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THE ATHENS BANNER: ATHENS, GEORGIA. JANUARY 21, 1890.
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SHOT IN THE EYE.! OUR NEW RAILROAD.
4 VEGRO ROW IN OCONEE COUN- |
TY
AN INTERVIEW WITH A PROM
INENT CAROLINIAN.
Which Recall* ia the Killing: «f *cstt
l.oac by Perej Bflcil. mt the j
Deadly Pllhlrl .ttaddmed .Hob
ia Mrsrch •* ill' !H«rd*»er.
who Nirrrndrn tu (be
Sheriff.
He Talk* Abom the V 4k W. IHmi
Hopefully—A l.ine ef Fertile Fields
nod Flearishinc Tswns- Will
Ware the Next Cottas Crap.
Another shooting affray in Oconee.
It would seem that from the late nu
merous tragic dealers over in Oconee
that the Banker has been called upon
to recount, something had gone wrong
w,th our usually peaceful and law-abid
ing neighboring county.
The latest is a shooting affray at a ne
gro dunce last Saturday night near
High Shoals, and resulted in the in
stant death of a nelegerant darkey
It appears from the acccnnt. that lias
been rendered us by the sheriff of Oco
nee that on Saturday ni&lit last while a
negro dance was in progress on Mr. 11.
W. Price’s plantation near High Shoals
a negro named Scott LoDg from Mon
roe, Walton county, was shot and in
stantly killed by Percy Jmft-s, a negro
boy about nineteen xir twenty years
old. NV^aX Ni
A-JVOMAN in tub CASE,
The difficulty was about a woman, so
it appears from the story of those who
witnessed the scene, and Scott Long
fancied that Percy Jones had grown
more intimate with a dusky damsel who
claimed Ills affection than propriety
would permit. He made his charges
known by nubliely (’enouncing Percy
Jones while the dance was in progress,
ami said he would defend the woman
from Percy Jones’ outrages and with
this drew bis pistol, firing two shots at
IVloy Junes in rapid succession. As
soon as Jones could draw his British
Bulldog, 3d calibre, double acting, he
lire,I at his antagonist, the tirst shot en
tering the left eye killing him instant
ly-
MOB -VIOLENCE TIIREATEXKn.
Intense excitement was aroused by
the killing of Scott Long, and before
lus quivering body had grown stilled
in death, before bis friends had even
waited for his last ptnse to heat to tell
that he was dead, an angry mob was
being formed and mad vengeance was
afoot, The friends of the dead man
swore to wreak retribution according to
the law of ‘life for a life,’ ami set out in
liot pursuit of the absconding murder
er. All night long they scoured the
woods and coufltry for miles around,
avowing their mad determination to
kill I eroy Jones wherever he might be
found. Their search, however, was a
vain one for Percy Jones had surren
dered himself into the hands*of the law,
going to Mr. E. P. Frazier’s and giving
a full account of the affair.
On Sunday he was carried to IVat*
kiusville by Mr. Frazier and turned
over into Sherill Overby’s safekeeping.
He is now in jail and awaits bis trial
before a more impartial tribunal than
an entaged mob.
It is thought by Mr. Frazier that the
killing was in self defense and that
Percy Jones bus acted as any man
would have done under similar circum
stances.
The intense excitement among the
friauds of the dead negro still exists
however, and it is thonght by some
that, further trouble may ensue. Sheriff
Overby entertains no fear of an at
tempt to lynch the negro, however, and
ii is generally believed that the matter
is at an cud until the next term of
court when Percy Jones will be tried.
Another Account.
