
give?
* Singing Convetions are being held in
the country throughout the State. Those
present enjoy good dinners and a feast
of old-fashioned muBio. The man or
woman who has never been to a sing
ing convention, has missed a great deal.
There is soon to be an Alumni Uni
versity club formed in Macon. The
News in commenting on this says it will
be similar to the one in Savannah. The
Alumni in Macon are brainy men, and
men who love the old University, and
they will work for It, too. It may be
chat all the uncalled for attacks od thn
grand institution will do much to buil
it up. For a long while the friends ol
the U Diversity have remained idle, bui
sneers and insinuations ace about to ge
them in working order.
The horticulturists of Gecrgia will
meet in Rome next wick. Extensive
preparations have been made to enter
tain them. Rome is not lacking in hos
pitality and among other good things
prepared is an old fashioned Georgia
barbecue, for delegates and their wives
Joe Pottle, of Milledgeville, is seek
ing the nomination of tlie Third part)
for Congress in the sixth district. Jor
is a brainy young fellov, a graduate of
the State University, and is genial and
clever; but all these qualities ere no
sufficient for him to overcome the iron-
ribbed Democracy of that District.
A petition has been put into circula
tion in Macon asking M*j. Bacon to ru>
for the Legislature. The Macon New
says the Major will run and be elected,
too. Major Bacon has heretofore don
the State good service in the Legisla
ture.
The hot wave under which Athens i<
now sweltering, is general throughou
the country. While the heat is quit*
severe in Athens, we hear of no pros
trations or sunstrokes, such as are con
stantly reported in all sections of the
North and West.
Mr. W. R. Singleton, a prominent
citizen of Macon, died at his home in
that city on Monday n : ght.
Tom Watson’s convention in Augus
ta re-nominated their favorite for Con
gress. Watson is the idol of the Third
party men, not only in the 10th distric'
but all through the State, To hear a
Third party man talk, you would think
Tommy possessed the brilliancy of
Toombs, the oratory of Hill and the
popularity of Stephens.
In the course of his New Haven,
Conn., lecture, Rev* Thomas S. Dana
in educated Indian, made this singular
tatement: "The Indians never cook
anything in the house. They always
oook outside, giving as their only rea
son that if they cook inside the steam
will collect in their clothing and draw
the lightning. Whether this is truth
or not I do not know, but I know this
—no Indian wigwam has been struck by
lightning since the dawn of history,and
no Indian has been killed with light
ning for more than a hundred years.”
The other day a little girl of J. 1
Courson, of Baxley .found a guinea neat
near the house with several eggs in it.
Much to her sui prise when she went to
t a ifA the eggs from the nest she spied
huge snake snugly ooiled in the nest
She reported the case to her father,who
went immediately and killed the reptile
The fullness of the snake aroused the
curiosity of Mr. Courson, and to aacer
tian the cause, out the snake open,
which cleaily revealed the fact that
had swallowed twelve eggs from the
nest, ard bad he not been molested, ho
would have devoured them all near
two dozen.
The news reached the city yesterday
norning that the Macon Sc Northern
road had gone into the hands of a re
ceiver.
It was hinted at the night before,'’but
every party likely to know anything
about the matter was approached by the
Banner man hut without success. It
eemed that ev«>ry employee cf the road
was sworn to secrecy. The report was
confirmed about eleven o’clock yester
day, and when it was known thatCapt.
II Rucker had been appointed by
Judge Newman to act as temporary re
viver, every business man in Athens
telt that the road was in the hands of
one who knew his business and would
aot fail to attend to it.
Capt. Rucker stands at the head ot
the business men < f our State. He has
iccumulated a nice little fcrlune by
close attention to business, and if there
any[come out.in the road Capt. Ruck
er will bring it out.
AtS o’clock a bill asking for a receiv
er for the Macon and Northern was filed
in the Clerk’s office of Judge Newman’s
ourt. Edward Van Navre, of New
York, through his attorneys, Henry
Cranford of Chic gj, and John C. Has
kell, of Virginia, were the applicants
named in the bill.
Mr. Haskell appeared for the peti
tioner and read the bill which in sub
stance recites that the Macon atd Nor
them Railroad Company is insolvent in
be sense that it can-
lot meet its obligations
n a regular business course, and the
ill alleged that already the July inter
ist on the road’s debt had d-faulftd, and
was further alleged that the road
vliich is due August 1, and which in
terest is payable to petitioner and oth
ers.
