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GRIFFIN, GEORGIA,«F*8i A.
Oriidu iw »!»• l«*t and u»d*t promMag little
£±Ofc£ria£tfHF contemplatml,
Atiitn, !mii>Un|f and prove
o leu Un-imsw statement and not a liyper-
,!feal description.
JmHng that time it Has built and put into
uiorl smveAifnl operation a f100,000 cotton
hi*t«ry and with this year started the wheels
oi u second of more than twice that capital.
11 has put up n large iron and brass foundry,
u fertiliser Factory, an imraeAe ice and bot¬
tling works, a sash uu FH&MF factory,
Ih-oosii fds-tory^ opened apwPWBnest granite
fpturry in the United States, and now has
our large oil mills in more or less advanced
»tage*<d construction, with an aggregate au-
thurie«i >S«te capita* olaiver half 5a amSfeonrkdlt b
■« g
plied for t» o charters for street railways. It
ha# seen red another railroad ninety mile# long,
*od whllelocat^d on the greatest system in
0 *esee, Tirginia and Georgia. It has obtain-
e*i direct independent connection srftefllHtN
tauooga and the West, and will break ground
na few days for a fourth road, connecting
with a fourth independent system.
With its five white and four colored church¬
es, ,t has recently completed a $10,000 now
Presbyterian etaurch. It has increased itspop-
-jjpteff hg.nsarb’ one fifth. It It has has attracted att
l
wry State > in in the the Union, Union, uutU until it it is now sur-
Lmte» at Ac hr Ofch&rdF
and vineyards. It has put up the lar§*st
fruit, evaporators in the State. It is the home
of the grape pad its wine making capacity has
doubled every year. It has successfully in¬
augurated a system of public schools, with a
seven years curriculum, second to none.
This is part of the record of a half decade
an<| simply show, the progress of an already
inimitable city with the natural advantages
sinter, in the world.
Kill ty, si|iiatedm west Middle Georgia, with a
aboy* sea level. By the census o f 1890, it
” it 1
welcome strangers and anxious to secure de¬
sirable settlers, who will not lie any less wel¬
come if they bring money to help build up the
own. There is about only one thing we
used badly just now, and that is a big hotel.
We have several small ones, but their accom
modatione are eutirely too limited for our
usine s, pleasure and health seeking guests.
If you see anybody that wants a good loca¬
tion for a hotel in the South, jnet mention
itilVUm-Unamm aajsggfrsi
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SlaMKHinT wf*sfi (
I s naumnH rr-iit DIRECTORY. tiii »• i
PROFESSIONAL
hENKY C. PEEPLES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
> - SUN CTOS, OKOBcIa.
AHlHiOtW
10HN J. HUNT,
ATTORNEY AT LAdtl^l
muppiN, c.eoroia. •
Offlee. 81 Hill Street^ Up Stairs, over J. II.
White's Clothinc' 8lor«. mar32iiAwly
fHOS. a. MILLS,
Will practice ia the State
Coarte. Offlee over George
corner.
OH) rmu HOST. T. BAN1KI-.
Mmk
ATTORN HUU1 V
over George ,
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GRIFFIN, ' GEORGIA. FRIDAY ;QRNIKG, SEPTEMBER 13. l8Si>.
STILL RAGING.
High WU Wirf Turbulent
Waters of the Atlantic.
fire Adds to the H TOrS Of the
nH Fiomantn
A Number of Building. Consumed at At¬
lantic Otf—The H V-dimln-d .Continental MAa^d Hotel ant
H H hy
Entirely l>estrojre,l—Rumor That tho
City flan Been Wlpo.l Out.
New Yohji. Bepfc. 13. —Advices from
Somers’ Point, N. J,, Wednesday after-
noo«t tin reference to# the storm and
said:
Communication hag- Hpeu established
between Atlantic City and the main
land at this place, by means of yachts
and steamers, and show a frightful state,,
©f.aitttms. The s'.-orm is still raging
With utmbato-l ffery, kad added th<
horror horror* of >f the the winds winds and and waves, was that
offtofel ofAu ill Wl tfVtfflJ .I;IIs I-j Mil nit i
A steamer brought, the intelligence
teat a fire was raging in Atiautic City
and that beddings alongside the burn¬
ing buildings were demolished to pre¬
vent a general eoiiftagiation. What the
burning bail lings re, the captain of
the steamer coal-1 not say.
