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OOURANT- AMERICAN.
T , 'va'cXl®la*i4 ’Xtvmry TTa.\xxm&m.y.
CARTKRSVILI.K. (iKOK(UA.
Official Oman of Bartow Couty.
AM. 1 ,od p "w*°"
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 18#7
Id revising the old books ol
the Conrant and the American,
preparatory to getting op anew
list, those badly in arrears wil’
be left oO'. The new books wil
be finished February 15th.
Bd1t*!la! Brevities.
Atlanta is j it now entertaining the
national ji .iltry show.
A m*. HTKoiiK warfare is being waged
on the hut at the theater.
; inoe the death ol it* ohif, the weather
is runubjT riot oyei the land.
Carlilsk’s candidacy fo.* the United
States Senate, from Kentucky, is causing
IPek some uneasiness.
Gen. W. B. Hazkn, who has for so
many years bad charge of the signal ser
vice, died last Sunday.
The Chattooga News will be horned
in a few weekis at Summerville, a stock
company having the project under
charge.
The Texas legislature has appropriated
SIOO,OOO for the purchase of seed grain
for the drouth-stricken districts of that
State.
It seems that the Dutch are to take
Florida. A syndicate has purchased an
immense quantity of land In the State of
alligators, to he settled by Hollanders.
The city of Savannah is having a live ly
time over her municipal election. Ihe
Democratic nominating meeting split, the
younger w'ng nominating Mr. Hamilton,
the other wing Mr Lester. The labor
party, it seems, also has a candidate.
The Augusta Evening News suggested
the name of Hon. Chas. C. Jones as its
fayorite to succeed the late Judge Jackson
us Chief Justice. Col. Jones is a man of
tine ability and profound culture, and
would adorn the supreme bench.
Frank James lias accepted a position
as salesman with a St. Louis shoe house
and says lie’s tired of notoriety and now
wants to work. lie has refused several
offers to become an attraction u* side
shows.
Mr. William C. Sibley, of Augusta,
in answer to the charge that Bmali chil
dren are compelled to work in the facto
ries, sUoft’B that the barrooms absorb the
earuiugs of the parents, and eros Je v j’ a
tribute upon the children. Wbat a grave
charge, and how true!
We have received the prospects of
the Middle Georgia Progress, a paper
a x>n to be started at Samlersville by a
stock company. Stephen G. Gordon
wjli mount the tripod while C. Henry
Mitchell will do the hustling after tin am
cos. To use an old chestnut we wish it
success.
The eyes of the world were turned to
wards the parliamentary contest in the
" liritlsh ls!e, where the grand old man
made his ablest fight and was beaten; but
the contest to occur in Germany on the
21st proximo is of even greater interest
to all civilized people. It is a contest be
tween manhood suffrage and imperial
power, and it may not be altogether im
possible that the fate of imperialism in
Europe depends upon the result.
A peculiarity attached to the Inter*
State Commerce bill in the Senate, which
doe3 not appear to be generally under
stood ; it was a conference report, and as
sucb could not be amended. It had to be
adopted as a whole or recommitted as a
whole. On the motion to re-commit there
was eleven majority against it. That was
the test vote. On the final vote the bill
passed by 43 to 18. There is no question
that the bill will pass the House. Senator
Colquitt made an able speech in favor of
the passage of the bill. Senator Brown
voted ngainst it.
The Alabama boom continues to grow.
What was once thought to be a mushroom
or speculative boom is now assured of
substantial permanency. The building of
immense furnaces, rolling mills and other
great Iron industries, and the projecting
and building of lhauy railroads through
mineral sections of this great State, surely
southward the star of wealth is tending.
Greeley’s ad vice to young men to go West
has become a chestnut. Go to Alabama,
young man, and buy a corner lot in some
old field and wait for the boom to strike,
a\nd your fortune is made.
Ont little sister city Rome has suf
fered irreparable loss in the deaths of
Cot. Daniel 8. Printup and Capt.
Thomas Berry, two gentlemen the
“Hill City” could illy afford to lose.
Col. Priutup has labored for years in
the upbuilding of Rome, putting his
money into and encouraging every en
terprise that looked to the advancement
cf hia town. His weight has been felt
in the building of the Rome and Deca
tur road, for he was largely instrumental
in getting the northern capital to do it,
Capt. Berry has long been engaged in
the ootton business and died rich. The
town is just now in deep mourning and
the funerals were largely attended yes
terday.
