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The Jones County News
M. G. GREENE, Pub'isher.
FATAL WRECK AT
SCOTLAND, GA.
A FLORIDA VESTIBULE TRAIN
CRASHES INTO IIOX CARS.
ACCIDENT CAUSED BY TAMPERING
WITH THE SWITCH.
Roll! ii d Reed mid His Company
Were Aboard the Train
M.'ivon, March, 8. Aiivii-es from Mc¬
Rae, (la., say. Tile Florida vestibule
train. No. 111. southbound. Conductor
1 Vui Lard. Engineer Dave M ore, was
\, i* c.l at b'.sitlaml. (!a„ about five
* Ink this morning b,v a tampered
mv. i li, the slaple I cing broken.
’! he train now Tt: ,1 of three Pullmans,
first .‘til l second clues couches, mail and
cxpivss car. every cue of which was de-
u ailed, the Pullmans tirst. mid the sec¬
ond I U> 8 coaches being thrown on
their side-'. One of tile coaches was
oc upied by the Roland Reed Company,
and the others having a full comple¬
ment of passengers.
That there was no greater damage is
lniruculouis. The schedule running time
is fifty miles an hour, and tile engine
entailed into souk* ears on the side track,
telescoping itself in a box car.
The Killed.
.Mrs. II. Sabers, of Pickens, Miss.,
with a ticket to Ocala, Fla., was killed.
A live year old daughter of Mrs. Su¬
kers was also, lulled.
The Injured.
The jujnreil are: Roland Reed, badly
injured, leg and back; Mrs. MaTy
Myers, of New York, severely wrenched
Luck and shoulders; James Douglass,
Brooklyn slightly injured. Mi. n Isidore
Rush. New York, slightly injured; Julian
Reed. Philadelphia, slightly injured;
\Y K. Bernini, New York, slightly in¬
jur.,1.
A,1 of the above are i,f tile Roland
Need company, who ouneilid their dates
■am! returned to Atlanta.
Mi. and Mrs. Heffner Elvia, of Ohio,
a;. 1 Mrs. I’. II, Morton of Cincinnati,
: - slightly injured.
Heed a Hero.
Mr. Roland Reed distinguished liiin-
seli at a .great risk by reueuring three
ot rile indies from the upturned car.
Mrs. Su1mts nursing babe escaped un¬
injured.
The fiend Lady.
Mis. Hubers, who was killed, was rid¬
ing in the first class coach and held her
five-year-i Id child in her arms. They
were thrown through the window and
loolii were killed almost instantly. Her
eight months old baliy was sleeping on
a seat oil the opposite side of the coach
anil escaped without injury.
> lin e wrecking trains arrived at the
scene a few horns after tile wreck, and
travel now goes on as usual. Neither
the enginei r nor the fireman were hurt.
and tin* total damage to the engine will
not amount to $125.
32 Miles ail Hour.
It bus developed that the schedule
time Ilf the train was .‘12 miles an hour,
and that the train was running on time.
The switch was changed h.v drawing
the Mpfkus out of tile track, making the
rails of the track fit the rails of the
siding. The lock to the switch had been
tampered with, but was not broken,
bait a key found near tin* switch, shows
that an effort was made io unlock it.
Rui.r..ud men ai-cribe the changing of
the switch to soma party, who, through
motives of revenge, sought to wreck the
train.
All the ears of tin* train were thrown
off Hie track, but the first clans coach
and the first Buli mia w- re the only oncu
that turned over. The Pullman caught
lire after topped being turned over, but the fire
was f before any damage* was
done. There were seven members of
the Roland Keed Company in the over¬
turned sleeper. Mrs. Myers is probnbiy
worse hurt than any other member of
the eo.iq.iMiiy. Her hack was injured by
ha.x ing (seen thrown violently against
tin end of the birth partition. Miss
Kush, of New York. was thrown
through a win low. and her right arm
was badly cut. The injuries to the
"them were more or less on account of
the shock.
