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meat of Speaker Crisp.
With C eveland, Stevenson aBd
Crisp in charge, we are perfectly
con'eat to rest the case of the people
against the monopolies. -
AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT.
Under this headline the New York
World has the following to say con
cerning the slight offered Speaker
Crisp at the Ea orm Club dinner on
Saturday night*
The misunderstanding which led
to Speaker Crisp’s withdrawal from
the Reform Club dinner on Satur
day night was unpleasant and un
fortunate.
Speaker Crisp understood his in*
vitation to include a request for a
speech. His name was in the list of
sneakers published before the din
ner. He had prepared brief remarks
and had given a copy to the press,
And yet be was not called upon
because, as Mr. Fairchild explained,
“there was so many Democrats of
prominence present that we could
not let them all speak, and so had to
limit the number.”
But there was only one Democrat
present of greater prominence than
Speaker Crisp. |and that was Presi-
dent-e’.ec’. The Speaker :.s the third
officer of the Government He is the
official leader of his party in the
papular branch of Congrese. The
club bad an undoubted right to
choose its guests, but having invited
Mr. Crisp it was a marked dis
courtesy to omit ki9 name from the
list of speakers. It was something
worse than a d scourteey to add to
the slight an invitatron to other
speakers who antagonized and even
insulted him when he had no chance
to reply.
As far as Speaker Crisp’s views
upon >ke tariff ware involved in this
matter, it deserves to be said that
those views, both expressed in the
temarkB which he had prepared and
in the bills passed at the iast session
of Coogaess, are more nearly in ac
cord with the sentiments of Mr.
Clev-land’s speech and letter of ac
ceptance than were some of the
opinions declared at the dinner—
notably those of Congressman John
son.
It will be fortufiate for the Demo
cratic party if the episode of Saturn
d&y night shall have no more serious
reeult than the unpleasant impresr
sion which it produced.
NO CONVENTION NEEDED- -
Tne bill introduced into the House
of Representatives to call a Cons i-
tntional convention to frame a new
Constitution"for the State of Geor
gia is an unwise measure and should
come out of the committee room with
an adverse report stamped across it*
The C nstitution of Georgia is an
admirable instrument, and was
framed by the ablest body of men to
be found in Georgia in 1877. It is
carefully writtea; it guards the in
terests of the people well; it contains
all necessary provisions for the wel
fare of the people and heeds no
change.
The people do not want to change
it, and the fewer amendments offered
to it the better. It wonld be a waste
of time and money to hold a Cinsti
tutional convention.
The author of the bill states that
Georgia has outgrown the Constitu
tion of 1877. This is a grave mis
take. The genius of Robert Toombs,
that giant of Georgia Statesmen,
looked far into the future as it led
that Constitutional convention in
behalf of the rights of the people.
N", the people, wish no change.
Tas Democrats will oontrol the next
Senate If they keep their wits about
them and prevent the republicans from
stealing several senatorehips in the
West. An effort is being made to
thwart the will of the people in Mon-
inannd Wyoming, and to send back
Rspnblioan Senators. The Democrats
a*e on the alert, however.
Editob CoorsB, of the Rome Tri-
bane, announce a Christmas issue for
tat splendid paper. Editor Ccoper is
doing good work with the Tribune, and
can always be found laboring for the
best interests of the people, especially
when it comes to the question of edu
cation, both in the higher and common
school bram hes.
“ THE NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE
The press of the country is almost
unanimous in its condemnation of
the action of E. Ellery Anderson at
the Reform Club Banquet in New
York in intentionally ignoring the
presence of that distinguished Geor
gian, Charles F. Crisp.
The Honse of Representatives re
sents the insult paid it by thus snub-
^ "hief officer and even offend-
•jpv.. -gthe Preside a toc-leci.
Bat the Atlanta Constitution gets
neare^ a 'o tha truth of the situation
.when it says:
What is at the bottom of this op
position ? It is not based on the
idea that Speaker Crisp is not a tariff
reformer, for he goes as far in that
direction as Mr. Cleveland. He is
quite as keen for tariff reform as any
gsnuice Democrat, and is anxious
to take prompt advantage of the pop
nlar endorsement of the Democratic
programme.
What, ties, is the trouble? It is
simply tliip, that Speaker Crisp is in
favor of the free coinage of silver
and the Reform Club is in favor of
the policy of money monopoly—hav
ing been organized, in fact, to furth
er such a policy. That is the secret
of the studied insult offered to the
Speaker of the House.