Judge Newman, on hearing the peti
tion, appointed Jeptba H. Rucker of
Vthens temporary receiver, and Set the
rase for hearing on the appointment of
permanent receiver for September
10th. The bonded indebtedness of the
Macon and Northern railroad is $2,200,-
IX)0, which falls due in March I960
When the road was leased by the Cen
tral and Richmond and Danville, these
roads guaranteed the payment of this
nterest, but they, being in the bands
>f a receiver, of course cannot carry
rut the contracts.
(The Macon and Northern railroad
: ras been placid in the hands of a re
ceive^ because, as all.g.d, it cannot
pay its obligations in a regular busi
ness course. It will likely develop lat
er that it is a part of a plan to rehabili-
ite the Richmond and Danville rail
road without the Central. It is reason
able to suppose that af>r the applica
tion for a receiver for the Richmond
and Danville by the Central, all rela
tions between the two roads became
too strained to admit of joint owner
hip of any one property. As th.y
vero joint guarantors on the bonds of
be roads, and the Central is not ablt-
,o pay interest on its own securities,
could bar Ay be expected to pay on any-
iiiug else. With the Central and Rich
nond and Danville divorced, the Ma
on and Northern will become of still
greater importance to the latter. The
road is in splendid physical condition
ind it is not likely to go into other
lands than the Richmond and Droville.
DEATH OF AN AGED MINISTER:
Rev. W. C. Deavora, of Jackson Coun
ty, Pa3ae3 Away After a Brief Illness.
Rev. W.C. Deavora, who lived for sev
eral years near Antioch church in Jack-
ron county, died at his home after a^brief
illness, on Tuesday hight. He was a
brother of the late Rev. A. J. Deavors,
for mang years a member of the North
Georgia Conference.
Mr. Deavora had been a minister in
the Methodist church for about thirty-
five years. He had no connection with
tbe Conference, being a local minister,
and confining his labors
to the churches within
the reach of his home. He was an ac-
cep.uble preacher, and was much belov-
• d by the people whom he served. Con
secrated in heart and life ;o the cause
of religion and the church, he devoted
much of his time to preaching aud oth-
r labors for the church he loved so
well. He had gifts aud graces and was
an eminently useful man, and preached
acceptably and with power, althi ugh
bis advantages had been limited. Many
friends will learn with sorrow that this
faithful old minister has passed away.
The funeral took place at his former
home on Wednesday afternoon.
A BIG SWINDLE-
THE WASHINGTON POST EXPOSES
A SWINDLING SCHEME,
HOW EX-CONFEDERATE
Conscripts are Being Taken In—A Pro
position to Collect Damages Out
of the United States Govern
ment for Being Forced Into
the Service.
JOHN W. FAIN DEAD.
. Brilliant Young Lawyer F&sses
Over the River.
Mr. John W. Fain is dead. He was a
well known aad popular young attor
ney, and died at Rome Tuesday.
He was well known in Athens, having
graduated from the University in 188G
After leaving the University he went
to Rome, Ga , where he engaged in the
mercantile business until a few months
igo, when he was a imitted to the prac
tice of the liw. He entered into part
nership with Judge J. C.Fain, of Cal-
loun, Ga., and began immediately to
enjoy the returns of a lucrative and re-
ponsible practice.
A few weeks ago, with the heat of fe
ver in his veins and his countenance
pale from the loss of sleep, he stood up
before the jury, in obedience to a sense
>f duty, and delivered an exhaustive
argument in favor of huclieut. It was
ais last appearance before an earthly
aourt and amid the congratulations of
die bar he was carried to his home ex
hausted, to sleep away the fatigue of his
great effort. It proved, however, to be
the sleep of deatb, and bis fevered
imbs were rested in the calm repose of
eternity.
The remains were buried in Atlanta
yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock.
DEATH OF MRS. MATHEWS.
A Singular Circumstance Connected
With Her Sickness and Death,
On Friday of last week Mrs. Fannie
Matthews, wife of Mr. Dau Mathews,
lied at her home in Jackson county.
Mrs. Mathews wa3 a daughter of Mr
John Saye, and was a lady of many
amiable traits of character, and leaves a
husband and one little child and many
frier ds to mourn her earlyy death.
A singular circumstance is related of
Mrs. Mathews. A few months ago she
had a dress pls >~d in the hands of a la
dy to be made up. She remarked that
the dress-maker could take her time on
the garment, as she would not need it
till the middle of July. About two
weeks ago she came to the city and car
ried the dress home, was that day at
tacked with fever, and died in two
^eeks, and the dress was used for the
first time as a burial robe.
A STORE BROKEN OPEN.
Washington, July 27.— 1 The Post pub
lishes the following:
R A systematic attempt to swindle ex-
Confederate soldiers has been unearthed
in this city and the matter was brought
to the attention of Geu. Raum, commis
sioner of pensions, by E. G. Warring.
