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About The Jones County news. (Gray, Jones County, GA.) 1895-???? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1895)
Goode, <£-Govcrm7^^^HHB9fl^| thesegor^^^WPIHI ITalf qflozon of dressed tho committee, setting for tlx in dota| the reasons why tho govern¬ ment siould establish such a university at thofcapital of the nation. Tho Garden Seed Row. Coigressmon are very much annoy¬ ed o'jpr the hundreds of applications Theff fhej^get djrrnHttAwuts from homo do for not garden understand Beedf-. that tuo government no longer fur nisheslseed for distribution. Hereto- fore distributed $}30,000 worth of seed have been annually among the con¬ gressman to bo scut to their constitu¬ ents. nt last fall Secretary of Agri- culture Morton took it upon himself to abolish the seed division of this de¬ partment, Tho congressmen have raised a great row about it, and a res¬ olution instructing Mr. Morton to buy seed has passed the house. It is now pending in tho senate. But should it pass now no seed for distribution could be gotten until next fall. It is useless for the people to annoy their congress¬ men with requests for seed. They can get none, because there aro none. Canadian Sealers’ Claims. The suggestion for tho settlement of the claims of Canadian sealers seized prior to the sitting of tho Paris tribunal of arbitration through the appointmeut of u commission have been approved by the British govern- meat audits acceptance was formally laid before Secretary Olney last Sat- nr day by Julian Pauncefote, tho British ambassador. The next move in tho matter will bo submission of the plan agreed upon between the two governments for its approval. It is understood that the president of the Swiss republic has expressed a willing- ness to act as umpire of tho commis- sion or to appoint a representative if ho be asked to occupy t^nt position by the two arbitrators, one American and ouo British, who aro given the right under tho arrangement to select an umpire. Tho British government de¬ layed its approval of tho plan until tho Swiss presi lent could bo heard from. Daniel on Monroe Doctrine. Senator Daniel spoke in the senate Thursday on the Monroe doctrine. Ho said that least of all the nations of the earth could Great Britain fitly object to the assertion of tho Monroo doc¬ trine by tho United States, for in the language of Edward Everett, it was announced not merely with the appro¬ val of the British minister of foreign affairs, but had his earnest and oft-re¬ peated solicitation. Least of all nations did it become her to contend that it was not recog- nized is international law, because it was not founded on the general con- sent of nations, for Great Britain her¬ self invoked the United States to its utterance, not only without tho con- sent, but against tho strong menaces of France, Austria and Prussia. Lenst of all tho nations could Great Britain fairly controvert that govern- mental policy which underlies the Monroe doctrine, for she, foremost and most conspicuously of all nations, had interveued in the affairs of the world at large, not only whenever her peace and safety were remotely involved, but also wherever and whenever capita between 1 and 2 o’clock Saturday morn¬ ing. Her passenger list is a large one. Hho also has on board $1,300,000 in specie, and 200 bags of mail. Tho vessel struck head-on on a sand¬ bar, about a quarter of mile from the Iron Pier. Her nose ran about 100 feet in tho sand before her engines could be stopped. Sho sailed from Southampton on January 18 aucl was in charge of Cap¬ tain Jamison. At tho timo the St. Paul ran ashore it is said that there was only four feet of water over the bar. Some of tho old seamen along tho shore say that the vessel may not be floated for sev¬ eral days. Sho is imbedded in about six feet of sand. NOW DEADLOCKED. Result of the Third Ballot in Ken¬ tucky’s Senatorial Race. Tho third ballot in the senatorial raco at Frankfort, Kv., Friday, re¬ sulted in a deadlock. There was wild excitement among the Hunter faction during tho latter part of the joint ses- sion, when it was discovered that Populist Poor was not in the joint tsession. As it was the ballot resulted as fol- lows: Hunter/ 67; Blackburn, 58; McCrary, 4; Buckner, 2; Willson, 1; Hazelrig, 1; Carlisle, 1. A sensation was caused by the np- psarauce of ex-Governor John Young Brown on tho scene. Several mysto- r ious caucuses were held at his head- quarters and his entrance into the race j s looked for. Then,too, Congressman Evans has suddenly wired that he would be on hand, This is accepted as an indication that Congressmen Lewis and Colson, who are now in Washington, had re- ported that things were ripe for his appearance at the state capitol and that Hunter could be forced from tho fight. M’LAURIN INSTALLED As Mississippi’s Governor, with Ap¬ propriate Ceremonies. Tho ceremonies attending the inau¬ gural of Hon. A. J. McLaurin, as gov¬ ernor of