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About Crawfordville democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1881-1893 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1891)
FLORIDA’S BUDGET Of Newsy Notes and Pointed Paragraphs. The interstate shooting match, in Pen sscoia. has been fixed definitely for Feb¬ ruary 14. An ice factory will he built at Punta Gordn, and will be ia operation within a few w.eks. A jwstoffice has been established at Juno, Dade county, with Ada L. Jenkins a* post urn*ter. Kev. Kara Jones will be in Jacksonville February 10th, and will, no doubt, have very large nudienccs. Phosph ite hunters are still in the field around Lakeland, and rumor says that it will only be a short time until work will be commenced on some of the beds iu that s.ction. '! he skin business is a big thing at Kis¬ simmee. One dealer alone bough 1 recently tiOO or HOO ill igator hides, 1,200 pounds deerskins, 152 otter skins anil 708 coou skins, representing about $1,200. When the road between South Jack¬ sonville and Mandarin, some twelve miles, ia finished, it will be one of the best in the country. It is nearly com¬ pleted now, and a stage line has already been established. It is now suid that alligator meat, prop¬ erly smoked, makes line halibut, or at least cannot be to d from this fish. It is also hinted that many of us have eaten an alligator under this tin me. One thing is Certain, and it is n well known fact that the saurian served in this manner to dogs Will cure the mange. Probably A correspondent one-half of at the Daytona sava: has i>oen this orange and crop shipped from section, good pries realised. is largely The effects oblber of last wint •r’s freeze ited. New, Vigorous loss, and growth lias made up for the the trees arc looking remark ably well and promise much for the corn log ye r. At a meeting a Ocala, few evenings ago M. at Armory Hall, in Senator K. Ilariinnind, on b half of the Democrat y Jj. of Orange Hryan, county, presented executive to Judge J. of the county com¬ mittee, a line set of table silver in a neat, plush case, ns a reminder of (lie rendered appre¬ ciation they have lor services by him during the past c. mjiaign. Old Bt Marks is developing a regular boom—one of the substantial kind. Jtifsrs Frank Williams, J. L. Hull and others are to have ruuuing there in a Short while a saw mill, which will manu¬ facture a large quantity of ye low pine knd other k ads of lumber, and the Gra¬ ham Lumber company is constructing tin ro a laige shingle null, which it is said will turn out 2,000, OoO shingle* per week. The follow iiur is from Argyle: The usual c dm of this community bus been broken by a ripple of excitement over phosph in to, ph A sphnto man claiming to be on expert matters, ami from the phosphate belt of Florida, has been proKpecting in this vicinity good for soui* dm- and H'\n be find reason to be¬ lieve it il lu re !(. baa caibere l ape i 1 i ■. "s* as to = X s d ue condition of the ornnge market linoiighout the country «ay that it dm n improve The BUp nly exceeds ti deimuid, confidence is bn roken, end prices are low and declining. Shipments are falling "IT, and it is likely that the prevailing glut will clear away In the course of a few days. It is possi¬ ble, reaching however, that prices’ will be slow in t ieir normal standard, owing to tbo fronted frid going In and the enormous importations arriving in the gre it sculmnr I markets. The tightness of the money market CMtsed t'y the B-mporary suspension of Itaring llrns., of London, whs the cause of the collapse of the phospate deal of 1. Whittaker, of II meliiml. with a L.n don kn mlicnio Jliin cullupsc will not reso I 'in in ictiou at Homeland, for Mr. Whittaker has now nearly completed tie goti capitalists, itiims with n powerful syndicate of and it is anticipated that the mills at Homeland will so u bo grinding away Kansas merrily, worked by a company ut City, Mo. The post • ll’n i nt Key West was robbed rue ni lit recently. I he thieves made a big hunt. They blew the s f,> open and •cuured $1,700 in money -gold, silver and greenbacks $125 wo’itli of postage •tHinps t,i longing to tU'Mureo post offiee, an t all the content of twenty-four regis ter d letters w hich arrived during the day. In addition to this public property they took $1 to iu cash, and $350 worth of low try belon ing to tin* postmaster, and $12 in cash tieUmiriiijr to Miss Bates, tlie postiunatei's ass slant. The produce d. paitment of the Farm «*!