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aftep; a brute, a pathetic story.
TV/O CEORGIA OFFICERS AFTER A [KILLING OF THE NEGRO BY AN AT-
” negro criminal. lanta boy.
NEK- TUESDAY IORNING, OCTOBER 7.
REVISING THE CENSUS.
He Assaulted the Daughter of a Prom- He Went Home After the Killing—The
M — Macon Lawyer—Hanging 1 t*.*i Q i —■ .. ,,,ms — 1 ne
BILL
OF
NYE GIVES SOME RESULTS
HIS EXPURGATORY LABORS.
Would Be Too Good for the -Rascal.
. wi.ll I'.' l ‘ w3 Tele^i-am AKSoriation.
! 1, 1( , s \ n.i.ii, Ky., Oct. 2 —Lynching
,. wr i">» «'*o«] for the brute for whom
( l lt , \i:icoii, G*., officers are in the city
. Ul( tiug. They arrived here on Satur-
(lav L . v «-iiing in company with William
IluiiK . tailored, whom they had to iden-
t jf v their mail should he be caught.
l v, i v locality where negroes congre-
‘'was visited, but the man wanted
not found. In an oontz game last
„kIii Battle was arrested and the nffi-
c,P, called upon Detective Daly to assist
Ha m in getting him out. Tha matter
explained to Judge Thompson, and
j, e promptly discharged the case.
Hie particulars of the crime for which
tin- fugitive is wanted will create a big
scu.sation in Macon when they become
'liiown there. Thus far, however, the
police authorities have kept it away
( r „m the Macon newspapers.
>1 ss Winnie GernMine is the sixteen*
year old daughter of Judge A. F. Ger-
a tiiuc, one of the wealthiest and most
iiroininent lawyers, in Georgia. 'They
live about two miles .iut from the city
of Macon, and the young lady had lieeu
to the northern part of the State at-
tending a female seminary. On Satur
day three weeks ago she concluded to
.p,'iid Sunday at home, and wrote ap-
pri.-ing her father of her intention,
she did nut say which train she would
.tart on, and when she reached the
M u on Union depot at night there was
no one there to meet her, her father hav
ing gone to another depot. Miss Win-
ni stilted the case to a couple of police-
uieii who were stationed at the depot,
mid they offered to escort her to a hotel
l.ut she was anxious to reach home that
night, and dually at her earnest soliei-
tuiion, they found a hack man who
agreed to uke her there. Her baggage
uas bun lied into the vehicle and the
nun whipped up his horses. When
tii y were about a half mile from Judge
Geraldine’s house the negro stopped his
horses, entered the hack and, although
the young lady made a frantic resist
ance lie brutally assaulted her. Then
throwing her ineeusible form into the
mad, together with her baggage, he
drove away. Later on Judge Geral
dine drove aloug and found her* She
was taken home home and a physician
was summoned,who restored her to con
sciousness. Since that time she has lin
gered between life aud death, and there
i- hut a slight chance of In r recovery.
Judge Geraldi. e notified the police
department to spare no expense to effect
tlir brute’s capture, and offered a large
ri-wanl as an incentive. He further em
ployed Detective Patterson to work on
tiic casc until the man was caught. The
hitler ascertained that the uauie of the
lu jrrodriver was Will Singleton, and
that lie had left for Atlanta immediately
after committing the outrage, lie fol
lowed him there only to tiud that he had
gone to Chattanooga. A thorough search
of the latter place revealed that he had
been there, but had gone to Knoxville.
\V ith the assistance of the police he
would have caught his man there, but
in some maimer one of the negro's
friends learned of Detective Patterson’s
mission and apprised him of it. Sin
gleton, who is a shrewd young fellow,
:it once boarded the Louisville and
Nashville train and came direct to this
place. The officer was right on his
triul, though, and followed him here.
Battle, the negro who is assisting Be
tel ive Patterson, has foaud that be is
now in Nashville, and this evening
they w ill leave Jor that city. Accord
ing’to the instructions o* Judge Geral
dine, tire search is to be kept up for ten
Tears, if neeessaiy, for he is determin
ed that Singleton shall .be caught and
puni-died, cveu if it itcosts bis entire
luruine.
Little Boy Locked Up
His Mi -
Scene
His Mother and Sister-An Affecting U ° Sa, “ Ho ° cc »»>«»nany Ban* Across
1,0 * An Impure Thought Among the Other-
8. eciai by Newt Telegram Association.
A i LiNTi, Oct. 2.—Charlie IS Luckstoek
was arrested yesterday.
wise Imnnwnlate Returns and Offers
One or Two Samples to the Public.
(Copyright by Edgar W. Nye.]
