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1 Ml E® MIST Official Organ Ordinary. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WINDFSK PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY KVHNiNU JEFFERSON OFFICE: With the Ordinary in the Court House P. W. Quattlebauin will represent the pap<-r ami take subscriptions. Subscription P.ates. One Year, - - - 11.00 A. G. LAMAR, Editor and Publisher. . iUlt>.L)Ai, M AUCii 2. 1 Read the Economist and get you neighbor to read it by sub scribing for it. You will find a lot of interesting matter on first page of The Econ omist this week, and our nows page will give you all the happen ings of the past few days up to go ing to preßS. All eight pages are tilled with good reading. The gross earnings of the South ern Railway Cos. for the month of January, 1809, were $2,251,115. An increase over the same month of last year of $232,708. The hard times seem not to afTect the big corporations. Congress passed the bill yester day appropriating $20,000,000 to pay for the relinquishment of Spanish sovereignty over the Phi’- ippiues By the time we get through conquering the Filipeuos we will have spent about that m tch more. Hon. Douglass Glessner, of Grif fin, has been discharged as secreta ry of the Georgia prison commiss ion and captain Goodlow Yancey, of Athens, has been appointed to succeed him. Col. Glessner claims he was discharged for political reasons and that the governor had a hand in it. Mr. Tillman has offered an amendment to tho po3totiico ap propriation bill, which was agreed to, providing that Star route con tractors be required to colloct from and deposit in boxes erected along th ir routes mail matter, the boxes to be maintained by the people along the route. The Alabama law exempting from taxation for ten years all manufacturing enterprises that may be established in the State was vetoed by the Governor. He suggested that the farmer who cleared eighty acres of new land for cultivation was as much enti tled to exemption from taxation as the corporation which built a new furnace or factory, and he the discrimination proposed by the bill io be unjust. The Alaba ma governor’s head is level on this line and he is to be commend ed for his veto. If you believe reform principles are right and will benefit humanity you ought to support reform pa per*. To do this it is your duty tc take them and get every one else your can to do so. Reform can nev er be accomplished if these who claim to be reformers ignore re form papers and do nothing to help extend their circulation. A movement for the good of the peo ple at large must be continually agitated and kept before the public, and this will never be done only through the class of papers that are on the side of the people. The New England Newspaper League. The above League composed of eleven of the most powerful and influential daily papers of New England has for its object a tour of inspection through the South. An able and competent joint corps of writers, sketch artists, phofog raphers, and other staff represent atives will leave Boston aboard a special private car Saturday, March 4th, and visit nv-st of the principal cities of the south. Members of this party will send back for ] üblicatiou in all the papers of t iie League daily letters giving a del ailed account of their trip and other information rela tive to the S mth that will be worth much to this favored sec tion. An effort ought, to be made at once to get the party to stop over at Winder for a half day if possible and see our beautiful lit tle city with its many advantages. If they could be induced to make a brief stop here it would be worth a great deal to the future develop ment of Winder and advertise us extensively through tho New Eng land States. Benj. F. Haywood, Ex-State Treasurer, of Pennsylvania, died at his home last week. He was one of the defondonts in the now celebrated Quay suit. BIG ROBBERY. Safe of Dr. W. P. DeLa- Perriere of Hoschton Blown Open ands 800 Taken From It. Ou Tuesday night the safe iu the large brick store of Dr. W. P. DeLiPer. riere, of Hoschton was blown open and the robbers got SBOO. Dr. DcLaPerriere does a large mercantile imsiness at Hoschton and has been very successful us a merchant. He had just sold a lot of cotton and had placed this amount in his safe not dreaming of safe robbers coming to the quiet- little town of Hoschton. The robbers cut the tele phone wires a3 a precaution and did their work so quietly that to one knew any thing of it until the ston was opened Wednesday morning. The par their escape and will, in all probability, never be heard of again. Marshal’s Slayers Caught. Eastman, Ga., Feb. 28.—Sheriff J. C. Rogers has returned from Florida, bringing with him as far as Macon Cain Stevens and Will Willson, who mur dered Marshal Osborne at Canncey, in this county, on Jan. 31, last. Kotli ne groes confess their guilt, but each ac cuses the other of doing the shooting. As two shots took effect, there is no doubt but what both are directly re sponsible for the killing. Athens Votes l’aving Ronds. Athens, Ga., leb. IS.