Well, we are glad is has come n
that shape. If the goldolators and
the money power propoee to control,
that fact cannot be made apparent a
moment too soon. We are glad that
the iesuo is to be sqnarely made. It
deserves to be fought cut on its
merits. We thank Anderson for his
method of beginning the new cam
paign, and arc glad to note that Mr,
tvelaod U disgusted with the treat-
THE NEXT NATIONAL HOUSE
The cleik of the house of repres
sentalivep, Hon. James Kerr, has
compiled what may be taken as an
an official list of the representatives
of the fifty-third congress.
Leaving out the two members
from Rhode Island^-not yet elected
and one from Michigan, yet in
doubt, the list shows 217 democrats,
128 republicans and eight populis’s,
The largest republican represents
tion in any state is twenty for Penn
sylvania, as against ten democrats
The largest exclusively democratic
representation is thiru ea fn in
Texas, and the largest exclusively
republican representation is four
from Maine. Illinois has a tie rep
resentation. In Colorado the popu
lists hive the congressmen all
themselves.
Such an overwhelming democratic
majority ought to be a very h&ndy
thing to have in the house. The
people who elected this majority ex
pect it to fulfil well its many and
great responsibilities.—B >ston Globe
-tditorial Comment.
The Technological school gets twenty
thousand dollars as. an appropriation
for the purpose of purchasing new
machinery to take the place of that
des royed by fire some time since.
That was a good movement on the pare
of the House, and will he sanodond by
the people of Georgia.
Larry Gantt, in his p iper, the Co
lumbia Register, s-tys: ‘*The best thing
the Third party people over in Georgia
can do is to hustle back into the Demo
cratic party as fast as their legs can
carry them.”
when they are in attendance upon coun
ty Inf tltutes. The school law requ res
the teachers to sttmd these institutes,
and the money to pay the normal in
structors there is taken from the <choel
fund, t nd thereby indirectly takt n from
the tetchers’ salsries already. To take
it out a second time would be wort
than meat, ness, it would be robbery. In
the smallness of their parsimony, a few
members of the present legislature put
to shame the most narrow minded of
the late Poo pie’s party. We are thank
ful that .the good sense of the Bouse
spurned the suggestion.
Savannah Press:
The j ig committee is now a matter of
ancient history. It was fought through
the campaign and the people did notin-
dorse Mr. Watson. It is aback number
with dust and sealing w ax.and is safely
pigeon-holed. Let the dead bury the
dead. Mr. Watson should give us a
few “eloquent flashes of silence” and
the “threatened'’ expulsion can be safe
ly side-tracked. Let congress work on
the great problems of tariff reform and
financial relief. Mr. Watson should be
in sympathy with this polioy aEd should
aid this great work.
Thbopposition in Washington to the
re-election of Speaker Crisp seems to be
only the babbie of a few Democrats who
are not in the swim.—Columbus En
quirer-Sun.
Thb winter school of agriculture, to
be opened by the University of Georgia
on January 4 h, is being favorably'dis
cussed all over the State.—Americus
Times-Recorder.
The cabinet mabors haven’t bad
mucb to say of late. They have proba
bly cangbt on to tfcft idea that Cleve
land is going to make his own cabinet
The Echo'd teachers of Georgia and
Florida are arranging a number of
short tiips through Florida and Cuba
during this month.
The death of Jay Gould does not ap
pear to have depressed values id stocks.
His pet stocks have all advanced since
his death. •
Mr Goldwin Smilh is still ham
mering away on the question of annex
ing Canada to the United States.
As loDg as Great Brstain detains Mrs.
Maytrick in prison, there will remain
a biot upon English jurisprudence.
It is said th&t'Mr. Cleveland -soundly
sccrtd the Reform Club for its dis.
courtesy to Speaker Crfrp.
We must make more at homeland buy
lssa abroad if we ever hope to see easier
and better times.
Dime Rum •« has it that Senator Car
lisle will be offered the Portfolio of tLe 1
Treasury.
to
PRESS OPINIONS.
Macon Evening News:
Every president of the Uuited States
has either been a lawyer or a soldier or
both. Has this been ex :ctly fair to the
other learnt d professions? Why
shouldn’t a successful doctor, a rever
end divine or a learned professor be
given a chance?
