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Tli8 CrawforflGoety Herald
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
1. J. McAFEE, Editor and Proprietor.
SUBSC RIPTION, $1.00 PER ANNUM.
Official Organ of Crawford County.
KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA.
Through some oversight an announce¬
ment of County Alliance meeting, which
should have appeared in last weeks, Her¬
ald, was left out. We very much regret
that it happened thus, as the Herald is
in sympathy with the Farmers’ Alliance,
and would esteem it a pleasure to contri¬
bute in an;, way to its welfare.
The County Advertisements.
In transferring legal adveriiscmcnts
from one newspaper to another, the law
requires that a notiec of the intended
change be given in the paper in which
the advertisements had previously been
inserted.
As inquiry has been made by a num¬
ber of our citizens iu reference to the
publication of the legal advertisements
of Crawford county, and that there may
be a proper understanding of the same,
we insert the following notice copied
from the Fort V r alley Enterprise of last
week :
Georgia, Craw ford County.
From and after this date, the legal ad¬
vertisements belonging to our respective
offices (except those now inserted in the
Fort Valley Enterprise) will be published
in the Crawford County Herald, a
new'sp iper now being published in said
county of Crawford.
O. P. Wright. Ordinary.
B. A. Hartley, Sheriff.
March 24, I860.
QUEER GUNSHOT WOUNDS • •
Remarkable Stories About Men Who
Were Shot on the Battlefield,
Captain Tip Harrison's office at the
Capitol is the room where the veterans of
the late war are wont to congregate.
When several of the old soldiers who
bear about them the scars of many battles
meet reminiscences of the great struggle told
arc* in order, and some ol I In* stories
are very thrilling. Yesterday the subject
under discussion was the remarkable
manlier in which some men were wounded
and recovered and were wounded again.
Captain Tip Harrison is responsible for the
following: of the Sixty-first
“Lieutenant Aluncio, Captain
Georgia Regiment,’’ said Tip,
“was one of the most remarkable men I
ever knew'. He was a slender, cadaverous-
looking man, w ith apparently no physi¬
cal strength, yet lu* lived through what
would have killed a dozen ordinary men,
and is alive to-day. In the early part of
the war he was shot through and through.
The ball struck the breast bone and shat¬
tered it, passed through the body, and
came out within an inch of his spine be¬
tween two ribs. After a desperate rejoined strug¬ his
gle for life he recovered and
regiment. At the battle of Monoccasie
Creek he was again wounded, the ball
entering between the corresponding and issuing ribs
on tl e other side of the spine,
from the same hole that the first ball en¬
tered at. The second shot must have
taken the passage inside Aluneie’s body
that, the first ball made in going in the
opposite direction, lie w as in prison with
me later, and appeared to suffer no unusual
pain.” of Sergeant B. F. Cart right,
The case
who is now on the Atlanta police force,
was cited as another remarkable instance.
Sergeant Curtright was wounded in the
right arm, the I tail passing through the
limb from the front. The muscles were
badly lacerated, ami when he recovered
he found that, though could he had hit perfect his use
of his hand, he not arm
above his head. He was not disabled
from using his weapons, however, and re¬
turned to his company. Later in the war,
lit the battle of AYinchester, lu* was shot
iu exactly the same place, except that tlu
ball traversed his arm in the o*fcposit<
direction. When the inflammation sub¬
sided lie found, to In's surprise, that the
stiffness of his muscles had aiinost disap¬ his
peared, and he was soon able to use
arm as w ell as ever.
Lieutenant Leath was another man with
a remarkable experience. He was leading
his men into battle when lie received the
order to charge. The noise of the guns
and the shrieks of the wounded made it
necessary for him to give his orders at
the top of his voice. He had his mouth
wide open, calling out the word to charge,
when a sliver from a shell struck him in
the cheek. It passed through his mouth
without touching a single tooth, and came
out through the other check, leaving on if
each side of his head a gash as clean as
cut by a razor. The wound became in¬
flamed, and Leith, who was at the time
near his home, was given leave of absence
for two or three days. When he rode up
to his mother’s house his head was tied
up with bandages. rushed when she
The old lady out saw
him coming and cried:
“Oh, my son, where are you wound-
ed?"
