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GEORGIA CONVICTS.
LIFE IN TIIE STOCK VI>ES AT
SENATOR BROWN’S DADE
COUNTY' COAL MINES.
The Over-Time Checks—Convict
Capitalists—Sunday Trading:
—The Captain and His
Strap—No .Jags, Etc.
S|>ecial Correspondence Globe-Democrat.]
Cole City, Ga., August 14. —The
genius of Joe Brown is seen ,in a hundred
ways at the Dade county convict cauip.
The plant is just what might lie expected
of the old gentleman who walks slowly
down the middle aisle of the United
States Senate Chamber, places oa the
desk a neatly tied bundle of pajiers, parts
his long black coat tails, seats himself
and folds his hands. There is a delibera
tion and method in every movement.
Nobody ever heard the* senator utter a
loud word or saw him make a hasty
movement. The cam]) is jn<t like him.
Nobody hurries. A lew hundred yards
away “iu the forest primeval one would
never dream that he was on the out
skirts of a camp of 100!) people, for there
is no bustle or confusion. Even the little
engines which zigzag* their way along the
mountain side between the coke ovens
in the valley and the coal mines on the
plateau 1000 feet above have a gentle
toot. Subdued sounds are as character
istic of the place as of the senator’s
speech. Even the hounds which are used
to track the runaways ha ve caught the
infection of the place, and the official who
has them in charge complains that he
cannot teach them to “mouthe" enough
when thev are on trail.
CONVICT i. a non SAVING.
But iet no one imagine that quietude
means lethargy. The convict camp
turns out 14,000 bushels of coal a day,
with development kept so far ahead that
the product can be suddenly increased
upon demand. Each of the 2HO coke
ovens have a capacity of 100 bushels or
more every forty-eight hours.
The senator is a methodical man. Al
though the labor is forced and cheap,
yet methods for economizing muscle
abound. Tramways run to all parts of
the mine, and mules draw the trains of
cars front where the coal is dug to the
slope which leads up to the surface. A
cable draws the cars up the slope, and
and the contents go down a chute into
the cars of thenarrow-guage road. Down
this road the cars are trundled a mile
and a half to the foot of the mountain,
where the coal passes through other
chfltes, either to be loaded upon cars of
the various roads over which the product
is shipped, or to be placed in bins and
drawn out for the ovens. From the
bins a tramway leads over aud among
tiie coke ovens, and a fearless mule hauls
the coal in a great iron box to the very
mouth of the fiery furnace, Only once
does manual labor lift the coal, and that
is to shovel it into the car where it is
mined The coke requires but two hand
lings—one when it is raked oubout of the
furnace, the other when it is shoveled
into the car for shipment. The system
is us perfect as can be devised to save
time aud labor.
Method and economy are twins; joint
ly they beget profit. The senator figures
as closely as any yankee. Perhaps that
accounts for the fact that the man
agement of the business is in the hands
of a man from Maine. Convict labor is
cheap, but that is not considered any
reason why it should be wasted at the
Dade coal mines.
. THE STOCKADES.
Indeed nothing is wasted here. The
stockades are home-made affairs through
out, strong and plain. Rough board
fences 15 feet high inclose a yard. At
the corners of the high fence are little
stations for the night guards. Near the
center of the yard is the cell house, as it
is sometimes called, although that is
rather a misnomer, for there are no cells
at the Dade county camp. The house is
upon posts from two to three feet above
the ground with the under portion open.
The floor is of heavy planks, or logs
they might almost be called. The sides
aud ends are of planks and the top like
wise substantial. The interior is one
large room, without a single partition.
Through the center from end to end is a,
wide passage, and on either side is a row
of double bedsteads built of lumber and
standing low like the old-fashioned trun
dle bed. Two convicts lie upon each of
these bedsteads with their heads to the
side of the building and their feet toward
the passage through the center. Along
the ends of the bedsteads on each side of
the passage lies a heavy chain resting on
the floor, and reaching the length of the
building. When the convicts are put
away in their beds a shackle is attached
to one leg of each man, and from the
shackle a short chain reaches down to
and connects with the long chain extend
ing the length of the building.
hours of Rest.