The particulars of his killing a little i a* 7 ^ lan . k8 atv duo to *** printer for
a little sister's grief. recipe, rather, of which is hereby grate-
Charlie is a very intelligent looking acknowledged.
FoR dybpkps—,
Indigestion, end Stunuu* dJsonaers, use
uaowira xros bitters.
*11 dcuh rskeeplt, Flpcrhotfle. Genuine has
lauk-iuurk (ua) ernwod rod lines on wcqytpec.
FROM BANKS.
The Banner Editor Invited to Address
Arp Alliance.
Ait, Gt, Sept. 27.—Mr. T, L.G~utt,
<W sir: As you have been in the hab
it of g.iing arotfnd making speeches iu
favor of the Alliance, and the. Arp AlU-
I anee lias decided to Itave a picnic at
1'P Academy,’ Banks county, the 18th
«f October, we very cordially solicit yon
{ " "uvt w ith us on the 18th to make an
AUiaiK'c speech, aa most of oar body
very ignorant oa the subject of the
^oners’ Alliance. We are expecting
®*J r candidate Wynn, and also J. O.
u .vim, end several other prominent
•Pikers.
fl'-ase let ks knew kb mediately
’vhetlier you cam oaroe. The distance
; n ‘ r Harmony Grove is 12 miles. Let
know and we wig meet you at tlie
•*'hon(l, am) carry you back. We as-
yvu tliat your old friends in
inks county will be glad <o have you
:!■ Ihem. Will let you knew who
»tv
« ot to speak before the picnic.
boy with a good natured face.
He was found at the home of his
father on Kelly street where he had
gone immediately after the difficulty.
He was there arrested by Patrolman
Lansford and Gall Officer Tom Ivey.
Accustomed as they have become to
scenes of grief, the officers, to use their
own expression we:e “all broken up”
when Charley was taken away.
A liu lb sister near his own age was
beside herself with grief and refused to
be. comforted and the mother’s heart
•eeuicd ai oa to break when she heard
of what Uer little boy bad done and saw
him taken oil* to jail.
In his simple, boyish language, his
voice tremulous with emotion, he tolci
the story of the killing iu a straightfor
ward, manly nmunei.
His story in substance is contained in
the account that follows.
He has a beautiful little sister, six or
eight years old. They lived with the
rest of the family, not far from Davis
street school, which they both attend
ed.
. J ust before the present school term
opened, tlie moved into another part of
■ the city, on Kelly street, near the Fair
street school.
The could not get places in the Fair
street school, so they were allowed to
continue in Davis street school.
Yesterday the little girl was granted
permission to spend the night with a
friend wlio lived near Davis street
school, in the neighborhood of their
home.
Charlie, who always waited for his
sister when school was out, was told to
see iier to the house of the fr.e id.
As st-on as school was out, a little be
fore two o’clock, he went with her to
the designated place, and then with his
books under his arm aud anxious for his
dinner he hurried toward his distant
home on Kelly street.
THE FATA!. MtCETING.
When near the corner of Maya alley
on Haynes street, Charlie saw a crowd
of negro school children approaching.
They were coming from Gray, street
school, and as they approached him be
gan to *‘ 'uy” him, and then as he pass
ed them they began to pelting him with
pieces of bi-cuits ami rocks., lie stopped
to defend himself, at which the boys
crowded about hitn, Marshal Coles be
ing the most aggressive one in the
crowd.
lie ran up to Charlie and pushed him
ofi^tlie sidewalk, causing hiui to trip
aud fall iu the ui.id. lie rose and open
ed his |K>fiket knife, at which the leys
crowded around him aud began hitting
him in tlie head aud back.
THE FATAL THRUST.
Marshall Coles seemed to be the lead
er, and as he pushed up against Chnriie,
striking at him, the boy drove his pock
et knife into bis back and then into
his breast.
The little negro fell bleeding to the
ground and ill n, Chiu lie, to escape the
shower of rocks sought safety iu a yard
close by.
He made his way over the back fence
mail went on home, telling them that l-e
bad cut a little negro, au > giving his
knife up to his father.
TUB NEGRO’S DEATH.
Marshall Coles was taken into a
neighboring residence mortally wound
ed, and died iu a few minutes
The coroner held an inquest this
morning and returned a verdict in the
usual formal manner.
THE YOUTHFUL PRISONER.
Charlie Blackstock is the son of a
carpenter, and lie has two grown broth
ers who are mechanics.
They are all hard working, industri
ous men, and the boy has always borne
the best of characters, having shown
himself very peaceable and easy to get
along with.