*’ Alliance cxehatige in New Vo*k liaa bee • placed in charge of John H. New ton, ilsi'ii, *811 Washington street Mr Oswald V pr. sident. says in Ids Circular: “Mr Ne-toi Ims been connected with the prtHluee business since 1865 and is thoroughly familiar with the markets, am! this insures to our friends and pat runs that their produce will t o propci(y handled, lie has every facility for con dinting the business with experienced salesmen, ami is prepared to give your shipments every possible advantage. Fuliv ,i thousand ixhiiiI" werv in Ocala on the occasion of tlu* “B u<* and Gray” I rrnn ion. < ol John M, Martin chef marnhsl. and his aids wen ( ..I MlH , r , „( Ink- Citv Cant 11 ( 5\ii,.|,t G>"-i i I | Psrr and Mnior I ancaster ans.' ! 1 j Dickbon e mmaude.1 the veto Hi, aid wS, W. Atkins fine procession was a tine aud mp sing one. tors' association formed « pan of i .) 1 lirector-Geueral Lob.* was master of ' «*rcm"'de«, who introduced the speaker. President U F Rogers of 'he Farmers' All'Htiee expo-ttion. who welcomed the state pre*ss mid the veterans of the blue *nd the gray. Tin* article* of incorrmr ti 'ti of the I jrtotid* Rice Manufacturing « mpanv, to |>e located at Kwsitniiicc. hav l>e<n puli Ii»h*-d Ttt<‘ /xsiJer -av- Elsewhere in this issue will b f«mo t tin articles of fl*r-orpor lion of the much ta'k< i of rh r*t* wiiH: also a pro»d«mitton of Mai * or Wat B«in whmiuiut* to the tv iplc th ipt -sti *n vlicthcr the c\pc o olitatning tliis Ir.dust » s' -- t>v taxation, vrh ch will di-lriti -t upon alt alike and Brake it a m si u i. t, or by defeali g TTfR DEMOCRAT, CRAWi-ORl vILLE, GEORGIA. question of issubjr orrfp, force our •nergetk v’de-awake business men to go iown in their pockets and bear th- en •r burden themselves while others reap in .st of tile benefits. The Pi'Dancola Monnat-Bt. A Wa hington dispatch says: The TM moment to the Confederate dead of Pensacola’ Fla , which is being erected v Mr. Manning in ibis city, is nearing t*. con p etn ti. Toe des.gn and is well stti.p.e ch racier, I ut massiv propor tioted. It will h ve an in cr.ptnm on eat it of its four sides, one a t ibute to tin < n of Pensacola and I tCinbia county, • bo f .11 in the struggle, a .ot ter to the tntory of Jefferson Davts; and anotbci wid t>e a trii utc tt.th • •• rvicesof Sti phea and v. Ma'I. ry, Lnited Mat:" senator <S' C rctnr/of the Con feder te n ivy. It " intended that the e timer, ptioiw shall b ( <>l de ted expressions of southern unti inent as ga In red Irt m suggestions offered l>y ladies iff the South. CliriMiSnr Kndfavor. The Christian En eav ir convention ivliich met in Orlan 1 > was an enthusi¬ astic meeting. A. N. Adams, presi address lent i.f the local society, delivered the of welcome. Delegates were pres at from Archer, Apopka, Anona, ( k-ar Wa¬ ter Harbor, Chuluoti, Maytona, Eu>tis (Methodist and Presbyterian), Orlando, Kissimmee, Tangerine, Lake Helen. Ocala, Th vates, Temple Mills, I psula, Winter I’atk r.nd Winter Haven, Pulstka and Clear Lake, Whin the convention was called togi ther for business, each society represented made a report of its condt ti- n. Orlando is the largest society rep¬ is resented, with*185 members. Upsala zed the youngist, having been organ December 22. After the reports the lol lowing officers were elected for the ensu mg y. ar: I‘risident, F. A. Curtiss, of Oilui.tio; vice pre idents, F.E.NettU , ()rl) 0 [ | (( , jii Ln, W. F. Lyman, of winter Park, b. N. Mills, of Orlam o, Mj (i » Maria Fletcher, of Orlando, E. It. V 'Imrton, of Winter Iftw n; secret .ry, a w. Johnston, of Tavares; cm Itaymmid respond M . m t„ r y and treasury, V |j en „f Winter Dark. these, with Walter Strange, of 1‘itlntkn, constituto the executive c< tnniilti e. A number of le'egiites to the national Convention at Minneapolis were selected. Two W«>n<Irr«i. Mr. llalp l’helps, who lives in South Jacksonville, has a curious tile to tell— and if anybody cm explain it in: will he more than thankful, for the phenomenon puzzles him and his neighbuis 1’htlp*’ not a little. About