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ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1891.-8 PAGES.
VOL. 59 NO. 26
" SOUTHERN LITERATURE.
The American Present is a ji ur-
Southern Literature,
and Romance, and a
ong
;US3lllU
ih is growing, advancing.
Her material future is
Tfce riches of
„1 devoted to
i r t, History
y0 f this journal lies before us.
It brings to our mind a subject,
” ; GC e worn threadbare by dis-
hut still within the scope of
l^iiimite argument ibis .tage of
of Ihe Soulh,
Tbe Son
prospering
niarTellous to behold
her soil are beiDg developed at tbe
wu cb oi capital. Her fertile fields
tu rning each year with the most
bounteous of harvests.
Ail of this is well ; it will go to*
making her one of tbe wealth
iest sections of the Union.
But in the development of the
mind; tbe culture of the intellect'
1 forces ; the expansion of art and
icience and literature ; in these its
,kf keeping abreast of the age?
jbe South claims some of the
greatest intellects of tbe country.
Ikr writers cliatm with the magic
of tbeir pens ; her statesmen con"
vince with tbe logic of their thoughts;
her poets gladden the heart with the
melody of tbeir verses ; her hisio-
rians enrich the mind with toe get.
aius of tbeir researches.
But when they wish to publish
their publications, they are forced to
go to tbe Northern periodicals.
Why should this be so, when tbe
Souib could Well supports literary
mtgszine of surpassing merit V
li is true that it takes money to
run sucii a magazine, but to the se
ine and energetic proprietor of such
there would be considerable profit,
hiss subject that should command
the aiL« Diion of the Southern people
While we strive to surpass in tbe
cosiest for material supremacy, let us
not neglect the development of our
lilttsuiru and art.
Wrkupe to see a Southern maga-
sudi as the American Present,
Ihtmny aud prospering, and a fi ord -
ing a ti.l<i n which the intellect of
ihe So jtit may expand and grow be
neath Southern skies.
move Athens out to the main line or
let her build a road of her own, as
Americas has done. Branch roads
are not very desirable to live on, but
are sometimes good feeders.- [Atner-
icus Times-Recorder.] The Banner
has ceased to complaio, good broth<-
er. The Railroad has come to taw.
;Ji“ £35 i5Ttoi2l?il Si TLg fOT the tr0 “ bl<> 18 to
life or Sol Smith Rubsell, ihe groat
comedian: About ten days 8 ago
the splendid business block in Min
neapolis owned by Sol Smith Rub-
sell was completely gutted by fire.
Ihe amount of insurance was su
small that the loss bore heavily upon
the comedian, who happened to be
Playing at that time in the New
England circuit. In short, the mis-
fortune weighed upon Mr. RubscII
precipitating a kind of melancholy
that boded ill. Id vain his friends
sought to cheer him; an impenetra
ble gloom settled down ever the once
merry comedian, and no human pow
er seemed capable of dissipating it.
When, however, the city of Troy
was reached, a batch of letters from
home were found there awaiting the
gentle Sol’s arrival. Among these
letters was one from his little seven-
yearwold daughter; it bad been writ
len tbe day after the fire and it read
in this wise:
Dear Papa: I went down to see
your store that was burned, and it
looked very pretty all covered with
ice. Love and kisses from
Lillian.
These words of consolation iuslan
taneously wrought the desired
change in Mr. Russell’s condition.
In a momeutevery despondent feel
ing passed away, and with the pret
ty humor of this child’s letter there
came back the old-time content
ment. Sol Smith Russell is himself
again.
The ARISTOCRACY of merit.
riic shitting scenes in tbe history
roaiAitid aro lull of interest to the
student ot human nature.
li is of interest to notice the dif-
kirui qualities that have predomi-
tsiwi atnot.g men in the different
*?« of the world.
Tuere was a time when brute
v-ength ruled the world ; when a
* u s greatness depended upon his
T4i0r » skill and bis strength.
itaewM a time when family lint*
*8* ma rktd the man of destiny and
Vned the pathway to fame. There
1 when wealthy coffers en-
i -• • |
• ma Q to lofty pre-eminence,
fegardless of what his qualities of
chwider were.
