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The Cartersville Courant-American VOL. VIII. ® STATE ROAD FICHT. v/natthe Leaders Think of the Battle. I „itn, Hi** (irorgia N**tor to Save tfce vtnt- Roftdifcndthe People From the Despot iam of Corporation*. Atlantn Journal, jlv far the most striking figure in the present Legislature is Dr. W. H. Felton, who represents the county of Bartow in the lower branch of the General Assembly. \h one stands at the reporters’ table or on the steps of the speaker's desk, and caß ts his eye over the entire assembly of nien f ro m all sections and from every corner of the State, men representing every class from capitalist or profession- to farmer or mechanic •„ men of all ages, from the gray head of the Legisla tive age to the beardless lace of some ambitious young attorney who longs to dabble in legislation, his eye rests unfail ingly tirelessly upon the tottering L t manly figure who has stood in the F van of many a fierce fight over vital and revolutionary principles, and whose years of usefulness have crowned him with honor. lie is the Nestor of the Georgia Legis lature. You may have differed with him —hun- dreds have; you may differ with him uo w—-hundreds do; butyou must respect bis firmuess and the almost fierce integ rity of his honor. His wisdom has not lost its power, or his eloquence its charm, in the councils of bis State. When he rises, like some tottering pillar of State —though yet a pillar of State —his words draw “atten tion still as night or summer's noontide air.” When you glance at the gray head which, under the too great burden of years of laboc, tremulously shakes like the impotent mods of a dethroned Jupi-| ter, you whisper to your heart, “how are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished/’ But when the eye brightens and the old eloquent smile, which yet haunts hi-K face, awakens, yon feel as if you had seen the shadow go backward upon time s dial and the morn new risen on the chill even ing of life. l Though tame has shaken its fleece-like plies of stiow upon his brow, it has not chilled the®® miner of his mind and heart. Tin; DOCTOR AT HIS DESK. I had a kmg talk with Dr. Felton yes terday. It was in the midst of the day’s session, and .as he sat at his desk, where he may be found oftener than many of his younger associates, his Cye and ear took in everything that was doing or saying in the hall, while he told rue of his plans, and discussed the great questions before the present Legislature whieSi so intimately concern the highest and deepest interests of the State. His HOPES AND FEARS. “I have two chief objects at present,” said the doctor. “Oneof them is the best disposition Of the State Road, how the coveted prey of a conspiracy which is seizing all the railroads, and getting ab solute control of every commercial high way of the State. The Western & At lantic railroad is, practically, the only avenue left us. We are shut out from every quarter except the West by way of the old State road, and it is for the peo ple of Georgia, through their represeu | tatives Imre, to throttle this monster now, or let it tighten its fatal python coils arouud us. hope to see Georgia rescued from 9)| periL It lies within the power of this legislature to save the State from this Monstrous evil, or to permit it to insidi ously gain possession of every road into or out of the State and place the people a t the mercy of unscrupulous conspir ators. “My other objeet iff the declaration of war upon the monopolies themselves. I will not be content with preserving to the State the only avenue of commerce un tainted by the grasp of the monopolist at >d baron, but I wish the State, as the sovereign she is, to throw down the gage °f battle, wrest her highways from the mastery of these conspirators, and place her naked sword across the narrow path which leads to the rights and liberties of her people. m ' This session is drawing rapidly to a (: '°se. The Legislature will adjourn in a f ew weeks, and the fight against these c °n hi nations and conspiracies must be deferred until next summer. All that we can hope to do at this h'ne is to settle the question of THE LEASE OF THE W. & A. It Hie committee! of the W estern & At has before it three bills, one of I it will report favorably. | “Mr. Harrell’s bill is to sell or lease the l^ad. Mr. Howell’s is t.d lease it specifically. My bill is to lease the road absolutely. 