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The J ones County News.
M. C. GREENE. PUBLISHER.
THE 54T1I CONGRESS.
ROUTINE OF HOUSE AND SENATE
BRIEFLY CHRONICLED.
Summary of Bills anil Resolutions
Presented and Acted Upon.
tiie HOUSE.
Tho Bayard resolutions were called
np in tho honso Wednesday afternoon
by Mr. Hitt, of Illinois, who made a
strong speech in support of them. In
declaring his opposition to the resolu¬
tions of censuro Mr. MoCreary (Dem.,
Ivy.) said that they were unprecedent¬
ed in congressional history, The
proposed action of tho house was an
invasion of the rights and authority
of the president of the United States,
and if the speeches of Mr. Bayard re¬
ferred to in the resolution required
action by the executivo he was sure the
latter would do his duty at the proper
time.
Sinco tho organization of the gov¬
ernment the president, Mr. McCreary
said, bad controlled diplomatic officers,
recalling, removing or reprimanding
them when it was deemed proper.
There was, however, one caso where
the acts of a diplomatic officer had
been condemned by the house and
that was of a prominent republican,
Honorable Robert S. Chcnck, tho min¬
ister to Great Britain, whose conduct
iu connection with tlio Emma silver
mine was investigated by a committee
of the house and resolutions reported
condemning his action.
Tho home, at Thursday’s soesiod,
continued the consideration of resolu¬
tions censuring Minister Bayard for
speeches delivered by him before tho
grammar school nt Boston, England,
nud before tho Edinburgh, Scotland,
philosophical institution last fall.
The galleries were again crowded to
overflowing and the deepest interest
was taken in the proceedings.
Tin first speech was made by Mr.
Taft,of Ohio,member of tho committee
on foreign affairs. He spoke in sup¬
port of the resolutions and among
other things said: “Under tho un¬
written law of the land, Mr. Bayard,
as the American ambassador, was in¬
vited to deliver an address before the
Edinburgh Philosophical institution.
He accepted the invitation and this
privilege—a privilege secured solely
by his < fficinl position—he abused by
attacking a great polit e d party in his
own country. I say political party,
because protection is the foundation
principle of the republican party.
Complaint against Mr. Bayard is, not
that ho is a fro trader in home poli¬
tics, but that, as an ambassador of the
American people, he took his homo
politics with him to a foreign country
and exploited them before a foreign
audience.”
Representative Pearson (Rep. N. C.)
followed Taft and said that the good
name of public servants constituted a
largo part of tho national wealth and
a form of wealth that ho would not
barter for all that lies upon or beneath
the soil. It gave him no pleasure to
join in the humiliation of a lofty spirit
or in the degradation of an illustrious
name. Iu closing Mr. Pearson ap¬
pealed to all members to pass the res¬
olution, saying:
“Thon if our representatives in for¬
eign lands cannot boast of our institu¬
tions they will at least pay them the
poor tribute of their silent contempt.
Let it never be expunged until the day
of doom or until that day of gloom
and shame when the representatives of
the Americau people no longer dare to
defend tl e fair name of their country
against all enemies, foreign and do¬
mestic; against tho assaults of the open
foe and against the insolence of the
public servant who would exalt his
pnrty by debasing his country.
The house, at Friday’s session, de¬
cided to vote on the resolutions cen¬
suring Mr. Bayard separately. The
first resolution being that censuring
Ambassador Bayard, was passed by a
vote of 180 to 70, five democrats vot¬
ing for it and five republicans against
it.
Mr. Adams (republican, Ponnsylva-
nia), who was minister to Brazil under
' the Harrison administration, favored
the resolutions and said Mr. Bayard’s
long service and commanding position
as an American made his offense the
most flagrant and reprehensible.
To show Mr. Bayard fully recog¬
nized liis position as the representa¬
tive of the wholo people he read from
a speech delivered a year ago by Mr.
Bayard at Wilmington, Del., in which
the ambassador said:
“I represent no party as ambassador
to Orel Britain to, count., tto
“"Mr^rchild (Rep. N. Y.) took is-
sue with the majority of the foreign
affairs committee as to the character of
Mr Bayard’s offense, expressing re-
„ret that the committee had not
brought J in articles of impeachment in-
r»i ((SS'
a high er.me a r ain de^ . Ala . ■ .
tion Mr to feeler the reso i > J" m opposi-
refered to the ta ,ff. He said . this , at-
tack on Ambassador Bayard came from
Massachusetts, a state that believed in
protection for protection s sake Ma-
jor McKinley had on this floor argued
in favor of high protection for iron
cotton ties as absolutely nectary to
their production in tins country. Cot-
* ties had been placed on the free
i6t hy ‘he Wilson hill, yet he read a
telegram from Youngstown, O., chron-
Cl 8 t ,pme 1 ^ ^ *
t B mbay IndUi
Mr. Hutchinson (dem. Texas) said
be would vote for the second of the
resolutions laying down the well esfab-
belied general principle that our rep-
resontatives at foreign countries should
abstain from partisan speeches, but ho
could not vote for the resolution that
censured l !r. Bayard by name.
