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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1890.
QUART BILL KILLED.
BUT ANOTHER TEMPERANCE BILL
TAKES ITS PLACE.
The W. & A. Committee—A New Pen
sion Law—A Compromise Brady Bill
—Other Business Transacted,
WHEATLEY
AIM'S
Prices marked
down on
way
cleared out. Only a
few of them left and
the prices marked on
them are carrying
them away rapidly.
Underwear fo
Gent’s, Ladies and
Children at popular
prices.
Blankets and Corn-
portables in splendid
assortment.
Hpcclal to Krcobdkh.
Atlanta, Dec. 4.—lu the house
Mr. Hetrd, of Baker, introduced
a bill “to protect litigants against
excessive fees," making it unlaw*
ful for [a lawyer to charge more
than ten percent of the amount of
judgment.
Distnuke, of Spalding, intro
duced a joint resolution fixing an
adjournment for the 15th. Re
ferred.
A resoiutiou by Atkinso^, of
Coweta, which wits passed, -sails
for the appointment of a W. & A.
committee, as was had in the fast
general assembly.
The bill by Boifeuillet, of Bibb,
t o make the office of State School
C ’onimisttioner elective by the peo-
p! t, was passed this morning.
Th * vote stood 143 to 2, Holtzelnw,
of , Houston, and Dismuke, of Spald
ing, alone voting against it.
THE W. A A. COMMITTEE.
Th ia is the W. & A. committee of
the 1 louse, announced by Speaker
Howe II:
Atki nson,of Coweta, Chairman;
Graves,, of Newton; Berner, of
Monroe ; Huff, of Bibb; Tatum, of
Dade; Bioitzclaw, of Houston;
Goodwit V of Fulton; Colvin, of
Richmon 41; Whitfield, of Baldwip;
Dunwood «f Glynn; Trammell,/
of Whitfli <Ud; Morton, of Clarke;
Held, of Putnam; Hartridge, of
Chatham, and Seay, of Floyd.
TIIE X HEW TENSION LAW.
A joint resolution, by Senator
Dick John am, .of the 2lst, was
passed in th • Senate to-day, author
izing the Go t.ernor to borrow money
for the payn cent of authorized pen
sions to the rldows of Confederate
soldiers, in I he event the bill to
authorize the same be passed by
this general muembly. There le
no money u aw In tho treasury
available for 1 his purpose.
IN T UE SENATE.
Todd’s Anti -Barroom bill was
killed tills mo: miug by a ruling of
President Mitchell. Tho motion to
reconsider being tabled, he said,
could only be t aken from the table
on the same d iy ft put there.
In effect, the right to reconsider
The two candidate? were H. P.
Lumpkin and W. J. N unually.
Mr. Xunnally was el teted.
Solicitor Dan W. Rouutree, of
the Southern circuit, re signed this
morning, being now a .’esident of
Atlanta. That brings on .anothor
election by the legislature.
The appointments of Dr- Miliar
■and Dr. Felton as University trus
tees, aud of Jones and .Robb as city
court judges of Albany and Macon,
respectively, were confirmed title
moral lg. ^
The bill by Sen. Terrell Is said to
be a very important one. Its pro
visions are general, but the meai-
ure has a definite object In whloh
every insurance company in thJe
/section of the South Is interested.
“That is,” said Sen. Terrell, “to
break up this Southeastern Tariff
Association, and to allow competi
tion In the business of insurance.”
HORRIBLY MANGLED.
PUT
A NEGROE’S HEAD SPLIT BY A CIR
CULAR SAW,
His Brains Boattered and Hia Hose Out
Off—A Terrible Accident—His Wounds
(Skillfull; Dressed, But He Cannot
Live.1
MORE DELEGATES.
To the Asheville Convention of the
Southern Immigration Bureau.
Special to Rbcohdeh.
Atla nta, Dec. 4.—In addition to
the list of delegates from each Sen
atorial dis trlct appointed by Gov.
Northeu y esterday aro the follow
ing made pttblic to-day:
CommUsioiterNesbett, of the Ag
ricultural Department, has ap
pointed Capt, K- J. Redding Supt.
of the Experimental StatioD, at
Griffin, and Dr. H. H. Carey, of
LaGratige, to represent the depart
ment.
President Gleesuer, of .‘he Geor
gia Press Association, has ai'P°l n t*
edCol. J. H. Esteli, of the 8a
nah News, and Capt. John Triplet.^-
of the Thomaiiville Times-Entcr-
prise.
THE ACADEMY BURNED.
NflVpRv qnif-q hp ha ' 1 expired by legislation.
JNUVeit^, 8UIC8 to t>e This Is the ruling of Jno. G. Car-
Wheatley l Husky,
Successor! to Thornton A Wheatley.
