Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

The Carnesville Tribdne. VOL. XVI11. THE PRISONER. | man's skull is hie lifelong jail. Behind its prison bars, Prom its eye windows does the soil) Peep at the earth and stars; Bat unlike Jails of wood or stone Its prisoner ever dwells alone. Thongh through its front doors perfumed gale* Are blown from glena of gleduese, And through its back doors music strains Boll in tu waves of madness, And though he hear and heed each toue, The prisoner still must dwell alone. Though past tha windows of the jail Sweep scenes of solemn splendor, And through the doors float hymns of joy Or dirges deep and tender, The prisoner hears the mirth and moan Bnt in his jail he dwells alone. No lover ever knows the soul He loves in ail its sweetness; The fullest love, however strong, Is mar, ed by incompleteness; No heart is ever fully known, The prison r ever dwells alone. —[Sam Walter Foss, in Yankee Blade. HOW HE SETTLED WITH GRINGO. By belle hunt. ‘'Back in the seventies,” said a Texas merchant who was “on East” buyiug goods, “when I was adjuster for a big mercantile house of Galveston, I was sent to the investigate southwestern a creditor of theirs out in part of the State, my Instructions being to collect the claim or run an attachment on the concern. “At the end of a thirty hours’ run on the train, I found myself in--, the nearest railroad station to P— the town of my delinquent customer, which, miles upon inquiry, I found to be seventeen west, on the Mexican border. “In my prow lings about -, whom Should I run across but my old friend, Bill Scott, captain of the Texas Rangers, who asked me what I w.; doing out there. I frankly stated my business, and asked if he knew the man I was going to •etti* with. ‘“Know Gringo Perez?’ Scott re- peated. is ‘Well, I I reckon I do- that “by reputation.” He’s a regular fire-eater! Whv, man alive, Gringo Perez has fine-hairs like vou on toast for breakfast. He is a Greaser, you know, whom his fellow- citizens nicknamed “Gringo”—their term contempt for an Anmrir an^bnean - - .... h^HM ngffB „„.n- iNTror notch six months and two Pav? YVhy, he attachment; don’t pay for any- thing, well and as for TOur rou’d as try to serve attachment papers on the devil for back bills on brim- itone!’ “ <fcj, Rice, I think I’d better ride over With you. We are making this headquarters of this while we of make horse a roundup thieves' season’s crop road agents and fence-cutters in this part of the country, and I can leave word for thebovs to join me at P-— when they come in this evening. We might come in handy if you get into anv troublo.’ “It is needless to sav that I accepted Scott’s offer with aviditv, though I gave him to understand that I bnd not. under- taken to adjust thit that claim under the im- pression I was going to a Sunday “It was about noon when we set out r^jaacaf'ar^ss fore we started—which I still hoped to use Fire-Eater only as a last resort in bringing Mis¬ ter to terms. “It was close upon 4 o’clock in the afternoon when we rode into p—a of typical the Texo-Mexican houses border town. Most straggling along were either one-story of* adobes, ‘ side the mmn street, which was nothing more or less than the continuation of the wagon road from one settlement to another. There were bunches of chaparral here and there about tbe outskirts of the town, and a dense thicket of it lay about a mile away to the west. Five of the nine business houses had ‘saloon’ in big letters over the door, and calmly and peacefully con¬ fronted me, when wc got off our horses, goods, was the Clothing, sign, ‘G. Perez, Dealer in Dry- Boots, Shoes, Notions, Hats, Caps, Millinery, Agricultural Groceries, Hides, Wool, Implements, etc.,’ which covered the entire gable and of the nnpainted, weather-boarded store. “Tied to the racks on either side of the their public flanks well, weighed were eight or ten ponies, down by the big Mexican saddles, which varied their monotonous duration by biting and kick- ing rifers at each loafed other the while their indifferent on steps and stoops ot * be * tor 7’, t P " iu « > MU *' •? ra " ki, , K ci 8 ar - ettes n playing . n whmh poker and handed reading . the couAty papers, were out. regardless of address, by tbe obliging postmas •T\e cr. found p weighed erez in. He scooped dollar’s out and tied up a worth of sugar fora slab-sided girl Zl JELmnS™ " W 'tv ? 18 p £ f < r l0n f e t y ™* da ? d th ® t bd P ut t back carefully r i. on the sugar barrel, he casually informed me that ®y bouse might go to , and that . he d pay when he got ready, and , thls ... ^Pti<* .. did ... not , r vfrrLriv Contending to^pT/ m - v amiability, mv* attachment and papers in thb hands of the deputy- sheriff And instruct him io serve them at »nfe. “feut the deputy turned pale at tbe meation of serving papers on Gringo Perez, kindly explaining to me that his present suit of incumbency his of office was the re- ‘never ’with under no sufekum- wiices, meddlin’ other fblkses’ btwieesses.’ ^ “Of course. gain- say so obvio-> Tn tha Wfc, j Ust taking nitio» Jw V^-Hiet- N , 0 tt CARNESVILLE, FRANKLIN CO, GA.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 1893. overtook me at the door of the to office, situation, and hearing said: the new turn my right. I’ll “ ‘That.’* all serve your per. “ The captain of the Rangers is tually a sheriff anywhere in the his own discretion, you know!’ and giving me the wink. “ ‘By George, hand,‘I old man!’ I exclaimed, grasping his “providential am beginning to upon you as a this trip t’ and tion" in my favor on walked on together over to store. “It was getting on toward dusk, Giingo was in the back part of the looking over his books. Scott and I saw that we had him at his disadvantage, and before he knew what had happened, Scott was reading off the paper at rate of sixty miles an hour. The seemed stunned for a minute, then, denly collecting himself, he drawer, whirled round, ran his hand in a and whipped good out grip a revolver, it, I but knocked before it he got a on but of his hand, straddled it on the floor,and covering him with my own said: ‘Come, come, Mister Fire-Eater, none of that! That isn’t what we want you to get out of that drawer. A little cash would make it easier for both of us. ’ “Like all bullies, the fellow was a bluff and coward. He saw we had him and he: cooled down, stand¬ ished ing sullenly by while Scott fin¬ the paper, and then ran¬ sacked the miscellaneous stock on the counters and found some tacks and a hammer, with which he fastened the notice on the outside of the door. Then, rejoining pistol under me, Scott kicked the fallen one of the counters, and, getting behind Gringo, the requested him to precede locked us the out door, of store. the This in done, his he put key pocket, and we then bade our host a pleasant good evening, and then walked over to the racks to get our horses. “ ‘I don’t think it would be a bad thing for our health to get out of here as soon as we can,’ Scott said. ‘The boys are in mighty skirmish late somewhere.’ getting in. They may be a “We watered our horses, mounted and ro< le , down , the mam street. As we passed sniffled a little shanty close to the road Scott and said: ‘That smells ! ‘ke fn«i ha«n and eggs, don’t it? Let’s *top and have a snack, “We alighted, hitched our horses be- hind bouse In * n angle made by a »hed room which served as the kitchen, and, going inside seated ourselves at on « of the two oil-clothcovered tables, and gave our order to an old man, who fi ’ led the J olnt * nd respective positions of “While P™P™ tor we ’ C were °° k **?• eating we were mter- ■ * ™ptcd by the entrance of a girl, irtiom 1 P - Wm m W * mail : ed m>t been . vc more han 14 ySTS^ld, yet her face , had all of the shrewdness and strength of a "°® ans - ,h ® ?“ a ? a h W™? °, ( ‘ h ' k ! chcn ’ and tura,n &’ asked: ‘Whar a Tobe?’ “ ‘Gon« to the well,’ I said, thinkin ed sbc n,eant our host, and half ruing *“ ap ) 2 mysel ’ l *.' ? fter * he m ™ of * e coun ‘7 to 7“ ® tore - kc e P ar - Can 1 . do M * th,n S for J ou < . “^ecame close to the table, and, , . lea the back of Soott cha,r she “ ln S 8 - sa \, t ‘ *!? Yo rv u ? ns ns ^ better clar , * . , . ! ^ Dad . an the . boys is on your trail. He come home * u PP, er a> ! drft,sed ? a,n ' ,* ean roaw8 hlde 11 f ‘I t fur J 00 ’" d ™»*• ^e understood , in . a flash that she was turni ^ and ,akm S„ her hand > ‘ wb ^ do —-»«. «*• she an- j’t want him fair.’ to git the drap on yer—that ain’t “She watched the door furtively, and gathered up the ends of the shawl as though for flight as she went on: ‘He’s my step-paw, an’ a meaner cuss never lived. Me and maw’d a let’ him long ago, but he would kill us if he ever ketched up with us. The only way to do is to git him tuk up for some uv his devil¬ try, and put in the penitenshury, w'har be can’t git at us. But, honest, you fel¬ lers better vamoose. You ain’t got no time to fool. He’s gone arter the Cowles boys, and I heard him tell Dick Sims an’ them to jine ’em, back thar, back cr the callyboosc.’ the She pointed to is the rear of house. ‘Some of ’em goin’ to lay fur yer in front, and some uv ’em is goin’ to lay fur yer bellin’, an’ yer can’t git out 'n town no wa ys. You better git amove yer, honest!’ “She started to the door, then shrank back. ‘Thar's the ‘Dad Cowles fur boys, off. now!’ she exclaimed. ain’t Ef he sees me I’m a goner.’ “By this time Scott and I were on our feet, and the proprietor came in with his ? u PP° fi »—* nd hope—that there it was noth- KIT, ? haid.s on the tail of his roat of’his aD d tak , £ P , f tobacco out remaned, pants p kct off ft chew as he ’ ,j reckon you fe)lcrg ig bec doin’ somethin’, ’i an’ thar is goin’ to be £ hten , Gringo Perez and ^ Co leg b an , Dick aims an’ er lot uv ^ an ‘ they seemed to be surround-- in ’ the house. Fur as I kin see, you’ns ain't f got no show. You mought jes’as hr0 , ,* up Wg s ' rc „der’ , lWell) aS j could ^ thig wag tbe a tatement bolt) of an unflattering gaid qui | fact, hig , Don , t Rice . tly> words accompanied eifcks of his by pistol, the rapidly -the boys t*~ ro | virig b| six in any minut e-we’re all right!’ mak make i ^ » da sh for th* thicket. “ ‘Stay where ydu are P ae answered, and his vbice had the ring of the born commander. “ What Are you going to do?’I asked, neWed-. “‘Whip the _ whole , , town 1’ he replied, . beginning to barricade the back door with banels of sugar and flour. “Meanwhile tht child stoofi there, the shawl dropped back from her head and shoulders, her little white face a study of disinterested curiosity and approba- tion. Her heavy-lidded and bikek her tllia- eyes glowed witb excitement, arched nostrils contracted and like a restive pony’s. “ ‘I reckon you’ns is gwinc to him?’ she said complacently. Just my attention was diverted to Tobe, sir name of Hartstield we had not learned, the doing to a rack over the door between two fooms, he took an old army musket, and a raw-hide Whipping containing powder ramrod and he shot horns. out the swioed it twice Up and down the barrel, down jt afterward. Then, around facing us, he slammed the gun down on the table and said: ‘Gentle- men, thar’s my weapons, and here’s me, at yer service. I don’t know what yer been up to, but I’m with yer! I’m glad uv an excuse to shake this settlement, ennyhow. Thar ain’t enough gwine on here fur me. I want to move fuder west whar folks is got some spunk! and I’d jest as lief declar’ my principles on you’nsez side as ennybody of clse’s!’ of “Our formal acceptance the arms our unexpected ally was prevented by the whiz of a ball past the window, and Scott’s springing to the door and calling out: “ ‘Throw down your arms and surren¬ der in the name of the law?’ “ ‘ Han’ us over that fine-hair, an’ we will,’ came Gringo’s voice. “‘What have you against him?’ asked Scott. “ ‘ He’s too blamed smart, an’ wears a stake-an’-ridered shirt!’ answered a voice from the rear of the mob, followed by a roar of laughtor, which was suddenly changed to one of fury when it was dis- covered who Scott was. “‘That’s Bill Scott, the bell-wether uv the Rang ers !’ howled one, ‘ le’s cap- turc him 1 ’ “ ‘Yes, he’s strayed off too fur from the fold this time ! ’ yelled another; ‘ le’s shear him 1 ” *“ ‘ Him, an’ the finc-hair’U look purty riden’ uv the same rail, won’t they ? ’ joked another, and so the fun might have gone on until they forgot their blood-thirst, had not Gringo himself pushed to the front swinging his pistol around his head and yelling, ‘ stop yer foolin’, boys 1 I’m here fur business. I’ve been insulted an’ my rights as cr citizen uv this State an’ county inter¬ fered with. All that is in favor uv pus- sonal an’ help rights, an’ whoop hones’ the deaIs^^Md| me these smart Ellecks ! ’ v “His harangue was murderous yell, ami '/ v- k...: ml. ii lik'. :i huii-lrf . chesters. groi^M “ ‘Stand your me and Tube. rammed ‘All right. wad\^B he hitchcl^H a mouth and horns around frot^B fairly danced open ligbtetr^WW^H July rocket. lief/] “ ‘Gimme \ chuckled, bracing the gun. “ ‘Wait a min Scott said, putting and^H man's should -r leaning^H around his ear. i*fl ami listening intently. boysl’J^H ’!• ’• “ That's the TlR^| their horses’ feet.’ ealleiJ^H door wide open lie /.“o'; ‘Throw down your you in the name of the State ‘Their answer was a volley which Scott returned by thrusting out his pistol arm and emptying the six cham¬ bers into their faces. This gave the sig¬ nal to me and the old man, who kept the stream hot from the other side for the next weight, minutes, till the Rangers came. But, I tell you, they were the longest eight minutes I ever counted. The old man was in his glory. The way he pftured powder, wads, bullets and caps into Miss Betsey and fired them out, was equaled quid of tobacco, only by the and way bit off he ejected one another. He took it as a matter of official inter¬ ference that the Rangers should come up and take the fight out of our hands. He sent his last load at random through the air, and, going to the buck¬ et, stmid leaning on Miss Betsy dippers while he gulped down two successive of w'ater. “‘Some fools is allers meddlin’,’he said. ‘Them Rangers an’ better be tendin’ to their business let us ten’ to ourn 1 It ud a been the makin’ uv P--to hev Gringo Perez an’ his gang laid out by three men an’ a gal!’ “This called our attention to tbe child, whom wc had utterly forg otten. Looking around I found her sitting on one of the barrels against the back door, ' swinging her feet and calmly awaiting results. “ ‘ Do you want to go home, sissie?’ I asked, standing beside her perch. She set her little teeth and shook her head. “ ‘No, I dasn’t! Dad ud kill me for shore 1 He seen me in here an’ knows I giv him crwayl’ “ ‘That’s all right, Checl’ the old man said. ‘You kin come an' go out West with me, an’ be my answered gal!’ she. ‘Thar “‘No, I can’t!’ ain’t no schools out thar, an’ I ought ter be edicated 1’ “Our further family discussion was in¬ terrupted by the return of Scott, who informed us that Gringo and his ring¬ leaders were and lodged bob-tail in the calaboose,and the had the rag-tag of gang taken to the brush. “Scott, and the group of citizens who accompanied proposition, him, concurred that she in ought support of Ghee’s to be edicated, and providing a purse was made child up then and there, for the and her mother out of reach of Gringo, when he should again be at large.”— [New York Recorder. Refused to Be “Shook.” 4 rec-mt German newspaper two curious announcements appear. In one number is the following the written notice: notice “I here- of by declare, since the 8th of August, 1892, and notwith- standing hei refusal to accept the same, mybetrothalwith Fraulein Emma Zeig- ler is null and vo.d Ricnard Jork.” In the next number of the paper the fol- lowing appeared: -“I hereby declare tf#tt with respect to the advertisement of the annulment of my betrothal, written and proclaimed, with Herr Jork, I do not agree. I am, and still intend to remain his betrothed, f-mmaZiegler.”—[New York World, GEORGIA HEWS IN’ BRIEF. Items of Interest Gathered at Random from All Oyer the State, Tbe emigration fever has Ngain of become Dooly, epidemic among the negroes Schley and Mscon counties,and hundreds sre leaving every week or two for the In¬ dian territory. * * * In a lagoon branching off from Jack’a creek, Walton county, fish were frozen tight and fast in the late cold spell. Many people viewed the strange spectacle of frozen fish heads sticking through the ice. Nearly all the ponds that used to lie in the country between Albany and the line of Baker county have dried up, and there ia no water in any of those places where there used to be sheets of it covering acres upon acres. * * * Mr. Turner has introduced in the house of representatives a bill authorizing the secretary of war to pay C. HT Goodyear, his heirs or assigns, $10,000 for improv¬ ing the ocean channel entrance to the harbor of Brunswick. i * Augusta claims to be the oldest weather bureau station iu Georgia. *Tbe service was established by the Fedeial govern¬ ment twenty-two years ago, and thirty- five stations were designated. It. Through the efforts of the Hon. A. Stephens, then in representing the old included eighth district the congress, Augusta was in number. Colonel R. T. Nesbitt, the popular commissioner of agriculture, is busy is¬ suing bis monthly commissioftr talk to tlu farmers of the state. The is doing much good with his monthlltalks, as he. gets down into the practiafl makcAiis details of farming, and besides, reports of a very interesting as vory in¬ structive nature. some for the other evil, oau^_ and requefl^^H^^enntor from the first district and (PBiam’s rep¬ resentative in the legislaiurelo endeavor to secure the passage of sorse such law at bly.” the next session of the gtlieral | assem¬ The secretary of the trearery at Wash¬ ington has transmitted to the house a supplemental estimate of deflcieoces in the postal service. The following are the items pertaining to Georgia: K. D. Keith, postmaster, Dawnville, Ga., for compensation undercredited in first quar¬ ter 1892, $1.10, in second quarter, 1892, $10.33—$11.43; W. L. Combe, late sation postmaster, Dawnville, Ga,, for compen¬ undercredited in first quarter 1892, $5.58; M. Dickson, postmister, Dorminey Mills, Ga., for compensation undercredited in second quarter 1892, $1,928. ated Something in of a sensation editorial has been in cre¬ the Augusta by an Evening Herald. The editorial is as fol¬ lows: Five Augusts murderers at large! No real and systematic attempts bcilrtt mods to appre¬ hend them 1 What a startling statement is that! It ia made by Chief of Police Hood in an argument by him in favor of the establish¬ ment of a detective fund in Augusta—a fund from which to compensate detectives whose cuty it will be to imprison capital criminals. Let us hope that