Newspaper Page Text
ADVERTISE IS
THE
Times-Jourrtal.
VOL. 27.
Official Organ of Dodge County and the City of Eastman.
DIRECTORY, COUNTY OF DODGE
Court and County Officers and Justices of
the Peace of the County.
DiiDiii coi'.vtt govkr.nmk.vi.
SUPERIOR COURT—Judge, Hon.
C. C. Smith, of Hawkinsville; Solicitor
General, Hon. J. F. DeLacy, of Fast
man.
COUNTY COURT—Elias Herrman,
Judge; J. E. Wooten. Solicitor; J. C.
Ravelins, Clerk. Sessions, 1st Monday
in each Month. Quarterly sessions. l>t
Mondays in January, April, July and
October.
State Senator. Hon. M . A. Thomson,
° f Representative, Harrell.
Hon. W. F.
Ordinary, Jno. W. Bohannon.
Clerk Superior Court, J.C. Raw dns.
CounW Treasurer ?W T.cvi Lee.
Tax Collector, J.D. Griffin. Taylor.
Tax Receiver, E. D.
Surveyor, J. I). Giddens.
Coroner C. F. Muiha.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
LEE’S 849th District—J. II. Hargrove,
J. P; J. W. Lee, constable; court 2d
oirsj ° F. Anderson, d.
McCormick, J. P: It.
constable- court Friday Before 3rd
< iiiw-.n-li month
CLARK'S 1438th Distriet-J. W. Cole
man •' ,T p ; Chas. Burch, jr., consta- month.
Pie court 3d Saturday- each
V DDEYS 384th District—W. B. Sapp,
j i>. (■ \v r Shdp. ,”, constable; court
(l mnn th
FUPTRF E n^ U'iMh District__J HaU^-onMahle; T Swear
ln^eu, , - J . a >; , I H ’
8 i\-*th 'nUfrii-r—F , t}
JONES T/www> lloitli s ’ • T ^ Parker
son sILL S*i. „"!!S j .
MITCIIELT/S 304th Distnct-JohmJ.
bimuions, J. J , • '• ,i '
1st. .oitmdav ,
stable; court District 4V e.ic M d- 1
MULUS’ liolith . r •
lis.J. P; W. H. Chase, constable;
court 1st, Saturday- in each month.
POND TOWN 339th I)i.-.t l. H. - -d ■
J. 1’; \V. B. Bryan, constable; couii
1st Thursday in each month.
RAWLINS’ .117th Dist Axom. 1 hil
lips, J. P; B. T Moore, constable;
court 3d Saturday in each month.
COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
,T. Bishop, Sr., School Commissioner.
L. M. Peacock, chairman, B.H. Har¬
rell, Baldv Rvals, I). M. Buchan, 1). A.
Burch. Meets 1st Wednesday in. each
month at court house.
Sheriff’s Sale for Ma_y.
GEORGIA—Dodge County.
STATE OF GEORGIA—Dodo-e County
Will be sold before the court house
door in the town of Eastman, Dodge
county, Ueipigia* on the first Tuesday
M a y I 899 t between the bidder legal
houi-s of gale, to the highest tor
cash, the following unreturued lots oi
land to-wit: No. 201, ill the 13th
tvict • Nos. 256, 285, 307, 324, 846, in
the 14th district; Nos. 98, 113, 230,208,
in the 15th district; Nos. 08 and 142. in
the 19th district; No. i93, in the 20th
district. Ail lying in the said county
of Dodge. To be sold as unreturued
iand. under and by virtue of tax ii fas
Issued by J. D. Taylor, tux collector,
to satisfy state and county taxes for the
year 1898. Eastman. Ga , Jan. 25, 1899.
J. C. Rogers, Sheriff i). U.
Citation.
GEORGIA— Dodge County.
C.»r, ot Oriliuary s* J*.-.
he aI> 1 >lasers appo ntul i pun
application ol Lucinda i .
nor children, having tiled their feturn,
all persona are cited to show cause, if
any they have, at the next March term
of ” this court why said application
should not be granted. Ord’y.
Jno. IV. Bohannon
Citation.
GEO RGIA—Dodge County:
ISffiE-ThJ’’ipSere^ipP^ntetr'upon Brown, widowof
application of L. 9 .
Reuben Brown, for it twelve months
support for herself and live minor chil
dren, having filed their return, all per
sons concerned are hereby cited to show
cause, if any they have, at the nextvcg
ular March term of tnis court, why said
application should not be granted.
Jno. W. Bohannon,
Ordinary, D. C.
Citation.
GEORGIA—Dodge Count,.
n.r!ii,. ,. , „• ’SSftS , ..... widow v„i. of 9
. d". a fi on of An ni eT i nde r
J. Tinder, for a twelve months’
port for herself and one minor child.
Having tiled their return, all persons
concerned are hereby cited to show
cause, if any they have, at the next reg
P j no w Bohannonfordinary.
Homestead Notice.
E. E. Truett has applied for exemp¬
tion of personalty and setting apart
aud valuation of homestead, and 1 will
pass upon the same ar 10 o’clock on the
24th day of February, 1899, at mv office.
This Feb. 2nd, 1899."