1 nder the provision of my bill the min- I lr mmi terms fo lease are $‘15,000 per l for a term of twenty years; $40,- I v"-* month fa term of thirty years; or *45 ,000 per month for a term of fifty years. ALWAYS MAKES MONEY. “The State Road has always paid hand somely. Even the East Tennessee has not injured itenough to materially lessen its revenue. For the past four years, that is, since the building of the East Tennessee, the net earnings of the State Road have averaged *426,000 per an num. Some years ago Governor Brown testified that the road ought to pay *600,000 ifbnually into the State Treas ury. “The local traffic of the road is increas ing wonderfully. In a few years the iron business alone will give it more than a single track can handle. In my county, Bartow, there are now building three furnaces: One for iron, one for malleable iron and one for steel. The marble and granite business are both new industries and are growing rapidly. THE BILL TO BE PUSHED. “The bill reported by the committee ought to come up this session, pass, and go to the Governor for his approval, so that he may have the time and opportu nity to advertise the lease, and, if noth ing is accomplished, the Legislature, when it re-assembles in the summer, may take further steps towards carrying out the provisions of the law. THE POLICY OF THE CONSPIRATORS. “If no action is taken this summer the lease will expire before anything can be done. This is what the conspirators most desire. They could then obtain possession of the road on their own terms. “I trust that the Legislature will see that no time is lost in this matter. The question strikes deeper than it seems. “AS TO TEMPERANCE?” “Well, I don’t know what I shall do in that line. I have several ideas, and I shall take an earnest interest in all mat ters, but I don’t exactly know how they will come up. You must wait and see.” MURDEROUS PLOT THWARTED Prisoners Undertake to Perfect a Scheme to Escape Which Fails. Deputy Sheriff Williams is a careful jailer, but his boarders came near escap ing last Monday by Burning out, after a failure to agree om murdering their keeper. On Saturday Mr. Williams carried a negro named Bob Willis to the chain gang, and on the way the prisoner told him that a plot w-sts formed during the week to knock him in the head with win dow weights and but that him self and one other prisoner refused to go into it, and it was thus defeated. Upon inquiry all the prisoners remain ing, except Hill Conyers, colored, and young Cavert, white, confessed to enter ing the plot. The other prisoners con firmed Willis’story—that he and Conyers refused to go into it —but said that the Cavert boy did. He, however, stoutly denied it. Of course these disclosures put the jailer to investigating, and on Monday he found that there were some suspicious movements among his prisoners. Late that evening young Cavert handed him the following note through his cell door. “Mr. Williams, I want to tell you some thing but I dont want you to give me away al of thease men in here is try to git away excepting myself and Hill they have take the waits out of the windows and have burned the wood to the Bricks and if they have 1 hours work at it in the morning they will get out they hole is up by the stove Pipe if this should get out on me thease men might try to h “ rt m °- yOUrS trU ‘- V ’ E . C. Caveht Mr. Williams then locked the prisoners id different cells, and began an investi gation. He soon discovered a hole through the ceiling, which is 12 feet from tlx? floor. They had burned through the two inch ceiling and mostly through some four inch timbers, aj*d an hour's work more would have let tf*em out. The burning was done with three iron weights which the prisoners had taken lrom the windows. Prisoners have escaped in thesame way before, and it is highly important our county jail should be so improved as to make it safe. There were three white and five colored prisoners in jail at the time. The white men are (lip Moods, Heniy 1 obb and E. 0. Cavert. The negros’ names are John Alexander, Albert Jackson, Bar tow Conyers, Hill Conyers and Bob Willis. Thought it Was a Receipt. About ten years ago an old gentleman of this county bought a postoffice money order to make a payment due in another State. Thinking it was simply a receipt for the money, and that Postmaster Wikle would send on the funds, he put the papier away, and considered the mat ter settled. Recently the parties began to dun him for the amount, when he hunted up the money order, and brought it to the office, when Henry Milner ex plained the matter to him, and the order, given in 1878, was duly forwarded. CARTERSVILLE. GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1888. THE NORTH GA. CONFERENCE. Close of an Interesting Session at Milledgeville. Progresn Shown All Over the Conference— Where the Preachers Will Labor For the Next Year. The conference closed its sessiou Mon day. The body was handsomely enter tained by Milledgeville, and the nidst de lightful harmony prevailed throughout the session. The reports of the presiding elders show that there has been a considerable ad vance all along the line during the year. APPOINTMENTS. V Athens district —S P. Richardson, P. E. First church, W.D. Anderson; Oconee Street, H. M. Quillian; Athens circuit, E. B. Rees; Factory, W. W. Oslin; Watkins ville, C. A. Conaway; Winterville, W. P. Rivers; Lexington, W. F.Smith; Greenee boro, G. W. Duval. Greene circuit —T. S. L. Harwell; White Plains,C.S. Owens;Norwood, R. A. Stale; Washington, J. S. Bryan; Jefferson; E. K. Aiken; Harmony Grove, W. M. D. Bond. North Atlanta district —W. F. Glenn, P. E. First church, 11. C. Morrison; Payne’s, A. W. Williams; Merritt’s Avenue, T. J. Christian; Grace, G. E. Bonner; Marietta Street, M. I). Smith; Edgewood, J. F. Mixon; Marietta, P. M. Ryburn; Wood stock, M. S. Williams; Canton and Little River, C. P. Marchman; Douglasville and Salt Springs, H. L. Crumley; Hickory Flat, J. S. L.Sappington; Tallapoosa. J. A. Reynolds; Waco Beech, T. I). Coggan; Villa IlicA and Temple, S. Leak; Winston, J. M. Sewell; Fulton circuit, N. H. Mat thews; Walesea. H. M. Smith; Sunday school agent, M. J. Cofer; Edgewood academy, J. R. Maysou; Technological school, I. S. Hopkins. South Atlanta district—W. W. Wads worth, P. E. Trinity, J. W. Lee; Walker street, 11. J. Ellis; St. Paul's, M. E. Un derwood; Park street, A. G. Wardlaw; Asbury, J. T. Richardson; Pierce, W. S. Stevens; East Point, H. L. Embry; Bol ton, W. T. Irvine; Palmetto and Fair burn, J. E. England; Fairburn circuit, J. C. Davidson; Jonesboro, W. P. Smith; Fayetteville, G. W. Thomas; Hampton, W. J. Cotter; Morrow station, W. F. Robinson; McDonough, J M. Bowden; Locust Grove, J.W.Baley; Wesleyan Ad vocate, W. H. Potter; Blue Ridge supplied by C. Dowdell; Track Rock supplied by M. Jay. Augusta district —W. P. Lovejoy, P. E. St. Johns, W. F. Cook; St, James, R. J. Bigham; Asbury, W. 1). Shea; St. Luke’s, J. B. Allen; Broad street, C. A. Evans; City Mission, F. S. Hudson; Richmond circuit, A. TANARUS, Mann; Grovetown, Arthur Harris; Appling, J. J.Ansley; Harlem, R. P. Mart.vn; Warren ton, L. P. Neece; Thompson, J. M. White; Culverton, W. T. Caldwell; Sparta, A.W. Quillian; Han