Governor Gordon Monday appointed
ex-Judge Logan E. Bleckley to the vacancy
on the supreme bench caused by the death
of Chief Justice Jackson. The necessary
commission was made out in form by tbe
Secretary of Slate and received by the
newly appointed judge. The appoint
•ment will continue in force until the
meeting ot the legislature in July, when
an election will he held by the assembly.
Jt is not known whether Judge Bleckley
will go before that body for re election.
The court is now in session, and it will
b uecwajry tor hii to enter at one*
this duties of his duties.
VKXir.l X PFXSIOX RILL PASSES. I
The Mexican pei.siou bill >m amended
ud passed by the Senate si the leaf f
session of Congress, passed (he
H-iusp MouAsy. Though the origi
nal provisions of ihe bill are so omen
changed by nme; ctneut that many of
the veterans < f that heroic struggle f>r
their couutry's iuUrest and honor, cati
jot avail themselves of its benefits Ht '
present, ou account of nge ; vet there
ire scotces and hundreds who have at
tuned the age specified by the provis
ions of the hill who will be made to re- i
joice t kuowiug that the country has at j
ist recognized the honorable service 1
uej rendered ia tbe days her peril. !
•Vhde the bdl is not as broad in its pro*
osionH as it shonl 1 be, it is better than
iO bill at ail.
The bill was voted on by the House on
tfonday, aud now only waits the -lgna
•ire of the President to become a lsw.
.he foilowi :g us a text of the bill as
sssed:
It provides that a peusiau of $8 a
month shall he paid to all surviving offi
:ersand enlisted men, iucluding marines,
nilitia aud volunteers of the military and
•aval service of the United States, who,
reiug duly eulisted, actually served sixty
lays with the army or navy of the Uui
ed Sta’efa iu Mexico, or ou the coasts of
he froutiei thereof, or in a war with that
mtion, or were actually engaged iu bat
•le iu said war and was honorably dis
charged, aud to such other soldiers and
sailors as m>y have been persoualiy
tamed in any resolution of C mgr ess for
my specific service iu said war, and the
surviving widows of such otlicers and
eulisted men; provi led that such widows
have not reman ied; provided that every
such officer, eulisted man, or widow who
is or may become sixty-two years of age,
>r who is or may become subject to auy
Usability or dependency equivalent to
ir.y cause prescribed or recognized by
the pension laws of the Unite 1 States a*)
-efficient reason for the allowance of a
amsiou, shall be entitled to the benefits
f this not; but it shall not be hell tn
include any peraou not within the lule
of age or disability or dependency
herein defined, or who incurred such
disability while in any manner volu da
rily engaged in or aided or abetted the
late rebellion against the authority of
the Uuited States.
DEATH OF CHIEF JUSTICE JACK
SON.
Though the newspapers had apprised
the public of his critical illness, yet it
was a great shock to Georgians, on last
Friday morning, when the sad intelli
gence of the death of their distinguished
and beloved Chief Justice was an
nounced.
Judge Jacksou had only been sick a
few days, but his extreme age aud the
unyielding malady that had fastened it
self upon him, made his case hopeless at
the beginuiug.
Judge Jackson’s ljfe has been one of
singular purity and honor. Few men of
the age, perhaps, have furnished the
world with such a well-rounded char
acter. a more unselfish example of
beautiful Christi an manhood. He was
the cultured gentleman, the finished or
ator, fhe learned jurist, the wise aud
just judge, the generous and charitable
friend, the humble and devout follower
of the lowly N.izareue. He was a mau
whose whole aim of life W’as to learn the
right, and then do it. He was a man
whose life reflects credit upon Georgia
and honor upou her Supreme judiciary.
Judge Jackson’s life had Wgeiy been
given to the service of his State. 4-3
member of her General Assembly,
judge of the Supreme Court, represen
tative iu ihe national Congress, assoc.ate
justice of the Court, and final
ly Chief Justice, he was thfr mauly
man, distinguished in them all.
The funeral obsequies took place ir*
Atlanta on lust Sunday, and was among
the most imposing eyer seen in the
State.
CULTURKD BOSTON
CtPTI'RED AND IMMENSELY PLEAS
ED MV REV. SAM. .JONES.
Not. Half the Crowd Able to Get Within
Hearing Distance,--Hearty Co-Opera
tion Among tlie People of the Hub.