MMmmX'StOS.
walk is completely swept away. At last
reports the water at Atlantic City was
os high as at any time during the
storm.
The West Jersey tracks and those oi
the Heading railroad are in such a eon*
communication with the shore.
lAnglesea and'Oeean Cfty are all right. !
A number, of houses is reported *?<■.
Aviia^ At Holly - Beach. 1 * J f $'*
LAtesb „ Another Hotel %Vi%she<I Away.
-A captain of a yacht vAioh
arrived here at 1:30 p. m. states that the
Continental hotel at Sea Isfe Ofi^ Wa*
undermined by the waves and entirely
There is great anxiety to
hear from Sea Isle City, as reports are
the city has been wiped away,
A train filled with passengers is de¬
tained at Grassy Island, between Angle-
aud Holly forty-eight* Beach. hours, They and have now
been there th provi-
are n ow on the w ay to em, j j
THEY SAY BRODIE DID N’T DO IT.
»4ir Inks* Men Who dive the Jfte*-'
•Bfisd’Si B# mm
fake puye and simple; but just how the
watwoilaad was not disarmed un¬
til ,^rsK. Tuesday. avHSratM
nossefi most of tlie actions of the party,
I visited them yesterday. Tho boat is a
Canadian craft, and lies at her wharf on
the Canadian side, just at the foot of the
hill leading from the Clifton, up which
evening, about 9 o’clock, I started^ up
had each large party. }>ackage. One
the men a
of the packages was round, like a hoop
or baud, around which the was probably of Bvodie’s the panta¬ steel
bund loons. I did not top the matter much
thought, but about give twenty minutes
afterward, while staud-ng at the top of
the hill, i saw the ,same same four four men oom-
ing bdek fiisteail or crossing over to the
sidewalk, the batik they tlio kept shade akmg of the the railing bushes by
in of f
but them I had could plainly . After see that returning none to
the boat with packages. shipmates, talked
my we
th> matter over and wondered what the
Mfrttir* 1 what was, dona
wunlnem.
cqaljrom the shox-e on board the
wiieJu lie saw saw four men coming dhwn the
ihc'hoSth lout a third Of the way from
:o|n the road tdrtis a half circle,
aud at that point Iadly Rushes. saw the four
iaeh branch off into the A few
moments afterward a Democrat wagon
was thiveu down to, the foot of the hill.
It then turned around, went up to the
<*& of tee
party get into the wagon without it any
Aokv ilkketi th it iu and
I 'remarked that that was the party
whom I had seen come down the hill
with tho packages tee night before.
“The second man who got into the
wagon proceeded to pack the first in
blankets. A couple <rf bundles ware
then then thrown thrown in in and and the the other other men men got got
in. Then the of blanketed his companion man lay and back tee
in tea arms the hill. Before
wagon was driven np
53»iaSffl§ onttof ^tee rrrer after going down over the tha
tells Oulv four men came
road and but four went book, beside tee
driver. The party were down the bank
not to exceacltwenty minutes, sad tbs
(corporal tanner suspended
Pending -£'■ on Ilive, ligation of the ‘f A Whirs of
; i. owim.
.......Wmihimoton, Sept 13.—The Tanner
question came to ahead Tuesday when
the conr.aissioner of pensions was sus¬
pended ponding the investigation of the
affairs of his office, and Deputy Com¬
missioner Smith was detailed to act in
his placo. ’ V' 1
;
tt&»n»»only Noble has said undwstopd president thatSeo-
ertarv
JAMBS TANNJCB, action not not taken
.. hi h is disposal resignation
will be i at at the the president’s cut’s HH
It is . assumed that (this this discussiou has
detained the president in the city Ikies-
Springs it was stated in the United
Press dispatches that he had determined
to take decisive action i* the Tanner
m Laterin it stated in
the week was
these dispatches that the friends of
ceded Commissioner the strong Tanner probability generally of his con¬
Tanner case to the executive mansion.