limn Shoals, (1a., Jan. 13.—[Spe
cial.]—Quite a tragic scene was enact
ed at this place last night at a negro
dance, whore one negro shot and in
stantly killed another. The particulars
arc as follows : As is usual a quantity
of liquor was on hand and the blind ti
ger did a thriving business until about
11 o'clock when a row ensued between
a negro woman and a man by the name
of Percy Jones. It seems that Jones in
sulted the woman, when Scott Long, a
negro, came into the racket and took
the woman’s part, lie drew bis pistoi
on Percy Jones, and call him a number
of vilefepithcte, which very naturally
aroused his irate spirit, which was al
ready considerably heated with the
aforesaid blind tiger liquor, and Jones
strucIQat {Long with a hickory stick,
thereby warding oil the pistol. After
striking Long, Jones ran from the
house and as lie did so snapped his pis
tol at him, but it failed to lire. Just as
Jones made his {escape from the house
L«ng tired at his retreating form twice
while he, Long, was standing in the
front door; neither of die shots, how
ever, took effect. Jones, thinking that
Long was following him, ran around to
the back door and as he started to enter
Long met him and said, “Here is the
d—m rascal again.” As lie said that he
again raised his pistol to tire at Jones,
but Jones was too quick for him, and
dtopping 'Vihis knees, fired at Long’s
head striking him just below the left
eye, killing him instantly. Jones then
lied from the scene of action and went
directly to the|house of Mr. James Fra
zer. for whom he wat working. lie was
accompanied by five of bis best friends,
w ho were eye-witnesses. They,awaken
ed Mr. Frazer and Jones made
straightforward statement of what he
had} done, claiming it all to have been
done in self-defence.
The Cofoner arrived upon the scene
of the killing just about sunrise and
summoned a jury, which after ap in
quest held for four hours returned a
Verdict that the deceased eajpe to his
death by a pistol shot, which was fired
bv Percy Jones and that the ac* was
premeditated killing.
A good deal of excitement prevails
among the negroes but no troube is
feared, as the negro killed is a notorious
ly desperate character and lie also had
killed a negro last year.
The Davis Fund.
Athens, Ga., January 13,1890.
Mu. Editor :—I have the pleasure of
adding to the amount hcietofore re-
jiorted the handsome sum of thirty dol
lars, which has been 'generously con
tributed by the young ladies of our
Luey Cobb institute, for the benefit of
Mr. 1 in vis’ family.
I hope to receive further sums from
other institutions in the city.
I beg to suggest to all who are In
clined to aid this noble object, that the
subscription will close by the last of
this week, as I propose by that time to
MJftfc® a final report to the District Com
mittee. .
Very respectfully,
Youko Li G. Harris,
Chm’n of Athena Committee.
TO BE HUNG.
HAWES WILL HAVE TO SWING
ON FEB. 28th 1890.
Notice of IMsoolalloB.
The firm of Griffietb &Mell is this day
dnsolveil, A. E. Gr.ffcth having sold bis
•merest and good will.
Qeoige A. MtH and Henry H. Linton
have formed a partnership upder the firm
of Hell & Jjinlon, and will continue
TS#r t.WpT 8 '
Awaking to the recognition of the
great benefits that are promised by the
rapid construction of the G., C. & N.
Railroad to this whole section of Geor
gia and the northern part of 8onth Car
olina, the Atlanta Journal in a recent
issue takes occasion to interview Hon.
W. C. Benct, of Abbeville, about the
road, \vhile;)ie was on a visit to Atlanta.
The interview with Mr. Beuet will be
interesting to the people of this section
for it gives the general aspect of theG.,
C. & X. as contemplated by one of the
“best informed men upon the needs aud
hopes of this section of the South,” as
the Journal says.
In talking with the Journal, Mr.
Benet said :
“The link of this road from Monroe,
N. C., to Chester, S. C., has already
been built and trains have been run
ning over it for a year. This aide of
Chester is being rapidly built, eight
or ten miles being already finished.
Surveying corps, one from Chester and
one from Atlanta, are pushing on to
ward the Savannah river. The South
Carolina corps has already reached
Abbeville, only twenty miles from the
Georgia line, and will in a few days
begin grading from that city.
WATER POWER ON TBS SAVANNAH.
“The road will cross the Savannah
river at the famous Trotter Shoals, the
property of James Edward Calhoun.
There are miles of water power at this
point sufficient to turn the spindles of
the world.
“This road, as you know, will con
nect in North Carolina with the exten
sion of the Seaboard and Roanoke,
familiarly known in that state as the
‘Cross Country road.’ The Georgia,
Carolina and Northern will also be
built across many established channels
of traffic and a large business will at
once seek this as a shorter outlet east
and Avest.
“One peculiarity of this road,” said
Mr. Benet, “will be that it will run
through
A CHAIN OF FLOURISHING CITIES.
There are, to begin with, Athens and
Elberton, in Georgia, and Abbeville,
Greenwood and Chester, in South Car
olina.”
'“How is this road being built and
equipped?”