Boston, January 18.—Sam Jones spoke
to two great audiences here Sunday, and
no man's words ever stung Boston com
placency into greater perturbation. There
iias been much curiosity and doubt among
those who have brought the Georgia evan
gelist to Boston over the success or failure
of tlie two weeks’ crusade which he has
now begun. The popular fervor which
his fiery attacks upon the sins and vices
of tke day aroused in the south and west
by no means argued for him any welcome
from Boston. In no town in the country
are his methods so likely to fail Even
the auspices under which Sam Jones has
come are unfortunate. Denominational
jealousy as much as anything else limited
the invitation, which was finally sent by
the Methodists instead of by all the evan
gelical ministers The Congregationalists
who brought Moody here for the great
revival ten years ago, are too much dis
turbed by the doctrinal dispute at Ando
ver to enter very heartily into an aggress
ive campaign. The Baptist clergy stand
aloof ostensibly because they cannot in
dorse some of the eloquent Georgian’s
methods. Even the Methodists hoped
Jones would tone down the rough vigor of
his attacks, in deference to Boston notions
of religious propriety
In the hope probably that he would be
restrained by cultured surroundings, they
selected for liis first appearance tlie Tre
mont street church, the house of the ;
richest and most fashionable Methodist so
ciety in town. But nothing curbed the
tongue of the revivalist His words were
ati relent ess and scathing as any he ever
spoke He had before him a typical Bos
ton audience Not since the height of
the Moody revival has such a Sunday
morniug congregation assembled here
The church seats about 1,000 people. Two
thousand people filled the pews and every
foot of standing room before the services
opened. Two thousand more vainly tried
to get within sound of the preacher s
voice.
The evangelist was handicapped by
several popular impressions prejudicial to
him Most of his hearers expected to see
a man more or less, uncouth, uneducated
and unrefined. Tbeyexpectedtobe shocked
and amused bv hrod droll
incidents and very pointed atoms t n
expense of the popular follies of the day
It was plain bv the taofl and [demeanor of
the auoienc# that they were first sid oris
ed, then puzzled and then comuleteli wuu
by the manner of the man who stood le
-forc them His appearance, manner and
words as he first addressed them were a.*<
polished and refined as those of any one
who has spoken in the same pulpit. He
was graceful, even dignified, in his first
sentences His text was .In Christ Je
sus.” and thread of discourse there was
none after the first fi re minutes He said
iu part :
I sunpose there are more candid,
thoughtful minds to day asking these
three questions than, perhaps, there are
engaged upon any three questions on
earth : Who L-> Christ: v\ hat is Christ 1
v\ here is Christ T After all, 1 believe the
wisest answer to them are—to the first
one, who Is Christ I—the ]ersonal living
embodiment of wisdom and justice aud
love and mercy and truth, and all the
? graces that make the children of .od love
y. Vt here is Christ t Brethren, the
world looks to the church to answer that
| question
What is Chris! ? Ah, brethren, my
lupes, your bop**-, f >r time and eterni
ty, depend on that question. There is
nu salvation this side of hat point where
[ can look up iu the f tce of G-d and out
on the f ce of man and say. He and Welle til
iu my soul richly ia all wisdom. What
a p-ivi'ege to have such a guest iu my
house. lam ashamed of the house I
have to offer him. Inin ashamed (f
everything I set before him as my guest,
but he is uiy guest, thank God.
The preacher discussed the tendency
of denominations to cousider too much
the unimportant sins and doings. At
tacking each denomination in turn, he
exclaimed:
Here is a Baptist preacher lingiug the
changes on water, much water, and per
haps a large proportion of his people are
fast going where they won’t get a drop
to eooj their parched tongues.
The evening service was held nt the
People's church, which is more central,
and fully 7,500 people endeavored to at
tend. About half tlmt number succeed
ed in getting iuside the doors. The
evangelist spoke for more than an hour.
There were 100,000 people in twenty
states, he said, praying that he might
succeed iu arousing Boston to a sense < f
her moral and spiritual degradation, fl
added:
I believe in prayer and in the God
that answers pnu er, and I believe He
can make this city great in spiritual as it
:s iu conimeicial things. You call
/ourselves the Hub. I pray that God
may make you the hub from which
shall radiate spiritual light over ail
America.
Among the terse sayings which the
great audience did not hesitate to ap
plaud were these:
A roan who has more religion than
sense I have fund to be a fool, and a
man who has more sense than religion a
rascal.
There have been scores of million
aires on both continents who have died
unrepentant, and who now cannot ihuh
'er enough money among them to buy a
drop ( f water to cool their parched
tongues.
There are some people who expect a
continual revival in church. Now, they
might as well put their preacher iu an
ice box aud then curse him because he
didn’t sweat as to expect him to keep up
a revival witoout help from the pews.
