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The Carnesville Tribune.
VOL. XVHI.
t h e hunter s -N»5on,
A fwflly presage lostjFhaze, nir, ’an.t tltf * sm
The UlUs are beav^H
High in the full and fair ’ •
Will rise the hunter’s moon. •jgr
And with the moonrlse she will easjie
Down garden paths we knew of old,
Whero summer a fairest flowers lie numb
With withered red and gold;
All save the flower of love-confessed
The bloom that holds us most in tf rail, ■
And this within her fnithful breast
Doth spring perennial.
Then rise, oh hunter’s moon, and grace
The dark earth with thy silvery boon
A dearer light thou brlng’kt—her face—
To me, oh, hunter's moon !
—Clinton Seollard, in Fran* Leslie’s
MISS HELEN. 1
t OWDY! 110
i word for it too
genteel by half,
v e were as wicked
„ a ^A nlr dig-
*- urV aH /’*w w South
w aies f9 nld show
'i^V.t» D “ s ‘iglit thing.
\ \H\ " le world’s ket-
) tie , had been set on
the boil we’d have
come to the top as prime scum—truth,
and no lie, mate. Birt among us was
a „ man ^ diibbed the- „ Squire,’’ because,
though he fared like the rest of us,
did, yet 'Ai there “ was n<i d i that essed in j"st him which as we
s amped him as of «0uito a different
breed dwells out of luck are to be
found by the bushel in Australia; still,
1 never came upon .ffiis double before
or since. Rumor went that he was a
baronet r.„ home in England, but had
been forced to cut and run ; so he tried
New South WalesAand the gold dig-
gII,s ’ bent on succeeding.
He did not five alone; his daughter
■was with him, though how and when
she reached him none knew; she had
reached him, and bore her strange life
as best she might They dwelt in a
small shanty in the midst of many
pines, a poor, rough place, far apart
from the other huts; a queer frame
for such a stately picture of a woman
—a lady, with the same superior bear-
thft wav withal l l ure once, rdwalk anc^she f d
ran out to meet TUe 81gM ° f
her of ( a i heap, so unex-
pectedin neete.linil.el the loneiy i spot, where there
was no ^° mp !? y th »a the bright-
winoerl S °2? d tha Va e
nMhp .-{a reCS ' ■* 6 wa s ta
’
the eel ,r 1 in her j cheeks, ,
n.f. 1 ^ er
i, ani.clo ! , S e-fittrag had none of the
flashy ornaments tdSF women such as
we take up with c-ram on; her hair,
coiled smooth about her head, shone
Satm ’
this • of my—chums,
is one my
dear, said ‘the Squire,” with his soft
voice and his hard smile.
b,,,ce the 0 - 1 had hung about the
log house often, labor ended. I
fetched water, got in sticks, cleaned
boots, or did such odd jobs which
were not fit for her, and said no word ;
but she found me out in a brace of
snakes, and grew used to and was
thankful for such help as I could give,
knowing that I meant no harm, though
I startled her at first—a great Orson
of a chap in my rough gear.
One evening I came on her watch-
ing in the gloaming. How eerie it
was underneath the trees; the wind
soughed through the branches, bring-
rag a dash of rain , a deluge was in the
black clouds sweeping across the sky.
“I am anxious about my father,”
she said, looking like a tall white lily
that somehow had been shoved into
the wrong pot, and touching my big
earth-stained fingers with her fine,
slim hand. “I am always anxious
about him ; though, since knowing
you, I have not felt so absolutely dis-
tressed, for I am glad to recollect that
you are within his call You would
stand between him and harm, I
think.”
“Why, yes, Miss; make your mind
easy on that score; twould be done
with a will But what harm is like to
come, that you need flurry?”
“’Ned!” she cried, stopping sud¬
denly, (her father always called me
so), “I had such a curious dream last
night. I .'dreamed that I went down
into the little valley beyond the wood,
and there I saw my father lying i
the grass sound asleep—so sound that
I could not wake him ; while the clus¬
ters of wild flowers sprang up so high
that they hid him and I heard the
pines in the distance chanting a sol¬
emn kind of litany. I was crying
when I woke.”
“You are too much alone, Miss, and
grow nervous.”
“My father has been very fortunate
lately, has he not?” she asked,
“He has had some good finds, miss;
and to-day he got hold oi two jolly big
nu m
<<r I am glad Will he bring them
home this evening?—What’s that?”
and she sprang to the door, flinging it
open, the shine of the lamp behind
her “Dearest father!” she cried, “is
it you?” But she broke off, alarm in
her voice: “Ned! Ned!” for no father
was there, but two of the worst of our
lot—scamps for whom hemp was gTow-
ing; the one a blackguard sailor; the
other a smartish, slimp chap, thin
dark, lying. His name was Phil
Dawlish.