More Injured.
Savannah. Ga.. March, S. In addi-
tI"U to those reported at Macon as in-
i"i - ' T >" the railroad wreck at Scotland,
-lack. inaiiHger Roland Reel Company,
' -fly injur, d; Jeanette Lorrer,
bnii'.si••! this!'; Mr. and Mrs. 11. D. lloff-
i"in. o! 1 h-Ui, Ol io. Mr. Hoffman had
his ha k burr and ear col. and Mrs.
I! ileus-in was nlightly injured. Fred
IV4 1 ! ci i cut and hurt intenmlly
Mi-s Bcrtl:;*. Sargent. Chicago, slightly
f i 1 • ii; ( iI: Mrs. R. If. Martin. Cincinnati,
wrvt broken: Alton F. Johns ti. Chicago.
U v ' i.d; b- * in Rowland, colored,
.! oivi.de, s'.igihtly injured.
In the Reichstng.
By Southern Associated Press.
Berlin, March 8.—The Reichstag, in
committee today, rejected the para-
graphs of the anti-revolution bill inrpos-
lug a penalty for public attacks upon
religion, the marriage system and the
right to hold property.
Andrews Resolution Defeated.
New York. March 8.—At a meeting of
the Board of Police Counnrissbimers this
afternoon the resolution offered by Com-
mrosioner Andrews two weeks ago, giv-
ing greater powers to Superintendent
Bymes. v.tas defeated by a vote of three
to one. Messrs. Marrim, Murray and
Kern-in voted against it.
GRAY, JONES COUNTY, GA., MARCH 14, 1895
A STATEMENT.
See. Curtis Sets the Public lltglit on
the Treasury Situation.
By Southern AsKociateil Press.
Washington. 1>. (’.. March. 8.—As¬
sistant Secretary Curtis today made the
following statement: certain statements in tue
"In view of officials
liewiMKipei* that the Treasury
are eniibarraMsed by an nlhgcd tailure
In gold deliveries under the recent eou-
tiaeit, and other assenr its of tt similar
na.ure calculated to mislead and dis-
turh the public mind. 1 wish to say
rival the actual withdrawals of gold trout
the Treasury since the 1st ef March
ISUft. have been $355,347 of which $281
078 have been for the redemption of
United States notes anil dividend among
the cities of New York. Boston, Phila¬
delphia, Haitiniofe. San Francisco, St.
Louis and Chicago, 'i lrese are no more
than the ordinary withdrawals, which in
the past have usually taken place at
this season of tile year, Morevec. ilur-
ing tile satin* period the Treasury has
reetivi d eohstdi Kiltie void coin in ex¬
change for various kinds of (mpt-r eitr-
rei ry. The apparent falling oil' in tin*
gold reserve was caused by a misunder¬
standing in taking up in tile gold re-erve
s,a t. uient nt the Treasury Department
from tin* eertitieates-ef transactions sent
from the sub-treasury at New York a
large amount of gold which had been
deposited for examination and count,
and should not have been iiu-hnled in
the gold r serve until the final certifi¬
cates of deposit upon which h olds could
be issued were delivered.
“ Ih.- February figures quoted in the
articles as withdrawn, include the heavy
with iritwals of tie* earlier part of that
month before the gold purchase contract
was made, and one single large item
not withdrawn for ex inert, concerning,
which there has been considerable ni'ivs-
paper comment, Tin* writers of the
articles evidently do not understand
foreign exchange, or the method of die
ing business therein. The Treasury
officials who are charged with the re¬
sponsibility of those transactions, have
no anxiety whatever in regard to the
method which is. and has been pursued
by the sellers of the gold coil) under the
recent contract. They are satisfied to
•nub inmate the fact that for five weeks
the withdrawals of gold coin have not
exceeded the normal amount, with the
ixri.ui n of the instance piloted above,
■nil that a, exports of gold whatever,
have been mad * during that time.