“Judging from the portion already
built it will be the best constructed and
best equipped road in the Southern
States. The road bed is rock ballasted,
laid with heavy steel rails, the; bridges
and culverts are of massive iron and
the whole superstructure shows the
utmost care and the finest workman
ship.”
TIIE BENEFITS OF THE ROAD.
“What do you think will be the chief
benefits derived from this road?” Mr.
Benet was asked.
“In the first place it will bo the most
direct road from the North to the South
and southwest. It will be the short
line. Thechiefof its advantages to us in
South Carolina will be that it will give
us a western connection, better rates
and greatly increased facilities. It
passes through one of the finest cotton
belts in the Southern states, which
needs northern and western outlets to
he thoroughly developed.
“I would like to say,” said Mr.
Benet, “that this is Charleston’s op
portunity. She has been strangled by
hostile railroads. If she will now
build the Cumberland Gap railroad
from Edgefield to Abbeville, a distance
of forty miles, twelve miles of which is
already graded, Charleston will reap
the benefit of the western connection
of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern,
ind have two competing roa m to the
west. This route will place Charleston
twenty miles nearer to Atlanta. Fifty
thousand dollars of loeal subscription
have already been secured for this road
between Edgefield and Abbeville.
WILL MOVE THE NEXT COTTON CROP.
“The Georgia corps of surveyors of
the Georgia, Carolinaand Northern has
passed Elberton on its way to the Sa
vannah river, where it will meet the
surveying corps of the South Carolina
side. Th-road itself will be completed
to Abbeville in time to move the cotton
crop of this year, and its trains will be
running from Atlanta to the Virginia
seaboard in eighteen months.”
“How do the people welcome the new
road?”
“With gladness and great hope.
They expect it to aid in the develop
ment of their section, and to contribute
to their prosperity by better rates and
bett-.r facilities.
What it is doing for South Carolina
it will do for Atlanta and Northeast
Georgia. It will give to both a superb
short line to deep water and to the east,
naturally increasing the convenience
and lessening the cost of transporta
tion.”
A RISING YOPNgTaN.
How Mr. Charles W. Harris is Succeeding
In the Mercantile World.
There is nothing more gratifying
than to watch the upward steps of a
young man on fortune’s ladder, what-
everbe his vocation.
Mr. Charles W. Harris, a young man
who graduated from our University a
few year® aeo has a career that has been
watched with gratification and delight
by the Banner as well as by his hosts
of friends. When he left the Universi-
tv he did so with the eyes of his profess
ors and many acquaintances in the city
upon him, for his career here'.waa such
as betokened unbounded success in
whatever he undertook. He was not
long in obtaining an excellent posi
tion with the live and solid firm of Smith
& Carithers of vug Tavern. Here he
has been for several years as book-keep
er and general manager until this year
•Then he has assumed the position of a
copartner in the business. He is suc
ceeding in every manner possible
and is a rising young man n the vicini
ty of Jug Tavern.
Besides being a live and enterprising
young man he is highly educated^and
has attained no little esteem as a writer.
His news letters to the Banner are al
ways read with interest by every one.
We predict for him a life of eontinned
success, and press him on to better lau
rels by thus reviewing those he has at
tained in past days.
Dissolution ftp tier,
The firm of Weatherly A Ware is this
day dissolved by mutual consent, J- M.
Weatherly retiring. The business will
be continued at old stand, Thomas
street, by W. E. Ware, who assumes all
liabilities, and aU parties indebted to
Weatherly & Ware are requested to
make immediate payment to W. J£.
Mr Weather 1 ? was forced to retire on
account of tieiU health of his wife, and
will be compelled to move away from
Athens. J. M. Weatherly,
w, s. Waw. •
The Snprome Coart of Alabama
Affirms the D cjlon of the Lower
Court-Th Very L&esi.
Montgomery, ala., January 13.—
[Special.]- The Hawes case was affirm
ed by the Supreme court this morning,
and the sentence of oath imposed by
the criminal court of Jefferson county
ordered to be executed on Friday, Feb
ruary 28th. 1890.
AN ELABORATE OPINION.
The opinion of the court was deliver
ed by Justiee McClellan, and is very
elaborate, covering every seriously-
contested point presented by the record.
Its delivery was commenced at one
o’clock.