I remembered now, as I saw him by
the flash of the light, that he as wpll
as I, had been near when “the Squire”
held up the two great nuggets; and it
struck me—I'm quick at conclusions—
that both scoundrels had not intended
to come up to the house, but were just
lurking round—What for ?
Miss Helen—I only knew her by her
Christian name then—faced them
steadily, though she had called me to
her, and asked what they wanted.
“Why, nothin' in special, miss.’’
CARNESV1LLE. FRANKLIN 00., «A.\ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1893.
stammered stammered Dawlish,TBftng Dawlish, his ragged and and
straw straw hat hat withswellrrtob with swellmob politeness politeness
j|i| er er "‘V* which whi ofi'y, , ch r Ji&£ is made the the 0 old old m# mi Boss tfaglo Boss at at to home? home? kick
> - >
I ~ 1 ' net ® vour ' % t »‘ miss.’’lie iKH -"he translated, translated.
■
‘No, tt^how *he refl|jBd, budding her Jfead
high, ske^ras tW,
but I, being eloa^yf her, coWl hear
her while hearjj. the thuddfl0r UK'Httnmed dike to a her ho^imer, brows
"lidVr ttfa fofV.a|e joying over her.
Why do you W?” .
! Just this, mrim. Will you be as
gdod as tell him that me and my pal’s
Hulton’s Ranch for ashortspell,
if he’d like to tramp over—why,
a mighty ’aildsome part ’o tho
country, and he'd be welcome, that’s
all ”
She’shut the door upon them, draw
ing a stout bar across it, “Are those
the men he works with?” sho cried,
flinging up her hands. “Heaven help
ns ’*
•
I was she«kyed caAmg round for another job,
when me by.asking if I
i would go to meet her father.
i “But you—” ,
| “Nay; I do not mind. The little
i house is secure. Why,” with a wist-
! ful smile, “I am always alone from
I daybreak until dark. ”
I knew it was the fact; so, bidding
; her open to none until she heard me
or “the Squire” whistle, I started on
my errand
Not very far had I to go, for I met
him in that same little ravine of which
his daughter had dreamed; it skirted
the piuewood. His pick was over his
shoulder, his right baud in his pocket
—feeling the nuggets, perhaps. He
was singing a song in some foreign
lingo, Italian or Spanish. He looked
more content than I had seen him—
more at rest! nodding to me in his
patronizing fashion. After a few stray
words, I related what had happened,
advising him to be on his guard.
“Thanks, I will,” he replied, hauglit-
ilv, amused at the scamps asking him
to pay a visit in their company. “But
I’ve a secret to tell you, Ned,” he
added “I have done with Green Yal
ley Creek, and shaken off its crew
Luck has favored me beyond my hopes,
1 can afford to turn my back upon it.
I shall take my daughter to Mel-
bourne. I have thought of settling
there.”
As he spoke, the little tie of com
radeship between us shattered; in a
moment we were sundered as the poles,
80 T» eU y he brushed it awa£.
You were always an honest fellow,
Ned—a trusty creature 1 Be sure that
you come to-morrow; my daughter
will like to shake hands with you be-
* ore s he leaves;” and he went on gay-
ly through the rich, thick grass.
rest was mine that night; evil
.was m the air., So. as I omild not
sleep, I got up and went out.
being a fool—I knew I must keep my
misery to myself! but my life was
empty! empty I You see, I was hard
hit, mate, like the donkeys. What
was Miss Helen to me? What could
she ever have been to me?—a lumber-
ing, vagabond chap, not worthy to
kiss the dust she trod on.
But I must go back and watch the
house that covered her for this last
night, so I returned to the ravine. In
it were many little dells swarming
with the wild flowers of the grand
Australian spring: Now, in one of
these same dells what do you think I
saw?—a dead man’s face. Yes, I knew
at once that he was dead; but so eas-
ily “the Squire” rested on the wet moss
that the song I had heard him singing
might still have been on his lijis. His
pockets, turned lining outward, were
empty. Snatching up his fallen pick,
I tore on to the log house, knowing
well whom I should find there. My
long, sharp knife was in my belt. I
raced round to the back; the little
kitchen door was undone; the fiends
in possession had small fear of inter-
ruptiou. They were in “the Squire’s”
bedroom, making free with some whis-
ky which he had kept in a cupboard
Where was Miss Helen?
I found her in the sitting room, tied
in her chair, her lips bleeding over j
her white teeth , tlie cursed hounds
had struck her. ‘Ihere are three of
them, sho whispered; “those two
who came and another man. They
watched for my father, and murdered
him—they told me so. Hark ! they
are coming. Ned, they have pistols,
and will shoot you where you stand.
Go away this instant —only—kill me
first;” and she lifted her white pillar
of a throat.
“Now, my beauty, ’ roared a drunken
voice through the thin partition, i
“we re bringin von a cup o’ whisky
to drink our ’ealths ra. Ain’t you
n ui“ /° r U9 t0 mftk f ° T *? y °]
w >Ve 11 stow away the *v rhino • fl first, and
then you shall have your turn.”
