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Newspaper Page TextRONEY SOLID FOR THE POST MASTERSHIP OF AMERICUS. Tlw World’* Fair Proclamation signed by the President—No Cloture Buie Mentioned Yesterday—Adjourned till Saturday. Special to Recorder. Washington, Dec. 24.—The Sen ate met to-day at the usual hour, but it was clearly evident from the number of empty seats that no bus iness could be done if anyone raised the point of no quorum. After some immaterial matters were at tended to, Senator McPherson re sumed and flnlsbed a speech be commenced on yesterday,%nd the body adjourned until Saturday. No republican made mention of the cloture rule. Aldrich, who offered it yesterday, left for his home last night. President Harrison signed the world’s fair proclamation to-day and afterwards Blaine offered bis along with the seal of State, and the Chicago show was sanctioned Col. Jaok Brown expressed the opinion to-day that Postmaster Boney, of Amerious,was solid in his place. Some weeks ago, according toCol Brown, Mrs. Emma Stewart’s ap pointment was decided upon, and her papers made out, but for some reason it was withheld, and now department officials profess to tee no reason for a change, Senator Colquitt's illness has been severe, but he Is now conva- lescent. New postmasters were named to- day for Bay, in Colqifitt county,and Long View, in Dodge. General Pierce Young is said to be an applicant for Indian Com missioner, recently declined Hon. Pat Walsh. PAYING OUT FOUR PER CENT- The Central Has Disbursed Over *200- 000 to Stockholders. IT HAS ORGANIZED. THE COMMISSION GIVE THIRTY DAYS TO EACH SIDE. by ACCIDENTALLY KILLED. ' t A Young Man Accidentally Kills His Friend—A Bad Tragedy.l Bocclal to Recorder. • Atlanta, Deo. 24.—A horrible accidental tragedy happened about ■8 o’clock this afternoon, in the of fice just opposite the Kimball House on Pryor street. Will Small,aged seventeen,killed Walker Martin, aged eighteen,with a oheap] pistol not known to be loaded. The two were warm friends, young Martin the chief support of his family. They had just pur chased a supply of cartridges for Christmas Jdsy, and went In to leave them at the office where Mar- ' tin was employed. Presently Martin hauded {Small the pistol to examine, holding the barrel in his hand, pointing toward his face. Small’s hand touched the trigger as he took the pistol and it fired, the ball entering Martin’s forehead. He breathed several seoonds but never spoke. Coroner’s jury returned a verdict of accidental death. (Advertisement.) ■ * Disavowal. Ed. Recorder Last Saturday’s ■ Times contained the statement that the people had until the 80th of this month In which to pay thler taxes, which means an extension of ten days under the law. I tried to obtain this extension bnt the Comptroller could not grant it. Fearing that some might he misled by the statement in the Times, I asked that paper to correct its error. In making this correction the writer or the Times’ statement saw fit to put out 'a handbill over the town with my name to it, leading the public to believe that all who did not pay their taxes that day woull be charged additional costs. This handbill was Issued without my knowledge or consent; and the intimation it contained was un- % just to myself. I bad no thought v.pf makingany oharge against those who did not pay up by the 20th, but on the other hand I desire to extend to delinquents all possible linlency. The hand bill mentioned smacked of a spirit so foreign to my nature that I felt desirous of making this disavowal, and also to enter my protest against an unwar ranted use of my name. One other word to the good peo ple of Sumter county. As you know, I am a candidate for Tax Collector. You know also the sad circumstances under which my name has been brought before ydu. Almost every dsy since my an nouncement as a candidate the of fice has been crowded with those wanting to pay taxes, and I have found It necessary to give more or lees personal supervision to the du ties. It has been Impossible, there fore, for me to make a personal canvass. Being denied the pleas ure of meeting my friends. I must content myself by reminding them of the cause which my namtt repre sents, and by asking that the friends «f the widow and youngchlldren of Major Furlow remember the pri- r on the 80th of this month. Mbbrbl Callaway. Savannah, Deo. 24.