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lisle, who was written to upon the
subject aud made that answer.
There was no appeal from tho
decision of the chair; and now the
Todd bill—the original one--is dead
sure enough.
But, as if to make up for the lose
of that bill, another temperance
bill was introduced by Sen. Todd.
Its object is to make the man that
sells liquor to A, liable for actual
and exemplary damages for harm
done by A while intoxicated,
whether harm to tho person of any
member of hia family, or to the
person or property of anybody
else.
“Its object,” said Sen. Todd, “ia
to make the man that sella the
liquor responsible for what he
does.”
Amongst the new bills introduced
to-day was oue by Senator Lanier,
of the Otb. It Is for the protection
of landlords, vesting in them the
titles to crops made on rented
premises until the tenant has fully
paid the rents, together with all
advances made by the landlord. It
is made unlawful for the tenant to
sell, mortgage or in ahy way en
cumber the crops, without the con-
sent of the landlord, until the rents
have bten fully paid.
Another by Senator Ellington is
to regulate the rate of storage
charge! by railroad companies, to
prescribe conditions npon which It
can be charged, and to provide
method by which unreasonable
charges may be contested.
THE BRADY BILL COMPROMISE.
The Ellington Bill “to regulate
tho salo of fertilizers”—what Us
author has christened "a compro
mise) on the Brady bill”—was favor
ably recommended by the Senate
Agricultual committee this morn
ing, and made the special order for
to-morrow.
There will be a lively debate upon
It. The essential feature of tbla, aa
of the Brady bill, la provision for a
pleading of failure of considera
tion.
OTHER BUSINESS,
In joint session this morning the
legislature elected a solicitor forth#
Rome clroait to suceeeed Ran. C.
a. Janet.
Wednesday The Recorder re
ceived special from Lumpkin tell
ing of the burning of the Stewart
Academy at that place. It was dis
covered in blaze about midnight 1
Tuesday night, and nothing could
I he done to check the flames. It zras
totally destroyed with ail its con-
teuts.
The building was insured for
$1500. The Are was said to be of in
cendiary origin, although no clue
could he found as to the probable
origin. ,
This is quite a loss to our little
neighbor, ub the building was a most
excellent one. It Is not known
whether it will bo rebuilt-or not.
A horrible acoident happened to
atrobng negro dowb at Bell’s Plan
ing mill yesterday.
He had only been In Amerloue
S v weeks, coming here from Mar-
alville where hls home ia. Few
101% city knew him, and beseem-
Ad to-be unknown-to atT his race.
His name, according to an old ne
gro with whom he stopped during
the first days he was here, ieElljah
Carson."
The acoident happened about 9
o’clock yesterday morning, and the
boy’s head was almost split in
halves'.
Mr. Bell says the boy came to
him yesterday morning early for
work, and having a little extra to
he done, employed him for a couple
of hours. He had finished his
work at the time of the accident,
and was standing out near the en
giue house. Near here was a rip
saw, under which had accumulated
a pile of saw dust. Some one told
the negro to get the shovel and re
move the saw dust, which he began
doing.
The saw was exceptionally well
guarded, and there seemed no pos
sibility of any one’s getting hurt.
After removing k few shovelfuls
the negro stopped and crawled al
most underithe saw, exactly what
for no one knew. Another negro
standing by told <blm to be carefnl
-r he would get hurt, to which Car-
80Q answered with an oath that he
ku wtoaa he was about,
Hardl * tlj e words left him
m * Round Ami
THE NEW HOTEL.
Work Progressing s Little More Bepld-
17.
Our msgnifleent new hotel is be
ginning to assume the looks of
building, and each day it .is added
to In height. The foundation for
the second floor has been laid, and
work is expected to be pushed more
rapidly than has been done recent
ly-
It is beginning to loom up, how
ever, and not many months will
elapse before it will exactly resem
ble the handsome cut The Re
corder uses on the back of its on
veiepes, thus advertising our beau
ty in all parts of the U. S. and else
where.
Prohibition Pencil Pushers Pullsd.
Special to Rkcohdkh.
Atlanta, Dec, 4.—Three prohibi
tion editors were arrested to-day,
all upon true bills for libel. One Is
Chas. D. Baker, publisher of the
Southern Star.” . The others are
J. M. George and G. M. Evans,
publishers of the “Prohibitionist,”
a short lived paper that flourished
during the Todd-Venable race for
State Senate. The libels were
against Venable in that light.
All three editors gave bond.
Highland's Primary. •
Special to HXCORDXB.
Richland, Dec. 4.—A primary
was held- here last night for the
purpose of nominating city officers
for the coming year, and resulted
aa follows: For Mayor, J, C. Lay-
field; Aldermer, T. F. Carter, J. R.
Tompkfo , W. B. Saville, Jas. E.
