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11 is- now almost certain that speak
Carlisle will be appointed Chief Jus¬
tice of the U. S. Supreme Court in
place of Judge Waite, deceased. A
better appointment could not be
made.
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Dr. 1 . S. Hopkins, president of
Kmorv College, Oxford, has been
elected president of the State tech
nological school at Atlanta and will
probably accept. Such a man is
needed to inaugurate this great mod
ern improvement.
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A most feaiful and fatal earth
quake has occurred in China. Fif
le^n thousand people are said to
have perished by it. At Yannan
5,000 perished by die falling of
houses.
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The state temperance association
ol Georgia will meet in Atlanta on
April 25th to consider tne propriety
of memorializing the next legislature
to pass a prohibition law for the
state at large, to be submitted to a
vote of the people. Reader.
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THE ALLIANCE MOVEMENT.
(Carrollton Free Press.)
From every quarter of this section
of Geoigia the rapid growth of the
Farmers’ Alliance is ieported. The
movement is bei lg watched with a
great deal cf interest by all classes
but more especially by those who are
accustomed to working the political
machinery of their respective counties.
the outcome of the movement
will be, in its various phases, is a
problem as yet of the future. That
properly managed it can be the means
of doing great good we have no doubt.
In Texas, where the organization is
several years old, judging from a dis¬
patch which we see in the daily papers
of the past week, it seems to be cre¬
ating quite a revolution in the busi¬
ness methods of farmers, The dis
patch is from Dallis, Texas, and is as
follows:
The farmers of Texts have got up
a combine worthy of note ail over the
union. They have organized a stuck
company with unlimited capital—that
is, more money is offered than can at
present be used—to erect exchanges,
warehouses and manufactories for the
sale of cotton and its manufacture,
and the manufacture of all kinds of
agricultural implements. The several
hundred acres north of the city,knowft
as the Cole fair grounds, have been
purchased and are being put in order
for the reception of machinery for
making plows, hoes, rakes, buckets,
harness and many other articles, as
well as a cotton tactory with 20,000
spindles.
A cotton exchange and warehouse
is being erected in the heart of
city, where, perhaps, half the crop of
the state will be sold by sample. It
is expected that this immense
za ion will lead to a dictation of prices
to some extent, at least, and if the
alliances of other states can be brought
to co-operate with Texas, it is thought
perfectly practicable to raise the price
to fifteen or twenty cents per pound.
The backers of this movement say
jt is high time cotton planters were
goirg into a trust, and it only needs
ar , filiation and opportunity for such
a movement to be everywhere ac
cepted with an avidity that would
astonish the world and “make Rome
howl.”
Hamilton Alliance.
A sub-alliance was organized here
Tuesday, by Rev. S. Maxwell, o
Talbot county. The following officers
were elected and installed:
Dr. F. Barnes, President.
J. F. C. Williams, Vice-Pres.
M. M. Jones, Treasurer.
J. M. Hudson, Secretary.
E. D. Swan, Lecturer.
M. G. Reams, Ass’t Lect.
N. B. Brooks, Door Keeper.
T. J. Seats, Ass’t D. K.
Rev. J. P. Cheney, Chaplain.
Fire Alarm.
Yesterday morning the roof of
Mr. B. H. Walton’s lesidence, near
the public squaie, was discovered to
be on fire. An alarm was given and
in a few minutes a large crowd gath¬
ered. • Before the roof could be
reached the wind fanned the fire into
a blaze, but a few buckets of water
extinguished it. The fire is sup¬
posed to have originated from a
spark from the stove chimney. Had
it been discovered five minutes later
the house would have been burned
to the ground before it could have
been extinguished.
A New Firm.
Dr. S. G. Riley and Dr. E. Harold
Williams have associated themselves
together in the drug business and for
the practice of medicine. Dr. Rile)
has been in the successful practice of
medicine for upwards of thirty years
and is too well known to our readers
to need any enconiums at our hands.
He has been a resident of Hamilton
for eight years and enjoys a lucrative
practice, Dr. Harold Williams is the
son of Hon. B. H. Williams and js
a young man who enters upon the
practice with great promise and Uuder
very favorable circumstances. He is
a graduate of the Baltimore College
of Physicians and Surgeons, one of
the best equipped medical colleges in
America. He took besides a full
course in medicine a special course
in surgery and had the advantages of
practice in one of the finest city hos
pitals in this country. He has im-
proved well his opportunities as any
one needing his services may easily
ascertain and we can cordially com
mend him and his associate as worthy
of the confidence of all the afflicted.
