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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. $ * 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. * * * 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. * * 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. »♦ 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. • 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