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THE ATHENS BANNEB TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 6 1890.
b0TH SIDES of a question.
Tbc M d .nd Umenubl. death of
jj H . phinizy greatly compIL
tkaif for* th* 8 < * UeslioD > an ^ we tru8t ) selves, but even save their maligners
that for the future harmony and 1 ‘
tie legUlsti™ race in our
Mr-
tSU n V and is looked upon as a —
Jiow to those of our people who
Vlli 0! ,posed to the prohibition law
>J()W enforced. They are left with-
*7, candidate, uulcas the Alliance
tn endorse Mr. Tol. Lester and ho
7i *in» iB th0 r8Ce ' 11 thiS d, * ne ’
r !, gpniieman has a better chance
[IrMiecess now than ever before.
a i<’
, ke nness and liquor drinking in
when we had bar-rooms.
Wlieve there is half as
consunn
isc i eased population. At
j, is n oi true that there is as ranch
driin
; \;iicrs a*
\Vr d<> not
IC 1, liquor consumed, in proportion
tu o.ir >
l ( , HSl ji is not seen on the surface.
j !ul there is no denyiug the fact
ihe sale Of liquor and beer in
Athens is on * frightful increase—
while ihe dealers are gelling
l 1 „;,|ersnd more open in their unlaw-
fu | business, not as many are poa-
i,lird a* a year or 80 *8°* ^ here are
two reasons for this: These venders
of intoxicating beverages have learn.
,,i how lo ply llieir nefarious voca-
ti oU und keep clear of the clinches
„! ilu* law; and then, again, our
.■ritiid jury is wearying of Uniting
true bills against offenders, to have
the indicted pariie> acquitted or the
cases thro ft u out of court
It is a <1 illicit it matter row to cob-
v j ( i, ii “blind tiger." There seems
t„ be u sort of st orct understanding
liciwcen the patrons of these divas
in sliiciJ the seller, even if they must
••stretch the blanket" a little it) giv
ing their testimony. Many of these
wiuuHM s do not intend to commit
i-rjiny;Hut they conduct negstia-
tmns for liquor in such a manner aa
to leave a loop- hole by which they
can escape, sud at the same lime not
mvict the man who sold to them.
In fnci, u man who will palrbsize
one of tltoee ‘‘blind tigers,’’ in a
nmral sense, is equally guilty with
the siili-r, aud this he feels. We
me heard men say that they would
lay in jail a year before testifying
gainst a party who was *‘kiucT’
enough to sell them whisky.
A man in Athens cau easily get
xll iii< whisky he wants, and yet the
city receive# only a revenue of $200
veil from its tula,
There are a great many good man
in Alliens—and men, toe, who do not
think themselves and am strong be*
liners in prohibition If properly e«-
iVieed — whq are growing dissatisfied
ftiili this open and flagraul violation
of l*w, anti had rather see the sale
of liquor licensed and placed under
Uriel police surveillance, than have
these numerous blind tiger lairs that
u|c cstahlimhed OB every cross stieut,
Ti*in ilenient will poll a surprising
strength, if they can center ou a
tfiliiime.
Now, ii the prohibitionist# desire
to emiliane in power, tiisy must lake
such a tops us will break sp this illicit
sale of liquor. The pitiful fines
plitml (,n (.fiVadcrs is nothibg hut
luw iicohse Tor the buainess—f#ir it
van he made in a few days. What
nc iicml is a lstw placing a fins of
$:jO0 nr twelve months in the ebaia.
S«nj upon every man convicted of
violating our prohibition isws. And
ii“- 11 lot the city ferret out these of■
feeders if it bankrupts our treasury.
1 here it no use in having a law un-
Ici* it in enforced.
one wants to see bar-rooms
iwiiHcd outside o( the city limits, or
Wilivt* in charge of objectionable
!U!U ; but if the sale is restored, its
advocates Say there should bo a high
liceusc, of not less thsn $2,500 per
tviium—and then retire the sg*
iii.nu, to be rqu on the iqpst public
i|re«U and with open doors.: w
* ot| l ( l »l*o be a good ideq not to let
U'vin keep open after night-fail.
■ J h is Willi Ifl rnmiiuo (Ka mA«
prosperity of our city, that the race
will be conducted in an orderly and
courteous manner. This, we feel as
sured, will be the case.
THE ATHENS POST OFFICE.