—The Cen tral Railroad Bank was engaged yesterday in paying dividends upon Central railroad stock held by par ties in Savannah and the surround ing country. The total amount paid out was $28,354, mostly upon small holdings. This is only a small portion of the total amount, however, disbursed by the Central railroad'upon stock dividends and debt certificates within the last few days, Cashier T. M. Cunningham Informed a Morning News reporter last night The total indebtedness of the I other seven Central railroad upon.these items | Bleckley, amounted to $619,000 in round num bers, divided as follows: Central railroad dividends, $300,000; South western railroad dividends,$181,060; certificates of Indebtedness, $138,- 000. The figures are in round num bers and do not give the odd dollars and cenlB Though the dividend was de clared payable Deo. 23, payments To Make Claim and Counter Claims- Hammond Made President—A Short And Formal Session Held'Yesterday. Special to Rrcobukr. Atlanta, Dec. 23.—The VV. A. commission held a long confer ence session to-day, and organised by electing Hon. N. J. Hammond president. All were present except G. Gun by Jordan, or Columbus. He was here yesterday, aud consented to serve bp the commission. The oath whs adwinl-tered to the by Chief Justice Gunby Jordan came in later, so that all members of the commie slou were present. Cooper Nesbitt, of Dade county, made sergeant-at arms, aud a stenographer was ap pointed. There were present, beside com mission, Gov. Joe Brown, Maj. E, Stuhlmau, Maj. J. B. Cummings, Julius Brown, and President J. W have been going on for several days I Thomas, of the new lease, and to large shareholders, principally I Clifford Anderson, for the State. In New York, the total amountpaid The lessees are given to February out previous to yesterday being to submiss their claims in writing. $177,625, as follows: Central rail-I Then counter claims of the State road dividends and debt certificates paid out by the bank at Savannah, $132,625; Southwestern railroad div idends paid out by tho bank at Macon $45,073. Add to this the amount paid out by the bank at will be submitted by Judge Au derson. The Commission meets again Feb’y 23, two months from to-day. Attorney-General Lester is some better, pud' may pull through for again to attend to the duties of his office. Savannah yesterday, $28,354, aud it the present. He will never be able gives $206,052, the total amount dis bursed by the Central railroad upon dividends aqd stock certificates within the last few days. The Central Railroad Bank was the headquarters of the stockhold- ' WHAT THEY DID The just adjourned legislature, the “farmers’ legislature,” as it is ers from out of town yesterday I popularly known, though it did morning who drew the dividends not succeed In reducing the sum due them. Most of the money was I her of days session, can congratu- left in Savannah. late Itself on the good work it did, There was no meeting of the I and a great deal of poor work it stockholders at the bank, the notice taUod to do. of holding a meeting being simply | The evil of absenteeism was bad* a form, as there is never quorum of I ly felt, and freely commented on, the stock represented. Gen. Alex-1 hut in ail probability at the sum- ander said that he has never known quorum of the stock to be repre sented in an annual meeting since the war, the reason being that majority of the stock is at present held In New York. mer session a way will be found to cure this. The most important work done was the giving of a large sum to ad vance the work of the public schools. As far as free education The meeting of the stockholders I? concerned, the mass of the peo in January elects officers and de-1 pie are In favor of It, but are great- oides other Important matters. The ly prejudiced against the colleges— time allowed for the passing of 80 called. And The Recorder stockholders and their families to I believes they are very near right. Bavannah elapsed yesterday. Many I All the figures in the world, though of the excursionists left last night they may show that a larger per for their homes, and the majority I c ®nt of students come from farm- of those remaining will probably er’s families than any other call HAS NOT JOINED THE ALLIANCE- Senator Gordon May Not Join It—Tho Report Premature—A Great Deal of Gossip About It. Special toRicOSDSH. Atlanta, Deo, 20.—The nou- materiallzatlon of the plans for henator Gordon's joining the Alli ance is creating no little gossip amongst the politicians. . There was a great flourish of trumpets about three weeks ago when the announcement was first made publicly. Prominent in all this merry-m-i'diur were the Alli ance members '-r ’he legislature who had voted for it rilmi. It ap peared then that Geu. Gordon, when appealing to these men for es, had “got next to them” by stating that be intended joining the Alliance au soon as the election was over. So there was a great to-do over Gordon’s joining the Alliance. But on the day first set for this interesting ceremony, Gen. Gordon was away. Not at home, where then ? At his farm in Taylor county. So things were smoothed over, another day set, ahd more noise made over it than before. CLOTURE INTRODUCED. ALDRICH INTRODUCES THE MUCH LY EXPECTED GAG RULE. It Goes Over, and a Big Fight is Looked For To-Day-Shorman’s Finanoial Bill Make Silver Men Indignant. , Special to Recorder. Washington, Deo. 23.