cock, R. E. L. Timmons; Milledgeville, J. R. King and C. Keener; Baldwin, G. W. Grover; South Baldwin mission, and chap lain of asylum, T. H. Gibson. Dahlonega district —J. T.Gibson, P. E. Dahlonega, J. F. Balis; Porter Springs, W. R. Austin; Auroria, W. F. Colley; Cleveland, T. S. Edwards; Hiwassee, E. A. Gray and supply; Blairsville, supplied by T. C, Hughes; Jasper, W. D. Dillard; Dawsonville, J. A. Sewell; Clayton, sup plied by A. A. Tilley; Ellijay, W. 1.. Sin gleton, Morganton, J. Laneware; Young Harris institute, E. T. Gray. Dalton district —J. M. Lowry, P. E. Dalton, R. W.Bigham; Dalton circuit, E. M. Stanton; Spring Place, J. R. Speck; Calhoun and Adairsville, S. Shaw; Fair mount, Eli Smith; Subligna, F. R. Smith; Cohutta, F. Walton; Summerville, T. H. Timmons; LaFayette, J. L. Perryman; McLemore’s cove, W. Dunbar; Ringgold, M. A. Phillips; Tilton and Resaca, J. F. Tyson; Kingston, J. T. Lowe; Pine Log, W. T. Hamby; Floyd Springs, D. C. Brown; ’Whitfield, E. (1. Murray. Elberton district —J. H. Raxter, P. E. Elberton, J. B. Bobbins; Bethlehem, L. P. Winter; Bowman, G. T. King; Hart well, IV. M. Winn, Royston, supplied by W. A. Cooper; Lavonia, A. D. Echols; Carnesville, R. B, O. England; Toccoa, C. A. Jamison; Clarksville, W. E. Shackle ford and H. M. Strozier; Belton, B. P. Allen; Homer, T. G.Rorie; Danielsville, S. D. Evans, F. Mcßee; Broadriver, A. J. Hughes; Littleriver, J. A. Timmerman; Lincolnton, J. W. G. Watkins. Gainesville district—A. G. Worley, P. E. Gainesville, D. J. Myrick; Gaines ville circuit, Supplied by S. H. Braswell; Hall circuit, J. N. Myers; Flowery Branch, J. S. Embry; Lawrenceville, G. K, Quil lian; Logansville, T. J*. Edwards; Gwin nett, B. H. Trammell; Monroe, M. H. Edwards; Jug Tavern, N. E. Mcßreyer; Noreross, M. W. Arnold; Roswell, D. D. Cox; Alpharetta, C. V. Weathers and C. M. Verdell; Gumming, W. G. Hanson; Snellville, supplied by G. Brand. Griffin district—H. H. Parks, P. E. Griffin, H. S. Bradley; Milner, B. San ders; Orchard Hill, W. C. Fox; Zebulon, S. R. England; Barnesville, J. H. John stone; Upson, A. C. Cantrell; The Rock, J. B. Holland; Thomaston, T. A. Seals; Culfoden, L. Rush; Forsyth, J. M. Tuni lin; Forsyth circuit, J., H. Mash burn ; Jackson, M. H. Dillard; Flovilia, J. J. N. Kenny; West Monroe, O. B. Quillian; Senoia, J. W. Stipe; Turin, J. 11. Little; Concord, W. A. King, supply. LaGrange district—T. F. Pierce, P. E. LaGrange, A. J. Jarrell; West Point, B. P. Sassnett; Troup circuit, F. D. Can trell ; Houston. G. C. Andrews; Hogans ville, W. T. Bell; Whitesville, J, H. Fakes; Greenville and Trinity, F. G. Hughes; Meriwether, A. S. Adams; Woodbury, S. D. Clements: Grantville, J. R. Parker; Franklin, E. H. Wood; Bowden, H. L. Edmondson; Newnan, C. C. Cary; Roupville, A. Lester; North Coweta, J. Rose; Carrollton, A. M, Thig pen ; Whitesburg, W. H. Speer. Oxford district —G. W. Yarbrough, P. E. Oxford, M. H. Cakes; Covington, W. H. Laprade; Newborne, W. R. Branham, Jr.; Social Circle, R. R. Johnson; Shady Dale, W. A. Park; Monticello, O. C. Sim mons; Eaton ton, W. R. Foot; East Putnam, W. T. Hamilton; West Put nam, J. E. Rosser; Clinton, E. R. Cook; Madison, W. L. Wooten ; Morgan, J. L. Moon; South Morgan, J. V. M. Morris; Conyers, J. L. Pierce; Lithonia, O. A. Thrower; Decatur and Clarkston, L. G. Johnson; Decatur circuit, W. A. Farris; Hebrew missionary, J. Magath; Emory college, W. A. Candler, M. Callaway, J. S. Moore; financial secretary, J. W. Roberts. Rome district —A. C. Thomas, P. E. Rome, W. F. Qnillian; Second church, IL F. Fraser; Forestville, C. C. Spruce; South Rome, H. W. Morris; Coosa cir cuit, E. T. Hendrick ; Cave Spring, S. B. Ledbetter; Cedartown. G. E. Gardner; Rock mart, E. W. Ballinger; Polk, F. P. Lancord; Dallas, G. J. Orr; E. Paulding H. Green; Paulding, supplied by R. A. Cowan; Powder Springs, J. P. Ram sour; Cartersville, 