“Right through the head," wound he replied,
His mother, thinking the must
be fatal, sent for a doctor without wait-
ing for explanations. When the modi-
eal man arrived he found Leath sittiugat
the dinner-table eating a hearty meal.—
JAtiauta Constitution.
at the capital.
WHAT THE FIFTY-FIRST CON¬
GRESS IS DOING.
lPPOINTMENTS BY PRESIDENT HARRISON—
MEASURES OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
AND ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
In the Senate, on Friday, after reports of,
from committees had been disposed
the resolution offered by Air. Teller to re¬
call from tin- president the bill in his
hands, in order to correct a verbal inac¬
curacy (the use of “and" instead of “or")
laised tiie question whether one house
could recall the bill without the concur¬
rence of the other house, and also as to
what in either case would become of the
constitutional provision that if the bill
were not returned by the president with¬
in ten days without his objection arranged therero, that
it became a law. It was
Mr. Dolpli should address the senate Sat¬
urday on the Voorliees resolution as to
agricultural depression, and that the rest
of the day should be devoted to the cal¬
endar. The senate then, at 1 o'clock,
proceeded to executive business. At 5:55
the doors were opened, and the senate
adjourned. of New York,
On motion of Air. Baker,
the house, on Saturday, passed the the senate
bill, suspending requiring for one year pro¬ be
visions of the act steamers to
provided with line-carrying projectiles.
On motion of Air. Bankhead, of Alabama,
the bill was passed for the erection of a
public building at Tuscaloosa, Ala., at a
limit of cost of $40,000. Bil's Were
passed providing for public buildings at
Allegheny City, limitingthe costal $250,-
000, and Wilmington, Del., increasing
the limit of cost from $150,000 to $250.-
000. The senate bill was passed extend¬
ing to Tampa, Fla., the provisions of the
act relative to the immediate transporta¬
tion of unappraised committee merchandise. of the whole The
house went into
on the army appropriation bill. The
only discussion was upon the provision
making an appropriation of $100,000 motion for of
canteens at army posts. On
Air. Blaiu hard, of Louisiana, a joint res¬
olution was passed authorizing the presi¬
dent of the Alississippi river commission to
purchase or hire sucti boats as may be re¬
quired to rescue persons in the overflowed
portions of the Mississippi valley. The
house then adjourned.
In the House, on Monday, chairman tariff
McKinley delivered the “McKinley
bill" into the hands of the full committee.
The minority will be allowed ten days in
which to offer amendments and prepare
their views upon the bill, and such
amendments as may he made before the
bill is reported to the house. The bill,
according to Chairman McKinley, will
effect a reduction of $45,000,000 in reve¬
nues. The republicans arc not satisfied
with the bill, and assert that it is lull of
inconsistencies and patchwork from be¬
ginning to end. Ex-Speaker the committee Carlisle, have
and the democrats on
decided to present a substitute bill in or¬
der to show the people by contrast the
republican and democratic position on
the tariff. The bill will hew close to the
line of the Mill's bill.
The senate met Monday morning ordered) (as
will be the rule until otherwise
at 11 o’clock. There were twenty-five
senators present, but a call having been
ordered, the presence of a quotum w r as
secured and then the journal of Saturday
was read and approved. Air. Reagan
addressed the senate on the bill for the
issue of treasury notes on the deposit of
silver bullion. At the conclusion of Mr.
Reagan's speech, the dependent question pension be¬
bill was taken up, the first
ing on Air. Plumb’s amendment reprov¬
ing the limitation as to arrears of pen¬
sions, making pensions on account of
wounds, or injuries or disease, commence
from the death or discharge of the soldier.
