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. SEP. i 6th, i 899.
hia Aran of
outbreak inj|y vOtyity, has
reached Gofßfe*' j*3Siodler Colonel
Lawton commends the tnen of hie regi
ment in their promptness in respond
ing to the call and their uncomplain
ing manner under trying circumstances
at I>arien.
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*‘M iMikiug 1,1 nk M Hoful Chartered.
Secretary of State Cook has granted
a charter to the Missing Link Railroad
Company. The company is capitalized
at #3,000,000 and the road it contem
plates erecting will be a trunk line
from Chattanooga to Walhnlla.
The money with which to build the
road is all in band and the interested
parties state that work will be com
menced at once and will be pushed to
a rapid conclusion.
The road will be 1.00 miles in length
aid will result in great benefit to the
section of the state it will traverse.
The proposed line will run through
the counties of Catoosa. Whitfield,
Fannin, Murray and Rabun, each of
which is rich in mineral resources. It
is expected that the building of the
road will result in the opening up of
mines and quarries and wonderful de
velopments are expected by those in
terested, to follow.
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Reunion of Georgia Veteran*.
The Confederate veterans of Geor
gia and of the south who go to Havan
nah in November to attend the Con
federate reunion to be held during that
month will be royally entertained.
The dates for the reunion have been
fixed by Gen. Clement A. Evans, ma
jor general commanding the Georgia
devision U. C. V., as Wednesday, No
vember 22, Thursday, November 23,
and Friday, November 24.
Commenting upon the coming state
reunion, in a circular letter General
Evans says:
“We will moot in our oldest Georgia
city a city which has passed with
lionot through all our country’s wars
since 1732 to the present time, and
whose record during and since the
Confederate war bears proud witness
to the bravery, patriotism and fidelity
of its people we shall have the pleas
ure ol gathering together as comrades
in the cause we love so well. It is
unnecessary to say that hospitality
never exceeded and esteem for the
Confederate veterans unsurpassed will
greet 11s in the city of Savannah and
warm our hearts afresh.
“The dates of the reunion were
clioseu after careful deliberation, so
they would not conflict with other
gatherings in the state, and a time
appointed when the greatest number
of our comrades could most easily be
absent for a few days from business.”
• • •
M tuiirl|tl Ofllcfm Knjoined
At Havaunab Saturday night Judge
Failigant signed an order enjoining
the mayor and aldermen and police of
the town of Warsaw, better knowii as
Thunderbolt,from arresting the motor
men and conductors of the electric cars
of the Savannah, Thuuderbolt and
Isle of Hope Railway Company.
At the last meetiug of the Thnnder
t t town council an ordinance was
f •>! requiring the railway company
to provide separate accommodations
for whit® aud colored persons. The
order was ignored by the street car
c ut{ :.y and the injunction asked for.
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T • Talk of Farin*r' I nutif utr*.
There will he a mass meeting of
farmers in Hailey on Saturday, Octo
ber 7th, and by invitation Hon. C. H.
Jordan and Mr. W. G. Cooper will be
on liandto talk of farmers' institutes
and organize one for the comity.
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Kttv. rtillilr*** Kxontrnted
At Calhoun, Saturday, the jury iu
the case of Rev C. C. Childress,
charged with burglarizing #BOO from
l'r W. B. Vaughn, at Fuirmount some
time Mgo, brought iu a verdict of ao
quital.
A large number of witnesses were
introduced aud many able lawyers
were employed in the eo<e. Tlie
courtroom was crowded during the ar
gument. Many ladies were present.
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■ Meet At Fitlgerald.
The Epworth League conference,
Valdosta district, met at Fitzgerald
the past week. State Secretary Wallis
presided. Elder Cook and other prom
inent leaguers participated and arous
ed enthusiasm in the convention.
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Fiiml For stil Hot; 1 ment Grows.
The fund that is being raised to car
ry (be Fifth regiment of Georgia to
participate iu the Dewey day exercises
■ growing steadily, and it is thought
by those who have charge of the finan
cial end of the movement that ths sol
dier boys will oertsiuly get to the me
tropolis.
• • •
Farmer** l*y at Macon.
The second day, October 11th, of
the Macon carnival will be known as
Agricultural Day and it promises to be
one of the greatest successes of the
four days' elaborate program. The
street parade of the agricultural pro
ducts of the middle Georgia section
will be a crowning feature. The car
nival association is liaviug built three
beautiful allegorical louts for this pro
cession.
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Governor'* Count* Approved
Governor Candler has received in
the last few weeks a large number of
letters from every part of the country
commenting upon the position which
and quickly disappear, - M
Another Atlanta VenHatlon. }
j The publication of Detective Green
Conn’s confession of wrong doing has
i developed the fact that there is a wide
j split threat* ned in the Atlanta city po
lice board.
j One or more members o'the .hoard
I place no confide ce in Conn’s state
{ incut, and the others believe every
| w ord of it and will use it as a lever to
I shove the rigid investigation of the
I ilepirlment along.