Jno. W. Bohannon. Ordinary.
Road Notice.
GEORGIA—Dodge County.
To ill whom it may ooneerd:—A11
persons Interested are hereby notifi.-d
that if m good cause is shown to the
contra-y, I will grant an order on
the 10th day of March, 1809, changing
the public road known as the Coleman
r oad, as marked out by th.- road com¬
missioners appointed for the purpose,
commencing on said road near the
south corner of lot of land No. 158. in
the 19th district of-aid county, and to
run the south-east line of said lot ol
land until it strikes the branch, thence
to run on the north-west side of -aid
branch until it strike- the hue of J. < •
Thompson’s fence, thence to run saw
line hack to the end of the lane at J. C.
Thompson's. This l 1 . .-8, 1899.
.Jno. VV. Bohan HOB. Ordinary.
I jet all of our co rrespoudents
send in a newsy letter next week.
.4^3 ml I mmm 4 * [[mmassm; ‘pLSSjMsi;^ A ■ : Tj i I d jjjJ -r—, l A I V L
Eastman Times Established 1S72 (
Dodge County journal, 1SS3 )
MILES BEFORE THE -I
i
COURT OF INQUIRY
CommaildirjgGfilieralToStiSieS
Regarding Army — Leet. »
-
IvLr Jl»Iixir,o i.A TV mnirTma lliXtVILWD
-
p rlutPt j R,, M ' , 0 rt of His Statement to
the War investigating Commission ,
Approved by the Witness, but Sews
Storio8 Uo,,ted *
Washington, Feb. 20.—The court of
iuqmry t0 examilie , uto the beef contro
versey assembled at the Lemon build
ing shortly after 10 o’clock this morn
ing, preparatory to its first formal ses
sion . Brigadier General George W.
"
Daris aud Coionel George B. Davis, re
oorder aud judge advocate, were first to
arrive. Major General James F. Wade,
prosident of the court, came later, and
- ■«*«.........., - <■»
proceeded to th^ White House, where U
paid its respects to the president and
then to the war department, where it
called upon Secretary Alger and Major
Genetal ilues.
Meantime representatives of the press,
who were accorded places in the court
room, had assembled and on .he outside
were many other correspondents and
u “umber of artists specially detailed
^«ter.d the inquiry ^
several army officers, who are in
c!t -' r as witnesses, reported to Col
duel Davis, the recorder, but remained
•« —■«<*• «““
The conrt returu ed at 12:05 from its
visits of courtesy aud after two photog
raphers made pictures of the court, Col*
onel j-) avls aimouncsd readiness to pro
ceed aud read the order convening the
cour t t and its instructions.
Following tho reading of the order,
^ v pi^h has been published already, Col
oue i Davis read a letter from Adjutant
General Co:bm in t spon- to a letter
from General Wade, president of the
court, explaining mere specifically the
hues along which the coarc was ex¬
pected to investigate.
Miles the First Witness.
The court was then sworn and 5Iajor
General Nelson A. Miles was presented
as the first witness. He appeared iti
fatigue uniform aud was sworn. After
stating his rank aud office, he was asked
about liis statement before the war com¬
mission. Ho said he made one and upon
Goionel Davis’ submitting a printed re¬
port of that statement, General Miles
examined ami approved it. a’loged
Then he was ..4sed about an
interview v, hid: appeared n: the New
York JouAal ol ; . , 23, whether It rep
resented completely or m part what ho
said. General Miles read it.
General Mi.es -.id.
“I do not recall anything m ... that in
terview that had not been given in my
testimony, or transmitted iu my reports.
You will observe it contains a number
of my declinations to name officers or
mv authorities and refusals to answer
questions. it must, therefore, bo m
correct iu its representation.” the general
He then common ted upon
slight, maccuracy of newspaper inter¬
views owing ro the dependency of writ¬
ers upon their memories. Hardly aday
in six months had passed that an inter
viewer had nor applied and because of
the kindness of the press to the army
J-SSgfiJ $£$352X2 and sate, but be
h0 tboui;llt W ise never,
w itk a view to prejudicing auy ouo
«““■ »v <*
I’ress Mories Not Correct.
Finally General Miles said he did not
think The Journal Interview represented
correctly what was said, because its
contents should ho taken in connection
with all that was said, his silence upon
some points and speech upon others.
1 Being asked about an interview from
I the New Y’ork Herald of Feb. 1, he
said:
whi^undeitund. wroie^hi^m which
h f ® l J^pi^fwedlnd V*io-t-Vi* that ' think!
j I”* bud prooeenod ti .;,, r ^ to write what L he oc knew t
1 "ore inter
| ^n ^ Xivd nointed mms out vl that Tbitfwb“o the it
Ev re him to’hi-e ‘^evid Jnce -ii# ^at that re! he
had overwnt.m.u^ er wheimffi B evi not. i.at tue he r.
r ‘
cals, the ,, r w ; ;-,t; .t . -re .
s.»»,«. ..r *,
m.- i
embalmed body, that they had seen
I ...... ....... .....‘ md0 ‘ he ?,“ di -
cations of chemical treatment. He
• • «n^ionV * — ' whaVhe t^ldpSSffiy Imwe
^
-------
Daughter Tried to Save Him.