Messrs. Cummings of New York,
Bailey of Texas, Latimer of South
Carolina, Sorg of Ohio, Layton of
Ohio and Cockrell of Texas voted
with the republicans for the resolution,
and Messrs. Crook of Illinois, Willis
of Delaware, Draper of Massachusetts,
Pittney cf New Jersey and Baker of
Maryland (rep.) voted with tho demo¬
crats against it.
THE SENATE.
The feature of Wednesday’s proceed¬
ings in the senate was a short debate
upon a joint resolution directing the
secretary of the interior to execute the
law for opening to settlement some
two million acres of laud in the east¬
ern part of Utah, which have been
part of tho Uncompahgre Indian re¬
servation.
Several strictures upon tho secretary
of tho interior for his attempt to nuli-
fy tho act of congress wero made by
Senators Cannon, Wolcott and Vest.
Tho latter inveighed with much vehe¬
mence against the secretary, declaring
that the time had been when tho secre¬
tary would have had to answer to the
Oar of tlio senate for such an attempt
to trample upon the legislative branch
of the government.
Mr. Vest nlso causod much amuse¬
ment by his witty and caustic criti¬
cisms of President Cleveland’s recent
speech before tho Home Missionary
Society in New York.
The Dupont election case was taken
up after tho morning hour, and Mr.
Thurston, republican, of Nebraska,
made a three hours’ speech in advoca¬
cy of Mr. Dupont’s right to the seat.
Ho alluded in his opening sentence
to the delightful harmony which was
shown by the debate this morning to
exist in the ranks of tho democratic
Mr. Thurston closed his speech
at 5 o’clock and Mr. Chandler
took the floor to speak on the same
side of the question.
After passing numerous bills unob¬
jected to, tho senate at 5:55 o’clock
adjourned until Thursday.
In the seuato Thursday, a bill was
passed authorizing the building of a
bridge across tho Tennessee river at
Knoxville. Mr. Sherman insisted at
12:39 on going on with the Cuban
question, resisting the importunities
of several senators to take up minor
bills. Mr. Sherman stated that Mr.
Mills, of Texas, who was entitled to
the floor on tho Cuban debate, was
sick in bed. Mr. Stewart, of Nevada,
was then recognized in support of the
Cuban resolutions.
Tho urgency felt in advancing the
Cuban questions to a finality in tho
senate was shown Friday by the aban¬
donment of the usual rontine business,
tho EU-pension of the reading of the
journal and the immediate taking np
of the Cuban resolutions. Having se¬
cured the right of way, Mr. Sherman
yielded temporarily to Mr. Allen, of
Nebraska, to state his views on the
claim of Mr. Dupont. The statement
had more than passing interest, os the
six populist votes in the senate aro re¬
garded as decisive in the contest, nnd
this was the first expression from a
populist senator.
Mr, Allen contended that Dupont
w as not entitled to a seat in tho senate
without a certificate or credentials
from the executive of the state and that
when this was lacking, as in this case,
tho courts of the state could compel
the issuance of the credentials, by tho
governor.
Senators Mitchell and Cbandlor call¬
ed attention to the fact that senators
now sat in the chamber who did not
hold credentials from tho govornor,
and Mr. Mitchell sarcastically added
that this disclosed Mr. Allen as the
“wisest man in the senate,” but Mr.
Allen vigorously maintained his posi¬
tion.
Mr. Gorman moved that when the
senate adjourned it be to meet on Mon¬
day. Mr. Hale agreed with Mr. Gor¬
man and nrged for moro time for tho
discussion of the Cuban question. Af¬
ter some discussion Mr. Gorman’s mo¬
tion prevailed by a vote of 42 to 22.
At 2:35 p. m. Mr. Mills was recog¬
nized to speak on Cuba. He said be
had intended to address the senatebnt
the senator from Maine (Hale) had de¬
clared that the opponents of the reso¬
lutions had not been heard and ho
therefore declined to take the floor at
this time in order that those opposed
might proceed. Mr. Call then ad¬
dressed tho senate after which adjourn¬
ment was taken until Monday.
