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Council Proceedings.
Council Chamber, Jan. 12, 1899.
Council met tin City Hall and was
called to ord -r by Mayor R L. Carith
er*. All the a’.dcrmen were present ex
cept D Y. Hodges.
Mayor called for report of commit
tees. Sanitary committee report as fol
lows:
Wo condemn the houses in tbo rear
of the Sogars, Russell and DeLaPer
riere block.
Police committee recommended pay
ment of <iay and night police for month
of December and January up to the 14.
1899.
Finance coromitte report was read
and adopted as follows: We find
amount of taxable property to be $210,-
855 at 90 cents is $1,947.20. The clerk
has turned over to the treasurer ct this
amount $1,678 82. Amount allowed G
J. & S. R. R $72.00. Amount taxis
still unpaid $159.80 Amount of Ogl ■>
tax unpaid $2.57. Not accounted lor
$35.07 Amount 11 fas 97. Tax and
cost $274.14. Amount of this paid
$7l 75. Amount oil hand $174.69
Amount unaccounted for $27 68 Fines
imposed as per minutes for 1898 $ll3 o'\
Fines collected as j er cash book $100,40.
Balance unoollectfd $52.60.
The following bills were approved:
Git. R. li freight on piping $1 22, T. A.
Maynard, lumber for well $1.28, H J-
Seymour, drayage (or street 60 cents.
Dabney Hardware Cos., $l5O, Kilgore,
Kelly & Cos. $2 07, W. D. .Sims, snlajy
to January 14. *99 $B5 83. S. L Carter,
salary to January 14. ’O9 $35 83, N. J.
Kelly, extra service as treasurer $5.00,
Dabney Hardware Cos. for heaters $9.80"
Amount due Board Education from
80 per cent of city tuxes ft-r ’985503 64,
amount paid Board Education Decem
ber $300.00, amount Board Elucntion
owes city on note SIOO, ballai.oo duo
Board for 1898 $48.64 We find in the
hands of the City Attorney Sundry
school accounts aggregating S4OO as per
list attached. We find W. IT. Quartor
man has on hand in cash $1 15 We
recommend that all these accounts be
put into judgement as soon as possible.
W find orsh in the hands of the treas
urer $488.47 to day. We recommend
the payment of S2OO 00 part principle
aud SBO 00 interest on note of city
in favor of H. N. Rainey of $1,000,00
We recommend balance of uncollected
taxes amounting to $159 80 be put into
fi fas at once and turned over to our
successors. J. T. Strange,
Chairman.
Report of the Honorable Mayor and
Council of City of Winder from Seore
tary Board of Education:
To Amt. Rec'd to date $2 884.58
Total Amt* paid out to dato 2197.28
Balance in treasury 87.85
Duo ns from city 43.68
Amt. in treasury 131,03
4th quarter J & W. Cos. 208 46
Total 839 49
Owe teachers 206 SO
Bal for spring 181.C9
From city Winder $1309 36
Less note 400.00
W. H. yUAKTKKMAN, Sccty.
January 13th 1869,
Now Council met aud was called to
order by Mayor Cant-hen*. All the
Ahh rnien were present and were sworn
and subscribed to the oath of ollioe.
The first thing in order was the elec
tion rf o fifteens.
G. W. DoLaPernero was re-elected
clerk; L. A. House, treasurer; John
Ethridge and J. H. Jackson day ami
night marshals, one to go on duty at
12 o’clock in day aud oome off at 12
o’clock at night.
Following are the salaries for the
year:
Major SSO. ot)
L'lerk (50,00
Treasurer 12.00
Police per month $33.33f<
Following are standing committees;
Finance—J. T. Strange, A A. Camp
aud W. L. Di LaPeri iere.
Street Committed—A. A. Camp, H.
T. Ethridgo aud S E. Sharptou.
Public Improve mont—H. T. Eth
ridge, J. H. Smith aud J. T Strange.
Sanitary—W. L. DeLaPerriere, A. A
Camp aud S. E. Sharptou.
Ordinance—J. H. Smith, J, T.
Strange and W. L* DeDaPeriiere,
Police—H. T. Ethridge, A. A. Camp
and J. H. Smith.
Council will meet regularly on last
Tuesday evening iu each mouth at
730 fast time. Motion to adjourn
prevailed. R. L CaRISHKRS. Mayor-
G. W. DeLaPkriukkk, Clerk.
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ami Summer Uompl&iutx. Prlv, 2 C
G. W. DeLaPerriere, Winder, Ga.
Minute Cough Cure, cures.