It is understood the matter was dis¬
cussed Saturday afternoon and again on
Monday Baltimore. after the It president's Monday, return it
from was on
is said that the determination to sus¬
pend Commissioner Tanner was
reached.
Both Secretary Noble and the com-
with some show of authority that Secre¬ his
tary Noble notified Mr. Tanner of
suspension from office pending investi¬
gation, and the commissioner refused
formally diiliwthi
and instructed to take charge
of the pension burean; that this-order was
taken to the pension bureau and shown
to Commissioner Tanner, who then left
tiie office and went to his home in
Georgetown. He much agitated and his r
was nerves *
have been much unstrung sinoe the oo-
currenoe, as was evident to ^reporter of
ment. The commissioner has sent some
of his friends to the president and to
Secretary Noble and is awaiting a final
decision of the question of his reinovjd.
Senator Hitcheoek was closeted with
Secretary Noble for a long time Wed¬
nesday afternoon, presumably dis-
Tanner is removed
L of the pension office, it
res of inefficiency and
[ on his action in mak¬
ing special large number of pension
oases, on the aetion of sorup of his
subordinates and in making the speeches reratings and for in¬
each other, credited on the commissic commissioner
terviews to i
in the newspapers and whose rlioss autiren-
ticity TSe he has not doni' d.
Tne commission commissiou office iaves investigating has repotted the from re-
itings in the
time to time to the secretary of the in¬
terior the discovery of wholesale re¬
ratings among the employes of . the
office, to the partial exclusion of other this
pensioners, It is . thought that
report will will be be given ready to the in publio a few in
days, and if
justification of the the president’s commissioner. aetion
he should remove
A LEA DER LYNC HED.
Trouble Break, Oat Afresh in Mississippi,
Seven N>gr<»«« Killed.
New York, Sept. 13.— A special to
The World from Coffeyville, Miss.,
says: Advices from Charleston, Miss.,
last evening, report seven UBgroes killed
there Monday who burned and Tuesday. Jamison’s George
Allen, Ben store
in Leflore hanged. county, was carrred to
Grenada and The total num¬
ber killed is now estimated at 100.
Mine on Fire.
Scranton, Pa., Sept 12.—The Are ia
the Delaware and Hudson company’s
colliery, at Olyphant, is more serious
bly months before it can be extin¬
guished and the Over- mine placed in working
boys order have again. been thrown 1,000 out of men employ¬ and
ment, and business in the has of been .Olyphant partially by
paralyzed tee idleness ot this town large of wage
army
earners,_______
Quarantined Against Glanders,
authorities Circle vilus, O., Sept 12. —The state
have established a rigid
quarantine against all live stock on the
form of Hon. David R. Yates, on
count of the glanders, whioh is preva¬
lent there ia in its permitted most malignant drive form.
Mr. Yates not to any
of his horses beyond the limits of his
farm, anil is obliged to walk from place
to plasm. _
Blown from a Train and Killed.
New Yobk, Sept 12.—Joseph T;
Kelly, son of blown Banker from Eugene attain Kelly, during ot
this heavy city, was gale Tuesday while attempt¬
the and
ing to pass from one car to another,
was killed. He was on his way to
Change, N. J. His father was over¬
come with grief on learning of the fate
ot tee young man.
Earth Cave* at Poke Hollow.
-The
mine,
'
AoeiiHing tne utnwv •*; m
•** ■ i
‘
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Disquieting Rumors From the
Interior of Africa.
it u s«M -rn*t stante, h m »«#» »•-
MR4 te Who## to Whom Ha Flaea«
Reliance—Will He Kvei- Reaeh CIvlUM-
tloo -Th. WUItechaj.el Find Penty l
J^a-Bthevl'orelsu Lonpon, Sept ia.—"While ^ew». the ^jjg* Ger-
• mans jomplain that England is reaping
the benefits of German labors and ex¬
penditures .H^§l in East Africa, Englishmen
who have ftudied the situation hava^
trade which they have hitherto enjoyed
with Zanzibar and have earned the bit¬
ter hatred of the natives along the whole
coast .....' t -
Hat Stanley ileen Betrayed?
