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TOL. III.
iM Ciiitj Herald.
I PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT
IERTA, GEORGIA.
. B. TRAMMELL,
Editor and Proprietor.
MS: $1 per year in Advance
official Organ of Crawford County.
itered at the postoffice in Roberta,
as second-class matter.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
[strial Ended Developments April 2nd. for Week
L Tradesman, Chattanooga, Tennes-
m its review of the new industries
Kshed in the southern states for the
lending Ipondents April throughout 2d, reports the southern that iti
[says satisfactory that there condition is a more of industrial healthful
I. ted While no advance in prices has
in the iron market, the recent
tions in wages and in freights ena-
bn masters to sell their products shut at
11 profit, and no plant has been
I. The improved condition of the
d milis continues, and the favorable
ier has enabled farmers to plant s
area. A decided, though some-
[al limited impiovcment is reported build is
business transactions and
operations for manufacturing and
Lntile purposes have largely in-
fed. [ging The general tone is more §n
from all parts of the south
Die belief is justified that the worsi
p of depression has passed, reported
ty-nine new industries are
afdished or incorporated during thi
L including an aluminum manufact
[company pith $25,000 at, capital, Wheeling, at W. Covington, Va.,anc
brick and tile works at Gainesville^
with $25,000 capital, and at Eagh
[and Velasco, Texas, and at Mason,
».; and canning factories at Eason
pud Hawkiusville, Ga. Florence
I, [are and Richmond, Texas. Cottoi
reported at Carthage, N. C.,
Bamburg, |S. C.,; cotton seed oi
[ In at and Alexandria, Hillsboro, La., Tex., and and Cameron witl
one
BOO capital at Atlanta, Ga.
■ large distillery will be built al
pille, Ky., copper plating works
le estttblishsd at Ducktown, Tenn.,
let* pLam, . .'ighting and and power company $50,
Texas, one with
Ipital Inills at Hinton, W. Va., flouranc
atRuford, Ga., Godwin Tenn.
■lirster, S. C., Summerville, Texai
Va., and ice factories ai
S. C., and Grenada, Miss.
V Tradesman also reports foundriei
lachine shops at Rome, Ga., Eth
I and Humboldt, Tenn.; stovi
eat Stephens, Ark., and Grand
e, Texas, and an iron furnace »
near Savannah, Georgia. Smelting
are reported Richmond, at Dallas, Tex.; j
refinery at Tex.; lum
at Atlanta, Augusta and
Ga., and Central City, W. Va
and planirg mills will be built at
and Greenville. Ga., Brookhavon
■ Sumter, S. C.. and Ivor, Va., and
works at Stephens, Ark., anc
N. C.
will be built at Calhoun,
Miss., and a plant to cos La.
at Lake Providence,
the new buildings reported fot
by the Tradesman are businesi
at Duniap, Knoxville, and Green
J house at Batcsville, Ark., a largi
at Gaiveston, Texas, school build
Pt land Morristown, Tenn., and Roanoke Ky.,
Murfreesboro, warehouses at Covington,
Tenn.
CHING for anarchists.
[Authorities of Paris Determined
I to Route Them.
Cablegram from Paris is to the effect
“ e authorities arc not relaxing their
in s<arching out the anarchists,
1 lesday police seized a package
^amte Etienne, address d to Mat-
i known to be a companion of liava-
the package contained
ynamite cartridges, and evidently
ueq for use in committing more out-
! ; It is said the police received
lQ g about this package from one of
** D0W UDC * er arrc8t > probably
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ROBERTA, CRAWFORD GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 8. HH 892.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
Interesting notes Gathered From Here
and There Over the State.
Thirty-four men employed at the Ea«t
Tennessee few days shops at Atlanta were laid off
a ago. The explanation given
was that times were dull.
* # *
Governor Northen has appointed a
committee on transportation from Geor¬
gia for the world’s fair. It is headed by
Mr. John D. Patterson, of the Richmond
and Danville, chairman. AH of the
members are from Atlanta.