Hti t hat it> what it made tor.
ALL WOMEN
Suffering from female trembles should
try the "Old Time’’ KemeUy,
It has no equal. It strengthens the
delicate female organs and builds a wom
an up. All suffering and Irregularities at
"monthly” periods can be avoided by Us
use. Jt is for young girls maturing, for
mothers, and for women at Chanje of Life.
Ktioiel i>e used before child-birth.
Sold' by all druggists, or sent (postpaid)
on receipt of price SI.OO.
PRFR: Rook on Home Treatment, of Fe
mnlo 1 Useas.-s. NfcW SPEINCLK MEDICINE CO.,
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Li. W . DeiuPcrritre, Winder. Ga,
Do Wit! • L u.d i .uny Risers,
r t mous liitlo Dills.
Pound Hanging to a Tree.
Bessemer, Ala., Jan. 17. —William
Brant, a German employed at the Bes
semer Pipe plant, was found dead hang
ing by a little rawhide string to a tree
in the woods near here. Ho had been
drinking for a few days and it is be
lieved he committed suicide, though
there is suspicion that the man was
robbed and then hanged in the woods
by highwaymen. Pram was educated
at Heidelberg university and was an
officer in the Franco-Prussian war. The
coroner held an inquest and decided
that it was a case of suicide.
A N< w Itoiet to It‘ ltullt.
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 17.—Articles
of incorporation of the Anniston and
Coosa Coalfield railroad have been filed
with the secretary of state. It is to be
gin in Anniston and to run west into
the Coosa coal fields in St. Clair county
to inter sect the Alabama Great South
ern railroad at some point between At
talla and Birmingham. The capital is
to be $250,000. The incorporators are
W. F. Johnston, C. B. Randolph, F. M.
Hight, J. S. W. Kee, H. W. Sexton and
J. 0. Sprowell of Calhoun county.
A Shooting In Hrunswlck.
Brunswick, Ga., Jan. 17.—Dan Ran
dolph, a well known man about town,
was shot and badly wounded by Alfred
Turner. The shooting, according to
Randolph’s supposedly dying statement,
occurred about an alleged insult Turner
is said to have offered a relative of Ran
dolph. Turner states be was justifiable
in the shooting, but on the advice of his
attorneys declines to say anything fur
ther. Randolph will recover.
A Court mart ini For Eagan.
Washington, Jam 17.— President Mc-
Kinley announced to the cabinet, at its
regular meeting today that he had de
termined tocourtmartial General Eagau.
Secretary Alger was not ureseut at the
cabinet meeting, but Adjutant General
Corbin was at the White House in con
ference with the president on the sub
ject just prior to tlio cabinet session.
The order for the courtmartial probably
will be made today.
Depositors to Lose Nothing.
Columbus, (>a., Jan. 17.—An order
has been received from the comptroller
of the currency, at Washington, direct
ing that the stockholders of the defunct
Chattahoochee National bank bo as
sessed $39,000. This is $39 per share of
stock. With the money raised from
this souroe the remainder of the depos
itors’ money will be paid, and the debts
of the institution wiped out.
An Indiana Battalion Sails.
Charleston, Jan. 17. —Major Bach
man, with Companies A, B, E and F
of the One Hundred and Sixtieth In
diana volunteers, arrived from Colum
bus, Gn., last night and sailed for Ma
tanzas, Cuba, at noon today on the
trail sport Sural ogu. Tfer are about
400 men iu the battalion.
First Eviction In AMgapfa.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. f6.-Tlto first
eviction from mill houses of operatives
was made today This is the seventh
week of the strike. The operatives and
operators are as far apart as ever. The
operatives ask the operatives of other
cities not to come to Augusta at this
time. Evictions were halted after one
family had been put out. because a cold,
drizzling rain began falling.
Tetter, Salt-Rheum and Eczema
The intense itching and smarting
incident to these diseases, is instantly
allayed by applying Chamberlain’s
Eye and Skin Ointment. Many very
bad cases have been permanently cured
by it. It is equally efficient for itching
piles and a favorite remedy for sore
nipples, chapped hands, chilblains,
frost bites and chronio sore eyed. 26c
per box.
Dr. Cady’s Condition Powders are
just what a horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food hut
medicine aud the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price 2tt
a package- For sale by JJ. C. Poole,
Winder,(Ja,
MERRITT PRESIDES
AT EAGAN'S TRIAL
Unofficially Stated He Will
Head the Court.
