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III.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
Interesting Notes Gatherad From Here
and There Over the State.
a meeting of the congressional
campaign committee at Washington, D.
i £ Wednesday, the chairman was au
| therized to appoint an executive com-
I m ^. P e for all the states. Hon. Charles
A Jtes was appointed a member of the
Jfttee for Georgia.
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ffn (jipifspatch fertilizer movement, according to
from Savannah, is practically
[over, and 95 per cent of what will be
hold mis season has alr< ady been dis¬
posed of. Small orders are stragglingin
now, but it is evident that the manufac¬
turers need expect but little further de¬
mand for their product.
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The railroad commission of Georgia
will now have to consider a question regarding from
the merchants of Georgia, The merchants ex of
cess baggage char_es.
Macon have prepared Savannah, a petition, Augusta, and have
sent copies of it to
(Columbus ithe and Atlanta to be signed by
met chants of those cities.
[ The Armour have paid, and Swift under companies protest, the ol
rtacon by
“Lcense Lr tax of $500, imposed the State
selling western beef. These com-
femes have paid $1,000, and they pro¬
pose, with the companies in Atlanta, to
ppeal the case for the Supreme court,
t is claimed th A the tax is contrary to
he interstate commerce law. If the
[upreme court decides against the beef
ben, then the price of western beif will
k advanced.
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According to a Knoxville, Tenn., dis-
Btcb, it is given out that the Marietta
»d North Georgia road is to be placed
I |r its feet. Reliable authority is given
the statement that arrangements have
P ut been perfected whereby money will
| Inds secured of the to receiver. take the It road is reported out of that tb«
k Central Trust Company, ©fNefc
r rk, has agreed to take the new bonds
be the road to the amount of $3,000,009.
scheme implies n;w and fast trains
bra Louisville over the Knoxville, Cum-
kland Gap and Louisville, via Knox-
lie, and over the Marietta and North
fcorgia to Atlanta.
■There is a possibility that President
prison or Secretary Blaine will be at the
lotch-Irish congress to be held in At-
bta this month. The society has in-
led President Harrison, ex-President
leveland, lv. Secretary Blaine, Senator Hill,
McKinley, Gov. Buchanan, ex Gov.
Irapbell, [roiina, Senator Zeb Vance, John of N-rth Dal-
|1, of Pittsburg. and Representative The invitations
were
boinpauied by letters fr>m President Governor
prthen. prison and The Secretary invitations Blaine to were pre-
pted by a committee consisting of Mr.
W. Echols, of Pittsburg, a formeT
prgian; Senator Colquitt. Senator Gor¬
in, Representative Livingston, and
tpresentative John Dalzell.of Pittsburg.
The Georgia, Carolina and Northen
11 not get its passenger schedule en
Pte so soon as was expected, owing t"
p recent rains. About the middle of
kila ly local passen ger train will prob-
be put on between Elberton and At-
pta. The idea is to start it from Elber-
p in the morning and bind the p ssen-
p in Atlanta in the forenoon. Return
Ethe trains will leave late in the after-
pn, Ithe putting the passengers home early
evening. A through schedule
|ween Atlanta and Monroe will follow
joon as practicable. The route from
'anta to Baltimore by way of Ports-
11 h and thence up the Chesapeake by
■ tular bay steamc-Ts, is expected to be a
one when it gets fairly inaugH
r
Ral, *'oa«i Building in Georgia.
. teorgia within few miles of
came a
all the states in new railway con-
iction during 1891. It was a gratify-
evidence of her progress. And it is
e so to learn that she will maintain
sume progress, if not exceed, this
r* r - . Despite the financial depression, rapid
'rgia is going forward at a pace
'mining different Dew railway lines. Twenty- the
roads in this state have
“ °1 1,673 mdes of new track under
T__jection I f or 1892 Each of these roads
| 1 Then there will be some construction
|j m ^ as ^ een overlooked in collecting
data. j The Railway Asre and North-
t F ern .Railroader has made full and
a
BE u - investigation of the new work
a ' d under way in the several
and it credits Georgia with 1,673
s of new road for the year 1892.