Ypsilanti, Mich., Feb. 20.-After a
his oldest daughter, who is a mute,
William Co,,, a veteran aad pen,ioner,
suicided today by gashing his throat.
The giri rescuedarazorfrom her father
and tnrew it as far as she could, i-ut ue
raced ahead of her, got the weapon, cut
his throat and quickly sank and died.
Ill health had alieoted Cory’s mind.
Cable to Hawaii mid Manila.
_ Washington, Feb. ... 20. ,,,, - The senate .
committee on foreign relations today
authorized a favorable report upon an
amendment ro he o.rered to the sundry
C ^bWsnof f V,i xtr^un t^bnilf zr b^X^utted The 0
States! bat a vearlv subsidy is to be paid
by j the
Addicks Gains In Delaware.
Dover, Del., Feb. 20.—The sixtieth
... ......... ... - «—e
Saulehurr, 4. -- = nt. o. -L
Neue#sary u a < . -o.‘ ' '
ZAScL
Hitchcoc . *_ .,,,
-
ashington,^ Et .
, ,
Aliuu ii - - :jl ~V j 4 ’
Lnitei *. a.v.s al - J
tesas se^Uryof the
interior.
EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2S, 1 BOD.
Pu! iislted Thursday of Each \V\ck,
NO FUEL AT BIRMINGHAM.
Several Large KuraaoeaCoaipellett co
Bank Their Fires.
Birmingham, Ala , Feb. '.'0.—The pro¬
duction of pis; iron in this district ban
cut down quite a bit by the fur
naces banking their fires on account of
a scarcity of coke and coal. The Ox
mQor furnace Ulree furnaces at Basse
mer and . also , furnaces . at tusEy t .
have their tires banked and no iron is
being made. Each day that tho fur
naces are idle cuts tho prodnoticu down
considerably ^>»' ^
^ JuaWnjr moro tbnn
175 tons of nig irou a day, and with live
flgnreTns'Vo theanuUt o^iKmaiolat the
, v ill be missed. The demand for
product is exceedingly brisk and orders
£££“ feast JhicMu be shffipITon %or at
four or five mouths yet. Fho ex
port trade greu7advance is just as active as it has b-.'on
and the in mm is being
production ii likeiy the
to advance the mar
ket some again.
Local purchasers have to pay an ad
s
miCM to tho runutoemen. Thefurna«-es
with 1lres banked do not look for any
c i.., tvens v j.i.j n .. though more
coke have just been put m blast
and the Semet-Solvay by-product operation con
cern , lt jjn.dey has begun
a g a i n and will in a day or two now he
SU nplying as much coke us (hev overdid.
ynsr hUGs- MILL cl,.I i TO -v-m or Bh rorPTFfl tKnUItJ.
City of Huntsville (irtsthc Largest
Cotton Factory Nonth.
Hmktsvii.i,e, Ala., Feb. 20—Final ar
rangeiuents have just been made, iusur
ing the erection at Huntsville of a cot
ton . mill ... of 29.1,000 spindles, . ,, ,, three times
as large as auy like industry now in the
south. The corporation that will erect
and operate the industry is entitled the
Mcrimac Manufacturing company of
Lowell, Mass., having a capital of *2 -
500,000. The charter has been granted
and the governor's approval is affixed.
Several prominent business llie ?.
headed by T. W. Pratt, have been work
ing to secure fho new industry for 18
months past, liut special legislation location was
required to make these possible its have been in
Alabama. All matters
attended to aud the contract papers are
signed. A site will be selected from
nlnouit several t bat are now under con
siderution and ground will be broken
within the next few weeks.
Tho Merrimac manufacturing com
pany operates an immense plant will at
Lowell and tho new plant here t o
an improved duplicate of the first. 1 ho
plant will consist of many bqi’.diiigs,
inoluding a bleach cry, printing mill tor
printing Calico, a dyehouseond machine
shops. Print cloths, ginghams, sateens, will
velveteen and flue dress goods bo
among the articles manufactured.
Th© employes will number something
more than 5,000, more than half of thorn
necessarily skilled workmen.
NEGRO VOTE ELIMINATED.
General Assembly of North Carolina
Limits Suffrage.
ItATjhan, ‘ ’ Feb. 20.—An amendment
to . the constitution . , of . North Carolina,
limiting sufi rage, has been adopted by
both branches of the general assembly,
It will be submitted to a voto of tho
people in August, 1901, at tho same
time state officers are voted for.
The avowed object of the amendment
is to eliminate the ignorant negro vote.
To do this educational, property aud
poll tax qualifications are prescribed,
But tins is made ineffective as to white
people by the further provision that any
person can vote who was entitled to
vote on Jan. 1, 1M>7, or any time prior
thereto, or whose ancestors wore so ou
titled to vote.
..