"Jn regard to the excess of Govern¬
ment exueudPtires over receipts, it is
we’*l known that the latter aire rapidly
increasing, and that up to this time,
nothing lias been received from the in-
*o:ae tax and very little from sugar
■Inly, both of which will be important
items of Government receipts in the
near future. There is plenty of money
in the Treasury to pay the appropria¬ arti¬
tions ami the statement in some
cles ‘that if the Tvaswry had the mon¬
ey. the passage of the enormous appro¬
priation hills would lead to the imme¬
diate disbursement of immense sums of
money, is totally untrue. I'here is a
Question of law as to when the appro¬
priation for the payment of the sugar
bounty becomes available, and until that
question is settled it will be impossible
ro make any payments thereunder.
Moreover, all the claims for bounty must
lie adjusted before payment, since pay¬
ment must be pro rata if the appropria¬
tion is insufficient. The total available
•ash in the Treasury today amounts to
$83..471,49ft over and above the one hun¬
dred millions allowed to cover the gold
reserve. which is $8!).74, r >.-7.)4. The
Treasury oilieiait-t haive in, anxiety as
to their nihility to meet all obligations
in the present with east*, and are eon-
fidtnt that till* expected revival of busi¬
ness will unsure, the future. The pros¬
perity of the c.unlry will be greatly
hastened when some effective method is
foul'd of checking lines* '.alarmists arii-
ehis w ritten by newspaper eorrivpondents
and news gatherers, who are willing to
sacrifice tin* truth and their own con¬
sciences—if they have any—to create a
cheap sei'piition. and play upon the
feelings of an already overwrought pub¬
lic.”
WHEELS TURNING.
Preparations lor tlie Exposition As¬
suming Proportions.
By Southern Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., -March 8.—The execu¬
tive committee of the Cotton States
and Lnternntional Exposition today has
accepted bids for the transportation
building, sewer p'pes and water pipes foi
the Exposition groundis and ordered Hie
employment of a landscape gardener
to superintend planting out of trees,
shrubs, etc. Vice President Baldwin
of the Southern Railway reported ela¬
borate arrangements for handling the
people between th • city anil Exposition
grounds over two tracks, with four
tracks in tile grounds to unload at city
stations so tiiat trims will leave every
four minutes each way.
Dr. Z.'hallos, envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary of the
Argentine Republic, also commissioner
of the Argentine exhibit at the Exposi¬
tion. is in th? city and was called on
by the executive committee at the
Aragon Hole! tonight. Dr. Zeballos is
enthusiastic over the Argentine exhibit
and promises to make it one of the
finest at the Exposition.
.MR. DANA INDICTED.
Snit Growing Ont of the Rival Press
Associations.
Washington, March 8.—The grand
jury yesterday returned an indictment
j f° r criminal libel against Charles A.
Dana, editor and William M. Doffsn.
j publisher of The New York Sun. The
} indictment is based upon a publication
! ^'", n reflecting upon Frank B.
| Noyes, of The Washington Evening Star
The article complained of as libelous
was an editorial touehinig upon the war
| between the rival press association#.
Mr. Do mi Released.
New York. March 8.—The indictment
found at Washington against, Charles
A. Dana and Wm. M. Rufl'an. of The
New York Sinn. v»ts received here riris
afternoon. Mr. Da on appeared inter fx-
fore Commissioner Shields, was reletfised
on his own recognisance and'the hearing
got for Saturday, March'1(>. at 11 a. m !
API OHIO RIVER
STEAMER SINKS.
SHE UAH DIED DOWN WITH HEH
EIGHT EIISONS.
l.una IN CONTACT WITH A CHESA¬
PEAKE AND OHIO BRIDGE.
Over One Hundred Persons Were on
Hoard the Hunt.
By Southern Associated Press.
Cincinnati, O., March 8.—The hand¬
some Cincinnati and New Orleans packet
Longfellow went to the bottom of the
Ohio river at 7 o’clock this morning.