To a large extent this time has
I* se d ; yet some of the relics of the
k ls - still remain with us.
^Uhe predominant characterise
I u - of the men of to-day, especially
^®* r ic*Ds | is honest merit and
*Wih.
d »y lias passed in this good
I ‘‘ otr J°f ours, when strength and
ptowess entitles a man to
L«* T’he time is no more
I ai * lt8; 'Q may invoke the great
I ae of the father to pat him in
I'^of eminence.
ItJr ^ D0 " 4 * n w bicb *b«
|**jjttic ) the striving, the perse-
‘^gtnan wins.
, not from w bat station
ma y come ; be it ever so
It would seem that right in tbe
hub city of refilled Americans slang
is creeping in at an alarming rate
Says the Boston Herald : It is cu
rious to note what vulgarisms creep
into the American language, even
the language spoken by well educa*
ted, uot to say cultured people. Just
at present the ear is harrowed by a
phrase, or rather a word, much used
by our belles who assist afternoon
hostesses at that function called a
tea.” “My dear,” says one girl to
another, -‘I’m invited to pour for
Mrs. Commonwealth next Wednes
day.” “Oh, are you ? Well, she
asked me to turn, but I had another
engagement.” Heavens and earth, 1
thought, what is the meaning of
pour” and “turn ?” It was some
time before the verbs and their im
plied noun made a connection in my
iirain, and then the desire to stand
these young women in a corner was
so intense 1 retired to avoid a dem
onstration. Tbe century has indeed
grown old and lazy where the longue
finds so small a word a9 “tea” diffi
cult of utterance. To pour tea is
about as simple a phrase as can be
spoken, and to drop the final word
tea is to render it intolerably vulgar.
The custom at large afternoon re< op
tions here of having two good-lookr
ing girls perform this service, gen
erally imposed on servants in well-
appointed houses in London, is thor
oughly American, and so, too, is tbe
abominable fault which baB grown
out of it.
Half a dozen men in Enrope seem
to be planning another war which
will cost thousands of lives and mil
lions of money. Some day the peo
ple will get tired of providing that
kind of amusement for their war
lords and kings, and set those mis
chievous persons to looking for hon
est employment.
If Chicago doesn’t reduce her rai|
roads to subjection and teach them
that the World’s Fair is not prima
rily a device for the equitable distri
bution of freight money among car-
ryingjcompanies, the Fair will be
rained. The railroads are again try
ing to unsettle the site question.
Tae Yale seniors are going back
to the old cap and gown outfit Tor
tbeir commencement season, it has
had its day in about all tbe other
American colleges, where it is gener
ally worn only by those who speak
commencement parts. A whole class
arrayed in this expensive costume
will make a rather imposing specta
cle, though it is doubtful if it adds
any lustre to their assembled wisdom.
Pays the Boston Herald : Thi-
Prince of Walks explains that tiis
biggest debts have been incurred in
buying wedding presents. He wil*
get a good deal of sympathy on this
account the world over.
BIDS FOR BONDS-
THE COMMITTEE WILL SELL THE
BONDS SOON.
THE CITY FATHERS MEET.
The Water Tower Question Postpon
ed—Ordinances In Regard to
Sewers Adopted—Minor
Actions of CounciL
It is generally conceded that there
is fully as much cotton planted tbi-
year as last, but tbe crop has not
flourished quite so favorably up to
date.
Judge Clarke of Atlanta doesn’t
believe in lynch law. He knows how
to conduct courts with a view to
punishing the guilty. And that is
right.
It seems that the fire fiend is play
ing ;sad havoc with the fields and
farms of Michigan these Spring days.
“Wet” or “dry,” the gardens of
Athens rre flourishing and have been
since tbe spring weather began.
The Boulevard is going to be tbe
most attractive street of Athens
some day.
Mr. Harrison has gone back to
Washington*.. _ ’
has been sent back to Mr. Pullman.
Manager Voss is pushing, the
electric street railway right along to
a speedy completion.
More raiu more rest, as the negro
farmer would say.
All aboard for Oxford !
icd
^ 1)6 have.the right spirit
ll4! ^ 1 k'®> he will succeed. He may
49 4 penniless, barefoot boy,
C? lhe highest office in the
^countrymen.