Mississippi, which took place at Jackson last Tuesday, were the most imposing ever witnessed in the history of the state. It was a big event in the history of Jackson, in spite of a downpour of rain and six inches deep of mud. Twenty odd companies of the Nation- al guards of tho state were in line with bauds of music playing and gay ban- tiers flying. The program was to have the oath of office administered to Governor McLaurin on a plat- form in the open air, but on account °f tho rain this ceremony was per- formed in the house of representa- fives, which was packed to overflow- D’g- The only recommendation in the governor’s speech was for a deep "water harbor on the M’ssis- sippi gulf coast. The new gov- eruor held a public reception at the mansion at night, and the visit- ing militia were given a grand ball at Lfisk hali. / cott’s s t The pation galleries cf the were speech we^nxmTi fpf the Colorado senator. Most of the:senators consti- tuting the committee on foreign rela- tions were present. After referring to the message of President Cleveland on £L i question and the ap- pointment o f the commission to en- lighten the country as to the true divisional line regarding Venezuela and British Guiana, the senator said: “The few remarks I shall make will be chiefly to the effect that the so- called Monroe doctrine has been mis- applied in the pending controversy, that so much of President Monroe s message as referred to the colonization of portions of America by European powers could have no applicability to any boundary dispute now existing in South America; that the Monroe doc- trine was in no wise intended as insist- ing upon representative forms of gov¬ ernment in this hemisphere or as com¬ mitting this government tq maintain the doctrine outside its own borders or except as its own integrity might bo affected; that this country is embark- ing upon a new and different policy from the one laid down by our fathers, ami that from 1821 until now,congress has uniformly declined to define the so-called Monroe doctrine or to accept it as « rule of action, “There ha, been much tension for tho past few weeks. The letter of the secretary of state to Bayard was, trom a diplomatic standpoint of view,almost incendiary. Tho president's message glowed with the possibilities of war. “The South American republics wore entitled to our friendly and af- fectionato regard. As citizens of a sister republic we owe them protec- tion wherever the interests of free government or tho cause of civiliza¬ tion was attacked by assault upon their autonomy. Beyond that our obligation ceases.” The diplomatic correspondence on our side w-as, the senator thought, un¬ necessarily irritating and the message of the president ill-advised. There would bo no war and it would be avoided not because our position to¬ ward Great Britain in her dispute with Venezuela is tenable but because Great Britain will yield the whole contro- v( rsy rather than face the horrors of war over such a question. Mr. Sherman, republican, Ohio, re¬ ported adversely from the foreign re¬ lations committee the resolution of Mr. Call, democrat, Florida, directing ilie secretary of state to send to the senate the dispatches of United States consuls in Cuba. The resolution was about to bo indefinitely postponed,but at Mr. Call’s request it was placed on the calendar. Mr. Mills, democrat, Texas, intro¬ duced a bill in the senate Thursday to repeal the refundingact of 1870 and the specie payment resumption act of 1875. Mr. Mills said he would callup the bill Friday and seek a vote on it. A resolution offered by Mr. Perkins, of California, was agreed to, request¬ ing the secretary of the interior to fur¬ nish information as to the extent of the illicit traffic in liquor in Alaska nud to suggest remedial legislation. s § <► * i ft g rea t f ree nation^^^^^xhe duty of the United States to express its official repudiation and protest against the course G f Turkey, Mr Frye> republican, Maine, took th e £i yor f or a B p eec h of such vehe- juence that the galleries quickly filled to overflowing and ho was repeatedly interrupted by long continued ap- plause. Mr. Call offered a radical resolution demanding that by either p eace f u \ negotiation or force of arms t p e Armenian atrocities bo stopped, r F j ie rceo i u tion wa . 