There are six republicans and four
democrats on the committee to which
the appointment of Matt Davis has
been referred, and one of the repub-
ean members will vote with the dem
ocrats against the confirmation of
this negro as postmaster at Athens^
It is also thought that another re
publican will join them soon, which
will defeat this outrage on our people.
But ilis the*general impression in
Washington that Pcistmoster-Gener-
al Waaamufcer, when be reads the
respeetfol petition t seat-him by tue
business men and citizens of Athens,
will respectTtktfr 1 Wishes and with
draw > Davis’- '-same, and nominate
some respectable and reputable white
republican. 1 “
It will be'a prou# day for Athens
when this degradation is lifted from
our city,-and -that we will escape tt
there stow seems but little doubt. -
•‘is would remove the most ob-
jfctionable features about the bq«i
jitbf:, and at the same time break up
l ' Uvi vi 8 e r dens, that are corrupting
> t! ‘e yoqtb of our city, and poisooing
divir patrons with the vilest stuff
niftue.
IV prohibitionists argue, on their
ku *‘i tliat our city ie doing well and
Pf ( ‘*pvring, and while wc have blind
, 8er8 is not near so much
'ft-liroaking and druukeoness.
"y * ft y that once restore bar
** won’t be loug before
ke ttquor wffl take charge of
r *->ty government—all safe-guards
a ’ Vuy ’ an< * >ke promiscuous sale
0,|| ‘l«'»r allowed.
Hwoare both sldseof
7 n ' 30,1 will doubtless bscomo
'r*. ***: issue in our legislative
settlement will only be left
iu\- Wb ' t * Votereof ««“• county,
• ‘ 11 ta *tters not whether high ii*
*«er prehibltioB triumphs, our
Ca * f#e * aH8ure< * that the r»-
oot * f ** r * nd lloue9t one, and
Vsn.tu Uencei * ll y either ignorance,
er money.
Ur people have all made up their
and enemies in spite of themselves,
Let the Alliance alone. It is do*
log a grand and noble work.
THE ATHENS BA . NER.
Ws do not like to brag ou our pa
per, but the flattering success with
which The Basneu is meeting is
certainly moat gratifying. Every
family in Athens and business mat.
in the surrounding towns are sub*
scrihers lo our Daily, while The
Weekly Banker is sweeping the
country. Our list is growing even
beyond onr most sanguine expecta
tions; and what is mors encouraging
still, the farmers hare adopted it as
their organ, and are enrolling them
selves by the hundred. We confi
dently count, before next fall, oa
having 10,000 weekly subscribers
Wheu this number is secured, the
Athens Publishing Company can
declare a dividend of 50 per cent, or
more, besides giving one of the b*.st
papers ia the Sauth. There aro 130
stockholders in our company. Let
each one go to work for The Banneb
and help to swell Us business. By
ao doing you not ooly increuse the
value of your own property, but givo
our city and country a substantial
boom. »,
The Banneb ia a fearless, out
spoken, organized democratic paper*
It is sever found a-straddle the
fence on any public issue, and in its
figbt for itsparty aud white man’s
supremacy, will show ao fsrors.lt
has stirred cleaned up the nest of
callawags, carpet-baggers and radl-
als, and has got its biggest gun re
served to yet turnluoseon the rascals.
Tug Banner is the friend of the
fanners and of the Alliance, and
will stand by the horny-handed sons
of toil to the end.
Our paper is on top—and don’t
you forget It.
HARRYHAYES PHINIZ JOINS
SILENT MAJORITY.
ThE SILVER BILL.
The advance in all manner of pro
visions and goods ie due to the pro
bable passage of the silver bill by
Congress. If this bill becomes a
law, you will see such a dawn of
prosperity break upon our country
as it has never before known. Not
! only will farm products go up, but
real estate and securities of all kinds
will he on a regular boom. New
manufactories will spring up as ir
by in agio, and our whole country
[ checked with railroads. Our farmers
can then lift fiom-their backs the
burthen of debt they have borne so
long, for cotton will bring fifteen or
I twenty cents per pound.
The only classes unfavorably af
fected will be the banks and capital
ists. Money will depreciate in value,
and these favored classes will not
longer have it in their power to ex
tort ou the necessities of the people.
Millions,that are now hoarded up
will lie used for the up-buildiug and
development of our country.
It is impossible lo estimate the
bei.eiiceut effects that the passage of
the silver bill will have on the coun
try at large. It will be the greatest
relief that congrtss can possibly ex
tend to our ]>cople.