Yon think too much of the heaven
<hat is to come. Let us work here and
stand ou the ten c unmaudments and the
sermon ou the mount, and heaven will
come to ns here and now, so that Boston
will be but a suburb < f g’orv.
You sing too much of the sweet bye
and-bye. Let us have more 1 siugiug of
the sweet now-aud-now,
I would rather take my chances as a
generous sinner tb n a stingy Methodist.
At the close of bis address Mr. Jones
asked those who would co-operate with
him in hb work here to rise, and fully
one-half the people stood on their feet.
Services will be held every afternoon
Slid, evening.
THE NEW COMBINATION.
One <>f tlie Most Powerful Corporations
in the Country-What W ill he
list Reels.
Tlie Charleston News and Courier of
Monday in commenting upon the new
scoop of the East Tennessee road by tlie
Terminal company, remarks that this is
an a*e of consolidation and combination,
and it is not sitfprjsing, perhaps that the
Richmond and Wet Point Terminal Com
pany, having swallowed the Richmond
and Danville system, should now acquire
control of tlie East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia system To the 2,704 miles
of railway oimtjuJlpd' by tlie Terminal
Company through the Richmond and
Danville Company, the 1,400 miles of the
East Tennessee system are now added
Tilly in itself is sufficient to make the
Terminal Cfijp "any one of the most pow
ei fnl coiporatmWin £}JP country. But it
is claimeo, m addition, that the Tpr??ri nal
is on the most friendly terms with the
Central Railroad of Georgia which oper
ates 1,953 miles of the road J f there be,
indeed, entire harmony between Gen
Alexander of the Centra} Railroad and
Gen. Logan of the Terminal, the tyro
systems working together, will nece sa
sarily have immense power in the touth.
They will virtually control the business
of Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee and a
large part of North and sDJ]th Carolina.
It is rumored, likewise, tin# flip Norfolk
and V\ esteni Railroad and the Louisville
and Nashville system will be brought into
the Terminal Combination This would
make the Richmond and West Point Ter
miual au almost irresistible force in de
termining and reguhiring freight and pas
senger business in ail pf the Southern
States east of the Mississippi, ejumpriug
Florida
The Atlantic Coast Line, with it- Flori
da commotions, remain independent for
the present, at least, and the South Ctum
lina Railway Is free But the appetite for
consolidation grows by what it feeds on
and the acquisition of thousands of miles
of new lines naturally leads to the desire
for more mileage and to the ability to ac
quire it.
It is difficult to prognosticate the effect
of the new combination upon tlie business
of the States which its lines traverse, but
it is probable that the policy will be broad
rather than narrow, large rather than
small 'I he very magnitude of the system
will, in a sense, nationalize It It would
be impracticable apparently to work in
the interest of any one port any such body
of railways as that which the Terminal
Company now controls. The profit in the
combination—outside of the profits made
in Wall street—must depend on the man
ner in which the lines are worked, and,
therefore, upon the fencouragement given
to business by the system. A strangulat
ing and repressive po Ley would inevitably
injure the system, while injuring Jikewise
particular communities.
Our present feeling is that the combi
nations which have, hteu made, and which
are in progress, will be more likely to
give additional freedom to traffic than to
cramp or confine it
A Card of Thanks.
To tliofia of your city who have kindly
sent us a contribution to our church build •
ing fund. May they prosper in every un
dertaking for good. Respectfully,
Ladies’ Aid Society.
Hephzibab, Ga., Dec. 29, 1880,
Every day adds to the great amount of evi
dence as to the curative powers of Hood’s
Saisaparilla. Letters arc continually be
ing received from all sections of the coun
try', telling of benefits derived fiom this
great medicine. It is unequalled for gen
eral debility, and as a blood purifier, ex
pelling every trace of aerolula or other
impurity. Now is the time to take it.
Prepared by C. I. Hood Cos., Lowell,
Hass. &oi& by all druggists. j
FOR Ml UfiMR.
ft. X.. jrrVßt ON TRIAL FOR TflK KILL- J
INO OF FRANK I*. (.KAY.
Wix-li 1 nterrttt ami a Votaun of Te*tl
monv -A s4 Tar-.
The superior court of Fulton county
convened iu Atlanta Monday morning,
with Judge Marshall J. Clark, presiding,
the first case being that of the rotate vs.
