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The Fayetteville News.
VOL. 2.
FAYETTEVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1889.
NO. 12.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA-
R10 US POINTS IN TUB SO UTH.
A CONDENSED ACCOUNT OF WHAT IS GOING ON OF
IMPORTANCE IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
Montgomery, Ain., Inst week, beat any
past recoid, reaching the unprecedented
figure of 11,447 bales, against 9,1&7 for
the same week last year.
The matter of the receiversli’p of the
electric and city railroads of Richmond,
Va., wnsagaiu postponed by the chancery
judge, Thursday.
The trial of Edward Brown, charged I
with the assa'-sination of Colonel Roger 1
J. Page, late editor of the Marion Times-
Register, was begun at Charlotte, N. C.,
Friday, in McDowell superior court.
The general Assembly of the Knights
s of Labor will be held in Atlanta on the
J. 12th of November, and the executive
W comm ttee of the order, now in session at
St. Louis, are arranging business for the
, assembly.
^ * An agreement was reached between
the stiiking miners at Coalburg. near
Birmingham, Ala,, on Wednesday, and
the miners will icturn to work. It isre-
'pfirted that the terms of the operators
were accepted.
.p, A fire in the Montgomery, Ala., wnre-
house, Marks & Gayle, proprietors, Mon-
* day morning, damaged about one
thousand hales of cotton. Insurance
$64,500; loss about forty per cent, of the
insurance.
Cotton men at Savanijah, Ga., say that
indications point to an attempt by New
York parties to corner OctoDer cotton.
It is reported that all the friegqt room
from there to New York for the rest of
the month has been engaged, or, in the
language of the street, “swept clean.”
The property of Hillman, the electric
health resort, at Washington, Ga., was
sold on Tuesday at auction and was
bought by Mr. Jamc3 Bcn-on for $8,000.
There are about 150 acres of laud. Mr.
Bcdsou is one of the persons whose
health was restored by it. He says it
will be kept up as a resort..
XJoke iron waa made in Anniston, Ala.,
■ fortne"fffst time on Friday! The two
furnaces havb been in course of construc
tion for two years, and are among t e
largest and best in the country. The ton
nage of iron, when both furnaces are in
blast, will be more than that of the cot
ton crop of the whole south.
A dispatch from F’^niiugsburg, gy.,
ysnys: -^t least g ve hundred thousand
pound" tobacco in this county has
lOChti fefutrbly destroyed by the frost of
the last three nights. The auditor’s re-
1) port places the average crop of the coun
ty at 4,700,1.00 pounds, and this year the
| crop was above that figure. About half
of the crop had been housed and cured.
A The Tennessee conference, now in ses-
h sion at Murfreesboro, Tenn., has a pecu-
^iar question before them. In passing
1 the characters of the preachers, the
charge was made against Brother Hag
gard that he had been engaged to two
i women at the same time, marrying one of
them within a week after writing a letter
to the other pledging his undying love.
The case was referred to a committee for
trial.
Last June .the town of Livingston,
Sumter county, Ala., was almost entirely
destroyed" by fire one night, causing
heavy loss to the business men. Recently
evidenco was discovered tending to show
that the fire was of incendiary origin,
and citieens of Livingston sent detective
Robins, of Birmingham, who went down
Thursday and arrested Andrew Moore,
Andrew Ivy and Bonham Jones, charg
ing them with the crime.
Nine negro men and three negro wom
en were arrested at Charlotte, N. O., on
Saturday, oharged with robberies extend
ing over several months. Over 100 res
iliences and business houses in that city
have been raided by these thieves. In
one instance $500 worth of jewelry was
taken from a store, and losses traceable
to the gang aggregate nearly $100,000.
The whole gang will probably be hung,
as burglary in the state of North Caro
lina is a capital offence.
The supremo court of Georgia, now in
session at Atlanta, has already com
menced passing upon the acts of the
present legislature. Sometime ago a bill
Was passed which provided for the pay
ment to lion.Tom Glenn and Capt. Ellis,
former solicitors of the city court of At-
it *hinta, certain insolvent costs, said to be
I' due them by the State. The supreme
[, court had the matter up before it on
\ -Monday and declared the act uueousti-
tutionnl.
On Saturday, A(,toincy-Gcncrnd Ro
gers, before the civil district court of
New Orleans, sued out two writs of se
questration—one against Maurico J.
llartnud another against Miss Laura
Gaines, a sister to Mrs. E. A. Burae,
, : I)th to recover certaip portions of stolen
state bonds, which lie alleges to have
been transferred to these parties by Ex-
State Treasurer Burke. After deducting
the amount of the bonds so far recovered
from Burke’s deficit, lie is still about
$400,000 short
The New York Sun's cotton reviow of
Friday: Futures declined 8to 11 points
under an unexpectedly weak report from
Liverpool instead of the advance which
the bulls expected. On this decline
there was a brisk demand to cover con
tracts, and as the day wore on the com
paratively small crop movement gave
strength to values. An exceptional
feature was the further development of
October cotton, which caused this month
to close dearer. Cotton on spot was
steady but quiet.