—Affairs in the Senate are approaching critis, and the fight between free coinage and the force bill cannot be delayed much longer. Aldrich presented the eioture rule to-day on his Individual re sponsibility, and it was laid over until to-morrow by consent. If Aldrich attempts to call the raid up to-morrow and pass it there is going to be trouble. All the repub lican sliver men are in an inde pendent frame of mind and the indications are they will form a combine with the democrats when the crisis comes. The House met to-day as usual aud after the journal was read ad journed to next Friday. Sherman in the Senate to-day re ported the much talked of finance bill, prepared by tho committee A second time the General, who I finance. It provides for an Issue wasn’t afraid of bayonets ami can- $200,000,000, two per cent bonds. non, failed to show up. | lieu of the fourth section of caucus Again the day was set. I finance bill, which last provided for And again the General was ab- he purchase or the silver to replace sent on very Important business— bond notes. It was referred, exceedingly important. Stewait, of Nebraska, and other And now the gossips have hold silver men, are greatly indignant of the matter, and are busy with it. over the substitute measure. Hugh Gordon, a son of the Gen- The President to-day nominated era), is quoted as saying that his Henry B. Brown, Judge of tbo father never authorized the state- Eastern circuit court of Michigan, ments about joining the Alliance; to be associate justice of the SU' and is perhaps tacitly responsible preme.couurt, Vice C. Miller, de. for the impression that the Gen- ceased eral—who really promised and in- Wm. T. Moore has been made tended to join the Alliance—has postmaster at Altoona, changed bis mind and will not do Senator Colquitt is quite ill and so now. confined to hiB room. The talk goes that as soon as the Capt. Harry Jackson and ex announcement was made a stormy Governor Bullock, of Atlanta, protest came up from the General’s Judge Twiggs, of Augusta, and anti-Alliance supporters. On top | Gen. Prince Young are here, of this the Sub-Treasury platform A Surprising Amount of Work iw Special to BecordeA. . Atlanta, flea. ; 23.—This b been, pre-eminently, a “worki,f* legislature.”- Dg It fs further a notable fact th»t nqt a single “set speech" has been made this session in either the House or the Senate. The lawyer, and the young and old men elo- quent have been relegated to the rear. Quiet, honest, hard work has been the order of the day. The figures are really surprising Three hundred and tweuty-three (323) bills and resolutions were passed, and have been signed by the Governor, or are now on his desk awaiting that official act. The only legislature that ever sc- complished anything like this • amount of work was the last one They passed 166 bills and 15 resold tlons at the winter session, or only a little more than half the num ber passed this year. ANOTHER ENTERPRISE. was ratified at Ocala, and this nat urally embarrassed matters. The pressure was more than the Gover. nor could stand. His knees shook. The music was too much for him, He fled. AN OBJECT LESSON CANVASS For a level headed man, com mend us to Congressman-elect Stewart, of Illinois, who was elected In a Republican district This leaves his Alliance friends I which gave at the lastelectloD over In the position of holdlng-tbe bag—I S '°°° majority. This is how he for snipe. The speetacle Isamus- did It ! return to-day. THE NEXT PRIMARY Will be Held on Tuesday, Decsmbsr SO, for Tse Collector. The race for Tax Collector grows warmer dally, and the candidates are stirring things up generally. There are six announced candi-, „ dates, Messrs. John Sims, Dlck Hon. Wright Brady paved the way Windsor, J. B. Dunn, 8. W. Small, If 0 '; The < J ,8 P 08,tlon mad « 0, the P. V. Wesson and Merrel Callaway. festerments oMm was the best lng, will not show that the colleges do not educate pupils to be farmers, nine-tenths of them go* lng directly to the store, the coun ter, and the professions. The legislature gave the insur ance monopoly a shaking up also, and Twitty’s bill put the bankers in a trembling condition. The guano men were also touched up by Senator Ellington’s bill, whieb That’s a pretty long- list, and a that could be made, and the lessees good list. The Executive Commit-1 jJJJ f®‘ noth,n * the y are not entl * tee set aside Tuesday, December 80, the day for the primary election. That is, Tuesday week., The time Is growing near, and the six candidates are hustling. The people are interested in the race, and are watching it closely. A SORROWFUL TALE. tied to. Considering the great number of local bills, and that the session was only forty-five days, it will be teen that some hard work was done, and well done. IT WILL DIE QUIETLY. An Old Negro Advertises For His Bun away Children. [ The Force Bill to be Laid Aside— Yesterday’s Proceedings-Politician Pledger. Special to Kecordeb. Washington, Deo. 18.