Charleston, Feb. 20. - A terrible
Pefult “ hi"' DaHingto n
; county. A negro named Ned Beetle
found tlia-t the v/ater of the river wad
1 ug ^ around hi bouse. He got an old
, boat nd pla ,. ;u( . hi , family consisting of
,
his wife, Emily, and bis children, 15"n,
■ Burrell
Bolling and Irene in it, he tried
to reach a point of safety. Asheneared
the bridge on the Wilmington, Colum
Augusta railroad, ^rty the boat went
to I....... and the entire perished,
B»ok-.-v,o». O., lib. JO.-Tto ot«
due Mallory line steamship City of San
Antonio, F. D. A very master, from New
, . r , rt th all
onboard well, after the roughest voy
age in her hi story. Part «f the cargo
: was damaged. The vessel is being rap
idly unloaded aud yill .sail Tuesday
morning 011 her regular trip to New
. . ........
An Italian Bark Wrecked.
Nmsiu, K. P., Feb. Su—The aalHn
barK i;arbara Luigi, Captain Scott*
from pen^ola on Feb. 1 for Genoa.
v ent ashore ou Feb. 14 on the little La
I harua ban k and^ proved a total loss, i he
captain and eight of the crew of tiie
bark have arrived here. L hreo of the
1 crew drowned and two died as there
unlr suit or of exposure ,-v unsure to to the tue weather wearner.
Veterans Form « Company.
Atlanta, Feb. 20. Georgia will soon
haV0 as a part of the National guard a
company corned of confederate and
federal veterans. The petition for the
formation of such a company comes to
Governor Candler from Fnx f raid Ga.
governor nas referred the maitei to
the adjutant general of the state, who
wi i issue the netsessary rifles.
............. sail, re ......
State# transport Mmnewaska, with a
bar.alion of the Fifth infantry ami a
i..»r . w n».........a
for Cuba.____ ___ j
Mrs. Gleason -Vot Guilty.
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 20.—The jury in
the ca«e of Mrs. Gteason, charged with
tending obscene letters through the
math, to* returned a verdict of not
guilty.
ONLY FOUR DAYS REMAIN.
Tho General A.ecinbly Is Now Alsou!
Ready to Adjourn.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Fob. 18.—Thar*
remains of the present session of tho
general assembly only four more days.
About 500 acts have already passed both
bouses. About 30 of them are of a gen
oral nature Only two of these 50 are of
especial general interest—the law pro
vil ‘j ln g for the holding of an election to
determine whether a convention shall
lx-held to frame a new oonsiitution for
the state, and the aw pr,Aiding for u
system of mspensartos tn Alabama.
tain This count latter i s is exoopw-d. a gcuerai nt law tli, wuh^ * !•>•«
tie# ot the (ill in the *”ue -imt ?J of
remulnderahvad> have prolnl .non laws,
( '7tbe will.' disueuViWv ‘ uet." Seven
teen counties thewf. re. try the
aisreiisury tiali> ditluoiu svstem on a pm -
gm • . >• * ■ : ;
>» that m AWuima tlie mu qul ty
Hoveral important bills are soil on
calendars. lue son s o ‘° '
^neml ai ronria'nms'bill .....■........
In its grams to town- and ‘ rrs
permission to issue bouch ' ’
road and sclioo. improvt n.i-nts.
^m^smu ooiuim.. aors us'of" • Jeh’r^o ' mnl prlwui' 1
ing for tho appointment bv the governor
of a board of revenue for tho county has
passed the senate.
Governor Johnston has vetoed tho hill
which proposes to exempt from taxation
for a peritsi of ten years all nmnulac
I turing concerns which may bo erected
1 in the state within tho next ten years.
SECRETARY iS RESTRAINED.
’
KtghtOv. r Kallvv-.y ( barters Asium-s
| an Interesting Phase.
' ’ , 8 _ The fl|tht ovor
the petitions ot the . Georgia ,, Northern x .
railroad for an amenument to Us c.har
ter conferring tho right to extend ns
lino from Moultrie to Tiromasviile, On.,
^ ou auotUor oolllplication and as
sumed n „ t , vv and interesting phase
w hen a petition was pre*euted to Judge of
John 8. Candler to restrain Secretary
Stata Cook from granting the amend
men f.
application for injunction was
preS t^e ented by Attorney C. J. Hayden of
Tifton, Thomasville and Gull rail
road W ) J() has niatie stronuons offerts to
preveu t the secretary el' statu from
grant,ing the amendment asked.
The petition for iivjunc.ticm was re
fused by Judjjo Orindior, utter hearing
tho argument in tho case, but a rule niM
was ,» rtt uted f calling upon the secretary
s j ;V (o to sliow cuuso vvliv the injuno
tlon a pph 0 d for by the Tifton, Thomas
vll ]„ and q u ji ,.’ (ud should not ho is
#ue<!.
A bearing was set by Judge Candler
j for Feb. 22.
GLEASON CASE SENSATION,
Maloiio Suspects Allen of Complicity
In (1m ObsociH* IjFltcr Aflulr.
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 18.—Another day
has been consumed in taking testimony
in the Gleason obscene letter case, aud
the evidence is not all in yet. The sen
national feature was bringing out the
name of the physician who was sus
pectf , d by Dr . Mt.lono of responsibility
for the letters He testified that ho sus
poctod Dr. Joseph Eve Allen. Dr. Allan’s
The announcement of
name was a profound sensation. He is
the grandson aud namesake of the late
Dr. Joseph Eve, who for half a century
^ag a leading physician of the Augusta, stand and
Dr. Allen was placed of on the letters of
denied all knowledge or
the defendant; that he had ever paid or
promised to pay her, or any one else, to
write any letter to or about Dr. Malone.