Eight or more persons went down with
her. She sank in thirty feet of water,
opposite the Marmet coal landing, at the
foot of Smith street. She struck the
channel span of the Chesapeake and
Ohio bride and sank within three min¬
utes. According to the best information
eight people were lost, but there were
over one hundred people on hoard the
boat when she struck, The pilot in
charge of the boat says the fog was so
dense when she struck that he was un¬
able to discern the pier In the mist and
was not aware of its proximity, The
steamer literally crumbled to pieces im¬
mediately following the collision, and the
bow of the boat sunk, while the cabin
and stern floated away. The body of
Janies Miller, a porter, has been found.
The victims were as follows; David
Aldridge, passenger, Rome, N. Y.; Capt-
tan J. Lawrence Carter, first clerk, New¬
port, Ky., Gns Chauve, barber, Cincin¬
nati; Mrs. IV. J. Anil, passenger, Day-
ton, O.; James Miller, colored porter,
Cincinnati, Missing —IV. J. Aull, pas-
senger, Dayton, O.
The real cause of the accident, it was
said, was that the boat, like the ill-fated
State of Mississippi, was so unwieldly
that she became unmanageable and the
pilots were poerless to control her. The
boat was to have left here for New Or¬
leans last night, but was prevented from
doing so on account of a dense fog.
River men say the fog was even greater
this morning and the boat should never
have left.
It was de ided. however, by the own¬
er of the White Color Line, which owns
it. to send the boat out and the tow
boat Hercules Carel was sent out to
aid her in passing below the bridges.
Th * Carrel was secured to the stern
of the Longfellow and both boats pass¬
ed down the river to a pointy,bout fifty
yards above the Chf-apeake ana Ohio
bridge, where the Longfellow became
entirely unmanageable. Watchers on
shore say the boat’s bow pointed direct¬
ly for Kentucky shore* and when fully
fifty yards distant it was seen that a
collision was inevitable, The Carrel
swung around and the strain almost
caused tin* hawsers to part, but they
held fast for the time being and it was
thought for a moment the collision
could Oio averted, but a moment later
it became apparent that she would
strike. .Many of the passengers were
in their state rooms engaged in sort¬
ing tlcir baggage and preparing fot
tre long trip. Shrill blasts of the
whistle on both the Carrel and Long¬
fellow were the test warnings of any
danger, and the doors of state rooms
were hurriedly thrown open while the
passengers gathered together on the
front part of the cabin deck. The fog
was so dense that they could see noth
ing and but few of them wore aware ot
the actual danger. The officers were
cool and collected, and retained their
presence of mind for the most part,
even in the face of imminent danger.
The crew were summoned in front of
the boiler deck and preparations were
rapidly made for removing passengers,
many of whom were ladies, to the
Carrel, which was Nitlll moored along-
All this occupied but a fraction ot
lime 'between the moment when it was
first seen that the boat would strike
and the actual collision. The sound,
when the boat struck could be heard
for several squares along tile rivet
front, jind sounded as if the walls of
a great building had fallen. A mo¬
ment later the river was black with
floating wreckage and freight, The
passengers had escaped to the Carrel
and when i In* collisaions occurred, the
hawsers broke, while the Carrel drifted
to the Kentucky side of the pier. The
wreck sank quickly and three minutes
later scarcely a vestige remained. The
number of missing and dead, so far as
known at this time by the'boat’s agents,
is eight, but this number may be in¬
creased when the floating wreckage is
overhauled. There were about forty
passengers on the boat, a crew of fifty-
two and about twenty laborers. None
of the latter are known as they were
only shipped for the river and transfer
company, a short distance below the
Chesapeake and Ohio bridge. Even the
number of laborers is not known and,
therefore, it is impossible to ascertain
ivheth' r or not any are missing.
William Colbert, second clerk, was
among the last to leave the boat, and
he was also the last to see Captain
Carton. When he saw that the boat
was about to strike the pier, he hur¬
ried to his own state room, where his
wife was dressing, having just arisen.