11. J. Adams; Ac worth, J. M. Owens; Cave Spring circuit, C. E. Pattillo; Austell, AY. W. Brinsfield; agent orphans’ home, S. P. Jones. The next conference meets at Cedar town. After a lengthy arid spirited debate, the North Georgia annual conference, by a vote of 107 to 54, passed the follow ing resolution: Resolved, That this conference is in sympathy with the movement in the legislature to increase the appropriation to the schools sufficient to secure six mouths schools. BIRMINGHAM’S EXCITEMENT. A Hoppible Mupdep Moves the Peo ple to the Lynching Point. R. R. Hawes in Jail Charged With the Mur der of His Wife and Children— Ten Men Killed. The South has seldom witnessed such scenes of excitement as those that have moved Alabama’s booming city tor the past week. R. R. Hawes, an engineer, married a young lady in Mississippi, and on his ar rival with his his new bride at Birming ham, was arrested. His nine year old daughter had been found in East Lake, and he was suspicioned of being the mur derer. After a long search his former wife (from whom heclaimed to have been divorced) was also fouud in the lake, weighted down with iron. This so fren zied the indignant populace that the people rose and at tacked the jail, threat ening to lynch Hawes. The sheriff and his deputies defended the jail, and as a last resort, fired into the mob, killing and wounding a large number—among them several of the most popular citizens. Afterwards the local military was called out, and three companies also brought from Montgomery, and though the ex citement continued high for two days, no further violence has taken place. Another child of Hawes is missing, and it is pretty certain that she also has been mu rdered. One negro woman and two negro men have also been arrested on suspicion. Sheriff Smith has been arrested on a charge of murder, for ordering thegnards to fire on the crowd, and the feeling against him is very intense. For several days the leading dailies of the country have been filled with sicken ing details of the murder, and the terrible scene at the jail. Hawes claims to have given his former wife SSOO with which to go to her people in New York, and also stated that he had taken his children to a convent at Mobile. Mayor Thompson is abused because he refused to call out the military. He was asked to do so early in the evening, but declined, saying: “I will not. It would put a blot upon our city. AVe do not need it.” Had tlie military been called out before the mob approached the jail it is believed that the rush, assault, or charge, whatever it may be called, would not have been made. Thompson, how ever, did not do so. Something must be done to cheek the apparent epidemic of crime that is sweep ing over the South. It is getting almost as bud as it is in the North. The Sntii n! lie Sea! <<- So Original, So Complete, So Novel, So Cheap, So New, . So Gay. MUM 1 STtHf BE SURE -iLVINro SEE IT.H- Everything First - Class! : .... * * * —LOVELY DISPLAY.— APPROPRIATE GIFTS For All Kinds of Folks, Little or Big, ! - • ■ s -- -v ' *. AT ALL KINDS OF PRICES. GREAT AND SMALL, I m PHASING TP All t A Large and Varied Assortment of Fancy Goods and Toilet Articles ! PERFUMES, NOTIONS, NOVELTIES, &C. The Newest Designs and Finest Goods $ Season. My Low Prices Make These Beautiful Goods All Bargains. Coine to Headquarters, where your money will go the farthest and where you are* sure to find just what you want. Dressing Cases, Work Boxes, Odor Cases, Shaving Sets, Smok ing Sets, Dolls, Albums, Writing Desks, Lamps, Christ mas Tree Ornaments, Mirrors, Whisk Holders. Fancy Writing- Paper, Fine Toilet Soaps, Palmer’s Extracts, Colognes, Bay Rum, Vases, Toilet Sets, Tops, Toys, Chamber Sets, &c , etc. Ready for You Now ! Don’t Wait I Come Before the Bush, and Stock Has Been Picked Over. EVERYBODY’S FRIEND, . M. f, Word, tiie Druggist, Cartersville, Ga. NO. 27.