R. L. Jones for the murder of Frank P
Gray, in West End, last May. At the time
the Conrant au.l American published full
repoits nf the killing, but just now a
slight reference may not be amiss It will
I*-: remembered that on Sunday morning,
the 15th of May, Mr. Gray told his two
youthful boys to drive the cows to the
pasture, a block or so distant. On the way
to the pasture the children were met by
R. L. Jones, the marshal of West End,
who took charge of the cattle and pro
ceeded to drive them to the town pound,
there tieing an ordinance to the effect that
cattle should not run loose upon the
streets. When the marshal took charge
of the cows one of the boys ran back
home and told his father of the action of
the marshal. Mr. Gray hastened to the
scene, a quarrel ensued, a rock was picked
up, a shot rang out upon the quiet air
of that bright Sunday morning and Frank
P. Gray was found to be mortally wound
ed. He was conveyed to a neighboring
residence where he expired in the pres
ence of his grief-stricken wife and chil
dren in an hour. Since the killing Jones
has been confined in the Atlanta jail, not
making any effort to give bail.
When the case was called Monday
morning both sides pronounced their
readiness for tri and. That day and part of
Tuesday was consumed in getting a jury.
The State ; s represented by Solicitor
Hill, Cols mils and Johnson, while the
defendant's interests are in the hands of
'C. Albert Cox, Judge Dorsey, Culberson,
iJigby and Howell.
THE EVIDENCE
The first witness md rod need by the
prosecution was Dr. Walter A. Crow, the
physician that made the ante-mortem ex
animation of the wound and repeated
w hat occurred after the shooting and be
fore Mr. Gray’s death.
Mr. Hid asked the witness to narrate
tbe occurrences of the day, and Dr Crow
said : “On the 15th day of May, 1886,be
tween 13 and 1 o'clock, 1 was hurriedly
summoned by Mr. C. C. Nelson to go as
quickly as possible to his residence, when
Mr. Gray was said to be dying of a pistol
wound. I went, and found that Mr. Gr *y
was shot between the fifth aud sixth ribs
in the left side, some four inches below
his navel ami one inch to the right of a
oerpendiculnr line, dropped through the
navel. 1 found he was suffering with very
little hemorrhage. He was almost pulse
le=s and was exceedingly restless. But he
seemed conscious. After I undressed him
he made some remarks. He asked me :
“Doctor, what to you think of my con
ditiouV” I told him I thought it was
hopeless, and he replied: “Yes, I know I
am going to die. I just picked up that
rock to throw at the cows and not to hit
anyone, and he shot me. H * repeated that
statement two or three times before be
died. He lived about thirty minutes from
the time I got there, which was about ten
minutes after tbe shooting. His agonies
became greater. I administered morphine
hyperdermically, in doses of j grain, and
also gave him stimulents, such as am
mouia, camphor and whisky, by inhala
tion and by rubbing. In a few minutes
he became quiet arid died,
C. C. NELSON SWORN.
I live at 183 South Pryor street. I lived
at the time of the homicide at West End?
Was boarding at the residence of Mr.
Matthews. About. 11 o’clock on the Sun
day morning of the killing, I and my wife
were sitting in the front porch. My wife
was reading aloud- It was a quarter to 11
o’clock when the difficulty occurred. It
was a bright, clear day. I saw Mr. Gray
come up the street, on the sidewalk. As
he came in front of Mr. Matthews’ gate,
he turned into the middle of the street and
picked up a ro^Jj, and said : “I will take
care of those Cows.” That was the first 1
saw of any cattle that day. At that in
stant I looked and saw some three or tour
cows coming from the west. As Mr. Gray
turned into the street he threw the rock
at the cattle, and one of the cows turned
up the sidewalk as far as she could go. I
then fj*},\y Jones, the bailiff of West End,
turn toward the siflew§lk. r fha f was the
first I saw of him, Both met on the side
walk with the cow between them. The
cow then ran up against the fence, as tar
as she could go, and rushed back. That
brought the gentlemen together. Within
an instant t f time a pistol cracked, and
Gray tid'ety "> hip band aud sod, “The
trifling set ludisl has shot me.” jfist as
lie turned to the cow he picked up another
rock, which I now have in my possession.
That is all I saw. I was forty or fifty feet,
away from them.”
“xkt what did Mr. Gray throw the rock?”
asked Solicitor Hill.
“At Hie cattle,” t})„ witness.
“How far were the cattle from him
when he threw the rock?’’
“Abou* five steps.”
“Did you see Jones at the time?”
“2fq, sir-”
“How long before yoq saw.Tones’”
‘ About thirty seconds. 0
“How far was Jones from Gray?”
“About ten steps.”
“What was Gray doing when the pis—
to} firpd?”