this matter will be carefully locked into. Snch a state e of oi affairs must not exist. It is putting a premium on crime. But, by the way, whatever the doeijion, keep this iu mind: Augusta wants no negro detectives of the kind that have been employed here. The Chickamauga cases have bobbed up again. This time it is the case of the United States versus Dyer Thomas, pro¬ ceedings for condemnation money. Commissioner Fuller is taking the evi¬ dence in this case In the circuit, court room in Atlanta and it is a big job, be¬ cause there are many witnesses to be ex¬ amined. The case, like the other Chick¬ amauga land cases heard, is in the nature of Cbickaraauga an appeal from National the decision of tbe Park commission, Farmer Thomas claiming that they have conderned his land at too low a price per acre. National General park commissioner, Fullerson, Chickamauga is on hand and will endeavor to show that the ap¬ praisement was fair and just. ¥ * * 'lhe temper of the report of tbe Fulton county grand jury in regard to the man¬ the agement highest of tbe degree Fulton county jiil was in warm. Tne officials were roundly scored for the recent jail es< apes and for the negligent manner in which they discharged their duties. The condition of the jail was also com¬ mented upon in unmistakable English. It was characterized as “a disgrace to civil zation.” It was kept in a very loose and careless style and the officers bad shown an utter indifference as to whether ties with or not they discharged They their du¬ satisfaction. had allew- td prisoners to have the liberty of the jail and to escape whenever tbejr jail icauy wiiuoui resistance or protect, 1 was, moreover, insufficient to aeeom modato the prisoners and a new one was absolutely necessary. A Sotilomrnt in Improbable. Mr. Oakman, receiver of the Richmond Terminal, stated that be *knew nothing of a new effort to adjust the .suits be¬ tween his company and the Georgia Cen¬ tral. Directors of both the Central and the Louisville and Nmhvillo denied tho report that the lalter company was buy¬ in ing Central stock iu order to have a haud the reorganization. About a year ago the Terminal people suggested to Presi¬ dent MTlton Smith that he lease the Cen¬ tral. Mr. Smith mot General Alexander and some of the directors at Savannah and talked the matter over, but he was afraid that there would be too much liti¬ gation over a lease and declined to take hold of the property. He stated after¬ wards that the Central would be too ex¬ pensive a system for him to handle in the fix it then was. ♦ Itrswin* Their Pensions. clerk Captain the Tip Harrison, the pension his hands at state capitol in Atlanta, has full now attending to the calls of the widows who are clamoring for their pensions. They are swarming around the genial Captain in great num¬ bers every day and with 187 counties unaer ms consideration it can be easily seen that he has a great deal to do from now until the last widow's e!i pension has been paid and the list sonar off. The payments of the widow’s pensions began last Wednesday, the applications havin « all been straightened out aDd tho ordi¬ of naries those having who been furnished with a list will get money from the state. The widows will get only $60 h this year, and in this way the pen¬ sion list fund of Georgia has been con¬ siderably reduced. One thousaud wid¬ ows who received no pensions last year, however, on account of the falling short of the fund, will be allowed to draw their money this year, a special law having been passed in the last session of the general assembly looking to this end. * * * A VI«oroin, Kick. hfij^^jolumbus ^^fcj^^sident Enquirer-Sun Waddell, is of after the v because the year. .givte r the tciing other m Irhis ix- find 08 L. L f fs to M ■V pbiiixl n ii Lf tbe to Au- itn the Co- Hmi» die PR) without permit r a PP^jtfter farmeis 1/nbor of Montezuma, Aaenta. Macon county, are aroused and are on the war¬ path for immigration agents. Two or three hundred negroes have been carried off to Texas and the Mississippi valley within the past month or so. A white agent does not find that section of the slate healthy, now. The only agent who has visited there and spent any time went at night. Some who went down iu day¬ light left on the first, train coming away. Negro agents kept at work, sod the exo¬ dus grew serious. Labor has been get¬ ting scarce and the fanners saw a possi¬ bility of not haviDg enough help in the community to cultivate tho usual crops. An immigration agent ia required by he the law to pay a license of $500 before can engage in the business. No license has been issued in Macon county. A num¬ ber of arrests have been made. The far¬ mers .are so mad, that tho next