A RIOT WAS IMMINENT.
Non-Union Men Fired at a Mob oif
Strikers In Chicago.
„S. - ““tSi outbreak WtarSSSSoM- of violence in con-
cago occurred Wednesday afternoon stead in
‘he sweat shop district of Ha
?. tree ‘- The arrival of a squad of po-
‘cemen prevented a general not be-
tw f n sttlk ! M and ‘ helr
and non-union workmen.
stop ^ work until the strike was settled.
Don . nnjon meQ refuse(1 and the
strikers became boisterous, when
Kfluffman rRjBad the front window of
£ and fired half a dozen
ebota pr mi scuons]y into the crowd,
caasjng wi]d excitement. No one was
hjt> Th0 police V guard at tLe f a . c tory
gent Jn ft Qt call flnd the officers
^ crowd in a body .
manandthre0 0 f his employes were
arregted with several strikers. The
gtrikcr(J c]aim to have receiv ed the as-
gnraiice o{ tho F ederation c f Labor
for financial support when needed.
A woman with a baby in her arms is
a Bench more pleasing sight than a
WO man with a dog in her arm*.
GUAY. JONES CO„ GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1896.
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON IN
BRIEF PARAGRAPHS.
Doings of tho Chiefs and Hoads of tho
Various Departments.
The senate committee on elections
has reported favorably the bill to ad¬
mit New Mexico to statehood.
The testimony in the contested elec¬
tion case of Watson vs. Black, of
Georgia, will bo opened by tho clerk
of the house ou April 7.
In tho senate Thursday Mr. Davis,
(Rep., Minn.) ebairmnn of tho com¬
mittee on territories, reported favora¬
bly the bill to admit New Mexico to
statehood.
About 2 o’clock Sunday morning
fire broke out in tho United States
census building, on East street, be¬
tween Ninth and Tenth streets, north¬
west. It was soon under control, but
a largo numbor of records and papers
were damaged by the fire.
Judge Crisp and Secretary Hoke
Smith had a consultation Saturday
morning and agreed upon joint debate
in Georgia, as follows: Augusta,
March 31st; Atlanta, April 2d; New-
uau, April 7th; Rome, April 8th; Lex¬
ington, April 10th; Wayeross, April
13th; Albany, April 14th.
Tho navy department is suffering
much oriticism at tho hands of the
newspapers because of the Port Royal
dry dock. While thoro seems to bo
abundance of water at Port Royal, tho
dry dock is too shallow to permit the
Indiana floating into her. It is de¬
nounced as an inexcusable blunder on
the part of the navy department for
building the dock so shallow.
Colonel Goodyear, of Brunswick,
Ga., made such an impression on tho
house committee on rivers and harbors
by his recent speech, that that com¬
mittee has unanimously recommended
to tho secretary of war that he call tho
government board of engineers to¬
gether again to hear Colonel Goodyear
and revise their report upon the depth
of water secured on the Brunswick
bar by his work.
No Offlleial Notification.
Secretary Olney and state depart¬
ment officials deoline to converse ns to
the probable outcome of tho passage
of the resolutions censuring Ambas¬
sador Bayard, except to say that Mr.
Bayard will not be officially informed
by tho department that the resolutions
were adopted. In regard to Mr.
Bayard’s reported tondor of his resig¬
nation conditioned on tho adoption of
the resolution of censure, it is statod
that Mr. Bayard intended taking the
action indicated, but that he never
fully carried out the idea by placing
his resignation in the hands of the
president. The high respect and great
personal friendship which Mr. Cleve¬
land entertains for his ambassador to
the court of St. James, will stnud as a
liar, it is said, to allowing Mr. Bayard
to he placed in the embarrassing situa¬
tion of being partically forced out of
office.
Committee on Appropriations Ready
to Report.
The senate eommittoo on appropria¬
tions has concluded its consideration
of tho legislative bill. A net increase
of $165,109 is mado to tho house bill.
Tho act for 1896 carries $21,891,718;
tho estimates for 1897 amounted to
$22,365,051, and the honso allowed
$21,380,765. Tho bill as it will bo ro-
portod to tho senate will carry $21,-
545,874.