3 defeated without division and the resolution reported by tfie committee on foreign relations p aese j unanimously, MONEY OBJECTS TO MONROE. Says America Should Avoid all Possi¬ bility of War. A special from Jackson, Miss., says: In accepting the nomination as United States senator Colonel Money arraigned himself in direct opposition to Govern¬ or McLaurin on the Venezuelan con- t ' •>’ . things, , he said: ., “As ... a “ embe r o£ tbc »«mmittee of foreign Uave . b<L™ conservative ln °" r fore £“ P? 1,0 f> 1 ho ! d ,be . Oeorgc Washington . his farewell m ad<3res "' to bave ? h “ aceB but com- Jefferson, T ™ m . ’, his . second . annual , mes- s“ge, to avoid all entangling alliances, f fouml 8 “ , self-governing it to profit people and happiness we have our to attend strictly to our own business »»?. w,th «*« to interfere ^aliens m of any any respect other coun,r 5'- 1 8t aDd for a P ol “J t llat plenty . and high . means peace, prices for our produets; that will keep open to us the markets of the world and promote commerce and good feeling with other nations. I shall not yield to the war spirit that seems to have swept like a wave over tho nation. Our people have war-like instincts and are jealous of the natioual honor and can be too readily induced in their generosity to interfere in affairs when their protection is invoked, “In my judgment tho most unhappy consequences would follow a war be¬ tween our country and Great Britain, the two English speaking nations* We are descended from them and have their blood, their language, their lit¬ erature, their religion and are con¬ nected by a thousand business and so¬ cial ties. They are our best custom¬ ers, and close relation with them will not only insure to us and them per¬ petual peace as between ourselves, but will also be a guarantee of peace to tho world. “With the United States and Great Britain determined upon peace no other nation is m rful enough to make war with ai er if they for Bill it.” Madagascar Bel <*lgs to the French. It is announced that by the terms of a treaty signed January 18, the island of Madagascar is declared a French possession. . esi- HBHBp^spoech UPMTFions tho com- announced its " !o report and did so. Tho of overproduction and unsystematic marketing of the cotton crop, and re¬ solves “that we call the attention of southern cotton growers to the fact that they are masters of the situation. The crop of 1895 being less than seven million bales, renders it entirely fea¬ sible, by a further reasonable reduc¬ tion of acreage during the present year, to materially advance the value of cotton aod thus insure a safe and substantial profit that cannot fail to bring increased prosperity to the south, not only as the immediate re¬ sult of such profit, but by enhancing the value of our lands and turning hither the tide of immigration, much needed for the development of the great natural resources of this favored section. “We earnestly urge all producers o cotton to take advantage of this sud¬ den opportunity and to continue the wise policy adopted during the past season of making the south self-sup¬ porting by first producing an abund¬ ant supply of corn, hay, meat and other like commodities for home con¬ sumption, decreasing the cotton acre¬ age still- further for the matter of prime importance, thus guarding against the dangers of overproduction and leaving the cotton as a surplus crop.” Other resolutions were reported, making the American Cotton Growers’ Association permanent, instructing the president and executive committee to move energetically against every dis¬ position to increase acreage, and pro¬ viding for permanent officers from each cotton growing state. A committee to formulate an ad¬ dress to agriculturists was also ap pointed, to prepare and promulgate it, after which the convention adjourned sine die. The Address Promulgated. The committee appointed to prepare an address to the cotton planters of the world, gave out the following late Tuesday night: “To the Cotton Growers of America: The Cotton Growers’ Protective Asso¬ ciation of America, in convention as¬ sembled at Memphis, Tenn., on this 21st day of January, 1896, again come to you with an urgent appeal for co¬ operative action in planting the crop for 1896. “It is a matter of extreme congratu¬ lation that the appeal made to you last year was so generally responded to and that the crop of 1895 was made upon the diminished acreage and had the effect of greatly increasing the price and bringing prosperity to the country. The crop of 1895, though estimated to be 3,400,000 bales short of the crop of 1894, was in the markets of the world worth more by nearly $30,000,006. In the face of this re¬ sult, to abandon the idea of diminished acreage, would be to sound the retreat in the face of victory. It is the con¬ census of opinion among the beet thinkers that if by any means the cot¬ ton crop of America could be held within the limit of 7,000,000 bales per annum for ten years the people of the southern states would be the richest iieve in higher prices, outhern cot- ton mills are all doing well, are work¬ ing to their utmost capacity and find ready markets for their outputs. Prices are not high, but remain quite steady. The reports of new textilo mills for tho week iuclu.de a $100,000 cotton mill at Beaufort, S. C., a 20,- 000 spindle mill at Selma, Ala., and others at Statham, Ga., and Greer’s Depot, S. C. The change in prices in the iron ore and coal mining districts went i$to operation quietly, and business con¬ tinues fair. Some iron is accumulat¬ ing, but a firmer tone of the market is reported. Coal miners are doing a large