agents who go into Macon county to entice the laborers away, will be in danger of get¬ ting rough treatraeut. Borne of the rail road men epposa tho exodus while oth ers encourage it. This matter is likely to bo pushed, and more arrests may fol¬ low. Anatker *BI« fatten Crap. A Bsvaunah special says: Cotton lac tors have already “begun to borrow largely from the banks for this season’s advancis to cotton planters, being in this re-qrect six or more weeks ahead of the time at which they usually begin drawing on the banks for funds for this purpose. This it construed as evidence that collections are still poor and that they are carrying considerable cotton. Evidences coming irom all directions of apparent inclina¬ tion on the part of farmers to plant greater acreage than last year and to use fertilisers heavily, have factors, caused much uneasiness among who fear another big crop and a repetition of the 5 and 6 cents prices, They are inclined as a result to be careful in advances and this may serve to retard the evident intention lo plunge into another enormous crop, Then the advance in the price of fertilizers—$2 from a ton now—will prevent planters buying as heavily as they have shown a desire to do. Major Bhellman, traffic manager of the Central, atated that busi¬ ness had not come up to expectations this season, cotton shipments slacking up mere suddeoly than bad been antici¬ pated. The shipments over the road were more than 100,000 bales lesa than last season, which means a large falling i ff io receipts. The operating expenses did not decrease proportionately. The outlook for the year he regards as good. Oar Cotimry Hoads. Discussing tbe questions of highway im prove meDt, tbe New Orleans Delta says: “Notably Illinois and Georgia are the two states that are makiDg the most active efforts to secure good roads. Both states are organizing 'o*d asaocia tions, and the people are becoming en | tbuaiastic upou [he subject of fo» d * ” „ Commenting on the above, the Atlanta Journal saya: It Is to be regretted the people of this state do not deserve the praise bestowed upon them by our New Orleans contemporary. It i* that several road conventions have been held in Georgia, that the need for better roads has been wisely discussed iu the local press, and that some interest has been aroused. But it can hardly he said that the people hare grown very enthusiastic over the subject, and what enthusiasm they have had has so far resulted only in talk and notjn any way definite general move¬ ment for tho improvement of our coun T try highways. Nevertbcle-a, the venti¬ lation of the subject has done will good, and its continued discuation do more. The fact that Georgia ia regarded oul- s'de hor own borders crusade ms leading the southern states in the for better roads ought to act as an incentive, and we believe it will. „ President Waddell’* Order. The state agricultural convention, which waa to have met in Columbus on the 8th of February, will not be held there. The date has been changed to the 15th, and the meeting will take place in Augusta. The following special order will explain the situation: "To the Delegates slid Members of the State with Agricultural of Conv. the oflioers ntion: of After the State a conference Agricul¬ some tural Society, and written communication witb all of them, it has been deemed advisable to change the plaoe of meeting of our February convention. “This change ia due mainly to the fact that two important lines of railroad entering that city have declined to issue the usnal pauses to delegates to the convention, while but one road—the Ceutral -has agroe I to grant the patiara. To hold the convention at Columbus would be a burden on the Central, which haa always been tho friend of our society, which we are unwilling to impose. For the reason that all the roads eutenng Augusta, thus di¬ viding the burden, have cheerfully the consented invi¬ to grant the passes, as well as cordial tation from the authorities and citizens of An- Kiitta an<l the agricultural agricultural society of Richmond county, the convention will assem¬ ble and in will the bo city in session of Augusta two. days, ou February the 15th 16tb, and ltttli. The postponement is due to the delay of some of the made roads January in replying 7lh. to our Between requests, the which we tween me cities or commous anil Augusta w a liare choice. Both arc re full i of splendid idid ajiecimena of the ■tale's heat cit izenship. The question of aeces saihility and ju stlce to the Central railroad font rola ua “Del i gates may expect their tioketa in ample ttmn for jr the the 15th. 15th. It It la la impoaaible impoaaible Reapectfnlly, to to aecure aecr them by the Stli of February. John