“Be quiet, I whispered back to
her, hacking at the cords with my
knife; and in a few seconds 1 had her
out of the chair, and we dashed out
of the house together.
On and on and on until the last tree
was at our backs. Then we made for
a lane which led to Johnson’s tavern,
leaving the yells faint in the distance;
there we stopped, and there sho told
her talc
News spread quickly at the diggin’s,
and Judge Lynch is for immediate
! action. Before noon the stolen gold
I —including the two big nuggets—had
been recovered, and a couple of fig-
ures dangled from an oak by ' the way-
side.
; As soon as it was possible Miss Helen
started for Melbourne, whenceshe was
to set sail for England, where she
j would join her mother’s relatives—
I very heavy swells indeed, I believe.
And I followed her in secret every
i inch of the way, though she knew it
! not until I stood by lur on the deck
| j of the steamer, after I had helped to
stow her boxes safely in the hold
Then I blurted out that I hoped she
i “would not be offended at my coming,
but’’— And then I shut up.
| “Ned!” she cried, “brave Ned
dear, kind, good Ned! There are;
debts which can never lie repaid, And
I am your debtor always—always, hands'to
Ned!” and holding out her
me, she bowed her lovely head upon
my big, brown lists and Bobbed.
“You are very welcome, Miss
I spoke with a quiet voice.
“I wish—I could have been a gentle-
man for just a little while, so that I
might have served you better.”
“A gentleman 1” she cried, lifting
her face, and looking full at me, and
then she raised these hard lists of mine
! to her soft lips and kissed them. Yes,
j ! to she help kissed it ?—the them—and touch I!—Row of those was soft I
! lips broke me down smash. Yet sho
j put was not out her angry—not little hands offended. to me again, She
i
meaning—I knew it—both to silence
and lo comfort me She did not
speak—for what could Bhe have said—
w’hat could any stately lady such as
sfee have said ?—besides, the steamer’s
engines were puffing, and time was
up. She laid her head down on my
arm a moment, and then left me with
a rain of pitying tears,
AVhen tho vessel had passed com-
plctely out of sight, and its long
smoke line had died out from the sky,
I hurried back to Green Valley Creek,
and took up my work again Hard
work is the best friend life has for us,
sometimes
But I have never forgotten Miss
Helen—I never shall forget her; and
I’ve trudged to the old spot often and
stood before the empty house.
That’s my story, old chappie; we’ve
each our own, of one sort or another.
—Chambers’s Magazine.
Cashmere Shawls.
One day we went to town to visit a
manufactory of Cashmere shawls. After
a terribly unattractive approach, we
again clambered up some stairs and
emerged into a large room, full of
looms, with about forty men all hard
at work One w’e especially watched.
He had in front of him nearly a thou¬
sand shuttles of different shades, and
out of these he would select one
and thread it through us many of the
fine strands stretched tightly before
him as his pattern directed, and after
so doing he pulled toward him a heavy
bar, which pushed the last little cross
th reail quite tight, before putting in
the next.
In old days one man used to read
out tho pattern to all the rest, but
now each has his own design on a slip
of paper in front of him It is said
that the wavv lino, so often seen in
these shawls," was originally taken
from the curves of the Jhelum. It
topk four months, we were told, for
two mm to do seven inches of this
work, lone yard wide, working from
5 in CL till Kin the evening
every bo it was hardly to be
womleiied liejarly at that two yards should
cost $500. __ _____
As wfc left the workroom, so glad to
exchange its heated atmosphere for a
cooler breath of air, it was impossible
to contract check the obvious thought of tho
mingled such lives are to our own.
We 'gathered with the gayly-dressed
crowd to see a polo tourna-
ment, and our thoughts strayed back
to that stifling anil room, with its ceaseless
monotony perpetual grind, where
men, ipore like machines, wove hour
after hour varying hues of color into
one harmonious whole. And yet the
old simile would also assert itself,
that we too, in one sense, are hour by
hour working in the tiny threads that
go to make up tho pattern and color
of our lives. Tho whole design, how-
ever, does not lie open before us, but
is mercifully withheld by an all-wise
Master hand.—The Cornbill Magazine.
A ‘•Petrifying Spring” in Georgia,
The Recent accounts of the wonder¬
ful properties of a certain creek in the
Black transform JjUtls plants, country, nuts, which leaves, is said and to
even flesh, into solid stone, reminds
me that there is a spring in Brooks
County, Georgia, which in a very short
time converts wood and several other
substances into hard rock. The peculiar
qualities of tlxis Georgia fountain have
been known since early in the century,
when an old “b’r hunter” accidentally
i OB t his knife in the basin, which has
been h Jllowed out of the granite strata
by the ceaseless bubbling of the water.