His young son was with her and hur
riedlv warning them to prepare to
leave the boat, he passed on through
to Captain Carter’s state room. Capt.
Carter was just lacing on his shoes
and was standing near his berth. Col¬
bert liastily shouted warning to him
to leave the bear,, as she would strike
in another moment. Capt. Carter ap¬
peared t > be dazed for tile time, being
unable to realize the full importance
j of the warning, for he continued to
lace his shoes. Colbert, without wait¬
ing further, hurried back to his own
stateroom and there, taking his wife,
both ran to the deck and jumped from
this to the roof of the deck of the
Carrel. Colbert's son followed them,
and all three escaped uninjured.
A moment later the Carrel’s hawser
broke and she drifted off to one side.
Captain Carter could be faintly seen
in the fog in the hurricane of the Long¬
fellow and then the wreck drifted away.
The steamer struck the pier just, abaft
her boiler. All was confusion and the
passengers wore so hastily aroused that
only a few of them had time to get their
clothes. The Hercules Carrel pressed to
the Longfellow’s assistance aiud the lat¬
ter’s passengers were transferred to the
Carrel’s deck. Hardly had the last one
saved landed on. the uninjured steamer,
when the Imngfellow parted amidships
and disuppeared in the muddy stream,
bow first. The pilot house and some of the
upper works floated down stream and
were picked up later in the afternoon-
All papers and records were lost and
nearly everything in the way of per¬
sonal property of the passengers and
crew. During the hasty transfer of the
survivors, James Miller, a colored porter
became more frightened than the rest,
and jumped; just as he did so the boat
came together, and miscalculating the
distance, the unfortunate negro was
caught between them and his body
ground in two A moment later both
portions of the man fell into the river
and disappeared.
Cause of the Accident.
The ea use of the accident, as conceded
by all rivernien who knew the Long¬
fellow, was the steamer’s refusal to obey
her rudder when she felt the strong cur¬
rant. below the suspension bridge. When
the vessel struck the piier. Captain Per¬
kins was in command, with Pilots White
and Tremmeil at -the wheel.
Thame ion Houril.
Ou Western rivers the register of pas¬
sengers is in duplicate, one list being
kept on board. None of the office pa¬
pers have beau recovered, hut the offi¬
cers of the boat feel assured that they
have accounted for all the crew and pas¬
sengers. Among the latter the following
were reported to the company office in
this city:
Mrs. W. J. Colbert, wife of second
clerk, and son; Mrs. Aldridge, of Rome.
NY., whose husband was lost; Mrs. S.
A. Spiffing, -and two sons, of this city ;
Mrs. M. A. Allen, and Miss Fannie Met¬
calf, of Walnut Hills; Mrs. Peter, of
Kirker, Capt. G. H. McKay, and wife,
Cleveland; Dr. Mary Armstrong and
MiHB Harrington, of Jamestown, N. Yl,
Mrs. Bkiniur. of Massillon; J. 8. Frank
and wife, of Marysville, Mo., Mrs. Au¬
relia Colte, George, Oolte, Miss Mamie
Colte, Mrs. Mattie Rolan and two chil¬
dren, all of New York.
When the force of the Shock was felt
the colored roustabouts were among tin-
first to realize tin* extent of tile disaster.
They made n wild rush for the Carrel,
trampling passengers under fixit in their
rush. Several of the passengers received
serious treatment, among them, Ed.
Skidmore, a brother of Chas. W. Skid-
mote, u telegraph operator at the Grand
Central Depot, who was aisnard the
Longfellow to see a party of friends
off. Mr. Skidmore was in the ladies’
nanlor, and when the roustabouts made
their charge for tin* Carrol, lie realized
that, lie intit-ii tight for the lives of the
ladies and liis own. Catching up a life
preserver lie knocked one of tile ne¬
groes down and helping his friends
aboard the Carrel, he returned Io the
Long fellow to see if lie couild offer any
assistance to others. By doing so he
was enabled to save two children and
two -move indies, after which there was
only time to save himself before the
boat sank.