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Report 011 fifty* InHiied.
The report of the slate geological de
j pertinent of Georgia clays, on which
| Geob gst Yeates and his assistants
j have been at work for more than two
; years, has been issued,
i In order to get materia! for this
I treatise the geological department has
brought clays from every part of the
state and after determining the relative
merits of Goorgia clays they have been
compared with the best samples from
other states.
A review of the tests made with
Georgia and foreign clays, shows that
in nearly every quality of value the
Georgia article is superior.
The report on clays which is to be
placed in State Geologist Yeates’
hands will be a valuable addition to
the collection of reports completed
since Profossor Yeates took charge of
the department.
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Prohibition Klertlnn Wanted.
A petition has been circulated
throughout Griffin and generally signed
by all to whom it was presented,
asking Ordinary Drewry to call an
election to determine whether the
voters of Spalding county will have
prohibition for four years longer or
not.
Already enough names have been
I secured to the petition to authorize
| the ordinary to call the election, but
I those who have the matter in charge
j will not file the petition for several
' days.
...
STATE FAIR TAI.K
The attractive features of the state
fair, which, after all, do more toward
! drawing large crowds to a fair or ex
position than almost anything else,are
j being added to almost daily, and the
j indications are that the list will con
j tnin more unique specialties than aDy
fair that has ever been held in the
! state.
There will be a confederate veter
ans’ day, a cotton day aud several
other notable special days during the
i event.
The railways have not only given
liberal rates to exhibitors, but some of
| the roads have sent agents into the
counties along their lines to stir up
public interest in the fair and aid in
he collection of exhibits.
I The enthusiasm with which the
people have taken hold of the fair iR n
surprise to the management. The en
terprise lias rapidly outgrown the
j original plans, and now looms up as a
big show which will rank with our
! southern expositions.
I Secretary Martin has just beguu
sending out his big posters and circu
lars, and the newspapers are filled
with items of interest about the fair
every day.
In every stato iu the south people
are beginning to talk about Georgia’s
great show, and thousands of Geor
gians at a distance will visit Atlanta
in October to have a reunion with their
kinsmen.
The people want a big industrial
jubilee, and they feel that Atlanta is
i the place for it. Arrangements will be
! made to accommodate visitors at low
rates, aud a public comfort department
will look after their interests.
; It is safe to say that the eighteen
days of the fair will he red letter days
in our annuls, and the general results
will grently benefit Georgia ar.d her
people.
i In the meantime the fair managers
and their assistants are the busiest
men in Georgia, as well as tho happi
est. But they find time to answer
I questions, and if the printed iuforma
j tion does not fully cover the ground,
all that a person seeking further facts
has to do is to write to Mr. Thomas 11.
Martin, secretary. Fair Headquarters,
| Prudential Building, Atlanta. He
knows every detail of the coming
; show, and will take pleasure in an
' swering inquiries from every quarter.
HEAVY DECLINE IN COTTON.
North ('aroll tin Agricultural Popart ment
Give* Out Report.
The North Carolina crop report for
September was compiled Mouday by
the agricultural department. From
returns from 1,200 correspondents it
shows another heavy decline iu the
condition of cotton. This crop fell
off In points iu August, as compared
, with July, and now it declines 25
points from its August condition. Its
present condition is only 75 per cent
of an average crop. Tobacco is 87,
corn 85, peauuts 85.
ALABAMA TO HAVE STATE FA IK.
State Kapoaitiun M ill lie Kelt! at Mr
mliighitm in November.
The Alabama state fair, to be held
near Birmingham next November,
promises to be one of the most suc
cessful expositions iu the state’s histo
ry. No state fair has been held in
Alabama since 181*3, aud the revival is
being welcomed on all sides.
B<l Th*n Telu s“
" Aj
The mind doesn't f eß *, or
will not rest, but it needs a change of
mental food. We cannot Bto P
thinking,but we can give onr/^o u Khtß
a more pleasing direction
rest. And so, whe 1 I get tnt
perplexed reading and rum^ iat ‘ I1 8
a!.' nt the war and the negroelk aP ~.
polirical corruption, I take a day°s
and commune with nature and her
wonderful w irks, which are ever be-v*
fore us and around us. It is even at
rest to hear it thunder and to watch"
the gathering of the clouds and wel
come the big drops of rain that fall
upon the steps. When the lightning
is flashing and the thunder stroke
comes quick and sharp and near, we
retire from the veranda and for a little
while humble ourselves nnder the
■fl'flhty hand of God, and that is rest.