French and Dr.T. B. Miller. This
ticket was elected by acclamation,
and seems to he the most popular
one that could have been put out.
Great unanimity prevails.
Carried to MUledgeviUa.
‘Old Annt Joe -Box,”, an old-
negro of Buena Vista, was brought
through Amsrieus by tho sheriff
day before yesterday, being carried
to the Insane asylum at MIHedge-
Wile.
before a'ci sound/was bea.” 1 '
and the boy v, ^ to dr0 P to the
ground, the bloo ^ ,n di
rections. C'rawlin c T ®' 1 ^’ ® e *ted
himself a few steps a Plant
ing a bloody and horri . •pcota-
cle. His nose washanglngbJ T * , | >r ® d
abd fils Hpwas split aud cut
His face was one mass of blfc' od t
and from I he out on the bead ooze.fi
out the brains.
Horrible was the sight, and those
who saw it sickened as they saw
this mutilated being attempt In
speak.
Hurriedly putting him in a wag
on he was driven to the office of
Dm. J. B. and A. B. Hinkle. No
remuneration was offered for their
services, but being full of pity,
these gentlemen at once began the
work of dressing the wounds.
The lip was sewn up and the nose
placed on. Out of the brain pieces
of the skull were thken whloh had
been driven in nearly two inohes.
About two ounces of brain were
lost.
All this was done with as muoh
care as if the patient was able to
pay high for the service*.
The boy was then taken over to
the home of Emma Sparks, by the
artesian well, where he was taken
care of. He was in a terrible oon
ditlon and it is wonderful that
death has not ensued.
The Doctors Hinkle were seen,
and stated that there waa no hope
for his recovery. The>pllt through
the skull was large enough fora
hand to be slipped In. The nose
was nearly off, the out extending
from the upper lip to nearly aa far
baok at the back of the head. H e
may possibly live two or three daya
but his deato Is expected every
RUMORS DENOUNCED.
THE-ALLIANCE LEGISLATORS DE
NOUNCE CERTAIN RUMORS.
The Mission of Alliance Legislator*—
Gordon’s Election No Defeat—Th*
Feature* of the Address.
8occlal to Rscordrb.
Atlanta, Deo. 4.—An address Is
furnished for publication to-day,
prepared by Sen. J. P. Walker,
Sen. C. M. Witcher, Sen. C. H. El
lington, and representatives J. B.
Hill, of Cherokee; M. V. Calvin, of
Richmond; A, H. Jaokson, of Oco
nee, aud T. M. Merriwether, of
Wilkes, a committee of Alliance
members of the legislature.
It is addressed “to the sub-alll-
anoes In Georgia,” having been
adopted at a general meeting of the
alliance legislators.
It aliudeB to the "rumors” during
the Senatorial contest, newspaper
charges of Improper motives, influ
encing some Alliance votes, and
“protests against these Unfair and
groundless charges,” and further
on, "denounces” them in the usual
“unquallflcattons.” The commit
tee then go on to eay that the Alii-
ancemen, in the legislature, have a
mission—reduction of taxes,'revis
ion of the oommon sohool system,
looking to a six months term and
payment of teaohers monthly or
quarterly, aud the enlarging of the
power of the railroad commission.
The committee state that Gordon
Is elected but that "one order Is
greater than the success or defeat
of any man.” Farther, “the Alli
ance Is not a political organiza
tion.”
It.closos with an assurance that
‘brethren, we are here, doing our
duty” and that like true Alllanoe-
ARAB “vs have consigned to the
peat whatever differences obtained
among us on the Senatorial ques
tion,’’
THE LUSCIOUb
' BIVALVE-
Two Barrels Cleaned up by -
Wednesday Night.
WILL NOT BE LODGE’S.
THOUGH A FORCE BILL WILL BE
PASSED BY THE SENATE.
THE PRIMARY CALLED.
Mr. Bell wrote to a gentleman in
Marthallville to Inform the parents
of the injured negro, and they will
" id to ‘ ■
doubtless attend to him after to
day. or If dead will take charge of
the body.
APPOINTED TAX COLLECTOR.
Mr. H. Callaway Appointed to Till th*
» Unexpjred Term.
The tax collectorshlp, made va
cant by th* death of Major Furlow,
was temporarily filled yesterday by
the Ordinary appointing Mr. M.
Callaway to serve through to the
next term. Ordinary Speer also
wired the governor to bave the
bond made out and forwarded.
This appointment gives univer
sal saltsfactlop, as Mr. Callaway la
gentleman of well known ability
and popular with all.
Major Fnrlow waa nominated as
the Democratic candidate for the
next term, the election oomlng off
January, and now this place will
have to be filled.
In another oolnmn will be fonnd
two annoanoementa tor the posi
tion, that of Mr, Callaway and Mr.
