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£ljc Cratufarfc €omty t)ctatb. VOL. I. For Good Shoes, for Comfortable Shoes, for Honest Treatment, go to ROFF SIMS & EVERY PAIR OF SHOES WARRANTED telegraph and cable. WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE BUSY WORLD, K SUMMARY OF oUTStPE AFFAIRS CON- densed from newsy Dis^ATCJjBES FROM uncle SAM's DOMAIN and what THE CABLE BRINGS. The Jews in Sebastapol have been or- deied to leave that city • The president ., , returned , to Washington Monday 1 night from his trip to the west. ° & Mersey’s . rolling ... mill, ... . Mon- Pillow in treal, was destioyed by fire Saturday. The committee of Presbyterians revis- iug the confession of faith, in session at Pittsburg, finished their labors Monday, Gen. W. W. Belknap, secretary of war under Grant, was discovered dead in his bed in a flat house in Washington, Mon- day morning. Wm. Peters, supposed to have been the largest mau in the country, weighing over 400 pounds, died in Lukin town¬ ship, 111., Saturday. The Servian government, finding the presence of ex-King Milan in tho country intolerable, has resolved to ask the skupt- sehina to pass a bill providing for his ex¬ pulsion. The locomotive and machine works of Adams & Price, on the northwest out- outskirts of Nashville, were destroyed by fise Friday night. They estimate their loss at about $20,000. At the session of the Christian Con¬ ference, at Marion, Inch, Friday, the southern wing of the church, which seceded at the Cincinnati convention, held in 1854, was restored. Win. H.Schneber.who robbed the First National bank of Columbus, Ind., of $300,000, fled to Cauada, and was brought back, has been sentenced to twelve years in prison and a fine of $500. The rate war between the Ohio and .Mississippi railway and its connections east and west and the Big Four and its connections, ended Friday night by a compact Hates satisfactory to both parties. will be restored. The Indianapolis Car and Manufactur¬ ing Company, a concern employing 800 hands, was on Friday placed in the hands of a receiver. The purchasing agent of the company claims that it is insolvent, having debts amounting to $650,000. ber Captain Peter Foster, the oldest mem¬ of the Grand Army of the Republic the United States, died in Mount Pleasant, la., Friday night. lie was ninety-five years of age and fought in the "i ar °f 1812, the Mexican war and the civil war. A London dispatch .says: A four-story h-hs, Luildiug, occupied by Rowley & Brock, caps and helmet manufaenurers and government contractors for military head- gear, was Six destroyed by fire Monday after- uoou. persons were burned to death an«l thirteen seriously injured. The United States court at Little Rock, • ’ k as been instructed by the judge to i ai| . ng in an indictment against Captain toffee, of Chicago, for sending a chai¬ t< se lUte sent to Horace challenge Allis, to of Allis, Little and Rock. he a t,UQe d it over to the officers of the law’. by a Are which broke out in the Put¬ nam s uile Luropean hotel, at Adams and La- morning, * streets, Chicago, early Sunday four lives were lost and a score l,! l’tTsons had narrow escapes. The lire w as caused by the explosion of a kero- ? ene ^ am P> which had been left burning ,n one °f the hallways. A 1\ ashington dispatch of Thursday \P J, a S: ' on Internal informed Revenue several Commissioner collectors , a lUlve ,t“ e section of the new tariff bill, to the fortification of wines with orandy, free of tax, will be practically perativc before December 1st, because then 6 ' 8tam I )S caun ot be secured until The ce nsus bureau, on Friday, an- — t 1 » ■ i> *ock. Ce f ^ Ark., le following 22,469; populations*: increase, 9,358 Lit- L ..a- 011 . 1 ’ 9123< Baton Rouge, La. V* A\ ncrease * 3 - 200 '. per n ent, 44.4*. SoL 0r,ean *» 24L99 «*' ; increase, Tp' ’ P° r cent > 11-99- Knoxvile, „ D '’ 2 '’<44J; increase, 12,754; perent, ,o, 1 -56; state of New York. 5 J34; ‘“crease, , 981 899,063: per cent. 17.69. 1 ive persons were drowned i* the nl C ! a . by t Kinkora the capsizing - N. J., of Sunday boat. after- They ’ a _ ssotomon J. eher, aged 22: Fletcher, Angleo aged Fletcler, 3f; John aged KNOXVILLE, CRAWFORD CO.. GA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1890. 