In the debate which followed, considera¬
ble opposition was shown on both sides
to disposing of the question involved in
Air. Plumb's amendment as an attach¬
ment to an appropriation bill. bill The
amendment was killed. The was
finally passed, ayes 42, nays 12. The
Aloutana election case was taken up so as
to make it unfinished business, and after
a session for executive business, the
senate at 5:50 adjourned.
In the house, Tuesday morning, the
chaplain feelingly referred to the death
of Representative David Wilber, of New
York, and invoked fpr his bereaved fam¬
ily divine passed protection the and bill comfort. of Judge The
house
Crisp, extending the time for
the construction of a bridge across
Oconee river, Laurens county, Georgia.
The committee theu rose, aud the fortifi¬
cation appropriation bill was passed
without Division. The amount appro¬
priated is $4,521,670. The zoological
bill was appropriation passed—yeas bill 117. nays reported, 66. The and
naval was
placed upon the calendar.
In the senate, on Tuesday, the experi¬
ment of the 11 o’clock meeting of the
senate not proving successful, after
prayer by the chaplain, there twenty-nine was a call
of senators, when only
answered to their names. A second call
resulted in the attendance of thirty-six
senators. Then a motion was made by
Air. Cockrell that the sergeant-at-arms be
required to request the attendance of
absentees. On motion of Air. Edmunds,
the senate proceeded to executive busi¬
ness.
notes.
The senate in executive session, Alon-
dav discussed the Florida judicial nomi¬
nations for two hours, but failed to get a
vote on them, because of the lack of a
quorum. the
Foreign delegates to Pan-American
conference, have issued invitations to a
dinner to lx* given in honor of President
Harrison, on indicate, the 16th of April. This is
supposed nrobable to date w the ith adjournment some accuracy, of
the of
the conference. The trip of the delegates
through the South will be made after that
date.
Representatives of the National Cord¬
age association appeared before the re¬
publican members of the ways and means
committee, Thursday, to protest against
the proposition to increase the duties on
loose fibres used in twine making. They
did not ask any reduction of the existing
rate, but declared that the proposed in¬
crease would be ruinous in its effect upon
cordage makers, and would not protect
the farmer, as the fibre was not produced
in this country.
The senate disposed of the nominations
of Judge Swayne and United States At¬
torney Stripling, of the northern district
of Florida Tuesday, after an executive
session of five and a half hours, These
cases were before the senate in five execu¬
tive sessions, and w ere contested as no
other nominations have been for years.
They w ere finally confirmed by a stout
party vote. The nomination of John B.
Alizell to be marshal for the same district
is still before the judiciary committee.
There were three delegations before
the home committee on naval affairs Fri
day. The first was from New Orleans.
The members wanted the committee to
make provision for a navy yard at Algiers,
near New Orleans, i ’2 conformity w ith the
recommendation of the naval commission.
Another delegation, from Pensacola, Fla.,
sought to have the old navy yard yard. there
reopened and made a first-class
There was also a delegation from Port
Royal, S. C., who wanted a dry dock lo¬
cated there.
The lions* committee on elections
passed upon two more election cases
Friday, AYaddel vs. W ise, third Virginia
district. The committee by a party vote
decided to recommend seating Wad¬
dell. Democratic members of the eom-
mitttce took the ground that neither
party w as entitled, and will recommend
that another election be held. In the
second ease, McDuffie vs. Turpin, another from
the fourth Alabama district, by decided
party vote tlu* committee also to
report in favor of the republican contes¬
tant, AIcDuffie.
An amendment to the world's fair bill
introduced on Friday by Senator Daniel,
proposes that tlu* opening celebration of
the discovery of America shall be held in
Washington instead of Chicago, celebration in Octo¬ shall
ber. 18!)2. Tlu* plan of
include the unveiling of the statue of Co¬
lumbus, in Washington, October 12,1892,
to lie preceded by a review of tlu* navies
of the world—first in New York Harbor,
and then in Hampton Roads, and the
erection in Washington of a memorial hall,
suitable for the holding of large recep¬
tions and conventions.