CLOUS JUDGE ADVOCATE?
Conduct Unbecoming hii Officer and a
Gentleman the Charge on Which the
Army Commissary General Is to Be
Arraigned.
Washington, Jan. 18. — It was stated
at the war department that no an
nouncement would be made today of
the detail for the courtmartial in the
case of Commissary General Eagan. It
is likely that the department is in tele
graphic correspondence with a number
of officers of high rank who are re
garded as available to ascertain whether
they can undertake duty on the court
martial without injury to the service to
which i hey are now assigned. Pending
the result of these inquiries it is, of
course, not possible to publish the full
details.
It was stated unofficially that Major
General Merritt will be one of the mem
bers of the court, and being the senior
officer available for the court he will be
the president. Lieutenant Colonel John
W. Clous, who holds the rank of briga
dier general of volunteers, and who was
secretary of the evacuation commission
m Cuba, is mentioned as the judge
advocate.
Brigadier General A. W. Greeley,
chief signal officer of the United ritates
army, is also mentioned as a member oi
the court. Further than this nothing
could be learned of the probable detail.
No volunteer officers will be members of
the court.
While the military laws provide that
the members of the court shall be of the
same or superior rank, yet inferior offi
cers may sit. on the case.
General Merritt is not only a strict
disciplinarian but strongly disapproves
of ungentleuianly conduct in an officer.
General Eagan will be charged with
conduct unbecoming an officer and a
gentleman. Article 61 of the military
legulations reads as follows:
‘‘Any officer who is convicted of con
duct unbecoming an officer and a gen
tiemau shall be dismissed from the ser
vice.”
The judge advocate general of the
army will be directed to prepare the
charges and specifications.
Inasmuch 5s General Eagan with
drew his statement from the commis
sion and lias submitted wmrfber, it may
be more difficult to %m We charges,
yet army officers hoW that it will only
be necessary to submit to the court that
certain offensive words were used.
Mem bars of the commission can bo
brought before the court, but it will be
optional with them whether they testify.
WOOD TALKS OF CUBANS.
bun Hugo’s Kuiur tile Honored Guest
at a Big Dinner.
New York, Jan. 18.—General Leon
ard Wood, military governor of Santi
ago, was the guest of honor at a dinner
given by the Union League club last
night. General Wood received a very
hearty greeting when he was intro
duced. In speaking of Cuba aud the
Cubans he said:
“Whatever has been done in Cuba
has been done not only for the Cubans
but for the United States.
“We have gone down to that island
for the purpose of giving those people
liberty and it is my experience that
they have demonstrated thus far, at
nny rate, that they are tjnite capable of
appreciating what we can do, and their
response to such liberty as has been pre
sented to them has been very quick.
“There has been a good deal which,
from our standpoint, was not satisfac
tory and which I think could be attrib
uted to the fact that those people have
hardly got in the way of trusting them
selves, but the perfectly open policy
that we have pursued has disarmed
them to a certain extent aud today, as
far as I know, the respect for th# Amer
ican flag aud the American people and
American good faith is all right.”
KnUrotul \Yis Ita Cuff.
Savannah, Jan. 18.—In the cuu*e of
Mclver against the Florida Central and
Peninsular railroad, Judge Speer de
cided in favor of the railroad company.
A negro boy named Mclver was pushed
off a freight train by a brakeman and
killed. His mother, who lives near
Brunswick, brought suit for SIO,OOO
damages. Judge Speer stated that the
company was not responsible for the act
of the ruffian brakeman aud directed a
verdict for the defendant.
Hattie Over Samoa’s Throne.
Melbourne, Jau. 18.— Advices re
ceived here from Samoa today under
date of Jan 12 say there has been fight
ing there over the decision of Chief
Justice Chambers in favor of Malietoa
Tannse, one of the candidates to the
throne in succession to the late King
Malietoa. It is added that the native
followers of Mataafa, the rival aspirant
to the kingship, were victorious. Sev
enty-three men were killed or wounded.
Governor Jones Sworn In.
Little Rock, Jau. 18.—Governor Dan
W. Jones, Attorney General Jeff Davis,
Secretary of State A. C. Hull, State
Treasurer Thomas F. Little and State
Auditor Clay Sloan took the oath of
office this morning before the joint ses
sion of the general assembly.
BAM 111 iii, .-ST
OF KIS RESOLUTION
Georgia Senator Opposed to
Ruling tlio Filipinos.