The Benato bill adopts tho increased
salaries of United States district at¬
torneys and marshals recommended by
the committee on tho judiciary, with
the exception that the United States
district attorney for the sontliern dis¬
trict of Now York and District of Co¬
lumbia aro exempted from tho provis¬
ions substituting salaries for the feo
system. The provisions of tho house
bill fixing tho term of offico of United
States commissioners and regulat¬
ing the fees such commissioners may
charge arc stricken from the bill and a
new section substituted, making it the
duty of the attorney general to mako
an investigation into the subject of
compensation by salary or otherwise
of United States circuit and district
court clerks and report a plan nt the
next session of congress.
The People to Elect Senators.
The senate has at last changed its
views on the subject of electing sena¬
tors by the people. Several times the
house passed resolutions providing for
an amendment to the constitution to
elect senators by the people. The
Benate has heretofore refused to con¬
sider such. Now, however, the senate
committee on elections have reported
a resolution providmg for an amend¬
ment to tho constitution by which sen¬
ators shall hereafter bo elected by a
direct vote of the people.
The senate committee reported this
resolution in response to tha demand
of the people of almost every state in
tho UnioD. It will do away with leg¬
islative deadlocks and will make the
senate a representative body rather
than a millionaire’s club. It is safe to
say that there is no state in the Union
which will not vote for such a constitu¬
tional amendment if it is submitted to
them by an act of congress.
It is probable that a majority of the
senators are opposed to this resolu¬
tion. They will do everything in their
power to sidetrack it, but there are
few who will openly oppose it. The
committee, having reported it, will be
forced to call it up, and the chances
are that before this congress expires it
will be adopted.
Discussing Patronage.
The democratic members of the sen¬
ate held a caucus Thursday afternoon
for tho purpose of discussing tho ques¬
tion of patronage. Tho proposition
upon which Senator Gorman, rcqiro-
sentiug tho democrats, and Souator
Elkins, representing the republicans,
hnve been working for several weeks
was submitted to the canons nud
appeared to moejf with favor.
This proposition provides for a
non-pariiBiiu distribution of the pat-
ronngo equally qmong tho niuety
souators who compete the body. There
are about eighteen employes who from
lung years of t xperieuse have become
invaluable to tho senate and these men
will be placed on a list and charged up
to tho senate as n body. The other
placos will then bo distributed equally.
There wero tea democratic senators who
ceased to bo members of the senate
with tho last sucsion and their suc¬
cessors have no one in office through
their inlltienee; the snmo can
bo Haul of tho new republican sena¬
tors. Of course a rovision of this sort
means that some of the employes will
have to go, and they will probably bo
those whoso senators have lost their
scats and who are therofore no longer
with senatorial backing. The wholo
subject after discussion was left to tho
steering committee. Tho committee
will coufer with a similar committee of
the republicans and the whole matter
will bo settled on tho basis heroin in¬
dicated. No other subject was brought
up.
THE COMMODORE RETURNS.
Gustav Hancsn Explains llow Her
Cargo '“Disappeared.’’
The alleged filibuster Commodore,
that left Charleston March 13th Inst
for Tampa, Fla., with a large cargo of
arms and ammunition, returned to
port Sunday. The Commodore did
not set as deep iu tho water as she did
with her warlike oargo aboard, and it
was ovidout to every one that sho had
left it somewhere else.
Shortly after the arrival of the ves-
bcI a little boat shot ont from tho
wharf and soon returned, bringing
Captain Ilutto, the mate and tho en¬
gineer.
The ship’s boat, the solo remaining
one, by tuo way,.came to the city a
few minutes later with tho crow of
eight men. Among these were tho
two Charleston men who wore on tho
Commodore when sho loft on the 13th.
Captain Itotto declines to say any¬
thing on any subject. Smith, the
Charleston seaman, also hold his
tongue, but tho other member of the
orew from Charleston, Gustav Haucen,
the steward, was not so uncommuni¬
cative. He said the Commodore, after
leaving Charleston had proceeded on
her way to Tampa, but experienced
rough weather. When she reached
the Florida keys sho tried to anchor
five times, but foiled. While in tho
keys they struck a “snag.” Ho did
not know what it was, but it made' the
Commodore leak at a dreadful rate
and it was necessary to throw over¬
board all her cargo and much of her
coal to lighten tho vessel to keep her
from sinking.
TAUBKNKCK TALKS
Regarding the Program of tho Popu¬
list National Convention.
