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Tiie Tort Games Sentinel
PtBLISHED KVKHV FIIIIMY.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLAY COUNTY.
JOSH I A 405 KS, Editor.
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 18!*.',.
LEGAL ADVERTISING.
All I'tKftl ndvertlM naut* pnhlUhod In Hut s*n
tinm. mu«t tx pnid for hsn*tfn>r In Mbam-v. Tin*
ofllcrrn, *» well n» the pnhliuher, havIn* expert
wired eon.Werai.le trouhle III makliiB eolleeiloni.
for offlrlnl notin'., .aid In n number of In.tnmi'.
i .»« been uuith'.e to oolk*ct at nil. Thl. rub* will be
•frlrtly udtiered to. nnd to avoid delay and trouble
all Intere.ted .bould. in Ibe future, rend the earh
with the copy for utich ndv«*rtitM'fnc*fiti».
W. ('. C'*»up. the well known circus
man, is dead.
Connecticut has introduced an auto¬
matic gallows. Those who have fried
it will use no others.
, 1 n he Augusta , . Vi News says the .. third
I’nrty in Itk-lituond I, » thing of the
past, and that only a few followers in
Washington remain to tell the tale.
A wild hog was killed in Terrell
county a few days since. Il was seven
feet long, three and a half feet high
and weighed 0U0 pounds. The tinks
were seven inches in length.
John Ij, Sullivan was arraigned he.
fore the police court in Savannah last
Saturday and lined 810U for using pro¬
fane language in the city exchange
and 85 for cursing the chief of police.
He also paid 815 in fines for friends
who interfered when he was arrested.
And John goes broke again.
A few days before adjournment
Congress appointed delegates to the
proposed international silver confer¬
ence. Several foreign powers have
taken similar steps, and it is to he
hoped that the conference will soon be
heid, and that some agreement on this
much mooted question will he reached,
The Atlanta Constitution has not
yet been "read out of the party”, but
it will soon have written itself out.
The Constitution is a Judas, pure and
simple, in the democratic lines, and
judging from the tone of its editorials,
would rejoice at the extinction of tin*
party. The Constitution should be
bounced.
Tom Watson opened his campaign
for congress from the Tenth district in
a speech at Augusta last Friday. Tom
says that "so far as he is concerned he
is willing to let the dead past bury the
dead.” Just so. But Tom's past po
lilical record is indcllihly stamped on
tiie pages of history, and there is no
blotting it out.
The Perry Home Journal says there
are 9,000 acres of land in Houston
county devoted to the culture of
peaches. But according to Mr.
uel Humph, of Fort Valley, who is an
authority on the fruit question, the
erop will be a failure this year. He
says that the recent severe cold lias
killed the buds on the peach trees.
The seventh annual session of the
Georgia Chautauqua convenes at Al¬
bany on the 18th inst., and will run
until the 31st. Prominent speakers,
lecturers from all over the country are
to hold forth, and large crowds arc ex¬
pected. The music feature will be in
charge of Mrs. T. J. Simmons,of Ku
tauln, whose ability is this line is wide¬
ly known.
1 he efforts ot Bland, ... , Bryan and .
Baily to inaugurate a new silver party
a,„ ™„m„ , ,h„r , . ««**«.» «■»*«
and unlimited coinage ot silver at
.ail., of Hi tol. ••.ii.Ml a-bonu,.',- ,,
They did not got mud. more
than r baker's dozen signatures to their
pronunciaiuento. Even Mr. Livings¬
ton regarded il as a risky step and. fi¬
nally refused to sign.
Major A. H. White, of York coun
ty. South Carolina, comes to the front
as a famous farmer with a record
which is truly enviable. List year he
made twenty-one bales of cotton on
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twelve . of land, , , and , though he
acres
received onlv four and three-quarter
xvmts j^^hose a pound for liis cotton, he
twelve acres, after paving
cultivation.
believer in the
he says.