HE POINTS OUT DANGERS
Says a Declaration From Congress of
Our Intention to Withdraw From
the Islands Will Prevent Fighting
at Slaniln anil Iloilo.
Washington, Jan. 18.—Mr. Bacon of
Georgia today addressed the senate upon
his antiexpansiou resolutions wnich
were presented last week. Ha said in
part:
‘‘Of all the great powers of the earth
the government of the United States is
the only one that contends tor the right
in all people of self government. \\ hen
they abandon in practice this principle,
when they impose their dominion on an
unwilling people in the majestic march
of free institutions, the hand upon the
great dial of the clock of the world will
have been set back 100 years.
“It is not to be believed that the gov
ernment of the United States will,
with full appreciation of the nature and
the consequences of the act, thus violate
the principle of the right of self govern
ment. It is incredible, nay impossible,
that the liberty loving people of these
United States will consent that by
power of arms the dominion of this
government shall be forced on a people
who have owed us no allegiance—who
are struggling to be free.
“There is not a civil official of the
government who will admit that he
favors such an act. There is not a pub
lic man in the country who will admit
that ho favors the enslavement of a peo
ple. There is not a senator who world
not repel the charge if made again t
him and yet there are many who are
advocating a course, the inevitable con
sequence of which, if successfully pur
sued, is to accomplish the enslavement
of the people of the Philippine islands.
“When we declared war against
Spain we also declared that we did not
go to war for aggrandizement or for the
acquisition of territory. We said that
on the contrary we went to war to make
good to the people of Cuba the title to
the independence and freedom, which
all recognized that as a people they had
already won, and to secure for them the
establishment of a stable government.
The war has passed. There has been
no foreign intervention and will be
none.
Cubans and Filipinos Equal.
‘‘Now, what I wish to accomplish by
these resolutions is that the United
States shall in this hour of victory; in
this hour of undisputed physical power,
make substantially the same declara
tion relative to the Philippine islands
that we have made relative to Cuba. ”
Mr. Bacon declared there was no dif
ference in the rights of the Cubans and
the Filipinos, and they should all b
treated equally under the resolutions
adopted by congress, although the Phil
ippines were not in mind at the time of
the declaration of war. He said our
obligations to the Philippines rested
upon the alliance of the Americans wttb
the Filipinos during the war, and added:
“We hear frequent and earliest asser
tions that it is our duty to see to it that
European nations do not appropriate the
Philippine islands. Well, sir, Ido not
wish to see these islands become the
prey of laud grabbing nations of Eu
rope. I wish and hope to see the inhab
itauts of the Philippines a free and in
dependent nation. They have the ter
ritory and the population sufficient for
nationality and they have shown their
readiness to fight for their freedom. I
hope that by negotiation or otherwise it
may be arranged and agreed among the
leading nations that they may remain a
free nation. I am willing that the
United State* shall through peaceful
measures endeavor to accomplish these
results. But lam not willing that the
United States shall go to war to protect
the Philippine islands from being des
poiled and appropriated by one or more
European nations.
“I am most deeply impressed with
the importance of the prompt announce
ment hy this government of the declar
ation contained in these resolutions that
the United States does not intend to es
tablish its dominion over the Philippine
islands. One good result from suoh a
declaration will, in my opinion, be the
prompt of a lot of the ques
tions growing out of the war with Spain.
HE BROKE JAIL 20 TIMES.
Capture of a Man Who Has Robbed
Five Trains and Many Offices.
Meridian, Miss., Jan. 14.—The post
office at Eu ter prise, Miss., was blown
open with dynamite Monday and robbed.
Thrasher Mead, one of the most desper
ate criminals in this country, was ar
rested in Mobile and brougUt to Enter
prise, but not until after a desperate
fight with the officers. A large quan
tity of stamps and $1,138 in cash stolen
from the safe in the Enterprise post
office were recovered.
Mead has a criminal record that is
hardly second to that of the notorious
Rube Burrows For nearly ten years
he has infested the railroads of Mississ
ippi and Alabama aud is known to have
been intimately connected with a band
of negro robbers in Chicago.
Mead is known to have been impli
cated iu five train robberies, and the
Southern Express company has proof
that he blew open safes in their offices
at Aberdeen and Durant, Miss., last
year. He has escaped from 21 jails and
once from the Alabama penitentiary
since he began his criminal career.
HUNTING FOR PAUL JONES.
No Tidings Received of the Missing
Naptha Launch.