TIIK FEELING IN BIRMINGHAM.
Birmingham, Ala., January 13
AU the town is in a state of nervous
suspense awaiting the decision of the
Supreme court in the celebrated Hawes
murder case. It will be rendered at
one o’clock,
HE 13 RESTLESS.
The noted prisoner has been very
restless. All the morning he has con
tinually paced bis cell, while his brow
is contracted and his face very pale.
He refused to talk to reporters and the
sheriff baa forbid others to see him.
ANXIOUS FOR THB NEWS.
He remarked to Sheriff Smith at
noon: “My God, Joe, when do you
think the news will come ? I’d rather
be dead than to stand this awtul sus
pense. I did not sleep a wink last
night.”
FOE THB FIRST TIME.
For the first time .since the terrible
tragedy he seems unstrung. He is kept
in close confinement. People are
crowding around the telegraph offices
awaiting news from Montgomery.
A TERRIBLE CYCLONE
Scatters Death Throughout Kentucky
—Families all Killed.
Nashvillb, Tenn., Jan. 13.—[Spe
cial]—A terrible cyclone swept over the
country fourteen miles north of Union
City last night, destroying many lives
and bouses.
At Clinton. Ky., ten persons are
known to have been killed and several
wounded. Among the dead are Judge
Hodge and two children, a family
named Gaddle, and the wife of Railroad
Agent Ross.
At Wyckliffe, the section foreman
and several children were killed, and
near Moscow three persons named
Brail am are reported badly injured.
TO SOLVE THE RACE PRGBLEM:
Something About the Man Who Kants
a Negress for a Wife.
Platsmoutu, Neb., Jan. 13..—(Spe
cial)—Henry James Lambert is the
name of the young Englishman who
has written to Atlanta for the purpose
of securing a full-blooded negress for a
bride. Several weeks ago Mr. Lam
bert’s eye fell upon the following ad
vertisement, whicli appeared in an
eastern paper.
“To any respectable white man fur
nishing properuredentials as to charac
ter,who will marry my daughter I will
present on his weddingday with $1,500.
I am an honest colored man aud by in
dustry have accumulated a fortune.
Address G. W. Block,box 1,004 Atlanta,
Ga.”
On reading the advertisement Mr.
Lambert immediately wrote to
the above address, making a proposi
tion of marriage, with the stipulation
that the monetary part of the contract
should be lul filled and requesting as an
evidence of good faith that transporta
tion to Atlanta should be sent him. To
avoid being duped he has written to
the authorities at Atlanta asking them
to make proper inquiries as to the ad
vertisement and the probability of the
oiler being made good.
Mr. Lambert is twenty-eight years of
age and was born in Burwasb, England.
He has resided in America five years
and has made this city bis home for the
past seven months. He has no occu
pation but reeeivss monthly remit
tances from Europe, and on the death
of Jiis uncle he wi.l inherit a consider
able fortune. Of good education and a
fair degree of culture, he attracted no
little attention in this city, owing to
the peculiar ideas he advances as to the
means of solving the present race prob
lem.
Mr. Lambert advocates the intermar
riage of the Caucasian and negro races
and holds that by this means the negro
race will in the course of a few genera
tions become extinct, the fruit of the
first intermarriages being nmlattoes,
the second quadroons, the third octo
roons, and soon until all trace of the
Africa in future generations is oblitera
ted. It is in full accordance with this
view that he has made the proposition
above referred to.
Mr. Lambert is a handsome man,with
regular, dean-put features, dark hair
and piercing bright eyes. He is about
5 feet and 9 inches tall, built somewhat
stocky, weight probably 160 pounds;,
has broad shoulders and deep chest. He
has forwarded his photograph and is
awaiting a reply, which he daily ex
pects will arrrive accompanied with the
necessary transportation to Atlanta,
Cruelly Deserted His Wife.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jan. 13 —
[Special.]—Several months ago W. H
Bennett came to this city from Sterling
or La Salle, Ill., bringing his wife,
whom he had just married. He bought
a meat market, began business, and
prospered. Soon a woman named Mor
gan moved near hie home and an inti
macy spraug up between them. It was
not long before Bennett’s wife ascer
tained her husband’s perfidy. She
charged him with it, anil he admitted
it, but on promise of leaving the wo
man matters were amicably arranged
The promise of reformation did not last
for be was soon found in the woman’s
society in Omaha and various places in
thisoity. Two days ago Bennett col
lected all the bills possible, drew his
money from the bank and left with the
woman. The heartbroken wife secured
an attorney and prosecuted them,
but, although finding where they were
they were not reached. Today Ben
nett quietly returned to the city and
executed a bill of sale of all bis proper
ty to his bookkeeper. As soon as it was
known that he was here bis wife swore
out a warrant for the arrest of both, but
the? lied. Bennett is reputed to
uite wealth? and owns a large farm
■UMil. ,n
A TOUGH CASE.