We believe it will pass. The far
mers and business men of the whole
country demand it, and the powers
enthroned at Washington dare not
disobey them.
Life’s fitful '.ever o’er, he Tests
well!’’
Yesterday at half-past twoo’clo jk, the
soul of Harry Hayes Phinizy took its
eternal flight, and left behind sorrowing
aud weeping friends to mouru him dead.
Cut down in the vigor of his young
manhood, when the promises of life
were but opening to him, and the pros
pects of a brilliant future were fast be
coming assured certainties, his death
but serves to bring before the minds of
his friends the solemn fact that even
in the midst of life, we are in death.”
KILLED FOR REVENGE.
Peculiar Circumstances Attending: the
Murder of Jeff Moseley.
Fokabt City, Ark., May 1.—[Spe
cial.]—Jeff Moseley, colored, 15 years
old, aud living in Johnsou Township,
sight miles north of here, left home
Saturday afternoon to go fishing in a
small creek hard by. He did uot return
Saturuay or the next day, but as it was
Sunday aud he was supposed to be ofl
with other boys, nothing was thought
of his absence. Monday a searching
party 6ent along tbe*creek banks found
Jett* dead in.the creek uear the dwelling
of Tony Hairs. Col. R. W. Pevey,
[ loeal Justice of the Peace, at, onee sum
moned a jury of inquest. Drs. MeKnight
and McDougal examined the body and
I announced tliat the bo/’s neck was
broken, presumably by a* blow from a
heavy blunt instrument from behind.
Several witnesses were ex-mined, but
j nothing was elicited that would lead to
the identification of ttio murderer. Two
years ago a uegro named Tom Wise
| kilted another negro named Peter
Wright. Jeff Mosely identified Tom
Wise, and it was on Mosely’e testimony
th«t Wise was convicted at the fall ttrm
of the St. Francis Circuit Court, and
| sentenced to be hanged, which senteuce
was commuted to life imprisonment.
Wise’s friends have been heard to ex
press great feeling against the Mosely
j boy, and it is thought they know more
about bis killing than they are willing
to tell.
FARMING A SUCCESS.
THE PRICE OF COTTON NEXT FALL
Our farmers cau now sell their
cotton lor August and September
delivery at 10$ cents in Aiken*, and
it is the general impression that it
will bring 12^ cenisi This is cer
tainly an encouraging outlook for
oar Southern planters, and it means
for them not only plenty and pros
perity. but emancipation from debt.
There in but one cause lo assign
for the advanced prices paid for cot
ton Inst season and that are bid for
next fall—and that is the organize
lion of the Parmer’s Alliance. We
doB’t care what the speculators and
warehousemen say—this Alliance
movement is at the bottom of the
whole master; and had not the far%
cners organised, they would tosday
be selling their staple for 8 or 9 cts.
There is not any greater demand
for cotton now than throe years ago,
whan we take into consideration the
increased production.
Heretofore the speculators had
everything in their own bands, and
oeuld meet ia New York and Liver
pool and fix prices, and the poor
farmer had to take any pittance they
would offer him. Bat these ‘‘bears”
have now struck bed-rock ia the
Alliance, and find menjnst as de
ter mi Bed ae themselves; and be
sides, the planters hold all the trump
cards in the game, in the shape of
the cotton bales.
Even those men whs most bitterly
opposed the Alliance when it'
first organized, and denounced the
farmers be a lot of ignorant fanatics
shwuld now see the error ef their
way. In a quie*, peaceful, yet dc
termiued way, the Alliance is work
ing outtbo salvatioB of our country,
and in two short yoars have accom
plished more than the politicians
wars able to accomplish in a quarter
of a century.
Shew us the man who says the
farmers are unworthy to bo trusted
with the gevernment of our great
country ? Why. they have gone to
work and will not only save them
Hon. J. K. Thompson, of Banks, a Liv
ing Illustration of the Proof.
Homku, April 30.—Your correspon
dent in company with Onlituiry Hill
and Hon. J. K. Thompson, after ac
cepting the invitation of the latter to
tea yesterday evening, began a pleasure
trip through the fields of this giunt
farm. Just after leaving the incor
porate limits of Hoiner, we traveled
along the Hudsou river for four miles
through fields aud hedges belong!ug tj
our escort.