It Will Come by (irecnville.
Dr. J. W. Taylor, of 1 '* erville,
was in Greenville las Tuesday. The
doctor is very hopeful concerning the
ultimate connection ci Lutherville
and Greenville by rail. He is confi¬
dent that the Chattanooga, Rome &
Columbus after reaching Carrollton
will build the 18 miles from Puckett’s
Station to Greenville thus finishing
the road to Columbus. The distance
is only eighteen miles and ten miles
of the distance does not cross a drop
of water nor require but one cut and
that only five feet deep. K better
route cannot be found in Georgia.
It does seem tl at this line will be se
lcctcd in preference to a long, rough
one through Heatd and Troup coun
ties.—Meriwether Vindicator.
Gone to His Reward.
Tuesday morning the entire town
of Hamilton was saddened as the
news spread of the death of uncle
John Turner. He was one of the
landmarks of the town and its oldest
citizen. On Monday morning he
was elected for nearly the hundredth
time Bailiff of the grand jury of Har¬
ris county. For forty two years he
has served the county two or three
times a year in that capacity.
Monday he seemed to be in his
usual health and greeted his acquain
tances as they came into court as
usual. In connection with his
daughters he usually conducted a
boarding house during court week
and this with his duties before the
grand jury kept him busy during the
day.’ He was up until a late hour
and complained of fatigue when he
retired. He awoke about two
o’clock in the night with what he
thought rheumatic pains. These
grew more severe and a physician was
sent for, but before he came the
messenger of death had preceded
him—the soul of the old man, wash
ed and made whiter than snow,
was in the presence of that Savior
whose constant worship was the joy
of a long life.
Uncle John was a pioneer and in
his youth did not enjoy educational
advantages, but he vas a good man
and enjoyed the respect and esteem
of his fellows to a degree that is un
known to wealth or learning. He
reared five daughters, four of whom
survive him and these in the loss of
an esteemed father have the sympa
thy as they have ever had the love
and respect of all who know them.
The burial occurred Wednesday
morning. Judge Smith, with a con*
sideration that has met the approval
of all, adjourned the superior c\
The grand jury attended in art
headed by their loremn Mr. Gj
Poer. At the Methodist cU>%
large concourse of friends assail
to listen to a funa A discourse*
Rev. W. D. McGregor. It II
brief, but contained many loull
incidents illustrating the
the deceased. The remains I
then taken to the cemetery and fl
consigned to their mother eartft| have! l
It was a benediction to
joyed the friendship of Uncle
Turner. “He walked with God
is not—for God took him.”
Dr. Harold
ago, was Prof. Williams of
Grove, has just received his titll
M. D. <tt the Baltimore
lege. On receiving his
the " morning, he took unto
rib” in the afternoon, leaving
diately on a bridal tour for Ha
Madame Rumor says that
has captivated one of BaltinJ
$50,000 girls.—Cor. LaGrangJ
porter. Harold says the above
of the value of the prize he has dr,
is too low by a full million.
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HARRIS SUPERIOR
Proceedlngi ot the April Term,
Judge James m. Smith
Harris Superior court
Monday morning with Judge
M. Smith on the bench, The
were soon organized and the ca'
the dockets begun.
In his charge to the grand
Judge Smith sustained his reputal
for He terseness, impress clearness and the W fcj
strove to upon
the importance of the work ba
them and the need there was of tl
making diligent inquiry and iru^ law)
sentment of all offenders of the
was not prepared to say to what
it was attributable, but it is
to all that drunkenness is on the
crease. The laws touching the
of spirituous liquors should be
fully enforced. The law
a misdemeanor to sell to a
without the written consent of
parent or guardian. An oval
is not sufficient. The old tope
hard to reform, but by proper $ |
straints the youth may be kept
falling into habits. This is the p
pose of the law and its execut
would help to preserve the youth
the land. The law purposes also]
put a seal upon saloons for the 3
bath. It is unlawful to open a cl
of one of them wide enough td^l
a bottle out.
He had become noted, he said,
the severity of his charges agi
vagrants. There is good cause
this severity. Too many people