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TB6 crawrorfl County HeralO
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
W. J. McAFEE, Editor and Proprietor.
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Official Organ of Crawford County,
KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA.
Entered at the postoffite at Knoxville,
Ga., as second-class matter.
All facts seem to prove that while tin
extreme scarcity and high price of fuel
in Europe at the present time may be
normal, yet. measured by demand, coal
is becoming constantly scarcer in Eu¬
rope.
One of the flourishing industries o!
New York is the insurance of babies.
More than one company is engaged in
the business, and it produces a lucrative
income. The sum paid is usually five
cents a week cm each child, and collec¬
tors have to trot about in lively iashiou
to earn this.
A Canton (China) paper estimates that
750,000 people die every year in China
by lire and flood, but it is not satisfied.
s . The fact is,” it remarks with cold¬
blooded cynicism, “the great need of
China is the sudden removal of two or
three million inhabitants to make elbow
room for those who arc left."
The poor potato has its ups and downs
like everything else. A short time age
tho. distinguished doctors of Europe were
condemning it as productive of throat
diseases, and now they have gone wild
in recommending an exclusive diet ol
jKitatoes and milk for stomach troubles.
The potato is a good thing in i,s proper
place.
Claus Spreckles, the sugar king, lmv
been in Florida, ancl says wli it astonishes
him most is the richness of the black
lands iu certain localities irt the State,and
their peculiar adaptability to sugar grow
iug. This land, so long under water and
formed almost wholly of decayed vege¬
table matter, lie regarded as capable ol
producing five or six tons of sugar to the
acre.
A triumph of engineering is reported
from California in the lifting of the
Feather River, a fast-flowing stieara, fifty
feet and carrying it for more than half a
mile in an artificial bed at that height
above its own channel. It has been ac¬
complished in a little less than a year.
The object was to drain the river near
Oreville, in order to reach the rich gold
deposits believed to exist iu its bed.
A French court lia^ just refused t/
recognize the American citizenship of 4
young man who, at the age of twenty*
one, had taken out Ins naturalization
papers in this country and then returned
to France to reside. He has been ar¬
rested, and will be tried by a military
court, for breaking the law which re¬
quires every Frenchman to serve sc
many years under the Hag.
There has been a terrific fuss at Con¬
stantinople, Turkey, in consequence of a
German photographer having rashly at¬
tempted to take an instantaneous photo-
graph of the Sultan as his Majesty was
proceeding on horseback to the mosque.
He was detected by a functionary, and
the guard at bine rushed upon him.
s riashed all his instruments to atoms, and
' dragged him off to prison, where he dis-
ivcred that he was in a truly serious
plight, for the Kurau strictly forbids the
depicting of the human form, and his at¬
tempt to photograph the Sultan was
therefore regarded a> high treason of a
peculiarly diabolical kind.
The Washington Glae declares that
“Chicago has an immense—an almost ap¬
palling task to do. It has come before
the American people and announced its
ability to make the World" , Fair a suc¬
cess, To tlo this it must interest aud at¬
tract the exhibitors of the the three
Americas', of Canada, of Europe, and of
the East. It must not only do this, but
with the exhibits secured, it must secure
the attendance of the civilized world,
aud when this is done, take care of them
in a decent way at a reasonable cost,make
their stay pleasant and prevent the pi¬
racy and brigandage of local harpies
who hope to enrich themselves at the
expense of the throng. Most of all, it
must send its guests away feeling that
they have seen, not a provincial show,
but, as was advertised in the bills, a
World’s FaiT.”
AT THE CAPITA I,
WHAT THE FIFTY-FIRST CON
GRE8S IS DOING.