Mobile, Jan. 18.—Captain La Bogne
of the fishing smack John W. Hilden,
which arrived this morning, reports
that while cruising at Chandeleur island
on Jan. 6 he was told by Captain Hau
sen, the lighthouse keeper, that a party
of ladies and gentlemen in a large yacht
had stopped in the island on Jan. 5 and
visited the lighthouse. He did not say
what course they took after leaving the
island.
The report of a launch stranded on
Dauphin island that was received here
late" last night will be thoroughly in
vestigated today. Instructions have
been sent bv Mr Harry Hartwell, a
promin in yachi.-man here, to Fort
Morgan, to ono of nis boats to visit
Dauph i island immediately and look
for :i'o launch. No information has
bee:, received up to tiii- time by him.
M v Taggart of Indianapolis and
Mr Lawrence Jones of Louisville, the
own rof (lie yacht, will -enure a tug
boat two naphtha launches and several
men who will visit the entire coasts and
all riie small islands. They will leave
to. afternoon if no news o. "> ho missing
yacht is received here.
A number of pilots here think she is
somewhere around Chandeleur island
aground in one of the numerous inlets
around that place. The Hat rub broth
ers, residing at Daphne, Ala., once spent
20 days in one of these sloughs, having
gone aground in a storm.
EAGLE AND PHENIX RULING.
Judge Newman Fixes tile Fees In This
Celebrated Litigation.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 18 —Judge New
man has rendered his rulings in the fee
features of the Eagle and Phenix case.
In his recent findings, Special Master
Peabody recommended that the receiv
ers of the mills, G. Gunby Jordan and
J. W. English, be given $50,000 for
their two years’ service. The finding
was excepted to by the bondholders.
Judge Newman ruled that the receiv
ers be given $35,000, $17,500 for each
year’s service. He also ruled that they
get 1 per cent on the moneys they fur
nished the mills.
During the two years they were in
charge they secured, by their personal
credit, nearly $1,000,000, for which they
were individually responsible. The 1
per cent on this, together with the $35,-
000, will make the receivers get $49,000,
practically the amount recommended.
The special master recommended that
L. F. Garrett get $15,000 for his services
as attorney in various capacities. Mr.
Garrard had asked for $37,500. He ex
cepted to the master’s findings on the
ground that he deserved more. The
bondholders excepted on the grounds
that he was getting too much Judge
Newman overfnled both exceptions and
Mr. Garrard gets $15,000.
Judge Newman sustained the finding
of the special master that the American
Banking company, trustee for the bond
holders, be given $2,500, bur ruled that
the sum of $l,OOO previously paid the
trustee should uot be counted in this.
GASTON TO PROPOSE UNION.
Populist Leader May Urge Co-Opera
tion With Democrats.
Montgomery, Abi., Jan. 18. —Judge
Zell Gaston of Butler, the Populist!
leader iu this state, has proposed to the
Democrats that if they will accord to
the Populists as many representatives
in the approaching constitutional con
vention as they now have representa
tives in the Alabama senate, lie will
urge the Populists to abandon their or
ganization and bring all the white men
of Alabama together again.
As the Populists have only seven
members of the senate, and as the con
stitutional convention will contain 133
persons, Ju Ige Gaston’s proposition is
regarded as entirely fair.
The proposition will, it is said, be for
mally made to the Democratic execu
tive committee, which will meet here
on Jan. 26.
LAKE CITY MAN IN PRISON.
Accused of Helping to Lyuch the
Negro Postmaster.
Charleston, Jan. 18.—Alien Belk, a
prominent citizen of Lake City, this
state, has been lodged in jail here,
charged with being implicated in the
lynching of the negro postmaster, Baker,
in his town a year ago.
The postoffice, where Baker and his
family lived, was fired by a white mob
and the inmates shot down as they fled.
Baker and his baby were killed and sev
eral of his children seriously ghot.
United States marshals have gone to
Lake City to arrest other parties against
whom there is said to be proof.
Thirteen prominent white men are
now under indictment for the crime and
the case will be tried in the federal
courts here in April.
Three Hangings Scheduled.
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 16.—Three
legal hangings here are on the program
for this week. John and Henry Hall,
two negroes, brothers, are to be exe
cuted on Friday at noon, and Sam
Jones, another negro, will be swung
into eternity on the following day at the
same hour. All three of the negroes
have been convicted of murdering white
men.
Lynching at Lynchburg.
Nashville, Jan. 18.—George Call,
alias Tony, and John Shaw, alias Pig
ley, both negroes, and who bore a bad
'reputation in the community, were shot
and killed by unkuown persons at
Lynchburg last night.