\ INTENSE AT MANILA, .
HEAT
1 j FillDinos Now Concentrating South of
*iwe -""7; Troops, ....... o.^
0 p pr today and the
tlTlZike'- iTon'afforted!
It will probably bewarmer from now
i on until the rainy season.
The rebel have been concentrating
south of the I’asig river m front of Brig
abler General Ovensnine’# lilies on the
right all day long. Tim country m the
vicinitv is a particularly 1 thick jungle,
extenmng for n.i.c. he scout* report
that the rebels are apparently coming
froffi .......test , ivince.
The Americans are strongly en
...... .....
s .
r . 7 ,
' *“* '
■ Lnskegee negro
conference will b« ho 1 at the normal
school on W-dn my. Teh. 22. Jtepre
sentativ. s trom many northern states
will U- present A large numtier of
edu-ators ft- connng to attend the con
szszi&m&s
1 be made again
as to re-ul.s accompuahed by last year s
ta,Bb#tM ‘
of Lnwv'-rs * It fined.
Savannah, _______ ■ tb. *8. _ An order signed
j hy j u d-« Emory Speer has been hied in
oo Ur t here, refusing the claim of Mossrs.
Harden. VV* -.t ami . >1< r l^aw or , .'savannaii ^
and J. W. Weed of New Jersey fur glfi,
0 GO for tin-part they rook in the Centra.
f^CK’^thTre
,- u .,. d « overf.de cej/, and the court has re
fu-.d to the master’s dec,sion
Thev tepro-nreti .h on S. Ttlney.a
stockholder m New J.-reey
S( .ore,ary ..u„ ... U* short.
Tampa, Fla., Feb. 18 -Quite a sensa
tion has been created here by the arrest
»' .........
b i« a-eouats witli t. .. ;. -sociatmn, and
petmmg :-n iov ' - ’ n he has been I
gM*.*......... »m_
llosmer Elected 1’re.ident.
GkbkNsboro, Ala , Feb. Iff-The
trustee- of the Southern university have
elected Rev. S. M. Hosmer of Birmiug
ham to the presidency of the institution
tojuccecd Dr. Keeaer, who receuuy
PRESIDENT FAVRE * DEAD.
A poplexj dltioa Off tbc CM*f
IraW «r rw>M.
Pakih, M If.-* yn»
idem of Fran**, U d##A ■•*wvou«#b«4
to a sii.:A»u »«d *n**j**cl*4 attack af
apoplexy. Hi* family and sav*r*l msia
bers of the cabiuat war* aboat him wh#«
the end cam* Th* 4jiac *t*i»*«na*
realised (he **vd h«uie wif* s»d
children « tnost affet»*ton«te t*revv*lt.
Francis F*its Enure, «Utb pr«akl*at
of the third repnhfki n< France w»*
born Jan. ’JO, 1841, in Pari*, and wa*
tb son of a iNibinstmaker Wh«>nq*it»
v l ung he r.mrrttHl the dnnghter ot M.
Belluot, an attorney »♦ Amboia*. Al- |
most ininindlately afterwards he settled
at Havre as a ooitunlasioa m*rchatit and
soon becams a leading ship owner. hn
During tha 1 inco Pruasian vm
was captain ol the mobile* of tVioe
Inferieuro, in which capacity he took
part m the skirmishes near Havre,
being recommended by Admiral Mini
obey for ilie l*gbui of Honor. He
greatly distinguished himself by tho
promptness with vvliioh, at tho head of
volunteer firemen, organised by him¬
self, he eattuguiahed the conflagrations
started at Havre by the Communards.
In doing this ho was slightly vnmmled
by a aboil.
’In August, IhSl, he offered himself
as ii Krpiiblieiui candidate for purlin
luent in the Third district of Havre and
was elected. He was appointed under
secretary of state for the colonics in the
Gam be tin administration formed in No
venibur of that yenr, and held the seme
o 0 i, p m the ministries o' M Jtilc* Ferry
(issl), M. Elrlseon (1886) and M. 1 irard
, ( ms7).
In May, 1801 h* became minister of
,
marine in L'upn Vs cabinet aud was sip
pointed vice president of the chamber
0 f deputies, a position to which he was
! hovi-i-uI times elected,
On tho retirement of M Casmitr I’e
j rior, i«»«, who resigned the presidency Jan. 430
,3, he was chosen prescient, by Brls
votes as agaisat 3(H given to Henri
sou.
M. Emile larnbot, president, of tho
senate and formerly premUr, has boon
elected bv the national assembly to suc¬
ceed the late M Fnnr*.