O. Wai'DF.ll, Preaident. “Bamnel Hape, Secretary.” GROWTH OF _____ THE SOUTH. The Industrial Developments During The Week. A review of tbe industrial South tor the * .M- aw With tAVi.um oi,*atW» 8. Ga^nioo^dfaMIterah^breneh^^ O., capitalized at $100,000, Weath erford, Texas and five flouring mills, four ootto rm oil milla, three tanneries and seventeen woo dworking establishments bate also been re- coned. industrba established Pifty-tbraa incorporated lew durin (the week, were together with or 5 ■jiilargoments of manufactories, and 14 im¬ portant new buildings- Among the new iudua- tries reported for the week ero brick worka at Houston, Tex a; canning factories at Hender¬ son, N. (!., Clarksville and Oak Grove, Tenn., a •80,000 development oompany at Covington, Tiiaa. Kv., and a distillery at Fort Worth, Bladeatan. Flour and grist milla are reported Jonesboro at and Ky.. Maiden, N. C., Pikeville, Willettc, Tenn., a fence company at Florence. R. O., a machine ahop at Bock Hill, 8. 0., and oil mills at Beebe and Little Rock, Ark., Mem¬ phis. Tenn., and Cleburne, Texas. Phosphate works are to be established at Al¬ bion, Bariow and Willlston, Fla., and tanner¬ ies at Shreveport, La,, Bristol, Tenn., and Charleston, W. Va. Tbe wood working p: Isnts of the week include band saw mills at Dyera- burg, Tenn., and Norfolk, V*., a furnhure fac¬ tory at Jackson, Tenn., a lumber company at Charleston, 8. C., an I saw, planing and shingle milla at Renfro, Ala., Ban Antonio, Fla., Kra¬ mer, Ga., Benton, Ky-, Eldaville, Mias., 8. O., caai and Woodland, N. G., G cn Alpine, Bine Spring and Dyersburg, — Churchvillo and Big Stone Gap, Va. Water works are to be built ui Oullm an, Texas. Ala., Aransas Pass, Cameron and Hnntavill ie, . Among the enlargements reported mills are no- at Union s'ove works at Atlanta, Oa., cotlon Ga., Henrietta and Springs, Ala.. Augusta, works at Mt. Pleas¬ Salisbury, N. C., and stave ant, Tenn. buildings of (he week inoinde Tbe new Worth, Texss, a •500,000 court house at Fort and one coaling 175,000 at Parkersburg, W. Ya., sn o;iera house ot Clinton, Tenn., and school build¬ ings at Knoxville, 'i'enn., and Plant City, Fla. —Tradesman fChattanooga. Tenn.l BLAINE’S WILL. He Leaves All His Earthly Possessions to His Wife. A WashiDgtou dispatch of Monday says: The will of Mr. Blaine will be probated in Augusta, Me., which was his legal residence. The characteristic disposition he of makes the of his property is confidence he always reposed io his wife and which was such a noticeable feature of tbe family relation. Everything is is left unreservedly to Mrs. Blaine. Sue to be sole executrix of the instrument and is not to Blaine’s be required estate, according to give any to bond. Mr. the estimate of a gentleman whose rela tions with him enable him to speak with correctness, will amouutto about $800,000. It Washington ia composed and of Maine, improved and real of estate coal and in timber lands in West Virginia and other states, and small holdings of personal property. The will was executed several weeks since, at about tbe time Mr. Blaine wag seized with his first serious heart failure, which announced the rapid ap¬ proach of the end. PROMINENT LADIES INDICTED Fer Playing the Game of “Pedro” for Prizes. A special of Tuesday from Catlettg- burg, Ky., says the grand jury now in »ess ion there lound indictments against a number of prominent society ladies of that town for playing pedro for prizes. A Penniless Ex-Governor. A dispatch of Tuesday from Omaha, Neb., says: It has been discovered that ex-Qovernor Thayer, who created such a sensarion two years ago by refusing to allow Governor Boyd to take possession of office, is being sheltered by a poor sol- ui-r in the suburbs of Lincoln. All of bis p 'litical friends turned ftgai' at him alter his exit from office. He ip penni¬ less. NO. 6. TRADE REV! Dun and Bradstreet’s Re) Past Week. R. G. Dun & Co’s, weekly revie it trade say* there h«.i been some inoreasr in the distribution of products during the past week, and the demand for man- ufactured goods is distinctly improved larger so that business has perceptibly the of gold, at many points. Yet outgo expected t„ exoeed $8,000,000, reduce# treasury resources, causes increased ner¬ vousness shout tbs future, and renders men more reluctant to engage in new un¬ dertakings. is everywhere comparatively Meney cheap, nevertheless there is easy ana fut- more sense of uncertainty about the ure than appeared a month ago. Money i» in good demand, but currency return¬ ing from the country and southern cities generally report improvement, especially and at Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville Memphis, with good prospect# and Col¬ lections. At