The waving oats, green pastures,
numberless acres of cotton and corn,
and bafus and store-houses 6f every de
scription, filled to their utmost
pacity, botoken the wealth /of one of
the staunchest fanners in Georgia. He
is indeed the James Smith of Batiks
county, working as he does, from sev
enty-five to one hundred hands, twenty
to thirty mules, twelve Lead, of oxens,
and pas mres fifty to one hundred head
of cattle. •» s
Ilia system of farming strikes one
with the idea that his judgmeutis never
wanting, but on the Contrary, his ex
periments have always been successful
The grasses are of every variety, his
stock is of the best improved and the
terracing and ditches are seen In every
field where there ia the slightest in
clined plain. He also deals largely in
saw-nulling, which he has made equally
as successfully.
With all the luxuries known to tills
country, and with his earnest efforts
aud hospitable manner to make those
around him easy aud pleasant.
We were ushered iuto the house of
this mammoth farmer and gentleman
where we were entertained by one o1’
the best women in Banks county, who
spared no pains to make the occasion
such a one as the Lords of England, or
the millionaires. of this country may
envy.
A model farmer and gentleman, and
a noble woman, surreuudett with every
thing tbat«ould he asked, as is found
there, easily inspires the desire to be
farmer.
SHOT FOR THEIR FOLLY.
One Boy Killed and 'Two Others
Wounded While Insulting a Newly
Married Coume by a Chhrivarl.
Nuw Orleans, May 1.—[Special.]—
I The’Timcs-DemocrafVAlexandria, La.,
special says: “Last Saturday night, in
| this parish, about twenty-two miles
west of Alexandria, a boy aged 14,
named Jam s Berry Johnson, was kill«i
andtw.o others, F. 11. Mitchell audJas.
Bitcbie, we to wounded. Clay Stewart
and Thomas Gentry, charged with the
homicide, were brought liuiv ou' Sunday
night aud committed to jail, Stewart
| had receutly uianied and thayouug
men concluded they would cb«ravari
him and the bride. They were, fired on
| by Stewart, with the result mdutioued.
Horribly Burned on Her Wedding Eve,
Fobt Dodge, Ie.; May 1.—[Special.]
—While preparing for her wedding this
morning, Miss Lizzie Warner wasemp-
. tying h.r trunk and threw the rubbish,
coiitaiuing a pound of gunpowder, into
the stove. It exploded instantly. The
llamas darted over the Miss Warner'
I body before sho could move, and her
head, arms and chest were badly burned
: and her hair singed o tlrely off. She
may recover, but will be badly disfig
ured. She was to have been married to
morrow.
HE RESTS WELL.
THE
Young Life Full of Promise Cut
Short—His Death at The Commer
cial Yesterday—The Funeral
Services.
his career as a journalist, and as editor
of this journal won rank and distinction
among Georgia editors. Since that time
he served as city editor of the Athens
Banner, reporter for the Atlanta Con
stitution, and as Washington corres
pondent for the latter paper. He was
always considered one of ti.e mo.-t bril
liant writers in the State of Georgia.
Endowed with good looks, engaging
manners, sprang from a family of excel
lent standing, genial, clever, and at
tractive, with money at his command,
which he scattered with a generous
baud, and above all a mind equalled by
few in the State for its natural brillian
cy, Harry Phinizy presented the pic
ture which is not very abuudant in out
State to-day. ..
He comtnauded the respect of all
classes by his manly manners and cour
teous bearing.
A man of deep convictions and a dis
position to stand by them at all hazards,
be challenged the admiratiou of all for
his striking characteristics.
CH ASEDBYA PANTHER.
The news of the death of this bright
and promising young roan fell with a
sudden shock upon the ears of his many
friends and acquaintances, and many
refused to believe that it could be true
until convinced absolutely that it was a
sad and melancholy fact.
For several weeks, Mr. Phinizy had
been suffering from dysentery, and had
been under medical treatment for some
time, but his friends had uo idea that
death was near at hand, and in fact the
doctor in attendance did not thiuk him
fatally ill. A short while ago he stood
at the Middle bridge and in a firm and
manly voice addressed the voters of the
First Ward upon the issues iuvolved in
the legislative race, lie complained
then of suffering very much, aud in &
short while was forced to go to bed
from sheer exhaustion. Dr. Jno Ger-
diue was called in to attend him at the
Commercial hotel, and under bis treat
ment Mr. Phinizy steadily improved
aud was thought to be ou the road to a
rapid reeoveiy. Yesterday he was
much better, and ate rather b.a'tily for
dinner. About two o’clock lie turned
deathly sick at the stomach, and vomit
ing sat in, which exhausted him very
much. Immediately upou this he w as
attacked by a violent hemorrhage of the
bowels, uneer which he fainted and
never again regained his consciousness.