two years ago Mr daughter was on a visit, to him. One dav she gathered some sweet nged gum burrs ef¬ already dry—and arr them fectively inn white stone cluna plat tel — of the remained oidinary tableware material. They Imvo on a table in the same position ever since. A lew daj.s dis¬ utio Mime one was exam niii" them and covered that the platter hail been af¬ fected somehow by the burrs and had fallen to pieces. ’I here it was. preserv¬ ing its original shape, but broken into a hundred pieces. I lie enamel had all nocu eaten uway, anil the ware appeared to he crumbling into a loose mass. The platter had never been dUt ill. 1 t r had acvthii • leu un it Mi ITh'Iik* thinks ’hire p laU’ gu i .jo he.its it; \U. into the stone muleiiui. Ou Mr. i‘iicii>s’ farm til* re au- t \v i or three unturul pniut quar lies. Tt '-y produce a mauii.il which needs only the addition of oil to make a paint of the veiy best quality. In its natural state it is iu two color,—a deep red and a stone gray. There is money in it know undoubtedly, if tlure und Mr. l’helps wants to into. is a paint trust which he < an get The Prune A*»oeln(t«n. 1 he meeting of the .state !*n ss Anhocux tion at Oealu was a viand suceies in every mini address particular l’resid ut Gore’s an gestive was u thoughtful aud sit" paper, lie referred to the won derlul phosphate discovery in th • state and spoke a so of the gu" It belli, w imw ou our at,lute books aiiJ thu necessity 4 f uuu'iuliii^ the siunc. The • r ii , nt holm! the association ,.m do for Is memhers hv their belonging to the organization was referred to and the necessity for main tabling uniform advertising rules. He dis| urag d 11 lining broad side spasm die “inis,” hut I,non ( continuous udver thing, lie si oke hope9ully of immigra "ou and of the neeessity lor it for the 1 ' lllU ' B "’"'inuetl piosp iity il said that l| "’l>re«m bind wu-t entiiely inadequate m * state w. s to reap goo 1 u.-ults, 11 ,m,st l "’ inemi-ed. It Florida ex |’<'led to grow mid prosper she must ad : 11 Use. and that lib rally, to Every U |l ' r state hail do:; so, unit got In i money back a bun i d lot t, und lie i - siaiiei-d the cast- of ( .l ilornia. Ito fa '"'ed a two mill t \ b i t‘, : nr; o ,ll| d said that the newsp peis ot Flmi a muld do tlu ir read, is m> gn .iie: ..erva e U> v g "'em to this m-e. - , L "•’•*'"’en t/u n ;:t - :to:s mnpd mnt 1 ">• nd.«■ Med a i ut, eelu.,ri 11 'ems ou, with n ear t.H<*-l witi t'onda I 1 .',"," N ’ ..... n *■'. ” :;o ihn ■ .h V7" i„.^i N "‘V s, l'l 1 ,l " 1 llu ' * 'iw'k *' , ,, ’ 11 '• Ip wide 7*r* . ’ 'l ' - ' ' lt< * /’!■ ■ k ^ 1 ’ 1 —. it 1,1 V ir "\ . , , .j ’’ 1,1 " ■ 1 ’ mn, ‘nded ., portT» , admirable address, and ‘’special und y the he increased hopeful immigration that tux .tion. was he pits < f' s| “ ,u ^ ""“''l do the handsome •"? m t 1 And the state , \ ,!,Jor h ‘"rbunks.of reap ,‘ F. r- ; nandma om-i said ,v l.*.i!, ns o e of a committee 1>I ,,u ’ l,t ***■’’ press two J ears ago to urge t legislature to create this bureau, he ' muk « i K,, «'’ rs »}«*«» rratlon . In ' ”T. lu ‘'r* «tieg and Ihe wa U u!s a andmv?Zi"« .nile'Stn that direction more clea*lv now ml »• *-<"~i l,,u, prfsi of the state and (fi manded at they teach tho pisipie tlie im;M>:tance immigration legislation. Thne eoin niHIffi vu' i 1 sHjmintcil one t at h on the r s tie t s nimtss, uumiirr i:t*n ami the j In* excursion, t\ d the lib» l |«v. j ddiHvjitt s tit. ju! to th<* NtftioujfJ ’ t nsji N-ijitH iation s-m* Cimrlis W l>a< i Mr* Lik it* \ ui t\ur, i \l j . > lfi H veti a „ j k™,, / K u tjmncy was H for th i i vt a nu i m.cling of ifie s,, u . nvv0l i H , ion ea_ tain J. B. J ' union v . 1 - V.ts.