'‘^ocracy of wealth and
y l. auae an< * dead valor and glo-
l w Dl,hed -
akeiu trist °cracy that has
Ui| U blsoe.
* *ko kfi ari8tocrac y merit and
kancf 0Dg * tothl# cUe ® wUI wiD
If there are two counties in Geor.
which have better Sheriffs than
Clarke and Ogleinorpe let them tell
it. The Banner recently spoke with
pleasurable pride of Sheriff Wier's
goed work in arresting a murderer.
Sheriff Wier's clever work was in
deed admirable, and the people ap
plauded him universally. The Craw
ford Herald claims part of tbe honor
thus : “ Does one of our neighboring
daily papers want tbe earth for noth
ing ? If not, why did it not give
Sheriffs Winn and Maxwell, of this
county, credit for leading to tbe cap
ture of Bill Johnson who killed
Webb near Athens recently. The
negro was virtually gone and would
have been at liberty to day had it
not been for the sheriffs and posse of
this county, who traced them up and
put Sheriff Wier on a warm track
which led to their capture. Tbe
Herald always glories to Oglethorpe’s
success and would like to see our
neighbors credit us for what we do.
We have two of tbe best sheriffs in
Georgia. The Banner will please
note this.”
So it seems that the good officers
of Oglethorpe “claim part of the
honor.” Let’s get up a little detec
tive race between these excellent of
ficers. Why not ?
Delaware isu’t particularly prond
of her whipping post, though she
clings to it with a remarkable te
nacity. Some enterprising showmen
undertook to negotiate for the whole
pillory outfit, which had done ser
vice there for nearly half a century,
in order to put it on exhibition in
Chicago, and the trade would have
been carried out bad not some in
dignant citizens got together and
applied the torch to tbe relic of bar
barism. Ir they would now continue
their work, and wipe out the whip
ping post from the statute books,
they would show themselves fully
abreast of our nineteenth century
civilization.
Good seasons at last.
WHYT HE DIFFERENCE?
What has tbe Dauielsville Moni
tor treasured in its good heart against
Athens and the State University ?
Until now the Monitor has been
greatly favored by tbe merchants of
Athens in giving ont advertisements.
Some of Athens’ most enterprising
merchants came from the good old
county of Madison, and many of the
honor men in college, are sons °*
Madison county’s farmers. What
hurts the Monitor, anyhow ?
The Athens Banner is complain-
int of the sir vice on the Georgia —
railroad from Union Point to Athens, competent officer as Capt. O
The Inexplicable Action of the Geor
gia. Railroad.
There is a rule of tbe Railroad
Commission {of Georgia that says
that parties of ten in riding over a road
shall have party rates of live cents per
mile round trip, and parties of over
twenty-five shall have a rate of four
cents per mile round trip.
Under this rule, the agents along the
line are instructed to give these rates to
parties desiring them. On Friday eve
ning the University base ball team
and several others went down to Ox
ford to tho base ball game. They went
by tbe way of the Covington and Macon
to Madison, and then took the Georgia.
The Covington and Macon gave tbe
boys a rate of four cents round trip, but
when they got to Madison they were
told that they would have to pay full
fare. This they did and went on.
On the same train was a party of
amateur players going to Covington to
play Kathleen Mavourneen. They were
given the reduced rates.
Yesterday the University boys went
down in full force over tbe Covington
and Macon to Madison, and thence by
the Georgia to|Covington.
They, too, were compelled to pay full
fare.
There were over one hundred and fifty
in tbe crowd. It was learned that the
Georgia railroad authorities had tele
graphed their agent at Madison not to
grant special rates to the Athens crowd
Now, the question arises, why the dif
ference made between a crowd of twen
ty actor3 and a crowd of one hundred
and seventy-five Athenians, many of
whom were citizens.
The conduct of the Georgia railroad
authorities needs explanation. Hava
they observed the rule of the Railroad
Commission of the State?
The students did not choose to go
over tbeir line by the way of Union
Point. Perhaps this is the reason.
It is just that at this point, a com
parison be drawn between the conduct
of tbe Covington & Macon officials and
that of the Georgia officials.