^to^aiid
IN
A* MIUKil SA'I K AFI All*,
In Mliit-lt MHeriff J. T. McAllister
Kill* Jiiri*»n L, ll» all.
On** of the most unfortunate trage
diet* that has occurred in I'<»rt Gaines'
in many years want lie killing of Mr.
Judiwm I.. Hyatt, at tli« Cook Iloute.
last Tuesday night, by Mr. J. 1. Me.
Allister, and the sad affair is deeply
ileploree by th** friends of the latter,
as well as those of Mr. Hyatt.
Mr. Hiatt was,i It inn , I -
sentiug Daiienburg A ( o., of Macon.
an ,j wa s very popular here, as he was
elsewhere. His home was in Fort
Valley, where his wife and four chil¬
dren reside, and his remains were sent
there for interment.
There were no eye witnesses to the
shooting.* but parties were in the room
>■> a moment afterwards.
The evidence brought out at the cor
oner's inquest was, in substance,
follow*: li. (\ and W. A. McAllister, ’
retl , r „ iug n
from a meeting of the council, and had
scp.u.ittd at Sanders (ornu, tlie
Messrs. McAllister going ” ” toward the
Took House, and the others . , in
’ going n
the opposite 11 direction. When the
Messrs. McAllister had gone ° about
half way down the block, ’ they were
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met by a * porter of the Cook House,
who informed them that “Mr. Turner”
and a drummer were up 1 stairs quarrcll- 1
ing. Mr. Bob McAllister ran to the
hotel and rushed up * stairs, but upon *
reaching " the door of Mr. Hyatt’s J
room, ’ he heard the report 1 of the pis- 1
tol, and on entering b the room, ’ saw
Hyatt reeling ” to the floor. He mime
diately * turned back and seeing ” Messrs.
W. A. McAllister and Dope 1 Hatchett
coming ° up * (lie stairs, called to them to
run tor a doctor. 1 hey called to Mar
shal Killingsworth, who had just start
ed up stairs, and he sent a negro boy
after * Dr ’ Gunn
Dr. . Gunn had not , reached , i home ,
after parting with the Messrs. McAl
lister at Sanders’ corner, and was
overtaken near the residence of W. R.
Teniulle, but when he returned Hyatt
was dead.
Messrs. McAllister Pope Hatchett,
Marshal Killingsworth and a drummer,
whose room was near that of Hyatt’s,
were all on the scene immediately
after the shooting.
These witnesses were examined sep¬
arately, none being allowed to hear
the testimony of the others, and the
evidence thus elicited was strikingly
coroborative, being to the effect that
when they reached the room Hyatt
was lying on tHe floor with a pistol
lying within three inches of his right
^ an< ^ a,,< ^ McAllistei was standing in
five feet of him with a pistol in his
hand.
Upon the conclusion of this evidence
the inquest was adjourned until five
o’clock in the afternoon which, allow
ed the jurors ample time for reflection
upon the evidence thus far before
them, and gave the coroner opportu
nity to ascertain whether or not there
was any further evidence to be had.
At five o’clock the coroner brought
Mr. McAllister before the jury J to make
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his statement, which was as follows:
He had just come in from town
(about 10 o'clock) and went to his
wife's room, when he heard some one
knocking on the door or floor up stairs,
whereupon his wife complained that
she had been disturbed for some time
by the noise, she being in a delicate
condition, (the birth of her babe oc¬
curred on the night following the trag
cdv.) Appreciating the condition of
US "' am no " . Ul 1 , _ ect ofsiu . h
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disturbance on her nerves, he became
uml „ in , * ls „ , hc
" C ”' rate
w,,h ,lva,t ' Keaoh,n S : !lis '" om he
found Hyatt also out of humor, and
demanding abruptly to know the cause
of the disturbance, Hyatt replied in a
similar manner. Hot words ensued
and a scuttle followed. McAllister bc
in S the stoutei ‘ of the two was getting
adversary . when Ilyatt
rt “ iU 'fi e d for his pistol, and before he
could sIloot > McAllister drew his pistol
^ ronl overcoat pocket and fired the
fo#ni in l!U jm* Ml ° 1,
The cause of the disturbance made
b - v Hyatt 4t seems was the fact that he
ha(1 sonic occasion to for a porter.