business in all the coal mining sections of tho southern states. Among the important new industries incorporated or established iu the southern states during tho week are: Tho Pigeon Mountain Lumber and Mining Company, of LuFayette, Ala., capital $100,000; the Funston Marblo, Granite and Stone Company, of Little Rock, Ark., with $80,000 capital; the Samuel Colcord Company, of Waco, Texas, also with $80,000 capital, and a $40,000 foundry and machine shop at Shreveport, La. There is also reported a canning factory at Nashville, Tenn., cement works at Brownstown, Ark., cotton delintiug works at Charleston, S. C., and electric lighting plants at Tuscutn- bia, Ala., and Kinston, N. C. New flour and grist mills are to be built at Center Point and O’Kean, Ark., and Hartsville, Tenn. ; mines are being opened at Eureka Springe, Ark., Canton, Ga., and an oil mill and re¬ finery is to be built at Dublin, Texas, and new waterworks at Tuscumbia, Ala., Green Cove Springs, Fla., and Greenville, Miss. The woodworking plants for the week are at Eufaula, Mobile and Yellow Pine, Ala., South Washington, N. C., Chattanooga and Hartsville, Tenn., and Yelasco, Texas. Enlargements of industrial plants for the week include brick works at Ocean Springe, Mies., an iron furnace at Max Meadows, Va., foundries and machine shops at Donaldsonville, La., and Knoxville, Tenn., cotton mills at Raleu-b, N. C., Bamberg, S. C., and a woolen mill at Kingsport, Tenn., a woodworking plant at Huntsville, Ala., and a cooperage at Montgomery, Ala. Among new buildings aro business houses at Atlanta, Ga., West Palm Beach, Fla., Beaumont and Edna, Tex., a $6,000 church at Gainesville, Fla., and a $10,000 one at Orangeburg, S. C., a $75,000 railway freight station at Atlanta, Ga., and a $12,000 school building at Palestine, Tex.—Trades¬ man (Chattanooga, Tenn.) NO OFFICIAL RECOGNITION. Red Cross Society May Be Kept Out of Asia Minor. Secretary Olney has received from Mr. Terrell, United States minister at Constantinople, a cablegram saying that while the porte refuses permis¬ sion to the Red Cross, or to members of the Red Cross as such, to distribute relief in Armenia, and thereby declines to officially recognize that society, it will permit any persons whom Mr. Terrell names and approves, to dis¬ tribute relief in the interior of Turkey, provided the Turkish authorities are kept informed of what they are doing. nn and that othe re DOT fo: pected. It is estimated by conserva¬ tive royalists that there are at least 15,000 insurgents in the field. Yellow fever, despite cooler weather, is said to be causing many deaths at and near Santiago de Cuba, and the Spanish soldiers are the worst suffer- era. The rebels are thoroughly aroused and if Weyler designs a war¬ fare of butchery Gomez and his aides will respond with a series of the most brutal carnage and incendiarism. Tho entire island will bo laid to waste ami Havana will be blown up by trusted spies who will risk their lives to got through the lines. BLACKBURN BEHIND. Fails to Hold the Democratic Vote in the Kentucky Legislature. A special from Frankfort, Ivy.,says: Notwithstanding tho compromise to postpone tho senatorial ele'ctiou till next month, both branches of the leg¬ islature balloted Tuesday separately, as follows: Senate—Hunter, 15; Blaokburn,lS; scattering, 3. Blackburn,40 House—Hunter, 52; ; scattering, 8. Total—Hunter, 67; Blackburn, 58; scattering, 11. * s ' Blackburn did not hold the demo¬ cratic vote. Poor, the populist, toUM candidate. for Clarence If F. he Bates, had voted tho for popnlhyj KfA ter, as expected, the latter would siib have been one short, as 69 votes are necessary to a choice. HEADS TO COME OFF. Report that the Southern will Reduce Its Force. The rumor that there is to be a general shake up in the traffic depart¬ ment of the Southern railway has been answered by third vice-president Fin¬ ley as follows: “There will be no changes in tho traffic department of the Southern railway company, except such as may be made necessary by a system of economy forced cn us largely by tho short cotton crop. Whatever may bo done will not be radical in its charac¬ ter. The exact measures are now be¬ ing considered by the traffic manager.'’ FITZGERALD’S NEW ROAD. Manager of the Colony Buys tho Ab- beville and Waycross Line. Mr. Fitzgerald, manager cf the Fitz¬ gerald colony has closed a trade with the Georgia and Alabama railway, transferring the Abbeville and Way- cross railway to that company. lour hundred men will complete the road to Fitzgerald within ten days. Mr. Tift has a large force on his lino from Tifton, and that road will reach Fitzgerald within a few days. This will give the new colony two railways. There are seven thousand people there; seven hotels and a bank. Mr. VanderblR to Wed. It is reported in New York that W. K Vanderbilt, whose divorced wifo has married Oliver H. P. Belmont, will wed Miss Amy Bend. It is better to take a second look than to love at first sight.