THAT’S W11AT THE TRIAL FOR
THE WOODWARD MURDER IN
ATLANTA SHOWS OLD MaN
BONE TO BE.
Tbe Brgiasinf of Ihv Cose Yesterday—
Grtliag a Jsrr.
Atlanwa. Jan. 13.—[Special]—The
law is demanding satisfaction lor the
blood of Jim Woodward, who was shot
to death on December 26.
It will be remembered that the coro
ner’sju<y found that old man Jim Bone
was guilty of having done the shooting
upon his own confession, and Mrs.
Boue, young Jim Bone, Mrs Bucka-
low, sister of Mrs. Bone, Miss Jessie
Bone and Jim fiezbee, a “friend of the
family,” guUty of being accessories be-
fore}and after the fact.
The story, as developed at the coro
ner’s inquest, was that Woopward vis
ited the Bone family to see Miss Jessie,
a uote having been written to him, and
that he was waylaid and shot after
leaving the bouse. It looked like u
case of blackmail, robbery and murder
and hence the trial before Judge Rich
ard H.{Clarke attracted a large crowd of
spectators this morning.
The Bone family has been notorious
in police circles for several years. Jes
sie Bone is well known, having peddled
fruit on the streets when she was a
young girl. She is now about eighteen
years of age and is very good looking.
One of the Boue boys, aged fourteen, is
now serving a sentence in the chain-
gang for burglary. The family con
sists of the old man Jim, Mrs. Bone,
young Jim, Jessie Bone, Lem Boue,
Julius Bone and Chalmers Bone.
Mr. Charles D. Hill, state solicitor,
announced that he would be assisted by
in the prosecution by Hon. W.C.Glenn.
Mr. Park Woodward, brother of Jim
Woodward, was present.
Mr. James A. Gray and Mr. Frank
Walker appeared for the defendants.
The whole Bone family, with Mrs.
Buckalew and Jim Busbee, filed into
the court room aud sat in a row of
chairs immediately in front of the
judge.
The solicitor announced readylfor the
state.
Mr. Gray asked that one of the pris
oners be tried at a time. Tha solicitor
stated that the state elected to try old
man Jiiu Bone first.
Four panels, of twelve men each,
were called, and all answered to their
names, except one, and that was Mr. D.
W. Brownwell.
The reason Mr. Brownwell did not
answer was because lie was very deaf.
He was motioned to move towards the
judge, and asked if he was deaf. After
some trouble he was made to hear, and
he said he was very deaf.
“Why didn’t Judge Marshall J.
Clarke excuse you when you were im
panelled?” asked Judge Richard
Clarke.
“The bailiff wouldn’t let
anything,” was the reply
T’U overrule the bailiff,” said the
judge, “and you can be excused.”
When asked if he was guilty or not
guilty, old man Bone replied:
“Guilty.”
The defendant’s counsel said they
would pat in a plea of “not guilty.”
Solicitor Hill asked the court to de
cide whether the prisoner’s plea of
“guilty” should be considered.
The prisoner was asked to stand up
and the judge asked him if he pleaded
guilty to murder.
He replied no, but was guilty of the
shooting. His plea was then written
“not guilty.”
Out of sixty jurors summoned ten
were accepted, eighteen stricken by the
defendant, three stricken by the state,
and twenty-seven excused fot cause.
Court then adjourned for dinner,
Attorney W. C. Glenn says that the
case has assumed a new phase since
old man Bone pleaded guilty to having
(lone the shooting aud that the burden
w now on the defense to show that the
killing was justifiable.
AT THE CAPITOL.
TOE VERY LATEST FROM THE
NATIONAL CAPITOL—AN IN
TERESTING LOT OF NEWS.