A St. Louis special says: Chairman
Taubeneck, of the executive commit¬
tee of people’s party, is quoted ns fol¬
lows regarding the plans and purposes
of the populists:
“When the national conventions of
tho silver party and our party meet in
8t. Louis every honorable effort will
bo mado to form a coalition. I be¬
lieve our presidential candidate will
come from the west or south, because
the people distrust an eastern man. I
believe we will carry a majority of
tho southern und western stutes next
fall besides the territories, Wo
will get Alabama, Georgia and tho
Oarolinas, and if wo can unite with
the free coinage forces, wo expect to
carry all the southern states except
West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennes¬
see. We will get Utah, Colorado,
Montana, Idaho, Ncvadu, Wyoming,
Oregon, Washington, California, Kan¬
sas, Nebraska, the Dakotas and, I be¬
lieve Iowa will go our way, with a
fighting chance to capture Missouri.
We are certain of sweeping Texas.
This would leave tho republicans six¬
teen states without' taking the demo¬
crats into account.”
WRECKED BY POWDER.
An Explosion In Wliicli Five Men Lose
Their Lives.
The Laflin & Rand powder works, at
Rif ton, N. Y., exploded shortly after
II o’clock Wednesday. The upper
glacier first exploded, sotting eft' the
dry house, and wrecking tho corning
mill, engine house and lower glacier.
Five men were killed and an unknown
number hurt. Tho cause of the ex
plosion is not known.
Tho works were destroyed in a sim¬
ilar manner in January, 1894, aud
were afterwards rebuilt. Thoy ex¬
tended for half a mile along the Wal-
kill creek. The loss will exceed $25,-
000. The works are Beven miles from
Kingston, The shock, however, was
felt strongly in the latter place.
WILL RESORT TO BALLOTS.
A New Defensive Plan of Tennessee
Coal Operators.
The coal operators and miners of the
Jellico, Oliver Springs and Middles-
borougb, Tenn., districts are going to
take a hand in politics, in order to
keep the state from engaging iu the
coal mining business and working
convicts in competition with free la¬
bor.
They aro going to resort to the bal¬
lot instead of the sword to stop the
competition of the state in mining
coal with tho convicts and placing it
npon the market at a lower price than
they can mine and sell it with free la¬
bor.
UNIFORM RALES.
REASONS WHY \VK SHOULD HAVE
A STANDARD COTTON BALE.
Extract from a Paper Endorsed by tho
American Cotton Growers’ Pro¬
tective Association.
The American cotton halo oompares
other very unfavorably to that from any
East Indian country. Nearly all bales of
thoy Cotton, for example, when
arrive in Europe aro as noat as a
halo of dry goods, whilo our hales look
ns if they had beeu in a cyclone. Tho
Indian bale, being smaller and of uni¬
form size, viz: 18x48 inohes is better
packed and contains from 45 to 55
pounds of cotton to the cubio foot; the
American bale averages about 22J
pounds to the foot, and varies in sizo
from 28x54 inches to 40x70 inches.
Naturally this does not improve the
price of American cotton. No com¬
press could reduce those hales to tho
samo if tho density ub Indian ootton ; in faot,
bale bo over 28x58 inohes no
compress the oaii press it to 22J pounds to
foot and hold it there; hut if our
bales were uniform in size, say 28x58
inches, any compress can press them
to 30 pounds to tho oubio foot and
thus save tho American ootton growors
iu round figures fifty cents per bale in
freight alone; this oomos to four mil¬
lion dollars per your, to sny nothing
of tho saving iu insurauoo, loss in
woight, dirt, oto.
Moro than half tho American orop
is exported to foroign countries in
steam vossols, and tho charter rates on
the ships are figured aocording to their
cubical capacity; tho more cotton can
be loaded into a cubio foot of spaoo
the cheaper tho ship con carry it per
pound. For this reason vast sums
have boon spent in tho improvement
of compresses, hut we do not got tho
benefit wo should from their work be¬
cause of the condition in which the
cotton comes to them.
Because of thiH tho East Indian
planter gets his cotton carried half
around the world for about what the
American pays for one-third of the
distauco.
Tho standard of density nt southern
ports is 22 $ pounds per cubic foot.
If this could bo brought up to 25 or
30 pounds thoro would ho au imme¬
diate choaponiug of froiglit ratos
which would go directly into the price
paid to the producer, siuco tho dealer’s
selling prico is fixed by the trade con¬
ditions and ho deducts all expenses
from it to got his buying price.
If cottou compressed to Tl\ pounds
to the cubic foot can bo onrriod for 50o.
per 100 pounds from Gulveston or Now
Orleans to a European port, wbioh on
an nverago Texas bale of 625 pounds
amounts to $2,62, tho ship would oar-
ry cotton of 30 pounds density for
$1.98 per bale, saving 64 conts, or
abont ono-oighth of a cent per pound.