When the hemorrhage came on, there
was no one present except George
Davis, a waiter.who was attending him
in liia sickness, and as lie fainted, the
negro ran to him and attempted to re
vive him, but without avail. Dr. Ger-
diine was summoned, but could not be
found, and Dr. Pope was sent for.
He came very quickly, but ere he
reached the bedside ef the suffering
young man, the struggling spirit had
shvken offits mortal coil.
Harry Phinizy was dead!
The sad news spread rapidly and sor
rowing frieuds came from every section
of the city to view, the dead body of
thcii friend and associate. Tender
aud loving hauds smeothed baek the
raven locks upon his brow, and the
handsome features ef the dead appeared
as tranquil aud serene as if he were
sleeping a calm and peaceful sleep.
From every class of people in Ath
ens came friends to mingl* their sym
pathy with others, and around the
body of this brilliant and talented son
of Athens, all laid their tributes of love
and affection. A solemn scene it was
in the death chamber, as strong men
stood by with beating hearts and gazed
upon the features of the dead.
With all the troubles of earth at an
end, with all the cares attendant upon
mortal life removed,calm and serene he
was sleeping the last, long sleep that
knows no waking.
HABBY PHINIZY’S LIFB.
The life of Harry Phinizy is well
known to the people of Athena, for here
it was that he was born, here that he
lived in the splendor of his young man
hood, and here that he died but yester
day.
Harry Hayes Phinizy, the seventh son
of the the late Ferdinand Phinizy, was
horn in Athens, Ga., February 4th,
1863. He was educated in Athens and
sj>ent most of his days in the Classic
city. He was sent to the High Schools
of Athens early in bis^ childhood, and
took a thorough and complete.course of
studies there. He fras recognized
amoug his teachers and fellow-class
mates as the most ready scholar in the
schools, and oftentimes bore the palm
of conquest away from his competitor*
in contests for scholarship.
He enter-d the University of Georgia
at the age of fifteen, and was graduated
in 188*2. Dining his college course
he was a prominent member of the Lit
erary Societies, and figured most conspi
cuously in the debates and competitive
deiclam'ationg, taking every society hon
or. He received the gold medal for sec
ond best debater in bis sophomore year,
and represented the Demostlieuiau So
ciety most ably in the inter-collegiate
debate detweou Mercer and the State
University which occurred in Macon
during hi* senior year.
He at first determined to study law,
and accordingly went to the University
of Virginia, where he spent two years.
But journalism bad greater attractions
lor him, and he laid aside the well-read
volumes of Blackstone and Broome to
take up the facile pen which has flashed
over *0 many Georgia papers, preclaim-
A Farmer’s Terrible Midnight Adven
ture With a Ferocious Beast.
Samuel Earns, a farmer living nine
miles northeast of Garbon, narrates a
thrilling adventure with a panther
which be experienced n short time ago.
He left Carbon for his home about' sun
down, depending on the light of the
moon to Aid him in keeping the road
with his team. About seven miles out
a strange-looking animal crouched in
the road a few yards in front of his
horses, who became frightened aud re
fused to proceed. Earns could distin
guish but little in the darkuess, except
a pair of gleaming ayes. He was un
armed aud at a loss to know what to do.
Presently the animal uttered a piercing,
half-human cry that started the fright
ed horses and greatly alarmed Earns,
who remembered that a panther had es
caped a drive but a few miles away a
week or ten days ago, and that the beast
was evidently tbs strange animal before
him Leaving the road, the panther
mounted the fence and disappeared on
the other aide.
Earns gave whip to his thoroughly
frightened horses, who responded by a
lively gallop, eager to get away from
the place. But the panther had only
changed tactics. A short distance ahead
he remounted the fence in pursuit. The
whip was applied with renewed energy
and a lively chase followed. TUe pan
ther kept his position near the wagon
all the time, exeept now and thei. wheu
he got in advance, when he couohed as
if to spring upon the farmer. Once or
twice It seemed he would fiud opportun
ity, but the unevenness of the road
caused the wagon to lurch heavily or
the distance prevented. The beast was
evidently hungry and its desperate con
duct was enought to chill one’s blood.