APPOINTMENTS BY PRESIDENT HARRISON—
MEASURES OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
AND ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
In the house, on Monday. Mr. St ruble,
of Iowa, submitted the conference report
<>n the bill to provide territory a temporary of Oklahoma. gov¬
ernment for the
The bill, as agreed upon, changes the
boundaries of the proposed territory of
Oklahoma, so far as to exclude fn m ter¬
ritorial limits what is known as the Cher-
okee outlet, It is provided, however.
that as soon as the Indian claim to this
outlet is extinguished, it shall become
j»ait of the territory of Okl ahoma, with¬
out further legislation, and that the lands
therein shall be opened to settlement as
other lands in said territory. It is also
provided that jurisdiction to enforce the
laws of the United States in the Cherokee
outlet shall be conferred upon the supreme
and distiiet courts of the territory of Ok¬
lahoma. The reading of die report occu¬
pied one hour and a half. After a brief
discussion and but little opposition, appropri¬ the
report was adopted. The bill
. .
ating $88:1,500, to provide the necessary
vaults and safeguards for the security of
public money in the custody of the United
States treasury, was passed. in The order speaker for
then called the committees a
motion to suspend the rules and pass
measures on the calendar. Mr. Mor¬
rill. of Kansas, from the committee
on invalid pensions, called up the bill to
pen-ion prisoners of war. Mr. Tarsney,
of Missouri, opposed Hopkins, the of bill Illinois, in an able de¬
speech. Mr.
fended the bill. represented. It was not so sweeping limited
as had been It
beneficiaries to those who suffered from
disability resulting from confinement. It
was the duly of the government suspend to care
for such men. The motion to
the rules and pass the bill was then put
and defeated. Mr. McKinley bill presented
the conJerenee report on the to regu¬
late the sittings of the United States
courts in the district of South Carolina.
The house receded from its disagreement
to the senate amendment. The report
was adopted, adjourned. and the house at 5:10
o'clock,
In the Senate, on Monday, Mr. Plumb
introduced a concurrent resolution di¬
recting the secretary of the treasury to
increase the treasury purchase and coin¬
age of silver bullion to the maximum
amount authorized by the act of Febru¬
ary 28, 1878, and gave notice that he
would ask for its consideration Tuesday.
On motion of Mr. llawlcy the Senate pro¬
ceeded to consider the House bill to pro¬
vide for celebrating the four hundredth
anniversary of the discovery of America
by Christopher Columbus, by holding an
international exhibition of arts, indus¬
tries, manufactures the and city product Chicago, of soil, in
mine aud sea, in of
the State of Illinois. The only amend¬
ment reported by the Senate committee
is the insertion of a new section provid¬
ing for a naval review in New York har¬
bor in April, 1808, and for the unveiling
of the statue of Christopher Columbus at
Washington. The section regarding is fol¬ the
naval review was adopted, and as
lows: “That the President is hereby
empowered and directed to hold a naval
review in New York harbor, in nations April,
1808, and to extend to foreign
an invitation to send ships of war to join
the United States navy in rendezvous at
Hampton Roads and proceed thence to
said review.” The bill was passed—yeas
48, nays 18.
In the Senate, on Tuesday, Mr. Plumb's
resolution, heretofore offered, for an in¬
crease of the silver, treasury purchase presented. and the
coinage of was Mr.
Plumb consented to let the resolution lie
over for the present, so as to give Mr.
Mitchell an opportunity to address the
senate... .Mr. Mitchell addressed the
senate in favor of the constitutional
amendment proposed by him for the elec¬
tion of senators by a popular vote.
When he had concluded, his resolution
was referred to the committee on privi¬
leges and eleetions. . . The conference re¬
port on the bill to regulate the sitting of
United States courts in the district of
South Carolina was presented Columbia and agreed
to.. .The District of appro¬
priation bill was taken up. During Morrill, the
consideration of the bill, Mr.
from the conference committee on the bill
for the organization, improvement and
maintenance of a national zoological
park, reported that the committee had
been unable to agree, and he moved that
the senate recede from its position and
agree to the house amendment, which re¬
quires half of the expense to be paid bv
the district government. After some
discussion the motion was president agreed for to and his
the bill now goes to the
signature. Consideration of the district
appropriation bill was then resumed and
ended by the passage of the bill. Aftei
executive session the senate adjourned.
NOTES.