—The election ill Athens was a perfect sweep for the street improvement bonds, the vote being 509 for bonds to 23 against bonds. The issue of bonds will be SIOO,OOO and will bear 4 per cent interest. The bonds will be engraved and put on the market as soon as possible, and the paving of the streets will be under good headway inside the next 60 days. Johnston at Diritiinghaiu. Birmingham, Aia., Feb. . 28.—Gover nor Joseph Johnston was in Birming ham during the day and attended a meeting of the directors of the Alabama National bank. No disposition was shown by any oue to be discourteous to the chief executive. Disagreed to Am ndinents. Washington, March 1. The river fcnd harbor committee has disagreed to all senate amendments to the river and harbor bill, including the Nicaragua amendment. The committee also de cided to report the bill to the house to day and under suspension of the rules move nonconcurrence with the senate and reference to a conference commit tee. Resolutions of Democrats. Washington, March I.—The resolu tions adopted at the Democratic house caucus relative to the Philippines were introduced in the house by Representa tive Dinsmore of Arkansas and referred to the foreign affaire committee. Chair man Hitt of that committee says it hae not yet been determined whether a meet ing will be called to consider the subjeot. SENATE’S ARMY BILL ACCEPTED BY HOUSE All Danger of an Extra Session Now Removed. MEETING VERY SPIRITED Final Vote on the Mutter In Commit tee Stood Ten to Three, Several Dem ocrats Acting With the Republican Members. Washington, March 1. —The house military committee has agreed to accept the senate army bill without amend ment. Great interest was manifested in the meeting of the house military commit tee, as it was felt that a complete accep tance of the senate bill largely, if not entirely, removed the chance of an ex tra session! The session of the committee was very spirited, and at one point Representa tive Marsh of Illinois withdrew on the ground that the course of the commit tee in adopting an amendment would open up the whole controversy and pre cipitate an extra session. After his withdrawal the amendment was recon sidered and withdrawn, and Mr. Marsh reinrm-d to the committee. The final vote on agreeing to the sen ate bill was 10 to 3. Three Democrats, Sulzer, Cox and Jett, voted with seven Republicans in the affirmative Two Democrats, Lentz and Hay, and one Re publican, Brownlow, voted iu the nega tive. One of the first acts of the senate when that body convened at 11 o’clock was the consideration of the bill carry ing $20,000,000 with which to pay Spain for relinquishment of the Philippines in accordance with the treaty of Paris. Mr. Allison of lowa reported the measure from the committee on appro priations and asked for its immediate consideration. The bill was laid before the senate and iu half a minute was passed without a word of debate. In the house today Mr. Burton, chair man of the river and harbor committee, moved nouconcurrence iu the senate amendments to the river and harbor bill under suspension of the rules. There was no debate upon Mr. Bur ton’s motion, which prevailed without division. F. C. & P. ROAD ABSORBED? The Report Lately Put In Circulation Relieved at Savannah. Savannah, March I.—The report that has been in circulation during the past day or two that the Florida Central and Peninsular railway has been absorbed by the Georgia and Alabama railway is believed to have a good deal of truth in it. The annual meeting of the stockhold ers of the Florida Central and Peninsu lar railw r ay will be held iu Jacksonville Thursday and then it will be positively known whether or not the system has been sold. Georgia and Alabama officials in Savannah have, it is understood, come into information within the past 24 hours that makes them believe tho reported sale is a fact. They look upon it as a certainty that the Florida Central and Peninsular will soon be a part of a big southern system composed of the Georgia and Alabama, the Seaboard Air Line, and the Florida Central and Peninsular road, NEW YORK CLUB FOR SALE. Aiiilrt-w Freedinmi Is Disgusted and Tired of the Baseball Game. New York, March I.—The announce ment was made at the Fifth Avenue hotel today, before the meeting of man agers convened, that the New York Base ball club had been put on the market for sale. The figure named is $65,000 for the controlling stock held by An drew' Freedman as president of the club. The authority for the statement is a prominent league magnate, whose knowledge of the inner affairs of base ball circles is undoubted. He said that Mr. Freedman had become disgusted and tired of the game and was willing to dispose of his holding of the New York club’s stock. The announcement created the great est sensation among the magnates and ball players. Royalist Houses Searched. Paris, March I.—The police today searched the residences of the officials and members of the League of the French Fatherland, the League of Rights of Men and Baron Legoux, president of the Bonapartists committee. Numbers of documents, books and accounts were seized and the offices of the league were closed. Important papers were found at the residence of Baron Legoux, who is the representative of Prince Victor Napoleon. Tornado Near Yazoo City. Memphis, March I.