“1 don't kqow, blit and ?)'t think he was
doing anything.-
Til is qip-stiou and answer Judge
Dorsey objected to, an<| the court sustain
ed the objection,
Tne witness having replied to Mr.
Hill’s questions,procdWed with his nar
rative. IJefcfid tbe rock up in full view
of the court and explained ijje attitude of
Gray at the time of the killing, He cou
tintucj; “Alter the pistol fired he, Gray
staggered and pepjed. Gray did not throw
the rock. I took it out qf his hand,
vl hen I heard Gray Jsay this I was in 40
oj 50 feet of him. I diu not hear Jones
say anything at the time. I saw a negro
man after I came out of the house. 1 then
started after Dr. Grow and Mrs Gray. I
was gone about. 20 minutes. Mrs. Gray
and f came back together, and the doctor
preceded us When. J went back Gray
was still alive and rational. 1 offered
him sjine biandy and lie said he was too
far gone; that brandy would do him no
uoocj. He then said to me: “Friend
Nelson, you Ijnow i was DOt blame. 1
did not pick up the rqqk to hurt any body’
but to throw at the cows, and it cost me
my life.” I said to him, “Frank you are
not going to die.” The Ist words lie
spoke to anyone were to me. He whis
pered to W- about three minutes bet ore he
died; “God kitowc l did not mean to
hurt anybody and w r as not to blame.
Mr. Nelson resumed his story, and said (
“Jones w 7 as marshal oi West End. 1
saw Jones, when I came out into tlie
street, in a scuffle with the Messrs. v\ ilson.
They were trying to tike a pis to' from .
him and they said he was trying in oMm
mit suicide. I stopped about two seconds
and then went for the doctor. After this
I did not ee Jones. Gray had nothing in
life h ind but the rock. I did not see the
pistol before it fired. I would not know
the pistol if I were to see it. I did not
hear Jones say a word. I could have heard
him had lie said anything. The first
I saw of Gray’s little bay he was at *he
gate, some ten or fifteeu steps from where
the shooting was done.. The colored man
I saw there I would know il I were to
see him. I think his name was Scales.
Little Frank Gray, the son of the de
ceased, who w’as with hint at the time he
was killed, w’as placed upon the stand apd
made the following statement: “My name
is Frank Gray, and I am eight years old.
I have got up here to tell the truth. If I
don’t tell the truth the Lord will be angry
with me and I will go to the bad plac?.
We lived at ’Wekt End when papa was
alive We have jm lived ’1 ere since '{ben. I
I remember my papa v -hot last sum- j
but. My papa was shot y Jones.” The
witness was ssked if h • could tell Jones if
he were to see him, ai *! he said be could.
The little fellow then <-ame down from the
stand. *nd after looking ar-nnd for some j
tinu*, pointed at tf * defendant and said : j
“ There he is.” lie 'hen continued : “Me j
•md Harroift was minding cows, and Jones j
took the cows and ran off, nod Harro.l ran
off to teli pappa. I started to drive the j
cows back into the field, and he took them
away from ns. They got out from pappa’s j
lot. They were out theree ding erass, and j
we tried to get them track when Jones took ;
the cow awav. We ran and told pappa, |
md he went up there. Nobody was there '
>ut u°. There were three cows, and pap
pa threw a rock at them. He didn’t throw
at anybody but the cows. Jones threw
his hand in pappa’s collar, and took his
pistol and shot him. When pappa was
joing up to Nelson’s he called Jones a
nasty rascal. When pappa was shot he
went toward where Mr. Nelson was sit
timr, and Mr. Nelson come to him.”
The deten lant’s attorneys, after a short
conference, decided not to cross examine I
the witness, and the little fellow stepped j
down.
E.M.UV WRIGHT'S STORY.
“I lived at West End at Mrs Cora
Gray’s residence last summer. I knew
Mr. G-ay, and remember the time be was
shot. 1 saw him before and after lie was
shot. It was on Sunday morning, and
Mrs. Gray and the cook went into the gar-
Vji to tret some vegetables and strawber-
Mr. Gray was sitting ou tbe porch
when his little son came and told him
about tbe cows, and they went off. 1 went
out to tbe gate and saw them go away.
This was life last I saw of him till after he
was shot. I saw lim wheD he was at Mr.
Matthew’s bouse, after he was dead. I
took off' his collar. The buttonhole was
broken out of it.” Witness was shown tne
collar, and identified it as the one to w hich
she referred. Witness was likewise shown
i cravat, which she recognized as one
which the deceased had worn ou the
morning of the killing. After Emma had
been cross-examined, the State closed its
case.