Tiie only tiling that stands in tho
way of increasing tho density and thus
cheapening freights is tho irregular
sizes and ungainly shapes of tho halos,
and tho loose and irregular packtng of
their contents caused by the varying
sizes of tho gin-boxes and tho improp¬
er methods of filling thorn. The jaws
of compresses ore 32 inches wide. If
a bale of cotton already 32 inches wide
is put into apresB, when tho pressure
is applied it spreads out to tho sides
and thero is nothing thcro to hold it,
so that when tho pressure is taken ofl
it is soft and ungainly and occupies
twice tho spaco it should. Tho rosult
is that whon it roochos tho port the
ship rejects it, and tho shipper must
have it reoompressod at ari expense of
GO to 75 cents per halo or pay an equiv¬
alent in extra freight to the ship, which
of course the producer losos iu tho
end.
Furthermore, these ungainly halos
are much moro liablo to wasto and
damage than emallor onos. A pattern
of bagging does not cover a 36-iuob
bale as well as ono 28 inches wide, and
therefore leaves tho cotton exposed to
damage and to ho rubbed off or
plucked off in handling. Also when a
halo is too long to go into its proper
placoiu tho ship tho stevedores are
very apt to cut tho ends off to mnkoit
fit.
All those things nro taken into ac¬
count by tho carrier, tho insurance
man, tho dealer, the spinner, and duly
charged for, und tho farmer pays tho
bill.
Also, thero aro gins in uso in which
tho cotton is fed into tho baling box
from both sides in such n manner that
tho bale is really in two parts, which
do not knit together in tho center, so
that whon heavy pressure is applied the
halo gives way in the middle and
spreads out to tho sides so that no
compress can make a merchantable
bale of compressed cotton of it.
It is claimed that gin manufacturers
aro increasing the sizes of tho boxes
every year, aud this is probably true,
as tho compresses find their per cent-
age of rejection for density increases
yearly. The explanation given for this
lncreaso in sizo is that a long wide
bale can ho moro loosely packed and
therofore the gin can run with less
steam; and, of course, the gin using
least steam sells cheapest. But, as you
will seo from the figures given above,
this is a saving at tho spigot and a
waste at the bunghole.
Tho cotton exchanges, the maritime
associations, the buyers and the com¬
presses have all tried to reform the
baling of cotton and accomplished
nothing. Tho farmer pays tho losses
resulting from'the present condition of
things, and alone has tho power to
apply tho remedy.
How shall you do it? Adopt a stand¬
ard bale of uniform size, and with the
contents evenly distributed through¬
out, a id demand it of the ginner. To
make 4 n« easy as possible for him
VOL If. NO. 13.
to conform to, mako your standard
not exceeding 28 iuohes in width and
58 inches in length.
Let each an d every ono of you at
onoe mako it his business to person¬
ally examine every gin in his vicinity
and see that the baling box is altered
to the standard sizo.
Texas Division American Cotton
Growers’ Protective Association.
Waco, Texas, February 24th, 1896.
To the Cotton Growers and Ginners
of Texas:
Gentlemen — Your attention is
called to the attached paper on
“Standard Ootton Bales” rend to the
American Ootton Growers’ Proteotivo
Association at. Memphis, Teunossoe,
January 23rd, ’96, and at tho meeting
of the Texas Division of said associa¬
tion held in Waco the 18th instant, nt
which mootings a standard sizo of
twonty-oight inches in width by fifty-
eight inches iu length was adopted,
and the samo has boon approved by tho
Maritime Associations and Ootton Ex¬
changes. Smaller hales aro not ob¬
jected to, but thoy must not bo larger.
Tho reform advocated iu this paper
is one of vast importance to the cotton
grow ers and handlers of Texas, and we
havo no doubt the ginners will ho
moved by their public spirit to aid tho
movement.
Tho compress has long felt tho in¬
justice of paying largo claims for re-
oompression at llio ports of hales
which it was impossible to properly
compress in tho first place, and they
will soon give notioo that thoy will no
longer pay such claims; tho railroads
will thon protect themselves by charg¬
ing tho claims up to tho shipper, tho
buyer in turn will refuse to liny tho
largo halos except at a discount; and
this will leave the furmor to stand tho
discount or elso have hiscottou ginned
at a gin which makes a standard sized
bale or less.