—The re in the want column of this morn- t Pelican Senators, Hoar, Spooner mg’s Recorder will be found a ““ mi'i w '; ^^ ! card from Louis Fuller, who wanls ° rce . b1 , 11 ’ a0 t kn ° w,ed * 0 ^ that to know the whereabouts of hi* kg? wife and children who ran away *? J' ay th ® 1bU ! “ lde t ? from him last week. 7 ,ata1 ' , The deba * « «“ blU w l „ „ . ,, , probably run through this week, Fnllerl. an old negro, and Mem- wheuthe caUL . U s financial mens- edgreaUy affected by the loss of ore agreed wlll beoaUe d up his children. As to his wife, he to displace it said he eared little. That If the did Republican managers are talking 1 ° v l e h ‘“ * nd °°“ Id * Ive I about what they are going to do . ^ nothing to say when they ^ through with a coin- about getting her back. But the age yjj but n0 one j 8 deceived by children whom he had raised up, , t . They glmpIy can , t pasB the bul( and whom he so dearly loved, the now tbat tbey bavo dropped it. going of these.he said, nearly broke Mr . Shuman> representing tbo hi. heart. They were Induced to 8enate finance oommItt e e , pre . leave, according to hisAtory, by his Mnted the oanoua ailver bllUo . oldest son, Richard, who is a mar ried man. They hid no reason in the world, as he ha* always treat ed them kindly. Of course the other side of. the, story could not be gotten, as the whereabouts of the runaways are not known. The Methodist ministers will now make their annual move. The farmers’ legislature don’t take much stoek in the branch col leges.' ... The Central Railroad ia helping lu stockholder* oat of the herd time* by paying a four per cent dividend. day and It was ordered printed and recommitted to the committee, which gave it life. W. A. Pledger, tho somewhat celebrated colored politician, ar rived in Washington to-day, look ing considerably travel worn and .weatherbeaten. He has been do ing political service down In Lou* slanna as a timber Inspector. The proceedings of the two Houses to-day wore tame, Senator Coke occupied the time of the Sen ate In a speech against the force bill, while the lower Honse basted Itself with a subsidy measure. The name of a postofflee at Craw fish Springs, In Walker county, has boon changed to Chleamanga. ing to the outsider, but hard on the man with the bag. TWO MARRIAGES YESTERDAY, And Four Mors Souls are Mode Happy. "Stewart consented to be a can didate only upon condition that be should be the only Democratic S eaker in the district and conduct o campaign. in hts own way, The conditions wore complied with. The nomination was made. Then Stewart disappeared. A week later ^ , ho appeared In the district. But Yesterday, Christmas eve, was a there were no brass bands; no big fitting day for the happy joining of meetings. Indeed, there was no souls-and lives of two young couples excitement, and none of.theDemo- in--,- .-a M -i., I- ciatio leaders knt w what Stewart well known and popular in Amerl- waB dolng . B ut he was elected CU8 - and this was the way he got it. Early In the morning, about 7 “He flnt went to Chicago, to a o'clock Miss NIta Tharpe and, Mr. la W> *•>*•«•, end well known wholesale house, where he pur- Graham Forrester were married by obaied a ba [f dozen packing trunks Rev. A. B. Campbell. full of ordinary goods of all descrip- The soene of this happy occasion tlons tbat are used by every family, was in Buena Vista, the home of On wh of the articles he had the ib. .ml tt. tm "tu.n.t SI” BRSS& SS&ffi on the next train to Americus. passed marked od each, and Mr. Forrester is a young man of thirdly, he had the firm mark on undoubted talent, and the very faot th .® «°°?» J*hat theprioes would be of his winning such a lady as a I ^ u 0 ? , Besidss this , , , , 8 “ , , / I he had thousands of cards printed prize plainly proves this fact. Miss showing former prioes and prloes Tharpe, although living is Buona under the McKinley bill on all Vista, is well known here, and 8° od8 of ev « r y da F «»«• With this claims friends and admirer, on aU Paraphernalia he went to every , , , county and every little town in sides. Americas welcomes her the district. He would go to the with open arms, and congratulations school houses in eaoh neighborhood pour in upon the happy pair. and spread bis goods out to be ex- R. r. Sams, Miss Nellie Samp and walk around among the assembled Mr. Ben Worthy were joined lu the crowds and explain the burdens bonds of love and marriage ,?o V Imposed upon them by the McKln- *.B.c 