S >vannah Morning News:
The increased iuterest in road build
ing in nearly all parts of the country is
worthy of notion. There are several
conventions now in sessions that are
discussing this important sul j ct and
devising ways to improve the roads in
their respective localities. There is no
Other thing in which the American
people are so far behindhand as thst of
road building. Bad roads are the rule
i . nearly every county in every state.
If more attention were paid to the
roids the prospects of free postal de
livery in the country districts would Ic
muuh more promising. This is a mat
ter that particularly concerns the far
mers. 7
HUM OF INDUSTRIES.
OUR MANUFACTORIES AND WHAT
THSY^ARE DOING.
FACTS ARE FACTS.
A Long Pun, a Strong Pull All To
gether Can Hnlarge What wa Hava
and Add Many Others.
CATARRH OANNOL’ BE CURED t
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as
they cannot reach the seat of the dis
ease Catarrh is a bleed or constitu
tional disease, and m order to cure it
you must take internal remedies. HaliV
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, ard
acts dir- ctly on the Mood and mucous
surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is not a
quack medicine. It was prescribed bv
one of the best physicians in this coun
try for years, and is a regular prescrip
tion. It is composed of the b;et tonics
knowr, combined with the best b’ood
puriti r?, acting directly on the mucous
surfaces The perfect combination of
the two ingredients is what
«ueh wood rful results in ot
ts r rh. Semi for testimonials,
F J. CHENEY & Co.,
ToledA O.
Sold pv drugg'sts, price 75j.
COMER—BAl'GH.
In despair of the State doing any
thing in the way cf getting up a World’*
Fair exbibi',our hopes have lately turn
ed in the direction of Augusta, where
it was propose 4 , with a flourish of ban
ners and a blare of trumpets, to get up
a grand exhibit which would honor that
city and illustrate this great Common
wealth. The heart sinks again, how
ever, after reading in the esteemed
Chronicle the following little para
graph, which bas a too familiar ring ,ive9 thal would he sacrificed he does
about it:
“How about the Augusta exhibit at
the World’s Fair? Is nobody going to
take the matter in hand?”—Columti ■
Enquirer-Sun.
Thb sole stock in trade of the Of po-
nenta of Speaker Crisp is the false claim
that he is not sound on the tariff meas
ured by the Cleveland standard; whii>
the truth is that he is even more ad-
vacc d than .the president-elect, who
believes in incidental protection in the
levying rf a revenue tariff, while Spea
ker Crisp takes the straight Democrat
ic doctrine as enunciated at Chicago
that “protection is robbery.”—Americas
Times-Recorder.
Mr. E Ellery Andebb:.n can snub
Speaker Crisp as much as be pleases,
but he will find that gentleman in the
speaker’s obair of the next House all the
same. The condnct of Anderson in ig
noring the repeated calls for Crisp at
the banquet of the Reform Club a few
nights since is repudiated by all loyal
Democrats in the nation, and is re
garded as a breach of etiquette, to say
the least of it, of whioh* no true mhn
would be guilty.
There is a bill before the South Car
olina legislature for a constitutional
convention. Gov Tillman favors" it
There is no provision for submitting it
to the people. South Carolina and Mis
siasippi both have a large negro ms j >r-
ity, and 8outh Caroline needs a dose of
Mississippi’s pa'oat medicine.—Wash
ington Chronicle.
Thb Augusta Chronicle states on the
authori ty of the tax digest m the comp
troller’s office at Atlanta, piinted long
before the election, that Richmond
county has 11,466 polls, and Columbia
1215. Columbia cast 2061 voles in the
feltctioL lor Congressman.
Atlanta Confutation:
The sword of Germany grows rest
less and locg4 to leap from its scabbard.
It thirs'8 for bio'd and must have it.
Accordirg to the German minister, a
B reat European war is inevitable, and
the army most be phesd on a war foot
ing without delay: The wish is father
to the thought. No country meances
Germany. Even her hereditary ene
my, France, is too much engaged with
her own affairs at present to think
of figbtirg. Why,' tbeb, should the
Emperor William turn loose the dogs
of war? The answer comes from the
inside of the empire. The farmers are
discounted and impoverished, and
their ruler sees that solntthing amt be
done. With- the natural instinct of
militarism,’be thinks that a foreign
w«r would be a diversion, • and would
pacify the dissatisfied -at home. The
not take into consideration, nor does be
think of the sorrow that would be car
ried to thousands of firesides.