The former were courteous, obliging
and in every way made efforts to ait
the crowd. They gave a special train
and reduced the rateB according to tbe
rule.
The students desire to thank them
for their courtesies.
The Georgia on th> other hand acted in
an inexplicable manner, discriminated
unjustly against them, and refused the
reduced rate that they allowed to
crowd of twenty actors.
Why this difference?
An explanation would come in well
at this juncture of the proceedings.
Capt. James O’Farrell, of theCov
ington AM aeon, was especially cour
teous and obliging to the crowd. He
went o»er to Oxford and returned with
them, and did everything he could ,
aid in malting t he trip an agreeable
one.
The railroad should feel proud
The City Fathers met yesterday af
ternoon at four o’olock in called ses
sion.
There were three important questions
to be considered, and the council got
down to wofk in-short order.
There were piesenl his honor, Mayor
Brown, aud Aldermen Talmadge, Orr,
Booth, Dorsey, Myers and McDowell.
The first matter taken under consid
eration was the question of condemning
the water tower as a nuisance. This
matter has been talked about very much
of late, and tbe discussion has been
lively pro and con, but it has not yet
reached any definite shape.
There are those wbo believe the old
tower should be torn down, but don’t
know where to place another one, or in
what manner to provide for tbe neces
sities of the city in regard to a full aud
complete water supply.
And then this brings up tbe question
of the city of owniog and operating its
own waterworks system. So tbe coun
cil deeided to postpone their action on
this matter until tbe next regular meet
ing. And then it will be decided as to
whatjshaU be Vie w i h the water tower-
THE skwkks.
The sewers, kpving been completed
in one section of the city, it became
necessary to provide an ordinance in
regard to their use by tbe citizens
The city attorney bad drawn up an
ordinance in regard to tbe matter, and
submitted to the council. On.motion it
was adopted with slight amendments.
The general' provisions of the ordi
nance were directory of the use by the
citizens of the sewers now completed
and those to be completed in tbe future,
and prescribing a penalty foi the viola
tion of any of its parts.
THKC1TT BONDS.
The city clerk reported that be bad as
yet received no bids for tbe bonds of the
city to be floated on J uly 1st. This
was due to the shortness of the time for
which they have been advertised.
Alderman Hodgson, now in New
York, will doubtless succeed in getting
splendid bids for the bonds.
Tbe bouds are floated at 4*4 per cent,
interest, and ran for thirty years.
They are issued in bonds of the de
nomination of $1,000 each, and tbe first
series to be issued on J uly 1st, 1891, is
composed of $25,000 of street improve
ment bonds and $25,000 of sewer bonds.
Tbe other $25,000 of street improve
ment bonds will be floated on January
1st. 1892.
The general and, indeed, the unani
mous opinion of tbe council is that tbe
bonds can be sold at par at 4% per cent.
The money will be paid over on July
1st and wqrk wi^i be commenced at once
e committee, to whom tbe sale of
the bonds bad been intrusted, were
granted further time to complete their
work.
after the mayor.
Mayor Brown then heard the excuses
of the aldermen tor being late to meet
ing and why they should not be fined.
They gave tbeir excuses,and then moved
to include the mayor in the ordinance
and put him on the same footing with
the aldermen, where they could fine
him when he came late-
Tbe Mayor stated that that nothing
wbuld please him better.
The motion was put and carried.
An alderman then suggested that the
clerk be required to keep his clock with
college bell time, aud if he didn’t to flue
him, too.
Tbe suggestion was not well|received,
and the clerk will not be disturbed with
a fine.
The counoil then adjourned until tbe
next regular meeting.
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PLAY BALL"
THE UMPIRE SAID SO AND THEY
DID IT.
EMORY IS PUT TO SLEEP.
A Great Crowd Witnesses the Game
—Good Playing on Both Sides~But
the University Nine Didn’t Car
ry “Fall” In their Vocabulary.
UNIVERSITY 12,
OXFORD 11.
Athens is prouder than ever of the
University boys.
They are the biggest men in the city
today, for they have twined new laurels
in the wreath of victories that has al
ways crowned.the grand old University
of Georgia.
All honor to the boys whose cherished
home is the college campus!