24; Cheafus Merry, aged 43 ami Alonzo Cannon, aged 22. The first three were brothers. AU five lived at Kinkora, and brickyard. were employed at the Murrell Dobbins The supreme court of Michigan, on Saturday, rendered a decision in a case w ^ ere a restauranter refused to entertain a colored man, In the court below in a su but ‘t f the °r damages the negro was defeated, supreme court says the court erred, as the negro is a citizen under the wurtitaUoa apd cannot be discriminated against and says the Only question that should have been considered in the lower cour j W as one of damages. ° A dispatch , , from „ Trenton, , N. vr J., T says: Danid p Bcatty was indicted Monday by the federal mails.' grand jury for fraudulent use of the Mr. Bcatty is a man- ufacturer of organs, and is charged with sending circulars throughout the country offering organs at ridiculously low prices, and after the receipt of the money, re¬ fusing to fill the order till a further sum w’ould be forwurded, claiming that he had run out of cheaper instruments. A San Diego, Cal., received dispatch of Friday says: News has been from Ros¬ ario miue, seventy miles inland from Ma- zatlan, of a terrible explosion which oc¬ curred there in the latter part of Sep¬ tember. An American named McGee, who came from Napa, Cal., was working with nine Mexicans in a sixty-foot level near the magazine, which contained sev¬ eral hundred pounds of dynamite. This exploded in some way, and the ten men were blown to atoms. Acting Indian Commissioner Belthas, at Washington, has issued a letter of in¬ structions to Indian agents, :a which he says that the department is informed that a company is preparing to obtain Indians from some of the reservations to join the Wild West Shows in Europe. Agents are instructed to promptly refuse any appli¬ cations for this purpose, as it is now agaiust the policy of the interior depart¬ ment to grant permits lor such purposes under any circumstances whatever. The census bureau, on Monday, an¬ nounced the following populations: 27,782, Dallas, Tex., 38,140, increase per cent 268.23; Fort Worth, Tex., 20,725, increase 14,062, per cent 211.05; Birmingham, Ala., 26,241, increase 28,155, per cent 750.82; Tuscaloosa, Ala., 5,486, increase 3,068, per cent 126.88: Greenville, Miss., 6,655, increase 4,364, per cent 203.74; Jackson, Miss., 6,041, increase 837, per cent 16.08; Vicksburg. Miss , 13,308, increase 1,484. per ceut 12.55. IT WAS MURDER. RO BAY THE CORONER'S JURY IN THE m’key-wlmpef CASE. The McKey-Wimpee tragedy, created a great sensation in Rone, Ga. During monday telegrams were received at po¬ lice headquarters in Atlanta, requesting the apprehension *f Mrs. McKey, who was supposed to iave gone to that city. But diligent searci by the police failed to discover hez and so far her where¬ abouts is as muen of a mystery as ever. She has not been seen or heard of since last Fridav afternoon, when she got aboard a traiD bound in the direction of Atlanta Wlere she is, nobody kabws— at least nom of the authorities know. The coroier’s jury, after an inquest upon the remains of Mrs. Wimpee. Mon- Mrs. d ;,,. rented a verdict accusing The MeKev o’her murder by poisoning. MeKev, charge o murder agaiust Mrs. was plahand expUcit. In view of this, the trigedy becomes is the more verdict: sensational. We, the The allowing empanelled and to investi- jury, sworn gate-he cause of the death of Mrs. Mat Winpee. find that she came to her death by loison at the hands of Mrs. Ora Mc- K<f. and that we consider it murder THE TRIAL CONTINUED Notwithstanding THAT DILLON AND o'brikn have left the country. A Dublin dispatch says: When, the magistrate’s court at Tipperary Prosecu¬ resssem- bled Saturday morning, Crown had de¬ tor Renan stated that the crown cided to prosecute the charges of con- •piracy agaiust all the defendants, not¬ withstanding the fact that Messrs. Djllon pnd O’Brien had. of their own volition, abandoned their defense and left the country. The courts, he said, had de- . such . cided that under the circumstances as had arisen in the present case, it was not necessarv to stop the proceedings. , FARMERS’ ALLIANCE NOTES , NEWS OF THE ORDER AND ITS MEMBERS. WHAfl 18 BEING DONE IN THE YARIOU8 SECTIONS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ti**r ORGANIZATION.