If your baling box turns out a bale
larger than twenty-eight by fifty-eight
inohes will you not at enco ultor it to
oonform to that standard?
Kindly givo this matter your prompt
attention.
Yours very respectfully,
E. 8. Peters, President,
r. 8.—All farmers into whoso hands
this mov como aro requested to urgo
tho ginners to conform to it.
thirty hours the start of the telegram
it is not expected that she will be in-
terf erred with except perhaps by
Spanish cruisers whon sho arrives in
Caban waters.
“Collector Customs, Homers Point,
N. J., reports fillibnstcring expedition
for Cuba was transferred from steamer
Atlantic City to another steamer,
probably the Bermuda, off Great Egg
harbor inlet yesterday morning at 8
o’clock, said to bo composed of Gen¬
eral Garcia and several followers. If
vessel is carrying an expedition con¬
sisting of arms and moti in violation
of titlo 67 revised statutes of the
United States, seize her if she arrives
A HOLY WAR.
Tho Klialifa Has Made a Call For
Volunteers Under the Green.
A dispatch from Cairo to Tho Globo
(London) says: The khalifa has pro¬
claimed a holy war against Egypt, call¬
ing upon all dervishes capable of hear¬
ing arms to enroll themselves under
tho green ban nor. It is nisortod that
Osman Digma will quit Kassala nnd
join tho dervishes around Dongoln.
Tho British and Egyptian troops nro
in a healthy condition und are drilling.
A number of machine guns huvo been
started for tho front.
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IRONY OF FATE.
Author of Oklahoma’s Capital Pun¬
ishment Law, to Hang.
Ira N. Terrell, a member of tho
Oklahoma legislature, author of capi¬
tal punishment law, and himself the
first man sentenced to hang under 1 hat
law, was positively identified at Fort
Hcott, Kas., Sunday evening. Ho
broke jail at Guthrie, whilo under
sentence of death six months ago. He
wont back to the territory after his
wife and children and was going east
.vith them whon identified by on old
acquaintance.
McNUTT IS ARRESTED.
Charged With Working tho Wires
Against the Hookies.
William n. McNutt, tho most noto¬
rious wire tapper iu tho United Htates,
was arrested at Chicago Thursday on
suspicion of being implicated iu Now tho
sensational wiro tapping case at
Orleans. This was tho case in which
bookmakers all over the country wero
hit for $150,000 on tho substitution of
Royal Nettie for Plug as winner.
McNutt claims ho had nothing to do
with tho wiro tapping, hut ho know all
about it.
COLORED BISHOP ARRESTED.
He Is Charged With Embezzling $500
of Church Fund*.
Bishop W. B. Campbell, of tho Af¬
rican Evangelist Mission church, has
bec-n arrested ut Cleveland, O., on tho
charge of embezzling $500 from the
funds for a proposed manuel training
school. Bishop Campbell has jurisdic¬
tion over the states of Michigan, Indi¬
ana, Kentucky aud Ohio. The color¬
ed people of Cleveland are greatly ex¬
cited over the jnntter.
Must Miow Tax Receipts.
The Tennessee supreme conrt has
delivered an opinion in which they
sustained tho validity of the law com¬
pelling a man to show his poll tax re¬
ceipt, 1 u view of the fact that the
committee of governor’s election inthe
last legislature threw out thousands of
votes where voters were not compelled
to show receipts, lli’B decision is of
great importance.
It is better havo a good conscience
than tho applause of men.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Jones County Government.
Judge Superior Court—J. 0. Hart.
Solicitor General—H. G. Lewis.
Senator—Hon. W. H. Harrison.
Representative—Hon. J. F. Ander-
•on.
Ordinary—R. T. Ross.
Clerk Superior Court—W. W. Bar-
ron.
Sheriff—R. N. Ethridge. Stswart.
County Treasurer—F. M.
Tux Receiver—J. A. Chiles.
County Surveyor—R. H. Bonner.
Coroner—R. B. .Trapp. O. Barren.
Judge County Court—J.
Jury Commissioners —W. A- Card,
J. M. Middlebrooks, J. F. Barron,
John Gresham, E. P. Morton.
County Board op Education —D.
Anchors, Joe W. Barron, J. B. Van
Buran, S. A. nodge, J. W. Anderson.
County Scnoon Commissioner —A.
H. S. McKay. P. 0., Plentitude.
County Commissioners — W. F.
White, J. T. Speights, E. T. Morton,
H. T. Moore, John T. Glover.
Middle Georiia & Atlantic R. R.
TIME TABLE.