Augusta Herald:
Mr. Crisp may not have a walk-over
for the Speakership, but be will proba
bly be elected. Some of his opponents
are trying to o n vey the impression that
he is not Mr. Cleveland’s choice. Some
Demrcr&ts appear to have made Mr
Cleveland a^'kind of benevolent Czir
.who is to decide everything for every
body. He makes no such claim himself.
'But men like Congressman Breckin
ridge, of Kentucky, appear to have
surrendered all individuality on the
subject.
Macon Bvsnlng News:
- The next Congress will probably have
jn the Senate no less a personage than
Gov. Abbetf, who placed Cleveland in
nomination at Chicago. The Boston
Herald predicts that he will at once as
sume thp leadership of that body, al
phabetically.
Courier-Journal:
Ex-Chairman Carter hopes to reap
pear in public a8 the Senator from Mon
tana. He Was outclassed in the nation
$1 election, bat when-tbat long agony
was over he hurried home, .and with
foot upon native heath became himself
once more, and set about capturing a
legislative majority that could be relied
on to give him a vindication and a
Senatorsbip. The-'fraud failed in the
fl *st stage, but Carter has ereburaged
his creature Lsaos to contest the sea'
■it vthe Democratic Fgi-litor from
Cbote&u county, and if Irwins may
organize the legislature, (tirow on-
Democ-ats enough to serve bis. purpose
and. return.East as * a Senator of the
United States.
Borne Tribune:
There was something ineffably small
in tbeeffort to take from the teachers in
country schools their salary for the time
The Marriage of Mr. Henry Comer to
MJssMnnte Baughi Wednesday.
Wedneslay morning a beautiful we -
ding ceremony was performed at
Mayesville.
It was the marriage of Miss Minnie
Bang!:, of that place, to Mr Henry
Crmer, of Athens, and occurred at the
Methodirt church.
The church was beautifully deco
rated and the c.remony was very im
pressive. The attendants came into
tbe church in the following order:
Mr Howard Wo-ding with Miss Ida
Baugh; Mr G E Deadwyler, Jr., with
M i -a May Comer; MrJE Atkins with
Miss Lillie Comer. Then cime the
bride and bridegroom, and at tbe altar
were met by Rev G W Duval who pro
nounced them man and w fs after the
ceremonial rightes of the Methodist
church.
Miss Baugh was one of Mayesville’s
most beautiful and accomplished
daughters, and Mr. Comer is one of
Athens’ most popular young business
men. r
Mr. and Mrs. Comer oime directly to
Athens where they will in tbe fnture
reside.
The almost unanimous opinion from
many of our most prominent business
men published in yesterday's Banner
that tbe greatest need of Athens was
manufactories and small industries and
a better support of those we fiave, led
our reporter to interview tbe manufac
turers themselves, and learn tbeir opin
ions, their plans, and their prospects
for the future-
The first one visited was the Athens
Foundry & Machine Works, on Foun
dry b reef. Mr, Win. F.emit-g was
seen in hu office, and on belt g spoken
to said: “We are now employing about
thirty-five men. Business is quiet now,
bat is v ry promising for the next year.
We have now an order for the boilers,
engines, small pumps and special cast
ings for the city waterworks, and have
just shipped an engine, boilir and saw
mill outfit to Irene, N. C.
“We are manufacturing engine?, saw
mills, cotton presses, shaftings pulleys
and all kinds of machinery and f -un-
dry work. The community has been
very liberal in supporting us, giving
ns all the work possible.”
When asked what factories would
succeed if opened here, he said: “A
furniture f dory would do splendidly
here We have plenty or lumber, and
the loc .1 t: a ie would consume almost
as much as such a factory could pro
duce.
“The people of Athens must come to
gether. establish unity and work to
gether to accomplish anything Tne
oity is greatly in need of a commercial
club, or board of trade, that would
help foster our p*eseot industries and
develop plans for new ones.”
Mr/Tnomas Bailey, of Thomas Bai
lej & Co.’s foundry and machine shops,
on Thomas street, was next seen, and
when tbe subj ct was referred to, said:
“We are now employing twenty-four
men. We usually work about thirty.
We m&nufaotnro saw mills, cotton gins,
syrup mill?, presses and all kinds of
machinery.
“Business is very quiet just now, ow
ing to tbe general depression through
out tbe o ountry, but we i xpect to put
up a new bui ding after Christmas. We
are crowded iu our present building,
ar.d are obliged to have more room.’