Five thousand acres of land in Polk
county has been purchased by the Atlanta
branch of the American Society for the
amelioration of unfortunate Russian
refugees. It is intended that the tract
be settled by colonies of these down¬
trodden people.
* * *
The city council of Atlanta has voted
to abolish the fee system in vogue in the
city offices, and to do away with the
office of city marshal entirely. T his will
be a revolution in the city government.
The change will not take place, however,
until 1893.
The chairman of the state democratic
executive committee has issued a call for
a meeting of the committee in Atlanta on
Friday, April 15, at 11 o’clock a. m., for
the purpose of looking after the interests
of the democratic party and giving such
direction to the pending campaign as
may be deemed best.
Business circles of the entire southern
country for the next few days will be
busily engaged sendiog a census report This
to Bradstreet’s mercantile agency.
agency has sent out blanks to its corres¬
pondents in every county in the state
asking questions ab >ut the business situ¬
ation in those counties.
Macon is soon to have a real estate ex¬
change. At a meeting a few days ago,it
was decided to organize an exchange in
Macon at once and a charter will be ap¬
plied for in a few days. Another meet¬
ing will be held during the week will at
which time officers for the exchange
be elected.
The report of the oil inspectors for the
past month show the following receipts
in fees: John Nelms, $427; P< ter Riley,
$1,111; J. W. Murphey, $27; W. II.
Barrett, $50; Jerry Hollis, $00. All
this money went to the inspectors before
the late law was passed requiring them
to have only a part of their fees for sala¬
ries.
State School Commissioner Brad well is
enthused at the prospect of a rousing
meeting of the Southern Educational So¬
ciety as its next convention is to be held
in Atlanta this summer. The society is
composed of a membership of nearly one
thousand, numbering on its roll some of
the most prominent educators in the
south. It is Atlanta’s way to give them
a grand welcome and that is just what
she is going to do.
• * * *
The report of Dr. J. G. Gibson, secre¬
tary of the state missionary board, at tlie
Baptist convention in LaGrange, showed
that notwithstanding the stringency of
money and the general depression exist¬
throughout a large part of the state,
the Baptists of Georgia have largely in¬
creased their contributions to the stc*e
secretary. The total receipts this the year
were $77,000 as against $06,000 pre¬
vious year.
* * *
Secretary Collins, of Macon, writes to
Governor Northen that the work of
securing the Georgia exhibit has by no
means been given up as an idle labor.
He has been engaged for the past week
sending out circular letters to every di¬
rector in each county, asking them to
pet their forces together and begin at
once collecting money and specimens for
the exhibit. Georgia may not have a
building of her own at Chicago, but it
seems to be no longer a matter of doubt
that she will have a very handsome ex¬
hibit withal. The work is booming on.
* * *
There are very f«w businesses and very
few vocations of life that are not taxed
by the state of Georgia. The books of
Captain Charley Furlow, of the comp¬
troller general's office, for the past few
days verify the statement. The follow¬
ing is a list of special taxes paid the
state on various and sundry lines of bus¬
iness within the last few days: On bill¬
iards, $3,000; from artists, $4 0; on
pistols, $2,500; on liquor, $80,000; on
peddlers. $375; on auctioneers, $500; on
shows, $200; on dealers in futures, $3,-
600; on pawnbrokers, $550; on cold
storage, $2»,000; on brewing companies,
$900, and about seven hundred dollars
on lightning rod agents, games and other
minor matters.
* * *
The oldest suit on the Atlanta superior
court docket was taken up for trial a day
or two ago and conclude'*. So long has
it been buffeted about from one session
of court to another, so many times has it
been continued, and so many weary years
have the papers been lying in the clerk’s
office, that the line? have grown dim and
the ink has about faded out. The entry
on the paper was: “Filed in clerk’s of¬
fice May 4, 1878, James D. Collins, C. S.
C.,” and was only a civil suit involving
$4001 Time worked its changes with
those who were connected with the suit.