Little Rock, trade is quiet and collections slow, but in Atlanta bus¬ iness increases and collections are very fair. At New Orleans trade is quiet and money in fair demand with an ample supply; but cotton is dull with light receipts. Sugar is still strong; iron and steel breaking prices, though the de¬ mand and sales are large. Bessemer pig at Pittsburg has fallen to $18.25, and other markets for pig are irregular, though sale# are large. Bnsiness is fin¬ ished products is very heavy, but for many kinds prices are lower than ever known. The contracts for cruisers, given to the Pittsburg works, and for elevated works he, given to a Pennsylva¬ nia mill are mentioned as remarkably low, although structural iron works have far more business than usual. Business failures during the week num¬ ber for the United States, 265; Canada, 40; total 295 against 832 last week. WHAT BBADSTHKET SAT#. Bradstreat says: The features of bus¬ iness the past week haa been a gradual return of movements of general accustomed mer- chandite and produce to their channels. Boats are once more running freely on some southern streams except and river traffic between New Orleans the north, and at some Atlantic tide¬ water points. Produce and other per r iahabie goods are again of the moving advance freely, with a loss of some m prices referred to last week. Eastern jobbers and of dry wbat goods mills to be report most the beginning January's demand appears for cotton a and active woolen staple goods for years past. Cot- are strong, and print cloths >ra fl rmer with the surplus cut down ^|kuate to 1,000 piece* against 248,000a h jobbers year ago. unable t o furnis as n d Janu- r' 11 8 against 1 aWreduced or in- crewed movement, from the plantation, week «how- to porta, the net result for jng a decline of one-tenth of a cent, Considerable improvement is noted throughout the south, where the effects of the cold reap a week or two ago were severe. Baltimore announces a larger volume of orders than for the same peri¬ od in 1892, and reports that country merchants very generally count on a good spring trade. Tbe recent ice blockade having been raised at Richmond, orders for goods are active with the excaption of shoes; as the demand for tobacco, while travelers for that city report that the bad weather prevents their reaching interior points prices as they had expected. At Charleston for rosin ana turpentine are low, but the intended curtailing of the output of the season is expected to improve prices and profits. Business has revived at Mem¬ phis, where navigation is under way again, while at Atlanta satisfactory or¬ ders are being received for all staple goods. At New Orleans the distributive trade bss been checked as well as exports of wheat, by ice in the river. At Galveston and other Texas citipa country merchants are buying freely to supply their wants for the spring trade. Mercantile collections throughout the south very generally are alow, as is to be expected. A COMMERCIAL WAR Between the Panama and the Pacific ■ail Btcamshlp Companies. A New York dispatch of i'uesday say#: The policy of the Panama Railroad com¬ pany in putting on aline of steamships in opposition to tbe Pacific Mail Steam¬ ship company has impelled the last nam¬ ed company to reduce its passenger rate to Colon from $90 to $20 and its freight rate from this $9 to $2 per will ton. grasped The signifi¬ when cance of action be it is considered ii is eight days’ journey to tbe isthmus. This commercial war gains additional significance from tbe al¬ leged fact that management of the Pana¬ ma Railroad company advertised abroad for foreign steamers to carry freight from New York to tbe istbuns. BURNED AT THE STAKE, Terrible Retribution Meted Out to a Murderer at Paris, Texas. A special from Paris, Texas, says: The most teirible crime in the history of Tex¬ as received the most terrible expiation here Wednesday. Henry Smith, the dered negro who brut illy four-year-old outraged and daughter mur¬ Myrtle, the of Henry Vance, a well known white man of Paris was taken in hand by a mob of furious citizens, and, with the father and the brother of the’dead child at their hrad, they burned him alive. HE OBJECTED. The Governor of Oregon Does Not Be* Here in “Booming” Cleveland. A specisl of Wednesday from Salem, Ore., letter says: from Governor his adjutant Pennoyer general rec&gM a longing permission to tbe to use state two for brass the cannh^| puriHj , firing a salute sent the on inauguration following d^H governor crante^J "No permiaaion will be cannon ot Wall in firing plutocrat a salute over Jjflfl tbe a street as tbe United States.” Panama bondholders at twB asfl a new company ami w 111 an«l France, tb« United State*