In regard to new industries and dud-
ufactories and industries, Mr, Bailey
said: “A hardware Lctory and a fac
tory to manufacture agricultural imple
ments would do well here. Rents are
low and timber is plentiful, and such
things could be manufactured here as
cheap as anywhere.
“I think a knitting mill would do
well, too, and believe it would u&e all
the cotton we could supply.
“But I do object to the special tax
upon us manufacturers. My sp oial
tax this year was as much as my gen
eral tax I have considered moving
away from here several times on ac
count of this.”
Mr. J. A. Hunnicutt, P.e=ident of
the Athens Oil & Fertilizer Manufac
turing Co., on Pulaski street, was seen
at the Savings Btnk about two o’clock
and said : “Our company is doing a
good business. I endorse every move
ment that will encourage small indus
tries and manufactories, especially giv
ing them low taxes ”
Mr G.T. Johnson, manager of tbe
Oil Mill and Ice Factory said:- “The
oil business is good. The mill is going
day and nigh*, and works from twenty-
five to thirty hand. The ioe plant em
ploys about ten. Tbe prospect for next
year’s business is very promising.
“The special tax though in this town
is ontrsgeona. Why, there are other
towns offering-industries to bo exempt
from any tax for twenty years if they
will come to them, and I don’t see how
they can expect them to come to Ath
ens without some suoh inducements. I
Mr. David AT. Jordan
of Edmeston, N. Y.
Colorless, Emaciated, Helpless
A Complete * Cure by HOOD’S
SARSAPARILLA,
. This is from Mr. D. M. Jordan, a re?
tired fanner, and one of the most re
spected citizens of Otsego Co., N. Y.
* “Fourteen years ago I had an attack of the
gravel, and have since been troubled with my
Liver and Kidneys
gradually growing worse. Three years ago I
got down so low that X coaid scarcely walk.
I looked more likoa corpse than a living being.
1 had no appetite and for five weeks I ate
nothing bat gruel. I was badly emaciated
and had no more color than a marble atatae.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla was recommeuded and I
thought I would try it. Before I had finished
.the first bottle I noticed that 1 felt bitter, suf
fered less, tho iuflamraaiion of the bind-
The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder.—No Ammonia; No Alum.
Used in Millions of Homes—40 Years the Standard.
THE VOTE OF KANSAS.
It Is a Question as to Who Should Get th«
Klectoral Vote.
Topexa, Dec. 14.—The Populist lead
ers have been interviewed concerning
the statement that the 20,000 votes cast
for the Weaver elemenJi__6hould be
counted for Weaver, because the Demo
cratic ticket containing the names of
the Weaver electors was headed “Dem
ocratic ticket.”
The Populists say the only way now,
that the vote has been canvassed, by
which the voters can be prevented from
casting their votes for Weaver is a court
order restraining them from so casting
the vote. In the first place the voters
do not instruct the electors as to whom
they are to oppose for the presidency.
The electors may vote as they please;
moreover, the electors were more Peo
ple’s party men than they were Demo
crats. The Peopie’s party ticket was
not indorsed by the Democratic con
vention—it was nominated by it. Be-
fox - e the convention this point had been
carefully considered by the leaders who
directed the fusion movement.
ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
Why do so many pi-ople we see around
ns seem to prefer to suffer and be mat'e
miserable by Indigestion, Constipation,
Dizziness, Loss of Appetite, Coniine up of
the Food, Yeilow Skin, when for 75c we
will sell them Shiloh’s Yua'iz r, guaranteed
to cure them. Sold by City Drug 8 ore,
R. C. Orr Manager.
BOLD DESPERADOES
West Virginia
JUDGE JAMES R. LYLE
Has
College
believe if manufactories con d succeed"
anywhere they could succeed in Ath
ens if they were given the proper jar
ducements.
At the Athens Manufacturing Co.’s
Cotton Million Baldwin etree*, Mr. R.
L. Bloomfield was seeu. He said: *
“Business is good with ns, and we
expect it to continue, We have aboqt
five hundred bi nds now employed.
“Yes, we have applications for work
every day--a great many more than I
liketosea. With the right kind of
men almost any business would do well
in Athens.”
“What do you think of the present
(axes on manufactuers?”
“I never did think well of them.”
Other leading m&enfaoturers were
seen by the reporter, and their views 1
will be present d in tomorrow’s issue.