Not one of them reside in Atlanta, and
only one of them was in cotirt. The
case was ended, and, after fifteen years,
a verdict of $400 was rendered for the
plaintiff, with interest for fifteen years.
The direct tax payments will soon be
til given back to those, or the heirs of
those, who paid them to the federal gov¬
ernment from Georgia. These taxes all
went from only five counties of Georgia,
md hence the $83,000 which Georgia
(jets back from the government is divid¬
'd only among the five counties. Mr.
Stanhope Sams, who has been steadily
at work paying back the approved money to claims ap¬
plicants with properly
for a month, is congratulating himself
that bis task is nearly completed. He
thinks that within the next week o' two
he will have paid back the bulk of direc-
tax in Georgia’s hands. The largest
claim lias been paid, amounting to
$1,140. It went to the Metcalf estate, of
Richmond county. The smallest claim
has also been paid, amounting to only
2 ceuts. There will, of course, be some
scattering claims to come in for the nex
voar or two, but it is certain that the
bulk of the money will be.paid out wiia-
in the next fortnight.
The Ileorgia Penitentiary.
Principal Keeper of Peniieptiary Jones
has made his annual report tb the comp¬
troller general, showing the apportion¬
ment for the collection of the rental for
the state convicts. It shows that there
are three companies of the lessees whose
rental is listed thus: Julius L. Brown,
company 1, pays $8,567.39; W. B.
Lowe, company 2, pays $8,056.80; J.
W. English, company 3, pays $7,375.73.
Total, $25,000. It is thus shown Geor¬
gia receives annually $25,000 from con¬
vict lessees. Two of the lessees have
sub leased a part of their lands. The re¬
port shows that the average cost of con¬
vict labor is $14 22 per capita, which
is exclusive of board, doctor’s bills and
all expenses of living. In other words,
all that the lessees pay the state for con¬
vict labor is $14.22 per capita annually.
This is less than was paid last paid. year,
and is less thaD has ever been
* * *
Affairs of the Central.
The Central’s receivers are said to be
straining every nerve to get the property
in such shape that they can ask for their
discharge when the ejection comes off
next month. There is a disposition have
among the minority stockholders to
the present management of the Central
flaunt a red flag in the Terminal’s face in¬
stead of temporizing with it. Among
the creditors themselves there are two
important factions. On one hand is the
Central I rust Company, which is trustee
for a large amount, and Speyer & Co.,
and others who have loaned the Central
millions. It has been declared time and
again that the Central Trust Company
wanted one receiver and wanted the road
sold, while Speyer & Co. favored the
plan that was adopted by the court.
Speyer & Co. hold $3 in bonds for $1
that they have loaned, and are probably
the best protected of all the Central’s
creditors.
Inatraetioiid to Tax Receiver*.
A misunderstanding his prevailed in
among the tax receivers of Georgia
their conception of the law bearing upon
their duties. The following explanation
is being mailed to them from the comp¬
troller general’s office to straighten mat¬
ters out:
“Dear Sir: Section 2 of the act pro-
viding for a board of equalization does
not mean that the comm ssioneis must
complete their work within thirty con-
secutive days. They cannot meet before
the 1st of May, but after that time they
can meet whenever they see proper until
the usual time of closihg the books, pro- j
vided all the days of meeting, put time to
gether, do not exceed thirty. The
for closing your book is not affected by
this law.” made
Through the mistake that was in
con-troing this law, many of the tax re-
clivers hnve advuitiscd to close tbeir
booko within thirty days, which is not
at all necessary in the eye of the law.
, „ .
Final , ‘call
Adjutant-General Kell wul • a call
wsu.
for a meeting of
visory board in a short time to consult
about matters pertaining to e enc p*
Z1J ot T £ iSSrtf*
encampment, and for this reason will be
the most important the new b^ard has
yet held. Many important board questions satisfactory will
come before the for
settlement, among which is the question
of attendance, how many men each com¬
mand will be allowed to take into camp,
whether the cavalry will be allowed to
camp with the infantry at Griffin or not,
and the order in which the companies
will camp has yet to be settled by the
board. At the meeting, Quartermaster-
General A. J. West will make a report,
he having b>en instructed at the last
meetiug to estimate the cost of muster¬
ing the cavalry at Griffin along with the
infantry. The quartermaster-general will
make a strong argument in favor of
allowing the cavalry to enter the regular
encampment this year.