A month later the old trapper again
repaired to the spring and was agree¬
ably surprised to find his favorite
knife. The water had had no effect
upon the bright steel, not even to the
extent qf leaving a speck of rust, but
with the wood S' the knife’s handle it
was far different. The petrifying
particles with which tho water is so
hi S bl anil y impregnated in had tho entered wood, every and
pore sap-tube
what was but a few weeks before a
hickory handle of “home-make” was
now two thin slabs of solid stone,
wood-like in appearance, but as hard
and unyielding as a chip from a granite
bowlder. To this day the place is
known as “Old Moore’s Petrifying
.Spring St. Louie Republic
The Biggest—
Cask is the new tun at Munich.
Diamond is the Jagersfontein gem
of 971 karats.
Cable message ever sent from Africa
was King Bohanzin’s $1500 message,
Photograph was at the World’s Fair
—ten feet long, eighteen inches wide
Lumr Winds, of coal ever mined weighs
.rm 280 awl was, of course, at
p,,;,
,, .a loop in the world is proli-
, S |Mb Missouri road. It is
Httiouud.
fvn was for $14,949,-
.'vritten by the V. It.
\v. a- c. r. j:.
IS 'J'.jB.W. kind perhaps Five not in
: , men
Ci o^ ;^BtTio BylfiO pounds; weigh a much bunch as of a
ton a
grapes* m Washington weighing six
pound* New York Recorder.
TEJ?>!lS LT?!U3LAT0RE.
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deoBia’s Law Maters Assemble al Ilia
m
Routine of the House ReimjV lH Senate Brief¬
ly b
"’HE 1/
Chatham, Monday, lias Nov. f \ ,Rke Bplr. hatchet Osborne, and of
put ou his war pni Mgninst the Sa¬
vannah MorninfS non*. The attack
upon the pnp>- % Vh V' unexpected,
was salty and Utii’PK. nti During
tho morning t , was flooded
th' , 1 !'’*,', each
with copies of icicle -i in regard con¬
taining a marked■-* pending'Lbkfore the house to
a bill now
introduced by Mr kJotdan, of Chat¬
ham, the same IWtig ofcavauuah. to change
the regulation !. ws The
article charged the..(routham f Delega
tion with haste and t fairness in put
tiiifythe bill t hrough a he lumse, Mr
O sborne sent to tho G era’s desk tlie
following privilegocvcommuniention, I desire
which was reed; ‘ to
state that the tliarge of un¬
fairness and undue haste contained in
a copy of the Jfwvfe-ff Xcws, now on
the desks of tho members, is absolute¬
ly false. The course given tho bill in
question was the resmdof a conference
had with-the ehAiruuffi of tho com¬
mittee appointed to come to Atlanta
and confer with us i.v reference to tho
same. The said chairman was prompt¬
ly notified by our action in reference
to the bill, and unple time aff¬
orded him to make objection and
secure a re-committal, if so desired
A number of new bifils were then in-
troduce\ An important bill in tho
interest of free and ho lest. labor and
manufacturers giviug employment to
such labor, was introduced by Mr.
Martin, of Fulton. It is a bill pro¬
viding for the lnbeliirg of all merchan¬
dise ed in sold in penitentiary, thiB state nnd^mauufactur- reformatory
any
or other places where convict labor is
employed. There vas considerable
discussion over the bill of Mr. Thomp¬
son, of Madison, to amend the act
authorizing pension:! to the confederate
widows of the state. The law as it now
stands provides thut /i woman to draw
the ponsion must show that she is the
widow of a confederate soldier who
died from the effects >[ wounds receiv¬
ed during the war. The bill of Mr.
Thompson was to chrlage this law so as
to allow any woman tp draw a pension
hereafter if she pro’-ted that she was
the wife of a Soldier during tin- war, and
that she was his wife "t his death, pro¬
vided that his. dealas caused by
wounds received during the wav. bill
There 'm.a much opposition to tlie
and it was lost upon the final vote,
only fi3 voting for it and 25 against it.
The bill of Mr. Walton of Stewart to
pay election managers and clerks was
passed by substitute. Mr. Walton’s
bill provided that all election man¬
agers should bepaid$2.00aday in gen¬
eral elections and in county eleo-
tions to fill vacancies, and that all
clerks at county sites should be paid
$1.50 a day, and clerks serving else¬
where should be paid $1.00 a day.
The committee to which the bill was
referred sent in a substitute for it that
all oleetion managers anil clerks shall
be paid for the services, the sum to be
fixed by the county commissioners.
The house passed this bill almost
unanimously. Nov. 21—The house of
Tuesday,
representatives was in a talking humor
Tuesday morning. It soeinod that ev¬
erybody wanted talk on everything
that came up. Teachers’ institutes
in Georgia in which thoso who instruct
children in tho common schools are
taught how to teach came in for a good
roasting fiom ninny of the members.