“The state having closed its case, said
.1 udge l>orsey, addressing the court, “it
becomes my duty to outline to the jury
the defense which wt intend to set up
and what facts we shall endeavor to prove.
We shall endeavor to show that Mr Jones
was town marshall of West End He
was a sworn officer It was his duty to
take up cattle that was loose We exoect
to show that the cows of Mr. Gray had
repeatedly strayed out and that Mr Jones
in the performance of his duty, took up
these cows. We expect to show by testi
mony thal can not be doubted that Mr.
Gray had made repeated threats against
Mr Jones, saying that h,e would kill him
if he meddled witli his cows again That
these threats were told the defendant
We expect to show that Mu. Gray was a
large, powerful mxn of violent temper
That the cows of Mr Gray had strayed
away on the morning the homicide occur
red and that Mr. Jones took up the cows
at the request of some of the best citizens
of the place. That while the cattle was
in the custody of the town marshal, Mr.
May approached and violated the law by
throwing rocks at the cows W hen re
monstrated with, he said to Mr Jones :
“Yes, damn you, I will kill you,” at the
same time facing him with a rock in his
hand to carry out his threat That while
in the act of executing that threat, he
was tired upon by the defendant in self
defense ; that he shot Mr Gray in order
to save his own life This we confidently
expect to establish by indubitable testi
mony, and when we shall have proved it,
will ask an acquittal of the prisoner—a
verdict of not guilty at your hands ”
EXPLOSION OF GIANT POWDER.
San Francisco, Jan. IC. —The schoon
er Parallel, tvith l r *o,ooo pounds of giart
powder on hoard, went ashore last night
at the southerly end of Point Libor, iu
side the famous sea rocks and opposite
the Clift House, uear this oitv. After
being abandoned by her crew she pound
ed on the lock-* until the cargo blow up
with a tremendous explosion, the effect
of which was frightful, The signal sta
tion was completely demolished, the
life-saving station was wrecked, aud the
west side of the Ciiff House, notwith
standing its elevation, was olowu out
and every window pane iu the building
bro-en. The large concert hall on the
beach nnd o'.hpr bqiidings lower flown
all had their windows otoken and were
otherwise damaged. The long carriage
shed adjoining the Cliff’ House was tum
bled into a mass of ruins.
Adolph Butros’ conservatory on the
heights above was shattered to atoms
aud all the windows in his house broken.
Three pieHiber? if 'be life living arew,
who had decided to remain near the
wreck, were hurled into the air by the
concussion and severely injured by
being dashed to the earth. A gre t
wave dashed up and vaulted over the
Clift' House building. The whole shore
and cliff literally tre*ibjeu ana shook as
no earthquake has shaken the earth for
yens. People were rudely thrown
from their beds by the force of the ex
plosion, and furniture and bedsteads
were tossed and heaped about the rooms.
The famous Cliff' House presents a scene
beggaring desoriplion. ’The west side
of the building overlooking the ocean is
completely ruined, being held together
only by cross beams. The windows are
smashed and the doors twisted off their
hinges. The building is in such a sbn* :
iored condition that aii that is left of ii.
a ill have to be taken down if it does
not topple over into the ocean.
Standard Literature —soo copies of
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IQ to 20 cents.
Tried in the Crucn.e. f
About twenty years ago I discovered a little sore on my cheek, and the doctors pr
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Citation for Leave to Sell Land.
GEORGU-li-trlow County.
1 > ;:1! w h m it (tiny coi eei u : Mi>. Fanny
11. Cutlers ji imsiii-frri\ ..f U. !1. Conyers,
i’ea*'a?e i. tms in due tmn appli <1 to the uu
•lt for 1 to el.' the land* b; 1< i ging
to the e-tut.- t.f .aid <lcoc sand, anil aid ,i|i,,li
omioo Hill l.e h,*wd ot. the ti st At.oidty in
March next. 1 hi, Ith .1. u try 1887
,1. A. IK*vV A Rl),
Ordinary.
Notice of Dissolution.
AytITL K IS KEKF.i.Y GIVEN TH \T TilK
IN fi m of Culpepper A w hitesiil •- is this
Uai li-Siive.J by mutual ioi-Pl.t A 1 pilt.e,-.
ov. ing the firm vv :11 come loiw.irl ami settle,
ami ihose having cl iiu- nil c< me ami have
them iq liiintfil
.1 tiamiry 1 - 1 . iß.i7.
I V t.f'Et'i'EK & WHITESIDES
Milesiu.lo, Ga.