A Lumber Combine.
One of the greatest combines ever form¬
ed in the south saw its birth in Macon a
few days ago. The organization repre¬
sents an industry with a capital of over
twenty million dollars. The Georgia
Lumbermen's Association met and suc¬
ceeded in forming the long-desired interests pool
for the protection of the lumber
of Georgia. Nearly every mill in the
state was represented, and it is claimed
that all will be in before a great while.
A committee organization. was appointed to suggest
plans for The committee
recommended that local organizations on
each line of road be formed, and that
each organization appoint a committee tf
three to be known as the executive com¬
mittee, with power to act; that th<se
committees form themselves into a genera
executive committee with headquarters in
MacoD, and elect a secretary with office
in Macon, through whom they wd
manage the entire lumber business of
Georgia. The report of the committee
was adopted, and local organizations will,
be foimed at once, after which the exec¬
utive committee will meet in Macon, on
April and 19th, at 10 o’clock to elect a presi¬
dent six vice-presidents and a secre¬
tary from their number. The plan pro¬
posed for handling this immense lumbt r
business is to have a’l orders come dire t
to the secretary at the head office in Ma¬
con. The secretary will distribute these
orders out to the different mills, seeing
that all of them are kept busy, and bt b g
perfectly impartial in the placing of
tho-e orders. The price will be uniform,
and will be fixed by the exeeuti/e com¬
mittee. The pies'-nt combine is intend¬
ed to do away with these commission
merchants or middle men, because it
gives them nothing to do, inasmuch
as all the mills cut exclusively
for the exchange in Macon.
The most important question that con¬
fronted the lumbermen was how to con¬
trol the supply and demand, and after
long consideration they found that noth¬
ing cbe was to be done but shut down
th4» mills when the supply follow* UeC'-raes too
great. In this they have d the
plans of the Standard Oil company ex¬
actly. AH of the mills being members
of this association or combine it will be
left to the executive committee to order
fuch as necessity requires. To do this
they will consult with the different mill
owners, ascertaining from ihm what
amount they will require thirty for days. a shutdown
of ten, twenty or The
amount being fixed all other mills in the
association will be assessecLby the execu¬
tive committee their pro rata to pay this
amount, each mill naying in proportion
to size.
CYCLONE VICTIMS.
More than Half a Hundred People
Killed in Kansas.
A dispatch of Sunday from Kansas
City, Mo., s*ys:, A h-df hundred nimes
compose the list of those killed in Kan-
sas bv the eye one of last Thursday, and
still the death roll is incomplete. Details
of the disaster, so far as it affected the
towns of the stricken section, are now
believed to be c mplete, bult many of the
casualties in the country regions
are still unreported. Four towns
are wiped frnm the face of the earth |
«n<! a dozen or so others were more or
] ess damaged. The location of New
n ave n, Touawanda, Augusta and Smolan ,
are uo ^ r marked only by the wreckage j
and j le3 of S pH n tered timber, which be-
f ore composed the houses of the town.
fifty dea( j twenty-seven were killed
t twenty-three
£ l The remaining and have since
Jre t OG< f ata ]| y injured
die( j *
_____
THE STATESVILLE WRECKER
Breaks Jajl at th arlottff and Makes
Good His Escape.
A dispatch from Charlotte, N. C., says:
This city was thrown into a state of great
excitement Thursday morning when it
became known that six prisoners had
j> made good Boyd, their the escape, nofed
Among £ hern was Joh n J
recker of the Bestiau bridge near
SutegTil i t aad gtrenoous effort* are being
-*• >•> —p— ■>“ •
NO. H.