Tho discusrion which brought on the
roasting came up over a bill by Mr.
Wilcox of Co' r *o io aYioIizh'AY?? ctuuit;;
teachers in institutes both monthly and
yearly. After the third reading of the
bill ami a lengthly discussion, tho bill
was lost by a vote of 80 to 37. Mr.
Wilcox gave notice that he would move
for a reconsideration Wednesday. An¬
other discussion eamo up on the bill of
Mr. Thompson which was lost Monday.
It is a bill to pension the widows of
soldiers who have died since the pen¬
sion net passed or who may die here¬
after, when it can be shown that she
was his wife during the war and at his
death, and that his death was caused
by wounds received during the wur.
Mr. West moved a reconsideration.
There was a long discussion, but when
a vote was taken the bill was reconsid-
ered, , to coine up again at some future „
time. Mr. Martin, of rniton, having
given notice ol reconsideration ol Mr.
Osborne’s bill, passed Monday, moved
its reconsideration as soon as the pen-
sion bill was disposed oi. It is a bill
to give eminent domain to all the conn-
ties in the Htatei for drainage pur-
poses, that is to give all counties the
right to have druifis placed anywhere objee-
they see fit, regardless of the
tion of the owners. J he bill was re-
considered and sent back to the com¬
mittee. There was further discussion
over a resolution introduced hy Mr.
Bloodworth of Monroe, fend even
Speaker Atkinson took part in it, mak¬
ing his first speech on the floor during
the session. The resolution was that
no business should be introduced in tin
house after Saturday the 25th, except
by unanimous consent. Mr. Tatum of
Dade offered to amend by excepting
local bills, which was adopted. Speak¬
er Atkinson yielded tlie chair 1.o
Mr. Hodges of Bibb, and spoke e.arri-
estly in favor of the resolution, as lie
was chairman of the committee on rules
which considered it. The resolution
was then adopted. By unanimous con¬
sent the senate bill of Mr. Pinson to
incorporate the village of Warm
Springs, Meriwether county, was put
on its passage There wns opposition
vote of 1)3 to 0. The talkiug oeased for
time after this, and by unanimous
SEJJS;*-* SMTigSKJ
announced tho committee to
into tho matter of physical
Mr. Fleming, of Rich-
introduced a joint reso-
that the house and Bouate
Thanksgiving day take a recess to
accept of the invitation of Augusta .to
attend the exposition there. The bill
of Mr. Osborne of Chatham, granting
right of eminent domain to the
of the state, which was recoil-
this morning, was again tuktin w*s
up and it provoked more talk. Tt
so as td include only tlie
counties, but Mr. Hurst, of
Walton, objected to it, which called
spi. „rhes in favor of it from Mr.
of Chatham, and Mr. Flem¬
of Richmond The bill was them
nnmber by of a vote bills of 89 to "nothing. introdueoi|l. jA
new were
following bills wero read the third
and passed: To amend on act
the analysis and salo of fer-
in the state ; To amend the acjt
tho State Savings’ Assca-
; To provide for registering the
of Tatnall county. Tho house
adjourned until Wednesday.
Wednebday, Nov. 22—Soon after
journal had been rend in the house;
the motion to reconsider
bill to abolish teachers institutes
which was lost Tuesday came up lor tii
and after some discussion was
by a vote of 70 to 42. Mr;.
Stapleton, of sumter introduced a bill
to require of dealers in cotton and other
futures and all bucket shops an annual
tax of $30,000. Tho bill was rend and
referred to the tax committee. By
consent the resolution of
Mr. Howard, of Baldwin, to refund
$100 to Mr. A. Pinkns, of Millodge-
ville, was taken from tho table and
adopted. Mr. Candler, of DoKalb,
chairman of the committee appoint-
ed to examine into the legality
of the convention bonds liousoj which!
were recently discussed in the
made a report. The report, which re-!
eomme nded the payment of the bonds,! 1
was made tho special order for next
Tuesday and two hundred of tho re¬
ports were ordered printed for tiio use
of the hons< A petition from nu-
merous citizens of Jackson
ty to amend tho constitution by mak-!
ing new counties in that section was
presented by Mr. Smith, geimraLjudiciary of Gwinnett,
and referred to the luiig,ti|HpkMi,
committee. Mr. in-
troduced a bill to rigtilaib the sale
redemption tickets, which, if adopted|.
will kill the business of tl\e ,*j *.tet scalper*
After the bill to repeal act protee
piimaryelections, hadlbfeu ivipl
fhird time and lost, a number of
were introduced and rend
lime. Tho house then adjourned.