The race had been kept up till Earns’
home appeared in view. A s.nrp turn
in the road, at which place was an em
bankment, was ahead. The hungry
beast aud gained this, and as the team
hurried by lie made a desperate leap at
the farmer j but, happily for Earns,
missed liis aim. As it was, he graz d
Earns’ shoulder witli his savage claws,
and then striking on the edge of the
wagon, rolled to the roadside. In
another minute Earn* reached ins house,
where his faithful dog came to his re
lief: He procured a gun, but the pan
ther had engaged the dog and so fright
fully torn it' with its claws tliat the
canine died in a few hours. He got a
fair shot at the beast, but oWing to the
excitement lie missud, but at the report
of the gua the panther uttered a low
cry of pain and disappeared in tee dark
ness. Bloody tracks were found next
morning, and, as nothing has been seen
or heard of the panther since, it is to be
hoped he is dead.
Mother Dead, Soalnsane.
Ottumwa, Io., May Special.]—
Mrs. Sarah Ilohbs, 64 years of age, had
both legs cut oil'by a “Q” switch en
gine today. She died. Her son, it is
thought, has become insane on account
of the accident. ■
SHILOn’S VlTJLIZr.lt is what you
nc*d for Onr.slipmior., Loss of AppMlte,
Dizziness, niui nil of Dyspepsia.
PriCo 10 and 75 cents per bottle. For sale
by John Crawford & Co.
DENS OF RAILWAY KINGS
OFFICES WHERE TRANSPORTATION
MAGNATE3 DO THEIR WORK.
Each Seems to EeScct In a Degree the
Personality of Its Occupant—The Geni
ality of Mr. Depuw uud tlio Reserve of
Mr. Gould.
[Oopyrisht, American Press Association.]
It has been asserted that people pos
sessing marked individuality frequently
impart it to the rooms, offices or work
shops which they occupy, so that when
AN AGED LADY’S DEATH.
Mrs. Elizabeth Weatherly Dies Yes
terday Morning.
Mrs. Elizabeth Weatherly, an aged
mother in Israel, died yesterday morn-
ilia in this city after a short illness. For
several weeks she had been in declining
health, anil having served the three
score year* and ten allotted to mankind,
her death was not entirely unexpected.
She was the wife of the late William
L. Weatherly, and the mother of our ea-
teemed fellow-citizens, Messrs. J. M.,
C. N., and W. 11. Weatherly, and Mrs.
H. It. Bernard. As the Christian dies
Arm in the f.ith of the Master, so died
this aged servant of the Lord. Her fu
neral will occur to-day, and her remains
will be interred in Oeonea cemetery.
IN OGLE THOR PEL
How the Race Is Progressing There.
Politics will not be so warm as one
might think in Oglethorpe county. For
a while it was thought that Oglethorpe
would furnish at least one aad possible
two candidates for Congressional honors
and hence it looked as if this county
would make & [lively scramble for the
honor ef representing the eighth. But
such prognostications lhave fallen fiat
and Oglethorpe will not contend for
the prize. Rev. J. G. Gibson has de
livered a most powerful speech to the
farmers of that county, and if any man
ie beloved by a community it is certain
ly he. But he will not be in the race,
and cannot be urged to enter.
The report that Hon. John I. Olive
had thrown down the gauntlet proves
to be ill founded, and he will not con
test for the place.
However, things will be lively be
tween Messrs. Colley, Lawson and Fos
ter,and there is' no telling who will win.
• A GLIMPSE OP MR. DEPEW’S DEN.
one enters the long used apartments of
an acquaintance he recognizes In the
placing of the chairs, the arrangement of
papers or the very trick of tho adjust
ment of s book or piece of bric-a-brac the
personality 0)5* his friend. Perhaps it
may be due to constant association that
the owner and room become inseparable,
nr possibly a man may transfer some sub
tle Influence to hi* place of abode.
This, 1 think, must be tho case with
the great railroad magnates—all of whom
are men of the strongest .individuality—
and their offices. For instance, I called
recently upon Mr. Chauncoy M. Depew
and ou sending In my can! was admit
ted. Mr. Depew was seated at an enor
mous dusk which was literally covered
with all sorts of papers and letters, and
which, Judging from a hasty glance, rep
resented the social os well as business
phase of his life. When 1 entered he
(although he had never seen mo before)
extended his haud aud with a kindly
smile said: “Dodge, how are you? sit
down. What can 1 do for you?” I had
W1IKRB JAY GOULD LABORS,
formulated my message before entering,
and poured It into his ear in about four
teen seconds. He declined to grant my
request, bnt I left feeling almost as good
as if hs had, all because of his courteous
treatment.