B.J)unn.
Ono of the moat pleasant little I 1 '
•ffalra of the season look place
Wednesday night In the council
chamber, where a number of friends
gathered to examine the rnslde of
two barrels of oysters in the shell,
A long table was spread, and sev
eral negroes wore kept busy roast-
lug and throwing the steaming hot
•hells on the board.
Around it were some ten prize
openers and swallowers of the close
mouthed Inhabitant* of the briny
deep. What they found between
the sheila you may Imagine, but
can never know the extreme dell-
cionanesaof the juicy Interior un
less you were present and submit
ted to an Internal exploration by a
few dozen.
Of course there were other attrac
tions whloh were highly enjoyed,
and no spread could have so tickled
the palates of those present.
Mr. Stevenson received the oys
ten from Savannah, and waa ably
assisted in arranging the feast by
Mesafr. W. K. Bell and Hugh M.
Brown, Sohmldt, tbs caterer, as
well aa others
Among those who assisted In the
delightful work of emptying the
barrels were, first, Mr. W. 0. Gray,
who for the best of reasons, should
be mentioned aa leader. Mr. C. M.
Wheatley oomee among the first,
and In fact, all are Justly entitled
to a place of honor for their great
working capaelty. Among the
others present were Hugh Brown,
Stevenson, W. K. Bell, W. C. Bus
sell, Coot StanfleN, O. W. Lamar,
B. H. Jozaey and Alf Harper.
-W City Executive Commute* Appoint
Next Thursday.
day for
<iut$
K. of F.
Please take notice that a meeting"
of great importance will be held
Monday, Dec. 8th. All moneys due
the lodge will be collected also.
8. M. Cohen,
Master of Finance.
'entire committee ap*
The city exc.
pointed by the m*. ,terd * y “®
nesdAy night, met yc.
set next Thursday as the
holding a primary to nom,
oily officers.
Lees than a week remains for
electioneering, and thing* will be
lively from now nntll after Thurs
day.
Here Is the oall of the exaontlre
committee:
TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF
THE CITY OF AKBRICU8.
The exeeutive committee, chosen
by the mass meeting Wednesday
night, have appointed a primary
eleotlon for Thursday, Deoember
11th, 1890, for the purpose of nomi
nating a Mayor, three Aldermen,
and a Clerk and Treasurer for the
oily of Amerlona, subject to the
same rules and regulations as gov
ern the county primary. ~ *•
John Windsor,
Chm’n Executive Committee, City
of Amerlous. ,
Attest: ,
James A.*Davenport, Seo’y.
SNEED WASN’T IN IT.
BoQsythe Witness#! lntb* Court Mar-.
Atlanta, Deo. 4.—The court
martial In the Gats City Gqsrds
case began to-day. The' day was
devoted to the Sneed ‘osas, and
while U was oonolnded no decision
will be announced nntU It Is re
ported to the Governor.
The other oases will be taken up
to-morrow.
All the witnesses to-day testified
that Capt. Sneed knew nothing
whatever about the attempt to se
cure tbs program.
Senator Fash Speaks Against the BUI—
BurlaTof a Gallant Soldter-Valdoita
Geta a Republican F. H.
Special to HacoBDsa.
Washington, Deo. 4.—At two
o'clock to- day the Senate Republl-
oansjbuckcd up against the fores bill
again, and prooeededjlnthe course
they have decided to adopt, despite
the loot that publlo sentiment la
against them, and despite the
warning that came from the Alll
anoe National meeting at Ooola.
There le but little doubt but what
a force bill of some sort will pass
the Senate, but It will not be the
Lodge Iniquity. It will take time
to get a modified bill through, and
the prooeedura will Involve a
change of the rales of the body,
whereby Senatorial courtesy will
receive every painful strain.
Senator Pugh, .of Alabama, was
on the floor all of the afternoon In
opposition to the bill. He spoke
from manusoript.
A BIO PENSION DRAFT.
The House did some miscellane
ous business early to-day, and then
took up the pension appropriation
bill. It carries $183,178,000, distrib
uted among 657,745 pensioners, the
largest number ever provided for
at the statute* of the United
States.
OPPOSED THE COPYRIGHT.
All the members of the Georgia
delegation present voted against
the passage of the oopyrlght bill.
OEN. WILCOX BURIED.
The remains of Gen. Cadmus M.
Wilcox, one of. Longstreet’s staff
officers, were bnrled here to-day.
Gen. Joe Johnston was one of the
mourners who followed the hearse
to the grave.
"VALDOSTA’S POSTMASTER.
Chas. W. Force waa to-day nom
inated postmaster for Valdosta.
He is a republican.
Highest of aU in Leavening Power_U. & GcVt Report, Aug. ij, itk .
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