‘ (d to . present the F orida Pr ns nssoc’atirin a gal delegates to the nat final agso cia .on. Col. \V. W. Keep was elected s n 't'-rnal delegate to the Mi-sou i 8tal< 'r> ss i asocial ion, which conv ries it 'ebrunry. The treasurer’s report shower eat the association had . inetv oi.e rm m . i ,j , nrid was in a flourishing cond.tioi. ii.anciiblr. fostnfflce ttotitiery nt Key West. Another account of the Key West postoffice robbery effect says: It needed n d .ri .; burglar to an entrance to the post office, ctack the safe and catry away the money, though the p rty wlro succeeded was uo doubt an expert. Th postoffice is a ore-story fame building (25 feet by 30 feet), located on the gov eminent lot, 20u feet square, at tin corner of W hitebead ml Green s reels •a ith two front entrances and two >,t th» k, through wbic i the enhance wa effec ed by means of skeh ton key*. Th« DUilding ft owned b) Mr. Johi F Ii Brown, who, while postmaster had it constructed for his owt •vtf ty, and rc-nted it to the postomce de partnn nt. Mr. li* -orth ot | >,,rilvw ’ ( who was arret. hi un s spiuo w 1 prelimin ry hea mg More Judge D. /.ono, and wa, discharged taere be ng no cvmence to warrant h. committal „S ( f i; , u«'SZS'”d " smrng evidence against some ind vidua', who arrived there the Satm day nigh* pr. vious to the robbery, but no furth 'r arrest- have been made. Two arrived from th • north by the stem ■ r Mascotte. and are now striving to locate the burglars. A Nnpply of l.rniph tor Florida. Dr. Frank Fremont Smith, of St. Au gu line, who has just re urned from Bet - iin, where he lias been since December Ut, iu an interview Wednesday, estimate gives very hop ful but conservative ot the cu alive value of Dr. Koch’s lymph |>flgi-d upou a peisonal e*amiiia'ion o' nearly 700 cases under treatment. He brings home a supply of ljmph for the Alice hospital in bt. Augustine. D: Neal Mitchell, of Jacksonville, at pi*-. em in Berlin, has also sent a supply ol lymph for use in Flunkie St hum .-ki hospital in his city. Both these amon| plus/ eiaus report an iciaos, opinion [ revaleut the climab German phy that conditions in Florida offer the be t fit) for successful treatment with lv«> i renit dy. ALABAMA’S POPULATION. The Census Olfice Givus the Fig^ J ures by Counties. Foil" ' ii,:.- arc tin: census offices re* a: of the po, r tion of Alabama by coiiutie.'t Milan , i, 13,33 1; Baldwin, 0,041; BaJ bour, 35,742; Bibb, 13 824; Blount, 21/ 027; Bullock, 27,003; Butler, 2D,7f>„ Calhoun, 33,835; ( ham hers 20.3 >'lierokee, 20,450; Chilton, 14,51 1 taw, 17 520; Clarke, 22,024. Cmy, 15. 705; Cleburne, 13,218; Coffee, 12,17 ( "Hurt, 20.1811; Louecu'i, it, 1;* '"Vi 15,1100; Covington, 7,530 C re shin , 15,425; Cullman, 13,439; Dale, 17,225; Dallas, 49 359; liclvnib Elmore, 21,»J2; Escautbi.t, djHk fct.wa, ..... ‘t Ftuilitln, lU.Kol , Geneva, Greene, 22,007; Hal 27,501; He 21,847; Jackson, 58,020; Jefft r tn 8-*,5ul; L mar, 14 187; ^ * 11 ’ ’■ 23.739; Limestone, i awn-nee, 21.201; 20,725; Lee, 28,0(3; 81,5f) Macon, Lowutbs, : 18,4:!!); Madison, 3s, 119; At rengo, 33,095; Marion, 11,847; Mars at, 18,935; Mobile, 51,587; Monroe, 18,99H Montgomery, 50,172; Morgan, 24,081: Ferry, 29,332; Pickens, 22,470; Fiki 21.423; Randolph, 17,219; Russell. 24. 093; St. Flair, 17,353; S elbv, 29,886 Sumter, 29.574; Tal.adega, 29 310; Tal 1 '1 >0 >*«, 25,40 i; Tincaloo-a, 31,352; ” ,|1 “-‘ r . 1«,"78; Washington, 7,935; w >liox, 30.816; Winston, 6,5)2; state, ,J t u L 1,513.017. tuf run KjtilLlAN I am KLVULI. ncuatT InSUF^GntS H&VIQ^ Things Their Own Way. Advices jrom Buenoes Ayres received Frid y morning, stated that information had reached that citv from Chili that leumiu Valparaiso, Iquiquc, T'oquimbo blockade, and Fica iu a state of 'l’he iu surgents are also represented to be niaS ters of the situaii n.' 'J’arapaca has been seized by the revolutionists. In Valparaiso ’ll the sties containing or sup posed to contain anm aud ununuuiti n e- gutted by the revolutionists. The ’utioiiists will permit the port of \ alpat-aiso to be opened to c none ce ou oouiiition that tile foreign consuls ol> serve a neutral attitude. Ihe op 1 iou geuerally iimintains throughout Chili thatunless President Balmaeeda speedily resigns the entire armed force of ChiU will rise in an insurrection. i LUOlka nmre 5JontlUU!>. citCDinniic Mysterious . Death the Heir td 01 Belgium’s Throne. IV, nee Biudmnu, no, hew of Iseupold, aud heir to the throne of Bef gimn, is dead, lie died ia Brussel* 3 o’clock Friday morning. Thcc.useef death is alleged t < have been an attyok of oonehuis. Thedeithof the prince has c used u treme dous sensation ami ereat< s consternation iu Brussels. Ther are a!', sorts of rumors circulating, as the pu «.ic was entirely nuawarv that tin ,„iuce was ill. UtK GOVERNOR UUVKKHUB IS IS MAD. MAD Because Of the False Report Of His Insanity. y Lincoln Neb disnateii of TVsdav ' we ik.'b'twitl a^emRbe'iu his usu »1 health alter a few days’ re-t. THE CARDINAL’S ADDRESS. -- Measures of Relief for Irish Sufferers. A Ballimorv life; Hlcfi of Frid.iv s.ivs: dUt?i'S$s upon tht* fnm ne in Irelauil has brought t«>r*h acit\ul-*r tr.