GKORGI \ - Bartow Gouniy.
To all whom ir miv concern : Notice is
hereby giv n that 1. 11 % huh H cketl, a u -i
--dent of .-aid cottutv. intend to Ue. otiie a public
aid i ! e • trad, i, hiio this ailverii-eineiit I, in
serted in the Coiiraut-\aseri. an o.r one
uiolith in order that I m v b'<*Oiie a pi.hiic
free tredur under the laws oi Go- state And
1, IV. VV. 1L e eit, her tins laud, hereby eoa
ji'u: to thy same.
January 13 h, lfc-87
ULIZ VP.KT.I UK KIT r,
VV. Vv . 11 vcKii-T r.
ICxeoutov’s Sale.
I>Y VIRTUE OF AN OdDKR FROM THE
) Court oi O dinary of Bartow i utility, ivil
j be sold before the cou.q lion e to r, in Carters*
| ville, s iiii c'tuny, wiihisi ti e l.gals 1 < hour*,
\ on the firsi Tue-d tx it. Mareh mx , the f >dox -
j it.g proprrr.v I -wit: six acres ut land, lining
pa it of lot of In id No. 1 1 and, in the fit- i Hit
i ailtl 111 Sec ini if said Count , will! iII;-
I provements thereon, same be ug only ur.li
i nary, lying near edar Cre k chi.i i. ni
joining. he lan sot VV. W. Ilannah an . ..i , o.
Sold u.- the pi Ope .y Id vViliiainJ. B :i ■ , de
ceased, tor the mt. incut cd debts. Tt .a. . ,h.
J nuary 15, IkJT.
J AM GS R. PRiTJH \ Rt>,
Executor.
JBxceutor's ISale
\T7ill BE SOLDI THE IST TUESDAY IN
>V Februnrv 11 .at tlie c.url house iio..r
in Cartersville. Bart.. tv omity, Gmreia, wlthiu
111" legal hours ol sale, i art of lot No i.'Ol. 4:li
district, ii l section in said county, eo taiuing l.i
acres, more or less, the property of the estate of
H. J. Bates, deceased. Ou said part of lot is
valuable mineral to-xvit: A black lead mine
and iron ore. Said part of iot lies on north and
east of VV & A. It. R , and alongside of said
railroad within a short distance of St* gab’s Sta
tion ami cloie to Bartow Iron Works
G.II, RVTKS,
Executor of 11. J. Bates, deceased.
GEORGIA —B ir tow County,
To all whom it may c mcern : L. P.
Gaitios, administrator of estate of Moses
Motes, deceased, has in due form applied
to the undersigned for leave to sell the
lands li longing to the estate ofsud de
ceased, and said application will be lieai>d
on the first Monday in February, 1837.
This January Bd, .‘Sit.
J A Howard, Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Bartow County.
Whereas, Martha Y. Foster, Adminis
tratrix of John W. Foster, Dec’d, repre
sents to the Court in her petition, duly
filed, that she has fully administered John
VV. Foster’s estate. This is therefore to
cite all persons concerned, heirs and
creditors, to show cause, if any ttiey can,
why said administratrix should not be
discharged from her administration and
receive letters of dismission on the tirst
Monday in February, 1887. This Novem
ber 1, 1886, j 4- HOWARD,
{ BTI Ordinary.
Barlow MimitlS Kalen.
WILt, BE SOLD BKF >RE T'F COURT
House 'lour in Canerivilie, Bmtoxv
county Georgia, on the
First jt| JTeUi nary , |a7,
Uetxveou the legal sale lioms, to the higt est
bidder, the foliowitk described property, to
xvit:
I.c(s ol xtirti iuu.i,6rt SVB and 254 in the 22d
district and 2d s etion ol Bar to" county, Ga.,
each c int iining 160 acres, tnote 01 less. Levied
on and t. ill \p sold a- tj.e property oi tl-* estate
•U s-imiy, . aiigiin, dece sul, in h: li.iikG ( t,
the tint of'levxjof Win. T. Woflord, adminis
trator, etc.., to be ad oi in : ste red, to satisfy one
Bartow Suj erior Court fi a. in tavorpf Mary
< ’ riffl b ' s Amelia V..u.htj, executfix ol .tames
Vaughn, 4 pp , and iq uie bv A. VJ. Frank
ii!,i txr rfee.iff. Property ii poseion ot
Joe o .de at time of levy. Now in 10 sc sion
oi M, H. Go u’.e.
W. VV. KOBE .TS, She iff.
J. A. GLADDEN, De.j’y Shrff.
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