A state reception was given to the army
and navy by the president Tuesday night.
It was a quiet affair
The senate has confirmed thf nomina¬
tion of E. C. Weeks as United States
marshal for the northern district of Flor¬
ida.
A committee of one democratic repre¬
sentative from each of the cotton States
met Monday night to decide upon the
best method .J of lighting the compound
lard . , , bill. They decided to make , a poll ,,
of the House Tuesday, ascertain their ex-
act strength, and li they have not a ma-
jonty to work among the members and
indeed do everything possible to defeat
the measure.
Tlie members of the house committee
wore iu session for an hour Tuesday af-
ternoou. The discussion showed that uo
material change in views had taken place
since their last meeting before the caucus.
No agreement could be reached, and upon
motion, the same sub-committee which
conducted the last negotiation was in¬
structed to confer again with the senate’s
sub-committee.
Assistant Secretary Tichenor has writ¬
ten to the collector at Baltimore that on
an exportation of bagging manufactured
wholly from Tnpoited jute and exported
as covering of cotton in bales, a draw¬
back will be allowed equal to the duty
paid on imported jute used in the manu-
facture of bagging, less 10 per cent.,
provided that the average allowance un-
der any duty shall not exceed 11 8-8
pounds of jute per bale.
Republican members of the house held
a caucus Monday night to receive the re¬
port of its committee on the silver ques¬
tion. Every one expected a lively time,
and the expectation was realized. The
discussion ran on until half-past 11
o’clock, when finally the entire subject
was recommitted to the caucus commit-
tee. It became evident from several
x'otes on the minority propositions taken
during the debate that the republican Windom
members were opposed to the
bill iu the proportion of two to one.
Secretary Proctor has transmitted to
the house the report of Quartermaster-
General Robinson in regard to the condi¬
tion of affairs in the overflowed district
of St. James and Ascension parishes,Lou¬ that the
isiana. General Robinson says
situation is deplorable, and hundreds of
planters have lost their crops, while thou¬
sands of laborers will soon be thrown out
of employment. At Grande Point,where
there wore probably 00 to 80 families, the
people escaped in skiffs, and the whole
precinct is under water. Opposite the
levee break at Nita numerous poor whites
and colored people lost all but their lives.
He recommends instant action tending United to
the relief of the sufferers by the
States. There is liable to be iu St. James,
St. Johns and Ascension parishc a total
of 5,000 persons destitute within the
mont h.
The senate committee on agriculture
and forrostry, on Tuesday, had under con¬
sideration Senator Vance’s bill to provide
fora system of warehouses for farm pro¬
ducts throughout the country, to be oper¬
ated by the government, which is to issue
its notes upon deposits of grain therein.
Colonel Folk, president of the National
Farmers’ Alliance, read a long argument lie
in support of the measure, which,
said, was formulated by the committee
appointed for that purpose by the con¬
vention of the National Farmers’ Alli-
ancu and Industrial Alliance, held in
St. Louis on December 8 , 1889.
Dr. McCone followed Col. Polk, and said
he felt perfectly confident the bill would
be reported favorably immediately, and
Mould soou pass both houses. However,
of the seven members of the senate com-
lmttec*. it. is quite well known that Sena-
ton** Higgins, Blair, Bah\ (reorge and
Jones will vote against the nil, and a*
thov compose all, save two of the com-
mitt<*e\ it is not at all probable that I)r.
Me( une is correct. «
Tho secretary of State, on Monday
morning, telegraphed Captain Bourke, iu
charge of the special train that was car¬
rying the Pan-Americans on their South¬
ern tour, to return to Washington from
Richmond, Ya. This was done because
so few of the delegates desired to make
the excursion. Thirteen of the foreign
delegates accepted the invitation, but
only two of them—Martinez Silva, oi
Columbia, and Zegarra, of Peru,—left
Washington with the party. The others
sent letters of regret, giving various
masons for withdrawing their ac¬
ceptance. Some were detaine 1 by
important business; some were
called to New York by telegraph: foi
others had decided to start at once
their homes, and the rest were ill or toe
tired to make the journey. Several
promised to join the excursion at Rich¬
mond. Monday, but were unable to do so,
and the secretary of state decided that
the number of those going would not
justify the expense of the journey, which
would cost as much as if the entire con¬
ference had gone. The secretary said
that he sincerely regretted that the com¬
mercial organization and citizens of the
south w ho had made preparations be to disap¬ en¬
tertain the delegates had to
pointed, but felt that they would appre¬
ciate the circumstances which compelled
the abandonment of the excursion.