Long may the colors,old gold,crimson
and black, float triumphant over every
Southern college,! be it on field and
track of athletic sports, or yet to liters
ry halls!
Three cheers for the students all, and
still three more and a royal Bengal “ti-
gah” for the base ball team of the Uni
versity.
LEAVING ATHENS.
Bright and early yesterday morning
tbe Covington & Macon depot was tbe
scene of gay life.
More than too hundred college boys
were there and in fine spirit—jollier
than ever, and clamoring for passage
on the special train so generously sent
out by the;railroad to take them to Ox
ford.
One hundred and fifty were on the
tram when it steamed out from the
d pot and the college yell “Hoo-rah,
•rah-rah, Hoo-rah, rah, rah, rah, rah,
Georgia” went up tearing tbe air in
tre mendous tnunden from a hundred
voices.
The trip to Madison was one of fun,
and frolic—of laughter and song. Tbe
boys owned the train.
At Madison but little time was lost
and the fast train on the Georgia rail
road soon landed the boys at Coving
ton. There were a number of Oxford
fellows there to meet tbe train, who
seemed to ho surprised to sp<» so many
10 to 6 in favor of Oxford.
Hacked? Not a bit of it. Did you
ever see the University’s men backed?
That college yell did the work. Again
and again it went' up hashing every
thing else. Then the college Glee club
got in its work. The boyq got to Bing-
FOOLISH BEN
THINKS THE PEOPLE CARE SOME
THING FOR HIM.
MR BLAINE’S TACTICS
He Is Playlnglwlth Bennie—The Next
Democratic Nominee for Presi
dent—The Race for Speaker—
The U. S. Supreme Court.
ON TO ATHENS.
The Georgia, Carolina, & Northern Is
Coming.
Only a few more miles to traverse.
And then the citizens of Athens will
hail with delight the first locomotive
on tbe Georgia, Carolina & Nortbrn
road as it steams up on the other side of
the river.
To say that that day will. be royally
celebrated is to state the case mildly.
The road is now completed to Broad
river, where an excellent bridge is be
ing erected. This bridge will be com
pleted sometime next week, and then
the rails will be laid this side Broad
river.
There are a few creeks to cross be
tween Athens and Broad river, and the
work will be delayed a few days on ac
count of that.
And, again, tbe road is not being
built hurriedly at all. Somewhat about
July 1st tbe train will reach Oconee
river bridge.
This bridge is being poshed rapidly to
completion, and when finished will be
one of tbe finest structures of its kind
in the South.
The work will be pushed toward At
lanta a great deal more rapialy than it
has beeu done between Athens and die
Savannah river, and will get to Atlanta
somewhere about December 1st. 1
The Georgia Carolina and Northern is
building one of the finest roads in the
country.
Its right of way is one hundred feet
wide from one end of the road to tbe
other; its road bed is splendidly graded;
its track is of the finest seel rails; its
bridges are of the . ery ;best workman
ship; its equipments will be of.the ;most
elegant and comfortable nature; and
its officers are as Derfect a set of gen
tlemen as can be found anywhere.
F. HASTY. F. HARWELL .
ing the happiest songs known to college
life. Halsey got lively, and his Iruh
got up. “Play way off old boye l”. he
would yell, and tbe runners took every
odd. Ah, howfthose fellows did slide.
Why, Charlie Herty made a slide that
looked like flying perpendicularly in
tbe air, and it took the breath awuv
from those Oxford men. They couldn’t
slide worth a cent
Frank Herty and Wadley, our but
tery, did great work in the last few in
nings. So did the field men. And this
Won the game, tbe boys making ' the
score ruu up to 12 to 11.
Here is the full score:
UNIVERSITY.
AB. R. BH. A.E.
Grambline, 3 b 6 l 1 1 I.
A. O Hulsey.2nd b,... 5 2 0 4 0.
E. Halsey, I. f ! 5 3 o 0 o
L. Sibley,, s s ....5 1 1 a 0
.Tones, lb — — •' B 1 I 0 l.
NaUv, rf 5 2 3 0 l>.
F. Hetty, 5 0 0 1 0.
Wadley, c 4 11 0 1
C. Herty c. t 4 1 0 0 1.
12 7 8 4-
Totals. 43
OXFORD.