Masked Men Board a
Train.
Huntington, W. Ya. Doc 14.—Ad at
tempt was made here last night to rob
the east bound Chesapeake and Ohio
passenger train. Two men boarded the
train at midnight; one nearly six fret
in height, with long flowing hair, wore
a broad sombrero and had the appear
ance of cf a cow boy. The otter was a
red-headi d boy abut eighteen years
old, coarsely, commonly dressed. Both
wore belts heavily burdened with wea
pons.
Just after the train left the depot,
they both put on masks, drew large
Colts’ revolvers and entered the comb
immediately ahead of the sleeper. They
ordered all hands up an 1 proceeded to
search the passengers. One of the first
was a Mr. Eiser, or Tuck, as other re
ports say, walkirg in the aisle. He said
he had no money and resisted, in
stantly the tall man fired two shots it>to
bis brain and he fell dyit g. A panic
ensued dunr g which the train mm
reached the scene and a general light
ensued. The cjw boy pulled the bell
cord and the train stopped at Twentieth
street, where he and his companion es
caped. A passenger named Fl.<nna-
gan received & bullet in the foot daring
the fight.
There is no olee except a mask and an
oveiooat dropped by the robbers.
Shortly af erwards Bulwer Forgey,
who livid near the scene, beeri noises
on bis premises, and in going to tbe
door was assailed with revolver shots,
one bu'let striking him on the right
shoulder and breaking his arm. No
attempt was made to rob him and it is
supposed the desperadoes, trying to
escape in the dark, were determined to
prevent pursuit. Ic is suspected that
they are members of a gang of toughs
now infesting this city.
Huntikgto «, W. V*. k D c. U.—At 8
o’clock this evening d>t:ctive8 arrested
Bur well Forgey for the train robbery
on the Chesapeake & Ohio road. He is
tbe man who said he was shot in the
right shoufder after tbe robbery by
prowlers around his house. Forgey
corresponds exso ly to the description
of the till robber, and has been identi-
Word to Say About
Avenue Hill.
Editor Banner : -I desire, both as a
citizen of Athens and a proper y owner
on College avenue, to present a few-
plain facts in answer to your editorial
in this morning's issue, in regard to
cutting down the hdl on College ave
nue near tha G. C. & y. railroad depot.
You speak of the propos.d cutting
dawn of thishiil as being < f “question
able benefit.” Certainly you have not
considered the matter from a reasona
ble or rational standpoint Certainly
you have not consulted all the facts
connected with this proposed enter
prise, and you seemiDg y have lo.-t sight
i f the fact that this hill looms up there
as a standing monument, advertising to
every visitor to our c ty who comes and
goes over the G. C. & N. railro.d, that
there ia great lack i f public ent-rprU.e
on the pirtofour city. The G C &
N. railroad today brirgs to atd carries
from Athens more people than til the
other roads combined, and I dare say the
sams is largely true as to flights.
Then is it not a public necessity to have
his hill cut down ? I . there an enter
prise in contemplation in o ir city that
would go farther towards favorably ad
vertising our city ? Strang-rs • re easi
ly impressed, either favorably or unfa
vorably, with tho routes of entrance
and exit of our city. When the depot
of the Northeastern rai'ro&d was kept
at its former location, did not the eby
think it all important to grade a id im
prove the streets leading to an 1 from
'hat depot, pod hasten to make said im
provements? Is not the same true as
regards the Georgia Railroad depot?
Then why n< gleet or refuse to improve
the streets leiding to and from the G,
O. & N. depot? So much upon this
question as a much needed public en
terprise. Now as to the question of ex
pense.
The City Engineer, Capt Barnett,
stated that in laying and constructing
the new wat: r work*, one of the mains
will have to pass over this hill, and that
uni -ss the hill is cut down it will h.<ve
to be done at. heavy expanse to tbe city.
He further states that in cutting this
hill clown it w ill, aside from being a
grea f public advantage, save largely to
the city in the er.d in laying and mcin-
.aining said water mains Is tnia not
conclusive? Need more be said, in
ju-tificition of such needed public im
provement being ma le, especially as i;
will ui questionably save larg ly to the
city. I would like, Mr. Editor, to ask
you, where and what are the improve
ments of so much more necersity and of
•o much mote unquestionable b netit
ihan tbe cutting down of tlvs hill, and
vhichyou so positively allude to ia
y.mr editorial ?