Will Be a Grand Success.
th Quartermaster General West and
ROBERTA. CRAWFORD COUNTY; GA„ FRIDAY, APRIL 1. 1S92.
Lieutenant Saterlce express themselves as
being more pleased than ever with the
encampment site that Griffin is going to
give the state, and say it will be an ideal
camp. Every day brings out more evi¬
dence that it is going to be the greatest
success of anything of its kind ever be¬
fore witnessed in this section of the
southern country. being The increasing inter¬
est that is manifested in no uncer¬
tain way, as the days go by, among the
state volunteer forces; the generai awak¬
ening that is stirring every company, by
the novelty of the new tactics recently
adopted by the authority s; the organiz¬
ing of new infantry, cavalry and artillery
companies, and the vigorous work that is
being pushed forward with such a rush
by the contractors at Griffin, on the en¬
campment site, all go to prove that
Georgia soldiery is on the ascendant, and
is going to show up most the grandly boys when
the roll of the drum calls out on
dress parade this year.
Ocorgia Weather Crop Bulletin.
The first issue of the Georgia weather
service bulletin service has been issued
by Director Morrill at Atlanta. These
bulletins will be issued every week, and
will contain a statement of the condition
of the weather and its effect upon the
growing crops. The report will be com¬
piled from reports received from a large
number of agents stationed at various
points in the state. Some interesting
and valuable information is contained in
the first bulletin out. The report says:
The publication of the bulletins, of
which this is the first, issue, remesents an
attempt on the part of the national
weather bureau to extend to Georgia th;
advantages of a weekly statement of the
current conditii ns of the weather
and its favorable or unfavorable
effects upon crops. Nearly three
hunderd gentlemen representing
every section and nearly evety
county or me state have consented to
co-operate by reoderiug reports
from their various districts. These
bu letins will be issued each Satuday and
will cover as closely needless as possible the that pre¬
ceding week. It U to say
they will seek the single end' of giving
ju exact «i 3 truthful a statenumj;
of existing condition as may be.
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Confidence in the Central Fully Restored.
Once more the Central railroad is on
stable ground. The situation has cleared
up, and confidence in it again prevails.
Judge Pardee’s action in restoring the
property to its directors meets with pub¬
lic approval. Hugh M. Connor, the new
president of the company, is one of Geor-
gia’s ablest business men. He was a di-
rector of the Central several years
prior to 1887, and he served on t sr ~
board again in 1889 and 1890. T rr a.
policy ..f himself and associates will be to
nake the Central an aggressive, inde-
pendent system. Mr. Connor isthnr-
nughly acceptable to the minority. The
representatives of the the various interests
held a long conference at Macon, and
finally agreed upon an outline, which
they submitted to Judge Pardee and
Judge Speer. The New Y r ork credi ors
wanted Mr. Connor for prei-idt-nt. They
said that they had absolute faith in Gen¬
eral Alexander’s ability, fairness and hon¬
esty, but there were g >od reasons for
conciliating the minority and working in
absolute harmony. So General Alexan¬
der retired from the presidency. The
judges named him first in the list of
receivers, who are: E. P. Alexander,
Joseph Hull, E. P. Howell, Janus
SwaoD, J. Iv. Garnett, A.Vetsburg, Chas.
H. Phinizv.II. T. Inman, George W. Mills,
Henry It. Jacks n and N. B. Harrold.
These receivers selected Mr. Conner as
president. An election was ordered by
the court for May 16th, and the Rich¬
mond Terminal’s block of 42,000 shares
of Central stock was enjoined from vot¬
ing. It is reported that the Central’s
board may be so organized within itseif
before that time that an election will be
unnecessary. President Conner will call
a meeting of the directors at an early
date, and several resignations may be
handed in. The court gave the receivers
power to filT vacancies m their own body,
an(J w hen resignations are tendered,they
win be fiUed by representatives of the
cred i tors and minority stockholders,
Who wi) | Q off) or who w jn be put on,
. g uncertaiu noW( but changes are pre¬
dicted _ T h e receivers have expressed that a
desjre fc(t reorgan j ze in such a way
, be minority will be perfectly satisfied,
Just received a beautiful line of
spring goods in all lines and styles.