Representatives Bland, of Missouri, and
.1. R. Williams, of Illinois, members ol
the house committee on coinage, weights
and measures, on Thursday submitted to
the house the minority report in opposi¬
tion to the Windom silver bill. They say
the bill is a very dangerous purity experiment
for if it fails to restore the of two
metals, silver will be in a worse plight
than now. The report concludes as fol¬
lows; The bill is very adroitly drawn to
suspend silver coinage to totally demone¬
tize this metal, and to permanently estab¬
lish for the United States a single stand¬
ard of gold payments. It does these
things effectually, though cunningly.
The new anti trust bill introduced by
Senator Alorgan on Friday declares it to
be unlawful and a crime, punishable by
fine and imprisonment, monopolize for any person article, or
corporation subject bf to with intent any to limit a
commerce,
the supply thereof, or to control the
selling price. Property conveyed from
any state to another in pursuance of an
inter.* ion to unlawfully interfere with
commerce, shall be liable to confiscation
during, or within three months after
transportation. All contracts and agree¬
ments made in contravention of the act
are declared to he void. Persons in¬
jured by any such unlawful requirements
shall have the right to recover three fold
damages.
A FLOODED CITY
GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, DELUGED BY
THE BREAK OF LEVEES.
A special of Monday to Miss., the Memphis
Appeal , from Greenville, says:
The protection levee north of this city
gave way at noon despite the most heroic
efforts on the part of the people, and the
waters poured in upon the city, which,
since its existence, has been above the
level of the Mississippi tremendous at its greatest
height. The flood is a one,
and the volume of water that is pouring spread¬
in from the three breaks above is
ing out in all directions, inundating flood plan¬
tation after plantation, which in the
of 1882 were above water. It is greatly
feared that the heavy wind and rain now-
prevailing will cause the levees to give
way in new places. The water at latest
accounts had reached Washington avenue,
one of the principal business streets of the
city, and the people were navigating in
skiffs. No lives have been reported anticipated, lost
and no actual suffering is
unless this overflow continues for a con¬
siderable length of time. A later dis¬
patch says: It now* seems that all the
low land below Helena. Arkansa
will be overflowed within the next
two weeks. A break in the levee of
about fifty feet occurred about mid¬
night Sunday night at Austin, Miss.
There is no possible way to close the gap.
and as the levee is on a sand;- foundation
for a mile from that point, the break mtiy
increase to an unlimited extent. All the
plantations in the vicinity of the break
are being rapidly subfherged, and tenants
arc leaving without saving any of their
effects. Rain has been falling in torrents
all night.**
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The German Government will shortly
notify the other powers that she has taken
the islands of Manda and Paita, off the east
soazt of Africa, under her protection.
ALLIANCE NOTES.
WHAT THE ORDER AND ITS
MEMBERS ARE DOING.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE FARMER,
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS OF
THE COUNTRY.
The Farmer’s Alliance of Edgefield
county, S. C., has determined to estab¬
lish a Farmers’ Alliance bank, to be loca¬
ted at some railroad point in the county.
The shares are fixed at $25 each, to be
paid in five annual installments.
*
* *
Our Alliancemen should turn their at¬
tention to encouraging and aiding the es¬
tablishing of oil mills, guano factories,
and the manufacturing of farm imple¬
ments in their own section. These en¬
terprises will keep your money at home.—
Exchange.
* *
The great remedies for our troubles
must be found in national legislation.
Without it we can never redeem the ag¬
ricultural interests of America from the
oppressions of a favored class, We are
determined to have equal rights to all,
equal rates to all.— Southern Alliance
Farms/',
* *
* Alliance
The sub-treasury plan of the
extends the helping hand of the govern¬
ment to the whole people; the national
bank system confines its benefits to the
privileged classes in the great cities and
commercial centres, Our plan gives
equal rights to all and special privileges
to none.