To corroborate his story of the assault
made on him, he showed the left side of
his pants and jacket to be covered with
mud, and on his arm, which appeared
to be swelling, and was very painful to
him, was a blue-looking bruise and On
his book were two reu spots close to
gether as if they has been made by a
rock.
The boy seemed to lose sight of him
self and bis trouble in thinking of his
mother and sister, and said to a gentle
man: ‘*Hease, you go out and tell ma
ma and sister that I did it in self < e
tease and they can’t 1 do.-nothiu’ with
me, to make thein quit cryin.”
THE NEGRO HATED WHITES.
Officer Frank Cbristouhine. who
knew the dead negro, says he used to
live next door to. him and often has
seen him hide behind the chimney to
throw rocks at every white boy who
happened to pass that way.
WILLIE BLACKSTOCK RELEASED.
It is a little volume of less than aoo
pages, neatly printed by the govern
ment. 1 think. It is going to be a rapid
seller and a great boon. It is compiled
from answera on file at the Census bu
reau mainly regarding the interrogato
ries issued by consent and connivance of
government relating to incumbrances on
property and other private matters. The
publication of the book reveals for the
first time the true reason for these com
pulsory answers Acting upon tlie hint •
already given by thrifty publishers and
syndicates, who write to eminent people
occasionally asking them how they
earned their first‘money and whether
they have it yet, and if so, whether they
would be willing to loan some of it, etc.,
the bureau has its drawers now fall of
statistics, as one might say, and with no
cost at all is going to issue this book as
soon as 1 have looked it over carefully
and done some'expurgating. Mr. Wan-
atnaker says he will cheerfully pot it on
his bargain counter if 1 will go through
it carefully and see that it is pure.
My esteemed contemporary, the editor
of The Congressional Record, has gone
through it, lrat in a slightly cursory
manner, 1 think, and qnite a number of
impure thoughts have escaped his eagle
eye—thoughts which of course might be
permitted in a deliberative body, but
not in the mails. Those who have hap
pened to be in the postal car on a hot
day when an impure thought was in
transit will agree with the writer that it
ought to be stopped, especially during
the crowded seasons, when the mails are
already overtaxed with their burden of
lottery business.
If I could have my way I would have
appointed by the president a large com
mittee of mind readers, to have general
supervision of the United States, and the
moment any person was detected hav
ing an impure thought the committee
should have power to hit him back of
the ear with a club and take him before
the cadi. The time is surely coming
when the now lawless think retort of
the great thinking world will have to be
come subservient to the laws of the land.
This will be general at that time. Peo
ple who have surreptitiously thought
damn for centuries will be brought up
and exposed. It twill astonish a good
many, I think. It will create a complete
panic. No one bat the dignified and
non-committal idiot will be safe. Bat 1
fear that I am digressing.
The book above referred to embodies
some odd information regarding indebt
edness, and sheds light at times incident
ally on some points not embodied in the
census regulations and not contemplated
by the act authorizing the taking of the
census. 1 will give a few of these re
plies bearing on the mortgaged condi
tion of property and the reasons there
for, carefully eliminating names and
residences.
One man who writes a very poor
hand says: “I have mortgaged my place
for $900 to a neighbor of mine in order
to give my daughter good schooling and
accomplish her so as she could do well.
She learnt to eat pie with a fork and
play ‘The Maiden’s Prayer’ on the
piano, and then married what's called
an aeronaut. He mode an ascension last
spring, and they didn’t find him till last
Fourth of July, when a brother of hiski
made an ascension at the same place, and
when be come down he discovered my
son-in-law in a tree. He reckonized
him before he seen him, he said. The
widow and children , *"are stopping at
home now along with me and mother.
1 will lift the mortgage as soon as I can
if you will keep this to yourself. It
galded Martha a good deal when this
iW re,8 « w >H-coihtuence promptly
11 1U* dock a. *a.
S A» IK <3 ARLG W,
Cuii 1 A Hi ;i nf.P«
JH;- lismt will .•mainlf to-*■>«• ~ rtle Killing Shown to Bo Ju«in,M»
lieimty friends if nothing pre- 8pecM | by setts Teicj?ratn Association.
Atlanta, Oct. 3.—Willie Blackstock
HOMER NEWS.
• Tn !>.n K Convention—Preff.
J Lecture—Politic* and OtUer
‘rems.
?**? 27.—* ringing
“ keUi for H*nks -county last
Uhidf; ftn . (l Sunday At JtaShville
‘ ft stni.'., , i 0tw,r>,<tiDdio K the rats, was
“l enjoyable, add there
W irui'L ul *•"« best uaisical^taleut to
, ^rof vi .V ‘ e , ' r °* at 'J r ~
, SRn looney, of C&rnesville,
is at liberty.