TIIE SOUTH IN BRIEF
The News of Her Progress Portrayed is
Pithy and Pointed Paragraphs
AND A COMPLETE EPITOME OF HAPPEN¬
INGS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM DAY
TO DAY WVrntN HER BORDERS.
A rainstorm in Wheeling, W. Via,
Tuesday, damaged buiidings and stock*
over $100,000.
John Boyd, the negro charged witlr
wrecking the Western North Carolina
train at Bostian’s bridge, and who es¬
caped from jail at Charlotte, has been-
recaptured.
Over fifty people were poisoned at
Shelbyvilie, Tenn., Monday, by eating
ice cream. As usual on first Mondays the
church ladies set lunch, and every one
who ate cream was taken sick. N‘*-
deaths are reported, but several persons-
are in a precarious condition.
Patterson, Gibson & Co., toy and nov¬
elty dealers at Nashville, filed a bill of
assignment Monday. Liabilities,-$40, -
000; asset*, $05,000. The failure was
brought about by the death of Sam C.
Co<ran, one of the largest owners of thi*
house. They will pay out dollar for d' I-
lar.
Postmaster Harry D. Atwoid, of
Brunswick, was arrested a few days ag«»
on a warrant sworn out by Inspector
Balia, on four charges, opening letters
in the funds, postoffice, depositing embezzling funds of money the post- or ¬
der
office in an unauthorized bank, issii ng
money order without money.
A San Antonio, Texas, dispatch of
Thursday ssys: John A. Morris, of tbw
Louisiana Lottery company, states that*
the lottery company would dissolve and
go out of business at the expiration of*
the charter in 1895. Morris denied that*
the company contemplates establishing*
itself in Mexico or elsewhere.
A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says:
The famous Henderson steel work*, the*
pioneer steel-working enterprise of A 1 *-
buna, were sold at public outcry lien Monday held
morning to satisfy a vender’s by
the North Birmingham Land the Company
for the land on which plant was
built. The sale does not include the
patent, but the plant foreclosed cost over
fifty thousand dollars when the company
was first formed, and h id a c ipitd f-tock
of $20,000. The stock sold at $800 per
share of $100. The concern was nuking
money when the Bessemer rolling mil!
failed and carried tho steel works‘down
with it.
STATE AGAINST RAILROADS.
A Lively Legal Battle Is on in South
Carolina.
‘The great legal fight of the railroad*
of South Cnrolina against the board of
railroad equalization was Charleston begun in Thuiw- tho
United States court at
day morning. Judges Bond and Simoa-
ton occupied the bench. A formidable
array ot legal lights are employed oa
each side and the result of the fight t*
looked forward to with eager interest.
Both sides are confident of victory.
A later and corrected report gives the
official vote for governor, as follows:
Brown, republican 27,46*
Gilbert, prohibitionist..........1,587
Scattering....... 75
Burton, people’s.. 183
Ward* 11, democrat 25.38*
OLCOTT PLAN A FAILURE.
But Its Friends Still Argue for it as The
_ , Chance ,,, of , „ Succes*
A New York dispatch of Thursday
states that Wall street has come to the.
conclusion that the plan which has been
proposed for the reorganization of the
Richmond and West Point Terminal.
Company is a failure, because it has, as
yet, not received the support of any
large proportion of the security holders,
and, also, that it will be modified in the
immediate future so as to win that snp-
port. Both of these conclusions are in
correct. Seven days remain before the
committee on reorganization wiii have u.
decide whether the plan has become <*|xr-
ative or not. In the meantime, the plan .
will be modified, and its friends w»H-
make every effort to carry it through,
A CINCH ON COTTON MILLS.
Capitalists of Canada to Organize i
Big Trust.
Advices of .\U>n- av from Montreal,
Canadn, are to the effect that a company
which has just completed the jurtha**
of all cotton mills Canada, proposes tc-
curtail production somewhat, and , »
cheapen the cost if possible. It is be-
lieved that some of the mills will 1*
d °’" ,ur a