—Specials from Yazoo City, Miss., bring details of a tornado which passed over that district. Nearly 100 people were made homeless and penniless by the storm, and the losses to the property will reach thou sands of dollars. Two persons were killed and at least half a dozen fatally injured, but no names can be obtained at present. Committees have been or ganized to care for the injured. Columbus to Have a Fair. Columbus, Ga., March I.—The Co lumbus Street Fair association has been formally organised at a meeting of the executive committee. IMPORTANT CASES HEARD. State Railway Commission Listens to Argum-nts In Atlanta. Atlanta, March 1. —The state rail way commission heard two important cases in this city. One was the motion to reduce the rates on the Atlanta and West Point and the other the petition of citizens of Dublin for anew union pas* tenger station. Ex-Governor W. Y. Atkinson ap peared for the citizens of Newnan, vvho were asking that the Atlanta and West Point railroad be put in the firstclass, which w r ould amount to a reduction in the company’s local rates. No evidence w-as introduced. The ex governor spoke for two hours, insisting that the At lanta and West Point earnings were so far above its expenses and fixed charges that in justice to the patrons along the line, the local rates ought to be reduced. The case was taken under considera tion by the board. In the Dublin depot case, the Wrights ville and Tenuille railroad admitted its willingness to co operate with the Ma con, Dublin and Savannah and build a union passenger station. The latter company, however, through its attor ney, Colonel Stubbs, stated that it had jno money with which to build anew station, and declared that its present station affords ample accommodations. Tnis statement was disputed by citizens of Dublin. The commission did not render a de cision iu the case. CONFEDERACY DAUGHTERS. Annual Convention of the Alabama Division In Selma. Selma, Ala., March I.—The third an nual convention of the Alabama division of the Daughters of the Confederacy convened in the hall of the Dallas Dra goons. First Vice President and Acting President William Gayle called the con vention to order. Prayer was offered by Rev. R. W. Barnwell, after which Captain H. C. Graham, lieutenant commander of Camp Catesby, introduced Miss Mary Howard of the Selma chapter, who delivered the address of welcome. Mrs. Alberta Taylor of Huntsville chapter responded in a very pleasing manner, after which the call of the roll of chapters was made, nearly every chapter having a representative present. The reports of the officers were made and the division is reported in good con dition financially and otherwise. At night an elegant reception was held at the Hotel Albert. PRISON COMMISSION WINS. Injunction Asked by Millcdgeville Water People Refused. Macon, March I.—The case of the Milledgeville Water company versus the state prison commission has been con cluded in the United States court here and Judge Speer decides that the prison commissioners can erect the prison farm. This is against the water company, which brought a suit for injunction to restrain the commission from erecting the farm, alleging that the water sup ply would be damaged. The case occupied three days in the United States court and many interest ing points were brought out. The prison commission was repre sented by Attorney General Joe Terrell, while the water company was repre sented by Hull & Wimberly, Marion Er win and others. MINERS GET AN INCREASE. Wages of Coal Diggers Advanced In the Birmingham District. Birmingham, Ala., March I.—The an nouncement is made that effective today there will be an advance in the wages of coal miners in the employ of the Ten nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company and Sloss Iron and Steel company. The miners have a contract based on the selling price of pig iron with an average of $7.50 per ton. When the iron goes above $7.60 an advance of 2% cents per ton on coal mining is given. Iron has been going up steadily and has gone above the necessary figure, so the miners will receive hereafter 42 cents per ton for mining. Five thou sand miners will feel the advance. Young Turuipsecd Paroled. Montgomery, Ala., March I.—The governor has paroled young Turuipseed, recently convicted ou the charge of manslaughter of a negro and sentenced to hard labor for oue year in Bullock county. Turuipseed was one of the best men in his county, and on a petition signed by a very large number of the foremost members of his county, most of the jurymen who tried him being among them, the governor caused a pa role to be issued. McKinley and Hanna Coming. Thomasvillk, Ga , March I.