The verdict of the coroner’s jury,ren
dered late yesterday afternoon, made
the killing of Marshall Coles justifiable
homicide, and Blackstock was released.
The story of the killing aud of the ar
rest of Blackstock has been fully recited
in The Banner.
The investigation by Jthe coroner’s'
jury began yesterday morning at 11
o’clock at the home of the dead negro
4‘1'Gim’ h coHgregatkmon Sun- lx) y i an( l was continued at tin co rt
l. 1 , - T " room of Justice Landrum, on Oecatuf
" “ ‘ street, until late in the afternoon.
The evidence, given principally by
school children who witnessed tlie kill
ing, showed that Coles was the positive
aggressor, aud the verdict of justifiable
accorda ice wiih the
Lovell
"1 Tim i
commendatiaa ■bk every
Bitslmlle library
the
uneasiness
vl >idi w«&quite
weM acquitted
LMc.i speeches by the club,
Lt*; w «*e delivered by
IS-v Brown Morgan
I Prof * Un«erwood.
are ««*jurin<2
,ias i,ecn
si* typhoid fever, is mock
Ms*"
terv£"& lne *» *au V soon
B*ijL L Kclton, Hon or and
I'tiii,- r<t, h°Bd as l:ir a? liemer.
'leterinined to
* tl's<dnly a duitiiiiy line.
liomicide wasiu
evidence.
LAUIES
Needing atonic, or children who want build-
ine up, should take
BROWN'S IRON’ BITTERS.
It is pleasant to take, cures Malaria, mat
gentian, iUliouiincsB and Liver Complaints.
Oconee all Riftht.
Watki.ssviu f, Ga., Oct. 2w—{Spe
cial.]- -The ofllci. returns give Jack-
son, the i ominee, two hundred and
! forty-four majority over riikea, the in-
i pcG- "G-i> r _ . t
Mr. Henry Grady will spend to-men
ow iu Ma'on.
tell you the truth, but that ain’t to the
point exactly. *
“Finally the rebel horde, as they were
called at that time, qnit, and after shoot
ing a few of us, enough for a uiess, prob
ably, they turned around and went back
to monkey with thomain column, which
I and my neighbors all have been real
good about swearing to things. I have
changed works with some of them that
| way, swearing to their things, you Bee,
! where they was old comrades like, and
they swearing to mine in return.
“One man—Pll never forget his kind
ness to me—swore feat ho was at the
had improvedthetime by securin''much T •, uo
nice, new, warm whisky in it. We capt
ured these, and they were placed in
charge of fee commissary. The troops
were very much exhausted and begged
tor some of this liquor, bat it was ex-
after midnight they had invested some
twothonsand anger holes in fee floor
and extended them into fee atmosphere
above, when he was called upon to act.
He said he took fee anger wife a heavy
heart, bat made a last appeal, hoping to
bore into fee barrel and fill a washtnb
which was held in place" by two sad
eyed boys, who had been whooping of it
up fee night before and so pined now
for something to moisten their months,
which, as they expressed it, had a flavor
which reminded them of a basket of
pups.
‘‘He said be all at once heard a yell,
which turned fee hairspring in his
watch perfectly white. He jerked fee
anger out, and. according to his sworn
testimony, on fee end it had a frag
ment of an old army shirt and a birth
mark which he reuognized. Baying to
those about him. ‘My God! we have
bored intothe commiasary’H aaaisfunt; let
ns begone without delay.’
“After each testimony as this 1 thought
I would only have to establish my own
identity, and assert on oath that my vi
tals are constantly exposed to the night*
air, and my finer feelings are liable at
any moment to fall oat and be appropri
ated by others. 1 did so state to the
commissioner of pensions, who replied
in a flippant way, referring me to fee
bureau of vital statistics, and stating
that a friend of his had just perfected an
awning to be worn over such apertures
to keep the works of those who had been
bored into in that way from getting
freckles on them.
“8o,l have mortgaged my place, think
ing it was perfectly safe to do so, and
that a beneficent government would
listen to my sorrows and pity my great
misfortune. But fee surplus has came
and it has went away, and 1 am left
here on my mortgaged farm, trying to
raise fee mortgage wife one hand and
hold my pancreas in wife the other,
while yon people at Washington, full of
fan, good victaaLs and high, purposes,
sit thereon fee woolsack, as it were,
ready to burst with Ul concealed laugh
ter every time 1 display my wound.