Another pasneinger on his way io
Memphis with four smiiaM, children, the crush man
aged to ma ke his way through
and save himself and little ones. Ald¬
ridge, the invalid who was drowned and
who was the Miiijierintend'cni t, of the poor
at Rome, N. Y., probably Longfellow met his fate
while going back to the after
seeing bin wife 'safely to the Carrel.
He toaid left his overcoat and satchel
in his stateroom and in going back for
it got lost, and went dowtn. Oa,pt. and
Mrs. McKay are at the Palace Hotel,
as are also Mary Anderson and Miss
Harrington, her patient. Mrs. Aldridge
was completely prostrated over her lius-
band’H death, -and is left without clothes
or money by the accident.
The steamer Duigfellow was one of
the largest, best known and handsomest
packets on the Ohio River. She was a
stem-wheeler, and up to abot I v.f> ye are
ago was known a« U. I’. Schenok. Ai
that time She was purchased Collpr by Line her
present owners, the White
Company, mid (her -name was changed
to Ijongfeltow,. She was freighted al¬
most entirely with reaping and mowing
machines for Southern markets. The
consignment consisted of snore than 300
machines, and was billed to Vicksburg.
Yazoo City and New Orleans, doubtless
the largest, Shipment of harvesting ma¬
chinery ever made at one time out of
Cincinnati, and shows that, the South
is preparing for a period of prosperity. the
An interesting fact connected with
shipment fa that the goods mere actually
sold and not 'being shipped down there
on exhibition. Waiter A. Wood Mowing
and Reaping Machine Company, which
made the shipment, invited the local
stock exchange and chamber of com-
ineroe members to visit and inspect the
immense cargo of machinery before the
start.
A CYCLONE.
A llllzz«rd Wii n Loose In North
Georgia Last Night.
By Southern Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., March 8.—A cyclon*- pass-
ed over North Georgia tonight. In At-
larita the wind blew seventy miles an
hour fee five mi-nutes. In the neighbor¬
hood of C'edartown the storm was mos-
furious. Great damage Is reported but
no details can be obtained, A railroad
operator aixive Rome reports that the
cyclone hit a Southern train and would
probably have wrecked lt had not, the
train -ti tered a deep cut, where it was
protected.
VOL. 1. NO. 10.
IN GEORGIA.
Mr. J. M. Means, of Meansville, is
putting up a telephone from that place
to Zebulou- Hcre he /vill have con¬
nected with Burnsville, Milner, Griffin,
Atlanta and other points.
Oharlee Allen, who shot and almost
instantly killed Paul II. Slade ou the
streets of Daivson Saturday arternoon,
was brought to America on Sunday by
Sheriff Christie and placed in Sumter
county jail for safe keeping.
The Central railroad passenger depart¬
ment has finally decided that the fare
from Savannah to T.vbeo and return
shall be 40c instead of SOc. as it was
last (season.
The mayor and council of Buchanan,
have passed the stock law ordinance,
which goes into effect the 7th inst. Same
of the citizens are kicking.
It i« rumored that on the site of the
old eapitol building in Atlanta a uiagni-
fieient edifice for hotel purposes is to be
erected and that it is to he completed by
October 1st. It is current talk tiiat; a
prominent New York architect is en¬
gaged upon the plans for this structure.
The signal service lias made arrange¬
ments to have the weather flags display¬
ed in Snndersrille, which is under the
charge of Mr. Frank Walton.
I Ion. Robert II. Smith, of Macon, has
been notified by lion. T. R. Nesbitt,
commisloner of agriculture, to come to
Atlanta and obtain his commission as
oil inspector, and get all the necessary
papers incident to the office. Mr. Smith
will succeed the present incumbent Maj.