AB K. BH.
Foreman, c 3 2 i
Lawrence, r f 4 2 0
Thompson, s 8 4 3 0
Hutchins, 3 b 4 0 1
Williams, if 4 0 1
t.riflin V\ .2 b 4 II 0
Clanton, of 4 1 0
Thomas, l b 4 2 1
Grillin, p 4 1 0
PROF. J. HARRIS CHAPPELL
Elected President of Industrial and
Normal School for Women.
Atlanta, May 16.—(special.)—The
board of trustees or managers of the
new industrial and normal school for
women at Milledgeville met today and
elected Professor J. Harris Chappell of
Cjlumbus, president of that institute.
Professor Chappell is a Georgian, a na
tive of Bibb county and is 41 years of
age. He has been exceedingly success
ful as a teacher aud bis appointment
will give general satisfaction.
C. H. HERTY. A HALSEY.
step from tbe cars. It was a painful
surprise to the Oxford men for the
University boys were in excellent
spirits and had a sweeping way in tbeir
manner that seemed to carry things
t ieir own way. Several street cars
carried the boys out to Oxford, a mile
away, and without stopping for dinner
the University fellows sought the dia
mond.
THHY GREETED THEM.
Our home team was already on the
field practicing. They had gone over
the day before.
When the Athens crowd caught sight
of them, theicollege yell was given in
greeting, and the boys went about their
practicing with increasing interest,
The field was a bad one for our boys.
They had not been used to a sloping
field. It was a rough one too, and the
boys didn’t feel at all at home.
But with that college yell sounding
like mighty thunder in their ears—
gracious, who couldn’t have played
ball?
And they did! ah they did!
THE GAME IS CALLED.
According to the privilege of the vis
iting team tbe University selected Mr,
James C. Mell, of this city, as umpire.
This selection was perfectly agreeable
to tbe Oxford nine and the game was
called.
“Play ball!”
As it rang out across the diamond a
death like stillness hovered over the
thousands.of spectators, men, women
and children.
The Oxfords were “in,” but as the
University boys stepped out in the
field, the inspiration of that college yell
sent a thrill of comfort to'their anxious
hearts, and they went but to play, their
best.
Frank Herty stepped lightly into the
box and took tbe ball amid loud ap
plause from our side. Meantime the
Oxford fellows had been silenced by
that yell. They’d never heard anything
quite like it before. To them it sounded
very, very tony. They were rattled to
star with.
some;good batting
The Oxford men batted like cannons
at first. They seemed to catch onto
Herty at the start and sent many a sky
scraping ball over into the fielders’
domain. -
And in this way they made three runs
the first inntog.
The University boys were as cool as
encumbers and went in to make nothing
less than 5 runs. And they did it.
The second inning was a beauty. Ox
ford was skunked and the University
made 1.
This brought out tremendous applause
from the University men.
But the third and fourth innings
brought bad luck to us. The score was
Totals , 37 11 4 7 4.
Summary—Batteries: Griffin and
Foreman, Herty and w adley.
2 base hits. Foreman, Hutchins, Wil
liams. and G rambling.
Base stolen, A. Halsey 2.
Double play, Thompson and Thomas.
Bases on balls, Griffin 8, Herty 4.
Struck out, by Grifflin 7, Herty 8.
Time of game, 2 hours.
Umpire, James C. Mell.
Scorer, T. G. Gerdiue. ‘
TWO MORE GAMES
On June 4th and 4th the remaining
two games of tbe series with Oxford
will be played here in Athens.
Let us give the Oxfords a big time
when they come over.
Diamond Dust.
The pitchers were great—Herty did
splendidly for the University, and Grif
fin held down tbe box well for Emory
Griffin’s pitching was not so good
when he was forced to keep his foot on
the ground before delivering the ball.
Freeman was excellent behind tbe bat
for Emory.
Professor Herty made a splendid
catch of a long fly to center field.
A. Halsey did some fine work at second
base.
Carl Thompsom, an old University
boy, handled the hot bails at short
stop in splendid style for Emory.
The uniforms were beautiful, Emory
was attired in pure white with black
caps and black trimmings.