There are three of these stockades, one
at the coke ovens at the foot of the
mountain and two at the coal mines on
fop. The one at the ovens houses about
140 convicts at night. The others take
care of 150 each. The first impression
on entering these great dormitories, and
hearing chains clank every time a rest
less convict turns over, is not pleasant.
But then comes the consideration that
the absence of partitions means better
ventilation than could possibly be had
with tho cells. A long the center passage
stands a row of huge stoves, which are
filled to the throat during the winter,
for the mercury often goes below zero on
the mountain, and the thought suggests
itself that incase of fire these convicts
could pick up their big chain aud walk
out, while if confined in wooden cells the
chances of escape would be small. Extra
good conduct relieves a eonvict from the
troublesome chain at night, but those
who secure this mark of favor are not
very numerous.
In the yards stand great wooden
troughs, and these are the bath tubs.
Pipes bring water from the springs in
abundance, and a good wash is enforced
at the close of the day's work. The men
who work at the coke ovens perspire pro
fusely in this kind of weather. In the
mines the temperature stands about 60°
the year round, but there is more or less
dripping water. Oven men and miners
are alike provided with a change of cloth
ing, so that they may put on dry gar
ments at the close of the day.
THE OVER-TIME CHECK.
The theory of the employment of these
convicts is piece work. So far as possi
ble the men are given daily tasks, and
when these are done they are allowed to
stop or are paid for over-time. The
management sets up no particular claim
to hunmuitarianism for this theory, but
claims that sound business principle dic
tates it, or, in other words, that it pays.
The convicts are not judged by one meas
ure, but are classed, One man's task
for the day may be the mining of two
car-loads, while that of another may be
seven cars. This is a matter that is de
cided by the ability of the convict and
the judgment of the superintendent. The
cars hold sixteen bushels each, and the
tasks lie between the two extremes given.
When a convict has completed his task,
he keeps on mining and is credited at
the rate of 10c a cur for all he gets out
over his task. Every month tin* compa
ny settles with the convict by giving him
a check, reading like this, fur example :
JlL\ 1, 1887
Convict Labor:
l>ade Coal Cos. Coal City, Ga :
: Rlt'ii.i" pay Ed Jaekoou one dollar and forty ;
: cents for extra work.
[■Signed] Thomas H. Evans,
Amount due, $1.40
This is the currency of the convicts.
With these checks they carry on quite a
business among themselvss. The speci
men given is one ot the smaller cheeks
taken out of a cigar box full, which Mr.
\\ iugtield, of the commissary depart
ment. was entering upon his bosks at
the time of the visit.
CONVICT CCRRENCY.
The average for July overwork was
considerably larger than this. Some of
I the men had turned in checks to the
! amount of $7 aud *lO. The bits ot pu
! per were wrinkled and dirty from being
carried in pockets. They had been pre
sented ami traded out at the company's
stores, and now they were to be entered
upon the books. These checks are as
good us so much money for canned
goo Is, tobacco, lemons, sugar, aud for
a hundred other little tilings which may
brighten the life of a coal mine convict.
“And how many of your convicts take
ad vantage of the privilege of working
over-time for pay,’’ Mr. VVingfield was
asked.
"I should say that seven-eighths would
not be too high an estimate,” was the
reply.
The incentive to labor is not limited to
the mines. The coke oven men have
their tasks. To “draw” five ovens is
.considered a good day's work. Drawing
consists in pulling out the coke with
tongs and rake. There are probably
more than one hundred of the convicts
employed upon work of such a kind that
tasks cannot well be set, and in these
cases Mr. Evans exercises judgment as
to the payments. Every convict who
does well gets something, and those who
excell on “dead work," as it is called, are
rewarded correspondingly.
CONVICT TRADE.