Cheaper than any other house in
town. Call to see them.— Wilson &
Mathews._ goods
W. W. Jordan is offering
all kinds at astonishing low
prices,
The Herald and the Constitution
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SOUTH h BRIEF "
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The News of Her Progress Portrayed in
Pithy and Pointed Paragraphs
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AND A COMPLETE EPITOME OF HAPPEN¬
INGS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM DAY
TO DAY WITHIN UEB, BORDERS.
A Jackson, Miss., dispatch of Satur¬
day says: The legislature has finally re¬
fused to make any appropriation for an
exhibit at the World’s fair, the alliance
members having voted almost solid
against it.
The interstate commerce commission
finished its investigations at At!anta,Ga.,
Saturday. No deeisiori'has been given
in any of the eases considered and it may
be a month or more before the commis¬
sion’s judgment is known. Their ses¬
sions in Atlanta were largely attended by
the railroad men.
A dispatch of Monday says: Mrs. C.
K. Smith, wife of a white laborer living
on a farm near Holly Springs, Miss., has
given birth to six babies, all boys, well
developed and weighing in the aggre¬
gate forty-five pounds. The mother and
babies are doing well. They have been
named Lee, Jackson, YanDorn, Grant,
Sherman and Buell.
The state prohibition convention at
Raleigh, N. C., adjourned Saturday.
Delegates were chosen to the national
convention at Cincinnati, June 29th. It
was decided to establish an organ in the
state, and a fund was raised to defray the
expeuses of ex-Governor St.. John to lect¬
ure in North Carolina next summer, It
was decided also to put a state ticket iu
the field.
A suit of unusual interest to investors
was filed in chancery at Chattanooga
Wednesday. Under the state law, all
land companies are taxed $500 per
annum. The companies declined to pay
the tax, and about twenty companies
organized to fight it. The present suit
is a test case, in which the county of
Hamilton is plantiff, and the East Chat-
tanouga'Lanci €ornpkuy%nendftata.
Telegrams of Saturday state that the
Seaboard Air-Line appears to have taken
a notion to make liie lively for its com¬
petitors. Notice has been given that at
the end of thirty days the Seaboard and
Roanoke and the Raleigh and Gaston will
withdraw from the Southern Passenger
Association. As the Georgia, Carolina
and Northern has now gone into the as¬
sociation, the trouble that the future
holds for the Richmond and Danville
The incornantore . . of the Norfolk, Wit- wr .
1 ”*' 0 - and Charleston Railroad Com-
and opened met A the k book, of subscription ' Sf""? to
the capital stock of the company. Oue
hundred thousand dollars was subscribed
on the spot, and that amount will be in¬
creased to $10,000,000. The stock-
holders then had a meeting and elected
a board of directors, and the board of
directors immediately held a meeting
and elected officers for the company.
Six hundred and fifty negroes left
Memphis, Tenn., Saturday morning for
Oklahoma. They will make the journey
in wagons and on foot. It is expected
that one thousand more will leave for the
same place in a day or two. The exodus
is not directly Cl, ue lo the late lynching.
The matter ha been talked of before,
but the lynching and the action of the
colored mass meeting advising all who
could to leave, precipitated and caused
many to make up their miuda to go who
perhaps would not otherwise have
done so.
A dispatch from Macon, Ga., state*
that J. It. Whiteside, of Atlanta, was in
that city Tuesday as attorney for the New
York Security and Trust Company, which
holds a mortgage ou the A’scon and Bir¬
mingham road as trustee to secure the
payment of $1,940,000 bonds. Iu the
mortgage there is a clause providing that de
whenever env of the interest is in
fault, the whole amount shall become
due. Interest is now behind, and Mr.
Whiteside made application to the court
to foreclose the mortgage. Judge Miller
allowed Mr. Whiteside’s claimant to
come in in the general bill and not as
special creditor.