Although an air of perfect quiet per
vades President Depew's offl ce, one can
not but feel that an enormous amount of
work is done there. Mr. Dopew is very
methodical in his business habits and
methods. If he were otherwise, ho could
not possibly attend to his oonntless du
ties* much leas find time to devote to a
thousand and one social obligations. He
is the only railroad president in New
York who goes home to u midday meal.
This he ia able to do on account of the
proximity of his house to the Grand Cen
tral depot Of course a large portion of
the routine work ia token off his hands
by his secretary, Mr. H. C. DnvaL Mr.
Depew is president of the New York
spirit in a number of other large roads,
has the most elegant office of any of the
railroad magnates of New York. It is
situated in his owu building, at tho cor
ner of John street and Broadway. Mr.
Corbin lives uptown in magnificent style,
but according to the charter of tho
Philadelphia and Reading company ho
has to keep a large establishment in
Philadelphia, at which place he spends a
portion of each week. He is very ap
proachable and wonderfully genial and
kind and makes one feel at home at once.
He ia extremely exnct in the observance
of business methods, but imparts a glow
of warmth and good cheer to his office
that makes one feel thoroughly com
fortable. He Is given to making remarks
full of shrewd humor. His hobby is his
deer preserve in New Hampshire, and if
one touch upon that topic ho will at
once wax enthusiastic and find time to
send the porter-upstairs for a couple of
maguificent life size crayon sketches of
the “king and queen’' of the elks.
Mr. Collis P. Huntington is accessible,
when in town, during business hours to
those only who have matters of the most
pressing importance to present. He is
rather brusque, bnt always agreeable, so
long as one doesn’t infringe unjustifiably
upon his time. He is now nearly 67
years old, yet he acts as president of tho
Southern Pacific route—which includes
Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Steam
ship line—the Louisiana and Western
railroad, the Texas and New Orleans
is ^ ,
MB. SAMUEL SLOAN’S PRIVATE OFFICE,
railroad, the Galveston, Harrisburg and
Ban Antonio, the Southern Pacific of
New Mexico, the Southorn Pacific of
Arizona, tho Southern Pacific of Califor
nia, the Central Pacific and a number of
other lines in California and the west.
, Probably one of the most interesting
of all tho railroad presidents who have
their offices In New Yoric is Mr. Samuel
Sloan, president of the Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western railroad. Very few
people know that he is an Irishman. Ho
was born, at Lisburn, near Belfast, in
1817. Coining to America when young,
he received a good education at Colum
bia Grammar school in New York, and
was afterwards a merchant, supervisor
and state senator. ; Ho was president of
the Hudsou River railroad from 1855 to
1803,.and also acted as commissioner of
the trunk lines. Ho was elected presi
dent of the Delaware, Lackawana and
Western in 1867, and is now president
of u dozen smaller roads and a director in
the Western Union Telegraph company.
In his business habits Mr. Sloan is
clockwork itself. He opens, reads and
answers all of the official and personal
letters that come to liis office, never em
ploying a stenographer, arid this, too, at
77 years of age. Ho is passionately fond
of flower^ and nearly every day brings
huge bunches down town, which he puts
in glasses on his desk. During the sum
mer Mr. Sloan lives at Garrison’s, on tho
Hudson, about fifty miles above New
York, and makes the trip to and from
the dty every day, getting to his offico
at 10 a. in. and leaving at 2:30 p. m.
Mr. Sloan has tho reputation of being
crabbed and liard to approach. Ou tho
contrary, he is the kindest of men if ono
only has sufficient sense not to attempt
to talk to him when he is overwhelmed
with business matters. All his clerks
are very fond of their aged chief.
Hkxry Irving Dodge.
8HOT THE AGENT.
The Crime of Two Negroes at Jasper
Yesterday.
Jaspbr, Ga., May 1.—[Special.]—
Two negroes entered the Georgia South
ern and Florida depot here about one
o’clock yesterday morning and called
for a ticket.