7 wimn.i«i W ' a"!!.:", 6 ,'t^f. n JiS'S!t These two young people are his stock of goods. It simply set known to all the city, »u<i both the people wild. They went home have the happy faoulty of m i.ing and talked about it. There woe no •“r T rr "• ”*• ss..nx£s tact with. Miss Sams is a \ mg I pay more for everything he uses lady with all the delightful cbmac- and oompels him to sell his pro- teristics of womanhood, aud has duet8 a ‘ the same old prices. The endeared herself to all who people couldn't stand It, and when endeared uersejrto ail who ‘mow I electlon day arr i ve d they voted for her. Mr. Worthy has made quite I Stewart He was elected and the a reputation as a business mau, as | object lesson did It. well as socially, A Handsome Present. I T ° Governor's Wife. Mr. J. A. Reveire, of the S. A. M. Co1 ' J ' A ' Fort ’ Sr ” e *P re88ed a road, was made happy last night by beautiful gift to Mrs. Gov. Northern a present from the Motion bosses I y^terday. It was a large box of under him. They carried him to the most exquisite flowers, arranged John R. Shaw’s clothing store, and I mott tMU1 y> and P re8entln * a “ •»>* fitted him up in the latest style' from head to foot. A Stetson hat on top, E. & W. linen, a handsome suit of clothes, shoes and all were given him, and a betterjpresent could not have been cboMn. Mr. Reveire it one of thb best men on the road, andtheirglft tells how popular be is with the men under him. pearance wbieh would charm the eye of any. It was a lovely gift, and one which can not fail to be heartily appreciated. A New Brlok Yard to Begin Operation Nazt Month. Yesterday, Mr. Bob Sullivan was exhibiting a few. brick made of dsy from his property back of the old Cobb place. They were compact, and said by experts to be equal to aDy in the country. Mr. Sullivan owns some four acres, all of which is composed of tho finest kind of Olay. And when “the fiuest of olay” is said, It Is meant in (be broadest meaning, for nowhere can its superior be found. And here Mr. Snlllvan will start a brick yard. He owns it alone now, and has already ordered the best and most improved maohioery to begin operation early in the new year. He may, however, sell out a part of his Interest, and form a stock company. On this point he has not folly de cided, but vvhother the company ie organized or not, It will be one of the finest and largest brlek yards in the coun try. The capacity will atflrat be. 50,000 a day, which will be increased with the demand. The money market may be tight, but Amerlens just can’t be held book. A Georgia Farmer’s Wife. The Hawkinavllle Dispatch A News publishes the article below. Can any of our Sumter county wives beat the record of Mrs. J. \V. Harrell, of Mattie, Ga.: "I want to give a few Items on niy success at hog raising. I am fifty-five years old, but you know we never get so old but that we love to say “mine;’’ so I took * no tion I wanted some bogs that I could call mine. I bought a little sow In August, 1889, psid four dol lars for her. On the £6tb of Sep tember she had a . Utter of seven pigs; In March, 1890, she bad six pigs; In August, five pigs—making three litters of pigs in less than eleven months. I have bsd tbe sow sixteen months, have killed 1,078 pounds of pork, killed two fat shoats in the summer, Sand bare ten head now, all from that little sow. I made the pens, put up and fattened the hoga myself. I also make my cow pen*, f««d and attend to my cows myself, therefore I have plenty of milk and butter, winter and summer. I raise plenty of chlekens and tur keys. I raised thirty-seven tur keys last summer. I d “ *jl ®7 house work, never hove any help unless I am tooslok to do it raj- self, whloh is very seldom. * 1 am now feasting on spare-riw, I back-bones and sausages, with no* r and then a turkey dinner, P} en *7 I batter-cakes and waffles swlmmluf I In nloe yellow butter. So yon w | w bat au old woman can do. Mrs, J. W. Habbkli- The Asheville Immigration Con- I ventlon Is well attended, a * u J f five hundred delegates being tM^ We hope some plan wlll be a “®*L give us a good working Immlfl* | lion bureau for the South. Augusta Is trying “»| whether to allow the clilldr* 8 I use flre-wbtks on Christmas I With neceMary oare, there *b° I be no danger In allowing It- Highest ofall in Leavening Power.—U. S, Gov’t Report, Aog. i7> If Col. Jack Brown. is eorreetly informed, Mr. J. C. Roney’s Christ mas gift will be a good one—being retained as postmaster. Mr. Sam E. Whitmire has been promoted from city editor to'editor of the Brunswick Time*. Mr. Whitmire deserves It, too, for be is live, energetic young fellow, and nset his head and pencil more than he does his scissors. Baking ABSQIJUTEIYPCfRE Tbe Celebrated Royal Baking Powder |s E. D. ANBLKY,' And other dsaiersjln High-Class Gro r les milieu 8 !