*iti Carotnal Gildnins addressed to all the | astors c. h s diocese to tak prompt measures to iai-e a re ief fund among their eougrcg-xlious. VER ALABAMA. V| fbOU3 Thing's That are Hap¬ pening Around Us. L : ght Infantry, of Opel ka, organized, witn C aptain J. 1). the he d of the company, :u j< r of numerously signed peti . been forwarded to Montgomery n ;. t thu modified Henry school hi| a] us bureau is-ued on Saturday |j*te nt of the populu ion of the Alabama by races. I he tot 1 :j , is given 1,513,017; S30.696 >. 681.431 coioted, 750 Indians ; 1 40 oaiuamen. The Alliance exchange estima'es that wing the current season, it will sell ,00a tons of comraerci«I fertilizer. The it ire consumption of the state will m> , r loo,000 tons. This is an increase of lore !• .u 100 per cent in ten years, Tho two Frenchmen who mysteriously . d, ,pp<-ared from Birmingham some days , he hJUIMs time the $24,000 t J belon , to „„ ot them wa3 8 ol still „» t „ , , ilud . De . cct i ves iire at work 1 sa. !..»« f lie .Moulton , "8 \alley Oil and_Gas t com P- i!s y, ganized less than six months ” Geeu at last rewarded for their ! j la' r i money spent and their faith, i;l, d a t enty live carrel oil well is daily pouring of out its rich treasures six miles last Moulton. L> tin: house, Mr. Brown introduced a : ! '' irday to mcorporpotate the South <•• a Steel company, T. T. Hillman, Will ' Walker and George L. Morris, of Btr:i, iglmm. I cing the incorpoiatois. 1 ■ pital is to be not less than $100, ; ' b not more than $30,000,000. j Heavy rains the fell all over the middle ; sect ion of state Wednesday, doing or bit: damage to ;h; radroads. A big hind slide occurred ou the Kansas City rood, and the completion of the tiew :U : field, Bloi ton and Birmingham toad slid was greatly delayed by washouts aud land „‘S. '1 he senate has passed a bill to r peal an act to make an annual appropriation for the benefit of the State Agricultural so, This . < t.y, <uk*s approved February 22, 1887. the av/ay tin-$5,000given annually to state fair at Birmingham. So the state fair, if the bill passes the house, will lose $5,000 a year. Friday night M**. Y. T. Brannon of Longview, fire The lost his barn and contents by ent re crop of corn, fodder and cotton seed, with livcbalcsofcot ton, were consumed, also two horses. one cow and one Jio^ badly burned and will probably die. A wagon and all the si <ck of farming implements were de Htoyed. t’he state board of public printing, at Montgome,y, has awarded the Daily News, au afternoon paper of Binning ham, the state patronage. Under tie* r testion of the largest circuia- ! j u ... ^fr state t is ftrfl the a rtoahiaf controlling influ- | d ir b ma’s i tory that the contract has been j a aide i paper not published at the state i.apiial or to an afternoon paper. In the course of an argument in d' fense of a bill to make it unlawful for hogs to run at large in beat 22, I,imestoue couuty, Ilepr sentative Lane, on Saturday, stated oil the floor of the house that it would require in that beat fencing to the value of $116,000 to keep out of the fields hogs worth $153. t hese rather startling figures are more or les< true of scores of beats throughout the State. Information that comes from good au thority is to the effect that the Macon and Birmingham road will be pushed on from LaUtange t > Birm nghatn immedi ftle 1 )'. 1 he company having already male all necessary huancial arrangements. As is well known the Kansas Gity is.behind M. & B. I lie biiiltiri^oi tlic r*‘iHi menus another through line to Savannah, Uie biggesttuiug now ia prospect for Birmingham. The striking of a twenty-five barrel oil well iu Moulton valley, foity miles from Florence, has rent wed the interest there a hori’-g for oil, and several «ompanics \e'ured options on large tracts of land wst year, but secured have never developed. One and wmpauy lias options on oi', 8.010, raising $10,009 to bore for a tew n Ucs from the city. Expert geologists aid h "-vc found every indication for od k‘18 in that section is the same ft rmation nslthat of Moulton valley. 