A TRAIN OVERTURNED.
SEVERAL GEORGIA RAILROAD OFFICIALS
INJURED.
The pay train on the Gainesville, Jef
ferson and Southern Railroad, containing
Superintendent Hemphill, Roadmastei
Robinson, Treasurer Richards, Supervisoi Georgia
Bell, Engineer Stulb, of the
railroad; and General Manager Wilkins,
of the narrow gauge; and Route Agent
Hurlbert, of the Southern Express com¬
pany, was overturned Friday afternoon
near Jug Tax'crn, Ga., and all the officers
named were more or less injured. The
train was running about twenty-five miles
an flour, wdien, from some unknown
cause, it turned over. The injured were
brought to Augusta and taken home on
litters. None of them are thought to be
dangerously injured. _
NEGROES IN CONVENTION.
RESOLUTION DECLARING THE DEFEAT OF
THE BLAIR BILL A CALAMITY.
At the state convention of colored men
Iteld on Thursdav, at Richmond, Ya., the
committee on resolutions reported a se-
r ies G f resolutions, in which thev declare
the dcfcat of the H lair bill by the senate
is a blow at popular education, express
disapproval of the acts of the present leg-
islature of Virginia in their efforts to
cripple the already feeble commonwealth. provisions in
n* gro education in that
ALLIANCE NOTES.
WHAT THE ORDER AND ITS
MEMBERS ARE DOING.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE FARMER,
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS OF
THE COUNTRY.
The Farmers’ Alliance of the United
States have concluded to establish the
Alliance Agricultural Works at Iron Gate,
Allegheny county, Virginia. The works
will employ products from will 800 to 500 hands, Sub-Alli¬ and
their go to every
ance in the country, representing 4,000,-
000 members.
* *
The chiefs of the Alliance organization
throughout the United States, report to
the New York Herald a membership of
about 2 , 000 , 000 ; of these there are some¬
thing over 1 , 000,000 votes, with the
membership rapidly increasing. The Al¬
liance is becoming a power in the land
which will soon be felt in the political, a 9
well as the commercial world.
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% jfc
The Elbert G’ounty, Ga., Alliances questions art
determined to inform them upon
of protective legislation of vital interesl
to farmers as a class. Therefore they re¬
solved :That the 1st Tuesday in May be set
apart as a day for the meeting of the
County Alliance with an especial view to
formulating a plan and outlining a work
as regarding the same.”
%
The Dublin (Ga.) Post says: “The Al¬
liance has been the pecuniary salvation ol
the farmers of this country. Iu the pur¬
chase of guano alone it has saved the
people from two to ten dollars per ton.
In this one purchase it has saved the
farmers of Laurens couuty this year over
ten thousand dollars. May the Alliance
continue iu the noble work, and do *ven
more good than in the past-._* r Mch. uo
doubt, she will.”
*
Congressmen are everywhere ansi- us’
asking their farmer constituents “what
they want.” And these seekers after re-
election are getting right down on theii
knees and swearing to “do anything find foi
the dear people”—if they can only
out what the dear people “want.” Ic
our humble opinion a congressman who
has not been able to find out what his
constituents nee:! by this time had better
stay at home and try his hand at pound¬
ing sand into a rat hole.— Exchange.