The University wore their colors
black suits, red belt and old gold letters
“U. G.” over the breast.
Tbe conduct of both nines was manly
and courteous in every respect.
Mr. James C. Mell, the umpire, was
complimented on all sides for his fair
ness in bis rulings. At tbe conclusion
of tbe game be went to tbe captain of
the-Rmory teqtn and asked him if any
one of bis rulings bad been unsatis
factory.
Tbe captain replied that tbe team a as
highly pleased with his rulings aud
were thoroughly satisfied.
IN A NEGRO BAP t lb i CONVENTION.
The Reply of a Colored Minister to a
Northern Brother.
Charlottesville, Va., May 16.—At
the Virginia Baptist state convention,
representing 20,000 colored Baptists, Dr.
McVickers, of Toronto, Canada, in urg
ing the raising cf a fund of $5,000 for
two colored seminaries, drew a gloomy
picture of the colored people of the
south, asserting that they were worse
off now in many sections than they were
thirty-five years ago. He then spoko of
what the American Baptist Home Mis
sionary society desired to do for the peo
ple of the state.
In reply to Dr. McVickers, Rev. J. M.
Armistead, colored, of Petersburg, Va.
said:
I am opposed to any more such help from
the north. 1 would say to the Home Mis
sion board, of New York, put your money
somewhere else and let ns help ourselves.
If we are ever to stand alone, now is the
time to do so; but as long as our northern
brethren rock the cradle for us we will be
children, and forty years hence we shall be
as dependent on northern help as now.
The speech created a stir, and pro
voked a long and heated discussion.
VICTIM OF INSULTS.
A Presbyterian Minister Deno
Toughs and is Persecuted.
Burlington, la., May 16.—Rev. M.
McEwen. pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Middletown, near this city, is
the victim, of persecution at the hands
of an organized hoodlums in that village,
This gang is composed of young men
ranging in age from 17 to 20 yean who
have carried on a long series of outrages
against various citizens. Rev. Mr.
McEwin denounced the gang from his
pulpit and thereby directed their hatred
against himself. That night he was
stone! and pelted with rotten eggs and
mud. Since then. he has been the ob
ject of all sorts of pretty annoyances and
letters written in blood red ink have
been received by him threatening the
burning of his honse and the poisoning
of his horse unless he left the country.
The reverend gentleman has Secured a
large revolver aud gained consent to
carry it from the authorities, and pro
poses to make it warm for toe young
men if farther annoyed. Other promi
nent citizens have received like treat-
ASH INGTON,
D. C — May 16—
Sp-cial. —Mr. Har
rison’s fool <r. mis
put nil Washing
ton iuio an amus
ed tiuer ’ todny. •
They decided sev
eral days ago that
it would not do to
announcetbe hour
of tbe arrival of the roya 'y equipped spe
cial train bearing Benjamin, the candidate,
because forsooth, he ui-slrrd to escape the
crowd that would meet him if they knew
when be was coming. If ihe hour that the
train would arrive bad been announced
tor days before in all ihe ltical newspapers
and had beeu placarded on all the bill
hoards aud dead walls in town, it is possi
ble that two or three hundred idle negroes
and hoodiutna might have congregated at
tue station fromjeutiosity, but to suppose
that there would havt l»een a crowd large
enough to worry tbe gentlemen, it Is ihe
most humorous thing of the season, and it
uaa set every body in town to laughing.
Mr. Blaine’s being confined io bis room
in New York, by illness was good enough
fur the sensational newspapers to gull those
wbo knew no better; but it didn’t go down
tb those who knew that Mr Blaine left
Washington because of tbe irritation caused
by the dictatorial tone of the-telegrams
with wiiicu Mr. Harrison was flood-
tig him, and if he does not resume the ac
tive duties of his position for somet'mu
will not be on account of hiB bealtn, but
because he wishes to get even with Mr.
Harrison by leaving him in charge of mat
ters over which be is almost certain to
blunder.