Distjuietiug rumors from the interior
of Africa have caused inquiries to be
made of Mr- McKinnen, the king of the
Belgians and others, who deny that they
have received any information from
there lieved lately. in Still it is affirmed that the and parties be¬
named had many adviees quarters that the advance of
Stanley from s expedition lias last been beaten
bock the coast and at aooounts
his force was being massed for another
Sews Suppressed or Corrupted.
It is known that nows from the daring
been explorer kept has from on the several public occasions altogether either
garbled or
so to his whereabouts, as to give's wrong impression condition
as or the
or believe strength that of thiB his deliberate party. It policy is hard to
is one
of wisdom and naturally much exasper-
ation is felt a| a, oanse (tojteulated to de¬
ceive ples, but not only all of English-speaking intelligence peo¬
men and hu
mane feeling in every oouatry.
Som#body*ivill Suffer.
in regard to this i mysterious, mysterious, and, and, it it is is
it
al-
ousies, inoapaeity and criminal neglect
on the part of those upon whom Stanley
confidently ____ relied, that will bring upon
them them world. the indignation of the whole
and a horde of savages roused byGer-
hope that the the pluck pluck ere. is only and
hat have so often often extricated extri<
.....Ml table
... _
[irough th© dangers dangers by by which ^
i is surround
TUe London Strike.
London, Sent. 12—At a meeting of
strikers Tuesday they refused to com-
---- -i .— -i*i. -----anies on nn
feet Nqv. t,
______ , _ I Manning
that subscription such is their resolve. Meanwjiile
the funds are increasing to
such an extent as to give the strikers
confidence. Australia has sent a total
of $27,500. The wharfingers have gen¬
erally accepted the men’s terms, and all
is business and bustle on feature the wharves.
The least encouraging for the
Strikers is that the dock companies are
gradually gathering a working foroe.
Nothing from America.
Addressing a second meeting of
strikers, iraerjeau Mr. Borax again assailed
contribute workmen for their failure to
money in aid of the strikers.
'With said, all their boasting and bluffing’’ If
he ‘ ‘they have given nothing.
ever the dockmen wore in a position to
congratulate themselves it is now, for
no less than £7,000 was received
yesterday alone. But “naiy red
cent’ came from America, As fo their
sympathy, I would suy! *d—r your
pity, give us your bob?’ ’
The ! W%ltecJ»iw>«l sensation,
London, fax bora Sept. unable 12 to .—The find police clew have to
the so latest any White¬
perpetrator murder. of the of the
chapel dered has The not body yet been identi¬ mur¬
woman
fied.
Possibly Only » Me.
It has been ascertained that on last
Monday morning, at 1 o’clock, a young
man, doubtles# belonging assumed to the White¬
chapel district, offered under au the of name the
and Whitechapel residence, body to The news London
Herald offioe about iq expectation twenty-four of hours reward. be¬
This was mutilated body oould have
fore the it
been placed where was found.
His story was that it had been
found there. The Herald reporters im¬
mediately searched found the Tuesday locality morning, where
the sad body it was not there. The suspicion
was u
entertained that the present sensation
is students. a ghastly ‘At joke perpetrated rate by medical who
any one man,
knows all about it, ern de identified as
soon os the pol ice find hi m,
M. Carvlllaln A treated.
Antwerp, Sept 13.— M. Corvillain,
proprietor of homicide the cartridge by imprudence. factory, is
charged with fire
His defense is teat the originated
in the petroleum shells, and caused (tie
explosion in tee cartridge Urn factory. iefief fund
Laras subscriptions to King Leopold
have been received.
heads the lift with 12,000 francs. Re¬
lief fetes rad perfo manoee hard been
given in Brussels, Paris and Berlin.
TheClnr Mn* .lng Nroop*.