Thuusday, Nov. 23.—Mr. Morshor.,
of Brunswick, introduced a bill in the
house Thursday morning to establish
a state board of health. The bill is ft
sweeping one, and in ease of an epi-
deinio might run tho state to un ex
pense of two or three hundred thous
and dollars Tho bill gives tho gov-
ernor authority to use the state militia
as guards, and lie can call out all of
the state troops. At 11 o’clock the
bill introduced by Mr. Fleming came:
up for consideration, A number of
amendments were offered and most of
them rejected. After considerable
discussion the bill was passed by
o vote of 111 to 9. The bill
provides in section first that, be¬
ginning with the taxes levied for the
yenr 1894, all moneys belonging to the
common school fund of the state, in
eluding poll tax and specific taxes,
Bhall be paid direct into the state
treasury, in like manner as other state
taxes are paid, and said common
school fund shall bo used for jibufe
other than common Hchool pur
poses as provided by law. Hection
2. That on the 33 st day of March,
Bio 30th day of June, the 30th day of
September, and tho 31st, day of De
cember in each year, the treasurer of
the state shall place to the credit of
each county in the state on his books
its proportionate'part of the common
school fund in the treasury on each o ’
said dates. Several new measures
more or less importance were Bills" pri
sented and read first time. .
third reading were then taken up
A bill by Mr. Boynton to make clerks
of the superior courts ex-officio
of the county courts was
bill to authorize tho town of Canton tp
establish free schools; also a bill prohib- walk
iting any one riding faster than a
on any bridge over the Etowah river in
Cherokee county was passed. The
, OHO ] u tion of Mr. Charters to appoint.
a joint committee to vibit North Geor Jtf
j,j a Clollo^ge was adopted. The bill
Henutor Reese to allow Washington,
'Wilkes county, to issue $18,000 worth
o) | Kmc ] H W(lH passed. The home
a „ r ,;cd to adjourn next Wednesday at
j 0 » ( .jock and observe (Thursday)
Thanksgiving Day. They also accept-
the invitation extendedby tho state
)H j r to visit Augusta on that day.
Fjiiday, Nov. 24—Mr. Bniitli, of
Gwinnett, opened the exercises in the
house Friday morning with another
report on the shad industry in the Sa¬
vannah river between the city of A.u-
gusla amiI , thecanuldarn. ,, Ills ... resolution
provides that the governor shall appoint
f<> citizens to act with the shad con-
mittee, and that they shall constitute a
(“ mmissiou to hear evidence anil de¬
termine how shad shall get over the
dnin, and, if necessary, order the darn
repair r removed, or fish ways put
in. The r solution of Mr. Calvin, t.p-
Iji'nprmtnig $2,000 to publish a hai. I 1-
boolt of <' 'orgiu, was passed. ie
boo]t will ,t forth the udvantng
her brunt *-, resources, <
ID. ■rnor ha* ilveulls for stud a
■ t
>k
ilt. t
| ■ d from tlie bob'.,
| O'llted * •b the State N.->r-
consideration of n bill introduced by
Mr Mertdion to create a state board of
!“.!! £:££S.'iS?l r ’S:
slum made an aide speech for his bill,
He paid a beautiful tribute to unfor-
tunute Brunswick, and with great
force, urged that the board of health
be established to prevent another such
disaster. The hour for considering
local bills arrived, so the discussion of
this bill was postponed until Saturday
morning. The senato resolution to
investigate the affairs in tho treasury
was concurred in V number of local
bills were read tin first and second
time and a few passed. l The house
then adjourned until Saturday.
IN THE CillNATK.
Tuesday, Nov. 21.—The senate was
opened with prayer by Senator Flem-
dig, of the 9th. His prayer for the
chaplain, Rev. John Jones, who is crit-
"'“"y ill, was touching and earnest.
llu! senato was occupied for some time
lu reading bills tho second time,
Among tlie new hillH introduced was
aIU: *'.V Mr. Blalock, to Fayette incorporate
the town of Woolsey, in enun¬
ty, and one by Senator Russell, to
provide for tho confiscation of all
the lands in the state granted un-
d " r r, ^ ht or otherwise prior
0 18 40 - " L ‘‘ u Jhe same have
, ! oen al 1 >amloned and no taxes paid on
them “nee 1840. 180 f,,llowl n K ’’ills
aBsed: Providing for the 1 pay-
' v, ' rt! P judges when
™ ent of sal,,rU!8to
tho K rnnd J ,lr .Y ,a,lH to ,IX 15,11
amending the oath to be taken in np-
P 1 ‘ #1b in lorma pauperis; Bill to in-
oorporato Bullockville, in Meriwether
count Y? 15,11 to re « ulato - tho Hule of
ll °!“f tl0 wln ® 1 ? >“ .Catoosa county;
15, U allow „ tho city of Conyers to
a tax to l ' ul! ' 1 ' m ‘ tUn gs ’
Kill appropriating . $1 500 to the deaf 1
and dn ra1 ' aH -V lu '"', H < ’ na t « tbe L n ,ul -
lournod , until 10 o clock , Wednesday, r
Wednesday, Nov. 22.-The senate
‘"d" . 1 !?*' 1 ! 111 ds first spirited debate
Wednesday. This debate was brought
ftbout hv tho bill introduced hy Semi-
tor Jenkins to prohibit anyone from
K oin K ,uto an > r prohibition county and
solicit orders for whiskey. Mr. 1’in-
son moved to lay the bill on tho
table. Mr. Humphries, Mr. Hatch*
er Mr. Haakett and Mr. Jenk-
kiiis advocated the passage of the bill.