“Dog on such a government, I say, and
I say it fearless, too. Who cares a tinker’s
mill site for mirth and multiplication
tables and mean temperature and fee
mortality among microbes when folks
are suffering on every hand? You seem
to think you are saving the great ship of
state by asking me to state on oath that
1 am in debt, and not only gratify the
idle and venomous curiosity of your old
senseless burro thpt hasn’t been able
yet to count a single town correct since
knew it, but then you must also come
and ask me to swear to my shame, and
make oath publicly to my tottering
credit
“Go to! yon old intellectual pus cav
ity! Go home, you old Stirling ass, and
pat a bread-and-milk poultice on your
morbid cariosity. Get outl Avaunt! and
don’t waste any time about it Go home
and tell your folks to bar the door when
they see the fatigued Washington fool
killer coining. Tell them 1 said sol*
• • • * • •
There are others, many others, that
are of interest bat space will not permit
of any farther ut this time. 1 shall no
doabt, in my work of expurgating, find
others which may be published in fee
press in fee future.
EXPURGATING TUB BOOK,
hero misalliance was made with the
balloon feller, and if it should all get
Into our country paper my life would bo
an hell on earth.”
Another man who is somewhat garru
lous says: “There is a little incumbrance
on my place of some §1,000 and interest
from 1879 at 10 per cent I hope to pay
it as soon as i gat my pension and ar-
rearsofsame. In fact I would not have
mortgaged but with the hope of raising
tin* money long ago by feat means. . A1I
mortgages afe given. I think, with sonie-
feing in view which is expected to wipe
oat the indebtedness. That is where we
gi*t disappointed and left 1 think, do not
you?
“Now I’ve got a good deal lietter
claim,for pension than a great many
people that has got their papera through
All right years ago. but when I present
my claim folks seem to be pleased about
something and go away, and that’s thw
end of it It wns a peculiar case, but I
do not see anything so all-fired mirthful
about it myself.
“It was like this: In the fall of ’63 I
was a kind of assistant commissary, and
we had been on a forced march for two
days trying to draw the attention of the
enemy from the main column, and suc
ceeding so well that we became very
popular with the southern soldiery. We
sent in our regrets and then lit out, but,
laud sakes, they jnst seemed like they
couldn’t give us up, and so they didn’t
get off our coat tails ior forty-eight
hours. 1 haven’t cot juv breath voL to
“WHY DOES EVERYBODY LAUGH AT ME.”
plained to them by our colonel that the
stuff was almost sure death, and besides
that there wasn't more than enough for
the officers.
“That night the liquor was Btored in
an old tobacco barn that stood on a side
hill, and fee commissary took charge of
it. Pardon my going into detail this
way, bat when 1 see a bureau just pant
ing for private information 1 like to load
it np, and only wish that fee American
people would join me in this praise
worthy endeavor.
“The liqnor was extremely rocky, I
guess; bet that’s neither here nor there.
The silence of night gathered about the
sleeping encampment, and tired nature
soon yielded to overpowering fatigue.
All was silence along the misty line of
slumbering forms, save the near by
crunching and grinding of provender by
the jaded horses or the distant report as
some faithful picket discharged his duty.
“Then all was silent again.
“Anon the day breaks, and with it a
wild, mellow howl from Company G.
known as the Sparkling-and-bright-in-ita-
liquid-light company: also the tee-
totlers. This was calculated to bo .sar
castic. because they had painted every
southern state a bright red barring
Texas, and that was too big for their
.stock, so they run out of paint.
“Well, these fellers were all extremely
fall, and they went on to state that they
were glad of it. They had been heard
to speak disparagingly of the rebellion
several times, and to say also that if they
were home again they would be almost
willing to let the colored man break his
own fetlocks in such style as he might
deem proper. They said a great many
things about the inconvenience of being
chased and shot at for two days running
by an infuriated foe at $13 per month
and find one’s self.
“Later on we ascertained that the
liquor hud been secured by incendiaries,
who had stolen two barrels out of three,
and almost out from under oar noses.
This very naturally infuriate l Oar
cers, who had had only duo or two big
drinks out of it eo fur, preferring 'to'wait
a day or twp in order that It would have
more age. 1 tasted of it myself once, so
l was told by friends who held my head
all the day afterward. 1 oouldn't help
thinking at tho time that if this sort of
liqnor was general iu the south, piracy,
treason and the nso of cuspidors in the
sanctuary ought not to be looked upon so
severely us they would where a less
malignant style of rum was in general
circulation.
“Well, to make a long story short. Mr.
Census Burro. 1 was selected to guard
the remaining barrel that night I pat
it up on a trestle. locked the doors and
laid down alongside the trestle in my
blankets and waited for day. 1 kept
awake for probably an hour, though it
seemed to me like a year. Then fee
crickets sounded further and further
•way, and that was alL for I was tired.