Some of the convicts save their over
time money. Two of the men, Harry
.Johnson and (Jus Broughton, have three
hundred dollars each to their credit, but
the saving convict is the exception.
Most of the checks go to the store with
in a month after they areearued. Then*
are born traders even m the zebra suits.
\> hen Sunday comes the convicts have
the run of the yards within the stock
ade, and then the mercantile in
stinct asserts itself. Refreshment stands
are set up by convict merchants lor con
vict custom, and a lively exchange of
checks takes place. Mr. Wingfield had
before him the order of Ike Shipman, one
of these convict merchants, for a stock
of goods, and the bill called for the fol
lowing:
1 barrel of eider $2 50 Salmon $1 00
1 sack of peanuts 5 50 Oysters 00
2 sacks of flour I 80 Ribbonsoap 40
■Sugar l oo Sardines 20
2 boxes of cigars 2 50 Soda 5
Tobacco 1 50
Total $22 05
A STOCKADE STOCK.
Another one of these merchants had
ordered for his convict custom the fol
lowing:
Peanuts $2 oo Cigars $2 50
Coffee 3 00 Flour 1 SO
Oysters 1 00 Soap 50
8 -gar 2 00 Sugar (ill
Sardines 4 00 Oysters 1 00
Sal nion 2 00
Total S2O 40
The cash, in the form of the over-time
checks, accompanied each older, and in
dorsed on one of the bills was “Fill care
tally. ’ There is no foolishness about this
convict trade. It is as sharp as the real
tiling* outside the stockade.
Mr. Wingfield says that the goods are
put to the convicts on these orders at
the prices which rule in other stores for
cash trade. Tho system of payment for
extra work was inaugurated by the com
pany voluntarily, and has operated well.
It.keeps the men in good heart, increases
the product, and is profitable to the
company, aside from aliy sentimental
consideration.
CAM l* CODES.
The camp codes are notable for their
brevity. One set of rules is for the gov
ernment of the convicts, and the other
for the government of the overseers
and guards. If anything, the latter set
is the strongest. There are six rules for
the convicts. The first makes it “the
duty of all convicts to attend divine
worship whenever the regularly author
ized chaplains are in attendance” The
second announces that “gambling and
all chance games are forbidden.” The
third rule requires the convicts to take
reasonable care of their clothing, bed
ding and eating utensils. The fourth in
sists on cleanly habits about the build
ings. The fifth rule is deserving of a
entire place, It is as follows:
It is the duty of all convicts, when they
have just cause, to make complaints as
to food, clothing, bedding, treatment,
etc. Such complaints shall be made to
t he superintendent of the convict depart
ment.
The sixth and last of the convict rules
provides that “all violations of the
above rules shall be punished according
to the nature of the offense.”
This last is rather indefinite, but it
may be supplemented by the explana
tion that there is but one judge of the
offense and one form of punishment. All
infractions of the rules are reported to
( ’apt. Reese, and lie decides upon the pen
alty, which is the number of blows to be
administered by the strap. The only de
parture from this rule is at the coke
ovens, where (’apt. Kilpatrick is given
authority to administer discipline for
small offenses, but when anything ag
gravated occurs at the ovens Capt.
Reese is called in.
THE STRAIN
The instrument of torture is a curious
looking affair; nothing like it is seen in
the north. If is devised with a special
view to smarting like thunder for the
time being, without inflicting lasting in
jury. To a flat, wooden handle of six or
eight inches in length is attached firmly
a wide thick strap. The leather is prob
ably twice the length of the handle. The
width enables the leather to cover con
siderable space of cuticle and the mate
rial is pliant enough to convey the sting
without cutting into the flesh much. The
wooden handle gives the punisher a good
grip and enables him to bring down the
leather with great effect. There is a
swishing* sound as the strap cuts the air,
followed quickly by a resounding slap as
the leather measures its full length and
width on the fleshiest part, and then
there is an agonizing howl. It hurts
awfully, but it is the one form of whip
ping from which a man can go back to
work without feeling any serious incon
venience, except from lacerated feelings.