In IS fleet December 23.
Read Dow.v. Head up.
p. ir.
11 00 7 15 a Ga. R. R. Lv. Augusta 8 30
0 00 A 1 C '* Lv Macon Ar Ga 2 45
I*. M. r. m. i p. m.
05 r Mlllodgovllle ....Ar 8 20 1 05
10 •V...Efttonton ..Morriwelher.... June... A r 7 8 15,12 50! 12 50 25
1 82 sv.. Ar 30,12 05
1 50 Lv .. Dennis.......Ar 7
2 15 Ar .Eatonton . Lv 7 06 11 3«
40 2 lfl Lv .Katonfon . Ar 7 05 11 35
10 3 . Willards • Ar G M 11 10
55 .Aikenton . Ar « 20,10 50
8 01 Ly .Mao bon • • • Ar G 05 00110 10 85
3 12 Lv Shady Dale Ar 0 3(1
18 8 23 Lv ...IColly ... Ar 5 43 10 15
8 45 Lv...Rroughtonvillo...Ar 5 33 10 00
9 60 8 I'-' Lv Ntnvborn Ar 5 1ft 0 50
10 00 3 40 Lv... .Oar pi el Juno....Ar 5 05 0 38
10 10 3 55 Lv Hayes........ Ar 4 55 9 20
10 22 4 02 Lv fltarravll’e Ar 4 45 9 08
10 47 4 13 Lv.. Coving ton Juno - - Ar 4 27 8 48
10 60 4 2D, A r.....Qovl n tr ton hv 4 25 8 47
______ AtYantaTv 5?
12 15 G 00 (la. H R. Ar 3 05 1
0 80 M. & N. Ar Macon Lv 9 00 a.il.
M. & N. Ar Athens Lv 2 25 a.u.
JOSEPH W. PR ESTON, General Manage^
CRISP AND SMITH.
ALL ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR
JOINT DEBATES.
The Places and Dates ns mutually
Agreed Upon.
A Washington special snys: Judgo
Crisp and Secretary lloko Smith met
Saturday morning at the interior de¬
partment and talked for something
like an hour and a half over the details
of their forthcoming joint discussion.
Doth were seemingly anxious for the
fan to begin. Tho appointments thoy
“.greed upon were as follows:
Augusta, March :51st, ut night.
Atlanta, April 2d, at night.
Nownun, April 7th, in the day.
Koine, April 8th, in tho day.
Lexington, April 10th, in tho day.
Waycross, April 13th, in tho day.
Albany, April 14tli, in tho day.
There wero no mutual friends nec¬
essary on eithor side to sottlo tho
details ami thoro will he none.
Each man will attend to his own caso
and thcro will ho no troublo in agree¬
ing on tho details of timo of opening,
concluding, etc., us it is the avowed
purpose of both of tho gentlemen to
present only arguments and in the
host arid fairest way to their audiences.
Among other things it was agreed
that the party opening tho discussion,
shall consume three-fourths of his
timo and end with one-fourth. Intro¬
ductory remarks will he charged to tho
time of tho speaker being introduced.
Just bow long the discussion will be is
somewhat dependent upon the people
in the different cities, not leBS, how¬
ever, than three hours nor moro than
four.
SCHULTZ’S DISCREPANCY.
Tho Suicide Stole Over a million
Dollars.
A special from Tacoma, Wash.,
Receiver Burleigh, of tho North¬
I’acifio Railway Company, has
made his report oa the shortago
tho lato I’aul Schultz, who commit¬
suicide a year ago. The report is
It shows that Schultz’s stealings
the Northern Pacific alone
to $142,000.
IIo stolo $150,000 from the Yakima
company, $225,000 from
Spokane Realty syndicate, $746,-
from the Tacoma Railroad and
company, $20,000 from Henry
over $78,000 from local finan¬
institutions, and left personal
of $100,000, a grand total of over
BAYARD IS MUM.
Hus Nothing To Say Regarding His
Censure by tho House.
A cable dispatch from London says:
Tho United States ambassador, Mr.
Thomas F. Bayard, received no special
cable message Friday regarding the
adoption by the house of representa¬
tives of tho resolution reported by the
committee on foreign affairs, censur¬
ing him for expressions used in
speeches which the ambassador deliv¬
ered at Boston, England, and Edin¬
burgh, Scotland.
Mr. Bayard first read of the vote ol
censuro in the morning newspapers
und afterward refused to see newspa¬
per men, declaring that he had noth¬
ing to say ou the subject,