Oh, sir, 1 was indeed very tired. 1
wasn’t doing regular guard duty, recol
lect Burro, but sort or volunteer .police
duty.
“Along abont 1 o’clock, 1 should say,
1 was woke np by a sharp pain in my
person, aud with a shriek of agony which
was heard distinctly by loyal neighbors
of mine in Montreal, wiio raid that it re
minded them of feeshriok made by Free
dom at the time when Kosciusko fell. 1
stood in the middle of the floor wrapped
in my o wn sad thoughts and au army
shirt v. hich did uot extend to tha dose
of fee war by nny means.
“As 1 dart’d away from what seemed
to be the sting of an overgrown hornet
such as one might run across while ram
bling through- Sataz 'a preserves, I saw in
fee unt-eTtain light the retreating bit of
a two-inch auger. Then l could make
out dimly a large collection of anger
holes distributed aro'in 1 over tho floor,
evidently ip a vain seuri. i for spirits, and
below 1 heard fee footfall of escaping
soldier}* *£ they fell over each other in
their efforts to escape.
“The whisky was saved, and in one of
the battles which occurred soon after
ward I think it woa ns tan day, Cor our
colonel wna so ill natured because of the
head ho ha.l upon him oa that day that
before any cao could paciTy liim he
rushed ia aa 1 killed qttise a lot of the
.enemy; thus weakening them and turn
ing their flank wrong side out, which
We took advantage of. and it gave us the
victory.
“But 1 have never been the same man
since I was so horribly bored. I never
feel car. 1 of my victuals unless of the
very coarsest character, and I suffer
great pain at time:. What 1 cannot un
derstand is that so many people regard
the whole matter as mirth provoking.
Even qtiieL sensible old people who are
not at all frivolous give themselves up
to paroxysms of Lur;hU:r when 1 tell my
s:id tala Why shonid old silver haired ! more or less shut up in a Sour
people whooe bloom luis been rubbed off 1 locm with fresh paint. Last w flr u
for many a year let off u peal of laughter ' spring I took Hood's Sarsa- OWlIldcii
because my pancreas : weather ! •eaten
and the night air whistles through my
thoracic ducts?
“I have put in all the testimony that
anybody need to, I think, regarding thc-
oase, ami have swore to everything taut
my attorney has besought me to swear
to. Fur six months my right hand was
in the air all the time, it seemed to me.
P. B.—1 already hare a very flattering
offer for the use of such replies to fee
census as I may think best to expurgate.
R K
Complimentary.
Tom—What is her name?
Jack—Kane, I believe. Sweet girl,
isn’t sho?
Tom—Yes, sort of sugar Kane.—'Yan
kee Blade.
Clinched to Stay,
Klein & Marti]
THS CARRIAGE
Crimbie—Where did yon get him,
Clarence?
Ferguson—I wore him home from Miss
Fordham’s lost night.—Puck.
Ev—AND— /jafipBa
W agon Makers,
—ALSO,—
HOUSE SHOERS OF ATHENS, HA.
W E «;
J wish to ssr to tho publio that iwe keep
. . on hand a full line of different Ht vie of
carriages, hurries, buggies and
WAGONS at all times. We naske a specialty o
Tirst-class Work,
hut hare several different grades.
Ul PAUiW AND BEI’AIIIIXG
any kind of a vehicle and shoeing horses, we
ehallengi any one to eqnal ns in N. K. Georgia.
Klein & Martin.
P. 8—We are also prepared to do flrxt-claas
Harness Repairing.
May 18—ly
A Shooting Scrape-
Special by News Telegram Association.
Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 2.—A duel
was fought at A6hfoul, Henry county,
yesterday between J. T. Thompson aud
W. H. Bigell.-
Thompson opened fire on Rigcll, who
responded, and eight or ten shots were
fired. Thompson was killed. Bigell
surrendered to the sheriff.
The cause of the duel was a piece of
land which both claimed.
Fanatical Indians,
dpecial by News Telegram Association.
Pierre, S. D., Oct. 2.—Reports from
the Sioux camps along the Cheyenne
river received yesterday state that the
fanatical fever of the Indians, ever ex
pecting the coining of their messiahf is
increasing daily. Incantations and re
ligious orgies are kept going, and the
A REVENUE RAID
Near Jug Tavern—Grading the G., C.
& N. Road.
Brandon, Oct. 2.—United States
deputy J. R. Ware and a posse armed
with rifles and pistols, got off the tram
below here yesterday and captured a
still near Bethlehem and brought It
here and put it in the depot.