—LEGISLA¬ w THE GREAT TION, NOTES, ETC. A number of prominent Alliancemen have leased the Southern Mercury , the State organ of the Farmers’ State Alliance of Texas. They propose to put ample it capital behind the enterprise and make a strong Alliance publishing editorial hcrase. They and will employ an able corps make the Mercury one of the best reform papers in the land. * * A few weeks ago the Fanners' Alliance and Industrial Union of New Mexico met in the city of Albuquerque, for the purpos# of completing a constitution nnd by-laws for the territorial organization, placing efficient and energetic such lecturers in the field, and attending to other business as may come before it. Presi¬ dent Polk and National Lecturer Ben Terrell were present. Thus the good work goes grandly on. — The Southern Mercury. * * * The condition in Wall street for tho past two weeks is a living and practical demonstration of the necessity for the sub-treasury plan. The only thing that saves the country from a panic when the exploiting class let out credit paper as a circulating medium t.i supply the defi¬ ciency of money to move the crops, and let it out much slower than needed, in order to produce a stringency that will reduce prices, the only thing that pre¬ vents a panic as a result of this pressure is money furnished New York bankers from the United States Treasury. When the debt is paid we will be compelled panic.— to have the 9ub-tressury plan or a National Economist. * * sixth The Democratic convention of the congressional district of Louisiana adopt¬ ed the following resolutions: We demand tho abolition of national 1 inks at as early a day as practicable, the id in lieu of national bank notes overnment shall issue legal tender treas- •y notes in sufficient volume to do the usiness of the country on a cash basis, »ud all money so issued shall be a legal and tender for all debts, both public private. We indorse the sub-treasury or ware¬ house plan as a mesne of relief to the agriculturalist within the scope of the federal constitution, and urge the nom- inee of this convention to advocate such legislation as may permit graduated sales of our products. *% president On Tuesday Col. Livingston, of the Georgia State Alliance, spoke at Raleigh, N. C. He devoted himself to a description of the sub-treasury bill, and a-serted that he would vote for no man, not even his own father, who did not upport that measure, He declared that he farmers must and will not give up heir plan for sub-treasuries, and that if they are not given a better bill than the >ue now before congress, they will push that one right through, no matter how great the fight. He called on all classes to aid the farmers in their struggle, say- ing it was not between farmers and the lawyers and merchant*, but between the money power and the people, aud that the lawyers and wholesale merchants of Georgia are line now’ seeing this, and tailing right into with the alliance. *** New Albany (Miss.) Gazette gives this good advice: “The idea that the Alli¬ ance is of short duration is a thing of the past .The key-note has been struck at last, and today all eyes are turned in the proper direction for relief. Now, if the brotherhood will but hold out faithful and make each meeting what it should be, more interesting than the one before, success is inevitable. Then we would urge the importance upon our sub-alli¬ ances of making your discuss meetings interest¬ ing. Meet and matters of general interest. Don’t stay at home and say they never transact any busi¬ ness of importance, but attend every meeting, and say we wiii make our meet¬ ings interesting. Is it not strange that farmers (Alliance men) will say “they” in speaking of their own order? It seems that many of the brethren fail to appre¬ ciate the importance of the position they occupy. They each have a duty lo jjer- 406 THIRD