A decree was Hied in the United States
court at Charleston, S. C., Saturday di¬
recting tho railroads iu the state to pay
into the court the amount of taxes based
on the old assessments, and directing the
cterK or me court to turn the money over
to the state. The suit grew out of an
att mpt on the part of the state authori¬
ties to ra'se railroad assessments, which
was resisted. The railroads made a ten-
der of taxes based on the old assessments
but the state refused to receive the mon¬
ey. Subsequently the state applied receive to
the courts to bo allowed to it.
AU th- roads the have state taken from out iujunc^oDs levying
restraining The matter will be heard on
their property.
in April.
COUNTERFEITERS CORRALLED.
I A Quartette of Young Men Canght
Shoving Bogus Coin.
that A dispatcn from Gadsden, Ala., states
during the last few days merchants
of that city have h ive detected counter¬
feit money in circulation but could not
remember who pas ed it. Ou Saturday
Frank Head, Johu White, Bob Btehus
and Toir. Wade were in the city and were
detected ia the act of passing the spuri-
ous coin. Deputy Sheriff Melton got
after t cm and they fle 1 to Attalla, where
they were agam detected uud placed uu-
der arrest They were subsequently
bound over to await the action of ti e
Unite 1 States grand jury. It seem* tha
the voung men formed a company
m d Head and Bnchus made the mone
and Wa f e and White passed it. They
all Uvc at Walnut Grove, and c me ol
good families. Wade is a son of Etowah’^
representative. Hon. G. B. tVade, who i
also a Baptist preacher. Bachus is a son
of the late Warren Btehus, formerly ol
Gadsden . White and Wade were allowed
bond in the sum ol $5,< 00 each, which
they soon made. Head and Bachus were
required to make u $7 000 bond each,
which they fai ed to do, and were p ace
in the Gadsden jail. The exact place
where they make their money is not
known, but an t ffort is being mude to
es-te the place, when the molds and
itab-s will be des<rov«>d.
The old stand of McCrary & Jor¬
dan in Roberta formerly run by
II. D. McCrary and W. \Y. Jordan
is now occupied by W. AY. Jordan
alone. Mr. Jordan is an enterpris¬
ing young merchant, with plenty of
zeal to keep his business always on
a boom. He has just received a
new and complete stock of Dry
Goods, Family Groceries, Hardware
&c., and is offering the same at
prices that will surprise the public.
Those who are in need of goods in
his line should not purchase eh»e-
where before seeing his stock .
Fetch Sub-Alliance in the county
i reporting to me in Knoxville on
lie first Tliurs lay in April noxt,
will be require I to pay 15 cents for
ach meml er instead of 10 cents as
li is been required here-to-fore. The
v xtra 5 cents will be paid to the Na¬
tional Alliance.
S. B. Causey,
Co. (Secretary.
You can fool all the people part
of the time, and part of the people
all the time but you can’t fool all
of the people all the time, The
wise, prudent, careful and economi¬
cal buy their Dry Goods, Groceries,
Shoes, Hats, Notions, etc. from W.
I. Powell. Go to see him, he will
treat you right.
_
A fine line of new and stylish
Clothing just received direct from
factory. From the cheapest lo a
Dude’s Outfit at prices that will as¬
tonish you. Call and inspect them
and you will be pleased with what
we have to show you.—Wilson &
Mathews.
Teachers County Institute will be
held in Knoxvillfe on the second Sat¬
urday in April next, it being the
9th day of the month. All teach¬
ers in the county both white and
colored are required to attend.
Exercises will begin promptly at
9 o’clock a. m.
II. F. Sanders, c* s. c.
Powell is the leader in low prices.
Just received a lot of spring
goods which I will sell at prices that
defy competition.—\Y. I. Powell.
The Herald and the Atlanta Con¬
stitution, both one year, for $1.50
at this office.
Bargains! Bargains!! Wilson &
Mathews are offering bargains in all
kinds of goods.__
If you want to save money buy
Dry Goods, Notions and Groceries
from W. I. Powell.