They made another raid over in Ben
Smith’s district and destroyed a large
quantity of beer, but did not succeed in
making any arrests. They were a de
termined .looking set of men, and were
well informed in their movements.
There are two bar-rooms just outside
the corporate limits of town and two
more down the Hog Mountain road, all
in Walton county. From all reports
they are daily frequented by men who
drink and fight until people who love
peace and order are actually afraid to
pass by them at times for fear 6f being
insulted or drawn into the squabbles
they, are having. Yet some boast that
liquor is not sold here.
If ever there was a time when the
aged medicine man, called Bed Shirts I
“9 Jr*:
the program with new and startling Brandon> but the towtt ls the 8ame old
features of worship. , Jug Tavern until something more def-
• finite is done to change it too. But
) with all this the town is on a real boom,
THE CENSUS REPORTS.
Putnam and Wilkes Lose a Represent- < brought oil by the approach of the G.,
ative. C. & N.railroad, which is being rapidly
Atlanta, Oct. 2.—(Special.]— 1 The I graded, and tbe vim of our business
full census reports from Georgia show men ’ T f ade was never better than
_T, now, and we are getting a largo portion
that under the new apportionment | of the business formerly carried in
which the legislature will make, there
will be two changes.
The first six counties are entitled
to three representatives each. These
are, as heretofore, Fulton, Chatham,
Richmond, Bibb, Burke and Floyd.
The changes are in the list of those
entitled to two representatives each.
Putnam and Wilkes lose their places in
this column, and Dooly and Putnam
take them The growth of these two
counties is due to the booms in Cordele
and Hawkinsville respectively.
GIVEN SEVENVEARS.
The Negro Who so Severely Stabbed
Patrolman Dukes Sentenced.
Special by News Telegram Association.
Atlanta, Oct. 2.—Yesterday A. G.
Dobbs, the desperate negro who so des
perately cut and stabbed Patrolman W.
C. Dukes some time ago, was convicted
of assault with intent to murder.
This morning Judge Richard Clark
seutenced him to seven years in the
penitentiary for the crime.
It will be remembered that while Pa
trolman Dukes was attempting to arrest
the negro, the latter drew a knife and
inflicted several very desperate wounds,
from which the officer has not yet re
covered.
Despite-his loss of blood, however, he
carried tlie negro to police station and
had him locked up.
other directions.
There seems to be a determined effort
by the farmers to pay out of debt and
this they are doing early in the year.
But little is beiug said about cotton
bagging, as expenment has demonstrat
ed to the entire satisfaction of many,
that jute is better and cheaper. The
ginner who persists in using no jute is
doing but little ginning.
Shot From Ambush.
Special by News Telegram Association.
Ellijay, Ga., Oct. 3.—About three
miles of this place Mr. Joe Pettit,
while riding along fee read, was shot
by an unknown man, who was conceal
ed in the bushes. Tbe wound u in fee
breast, and is a very painful one.
Died From His Wounds,
cpoclal by News Telegram Association.
Charleston, & O., Oct. 2.—Captain
F. VV. Waunanmker, o. Orangeburg,
who was stabbed last evening by W. L.
Heriong, died at 3:40 o'clock this a. m.
The coroner is now bolding an inquest.
A BABY BRIDGE JUMPER.
Dyspepsia
Makes the lives of many people miserable^
and often leads to self-destruction. Distress
alter eating, sour stomach, sick headache,
heartburn, loss of appetite, a faint, “ all gone ”
feeling, bad taste, coated tongue, and Irregtv
_. larky of the bowels, are
Distress some of the more common
After symptoms. Dyspepsia does
- not get well of itself. It
baling requires careful, persistent
attention, and a remedy like Hood’s Sarsa
parilla, which acts gently, yet surely and
efficiently. It tones the stomach and othci
organs, regulates the digestion, creates a
good appetite, and by thus Sick
overcoming the localsymp- u .
toms removes the sympa- n68u3Cu0
thetlc effects of the disease, banishes the
headache, and ‘refreshes tho tired mind.
“ I have been troubled with dyspepsia. ■ I
had but little appetite, and wliat I did eat
l_lonr+- distressed me, or did me
riearx uttle goocL jn ^ tour
DUrn alter eating I would expe
rience a £ Untness, or tired, all-gone feeling,
as though V. naif not eaten anything. My trou
ble, I think, was aggravated by my business,
which, is that of a fainter, and from being
spring I took noo.
rfila—took threo bottles. It did me an.
immenso amount of good. It gavo me an
appetite, and my food relished and satisfied
tbe craving I had previously experienced.”