IN mTtBtaTllur I hKtJS I HMU Uiot *. aE nrpmrn UtollltU,
Employ* et , tpe Plant . _ AyMnn , , imars
ntsffnlf ^<vi-Damages,
Brunswick, <!«., Frh IT.—A oaso of
neral )mt er*st to railresd employes
llft * b " pn ' , 1pr1r,e ... ' 1 , n t,ic .. 0c llrt . , , ’
in favor of tho Plant system. Albort
Betty, an employe, was Injnred while
wor ^ in _ for pi„ n t system, and
while undergoing treatment for his m
juries refused to go hi the F’ljinf. syn
tent’s hospital under his nonfrsol right.,
On hoftrtnn the svlfirnre .Indga At¬
kinson directed th i jnvy te bring in »
vurdict fm-th# defendant on account of
the plaintiff having bson ermnaotvrl with
the 1‘lant syntifn's tio»pital ilojiartmenl
and having »«r#ivn# ir«a»ipani, otc.,
from that tonre*.
Tiie case will It ho htng*fi appealed the to validity the su¬
preme court. nn
of a contract, signed tho M hv “ the nfl plaintiff
The court held that inasmuch as the
plaintiff hart the elected under that contract him
to receive hetinfhs insured to
hv the relief and hospital department,
ho had bv the set of r.oefvlng those
benefit# from ratified the eon tract and p«r*onal stopped
himself entering suit, for
injuries and hmited himself to a suit on
the contract,
PIPE COMBINE 18 BROKEN.
15,31 ,n ( r “ , o* | et l J Porm*n
1 mst, Rrparred Out.
Birmingham, Ala., Teb. 17.—It Is re
ported hnrn fhat th9 big pip* oornbin#
, ljch forraed iB York re
centiy, , and which . , , took in all the larger
plants in th# country, intdnrting thnssv
... . , , ,
“Jf '’^'.^‘"fo'ekh’M#' 1
,1,e An,erlcmn Pi ^ " nfl r ° nudv com *
P“ n T wh,rh !le «
exmbmo. u now in h^ vm and is mi <
to have #ent the information here con
corning the #mw»u,i. Hi. stated that
,1 "’ A ' ' J ,r ' l r " lu< TJ Cl ’ m l
<’ . , whT-h
re ^ hl<h w *
™ « '* ^
ernes brought inl .th# ^. pot 1^ it
“ .^ ^
the Addy#tna company will 11 build ij 1
£2tciai
-
S.nat# Yield, f the
Montg. «KT, Ala., F«h. 17. - Tbo
wnate baa ooncurred in all of th# houee
amendment# to th# disjseneary bill, and
,he measure b*com#« a law hi th# shap#
t p. ‘ lt lt *srt Bn K inoluded fur(la _
Ti 10 f„|j„wmg IT nountie# ar#
-e a-.#
, """"r- ' p
Hu , s(:li _ Bo ., w> PnrTT an „ Randolph,
1
htare aud 28 ootinnnn In which »ke tale
of liquor will continue as formerly.
..........
North ci*orgin r*i irfem tint*.
Chattakoogx Feb IT— A tel*«vsr*
rt . co iT, ; ^ from fkt# Prnfl Grower*’ nmou
“ , u ' . ' ..
W- .
expected. Th# «taleir#iff In yesterday’#
drepamh-s frem ,h. .See# Itomologts.
to he
-s uf h-™n,nll oCS^ Xw U, U
rth ®
< ar * of Confederate ftrar##
w Ff . h 1~£ZZ. .. -
.....•
ment should fake hnmediatn «««, t*
cart for the »rnv## of <wmfederate d«ad
*"
IftirjfUr* R..b « r***ofTlc#.
Decatur, Ga., Feb 17.—Bnrgfiir- #b
terort the p-Atoffle# at thi* pl ftM dnrtag
the night, blew open the safe and so
-red 1 oty to tire «„«*, of about
#*ot Ifwre n »o efen tn #ta> tfittmn. j
Consolidated j
Sul-cription Price $1.00 per Annum.
SENSATIONAL TRIAL DEGUN.
WuttiII 11 Accused ot H ading (Him-#*#
Lt -1 tar a Through tits Mall*.
Augusta, CH . Fob. V6.—TU# trial of
Mr#. Kata Qlauon, char^.-d with send-.
tug «b*een# letter# through the mails,
hr.a begun in tho United hue. court
beaa.
Hon. Boykin Wright, who has sworn
hi »e taut district aUornev m this
cas*. being employwl a* counsel for Dr,
H H. Malone, the pr.*,- utor. irt.idu tho
followiu SoTury , eUl0fti, * B ° T * rn,U * at *
to t -
•'The govermueut oxperts to prove
that she general purport of tho letter*
is defamation of the chwactur of Dr. H.
H. Malone, a tu-omiuae^ physician of
this city, and that tluaf abound in the
vilest end most oils ns language over
heard in a court; that tb# avowed pur¬
pose was to run Dr. MifiaE • out of town,
and that every pathmt of 1 hi* received
them.”
The defonaa claims that the evidence
Is only i-ircunutnmml; that no motive
exists for such a limnlski crime on the
part, of the client, even werwftho mist
tde of it.
FARMING INTERESTS HURT.
Peacli and Spring Oat Preps li tiled
by thr ( util Wnvr.
Att.akta, Feb. hi. -»The bli/.zard
whltdi has just, lifted fto» tho state, ur.
cording to reports tlwt bavi' reached
Commissioner of Agrwqitur* Stevens,
hns left tho farming iaten #t* of G#or
gla In a deplorable reiirtit:..n.