1 he bill now pending in the legis'ature to provide against the garnishment of wia-k men’s waves has created somewhat of (i stir among the ret il merchants of Birmiut li ini. So much interest have th y taken in it that a movement was in nugt;mite tfiake known I among their them opposition a few day s to since the to Jefferson representatives at Mon gomerv, am! to » cute, if cot the defeat f the l, ill. at least the exe p.ion of Jifferson conn ty from its operation, Under the provisions whi'h of passed th** the new re¬ ap|> Ctionmeut bill sen te first week,. Jiff rson has six repre sontaiives, Montgomery ijarbour. four. Mobile mid D. I.- three each, Bullock, I'nlltoim, Claik, Chambers, llale, 11 nry, Jacks,in, L- e, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Madi.-da, Marengo, Morgan, Perry, Fike, Russel5, Sumter, Talladega, ialupoosa, ‘ 1 » d Wiicox. iwo r-preenta , ol thy other counties having , in. Is is web known, the county j.-ff.-t gains four memb.rs under the newiapp rtionment. Steel wi ill soon be manufactured in Birm ShH^t, and Huy L now willing lo P ut lut 3’ t ‘° Uusiue-s. w organized By a basic jirorcss now in use it is b la ved steel can be in ule there cheaper tl = :.t nvotfie po:ut in Amcr ioa. rhe * . up nies arc headed bv local iron ■ uciurets of wealth and exi*< ri« net* sinci ev mean t vsiaess. At Itsl t tWO iilr e st ,el plants will be erected duVia^tht 7tr Messrs. airington Bros., of West Point, G. , ;.i i MHceuie i in obtaiiiug a; a Ust a coin j ii ated niiaiii lloixUnUa.- * the SaVaunah aod Western Railroad Company. Last week they pure .»std l.lfiO bales of cotton i Opelika, whii h they wished shipped to Colum us to be compressed, where they have a force of men employed to handle their cotton and properiy s mple it. Thc load refused to receive it for shipment, a> they have a contract with the Opelika compress not to receive any cotton at Opelisa unless compressed there. This prevented the shipment of the cot on ior seviral Pays, but everything i as beet, satisfactor ly adjusted a d the cotton forwarded to Columbus to be compressed. Alliance Resolutions. The Shelby county Farmers’ Alliance held n two 0 .pt ion nt l';il"o. ‘"sd r good de d of bu iDess was transacted. A resolution was unanimously adopt< d op¬ posing the bill now pending before the .egis ature to increase the jurisdiction of the couuty c .urt of Shelny. ’they also pasud a icsolution un; nirnously asking the legislature to su mit for ratification by the people au amendment to the con¬ stitution of the state authorizing local taxation for educational purpos s. They also app. iuted a committee of six of their best men to locate or establi-i) al least one high school in th* eoutlt*. where their boys can receive a collegia education at less expense than now The reports from the different primaries in showed the organization to be a healthy, prosperous to. dition. AKain.t tlic Force Fill. R solutions of thanks have been tend ered by the general ass mbly ol Alabama “to the g<neral assembly ol Illinois for its refusal to table or reter a joint resolution expressing c mdemuatio of the so-called force bill, now pending resolu in our t ation il congress.” The tions proceed to say thaffChicago is “one of the great wonders and marvels of American growth, which wou d be largely incieased by the success of the Columbian exposition.” Yet the genera assembly of Alabama could mteitain t o proposition to take part in said exposi¬ tion so long ns the force lull was being pushed in congress; end “our th nks are hereby tendered to their all our mem¬ i bers in congress for oppo tion to a measure which we regard as detrimental to American liberty, and wa ask the conservative and business men of the north to use their influence to set urc the defeat of the to-called force bill, which is partisan in its natuie unpreced¬ ented in American politics, and inexcus¬ able for want and lack of necessity; that the governor of the state of Alabama is hereby request' d to fi rwnrd forthwith cop es of t is resnlu ion to both speaker the and president of the two houses ol general as-emblv id'Illinois, end a copy to be sent to each of our dist nguished federal senators.” The reso’u ions were adopted by tlie house and s ut to the senate, which also adopted them. SOUTHERN BRIEFS DAILY OCCURRENCES IN THE SUNNY SOUTHLAND into latereilTar^gd Newsy Paragrapi . The groc ry store anl grain house of C. L. Schmauck, in Savannah, was de¬ stroyed by Are on Friday. Loss $5,000. 