Now, as to the quescion of damsge
uits which might arise out of thi3 im-
povemeut Every property owner
who would be iu the least effected by
cutting down thi3 hill, save Dr. E. S.
Lvndon, is desirou 3 , yea, even clamor
ous for the work to be done
In y ur yesterday’s issue I wis glad
t » see that Dr. Lyndon was willb'gto
arbi rate tnis matter, and ban g the
just and public sp : rite l man tha*. fceis,
I appreheud no trouble would originate
at his hand?, and of course none won'd
come from ihe other property owners.
Thanking you ia advance, Mr. Edi
tor, for giving spece in your col j nusto
these Lots atd views h» r. with submit-
tid, I am, yours respectfully,
J vs. R. Lylk.
. Ga„ Deo. 14. ’92.
fled by Mathescn as the /non who shot
him. / 1 HIS OWN SON KILLED HIM
SAM
An Incompetent Officer.
Knoxville, Dec. 14.—It' is reported
that the official ax will soon fall upon
the head of Major Edwin Fitzgerald,
traffic managor of the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia system.
The cause assigned is the great de
crease iu the profits of the traffic depart
ment of the road.
Did not See the Danger.
Anniston, Dec. 14.—Minerva Snow,
an aged negro woman, was knocked
from the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia track in Oxanna by a freight
t. «“* instantly killed. She was
anything walking ocross the track cloeely muffled
without hurting me. Why, I got so hungry against tha cold and did not hear or see
that I had to eat 5 times a day. I have now the train
fully recovered, thanks to ‘ train.
He Is Clearly Exonerated
Newspaper Chorees Against HI* Morality.
Atlanta, Dec. 14.—Tho libel suit
brought by Rev. Sam W. Small against
two newspaper correspondents for pub
lications concerning him dnring the late
congressional election ended in his com
plete vindication. The charge was that
Mr. Small one night in Lithonia, in the
hotel there, had his room filled with
negroes, to -whom he was giving out
money and campaign punch.
It developed on trial that the word
punch was a misprint for funds, and
that the money that he paid out was to
a church subscription brought to him
by several negroes. In the light of
these proofs Mr. Small stated to the
court that he had brought this suit to
establish the falsity of the charges,
which would be detrimental to his
character as a preacher; that he had
been grievously slandered, and that he
wanted the truth known.
The attorneys for the defense dis
claimed that their clients had intended
any reflection on Mr. Small’s character,
and had no animus against him at all.
Judge Westmoreland, presiding, con
gratulated Mr. Small on the fact that
(he evidence disclosed nothing but what
was to his credit; that not one discredi
table act had been brought home to
him, and (hat lie could go forth with
the consciousness that not one wrong
act attached to his character. The
judge spoke these words with evident
feeling, and iu suoh a way as to be very
gratifying to Mr. Small.
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fiwAXNi’s tbjizMXBx. J m Palma ft Kiussixfi*
L JarthqVefdlotof the Gilmore Murder.
D. Sparta, Ga , D:c 14 —The cornu r’s
tover
From Serioja. J ur y empmelltd to hold an inqir
the deceased body of Dr. W. R. Gil
more, who was ti led hero yesterday,
was composed of the best men in Han
cock county, and aft.-r a tho ntigb,
cireful invest’gition of ell the facts in
the case and afrer a deliberation that
listed oyer twelve hours brought tbe
following verdict:
“We, the jury, find that the d ceased,
W. R. Giim re, cams to his death from
a pistol wound from a pistol in tbe
hands of Reid Gilmore.
(Signed.) John Turner, Foreman.
Jas H. Rogers J. P., acting Coro
ner.”
Reid Gilmore is the eldest son o’’ tbe
decayed, and it is thought that in tbe
effort to shoot Julian W< s*, who was
clinched in the Btruggle with his f>
ther, he mis-aimed and killed his father-
The remains were conveyed l* s5
nighttothe home of his son-in-law,
George Hutchins, in the lower p rt of
this county. The Doctor for the P vC
year has been living in Warren c un-
ty, near the line of Olascock, b*it at tbe
time of his terrible taking-ofT, was mov
ing back to Hancock.
The wounded are doing well. J e;sie
and Reid Gilmore were releas- d from
jiil last nigh’, no warrant bsv.ng be e “
sworn out against them. The gran
jury will invesfgite the whole matter
and is now in session.
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