The great fertilizer factory of G. Ober
& Sons, established in 1857, at, Locust
Feint. Baltimore, burned Thursday, it
consisted of three largo buildings which
cost $125,000. The first building, in
which 100 men were at work, burned to
the ground and the flames, driven by the
winds spread to another large building,
completely gutting it. Fu ly $200,000
worth of damage had been done to tin
buildings.before the flames were gotten
under control, which a member of the
firm says cost $200,000, and $60,000
worth of stock.
8TOLEN DOCUMENTS.
ALL THE RECORDS IX THE CRONIN CASE,
AT CHICAGO, DISAPPEAR.
A dispatch from Chicago says: A
startling rumor was current, early Satur
day morning, that the entire official re
cord of the Cr nin case had been stolen.
The record includes a copy of the pro
ceedings before the coroner's jury, the
sworn affidavit of witnesses before the
grand jury, portions of the hair, blood
clots, cotton batting, and other tangible
evidences of the crime found in the catch
basin, the Carlson cottage and the bloody
trunk. An ex-employe of the state at
torney’s office, who had full access to all
the valuable pieces of evidence, is now
tnigsing and may be in Canada. Volu
minous documentary testimony and moie
precious, but still bulky, material evi
dences were kept in wliat was considered
a safe place in the state attorney’s office,
to which only trusted employes had ac
cess. The ex-employe is said to have
several times been seen in proximity of
this vault, which, when he was in the
employment of the county, lie had abun
dant opportunity *2 Ij-pu evoiy ”“9k i
8nd crevice, The discoveries were made
Friday morning, when the necessities of
looking up the addresses of witnesses in
Compliance with an order expected to be
entered by Judge McConnell at the morn
ing session of the tiial, made a reference
to affidavits taken before the grand jury
imperative. Then, it is said, that the
awful fact presented itself to the state’s
attorney and colleagues, that the result
of their labors sinoe May 4th had van
ished ns if by magic A1 Hanks and
Mark Solomon, criminal court bailiff's,
are under arrest, charged with packing
the CroDin jury. The first suspicion of
the fact, was the failure of the men to
report for duty Saturday morning. Their
absence was duo the fact that they were
taken to a Northside hotel by several de
tectives, and were kept there in close
surveillance. Two men have also been
discovered in attempting to coriupt ve
niremen summoned to Judge McCon
nell’s court, and to instruct those favora
ble to the prisoners how to answer ques
tions of the state’s attorney in order to be
retained as jurors.
FATAL RIOT.
ALLIANCE MEN AND TOWN AUTHORITIES
HAVE A DESrEKATE JiNCOUNTEll.
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Ever Shown in Georgia.
Our Atlanta house being the LARGEST RETAIL STORE in the South, buying everything from Manufacturers an-1 lor
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Fill; Cases if it ail DesiraMs Calls Opart k Fait Week
-CONSISTING OF-
DRESS GOODS and TRIMMINGS
In All New Styles and Shades!
-ALSO
A bloody riot, occurred atDothen. Aim,
on Monday, in which George M. Strin
ger, proprietor of the alliance warehouse,
and Jeff Walker, an alliance man were
killed. J. L. Domingos, town marshal,
and Parker Powell, deputy marshal were
mortally wounded. Peter Tew, an alli
ance man, Green Stringer, and B. Strin
ger, were seriously wounded. The riot
grew out of the town council passing an
ordinance imposing taxes on drays in the
town, which was disregarded by the alli
ance men, the consequence of which was
a general fight all around” with the above
results. Dothan is a small town about
one year old, with 800 people, having
sprung into existence in anticipation of
tho Alabama Midland railroad, which
now runs in half a mile of its public
streets. There has been no feud what
ever between the alliance and the town,
but on tho other hand, the be9t of fcol-
ings have existed heretofore.
BANK STATEMENT
Following is a statement of the asso
ciated banks at Now York for the week
ending Saturday:
lteservo increase $ 900,026
Loans decrease A.070,800
Specie inorease 1.8.85,800
Lop at tenders decrease 1,152,800
Deposits decrcuso 5,107.706
Circulation doorcase 18,200
Tho banks now hold $705,708 less
than 25 per cent, rule calls for.
Plushes, Velvets, Ribbons, Etc.
Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Calicoes, Domes'
tics, Table-Linens, Towels, Napkins, Beil
Spreads, Ladies’ and Gents’ Underwear,
JBAHES, BATS, SHOES, ETC.
We can sell you the Best Cotton Checks at 5c. The Best Sheeting at
5 3-4c and Shirtings at 5 l-2c. and thousands of other
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GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