The dnstruotiun of tin j»aoU crop in
tho middle and seutberg portion of the
stato is not the etily ualwuty which fob
lowed the wake of the bliuard. ()thi<t
farming interests Imve Wn dmnaged to
a large extent, and it i* the Iwlief m the
agricultural department that the lane
ers of Georgia will lmvs to take prompt
steps in order to make up for the recent
The spring oat crop qlthe state, which
Oommisstotier Stevmisadvi* a the farm
era to make a large ell#, has liceii killed
tol ally or in great part.
While the report* Iron tho poach and
out crops are anything apple* bulonrouraging,
tho supply will, of plums, and other
fruits in melt isu-U of the state,
bo as large as ever. «
COAL FAMINE THREATENED,
lllniiliighaiii FuriiHOM May H« Forced
In llank Thai* Fire#.
Birmingham, Ala., l’»b. 18. The Bir
minglmm district Is thmtciud wilh a
coal famine. It could hinllybo called a
coal famine, but ft *e#roi«y of black dm
tuond is in sight beoanw of the heavy
demand uiiou the niinea and the cold
Weather, which has hauillfappid mining.
Unless good wuuth«* rjlurus itnmsdi,
ately ami work a( the miaei guts under
full fiend Way again half a dozen fur
naces will Imvu to hank their fires tem¬
porarily. Tho domestic demand has
been unprecedented during the past
week, which has rallied many furnaces
to entile up short on their supply. their
Minn operator* are lining all in )
power to supply tho demand and are
hopeful that an early return of pleasant like
weather will proveut anything a
coal famine.
Large Flrfl si I’rail Clly.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. hi. Hood &>
Wheeler’# furniture etore, B. Mnl
ohain'a general inerobaudi*® store and
eight residences wew burned at Pratt
City, a suburb « inline away. One house
hart to he torn down to stop the flames.
or a great part of the oily would have
1 ,,..^. d «Ktrov(«l The fire was started
hy soreral little Italian children playing
with matohes, ami ft little baby belong
ing to a Frenchman i* missing, and it
is believed was burned up. I he total
lues was if I 1,000, with fl,5oO insurance.
Chambers um,.. Writes „r of *,,,,,11 Hamoa.
jrTe^-^rr
“v# Alabamian, ha. written a long and
Mr#* vv” IT 'Ab-DUidtc who ro.l-W ftto* at
816 Oourtland amo*.tbi«idQr.
jfrap hie, brilliant, Samr*. «
review of the n D t trouble* iu
Justice 7 r England Cham muxt l»n t umUJ ' 1 ' T t
iBlai,<U ’ "iJ
govern in nut there U » a ■ r, c .
Tw( 1 wo , K|p( nm . tlon 10 ,
EiLW(1H ’ Fflb ’ 18 **'*
u (:ratl(: ,i„ of the general , a.
„ II)( , Jtl , !1 m
.................. —e.,.,,,,,..,
ni .....Id.rrf ^ P': 1 '"'
1 fSoO. providing one'in for holding two election# In
Augu.l for .tate oflo«.end
I conatitutlonal amendment en^ and one fa#
Novomberfor jres^ m
1,1 ’’ J' ^
1 - , . , on year* ago and it t»
noW 1 1 return to them.
1 ----
___
Alabama's Mineral Output.
A#., re. ... Hi
Geologist HmSh. Dr. Eugene A. Smith ha#
W >« *»r~
the mineral production of tho state. He
shows '
20^,158 long tour, nml. hi
ton.; coke, f,890,354 long tons; stone
for flax 4 lH> 859 long ton*; bauxtile, Hr
’ ’ 137,588 barrel*.
. . toil g . i inie ,
.fudge “ Chambers In Danger.
; Ga.. Teh. 10. Justice
Columbum, - letter
Chamber# of Samoa ha# written a
to his relatives g.vmg a graphic account
of his trouble-M Samoa. If’- relates
the danger he wM in
ened and teiis of the shameless ^ act. o
th# Gen,1Bn, ■
-
* Cnnal Bill Dead.
'
Washinotox, W v, i, • tfl ■ -The Vicara
Z,’' ,■« nJ^T™ a C %
.......
Hepburn bill as a rider ou the eundrv
’vll apj i ;nation, thus shutting oil
......».____
Trial 1 ’uI Off Until March.
Ashicvij.lk, N. C„ Feb. 18. — The trial
cyl William E. Breeee, W. H. Penland
a nd J. E. Dic;ker#on, charged with em
bezzieruent of a large sum from the de
fun,. First National hank, was po-t
pufted till March 7 by Judge PuraelL
SUBSCRIBE TO
TMB
I
Times-Journal.
NO. 8.
FAVORABLE REPORT
Oil Bill TO PAY SPAIN
Appropriations , • T- n Committee ol a
the House Takes Action.
TWENTY MILLIONS VOTED
Dockery’s Ameodmeat IJeclHrlt.g Hie
Policy of the Government Toward
the Philippine Islands 11,'fe.tterl ou
Strict Pnrij Istae*.