Locke aud Johnson Get There* in
Macon and Savannah, Respectively.
ms ssy
Washington, Jan. 14.-*[Special]—
The president surprised the Georgia
republicans yesterday by sending in
Col. Dan Locke’s nomination to' the
senate. They did not expect it to go in
before to-day or to-morrow. It was
the lq#t name of a long lis^of appoint
ments and seems to h»vW been added
after the list was made up.
Colonel Locke was at his desk, this
niorniug smiling and happy. He does
not expect hi# confirmation [>efore the
end of the week, when he will m.\ke
ready at once and leave for his post.
Loclie is very popular with his division
and numerous regrets were expressed.
DR. CARLTON AT WORK. ■ "
The signs are that Mr. Grimes’, bill
for holding terms of the United States
court at Columbus will receive a favor
able report in the committee in the ju
diciary. Dr. Carlton has a similar hill
before that committee for Athens.
These two members were very active
on the floor during yesterday’s session,
to quiets any possible objection on the
part of the Georgia members whose
towns may lose business by the creation
of two new court towns.
Representative Stewart is going for
the committee of ways and means,
With a petition signed by as many
members as be can get in behalf of free
jute. Last night he unrolled his li^t
and exhibited quite an array of signa
tures of Southern members.
A SWORD RETURNED.
E.P. Nowell, of Monroe, Ga., the
son of a confederate soldier, has re
turned to J. H Spincer, of the 20th
Massachusetts regiment, a sword cap
tured from Captain Spencer by NoweU’s
father in 1864. It goes to Los Angeles,
Cal.,Captain Spencer’s present home!
Mrs. Beatrice Hill Pope, formerly Gf
Washington, Ga., but for several years
a clerk in the office of the first auditor,
treasury department, has been request
ed to resign. She is a widow and |a
niece Gf ex-Senator Joshua Hill, ! > of
Madison.
Representative Barnes has been
granted an indefinite leave of absenee.
He has hai a severe case of . influenza,
and ventured out beloro he was fully
convalescent.
JOHNSON APPOINTED.
Tom Johnson’s name has been sent
to the senate as collector at Savannah.
REAPPOINTED A TRUSTEE.
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THE WORLD’S FAIR.
1
Washington, Jan. 11,—[Special]—
The announcement that New ’fork and
Chicago,.through distinguished repre
sentatives, would present their claims
for the location of the proposed world’s
fair before the-senate special committee
on the quadro-eentennial to-day, was
sufficient to attract a crowd to the cap-
itol that .speedily exhausted the accom
modations of the senate reception room,
where the hearing was held.
There was such a pressure for admit?
tance that the committee contemplated
repairing to the senate chamber, but
found that a mle of the body forbade
the use of the chamber for any other
purriose than its own sessions, except
by special action of the senate.
New York’s claims were first pre
sented. Mr. Chauncey M. Depew de
livered tlie opening address and was
followed by Hon. w. Burke Cochran,
Hon. Warner Miller and James Wood,
President of the New York State Agri
cultural Society.
Major C'regier made the opening
argument in favor of Chicago and was
followed by Mr. Thomas B. Bryan.
E. T. Jeffrey of Chisago concluded
the open public discussion.
Senator Hiscock stated after the hear
ing closed that he would eall Hie com
mittee together again Monday morniag
at 11 o’clock and he expressed a hope
that a report upon the World’s fair bill
wonld be made td the Senate some time
next week.
DRIFTING TO ANARCHY.
Such Is the State of Belgium—Angry
Mobs In Arms.
London, January 13.—(Special)—It
is being seriously asked if Belgium is
not fast drifting toward anarchy and
whether the government will be able
to restrain the desperate workmen,
who, every day, give vent to their reck
lessness by deeds of violonce and acta
of incendiarism. To proclaim her
weakness by calling for the assistance
of other powers would be a step almost
as fatal for the government as yielding
to the strikers.
But it is plain something must be
done. The morning after the destruc
tion by fire of the bourse and theater,
the police were busy tearing dowu pla
cards, some of which were printed
with red ink and signed “R? 71,”
warning monarchs, money dealers and
usurers that their existence and pro
fessions were offensive and insulting to
an oppressed people.