Then let us not worry and perplex
ourselves all of our waking hours
about things which are afar off, but
take shelter and comfort at home. Let
us change the diet and it will rest us
mentally and physically. My good
father was a philosopher and would
say to me, “now, my son, I want you
to hoe these potatoes and when you
get tired you can weed the onions for
a rest.” Prof. Mitchell, the great
astronomer, told men that when his
mind was wearied with long and per
plexing calculations and hi* eyes were
tired of figures, nothing relieved him
more than a game of whist with his
wife and children. Itwasa delightful
rest.
But my sweetest rest is a frolic with
the little graudohildren and listening
to their innocent discourse. There
are two little girls of three and five
years, who visit me almost every day
and climb my knees and kiss my old
rough cheek, and say that I am not
old nor ugly and every night,l help
their mother put them to bed and tell j
them the same old stories about Jack J
the giant killer, and the bean vine and
the wolf and the pigs and little Red
Riding Hood, and what I did when I
was a little boy. By and by the mon
otone of my voice becomes their lulla
by and the little eyes close and their
little heads fall over on my shoulder
and they are off for the land of dreams.
When the father has to go to his drug
store every night an old grandpa is a
help to a tired mother, and I am
thankful that I am yet fit for that.
I saw a pair of old-fashioned blue
birds today and felt like the friends of
my youth had come back. Some years
ago they disappeared and I have won
dered what became of them. A jay
bird with only one leg comes every
day to the fountain to drink. lam
trying to make a friend of him, but he
is very shy and suspicious. Some
cruel boy hit him with a sling shot, I
reckon, for I see them sometimes in
the back alley trying to get a shot at
my pigeons. Maybe that jaybird will
meet that boy in purgatory. Boys are
ns mean about killing birds as our gov
ernment is about killing the Filipinos.
But this is a Christian country, and, I
reckon, it is all right.
These pigeons that have a happy
home at my house are an interesting
study for the young people. We have
about a hundred of them, and some of
them are ever before us as we sit on
the veranda. They are of many col
ors, from almost black to a pure snow
white, and at all hours of the day they
gather at the little hydrant founta n
in the front yard aud drink and then
fly away. The pigeon is the only bird
that drinks by draught or suction, as
we do. All other birds raise their
heads aud let the water run down by
gravity and then dir> the bill down for
nnotlier drop. Pigeons do not feed
their young with worms or bugs, but
the old birds digest their food in their
own craws into a curd and eject it into
the months of their young. Hence it
is that very young pigeons or squabs
generally die when they are given
away.
Pigeons are not exactly polygamists,
but males have no particular mate,
and they will feed the young of any
mother. Indeed, they do most of the
feeding. They are not gallinaceous
nor razores. Now let the young peo
ple hunt up those big words. They
can walk, but cannot hop. Most all
other birds can hop, but cannot walk.
Of course pigeons are pigeon-toed,
and so are some folks we know.
A pigeon-toed girl generally wears
long dresses. Then there is a language
called pigeon English. It is really pidgin
English, for pidgan is a Chinese word
and means business, and pidgen Eng
lish is a mixture of Chinese aud Eng
lish and of signs by which business is
transacted in the ports between natives
and foreigners.
The migrating butterfly is moving
southward. For two or three weeks past
one or more have been seen at all
hours of the day on the wing passing
through our grove. My neighbors far
and near tell me they are passing their
homes. It is a good, large, yellow
butterfly of uniform size and shape
aud color. They do not come in pairs
or flocks, but singly aud often in sight
of each other, they all come aud go
in the same direction and do not stop
a moment nor pattse to suck the honey
from a flower. Well, now I have
! eouuted them by the clock as they
passed and made five in a minute
through my five-acre grove. That
makes 300 hundred iu an hour or 3,000
t- \ \
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k JFa
Jts to
B flr the
”m--- ■ .. pot
“1 •-
* Jprred the
[ •, lir, i won. An
i .Bli 'P'M flints to know
and and their
1 raa m i j|referred him
interviewed
;i_,i said be-
Mjflp;: | I?.jßioks of the ani-
T*~~ a git-up-and-
i _____ Bteid it was dona
a horse, for
itlfc ~~ ya horse to be
a mule to be
rap old farmer said
;vaiH B>f currying and
sjfeby please the
pegroesyß Bov them, but it
was *pthe mule in fly
My says that
an a very unsightly
beast. Jim J _ 'ine that he raised
and never would'"'Ve trimmed. When
the mule was twe;,.e years old Jeff got
tired of her and trjed to swap her off
to his neighbor, Stegall, for a horse,
but they couldent trade. Then he
offered to sell Kit to Stegall for $75,
but he wouldent give it. Not very
long after that Jeff comes to town and
a Tennessee horse trader got hold of
him and gave him an old chunk of a
horse for his mule. Kit was put under
the shears forthwith. She was clipped
and rubbed and washed and groomed
and in a few days was transmagnified
into a very respectable looking animal.