'l’he first annual exhib.tion of the South Catol na Pet Stock and Fouitry Associa¬ tion and the South Carolina Kennel .Ab erntiou combined, began at Greenville, 1 ucstlay. A movement has been started in Chat t 'nooya, Tenu , to raise a fund to erect a monument in memory of Miss Ackerman, who died while t ursing yellow fever suf¬ ferers there some years since. The mon¬ ument has been on foot s me t me, but has just come to light. Miss Ackerman's grave has been unmarked and neglects 1 lor some years. The following bill was introduced in the North Carolina legislature Saturday and passed unanimously amidst enthusi¬ astic applause: “The general assembly of North Carolina do enact that the l'Jt i day of January, the bitthda, of the peer¬ less Robert E. Lee, shall in each and every year hciea'ter, be a publ c holi ay. This act shall be iu force from and alter its latification.” £.-:’ga,d» '1 he Piedmont Land Company opened AI mat 2J9 invited Philadelphia, guests from Winning Ion Del.. New York and other eastern cities, Rome, (2. dur.owu, Anniston. Jacksonville and other neigh boriuir ^ towns, ’ wer e iu nt tendance. The Lookoi-t mountain property lias b en sold. The deal was made at Chat tanooga .-a'urday. I iie property so d in eludes the Lookout Land Company, the Chattanooga and Lookout Railroad Com puny and ti e Lookout Hotel Company. The famous Point part and Lulah lake are included iu the deal. The New England partis who buy are wealthy. Chatta nooga rejoices over the coinp.etion of the deal, as over $1,090,000 will be turned loose iu the city. Th re was a lively scene in the lower bouse of the North Car Jina legists’ure Friday. Mr. Jones, of Wake, iutro < ueeii a resolution denouncing the force bill as infamous, and instructing North Caro inn's senatotS and requesting und her rt’i resentatives in congress to vote work agaiust it rpteehes bitterly de nunciatory of the bill and of th ■ r publi Can polity were made by Messrs. t>kiu ner. Joms ami Pee’le on the democratic side, wbi.e Messrs. Pr tenard and Hen dricks. speaking tor the republicans, ted op- the posed the resolution and deleu force bill. By a vote of 84 to 14 toe reiolut.on was adopted. A MINE HORROR. J ; Terribl6 p^J^Dead Dd ! reOpte UttdU. j A terrible miue ex lo-ion occurred at J the mammoth Pitt-bur.’, works of Fa. the At 'i. the C. Frick t c’.-ke Uo. m ini- 1 moth mine, Ti e-d.y morning, between S s xl v n t eighty min rs were at w rk at the . time. Eighteen bodies have £*> far I j liven tak. n out. lt is believed tltat at ' least fifty have bo.u killed. CONFEDERATION. LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AGREE UPON A PLATFORM. The Meeting in Conformity with Ocala Instructions. The conference of the different labor organizations began at Washington City Thursday afternoon. A committee on “business” was appointed, consisting of LivingstoB, of Georgia; Wright, of Pennsylvania; Humphries, of Texas, and Wild, of Washington city. After dis¬ cussing a basis of action and adopting plans for the same, the commi tee ad¬ journed until Friday morning at 10 o’clock. The delegates met promptly at the hour ap ointed. The question un¬ der consideration organizations was some plan could of agree¬ unite ment by which on some satisfactory platform and organiza¬ form a close <o federation of state tions for both offense and defense. Alter a long session the following demands were agreed upon: “We demand the abolition of ua'ional banks as banks of i sue, and as a substi¬ tute for national bank notes we demand that legal tender treasury no es be issued in sufficient volume to transact the busi¬ ness of the country without damage or si eciid advautage to any class or calling; such notes to he legal tender in payment of all debts, both public and private; and such notes, when d. manded by the peo¬ ple, shall tie loaned to them at not more than 2 per cent per annum upon non perishable products, as indicated in the snbtreasury plan, aud ..Iso upon real