^ & Wissler
Major George Chrisman, Jacob
and Air. Prince, representing the Farm¬
ers’ Alliance of the United States, have
concluded to establish Alliance Gat<f, agricul¬
tural works at Iron Allegheney
county, Va. The works will employ
300 to 500 hands, and their products
will go to ev< ry sub-Alliance in the
country, representing four million mem¬
bers.
^ $ “We
The Cumiuiug Clarion says:
cannot do the Alliance and farmers ol
Forsyth county a better service than to
keep before them the fact that there is
nothing they can do, is going to benefit
them much until they have learned how to
make their own bread and meat, and raise
their own stock. Think for a moment of
the immense amount of money annually
sent out of the county for what can be
made at home.
* *
The Sourthern Alliance Farmer says:
“The venal methods which are showing
up in the opposition to the sub-treasury
bill,, are absolutely disgusting. A ma¬
jority of the papers which oppose the
bill, intentionally and maliciously re¬
fused to acknowledge that there is a
national order in the United States
known as the National Farmers’ Alliance
and Industrial Union, and that the bill
with all eminated of its promises of good to The the
people, from this source.
sub-treasury plan proposes to give us a
place where non-perishable farm products
can be stored, and 80 per cent, of their
value advanced upon them for a term of
not more than one year. This will simply
enable the farmers monopolists to be inpependeut and them of
speculators and put
in a position demand to obtain will such a price as
the legitimate anything in warrant. there Is
there wrong that? If
is, somebody please show it to us and
point out a better plan.”
*
*
The act requiring dealers iu flour oi
meal to brand or print thereon the num¬
ber of pounds contained in each sack,
which was adopted by the last General
Assembly of Georgia, should be kept in
mind by all Alliancemen. It is as fol¬
lows:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen¬
eral Assembly of Georgia, and it is lierebv
enacted by authority of the same, That
after the passage of this act, it shall be
the duty of each and every member, or
manufacturer of flour or of corn mealjand
every merchant or dealer) sacking said
articles, to stamp or have printed on each
sack in which either of said articles are
sacked, in plain figures not less than 1£
inches in length, the exact number ol
pounds of flour or corn meal, as the case
maybe, contained therein; provided, the
provisions of this act shall not apply to
grist ground for the toll. Any person or
persons violating the provisions of this
act. shall be deemed guilty of a misdi >_
meanor. and, upon conviction thereof,
shall of be punished Code as prescribed provided, in section this
4310 the of 1882,
the number and residence of such peti¬
tioners, etc. ;
2. Our national legislative committee,
C. W. Maeune and A. Wardall,appointed
it St. Louis, and whose duty it is to look
after all matters presented by our order ol
a legislative character, will thus be ena¬
bled to take cognizance of and give per¬
sonal attention to the w ishes of the breth¬
ren thus presented.
The bill embodying all the essential
features of the sub-treasury plan, as
adopted by the St. Louis meeting and
which lias been introduced in both houses
of congress, is now being secretaries mailed as rap¬ all
idly as possible to the of
the Alliances and unions throughout the
country, together with other printed The mat¬
ter of an important character. mat-
act shall not apply to merchants or deal¬
ers selling flour or meal in quantities less
than a full suck. Approved November
11, 1886.
jh :fz
To the Farmers’ Alliances. —All pc
titions or memorials to the United State-
Congress fro’ii Alliances and unions should
be mailed direct to our national secretary,
J. II. Turner, No. 511 Ninth street. Wash-
ington. I). C. This is important for the
following reasons;
1. That this office may have a record ol
all such petitions, thgir subject matter.
ter thus mailed is earnestly commended
to the immediate attention of the broth¬
erhood.
All papers friendly to our cause are re-
requested to copy the above.