—A let ter has been received here from Senator Mark Hanna stating that he and Mrs. Hanna, President McKinley and wife and Vice President Hobart and wife will leave Washington on March 9 for Thomasville, where they wdll spend some weeks. The Hanna mansion on Dawson street is being put in readiness to receive them. A part of Senator Hanna’s family is already here. A Widow Secures Damages. Birmingham, Ala, March 1. The jury iu the case of Mary White, admin istratrix of Frank White, engineer on the Louisville and Nashville railroad, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $12,500. White was killed in the acci dent ou the Cahaba river bridge in 1896, in which 27 people lost their lives. All bqt three cases were compromised. Mrs. White sued for $55,000. CONSTABLES KILL A WOMAN. Attempt to Search Her Residency Brings ok i Kncouuter. Columbia, 8. C., Feb. 27. Four stats constables charged with enforcement of the dispensary law went to the resi dence of John Stuart, a respectable citi zen and a clerk in one of the largest mercantile establishments iu the city, for the purpose of searching it to see if there was any whisky iu the house. They went with a search warrant, but were met at the door by Mrs. Stu art. She sent for her husband who, on arriving, indignantly refused to permit the search. The constables stated that they had been informed that he had been selling whisky contrary to the law and were determined to make the search. Words followed and finally upon Stuart cursing Constable Crawford, the latter slapped him. Stuart ran into his house. His wife had come out on the piazza. From the doorway Stuart opened fire on the constables. Crawford returned it and shot Mrs. Stuart just below the heart. The woman died several hours later. Stuart was also badly shot in the mouth, his tongue being nearly severed. In the fusillade that followed Con stable Crawford was shot through the left wrist. The sheriff and several policemen ar rested the constables and carried them to a magistrate’s office. The news of the shooting spread all over the city and soon 400 or 500 infuriated men were in front of the office making a big demon stration. The constables have been taken to the state penitentiary for safe keeping. • CONFEDERATE STATISTICS. Ainsworth Submits Figures to the Secretary of War. Washington, Feb. 27.—Colonel Ains worth of the quartermaster department has transmitted to the secretary of war for transmission to the senate a partial report upon the number of confederate and their interments, and is prosecuting the work of completing the statistics that were asked by senate res olution with a view to carrying out tha president’s recommendation that gov ernment care be given tho confederate dead. The figures, so far prepared, have not been given out yet. The work of secur ing complete records is attended neces sarily with delay; compilations relative to the larger cemeteries is easy, but throughout the south—notable near the battlefields—are small cemeteries, little known, wherein many confederates lie buried. General Wright, who had charge of confederate statistics in the preparation of the records of the civil war, is in charge of the present work under Colo nel Ainsworth. FAIR COMMITTEES CONFER. Work to Be Undertaken Outlined by Chairman Northern Atlanta, Feb. 27.—The state fair committees met in the office of Mayor Woodward at noon today. The work to be undertaken by each was outlined in a few words by Chairman Northen, and a general view taken of the pros pects for the enterprise. The excellent work of the committees in bringing into the treasury at this early date over SIO,OOO and the bright prospects for a much larger sum has had the effect all over the state of guarantee ing a high scope for the fair, and inter esting in the project many in different parts of Georgia who were only waiting to Darn what the nature of the fair was to be. The work of the subscription commit tees will continue in earnest during the present week, and in fact for a number of days to come, and the SIO,OOO now assured to the treasury will be consid erably augmented before the week is out. Sent to Cliickamauga Park. Chattanooga, Feb. 27. All the horses, mules and wagons left at Camp Forse, Huntsville, Ala., by the regi ments mustered out there recently are being brought to Chickamauga, where their stay will be indefinite. The an imals, numbering about 1,200 in all, are being brought here over the coun try roads. Four animals are attached to a heavy army wagon and the wagons move iu trains, about 30 wagons to each train. Over 300 men accompany the teams. Between four and five days are required to Ht*ke the 100- mile journey. Sale of Mining Properties. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 27. The properties of the Iron and Steel company, consisting of iron fur naces, coal lands, nail mill, rolling mills, railroad line and equipment, located near Briarfield, Ala., will be sold by a decree of the court on March 24. Mr. N. Trimble of this city is the special master to sell the property. The prop erty has not been in operation in sev eral years. The coal lands are now be ing worked on a royalty. Constitutional Convention. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 27.—The ad journment of the legislature and the dismissal of subjects pertaining to its session have caused politicians and oth ers throughout the state to begin to turn their attention to the constitutional convention, the election for the determi nation of whether or not it is to be held being set for the first Monday in July, at which time delegates to said conven tion are also to be voted for. Dlviulty Student Goes Up. Des Moines, March I.—Rev. W. N. Coffey was today sentenced to three and a half years in the penitentiary by Judge Bishop. The prisoner stole S6OO from Mrs. Margaret, a widow. oo3fey was a divinity student.