The strap doesn’t lame, but tho memory
of it haunts. Capt. Reese has had occa
sion to use it but once this month, lie
says. Last month eight cases required
his attention. The camp has no solita
ry cell. Tying up by the thumbs is never
resorted so. The shower bath is un
known, but when a convict has misbe
haved the captain takes him right out
in the woodshed as a father would his
sou, and lays on the strap where it will
do the most good and the least harm.
The offense which brings the strap most
frequently into use is fighting. Ungov
erned tempers, which brought many of
these convicts to the camp iu the first
place, will still get them into trouble.
THE CAPTAIN.
This man whose word is law in ques
tions of treatment and discipline of the
convicts is W. O. Reese. His relation
with the Georgia jiemtentiarv system go
back over twenty years. Perhaps that
kind of a life accounts to some extent for
the watchful fixedness of look which the
dark, deep-seteyes possess. To tin*
whole camp Mr. Reese is “the captain.”
He is a man of a very few words, aud tiis
way of showing a visitor through the
camp is to go from point to point on one
of his own trips of iusjxtttion and let the
stranger follow and ask questions. The
fact is soon discovered tlmt “the cap
tain" has a good deal more humor and
kindliness of nature than apjieurs on the
surface. The.convicts don't shun him.
Tin* aged African who is always wanting
* i leetle flour, sail,”gets in the way with
his petition aud is told to go to the com
missary. A Jim ('row darkey receives
a playful punch from the captain's cane
and jumps and rubs the spot with a
“Yah, yah," and a gleam of ivory as tin*
captain grimly asks, “What's the mat
ter, Joe?" Stopping near a convict
whose clothes {iu* reeking and whose
shining black face is a war map ot per
spiration streaks, the captain asks seri
ously, “What makes you sweat so.
Jim?" and“. Jim" enters into an explana
tion of his philosophy, tin* substance of
which is: “A man mus' eat, an' ef he eat
he mils' wuk, and when he wuk he have
ter sweat, Cap'll, for sure, seek hot
weather.”
LAWS Of THE (‘AMI*.
Ten rules are find down for the govern
ment of the employes, the overseers and
guards. Several of them relate in a
technical way to the performance ot
duty, aud are not of special interest to
the public. The second, third and fourth
rules, as they bear upon the relations
with the convicts and upon the habits
of the officers of the cam]), are worthy of
notice. Rule second prohibits guards
from having conversation with convicts,
except ou matters pertaining to work,
ami further says that “overseers and
guards are not allowed to trade or traffic
with the convicts.” Rule third says
“Overseers and guards are not allowed
to abuse convicts either by words or
blows.”
The fourth rule enforces the forms of
strict morality, for which Senator
Brown's own life has been noted, and
which have won him the title among ad
mirers of “The Christian Statesman of
Georgia.” This rule is as follows:
The use of intoxicating drinks on the
works by overseers and guards is strictly
forbidden. Overseers and guards are re
quired to refrain from gambling and the
use of profane language. They are not
allowed to invite friends and acquaintan
ces to their quarters; and the congrega
tion of loafers around the camps on the
Sabbath is strictly forbidden.
This is no dead letter. It is lived up to,
and Cole City is, so far as the observa
tion of this visit goes, the model moral
town of Georgia. Prohibition prohib
its here. There are no jugs, or if there
are any, the owners do not parade their
evasion of the law
I’UECEIT AND EXAMPLE.
Probably the Senator’s own moral life
has something to do with the regard of
his subordinate for this rule. The Semi
tor’s habits have been absteminous. It is
said that of late years, since his health
began to fail, he has been induced to
take a little “good red liquor” for his
stomach’s sake. Of this there is some
doubt. It is only known that Wadly,
the railroad man, once played
the St. Paul to the Senator’s Timothy
without the result being stated. \Yad
leigh and the Senator were guests on a
certain occasion, and late in the feast
the former observed that the latter’s
glasses were turned upside down.