° m ‘ l H ' rtcr havin S ? one to ,ucet Hie
' H >at and the other having stepped out in
town and returned just in tune to hear
.. the quarrel, , as above stated, , of epurse
neither heftr the summons, and be
impatient at their delay, prob
ably. Hyatt began to make a loud noise
by knocking on the floor and door,
=“~Hi=
McAllister had hi* own home and
buggy brought round and sent a mes
nenger for Coroner Royal,
him of Ihf affair and expressing a
Hire to place himself in his (the corn
ncr * H) ( . U8to dy, and he remained under
the surveillance of the coroner until
after the inquest was concluded,
The coroner’s jury was composed of „
SOIIlt , of our best citizens_A. W. Hoi
ley, Dr. D. F. Gunn, T. L. Farmer,
Alex Holmes, .1. L. Hurst and F. E.
Grist, and they were unanimous in
; rendering a verdict of justifiable
hopiocide.J
Friends of Hyatt were here on the
following day and applied to Judge
Scott, of the county court, to issue a
warrflIlt for Mr . McAllisters arrest,
but in v iew of the result of the cor
. '"rf . ...... ,
“ n ' r '
any j new evidence, etc., the judge de
d( C( , (hat ; t wag „ f)t wilhin his proVr
j n( . ( . j 0 issue a warrant, and declined
to do . 1 he grand . jury . will ,, meet ,
so.
next Monday . week . and the matter .. will ...
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no doubt , i be thoroughly n investigated. . .. . ,
the reports . which , . , appeared ■ in .
rin Jhursday , , s Atlanta papers and the
Macon ,, telegraph are without the ,.
shadow . , ot .. foundation, .. , .. and , not . only . do .
Mr. ,, McAllister a serious . injustice, . . . *,
are an unwarranted . , reflection „ .. on
town . and , people. , >\ e refer to the
statements . . . that tI Hyatt , .. . here . , looking . .
was
after . the failure of . brother . of , ,, Mr. J. T
a
T. McAllister, . and . that j , to . the effect
that . no arrest . was made, , rr t „ he facts .
arc that (1 . neither ... of , the brothers , have
ever failed in business, and , Hyatt ,, was
. here to . attend .. , the . administrators sale ,
t) f t j ie effects of J. S. Watson, deceased,
in which the McAllisters were in no
manner interested. The Telegraph
seems to have ignored the report of
their regular correspondent here, and
^, e j M | ei i 0 n rumor forits information.
The population of the United States
on the first day of January, 1895, as
officially estimated, was 09,134,000 and
the amount of money in circulation at
that date was 81,620,508,0*22, or per
capita, 823.52. On January 1, 1894,
the estimated population was 07,(588,
000, the money in circulation was 81,-
729,018,200, and the per capita circu¬
lation 825.55. The per capita circula¬
tion of previous years is interesting in
comparison. The present per capita
is nearly 810 more than 18(50, when it
was 813.85. By 1805 it had increased
to 820.57. The amount decreased to
815.32 in 1878, advanced steadily to
823.05 in 1885, fell off to 821.82 in
1880, advanced to 824.44 in 1892, and
fell again to 823.85 in 1893, and reach¬
ed the highest point in the country’s
financial history on February 1. 1894-,
when the figure wrs 825.(5(5.
l.ist of Jiii'orn
Drawn to serve at the March term
(1895) of Clay Superior Court:
GBAND JURY.
I S Mills W Z T Bridges
T J Morris, C C Dozier,
C b Sealy, Wm Fain, Sr.