The party who said to be at the head of
the scheme is a man named Mason who
figured here daring the forty-eighth and
forty-ninth congresses as a sort of lob
byist.
'Mason’s mpde of operation is said to
be similar to the one attempted several
years ago by other parties. He fcas
printed circulars headed "To Ex-Con
federate Conscripts” with which he has
flooded many localities in the southern
states. The circular declares that tiie
United States bad a right to protect if
loyal citizens in the south from con
scription in the Confederate anny, and
its failure to do so makes the govern
ment liable for damages in each case
where a man was so conscripted, or
forced into the southern army.
It further states that all an ex-con
script has to do in order to receive dam
ages, is to prove his loyalty, and that he
was compelled to enter the army against
his will. In this connection Mason cites
a number of alleged decisions in the
United States supreme court, deciding
in effect that if the government coul 1
not protect its citizens in such an emer
gency, it at least could pay any damage
that might accrue from said lack of pro
tection.
" Mason wants to bring the matter
before both congress and the supremo
court, but in order to do so he must
have funds. The circular therefore ap
peals to the poor ex-Confederate to send
him such amounts of money as they can
spare, not less than .$1, to be used as
fund for carrying out bis impracticable
scheme.
"Southerners in this city who havo
heard of th<- movement are highly in
dignant and unhesitatingly pronounce
it an unmitigated fraud and it is more
than probable that the matter will be
investigated by the pension office of
ficials. ” •
A Sad Death.
Jug Tavern, Ga., July 27.—(Special).
—Mr. W. O. Felker, formerly of this
community, but recently of Dodge
county, died at Rhine Monday morning
and his remains were brought here for
burial. He was taken suddenly ill
with disease of the kidneys, and a tele
gram sent here last Friday to Mr. N. J.
Kelly, who went immediately to his
bedside, but reached him too late to be
of any service ex :ept to bring his body
on for burial The G., C. A N. train
bearing the remains reached here after
dark and was met by a large crowd of
relatives and friends, who followed it
to the cemetery and performed the last
tribute by the light of la sterns under
the star bedecked canopy of the herv-
en«. The death of Mr. Felker was in
deed a sad one. Only a few weeks ago
he was here mingling with friends and
seemed in perfect health. His bereaved
wife and family of six children have
our heartfelt sympathy.
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CARNESVILL BRIEFLETS.
Carnesville, July 27 —Hon. W. R.
Little returned from Hartwell Friday
where he had been on legal business.
A threshing outfit left here this week
o cross the Blue Ridge to thresh small
grain in that section,
W. R. Little and A. N. King, of the
legal profession, attended Justice’s
court at Lavonia Saturday.
Miss Aunie Hughes, a most winsome
roang lady of Baltimore, who has been
in charge of J. C. McConnell's milline
ry department for several months past,
Kas returned home much to the regret
of our young people.
J. C. McConnell is in attendance up-
>n the North Georgia Association where
ta will remain several days.
Our people can now go to Atlanta
via Athens. The G., C & N. is now ^s
’tear to the G&ta City as the R. & D.,
ind we can leave here and go to the
capital on afternoon train. Our peo-
vre using it for travel as it is better
.han making such early hours.
J. S. McConnell and Mattie McConnel]
ire vising relatives over in Bauks
county.
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Angry Chameleons.
When very angry or suddenly alarmed
chameleons utter a squeak like a young
bird. My friend, the Rev. G. Fisher, of
Cape Town, an enthusiastic naturalist
whose name is familiar to the visitors
to the reptile house in the London Zoo
gardens from the number and frequency
of. his contributions there, informs me
that one day he was surprised to hear a
loud squeaking aud commotion in an
adjoining room, where were some pet
chameleons, and going thither he found
that the disturbance really proceeded
from these small reptiles on account ol
a cat, who was surveying them through
the wires. Cats, by the way, are their
dreaded enemies, who catch and devoni
them whenever possible.—Cor. Forest
and Stream.
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WALLPAPER
THE DAY SET.
WHAT HAVE WE DONE?
teething.
Dr. Bigger’s Huckleberry cordial
cures all bowel and stomach troubles
™. „ . and children teething. Sold by
i heGnMitii, 0 (ijjr e ti xe n adjourned to dealers.
A Merchant Goes far the R. & D, With
Gloves off.
Editor Banner:
Before the completion of the G., G.