“Governor,” said he. Everybody in
Georgia calls the Senator “Governor,
for it was in that position he especially
endeared himself to the people. “Gover
nor,” said Wadly, holding up his
glass, “if you would drink some of this
stuff’ you would have better health and
live longer.
The Governor replied with his usual
deliberation: “Mr. Wadly, I do not
know but you are right. A friend has
sent me a bottle of fine old Scotch whis
key, and l have been thinking of taking
a little three times a day withmy meals."
“A bottlel” shouted Wadly. “Throw
it away, Governor, and get a barrel.”
W. B. S.
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statistics to collect facts for its guid
ance in administering the law. Speak
ing of this sensible step, Brad
street's says: “Such a department can
be of decided use to the Commission
both by collecting and arranging the
general statistics of traffic movement
for the Commission, and by devising a
clear, intelligible and uniform system to
be followed by the railways in making
reports to the Commission. It almost
goes without saying that railway prob
lems demand for their thorough compre
hension and intelligent solution the con
stant and never failing assistance of re
liable statistics. This is true of a great
many questions under modern condi
tions, but it is especially true of the
railroad question. It is of importance,
too, that those statistics should be col
lated by some agency ’representing no
particular interest on one side or the
other of the question, but responsible
only to public authority sis represented
in the Commission. As regards the re
ports which the Commission is author
ized to require from the railroad compa
nies, it will be readily seen how impor
tant it is that they should be uniform so
as to admit of ready comparison, and
so framed as to convey information in
stead of clouding up or concealing facts
by book-keeping processes.”
Over-Worked Women.
For “worn-out,” debilitated school
teachers, milliners, seamstresses, house
keepers, and over-worked women gener
ally, Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
is the best of all restorative tonics. It
is not a “Cure-all,” but admirably ful
fills a singleness of purpose, being a most
potent Specific for fill those Chronic
Weaknesses and Diseases peculiar to
women. It is a powerful, general as well
as uterine, tonic and nervine, and im
parts vigor and strength to the whole
system. It promptly cures weakness
of stomach, indigestion, bloating, weak
back, nervous prostration, debility and
sleeplessness, in either sex. Favorite
Prescription’s sold by druggists under
our positive guarantee. See wrapper
around bottle. Price if 1.00 a bottle, or
six bottles for $5.00.
A large treatise on Disease of Women,
ousely illustrated with colored plates
and numererous wood-cuts, sent tor ten
cents in stamps,
Address, World’s Dispensary Medi
cal Association, G6B Main Street, Buffa
lo X. Y.
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AD VICK TO MOTHERS.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for
children teething, is the prescription of
one of the best female nurses and physi
cians in the United States, and has been
used for forty years with never-failing
success by millions of mothers for their
children. During the process of teeth
ing, its value is incalculable. It relieves
the child from pain, cures dysentery and
diarrhoea, griping in the bowels, and
wind-colic, By giving health to the
child it rests the mother. Price 25c. a
bottle.
Highest market price paid for country
produce. Farmers you will save money
by calling on Glenn Jones.
100 Many Unmarried Women.
This subject, says :ui exchange, is en
gaging the attention of editors, pub
licists and philanthropists from Maine to
Mexico, and with no little of anxiety as
to what is to come of it. Maybe there
are too many women born, and that is
the main trouble. But we are told by
high scriptural authority, that God
does not entail on his children greater
burdens than they can hear, and iu His
wisdom has proved a way to solve the
problem iu His own {rood time. The
women are here—come to stay—and
more a-coming. We don't propose to
{Tet rid of them, as we do some animals,
by drowning them, when there sue too
many for useful purposes: nor to make
harems of them as the Sultans do, or
give one man a dozen wives is the Mor
mon's practice; but we propose too take
good care of those that are here, and
provide wisely and well for all that may
eome in the course of time and God's
will. How? Why, by changing the way
in which our daughters are now edu
rated. Let them lie educated as boys
are, with an eye to business —to work— j
not work such as housekeeping, for that
comes well enough after a while. Hut
instead of educating them mainly in or
namental branches, emlielishing, as is
done in most schools and colleges of the
country, educate them for business. The
avenues to business in which women can
properly enter, are growing and widen
ing every day. Thousands on thousands
of unmarried women and widows are to
day in the United States serving admira
bly in occupations heretofore monopo
lized by tin* male sex and are making a
livelihood, and many lay up money for
accidents and exigencies that arise.