NO. 10.
CENTRAL RESCUED
And Placed in the Hands of the Geor¬
gia Directors,
A CONDITIONAL DECISION RUT NO PERMA¬
NENT RECEIVER WILL BE IN IT.
A dispatch of Monday five nvnutei afternoon 3 o’clock, from
Maf'on says: At to
tho Central rai road case was decided in
a conditional manner by Judgo Pardee.
The decisioo is that the ro id shall be
placed in the hands of the Georgia di¬
rectors as temporary receiver, and that
the 42,000 shares held in New Y'ork shall
not be voted.
The decision is regarded as a happy will
termination of the case, one that
place this magnificent property where it
belongs and take it from the hands of
the wall street manipulators Major
Bacon concluded his masterly argument
for the complainants and as he took hi»
seat Judge Pardee and Judgo Speer*
without leavmg their srat<, held a short
consultation which lasted but a few
minutes, and when Judge Par¬
dee straightened up and began to talk
every one in the crowded courtroom bent
forward to hear his decision. In refer¬
ence to the claim that this couit did not
have jurisdiction in tho case, he decided
against it, as this was an instance where
the minority stockholders had come into
court asking that their property, which
was being wrecked by the majority stock¬
holders, be protected. necessity in
He thougnt there wa9 no
passing upon the validity of the lease at
this time, as the property was in th®
hands of the court.
In referring to the 42,000 shares of stock
held by the Wall stre< t crowd Judge Par¬
dee decided that it could not be legally
voted as it was held by a competing com¬
pany as he felt satisfied that so long as
this voting power was held by a foreign
company, the court could control the vot¬
ing power, the holders of the stock
and retaining the right to sell it or to
draw dividends upon it, recognizing the
large interest" held outside the minority
st -eihroldeis, ttie eefurt difl ubt teftl dis¬
posed to damage the property, but it felt
that the minority stockholders had right*
that must be had protected. the conclusion,
The court come to
said Judge Pardee, that a modified re¬
ceiver would protect the minority stock¬
holders, and yet would not have the
(fleet of damaging the property.
Judge Pardee then stated that if it
would be satisfactory to the attorneys on
both sides the court would sign an order
enjoining the Central Railroid and
Banking Company from voting the forty-
two th us ind share* of stock held by the
Richmond and Dmville in fu'ure elec¬
tions, directing the property to be turned
over to the Georgia direct ts of the com¬
pany. who should hold it out and manage
it for the court as temporary receiver®
until the court was ready to dispose of it,
with the understanding that the court
would dispose of the property as soon aa
soon as the legal board of directors could
be chosen. The judge announced that
an election would be ordero 1 as soon as it
c. uld be legally held.
The attorneys on both sides express
themselves as perfectly satisfied with the
order which the court indicated would be
passed.
GENERAL ALEXANDER RESIGNS.
After the court adjourned the board board ol
directors of the Central met, a full
being present. General E P. Alexander,
president, tendered his resignation. Mr.
M. H. Comer, of Savannah, was elected
as director to fill the vacancy caused by
the failure of General Sorrell to qualify.
General Alexander’s resignation having
been accepted, Mr.Comer was nominated
ti fill the vacar cy of the president of th®
board and was immediately elected. Th®
e ection of Mr. Comer was well received,
He is oue of the ablest financier®
in the state and it is understood that hi®
election was in accordance with the
wishes of a large number of the creditor®
of tRe road. It is understood that th®
changes in ihe board will result in a re-
organiza ion of the company and will
greatly enhance the value of the stock.
A tive steps will be taken at once to put
ou foot a plan to take the road out of th®
hands of the receivers nnd put it on ®
solid financial basis.
Other changes will probably be mad^
ou the board, and a mnch more cheerful
o itlook is shown already for Central se»
cur i tie*___
W. v?. Jordan win take pieasnre
in showing you his new stock ot
goods.
Bargains at Powell’s.
Buy your groceries from Powell
and be made happy.
Buy dry goods and groceries of
W. W. Jordan, His prices • are
commensurate with the times.