A N. railroad came to Athens the R : cb-
nond and Danville brought more
freight and passengers hi re than any
road running into the city. Iu coneid-
ration of this fact and desiring to show
heir appreciation of past favors this
grateful corporation has published
handsomely embes'iahed panoramic
maps of the line from Washington to
New Orleans left the Northeastern rail
road and the village of Athens, Ga., en
tirely off of the map and so far
.is this particular publication goes, a
tourist would have to seek other direc
tion to find his way to our hiding place.
Prominence is given on this map to
such hustlirg metropolitan cities as
Seneca, WalhaUa, Spartenburg and
Greenville, S. C., but Athens is "non
esL” Amony the many, many acts of
disinterested kindness which have been
extended to oar modest and obscure
little city by the great and good R. A
D. this last one overwhelms as, and our
people and merchants, especially, will
not be slow in acknowledg
ing their appreciation in a man
ner which the R. A D. cannot
fail to admit will be substantiated, yes
gentlemen of the R. A D., if we know
our people, aud we think we do, our
people who tiavel will have as bard
time in finding their route, as far as
you are concerned, as a stranger would
from the perusal of your new complete
and elegant map which you have pub
lished for "correct” information as to
which route to take to reach every vil
lage on your magnificent system ex
cept Athens. Our freight trains also
may find ingress and egress by other
routes than that laid down on your so-
called map. Let’s wait and see.
Fokmick Shipper by k. and d.
For Over Fifty Years.
mm Winslow’s Sootbxks syrup lias been
used for cbUdren teeUiing. It sooths the child
softens the gums, allays aU pain, ernes wind
eoUc ,and Is the best remedy for Dlarrhisa.
-flyecertea bottle, ifetd by aUdraa-
Two Boxes of Tobacco Gone and the
Negro Thief Skinned.
A few mornings ago Mr. William
Lavender went into his store and found
some of his goods gone. He com
menced to look around to see where the
thief had broken in and found that he
had a key that would fit the lock. Mr.
Lavender went quietly to work and yes
terday found that Jerry Moore, a negro,
bad been selling tobacco in small lots
to Mr. Mac Parr and George Briscoe.
Ha examined the tobacco and found
(hat it corresponded with the kind he
lost. Jerry Moore bad sold several lots
to these parties and then skipped to At
lanta- He has been located and the po
lice in Atlanta notified. Jerry got two
boxes of tobacco.
A SAD CASE.
An Old Gentleman Temporarily De
ranged.
Yesterday afternoon a sad sight was
witnessed on Clayton street just oppo
site the post office.
An old gentleman was walking up
aud down the street, jumping and wav
ing his hands above his head.
Investigation proved thal he was a
Mr.Donnegan, who lives in Jackson
county and that he was temporarily de
ranged. Mr. Donnegan has for a long
time been afflicted with catarrh and
within the last few days has become in
sane upon the doctrine of holiness. He
imagines that be is sinless and ready to
go to heaven, and goes around waving
bis han Is above his head and making
vain efforts to fly away from these mor
tal scenes.
Medical attention was rendered Mr.
Donnegan and he was carried back to
his home. It is hoped that this de
rangement will only be temporary and
that he may soon be restored to his
right mind.
The House Voted to Adjourn on the
30th.
Washington, July 28.—Mr. McMillin
of Tennessee, has offered and called up
in the house a joint resolution that con
gress adjourn Saturday, at 2 o’clock,
Mr. Hatch has opposed it because he
Wants the anti-options bill to pass, and
Mr. Onthwaite, the leader of the filibus-
terers, has also opposed it. Mr. Onth-
waite said that the sundry civil bill had
not passed, and intimated that it might
not pass. In any event, time was need
ed for both houses to act on it, and he
suggested Monday next as the date of
adjournment.
The house refused vote of 65 to
110 to agree to the amendment, fixing
the date of adjournment at 2 o’clock
Monday next. The original McMillin
resolntion providing for the final ad
journment of congress at 2 p. m. Satur
day, was then adopted by a vote of 121
to 51.
The speaker stated the pending mo
tion to be that made by Mr. Bingham
to table the motion to reconsider the
vote by which the house from its disa
greement to the senate’s World’s Fair
amendment.
Immediately the filibusters came to
the front led by Mr. Onthwaite, who
moved adjournment nntil Saturday.
Mr. Cummings of New York, moved an
adjournment nntil Monday.
Iu the senate, the sundry resolutions
for the appointment of select commit
tees to sit during recess, were appoint
ed. Two of them, as to the Homestead
and Idaho labor troubles, and as to set
tlers on forest reservations in Califor
nia, went over without action, and one,
as to geological survey, was agreed to.
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'■..nt..... 4S In. 87 In. 11 In.