Mr. Wilson, of tho 11th district,
thought no man could be convicted
unil,;r tbo l,,1! . llH 1,0 !aw 1,11(1 boon
passed in Putnam county and some
othl ' r co« uti « 8 prohibiting tho sale,
He thought the present prohibitory
laws wero sufficient. Mr. Fleming fa-
vored the passage of tho bill, Mr.
Duly also favored Hh passagt I'll!
making «.as very general, but
was finally laid' ou vhe
Daly introduced a bill to
amend tho charter of Wrightsville,
and Senator Scaif inttoduced n bill to
regulate tho method by which tho
weight of freight shall bo determined,
The senate then went into executive
session, after which it adjourned for
the day 23.—A big
1’huhsday, Nov. sonsa-
tion was sprung in the senate Thursday
morning. When the journal was read
Mr. Humphries moved to reconsider
the resolution adopted Wednesday
that the joint finance committee bo re-
quested to further investigate the af-
fairs of the state treasury ns to why
ccrtain state depositories were allowed
to retain such largo sums,while others,
giving tho same bond, were allowed to
keep only small amounts. The hill to
increase the number of supreme court
judges was passed. 24.—The following
Fuioay, Nov.
bills wero introduced in tho senate
Friday: A bill to modify and simplify
tlie fees of constables of this state, to
repeal section 3,700 of tlie code; A
bill to amend section 943 (a) providing of the
code of Georgia of 1882,
for the election by the governor of banks
in certain cities therein named as state
depositories and the. acts amendatory
thereof so as to add the city of Cnrroll-
ton,Carroll county, to the list of cities;
A bill to amend fees for recording
mortgages. The were
passed: A bill hy Mr. Smith, of the
24th, to prohibit commercial notaries
public from issuing attachments or
garnishments; A bill by Mr. Reese to
amend the general road law of this
state, approved October 21st, 1891; A
bill by Mr. Blalock to incorporate the
town of Woolsey; A bill to incor-
porato the town of Powerville; A
Dili to amend tho general tax act of
1893-4 as to tax on brewing companies;
A Dill to provide for the registra-
tion of voters of the county of Macon
and the appointment of registrars; A
bill to fix the time of holding superior
court of Tallapoosa county; A bill
by King, of Fulton, to allow addi-
tional jurors in city courts summoned
where there is more than one division
of the city court and to require that
they are to be interchangeable; A bill
to amend section 1075 of the code, pro-
viding for (lie regulation of foi ign
* corporations doing business in this
state; A bill to cede to the United
States of America jurisdiction for tho
purpose of building roads,
IVilh Military Honors.
A Richmond, Va., special of Friday
^ Jt ifj „ ow u woJ1 dt . cido(1
the inauguration of Governor
O'Ferrall will be characterized by an
imposing military display, and that
the incoming executive will deliver an
address.
Lehigh’s Big Coal Strike.
A Buffalo, N. Y., dispatch of Tuesday
■ays: Tied up tight with the prospects
of troubio ahead. That is the situation
of the Lehigh strike at present. Freight
cannot he moved from the East Buffalo
yards, and the chances are that none
will he moved for some time.
Every oodv should read the, pup ind
keep no with th# times,
NO. 48,
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.
The Drift oi Her Progress anil Pros¬
perity Briefly Noted.
Happenings of Interest Portrayed In
Pithy Paragraphs.
Four lnisincss houses at Newberne,
Tenn., were destroyed by tiro at mid¬
night Tuesday night, and two white
men and a negro lost their lives.
Eight, dwellings and a frame store¬
house were burned at Jonesville, Ala.,
Tuesday meriting. Tho total loss is
SI 8,000; total insurance $11,300. Tho
fire was evidently of incendiary origin.
One case of yellow fever was report¬
ed by tho Brunswick board of health
Wednesday. Six patients were dis¬
charged Twenty-nine Wednesday’s patients are
yet under treatment
report brought the total of yellow
fever cases to an even thousand.
Tuesday morning fire broke out in
(lie Masonic and Odd Fellows’ build¬
ing at Stiirkvillo, Miss., and in less
than throe hours that building and tho
Watts opera house, together with the
Lee storehouse, with its contents, were
destroyed. Loss about $100,000 ; ra¬
siirnuce $50,000. Several persons were
injured, but nono seriously.
A special of Wednesday from Bris¬
tol, Tenn., sayB: Mayor W. A. Rodcr,-
has instructed tho polico to keep tho
six small-pox rofugees at their homes
till tho council cap take some action.