Stegall wanted a mule about that
time and the Tennesseean sold Kit to
him for SIOO, but he dident know it
was Kit. Next day Jim Jeff had busi
ness over at Stegall’s and Stegall took
him down to the lot to show what a
fine mule he had bought. As soon as
Kit spied her old master she nickered
and trotted up to him and put her
head affectionately upon his shoulder
just as she used to do, and Jeff kissed
her on the nose, and said: “Kit, why
Kit, is this you? Bless your old soul.
I oughtent to have sold you. Stegall,
I will give you $75 for her just because
she loves me so.”
Mules are curious creatures, but
they fill a long-felt want and never
strike for higher wages. The mule
and the negro are a happy combina
tion and when the negro is departed
the mule will go too, I reckon. My
neighbor, Morris, lias a very fine mule
and about six months ago this mule
tried to pick his teeth with his hind
foot, and got the shoe fastened in his
mouth on a broken tooth. Mr. Morris
worked an hour to unloose it, and then
called in the neighbors and they
worked with ropes and levers, but
couldent. All of a sudden, while
Morris was standing by thinking what
to do next, the tooth broke with a
report like a pistol, and the mule’s
foot flew back against Morris’ shinbone
and broke it all to pieces. He was
down in bed for three months and
goes on crutches now. Such is a
mule. He has no pride of ancestry,
but lives long and happy.—BiiiU Arp,
in Atlanta Constitution.
Justice Chambers Resigns.
A Washington special says: Justice
Chambers, chief justice of Samoa, ap
pointed from Alabama, has handed his
resignation to the president and sent
it to the other powers, simultaneously.
The resignation will not be announced
until his successor hss been agreed
upon.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY. —37
Groceries.
Roasted ooffee, Dutch Java, 100 lbs,
$13.60, Arbuckle $11.30, Lion'and Lev
ering SIO.B0 —ali less 50c per 100
lh cases. Green coffee choice 11c; fair
9c: prime Sugar standard gran
ulated, New York 5.68. New Orleans b.%.
New Orleans whites%<a>sb£-’; do yellows%e.
Syrup, New Orleans open kettle 251510 c.
mixed 12>£@20c: sugar house 28(E35c.
Teas, black 50@Goc; green 505: OS’,
ltlce, head 7}£e; choice 6%®70; Salt, dai
ry sacks $1.25; do bbls. bulk $2.00; 100 3s
$2.75; ice cream $1.25; common 65@70c.
Cheese, full cream 13’. Matches, 65s
45@55c; 200s $1.50@1.75: 300s $2.75. Soda,
boxes 6c. Crackers, soda cream
6c: gingersnaps 6c. Candy, common stick
6Vj"c: fanev 12®13c. Oysters, F. W. $1.85®
$1.75; L. W. sl.lO.
Flour, Grain and Meal.
Flour, all wheat first patent. $5.00; second
patent, $4.40; straight, $4.00. extra fancy
$3.90; fancy. $3.70; extra family. $2.85.
Corn, white, 52.’: mixed, 50c. Oats, white
40’; mixed 86c; Texas rustproof 38c. Rye,
Georgia SI.OO. Hay. No. 1 timothy, large
bales, 85c;No. 1, small bales,SOc; No. 2,75 e;
Meal, plain, 50c; bolted 45 ■. Wheat bran,
large sacks 85’; small sacks 85c. Shorts sl.
Stock meal, 85c. Cottonseed meal 90c per
100 pounds. Grits $3.00 per bbl; $1.50 per
bag.
Country Produce.
F.ggs 13®14e. Butter, Fancy Georgia. 18
<®2oo; choice 12$£<ai4e, dull;fancy Tennes
see 15®17,Vc: choice 12f$e. Live poul
try, chickens, hens 25c: spring chick
ens, large 20 522V’; medium 165 18e;
Ducks, puddle, 20 5 22'V,*; Peking 22 j®
25e. Irish potatoes, 55®60e per
bushel. Honey, strained 6<®7c: in
the comb 9(510c: Onions. 75c®
85c per bu.: $2,505 2.75 per bbl. Cabbage,
l'o®2c lb. Beeswax 20®2U<c. Dried fruit,
apples 7®Bc ; peaches 9®loe.
Provisions.
Clear ribs sides, boxed half ribs,
6c; rib bellies 6V£; ice-cured bellies
Sugar-cured hams 11® ISLc; California 8c;
breakfast bacon 105 I2V’. Lard, best quali
ty 7 1 40; sec end quality 6 8 i (S'6Ve; compound
sc.
Cotton.
Market closed steady-, middling 5 11-16.
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