I have good reason for believing that
Mr. Harrison’s tre atment of Mr. Blaine,
who minks be b«s a grtevance£<lunng the
next f< w days will settle bis chances tor a
renoinination. It is certalu that Blaine
doesnlt care for ihe nomination, and that
if Mr. Harrison has the tact he can have
ta- Blaine strength thrown to him, which
would muke-hia nomination certain; but it
is i qualiy certain that Mr. Harrison will
have to drop tbe I-only-ain-ibe-adminis-
trai.oa style, which has so irritated B.aine,
in oruer to succeed. The outcome will be
watched wiih interest, and weVe’-it not for
the “big head" which ihe courtesy extend
ed by the people t<> the high office be fills
has given Mr. Harrison it wopid not be in
d>.ubt. Blame holds the wtnuiug cards,
and he koows ii ho.
Representative Hooker, of 'Miasissipi,
thinks the democratic prty will
do well to go west tor its
candidate next year, and that it could not
do better than (o take Hon. William R,
Morrison, of lllinoi-, at present the dem-
oora'ic member of the Interstate Commerce
board of Commissiofiers.
SenatorPeffer and cprResentaiive Jerry
Simpson, unite in the declaration ibat the
convention of the Fanners Alliance and
Laboi organization which meets io Cin-
cimati next week will not form {a third
party, but will confine its public work to
the isaueingof nn address to tb> p-ople.
Representative Crain, of Texas, who is
here on private business, says tbe outlook
for the election of the democratic candi-
da'e, whoever he may be, next year, v
could hardly be brighter. He doesn’t
thiDk tiiere will bn a Farmers Alliance na
tional ticket nominated, nor does he think
there is the slighest doubt of the election
of his coile&gu-, Mr. Mills, to the Spcuk-
rr-hip of the next H*mse
Keep you eye on Representative W. L.
Wils<- ,"of West Virginia. Heis a young
man, Lot heis growing as rapidly a* any
man now in oublic life. His r atne is
heard on V all sides here and
and nothing buj praise is spoken of him,
H is deeply interested in the organization
f democratic club*, and he Is at present
making speeches out west in their interest.
Again tbe rumor is i< vived that Justice
Bradley, of the United States Supreme
court, intending ictiring, and that Senator
Edmunus will be nominated as his suc
cessor.
Justice Bradley is past the legal age for
retirement, and it ' “ ' ‘ ’ ••ends
to retire. Many v opts with that ho had
retired before the nuuuiuuu o < decision
was made, but I cannot understand why
Mr. Edmunds, who, wbeD in good health,
on two occasions declined going upon the
bench, should now, when bis health is be
ginning to break down, accept the posi
tion.
There is something rotten somewhere in
the connection of ibis government with
matters relating to Chili. Tue public has
never beeD given the true inwardness of
this Iiata business.
It is expected that the names of tbe new
judges ot the U. 8. Circuit will be announ-.
ced in a few dayB.
Ex-Senator Ingalls has surprised every
body by turning up hen-, and tbe newspa
per men are itching to ltarn what he came
for. _
A BLAZING SLAUGHTER PEN.
The Buildings Consumed with a Loss
of Five Hundred Dollars.
Yesterday about odc o’clock tbe bell in
the Presbyterian tower rang out au alarm
of flic. It was from box 45, which is lo-
cated at the court-house, at the junction
of Hill street with Prince Avenue.
A dense smoke arising from tbe extrtme
end of Barber street ^fixed the location of
the fire It was tbe slaughter pen of Messrs.
Booth and Bertling. Tbe department an
swered tbe alarm quickly, and id a few
minutes tbe reels and hook and ladder
truck were speeding towards tbe fire.
When they reached there they did good
and effectual work.
Tbe bhildings being so far out frdxi the
centre of tbe city, the flames had gotten
consideiable headway before the depart
ment reached the place, bbt as one of the
citiz-ns near by said, they did as good
work as any lot of meD could m>. The
buildings used as slaughter-house* were
consumed, aud the loss is placed at five
hundred dollars.
The fire wa* accidental in its nature.
A negro was smoking some bologna sau
sage, and let the fire get too- bot. The
house caught and- those present were una
ble to put it out.
The Special Sehvices The specia
services that have been going on for
several weeks at the First Methodist
church close with the meeting to-night.
They will be discontinued for one week,
when they will be merged in the Gos
pel Tent meeting to be conducted by
Rev. J. B. Culpepper, assisted by the
ministers of tho city,