These refugees are from Saltville, Va.,
where there are now said to be seven
cases of amall-pox, though some say it
is black measles.
Tho 111th session of tho M. E,
church, south, mot in Danville, Va.,
Wednesday moruing at 9:30, Bishop
J. C. Granberry presiding. There
was a full attendance of clerical and
lay delegates. Tho reading of reports
and tho appointment of standing
committees occupied tho first day’s
session.
Charles Bates, late president and
William Smith, late chashier of tho
Bank of New Hanover, N. C., which
failed last June, wore arrested Tuesday
bn indictments found by tho grand
jury of the criminal court, charging
them with certifying falsely to tho
statement of the condition of tho bank
made to the state treasurer. They
promptly gave bond in the sum of
$'2,000 each, with sureties whose esti¬
mated wealth is at least $500,000.
A Raleigh dispatch says: The new
board of directors of the North Caro¬
lina railway recently adopted a reso¬
lution surrendering itsexemption from
.luxation. A second resolution was
adopted referring tho matter to ’Lite
private stockholders. Wednesday
night the directors held another meet¬
ing and rescinded the resolution re¬
ferring the mattnr to the stockholders
and reaffirmed their action surrender¬
ing exemption. All railway property
in tho state now pays taxes.
Tho state of Louisiana, through her
attorney general, has instituted suit
against L. A, Gourdain and others do¬
ing business under tho mimo of J. K.
Morgan, and the Louisiana Loan Com¬
pany at Now Orleans, pretending to
bo tho successors of tho Louisiana
State Lottery Company and selling
tickets in different sections based up¬
on the drawing of the Louisiana State
Lottery Company, and obtained judg¬
ment against defendants, restraining such
them from publishing or selling
tickets either in or out of tho state.
A Birmingham, Ala., special of
Wednesday says: Tho date for the
reunion of tho Confederate Veterans
of the southern states has been at last
selected. It is April 25th and many
thousand old soldiers and their fami¬
lies will attend. Camp Hardee, the
local camp, will meet December 1st,
appoint committees and set about
making arrangements without delay.
Almost every citi/.eu of Birmingham
who has an extra room will fill it with
old soldiers and it is intended that the
veterans shall bo enabled to attend
with as little expenso to themselves as
possible.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
Tlie Industrial Situation During tha
Past Week.
The review of the industrial situation in the
South for tho past week indicates that while
the week shows no iucro so in tho organization b main¬
of new plantd, the average has en
tained. There is a continued demand for ma-
ch'ncr.v of ail kinds, and a largir number than
usual of manufacturing establishments ar • ad¬
ding to their i quipincii'H. Homewhat moro of
inquiry for iron produc's is reported, with no
change in prices, and coal mines are increasing
their output. Southern textile mills are doing
well. Farmers continue to behove that cotton
»id bring higher prices, and those who can do
ro are ho ding their cropi. The laruo cr ops of
lice ami sugar are making money easier along
the lower gulf coast, and mercantile b usluess
is prosperous for tho season. established
T hirty n* w industries w ere ot r in-
corporated dun mg tlie week, together with '
eight enlarge in ills of manufactories and ten
important new buu dings. Among noticea ble
new industries of th ie week may be mentioned
the Georgetown, Texas, electr.oil company, Fisher
with *100,000 capital, organiz d by A. -.
and others; the new rolling mill of the W ittaker
Iron ami K eel Company, at Wheeling, W. Va.,
to cost $100,000; a wagon factory to cos $8 %
l»!0. at Little flock, Ark., by 1( H. Balm II
Dayton, O the Ada i s Drug, Paint and Oil
Company f 8avani all, Oi., cipvtal $. 0 , 000 ,
by J.VV. Preston I ami o' lier» the Ch ere okee Min-
ing and Milling C of Atlanta, Ga .. cap.tal ami
$; 0,000 by Frank r and flf*B-*oiates.
tlie Bay trd Lninb <: onipan.i of Bayard, W.
. and
Va., capital $ 5,000 Iiy G. W. Hiiqbe.
others. w**rki to be built-
Agi iculiui d implemi M nt i T* are lin.j a if mr-
at. Dunn, N 0. uitton ant Ma mpina t- bieco factory at
ing mill at Pi mb : a mill at Knoxville,
Nashville, Tenn.; a Tut nucr and furniture factory
IV nn ; va-ne i y wni !., ami a V and planing
at Wioti rvil ( sa*
mills at I law ; inn 1 xaB, an 1 I G lira ‘ ttou i and Lo*
ran C. II Trad, s n *n (C luttaniooga,
Tenn.)
In the last five years Only six politi¬
cal exiles to Central Siberia have sent
in petitions for mercy to the Czar.
Great is the doughtiness of the Rus¬
sian revolutioowy spirit I