Washington, Feb. 20.—The house
oommitteo ou appropriations today or¬
dered a favorable report oa the L>tli to
P».v 8|>am $20,000,000 for the Philip¬
pines, An amendment declaring the
policy of the government toward the
^ hliipptnes , do , fated . . by „ a pai y
was
Tote, Chairman Cauiuiu was directed
to call up tho bill today under auapeu
«>„" of the rule s
A special meeting of the committee
was held at 11:30 to pa*s on the $20 -
000,000 appropriation. A bid by Mr.
t annoo provided this appropiation witli
„ u , , „dunni Another lull >-v Mr Gil*
l»tt of Massachusetts added a proviso
declMritig the j nlicy of th*J gov*rniMent
toward the Philippine#. The Gillen
bill was not acted on
Mi I'oftkcrv of Missouri offered an
aniemlineiit eombimiiK features of the
MeKin rv resolution, p.v*-<«<d by the •wi¬ di»
ate, aud the Glllett resolution, lt
olttim ,, (1 auy aiapuaittou or inteutton by
the 1 nited States ‘‘to axerci** imruia
le nt sovereigntv. Fliiltpptiso*. jurisdiction and asserted or con
trul” ever the form
the purpose of suiting up a stable
ot local government end then leaving it
for the Filipino# to administer.
1 Ic 1$ I
hv a party vot*. the Democrat* sod B*U
(i’op) suppiuirting, He- Republican*
opposing After the defeat of the
amendment, Mr |). kery stated that
the contest would be carried to the floor
of the house and an effort tus.de to add
the declaration of the policy 1
POSTOFFICE _ BILL DEBATED.
senator Ituller Want* Amount I’atd
For Transperlatloe IteAuced.
Washington, Feb. 20. v* When the
msuute cnuvvuod today Mr. Chandler of
New Hampshire entered a motion to
re( . onilder , ote by which the naval
p #r , miI1 *n ) in wa » p***ed *1 that the
lm)|Uure )h , r( ,,. tt n,,,i f r ,e,i ffie house in
0 ,,|„ r dial senna nrrors might bo cor
reeled I he order was made
M. «j; f M Tcailiug
passu; u upm, dm
..nc-nitriry n? war fur det»il4a mturiaa
tiun as tL tli# exist of the army under the
projiosod Hull bill.
Tim house amendment to the bill an
thonzhig the iireshleiit to appoint ca¬
dets to the naval academy was con
curled in. Tho bill now goo# to tho
president. passed follow*: --«*
Bills were as Mi**.,
Attaching Claiborne county.
to tin- western division of the southern
dutrict of Mississippi, amending an act
proving for the change of time and
place of holding the district and circuit
courts of the northern district of Texas.
i oiisirtaratHiu of the resumed, postoftloii ami appro¬ Mr.
priation tall was then
Butler ot N ' lIi Carolina continued his
nrgtiuM at in favor of a reduction of
tll.wo.omi the amount paid for rail
road unto ii:ios[»a'ation theihon#^ , ,
I uls vore -uspe. si n . #, in
By iinaumnm* i;......... >‘#n,ue lalt to
fix the tone of holding court .it Baler
ville. Ark «, pa.seduud »c.m o
amendment* to a numlmr of private
pension bills adopted
LAST OF VOLUNTEERS GO.
War l>c|iarlm#nt ' I bum Orders DIs
*~.-z . s ,
*.
part,ue.it issued the following state
Order# have been ffiveu for the mu,,
ter out if the following volunteer regh
menu:
lUner.re A, li. C. D. Mam# artillery;
. Hnndred and Second New York
volant#, r*. Augusta,
At their present <amp* at
Ga m.-i «Ire,-„v,lie. 8 «-Third Ala
, Tifth Massa
Sw5ftt.Thlrty.fi imma. Third Connecticut,
Minnesota, Fourth New Jmer,
is
1 " > .
on ^‘dbShw the United alUhowohm. Status.
_ remaiuing in
OiiiKrxtuiittioiH Kor I#oub**f.
Wafiiixgtox, Fub. 20 -The secretary
of state has sent the following telegram
to ..nr ambassador at Faris: ‘‘You will
t the pr, . ■ 1 *most cordialoongrat
... ... .
«- ; “Vere wisho.^the g^ernmout
^ople of the Uuitod State, for th.
> French
outmuea wouare w oit'aro of o the na
^ loU *
Tarheel bolrtier Covlcted.
Washington, Feb. 20 - Private Hamp
ton , „ AOernatny. Abernathy Com company nan V a. A Third rmra
North Carolina volunteer infantry, bav.
„,g I e.-n inert and
’“‘‘I'j ^ , ( " t Macon, Ga has
o a U dubouoreblv fits
Parged hum the rervi.-e -,f the Lnited
and fo to confined m Leaven
worth penitentiary for 15 years.
-——
Report From General Otis.
Washington, Feb. 20,-Geuerai Otis
«V — -
R ibomp .u, Hrit Wa,mngtoa m
tantry, md in mv ^ ^
acut
Stevens Get* Nine Years.
Eaton, Pa., Feb. 20. —Professor Stev
who was convicted on Siaurday of
*’ 1 fire to Pardee hall, Lafayette
col “«e. was today ^“ d h ^ Jud In J re * B
beat to serve uine y«n v u» pmon.