estate with proper limitations upou the quantity of land and amount of money. We demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver. We demand the passage of laws pro¬ hibiting alien ownership devise of land, and that prompt action to some piau to obtain all lands now owned by aliens and foreign syndicates, and all lands now held by railroads and other corporations iu excess of such as is actually used and needed by them, be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only. Believing in the doctrine of equal rights to all and special privileges to none, we deman t that taxation—nat onal, state or mnnicipal—shall not be used to build up one interest or class at the ex¬ pense of another one. We demand that all revenues, nationd, state or couuty, shall be limited to th# necessary expenses of the government, economically and honestly administered. We demand a just aud equitable sys¬ tem of graduated tax on iucome. We demand the most rigid, honest and juit state aud national government con¬ trol and supervision of mean- of public communication audtTansporta’ion, und if this cod rol aud supervision does m t re rao' e the abuses now existing, we demand government ownership of such means of communication and transportation. We demand that the congress of the -tkiTtvd IStetamibttti! an" amendment to the constitution United providing for by the direct elec¬ tion of Stat s senators a vole of the people of each state; also president aud vice president by a direct vote. Resolved, That this confederation of industrial organizations denial d that ia each State a system shall be provided and fai hfully executed that will insure an honest and accurate registration of all voters, a full, fair, secret and official ballot and an honest public count; and we demand that each state legislature shall make it a felony for any improper interference wi h the ex rcise of registra¬ tion, ballot or count. Permanent organization was then form'd by the election of Ben T< rrell, of Ti xus. as president, and J. W. Hayes, of Pennsylvania, as secretary and treasurer. Upon invitation, L. L. Polk, presi¬ dent of the National Farmers’ Alliance, addressed the meeting. Mr. Polk spoke warmly iu support of the views of the confederation as expressed iu the above Si ries of demands. Ben T< rrell, A. IV. Wright committee and J. J. Rogers were appointed instructions a on by-laws, with to report at Saturday's meetiug. The business of the conference was re edit - Hug them .u oocti urn-ot the organ '“d 10 "’ ,» U.ffKU.ty 1ms been en countered in d.sse.umaUng the pnnc.p « “ion** Z reaching , basis . Inch ... to a common ou * This is a plieuble well particularly iu to ,jj e Ee r, ri , regions as portions as of a degree to other { j ie country, where it has bee* f, iunc j t | lat „ ear ]y every state organiza. t ion has different methods of reaching t j le , le ,»pie. T he confederation, afti r long finally determined that the nutl(ma i committee is to consist of tho c fi (l j rmen r) f t. e diff rent duty organizations in the coii'ederation. The of this corn mittee will be to determine on the best methods to perfect the work of the or gimization aud carryout the demands niade by the coni’deration. The new cimmittee has plenary power during the adjournment of the delegates composing ti e organization, and each chairman of the executive committe ha- p >wer to ap p,,i n t au assistant to aid him iu any w y ; n carrying out th ■ views and impressing upon the people of his orguniz tiou the piiuci|iles of confederation. By-laws , were a is<> adopted by the coherence f or tfi e governme t < f the confederation, which also prescribe the duties of the officers of the different organizations. 1 tie presute I or Hie courv-tluruiixA i wa* au herized and empowered to send invite ail indu trial o piuizatious exchange to r views nre i sentatives to in et aud i w th the conf' deration at i s next meet to'ict for the orgadzaitou/ they tepre sent, ’ihe confeieuee theu aujourned to meet again on F. ru try 22, 1892, at some p.acc to be decided upi u by the chairn on of the execti ive committee* Tut j reai dent, however, has potv r to rail an ther meeting win never he deems it advisable. li. A. Humphries w«s el cted vice pieai uent ot tile con*rdvrati-n. i