STREET. MACON, GA. form. There is no room for drones and dead-heads. What we want, and what the emergency demands, is that each member do his whole dv.ty, and victory is ours.” ♦ * * liOokiug Toward Union. President Polk has addressed the fol¬ lowing letter to H. L. Loucks, Esq ., president of the Farmers' National Alli¬ ance: “The time for action—prompt, united, decisive action on the part of the farmers of ,,, the whole . , country, . is . absolutely and , imperatively demanded. No argument could emphasize this truth so deeply and indelibly as it has been impressed by the alarming and constantly augmenting de- pression of our great agricultural lintels of inter- al- csts. It is written on the most every farmer’s home in this land, Impelled by the force of its demand, farmers of localities, States and sections have comhiued in various forms of organi- zation. Differing only in name or form, these various organizations are and actu- ated by some common purpose, are guided by one common principle—the elevation and betterment, of the agricul- tural interests of the country. But con- fronting them all is the stern truth that the greatest evils under which t'i«y so un justly suffer, and of which they so justly compTaiu, are national In their character, and that they cannot be corrected by lo- cal, State or sectional remedies. Na- tional legislation which discriminates against or oppresses agriculture in New York, Indiana or Kansas, affects equally that interest in Virginia, Georgia of the or 'l situa¬ exas. Hence, to meet the demands tion the farmers of the United States mus form one grand, compact national organization. They must make com¬ mon cause against a common daager. Impelled by these considerations, anc in conformity to the aims and principles of the great order which I have the honor to represent, I bqg to extend to you, anc through you to the brotherhood of your or¬ der, a most cordial and fraternal invitation to meet with our Supreme Council at its regular annual session at Ocala, Fla., on ’Tuesday, the 2d day of December, 1890. Permit me to suggest that properly ac¬ credited delegates, representing your en¬ tire order, or the separate States compos¬ ing it, vested with such powers as would give them full authority to act in the premises, and meeting in conference with representatives similarly empowered would greatly of the other orgnizations, determination of the facilitate ihe great and vital question—whether securing fraternity any plan and can l>e devised tor unity of action between the farmers of the country. The National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union now em¬ braces thirty-five of the States of the Union, all pf which will be represented in our meeting, and I beg to assure you that the representatives of your Order will be welcomed by that body with the most cordial considerations of fraternal regard and respect. A letter of like im¬ port has this day been mailed to the chief officers of the Patrons of Hus¬ bandry, the Farmers’ National League, the Patrons of Industry, and the Farm¬ ers’ Mutual Benefit Association. Will you kindly indicate at your earliest con¬ venience whether this proposition meets your approval, and whether your order will be represented? Any information or service I may be able lo render is freely at your command. The Alabama (Selma) Mirror says: “In the light of the present manipulation of the price of cotton, the intention of the sub-treasury bill to prevent such an oc¬ currence is clearly manifest. With some such relief afforded to the farmers they could have held their cotton crop until the manufacturers would pay the value of the staple instead of being forced to sell t» speculators at a loss of $10 per bale. The sub-treasury hill has received no recognition at the hands of Congress, but the farmers can now see the necessity of demanding some protection of the against the j resent financial policy paity in power. THE CABIN BOUGHT. THE LOO HOUSE WHERE LINCOLN LIVED TO BE EXIBITED AT CHICAGO. A committee from Chicago, in the in¬ terest of the World’s Fair, has visited Washington county, Ky., and purchased which of Henry Reed the log