Give our girls such a course of training
as will fit them to till positions men now
occupy, where their physica 1 , mental and
moral natures are equal to the work. If
they are thus made ready for work on
their own hook, and an opportunity for
marriage offers, and is acceptable, thej,
all the better prepared are they to take
the risks of matrimony ; and thousands
of young men, who cannot, or do not
marry now, because they feel inability to
support wives in a style and iu a sphere
iu which education and ambition prompts
them to move, will see the door to mar
ried life thrown wide open to them, and
easy to enter. Education with a view to
business is the way to quiet all appre
hensions about the thousands and tens
of thousands of young women, who will
be lingering in single blessedness, what
ever that mav mean.
Don’t Throw Your Lands Away.
Scarcely a day passes that we do not
chronicle the sale of a. tract of thousands
of acres of Georgia lands at nominal
prices. These lands sold at a song, usu
ally Jiold mineral or wooded treasures
worth many times the price paid.
Our people will do well to use caution
in the sale of their lands, When they
are approached by strangers it will be
well to reserve a royalty or some other
interest in the mineral or forest rights.
The Tates, who thus disposed of their
marble quarries in north Georgia, have
au independent fortune that generations
cannot exhaust, from royalty. Others
have sold as wisely. The great majority,
however, have sold for a trilie a birth
right the value of which money can
scarcely measure.
To withdraw lands altogether would
be to stop progress, and thereby ob
struct the appreciation of values. Hut
the south is now undergoing the very
transformation that lifteen years ago
possessed the west. Especially is Geor
gia interested, for it is being developed
that this State ts as rich iu minerals as
any part of North Alabama. The line of
the Marietta and North Georgia road
and the region adjacent is swarming
with prospectors, investors and specula
tors. Within the past week a capitalist
from Washington City lias bought 3,000
acres near White Path, for its nominal
value, and has discovered since buying,
two springs on the property either of
which is worth more than the whole
price paid.
Let our land owners go slow. There
is wealtli in our soil we have never
dreamed of, and it should not be sacri
ficed in ignorance or carelessness. We
shall see lands commanding better prices
after the Piedmont exposition than thej'
now and with vastly more purchas
ers in the field!
This fair warning from the Atlanta
Constitution is not altogether untimely.
Ex-Congressman Barbour, of Virginia,
speaking of tin* political outlook in that
State, says: “Ourpeople (the Democrats)
all feel hopeful, even confident. The
party is harmonious, and it never was in
better fighting trim. I never attended a
finer convention than the one we held
recently in Roanoke. A sentiment of
confidence pervaded the entire body.
While the Democrats are harmonious
and united, the other side is quarreling.
There are many Republicans who regard
the restoration of Mali one to power as
the greatest evil that could afflict the
state, and Mahone will not consider any
thing short of his own elevation to ab
solute power. The campaign will open
next month.”
A peculiarity of Hood’s Sarsaparilla
is that while it purifies the blood, it
imparts new vigor to every function of
the body.
People of Renown.
John Guy Vassal - , thelast of the broth
ers of that name, is reported dying at
his home in Poughkeepsie.
Mark Twain, the richest humorist in
the world, is an inveterate smoker and
an untiring billiard player.
It is said of Russell Sage that he can
command $25,000,000 in cash in half an
hour any time during business hours.
Alpreus Hardy, the old time Boston
merchant who died the other day, was
the father of the noted novelist, Thos.
11 anlv.
A life size paint-ins of the late Hon. An
son Burlingame lias been placed in the
office of the Massachusetts Secretary of
The Princess Mettcrnich is as thin
as the Princess Bernhardt. She is
somewhat capricious in her tastes, but
loves musical people and artists.