M. J. Hatcher, about March .17.
A company of married ladies of Can¬
ton, twelve in number, have organized
n poverty luncheon club- They meet
once a week and are entertained only by
its members. Each one carries her fan¬
cy work and spends the evening
very pleasantly chatting on various sub
jects, bijt they never talk about their
neighbors.
North G orgia will soon be able to boast
the tallest negroes on earth if Luke Ale-
Entire the boy who drives the Spring
Place bark, don’t stop growing, lie is
just in liis nineteenth year and measures
over ti feet 1) inches. An he looks as
if liis shoulders were a yard across. He
promises to make a giant.
The Georgia Manufacturing Company
of Gainesville expended in cash during
the year just past the sum of $45,00il,(X>il
for cotton. Since September last it has
purchased between 1,200 and 1 500 bales.
The meeting of the Georgia Associa¬
tion of Life Insurers will be held uext
Tuesday at the Kimball house in At¬
lanta. The meeting was to have been
held yesterday, hut several of the gen¬
eral agents could not be present, and
the meeting was therefore postponed by
President It. F. Shedden.
In Macon there is some talk of having
Gen. Jno. B. Gordon to lecture there for
the benefit of the Confederate Survi¬
vors’ Association of Bibb county.
Mr. W. B. Simmons, of Gainesville,
has a decided curiosity in the form of
what he has pronounced to be part of
a petrified rattlesnake. It is a section of
grey rock about six inches in length,
four in width and two tliick, and is cov¬
ered with small excrescences which re¬
semble scales. Mir. Siinimon-s has had
this specimen of rock in his possession
for over twenty-five Tears and secured
it in Dade county. He has had oppor¬
tunities to dispose of this -curiosity ou
several occasions, and it will probably he
found some day in a museum.
It is reported that a citizen of Ameri-
cus reeeutly drew $10,000 in cash from
one of the local banks which had ile-
dined to allow the rate of interest de¬
manded, and invested it elsewhere. And
yet we are told there’s no money in the
country. arrived in Savan¬
A gentleman who fruit growing
nah last week from the
section of South-west Georgia says that
section Is a striking contrast to the rest
of the State in that it presents an air of
prosperity and progressiveness, while
other sections are dull and depressed on
account of the failure of the cotton crop
and the dull times generally.
The Central Railroad has decided to
put in use on the ears now being built
ait its shops a new airbrake known as
the Crane system, and 200 new freight
cars now coming out of the shops are
to be equipped with this system of
brakes. This is an innovation In raitroa 1
circles in this section, as heretofore there
has been only one airbrake used in the
South, that marie by the Westinghoiuse
Company.
Capt. J. J. Smith, one of Covington’s
progressive citizens, has a trio of the
finest pigs ever seen In the county. In
addition to these he has orderd a pair of
the finest breed of pigs ever seen In the
Union, paying $45 for them, lie intends
to raise fine stock for sale, During
oourt week he will exhibit some of his
thoroughbreds on the public square in
Covington.
In Rome Tuesday an election was
quietly held for five city counoilmen. The
chosen unopposed ones are Geo. F. Chid-
sey, S. M. Lowry, Joel Branham, J. A-
Glover and Tom Cornelius. The total
vote was 228.
Speaker Crisp’s bill to pension James
Jones, of Webster county, at $12 a
month for service in the Indian war, has
passed both Houses awl been signed by
the President.
T. T. Thigpen, Jr., tax collector of
Ware county took laudanum Thursday
morning with suicidal intent. A physi¬
cian was summoned to his relief. Mr.
Thigpen is still alive and Dr. Walker
says that lie will probably rccov r. 4 big-
pen lives on his farm eight miles from
Waycross. No reason is known for his
seeking death.
Middie Ctorgia & Atlantic R:i road
TIME TABLE.
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W. B THOMAS, Gen. Mgr
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY i
JONHS COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
Judge Superior Court—J. C. Hart.
Solicitor General—H. G. Lewis.