cabin in Abraham Lincoln lived as a boy and where his father was married to Nancy Hacks. The price paid was $1,000, and it will be torn down and erected on a prominent site at the World's Fair. NO. 35. NEWS OF THE SOUTH, BRIEF NOTE8 OF AN INTER¬ ESTING NATURE. PITHY ITEMS FROM A If. POINTS IN TUB SOUTHERN STATES THAT WILL ENTER¬ TAIN THE READER—ACCIDENTS, FIRES, FLOODS, ETC. A receiver was appointed by Judge D. M. Roberts, at Eastman, Ga., on Satnr- d for the Empire Lumber Company. £ 8timated liabilities $200,000; assets qqq » th fir8t . nths .. r ‘ , un( , ur, ?S « nm * m0 u ^82 miles of new railroad 1 were con- *tructed by 213 different companies^ cording to the liailway Aye. 1 he largest amo “ nt of ™! ca g c constructed in any one statc (k was IU Georgia-823 miles, Five huudred Philadelphia business men arrived in Chattanooga Monday and wore given a banquet on Lookout moun- during the evening. They came to attend the sale of lots at Kensington, Ga., twenty miles south of Chattanooga, While six )>crsons on horseback were passing over an unfinished bridge near Webster Spring, W. Va., Saturday, the structure gave way and all were preeipi- below, tated into Elk river, forty feet Five of the six jiersons were wounded,, two fatally, On Saturday, Mrs. H. L. Whiteside, mother of Vernon Whiteside, the de¬ faulting city auditor of Chattanooga, Tenn,, sent a letter to the mayor inform¬ ing him that she was ready aud wil ing to pay any amount the ex-city auditor owed the city. The shortage amounts to $25,000. The owners of the /Etna coal mines, near Chattanooga, have decided to use convict labor. The miners employed by the company went out on a strike some time since and considerable trouble has resulted. Fifty convicts were sent from the main prisoD at Nashville to the mines on Thursday. The San Antonio, Texas, Street limb way Company began operating its system with electricity Wednesday. This system is one of the most extensive and best equipped in the whole south. It em¬ braces forty miles of track, while fran¬ chises have been secured and work begun on twenty additional miles. Beddingtield, A Raleigh dispatch says: Farmers’ Secretary Alli¬ of the State ance, sends to each congressional card.” nomi¬ nee what is known as a “demand On this are the demands of the Alliance, aud the nominee is asked to sign the card and return it, thus showing that he con¬ siders the demand just and proper. A dispatch of Sunday from Durham, N. C., says: There is more tobacco com¬ ing into this market now than ever before at this season of the year. Farmers are coming from nearly every couuty in the Piedmont section, and many eastern coun¬ ties are represented. About $7,000 is being paid out daily for the golden weed. Information received at Sun Antonio, Monday, from Mexico states that there is great excitement in parts of that country, especially in the mining districts, over the discovery of gold mines of fabulous riches near the abandoned city of Chiapas, that contained 6,000,000 inhabitants cen¬ turies ago. It is supposed the ancient city was a veritable Western Babylon. A Greenville dispatch of Friday says: The board of Mississippi levee commis¬ sioners have let the contracts for the work of closing the breaks in the levee, caused by the disastrous overflow of last spring. The work let will cost about $135,000. The board will have ample funds on hand to rebuild the levees in broken places aud to build them above the high-water mark of this year. A dispatch of Thursday, from McKe4 Rome, Ga., says: The search of Mr. and Deputy Marshal Brown for Mis. Mc¬ Kee has so far been fruitless. They have been absent from Rome since List Thurs¬ day, and no news from them. It is sup¬ posed their long s*yenc* and silence is an iud'Btion of good results, returned for if Brown they and McKee would have were not on track of her. Witnesses were be¬ fore the grand jury, and a b 11 has bee* drawn against Mrs. McKee by the solic¬ itor general. The Drovers' Journal figures that the daily mileage made in cities of the Uni¬ ted States by cars supplied with electric notors is now more than one hundred thousand miles and is growing rapidly.