While Mr. Haley Frank, the night
telegraph operator, acting as agent,
was preparing the ticket one of the ne
groes shot him ODd then they robbed
the office and fled.
One of the negroes was captured at
Melrose yesterdav aud the other is be-
ng hotly pursued.
WINNIE DAVIS’ MARRIAGE.
It Is set for Early June and to Take
Place at Beauvoir.
SYnacusE, N. Y., May 1.—It is said
here the marriage of Miss Winnie Davis,
daughter of ex-Presidont Davis of the
Confederacy, and Mr. Alford Wilkinson
of Syracuse, will take place early in
June at the home of the Davis ' family
in Mississippi. Mr. Wilkinson and a
party of Syracuse friends will go to
Mississippi in a private car. Mr. Wil-
kinson will meet MLs Davis at New
York ou her return from Europe,
whence she sails May 10. Miss Davis
has purchased her trousseau in Paris.
“How K> Cure all Sk n Diseases”
iug the genius of the man who wie ded ! Mma“fuii U ^erapi I ous 1 ou < ^
it. j &c..,1 aviii’;: tlio skin clear
Here in the Classic City of Athens, on ! ltaheaM °.g 5”j* UY ? P°w*»
tho Weekly Chronicle, ne commenced swaySs’s OnanENT.' y r
TOS
AUSTIN CORBIN’S WORK BOOH.
Central, and was recently elected a di
rector hi the Western' National bank,
the stock of which, on his election,
jumped from GO to 111.
The jjiissouri Pacific president, Mr.
Gould, ia the liardest man in New York
to get at. One has to roach him, if at
all, through ia whole corns of secretaries
and assistants. It is safe to say, how
ever, if one’s message is of sufficient im
portance to reach Mr. Gould ho Will; be
accorded an interview. Mr. Gould is
idly courteous and chillingly polite. He
will listen with attention, but the visitor
must needs be brief.. When Mr. Gould
gives an answer it Is conveyed with a
quiet decisiveness that admits of ho-fur
ther discussion, and the caller goes out
into the cheerful stmshiue with a feeling
of relief. The very office hakan air of
reserve about it, although its appoint
ments are most luxurious. Its nuriter
v ~’ * /'Ar
C. P. HUNTINGTON’S BUSINESS HOME,
does not spend much time there, <
tag hugely upon a corps
Mr. Austin Corbin, president of
itadmd,
Discovery of a Pre-Hlstorlc Town.
Much importance is att: soiled by those
engaged in researches . relative to the
early records of the human race to tho
recent discovery on the Ohio side of
the river near Parkersburg, W. Va., of
the remains of a pre-historic village. The
town site comprises an area of about four
acres, and over the entire area the earth
is slightly burned, having n reddish
color, and., is thickly intermixed with
fragments of pottery, streaks of ashes
aud fragments of bones of animals and
human beings. In several places are to
be seen tho ruins of what seem to be an
cient fireplaces,containing charcoal inter
mixed with charred nuts of various sorts.
Around these fireplaces are found orna
ments and Implements, such as battle
axes, belts, knives, drills, spear and arrow
potato, and ornaments made of bone and
slate. The spear and arrow heads are of
fine workmanship, and are *ijl of Very
hard substances, us agate, chalcedony,
cornelian, quartz, jasper and slate.
End of the Samoan DlHInulty.
The recent signing of the final protocol
of the Samoan treaty at tho German for
eign office to Berlin by tho representa
tives of the United States, Great Britain
and Germany removes from tho realm
of international dispute a perplexing
question that at one time threatened to
involve at least two of the powers named
to war. Samoa is far away, the islands
are of no particular value save to the
native inhabitants, and the regulation of
affairs there could advantage noho of tho
three natioua mentioned to any remark
able-extent. Yet the dispute was for a
time of serious dimensions. Now it is
well out of the way, it is to be hoped,
for a few.years at least.
Slie Preferred Purls.
Nostalgia 13 as prevalent today as
when the German guards of Justinian’s
palace at Constantinople killed them
selves because they had lo3t hope of ever
again seeing the Rhine they loved. Tho
latest interesting case of homesickness
on record is that of Mile. Jennie Dude-
castio, a French'maiden of 17. She re
sided to Chicago With tbkitivcs, but
pined for the native air of “gay Paroe.”
she packed her trank the other day, ap
propriated $100 that chanced to be in tho
house and caught' a steamer at New
Ybrk before her friends learned what
had become of her.
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