* * ■The
One of our exchanges says: have
work goes bravely on. Organizers into the
been commissioned and sent
states of Michigan, Montana, Wyoming, and
California, Iowa, Illinois. Indiana
Ohio. Brother Ben Terrell, our national
lecturer, is now on a tour of the ioliovv-
ing states: Texas, Nebraska, Arkansas,
i nt iiana, Wisconsin, Dakota, Colorado,
Kansas, Indian Territory and Missouri,
which will employ liis time up to the
middle of August. Our national presi-
dent passed through our city on Monday
on ]d s Mll y gouth to meet some important
engagements with the brethren in the
states of Georgia, Arkansas and Missouri,
President Polk informs us that the cause
is moving grandly forward all along the
lines, and asserts that the cause is strong¬
er and the order* growing history'.” more rapidly
than ever before iu its
* ’
*
The Green county, Ga., Alliancemen,
at a recent meeting, adopted the follow¬
ing preamble and resolutions:
“Whereas, Legislation in the past,both
state au<l national, has been largely of a
class nature, favoring in many instances
the interests of monopolies and trusts,
which xve believe.to be diametrically op¬
posed to the true spirit of our govern¬
ment ; and
Whereas, We believe the agricultural ig¬
interests have been, to a large taxed extent,
nored, and farmers unjustly and others to pay foi
the sal iries of rendered; legislators therefore be it
services not
Resolved, That we, the Alliancemen ol
Green county, Ga., pledge ourselves tC
support no man for governor, legislature,
congress or other office of trust in the ap¬
proaching elections, who has not proved
himself to be in full sympathy with the
principles of our order, and who is not
avowedly opposed to the payment of the
“per diem” of legislators absent from du¬
ty, without providential give the cause, agricultural and who
will not agree to to
interests his best support, first last and
all the time. And iVe do earnestly ap¬
peal to all the County Alliances through¬
out the state to pass similar resolutions,
and abide unfalteringly by them.
Resolved, That we will stick to cotton
bagging, and that hereafter in purchas¬
ing supplies, wtH such give as preference corn, oats, to guanos, such
etc., we sacks.” as
•re put up in cotton
* *
It is learned from the officers of the
State Farmers’ Alliance of North Carolina
that there have Q-en issued ninety-three
charters to couuty Alliances, and 207 tc
sub-Alliances, of which latter only'thirty-
two have been returned. All the counties
save Alleghany, Dare aud New Haven,
have county organizations. Wake leads
in the number of sub-Alliances, having
fifty-seven, Chatham coming next with
fifty-two. The gain in membership in
the past year has been over sixteen
thousand. The state business agency ol
•he Alliance Is doing an immense work.
It has furnished two sub-Alliances tills
season twelve thousand tons of its special
fertilizer, and its sales of ohter supplies,
mainly provisions. average forty
thousand dollars per month. The state
business agent says that other effects of
the sale of special brands of fertilizers
made for the Alliance at a special rate has
resulted in a declfne of prices charged for
the brands and he estimates that this
season alone the business agency has
saved the farmers over half a million dol¬
lars in the matter of fertilizers alone.
A NEW BAGGING
SUCCESSFULLY MADE FI’.OM THF. FIBER OP
THE COTTON STALK.
Mr. W.n. E. Jackson, solved a young the lawyei
of Augusta, Ga., has jute bag¬
ging problem that has been a sore conten¬
tion with the southern planter. Mr. Jack-
son wil 1 furnish a covering for contton made
from the cotton stalk, Atkinson thus verifying that the
prediction of Edward every
part of the cotton plant would be used*.
By the nuking of bagging of the cotton
stalk it is estimated that about
three million dollars are put in the
planters’ pockets, and the gross sav¬
ings to the county are about three mil¬
lion dollars. Mr. Jackson has been work¬
ing for months with the idea of discov-
ermg a fibre that for bagging would
compete with the jute article. This, by
treatment iu his machine, he discovered
most appropriately in the stalk of the
cotton plant. The stalk is cut and
housed when mature. It is run through
corrugated rollers under her heavy pres-
sure with an eccentric attachment. Wa¬
A while carrying off the foul
ter is all the
residue, of gum, pulp and skin.