Buffalo business men have invited Hon.
Benjamin IJutterworth to discuss the
Canadian commertial union question in
that city on September Ist.
After a lifetime of separation, F. \V.
Newman, tin* Atheist, and J. M. New
man, the Cardinal, met, and without a
word clasped each other in their arms
and were reconciled.
Marshal McMahon lias for some time
been engaged in writing his autobio
graphical reminiscenses, but the work is
only to be printed for private circulation
among his friends.
John Boyle O'Reilly is to be invited to
read a poem at the unveiling of the
Father Matthew statue in Salem, Mass.,
October 10th. Mr. Witties is expected
to be present.
Mr. Ryan, the veteran leader of the
Mendelssohn Quartet in Boston, is at
Paris looking for musicians for the com
ing season. He has secured aSwediuh
prim a donna.
Use I)r. Pierce’s “Pellets” for constipa
tion.
The Atlanta Constitution will sell you
Waterbury 11 atch for $2,50. *so will
Turner & Baker,
AI >E V UTI s|: ME N TS.
IHE ('OITRANT-AmeBICAN is THE ONLY
Pap kk Published in one <>k the BkiT
Counties in North Georgia. Its Ctu-
C ELATION IS SECOND TO NONE OF TTkCLAS -.
Reasonable Rates on Aitiucat ion.
$1.50 Per Annmi?.—sc. a Copy.
GEORGIA ITEMS.
Home has received her firs! bale of new
cotton.
Mater spouts are reported to have
done much damage in Paulding county.
Ga., recently, iu some instances making
excavations fifteen feet in depth, and
carrying away fences formally rods. No
lives are reported as having been lost.
Dennis mid Hetty Broughton, of Mon
roe, Ga., have a child seven weeks old
which weighs but three pounds. Its
name is only Martha Ann Mary Magda
lene Prances Cleveland Broughton.
When it has grown n little, its parents
will probaly add to its patronymic as
new ideas suggest themselves.
Mrs. Shumate, of fhilton, wife of Pol.
1. E. Shumate, died Sunday afternoon of
apoplexy. She was stricken Wednesday
afternoon and never recovered from the
paralysis, though manifesting evidences
of conciousness. She was a true, good,
(’hristain woman, and the sad event
creates a universal feeling of sorrow.
.Jiisper Porter, of Athens,Ga., while en
roll te to the home of his afliauced to
make arrangements for their early mar
riage, stop]hkl at a wayside church, at
which a funeral was lieitag held. When
the features of the deceased were exposed
to view he was horrified to find that he
was attending the funeral of his promised
bride.
AhAut. the middle of next month a
new morning paper will launch forth in
Atlanta, to be called the‘•World." A
#26,000 outfit has been bought and paid
for and the owner will be Mr, G. k
\\ oodward, who will secure a brilliant
corps of writers. Mr. W. claims that the
town can support two morning pn|iers
and that he will not antagonize the ('•in
stitution. The Constitution, it may be
safely said will still be found at the same
old stand, ever ready to advance the in
terests of the Gate City as of yore, a
fact that the Atlaiitians know and ap
preciate. They are not yet ready to give
ii] an old “standby’’ for any new ven
ture that may spring forth.
<>n Friday the 12th instant, Engineer
Andrew J. Ford, in the employ of Mc-
Donough A Cos., at Surrency, in Appling
county, on the East Tennessee railroad,
ran an engine carrying a lot of wood
choppers to work. They stopped to re
pair a broken mil, and the engineer or
dered John Pinkston, a black negro who
was slow to move, to go forward and
help clear the track. The negro attacked
Ford us he got off the engine and sunk
the blade of his ax in the toil of the en
gineer's head. The
the negro away, and Ford, with almost
superhuman nerve, held his head to
gether and mu the engine for teu miles
toward Surrency, finally fainting in his
cub. Some of his brains oozed out, and
lie became delirious. Delirium was suc
ceeded by the eomutose state in which
lie was brought to Atlanta Sunday
morning. He was attended by Dr. Dan
Howell and there was a st ruggle for life,
which cuded at 4 o'clock Monday morn
ing. Mr. Ford was born and raised in
Atlanta and is held iu high estimation
by his acquaintances. He has three
sisters, one of w hom is Mrs, Tom Shivers,
of the \V. &A. IL H, It Is thought tnut
the murderer was quietly lynched.