I Geoece A. Face, Watertown, Mass,
! Hood’s Sarsaparilla
[ Sold by all druggists. £1; six for £5. IVeoared only
1 by C. 1. IIOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell. Mass
too Doses One Dollar
BORGIA, Clarke county.Ordinary sitting tor
U county purposes, September 31, uao.
ordered that the fo>.owing levies be and are
hereby made upon the sate tax for life, for the
following county purposes and necessary coun
ty expenses of said county.
1st. To pay the legal indebtedness of the coun
ty due, or to become due, during the year,
or past due li, per cent.
2d. TO build or repair court boose or jail,
bridges or ferr'es^ir other public Improvements
according to co.itr usi, tr per cent.
3-L "o pay sheriffs, jailors, and other officers
the fees that they mty be entitled to, including
salary of city court judge, 12 per cent. «
4lU. To pay coroners, l per cent,
ith. To pay the expe .see of the county for
bai UBS, non resident witnesses, fuel, servants’
hire, stationery and tho like, 5 per cent.
6th. To pay Jurors. 17 per cent.
7th. To pay expense incorr d in support of the
po-ir and as otherwise provided tor, 76-10) per
cent.
bth. To pay other legal charges against the
comity, is per cent.
Any snrplns raised by any of the above levies
if neoessaiyrto be applied to any lawful charges
gainst the county.
8. M. HERRINGTON*, Ordinary.
A true extract from the minutes.
8. M. HERRINGtON, Ordinary,
Little Alice Beaumont Arrested for
Trying to Leap London Bridge
Special by News Telegram Association. .
London, Oct. 2.—Little Allfb Btau-
mont,.aged ten, was a prisoner today
at fee Mansion House, ebarged wife be
iug a bridge jumper. The constable
who testified against her declared that
yesterday afternoon be saw fee small
prisoner climb up on the parapet of
London Bridge, :m<i • ”rowing oil’ her
clothes, prepare to jump into fee river.
She was urged to attempt the hazardous
feat, witness d< elated, by a woman, «*ho
turned out to be the child's mother, & d
to complete the picture of shocking . u ii
unuatural treatment her father was
waiting beldw to pick up his daughter,
dead or alive.
On being taken into custody the moth
er declared that they were a family of
professional swimmers, and that ten-
year-old Alice had already been in the
business six years, and had dived from
heights running up to forty feet.
Colorado Farmers Starving.
Special oy News Telegram Association.
Denver, Oct. 2.—A eqmmittee has ar
rived here, and is engaged in soliciting
aid for the drought-stricken district in
eastern Arapoe county, in the neighbor
hood of the towns of ^Harrisburg and
Linden. The crops in that portion are
a complete failure this year. In ail there
are at least one hundred families who
depeud upon the aid society for this
winter’s supplies, and unless there is
some aid from the outside world the so
ciety cannot take care of them. *
A New Foundry.
Build and repair all kinds of machin
ery. Saw mills, grist mills, cane mills,
shafting, pulleys, hangers, pedestal
boxes, set collars, bolts, etc.
A SPECIALTY.
Manufacturers* agents for the beet
engines, boilers, injectors and ejectors
iu tbe market.
Keep in stock belting.packing, globe,
check and angle valves. Steam and
water pipe and fittings. Orders solic
ited. Give us a trial.
|flVV. P. Phillips,’
w 6m Manager Lyndon M’j’g. Co.
Merit Wins.
We desire to tay to our citizens, that tor
ye*fs we have bet-n selling Dr. King’s Hew
Discovery for Consumption, Dr. King’s
K»-w Lite Pit!?, Baokk-n’s Arnica dalve
and Electric Billers, and have never hand
led remedies that sell as wed, or that h i ve
given such universal satisfaction. We do
not l^siute Vo guai au ee them every time
their use. - These reined cave won tb-.-ir
meat |'i ;; u . .rc'.y -i. their merits.
John Craw lord A: Co., Wholesale uud Re
tail Druggists.
Gin House Insurance.
Farmers cannot over-estimate these
value of Gin House insurance at this
season of the year. Those in need of*
this kind of protection will do well to
call on-Jas. A. Gr.in% Agent, who is the
only one in Athens prepared to write
such business. hug 26I3t
CORN.
Premiums for Corn.
I will pay for the best twenty-live
ears three dollars, and for the next best'
two dollars, delivered at J. S. King &
Co., on or before the IQ.h of October. "
On that day judges will award tho
prizes. G. E. Hfakd.
Sept. 18th 1800 22, 2t W.
“ Favorite Anodyne,” a
home product, is unsurpassed
for internal and external
pains. Controls all bowel
troubles, and is unequalled
as a liniment.
L. D. Sledge & Co., J§&&|
Proprietors.
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