Carding machines then prepare
the yarn for the weaving
machine, and Mr. worked Jackson, until keeping he had
his labors a secret,
a sufficient quantity and then went north
to experiment on the looms at the jute
bagging factory of J. C. Todd, in Pat¬
terson, N. J. That gentleman assisted
him, aud for three days they worked.
The result is a roll detect of bagging the that jute it
puzzles experts to among
rolls. One of the members of the ex¬
porting cotton house of pronounced Doughty & Co.,
says it would not be other
than jute bagging by one man in hun¬
dreds. It is proven to be uninflam-
able. NIr. Todd, an expert in bag¬
ging. says it is all the southern planter
could desire in bagging. The jute people
have eyed askance the new candidate. It
is a shade darker, but will not stain cot-
ton. It runs about two and one-quarter
pounds to tjie yard, but can be made
* and eight yards
lighter. Seven arc re¬
quired for a bale.
L A I D TO REST.
the funeral of hon. samuei. j. ran-
VIALL AT PHILADELPHIA.
A dispatch from Philadelphia second says:
The funeral of Samuel J. Randall,
of the fathers of Hie popular branch of
the national legislative body who have
been laid at rest in this commonwealth
within the present calendar year, took
place Thursday afternoon and was one of
the most silently impressive events wit¬
nessed in this city for many a day. There
was an absence of all outward demonstm-
lion, but a look at the faces of the thous¬
ands who had. gathered as witnesses of the
last sad rites plainly showed that their in¬
ward feeling had suffered a severe shock.
The funeral train from Washington it
reached the city at 8 o'clock. When
pulled up at the station, there
were awaiting it, drawn up in milita¬
ry style, large delegations from tho
municipal council of the Irish National
League, M< ade Post No. 1 Grand Army
of the Republic, Samuel J. Randall Asso¬
ciation the James Page Library Associa¬
tion, Continental Democratic Association,
Young Men’s Democratic Battalion and
many friends of the deceased. Y* r hcn the
funeral train Arrived the.cortege p.t once
moved toward West Laurel Hid Ceme¬
tery, the casket and hearse loaded with
flowers. Rev. Dr. Chester, of Washing¬
ton, rented the burial service, and the
casket was opened go that those present
might be permitted to take a look at the
departed statesman. The absence of any
public demonstration, and the immense
gathering of people of all walks of life,
marks Mr. Randall’s funeral as one of the
notable ones in Philadelphia’s history.
THE PIPES BURST.
NASHVILLE TESTS THE COWER OF THB
NEW RESERVOIR.
Nashville’s new reservoir is now com¬
pleted, and recently' xvater from it was
turned into the pipes running into the
central portion ot the city. The bottom
of the reservoir is above the highest esti¬
buildings in the city. It had been
mated that at a pressure of 70 pounds old water to
the square inch some of the
pipes would burst. The latter expectation pipe
was realized. A twenty-four inch on
Vine street, between Church aud Broad,
burst and a sheot of water three inches
thick and twelve feet wide forced itself
thiough three feet of macadamized
street, tearing a hole four feet long.
The stream of water went forty feet into
the air at an angle of forty-live degrees. and
It struck the new Christian church
broke out all the windows, tearing up the
cornice and Hooding the building. R.
E. Page's elegant residence w as also in
the line of the stream, and it suffered
thousands of dollars damage. The water
poured iu at the front windows, and, as
the door leading to the flooded stairway was the
closed, the upper floor was to
window sills and poured out at the win-*
dows. Carpets, furniture and everything
in reach were ruiued. The damage is
estimated at $7,500. Judging from this
incident, engines will not be necessary to
throw water over the tallest buildings in
the city.
NEGROES RETURNING.
THE FIRST FRUITS OF THE LATE EXODUS
TO THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA.
It is learned that a number of fannies
of negroes who recently followed in wake
of the exodus to the Mississippi delta
and of their own accord paying their ex¬
penses going and coming, have promptly flood¬
returned to North Carolina from the
ed and distressed districts.