Mr. \V. L. Drown, of Tilton, Ga.,writes
in regard to exhibiting two very fine
three-v oar-old jacks and a jennet at the
State Fair. He adds that he thinks he
can get up a large stock exhibit from his
county. So the Georgia farmers may
rely upon seeing a grand exhibit from
one of the best stock counties in the
Cherokee section. Georgia is just awaken
ing to the value and economy of raising
mules, and the exhibit of jacks will prove
of especial interest to every farmer in the
State. In view of ■General Miles’ k|hvoli
at Atlanta berore the Interstate Farm
ers' Convention in which he asserted that
the South paid #10,000,000 tax in im
porting mules from other States, il is
safe to assume that the Georgia farmer
is done with that kind of tax Then, let
the mule and jacks exhibit be as large as
possible. Show what Georgia can do for
herself to save her portion of that # 10,-
000,000 tax on her products.—Macon
Telegraph.
There are some as fine home raised
mules in Bartow as any county can boast
of, and it is hoped their owhers will take
up the spirit of Mr. Drown and hav“
them at the State fair as well as the
Piedmont exposition. Stock raisers,
move at once.
The advantages of n reliable, safe and
efficacious Family Medicine, is incalcula
ble, and when such is found, the blessing
is thus happily expressed.
I Exclaimed, “Eciieka.”
I have been using Simmons Liver Regu
lator myself some five years or more,
and my family also, and can testify from
experience to ils virtues. I never recom
mend a medicine unless l know it to be
good. In a ministry of twenty-five
years I have often felt Ihe need of such
medicine and when 1 found it l exclaim
ed, “Eureka.”— Rev. J. I*. Harder, Pro
prietor of the. “Christian Visitor," Smith
field, N. C.
Says the New York Herald: “That
Congress has the power to legislate for
the prevention of railwav catastrophes
is as clear aw that it has the power al
ready wielded for the prevention .of
traffic abuses. We believe the time has
come for that power to be exercised.
Disasters are growing more frequent and
more fatal. As we have said, they are
due to negligence. Proper safe guards
are neither provided by railway manage
ment nor required by state legislation.
Congress must act sooner or later. It
should act now. Anew inter-state law
is demanded by the safety of the travel
ing public.”
LIGHTENING THE BURDEN.
Let me carry your pail, my dear.
Brimming over with water?”
“No! i'll take hold and you trike bold,”
Answered the farmer’s daughter.
And she would have her own sweet way.
Ah her merry eyes grew brighter;
So she took hold and he took hold.
And made the burden lighter.
And every day the oaken pail.
Over tlie well curb slipping
Was upward drawn by bund* of brawn,
Cool, and aoitly dripping.
And every day the burden seemed
Lighter b.v being divided ;
For he took hold, and she took hold,
lty the self-same spirit guided.
Till by and by they learned to love
And each trust in the other.
Till she for him one twilight dim,
I.eft father and mother,
The wedding bells were rung at morn.
The bridal blessings given,
And now the pair without a care
Entered an earthly heaven.
When storm and sunshine mingled, they
Would seldom trouble borrow.
And w hen it came they met the same
With bright hope of to-morrow.
And now they’re at the eve of life.
While the western skies grow brighter.
For she took hold, and he took hold,
And it made the burden lighter.
Loss of sleep sustained from anxiety
spent over the little one so slowly and
pitifully wasting away from the effect of
teething, unfit you for business, why not
try Dr. Riggers’ Huckleberry Cordial.