The people say they are in want of
the commonest necessities of life, and
that tlie palaces and money temples and
places of amusement would be marked
for distraction until the cry of the
masses for justice was heeded. A po
liceman, while removing one of the
placards, had his head crashed by a
stone, and the crowd prevented the
capture of his assailant.
Extraordinary vigilance is displayed
in An*werp, where another conflagra
tion among the petroleum docks and
warehouses is greatly dreaded, and
merchants are complaining londly of
the extra outlay to which they are sub
jected by the measures of precaution
tbHUttafttn.
Dr. Fslton Will Still be a Trustee of
the University—Mr. Grady’s |
i , I Successor Named.
Atlanta, Jan. 14.—[Special]—There
are, or were, two vacancies in the boarg
of trustees of the State University;iOn|e
was caused by the death of Mr. Grady,
the other by the failure of the senate to
confirm Dr. Felton’s appointment.
The governor yet appointed
a trustee in Mr. Grady’s place, and he
has reappointed Dr. Fellon, who Will
bald the position under special appoint
ment until the meeting of the legisla
ture, when the senate will make the
confirmation.
When the doctor was appointed last
year, the senate failed te confirm him,
because there seemed to be some emolu
ment in the position of trustee from the
State at large, as fixed by the original
provide for JDr. Felton’s confirmation,
ilthough he was a member of the leg
islature. But in the hurry at the close
of the session, this bill, tilt)ugh passed
by the house, was left unacted upon by
the senate. i
Until the legislature meets,Dr. Felton
will hold his position uuder special ap
pointment. 7 1
DH. M1LLRB SUCCEEDS MR. GRADY.
Dr. H. V. M. Miller, the well-known
physician of this city, and one of the
old trasteesuf Athens University, has;
been appointed by Gov.iGonlen to fill
the vacancy in the board caused by the
death of Mr. II. W. Grady;
A better appointment could not have
been made. Dr. Miller is one of the
most earnest patrons of education. ■ He
in zealously interested in the welfare of
the State University, and he i« thor
oughly informed as to its needs.
He will greatly strengthen the board
of trustees, and will be a credit to his
city and State in that Important posi
tion. '■ L , 1
IS HE INS.iNE?
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THE ATHENS
-tw n
The Czar of Russia Appears te be a
Good Deal “Ofit”
London, Jan. 14.—[Special.] — Re
peated assertions of the insanity of the
czar are duly denied. But it is true
tiiat officials nearest his person find it
difficult to gain access to him, even for
the purpose of obtaining Jhis signature
to documents or r conferring witn him
upon moat important subjects. It ia
well known that some months
ago, io consequence of im
portunities of the czarina, he hod de
termined to pursue a more liberal policy
for the future: that among the meas
ures concluded upon were the pardon
ing of a greater number Gf political
ofienders, greater freedom for tne press,
and gradual remodeling of colleges and
schools, including the abolishment of
the censorship over text books in them.
While these conciliatory projects
were under consideration came the dis
covery of the latest plot, involving offi
cers personally dear to him, and in
whom he had the most undoubtingitrust.
The history of Russia under the re
mainder of his reign will be that of an
unceasing struggle between the cuu-,
ning of unscrupulous tyranny and the
craftiness of desperate* anarchy.
The deposition of Dorn Pedro has
stiri further confirmed the Russian,
monarch against the advisability of al
lowing the people too much liberty,
and the unusually long period of
mourning appointed in memory of the
empress of Brazil is the inauguration
of a defiant attitude toward the new re
public, that will be permanently main
tained. ,
It is impossible to affirm or deny the
report as to the Czar’s health, hut the
reticence held concerning it is deemed
supicions, and the effect is felt upon
every hours, in Europe^
PLAYED POKER.
They Then Got to Quarrelling and
Death Followed.
Waycboss, Ga., Jan. 13—A train
man from Brunswick gives the news of
a big disturbance near Hoboken, on the
Brunswick and Western road, in which
one negrG man was killed.
A crowd of negroes were playing
poker, and in a fight which grew oat of
the gambling, Jes Allen, colered. eut
and killed a negro named Ford, stab
bing him to the heart. > ’ ’
The murderer tried to escape, but
. was caught and bound and held till the
■ marshal arrived. The latter’s courage
1 alone saved the murderer from ■Vio
lence at the hands of the other no-
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