Senator—Hon. W. H. Harrison.
Uepreeentative—Hon. J. F. Anderson.
Ordinary— K. T. Rom.
Clerk Superior Court—W. W. Barron.
Sheriff-— R. N. Bthldge.
County Treasurer—F. M. Stewart.
Tax Receiver—J. A. Chiles.
County Surveyor— R. H. Bonner.
Coroner— iR. B. Trapp.
Judge County Court—J. C. Barron.
JURY OOMS.--W. A. Card, J. M. Mid-
dlebrooka, J. F. Barron, John Gresh¬
am, E. P. Morton.
COUNTY BOARD Joe OF W. EDIJCfShTION- Barron, J. It.
J. D. An chons.
Van Bur&n, S. A. Hodge, J. W.
Anderson.
CHUROH DIRBCTORT.
METHODIST.
CLINTON CIRCUIT—R. A. Seale,
pastor; Clinton—First Sunday at 11 a.
tu., and at night; Sunday school at 3
p. m„ W. H. Holsenhoek. Supt.
ST. LUKE—First Sunday, at 3 p. m.
ROUND OAK— Second Sunday and
Saturday before. at 11 a. w.. Sunday
school at 10 n. in.; It. J. Smith. Supt.
JAMES STATION—Third Sunday, at
11 a m., Sunday achood at 3 p. in.; It.
H. Kingman, Supt.
HADDOCK STATION—Saturday be-
"ore fourth Sunday, and fourth 8unday
night, Sunday school at 3 pan.: W. M.
Farror, Supt.
FORTVILLE—Fourth Sunday, at 11
a. m., Sunday school at 10 a. m; It. H.
Bonner, Supt.
BAPTIST.
UNION HILL-Forth Sunday and Sat
urday before 11 a. m., T. H. Greer,
pastor; Sunday school at 10 a. m., R.
E. Hutching, Supt.
NEW SALEM - First Sunday and
Saturday before at 11 a. m., E. W.
Mammon*, pastor; Sunday school at 10
a. in., J. H. C. Ethridge, Supt.
BLOUNTSVILLE—Third Sunday and
Saturday before at 11 a. m., E. W.
Sammons, pastor; Sunday school at 3
p. m.; It. T. Smith, Supt.
ELEM—Fourth Sunday and Saturday
before at 11 a. m,, E. W. Saimmona,
pastor.
CONSUMPTION NOT CONTAGIOUS.
Or. Amlrk Wins a Victory nt Cin¬
cinnati Hospital.
Cincinnati, March 8.(—Spe ial.)—The
resolution to isolate consumptives at the
pest house, came before the hospital
trustees yesterday. A protest from
Dr. Andeks attorneys threatening legal
action was read. Two hospital doctor*
persisted that consumptives be sent to
the pest house, Four small pox pa-
tents are there, Mayor ('aid-well and
other trustees opposed the removal. By
unanimous consent the resolution was
tabled indefinitely, never to be resur¬
rected. Mayor Caldwell suggested use
of Arniek treatment at the hospital.
Deflnte action was deferred. This vic¬
tory won, Dr. Amiek will battle for
consumptives everywhere. He is mail¬
ing free, accounts of his victory and
the Amiek consumption records, to
physicians and consumptives who write
hirn.
Dead.
By Southern Associated Press.
New Orleans, March 8.—Frederick
Peters, president of th ■ Metropolitan
Bank, of tins ej'y, died suddenly at 2
o’clock tidily of heart failure. He was
v'-ry prom'n nt in financial and com
merelal circles!.
With lloth Feet Up.
By Southern Associated Press.
Atlanta, Oa., March 8.—Roland Heed
and hts company arrived here tonight
from the week. Mr. Reed Is not badly
Injured. Mies Rush Is bruised on one arm.
Mrs. Meyers Is suffering much pain and
will be laid up for some time. Reed and
Jack give thr.lllng accounts of rescue*
Which they made.