Vienna London, The Sept Times 12.-
to i
advices have been
Christians in
have been
facts developed in
jfttaat that purpose, he
counte¬
nance the oontin-
uanoe of Com-
miesioner Tanner
in office, and that
if some summary
...... *
The Christian witness-
_ tea rtr'fc Constantinople, fis^TKiS subsist-
this state of idfairs, as well as the non¬
payment to Russia the of her war indemni¬
ty, warrant latter in liwsslttc
forcss. Turkey But hcrprolKible real obieot alliance is
to foroo into a Russian
and assent to Russian schemes in the
Balkans. !' i
—
Ira Falue, American Mark»mmi Dead,
Paris, Sept 12.— Ira Paine, the
ences for three weeks.
F«rat*n Notes.
Replying to appeal* to keep ths Parti ex¬
position open, the director* announce tluti ti
most be closed on Oct. 11. i , . . ,1* , :
The entire bench of judges, district and
circuit, of Riga, have been arrested for
using the Garmr.i language after they had
been ordered to use the Russian.
day Emperor William arrived at Minden Tues¬
night where be met with an enthusiastic
welcome. Various singing societies sere¬
naded tho emparor by torchlight.
Although Crete is becoming quiet, the
porta will raise tho number of troops
Btationod therefrom 30,000 to 40,000, and
several war ships will guard the island.
The Cologne Ckssette soya that tee cssre-
witch has expressed a strong dtiinofiiuttioa
to visit the Paris exhibition, in view of the
fact tftat it commemorates the revolution of
1789. »
The Vossische Zeitung publishes a com-
plaiat signed by a number of merchants of
Berlin in which it is stated that Mr. Ed¬
wards, United States coneul, subjects ex¬
porters to trivial vexations.
A dispatch from Romo says: It Is repeated
that the Italian government will expel Me*,
suth from Italy on a demand from Germany,
because in, an address to Hungarian* he pro¬
tested against Fremiti* Tiszar’s tirade against
France.
The Earl of Zetland, who has been ap¬
pointed viceroy oJ Ireland to succeed the Mar¬
quis of Londonderry, resigned, will take tee
oath of office at Dublin castle on Oetr t. The
new viceroy will make his state entry into
Dublin on Dae. t.
Important official changes i i are expected to
orcu« Bemingsen In Uc-nr.-jiy in a few day*
ia to be appointed g ova
Sio aucc^YHerr* *S( : /)o'EM* aa fifiSeo mnus-
ter, and Foreign Offine tJouuoillor Kraul
will be designated to the colonial portfolio.
NEW S IN BR IEF.
A Condensation oi Imui-ajtluj Itemi o#
Varioat Sulijocts.
Joel Ord ivqy, fanner, was robbed of 19,-
500 near Concord, N. H. 1? j
The National telephone convention is til
session at Minneapolis, Minn.
Joseph Marshall’s horse fell on him at
Cambridge, O., and killed him. *
A meeting of master steam and hot-
water fitters is in session ia Chicago.
Lgon Abbott htu tiifir renominated for
Govoi-nor by the Detuoci ats of New Jersey:
Dr. Ehrmau, of Rookport, Ind., tried to
suicide by cutting hi* wrist. Caught in
time.'
Thei-e colored is on epidamio home of scarlet in fever in.
the orphans’ Allegheny
4»ty, Pa.
H. H. Hay mart, farmer, near Bpringfleld,
O., broke his young son’s back with a piece
of fence rail.
A severe storm struck th# NewEngland
coast Tuesday, doing s considerable damage
along the shore. ' '* * * 11
At Dodge Center, Miuli., Henry Church
Ward’s barn burns.!. Two of his children
perished in the flames.
Theobald Arduer was arrested near Tiffin,
O., on a charge of stealing 100 bushels of
wheat from his father.
Little Henry Wienderlich bled to death at
South Bend, Ind., from a slight cut on his
chaek made by an umbrella tip,
Charles M, Ferguson, driven out of Fort
Bend couuty, Tex,, has sued 100 of die
leading citizens of the comity for damage*
A project to establish a line of steamers
between Tampa, Fla., and South America
has been indorsed by tha Chicago board of
trade.