W J Greene, E li King,
^ Simpson, J E Peterson,
Ben Belcher, S E Lew is,
T J Liudsey, \\ arren Sutton,
L O Shivers, W T Greene,
Peter Day, J J Hayes,
J W Harrison, C P Redding,
W T Hammock, J W Beauchamp,
A M Wallerstem, J L Burnett
" Gnmsley, G L li Sutlive,
O G Shivers, J Ward,
T J Parmer, Jr, T B Jenkins,
TRAVERSE JURY—FIRST WEEK.
E S Peterson, Richard Wilson,
J M Culpepper, A L Perkins,
^ L RJernigau, J Meadows, J J E H Killebreiv,
r McAllister, Womack,
A J (j MoGugan, C £ B T McKinnon, Reed,
J IV P c terS,n J W Ryais,
J C Hattawav, W L Torbcrt,
JFMcKinmne, Wm M C Jones,
MeCortle, Ewell Hartley,
J W Garrett J M Liudsey,
I B West, G L Hamilton,
J S Reagan, D H Runnels,
H R Ray, A M Reufroe,
A M Barefleld, H E Barefield,
H V M King. Jas Smith,
Will McKinnon, M A Rimes,
TRAVERSE JURY—SECOND WEEK.
W II Herrington, J T B Jones,
W G Nolens. M L Burney,
Joe McCraue, W H Maudeville,
J C Camp, G \V Torbert,
J 1 Brown* K J Todd.
M Me McCorkle, A C Bruner,
\V H Jenkins, 8 C Cnlbreth,
W E Lindsey, Jno G Brown,
UPC Hatchett,
\ V E Pucketl ! A S Mills,
R B Gentry, H T Brown,
C W Kenuon, J D Jeruigan,
WHJ Crawford,
IP Chambers, B P Jones.
j uo F c to»non. J E Graham,
\\* r Harrison, ’ F M McCorkle,
Wm Fain, Jr, H W Flowers,
J T StanlJj-, E E Mims,
Right In The
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When the advertising atmosphere is heavily charged u
geration, it is well to remember who the honest advertisers are.
W i lu |y } assertions about the GREAT rcductions-advertising
goods impossible prices, find lodging - place — _m_themincls ......, . . ot_ f
at no
intelligent people. Dull trade throughout the legitimate busine ss
season may make necessary wild statements from o ur Liquor
Dealers to attract trade, but the schemers w ill have to sheme
harder and find new' disguised for their lame excuses before they
can stop the people from coming to this store for honest values.
The triumph of this store is the triumph of intelligence,and you
have made it so. Trade has been up to the mark here, yet there
; is a touch of attractiveness in the brands and assortments 1 am
still leading with the best line of Fine Liquors, Wines, Beers, Ci
ars and Tobacco, to be found in Fort Gaines. Besides other
well-know and reliable brands of Whiskies, I have added to my
stock the celebrated and world-renowned HARVEST HO ME
$3 Rye. Prices on everything below the reach of coinpetion.
L.HURST, The
THE OL.JD HE^IASfcE
Handreth’s Seed Potatoes*
ONION SETS. GOLDEN DENT CORN, ETC.
Being overstocked with*;
TOZB-A.OOO,
will seil BELOW COST. Call and examine my line before
purchasing. Just received a fresh lot of the
Celebrated Dove Ilams.
W. M. SPEIGHT.
NEW MARKET!
We have opened up a First Class Market in the Masonic
Building, where we will keep constantly on hand a snpply of
Choice Beef, Pork and Sausage.
We will be pleased to serve our friends and the public
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generally, when ip need of anything in our line Give us a
trial.
BURNETT & MOORE.
Neatness and Elegance \
Ape Attractions, and
Has Both at His Tony J0ap.
THE - VERY* - BEST
kiquops, Cigaps, Tobaccos, etc.,
and Quiet, Polite Attention
long Experience in the Bnsincs cr;
Warrants it, and he asks for a Continuance of their
Liberal Patronage from his many friends,