Walat... *o In. .3 tn. 11 In.
Kip..... 97 in. 49 In. tin.
The Brilliant Young Editor In Hot
Viator.
Yesterday’s Cliut .nooga Times con
tained the following interesting, if true,
story about a newspaper man will known
in Rome:
“W.Trox BankstoD, of Ringgold, Ga.,
well known in this city, where he was
engaged for some time as a newspaper
reporter, is missing, and although sever
al causes have been put forward to ac
count for his disappearance, it was
learned^yesterday that there is a woman
in the cise. Nome time ago, while on an
excursion, it is alleged that Bankson
met the wife of an Ohio newspaper man
and fell in love with her. The sentiment
was mutual, and it was eventually
decided that the woman was to procure
a divorce from her husband, ar d by so
doing remove the only impediment to
theii happiness. The woman carried
out her part of the progam, stated the
Times informant, aud was anxious for
Bankston to fulfill his promise. This he
did not appear to be very anxious to do,
aud his dilatoriness in the matter had
the effect of causing the woiaau to pack
up, leave Ohio and present herself in
Ringgold. Bankston met her upon her
arrival, and after a heated argument,
the purport of which is known only to
the principals, the woman went to Ca
toosa Spring, Trox promising to follow
in a short time.
"That he had no intention of doing so
is evidenced by the fact that immediate
ly after her departure for the springs.
Bankston himself collected his effects
and left for parts unknown-certain ly
not for Catoosa. The news of his de
parture having reached the v omm she
repaired..to the residence of Bankston
pere, and laid the matter before him as
suring him in the most vehement man
ner that hi? son was the authr of the be-
ingjof the i nf ant at her breast. She fur
ther asserted that at various times she
had advanced money to her affiance till
the amount had rolled up to several
hundred dollars. The ease at present re
mains in statu quo. The Time’s infor
mant was confident that Montgomery
Bankston, the insane brother of Trox, is
partly responsible for the complication
of affairs. It appears that Montgomery JONES OF BINGHAMTON, Binghamton,H,
discveredsome.of the woman’s letters to
“When I
“ w treatment 3 mo*,
exhausted by ailments that I <
do any work. The accompanying in
ures show the result of 3 months* treat
ment. I now feel like a next being. 1!L
and pains are al 1 gone. My friends irt - r ...
curprlted. Will cheerfully reply to inquiries with stamp inclosed.**
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tl. a V. F. SR7DU. M VIHES S TIEMM. C11CU0. ILL
5 1-4 PERCENT
MONEY!
S1,000,000 OO!
On Farm and City Property.
ANSWER THISJQUE8TI0N.
Why' do so.maDy people we see around
ns seem to prefer to snfier and be made
Great Conflagration in the Pennsylvania
Oil Fields Caused by Lightning.
Pittsburg, July 28.—During the pre
valence of the thunder storm which
swept over the sonthwhestern oil field,
lightning struck tank No. 17 of the
Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe Line com
pany, six miles from Washington. The
tank contained 87,000 barrels of oil, and
when it burst the burning flnid spread
to twenty tanks in the vicinity, and
soon all were on fire.
The conflagration was still raging at
10 o'clock, notwithstanding the efforts
of 800 men who have been fighting it
twenty-four hours. The heat is so in
tense that trains cannot approach with-
MANHATTAN 2 PER CENT LOAN CO.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
to 5£ pay all interest,
commissions, <fcc. ^
E. P. OATES,
July 13 —d78tw’3t ATHENS, GA.
JONES, HE PAYS THE FREIGHT^
, 5-TON WACON SCALES,
7 ISSf - BEAR BOX
JSimRr BSASSTABX BEAM.
Freight Paid.
Warranted for oYe
Agent* Wasted. Bead for T<
FARMERS’
Bun and WarchoM. Sonic*.
his brother, and clandestinely opened a
correspondence with her, using his bro
ther’s name and eventually succeeding
in bringing about the crisis referred to.
Montgomery, who will be remembered
as the white foote^nnd verdant reporter
of an evening paper, is at present the
inmate of an insane asylum. The mat
ter created a great deal of comment in
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MOOREJ
FREDERICK P.1
SPECIALIST.
Permanently located in Macon. En
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Genito-Urinary organs and Rupture.
Piles, Fistula and other forms of rectal
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without detention from business. Cure
guaranteed. Genito-Urinary diseases
successfully treated. Consultation
Ringgold, where W. Trox has figrned I * ree * 8end tor pamphlet.
as editor of the Now South.—Rome .Church. Macon Ga. 9 a, m.to 6 p.m.
Tribune. J daily. '
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