The widow of the late Ben. Hopkins has
sued an insurance company at LoutiviUet
Ky.,to recover *5,000, the amount of*
policy on her husband’s Ufa
The National Association of Fire Engin¬
eers is in its seventeenth annual convention
in Kansas City. Six hundred delegates, tne
largest number ever in attendance, are pres-
The Mishawaka and South Bend street
rail way, connecting these two Indiana towns,
has bean soW to F. 8. Jewitt, of New York,
for *90,000. The mortgage indebtedness ot
the road is *100,000.
Mrs. Thomas A. Logan, of Cincinnati,
placed a plate of burning sulphur In on Up¬
stairs room of their *25,000 residence to drive
out the mosquitoes. They’ll never go hi again.
The house is in ashes.
The wife of a man named Morris is under
arrest at Reidsrville, N C., charged with
causing the death of her husband. He
died under suspicious circumstances, soon
after having his life insured rad making his
will.
Judge Irwin, of the criminal court, In¬
dianapolis, decides that Harry 8. New, of
TheJourna), was not guilty of contempt In
refuting to tell the grand Jury where he got
certain information. Tho judge held that
the matter before the jury woe not a crim¬
inal one.
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Can't IxM»te the Martyr,
Louisville, Kt., Sept 12 —The re¬
ported burning of a negro a* the slake
near thoritatively Montioello, denied. Ky., last Montioello week, is au¬ is
thirty-five miles from railroad and tele-
GO Thomas, editor of The
, says, in answer to a
of inquiry, foundation. that the Nq raportieiiti daughter
__ it
of Wilfiam tamed Oates was the outraged stoke for rad that no
negro was at
or ray other oanse-
HON. S, S. COX.
P*km ... v, Away - r^T,; Surrounded
e by
Relatives aud Friend*.
Peritonitis the Ailment Which
Caused Hte Demise. ,
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Among III* Last Want* He Btftrrad to
tlm FI»i»,tVhlah He Had For.iw.1 tor the
Admission of Wyoming and New Mexico
as States at the Next Sesrion—M«*h B«-:
gret In Washington.
no was .consult
During the day ho j
some friends and an
who come on’from
mm, ■ •#>
As late as hist Frida; |uVS
aeSBrts *
m rS^withi’ appointed Tu
fromTw olfth f
oem?fromtee Turki^minister rad
.
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l STo
mg Wyoming the admiMum the c„ ...
at next t
gross.. A< h-
iug (
Hegretla W«*l
atonal
ss?
SrSS'toa oaSiis aiJdienco impression Wtatater- be-
tained with lighter matter. He was one
of tho bos* pmiiameutariras on the
floor. While he was a partisan* still he
was in many broad
man, and a very
rat He will be
the mourning for him will .be
among political alike. friends rad
opponents
MASQUE RADES AS A MAN.
ACmstasfjHMJsinw Win* Mae Wore
Male Attire tor Toon#
Pierce City. Mo., Sept 13 . wis The ro
mance of a poor young woman dis¬
closed Tiu-Kdav hen Marshal
aerested Mrs. Josephine Cox, alios
seph Cox, a first cousin of Frank
children, mid her home is
aounty, Mo. Under the name (
She disappeared and came I
where, under the same
worked for the Pierce City I
company. She and was her regarded work t
young man, from
Victory. Some people An
Cox aere rad left exposed orphan her yesterday. at of M
was eti S years i
and began livid to wear male altite ti|.„
She with her sister until she max-
ried. Her liasbrad was
find ing she could make make abettorliving
as a man than as a ’ worn* woman, she changed
staiA'V
promised to return to pettiooa ta.
HIGH BINDERS A GAIN.
Attempt to Kill Mah iiatrf tor H*vl».g
HI* Wlf«’» I’aramuur Arrmtod.
Fite alley. Two shots were fired at
Mah, both of which penetrated his
clothing, Owing to tat thickness barely reached sate! .•SZZJL
“
shirts he wore, the bullets
3S3k« with Bhere ii
eloped his wife. is
land binders, jail to awaiting white trial, society and he the.
tIp < SS a ‘ toi? ^ >wn - i ’ D
di iteS*
tee
can marksman,
unequaled with
-shotgun, Sd'rKSR rifle, pis-
ling at the
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under s
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