By order of
L. L. Polk, Prcst. 1ST. F. A. and I. U.
J. II. Turner, Secretary.
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5 j e
The Georgia Press association at theii
recent annual meeting held at Savannah,
Ga., passed the following Alliance: resolutions, en-
dorsing the Farmers’
Whereas, We, members of the Geor¬
gia Press Association, in convenrion
assembled, look with pleasure and appro¬
bation upon any and every movement
calculated to enhance the prosperity of
our agricultural community and relieve
our struggling farmers from the wrongs
of iniquitious and oppressive extortioners tariff, the
despotism of trusts, and
the dangerous influence of combined
capital; and
Whereas, We consider the organiza¬
tion of the farmers’ alliance movement
calculated to further this great end, and
place this worthy and honorable class of
our people in a position where they can
demand their rights. * * *
Whereas, We watch with delight the
wonderful growth of the farmers’ alliance,
see it gathering into an army of voters
not only the yeomanry of the south, but
of the great grain-growing states of the
west, we look upon the alliance as an ed¬
ucator of the people on the oppressions
inflicted upon them by the Republican
party, and to which they have so long and
patiently submitted; therefore be it
1. Resolved, That this body, represent¬
ing as it does the press of Georgia, look
upon the farmers’ alliance as a friend and
co-worker with them in their efforts to
rescue our people from the oppressions of
monopolies and protected industries.
2. Resolved, That this convention
pledges the farmers’ alliance its earnest
and hearty support in all of its efforts to
better the* condition of and elevate our
agricultural element, and bid this noble
organization Godspeed in the great work
it has undertaken.
3. Resolved, That we know the farmers
of our country to be the most conserva¬
tive people on earth, and feel that they
will not use any power they detriment may possess
or acquire to the injury or of
mv other class of our people.
A PLOT REVEALED.
COMMITTED SUICIDE RATHER THAN ACT
THE I’ART OF ASSASSIN.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg to the
London Telegraph, says that a man, who
committed suicide there Sunday, left a
letter in which he confessed that he had
been engaged in a conspiracy against the
life of the czar. The letter said that the
writer and his fellow conspirators had
drawn ballots to decide who should take
the czar's life, and the lot had fallen to
the writer, who, rather than commit the
deed, had determined to take his own
life. The letter also gave names of the
writer’s accomplices, several of whom
have been arrested.
THE FLOODS
• AUSING GREAT DISTRESS AMONG 1UH
MISSISSIPPI PLANTERS.
Officers of the lower Mississippi steam¬
ers arriving at St. Louis, Mo., report
much distress in the overflowed districts
south of Memphis and the outlook for
their next crop quite discouraging.
Should the water not drain oil by the
first of April it will seriously interfere
with their planting. Over one million
empty sacks have been shipped Vicksburg, to points and
between Memphis and
have been filled with earth and sand and
used in strengthening the levees.
A GOOD SHOWING.
ANNUAL MEET-NG OF THE AMERICAN TRACT
SOCIETY.
The Washington annual meeting of the
American Tract Society was held
Sunday evening. Rev. G. L. Shearer, D.
D., presented the report of the operations ended
of the society for the eleven months
March 1st, and shows total receipts $304,-
263,again of $25,126 over the correspond
ing period of previous year,. A major
ity were in other languages than English, 756,00(
and the grants of tracts averaged
ya^es each week.
HEAVY DEFALCATION.
Maryland’s state treasurer short in
IlIS ACCOUNTS.
The joint committee of the Maryland the
legislature appointed to investigate
defalcations of Stevenson Archer, Saturday treasu¬
rer of the state, made a report
night of the result of the investigation five
in Baltimore. They enumerated
classes of bonds, of which there should
be in the treasurer’s hands a total of
$500,000. The found $345,000, showing
a deficit of $127,COO. This amount is
exclusive of coupons on some of thes*
bonds not accounted for, amounting
perhaps, to several thousand dollars more,
Ancient and Modern Coins.
From the tvfins of ancient times w t
gain much of what we know of the ap¬
pearance of various kings and heroes, we
learn the lengths and much ol the history
of royal reigns, we gain ideas of costume,
of architeetre, of heraldyandof
itself. What can our present
coins give the future as a record of
tory? There is upon them no
ure, nothing to mark our
administrations, nothing on earth to
terest any one beyond the fact that it
pleasant to possess them for the sake
what one can get in exchange for them-
—New York Star.