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Newspaper Page TextWASHINGTON GOSSIP. BOTH BRANCHES OF CONGRESS MEET AND ADJOURN. The Force Bill May Oet Through- Onmei* Bill Knocked Out—Senator Uoar.t Very Ill-No Foatal Telegraph BUI. Special to RgcoUDKK. Washington, Jan. 2.—The upper hoiiHe met to-day and forty sen- ■tore answered to roll call, lu fif teen minutes the body adjourned without a business motion. The house met at 12 o'clock and adjourned in thirty minutes, the time belli# consumed 111 a roll call. On Monday both houses will Bueet ami tl.e regular busmens of the session will be proceeded with. The best informed democrats be lleve that Hoar will get his force bill through the Senate. It will be modified to some degree, but the bill as a whole will be passed On Monday night u caucus of Senate representatives will be held and it is presumed that all the dif ficulties that now beset the friends of the force bill will be removed. lint few southern members at tended the white house jubilee on New Years. Not a single Georgia member showed his face in the ex ecutlve precinct. The C'utterlck hunting party, of which Mr. Grimes was a member, are back from North Carolina wiBer and better. The shooting was bad. Mr. Blount, of the house commit tee on post-offices and post roads, stated to-day that this congress would not pass a postal telegraph bill. This information will send Western Union up several points. Millionaire Benator Hearst, of California, is critically ill and may die. His doctors are striving to eonecal the seriousness of his ail ment. The .Secretary of War, in his re port to Congress to-day, declared the Chattahoochee river between Franklin, in Heard county and West Point, in Troop county, was not worthy of being improved for navigation purposes. This knocks out the Grimes bill for an appropri ation for this work. The Richmond & Danville rail road will start their can non ball train on next Monday between this •ity and Atlanta. The train will be vestibuled, gas lights and steam heated. No stops will be made, and passengers will bo accomo dated with a hotel car. The time between this city and Atlanta will be reduced to nineteen hours, and between New York and Atlanta twenty-four hours. PAYING THE INTEREST. State Bondholders Getting Their Pock ets Filled—otter News About the Capital. Special (o Rkcohder. Atlanta, Jan. 2 —The change in the office of Principal Keeper of the penitentiary will take place to morrow. Col. George H. Jones, the new keeper, came up this fore noon, and the transfer will be made FROM ATLANTA. NEWS NOTES FROM GEORGIA'S CAP ITOL. The County Election Pfiase* off Quietly —Where ia Morris-The Poor Wife— Gov. Northcn at Work. NOTES FROM WESTON. Special to ItKcosliKR. Atlanta, Jan. 7.—The county election passed ofF very quietly to- wlthout any special fornm'lty or ) day. It was the lightest vote polled delay. The Treasurer was busy mailing checks tills morning for the semi annual interest due by the State on the 18tli of January. Of the bonds on which interest is just due there here in years. There whs no oppo sition to the Democratic nominees. G. H. Tanner is re-elected clerk of the Superior court, J. \V. Mor row was elected sheriff - , A. P. Stewart was re-elected tax collect- are $1,051,000 of 4,'j per cents under | or. T. M. Armstead was elected lax the act, 84; $100,000, 4> s ', 1887; $ 152, 000, 1889. The total Interest was $28,557,50. These are for regis tered, or non-coupon bonds, only. A meeting of the Advisory Board will be held the latter part of the mouth, so Adjutant-general Keil stated this morning, to devise what shall be done with (his year’s mill tary appropriation of $25,000. A considerable amount will he put in the erection of permanent build ings, etc., at some permanent site for the annual encampment. An executive order has just been Issued calling for the semi-annual returns of insurance companies They are to he on hand on or before March 2ud. A FIVE MONTHS TERM- Is Wbat the Schools Will Bare. Hpeclnl to Kkcorokk. Atlanta, Jan. «.—It is a live months school term! The law requires the State School Commissioner on or before the 15th of Jau. of each year to com pute the length of the term for that year. That was the tlrstduty of the new commissioner. His open letter is being prepared now, and may be ready for publication in the morn ing. "AH I can tell you now," he said this morning, "Is that the length FOR THE FARMERS receiver, C. M. Payne was elected treasurer, B. J. Davis was | elected coroner and W. VV. Grffln surveyor. Where is Morris ? There is no doubt about tbe sing eashler being badly wanted here just now. Developments show a really strange stale of nf. fairs. For mouths the man had been thieving systematically. Real cleverness was slioun in maintain ing all this while a good business and social position. He kuew that exposure must come, but he work ed his plans quietly and coolly to tbe last. It was several days before the ex tent of his operation was suspected. In the meanwhile be. was allowed every opportunity to escape,' and It seems that he is gone "for good." Hin pockets must have been pretty well illled when he left here. About $10,000 can bo counted up now, and new losses are becoming known every day. Tbe latest phase of the matter is that he was a forger, aud a clever one. Everybody is sorry for his wife. Before this exposure came, very few even of his most intimate friends, knew thatMorris was mar ried. The wife is his senior, and the story goes that he married her for money. The fortune she was expected to Inherit vanished, soon after the wedding, into tho air. The of the school term will he five months. We can’t make it any I devoted husband’s ailection aud more, though I had hoped to do so; respect vanished with it. She was and many people expected a six J fl8 near a non-entity as studied neg- months term this year, live months." CAPT. ROSS’ VIEWS Diversified Farming Must Bs the Be* suit of8carce Money end Labor. It will be I leet could make her. To his friends, Morris never mentioned her, or the fact that he had a wife. Of course there is a gossiping bit of talk about a woman in this case, but there is no couflamatiou of such a thing. Commissioner Nesbitt Makes nis Crop Baport For 1800—An Address to the Farmers. Special to Kicorobb. Atlanta, Jan. 2.—Commission er Nesbitt will Issue in a few days am Important official document— supplemental crop report of 1890 and an address to the farmers of the State. The average yield of oats for the State la nine bushels per acre. The white corn crops are good in South Georgia, but falling •fT in Middle and Northern parts. The State will make a supply short of the demand. Of cotton the report says; "The cold spring in the Northern por tion of tbe State retarded the growth and development of cotton plant, and In some localities the severe drouth during summer pre vented early and perfect maturing of bolls. In lower Georgia exces sive rains during maturing season •aused excessive heart growth at expense of the fruit, but on the whole the orop is a good one though from above causes and difficulty In securlug necessary labor to gather tbe crop as it opened, sample is poor. The average for the State Is 93.100. No damage is reported from iuseots, except from rust In few localities.” Average of wheat is 32-100; oats (9-100; sugar cane syrup 03-100; sorghum 71-100; rice 93-100: peas 73-100; ground peas 79-100; sweet potatoes 94-100; clover hay 83-100; other hsy 72-100. In commissioners address he says plow deep and rest the land once in every three years. Aim at deep and thorough pulverizing. High manuring pays. Raise more slock aud don’t plant too much cotton. He promises that the legislature, will at tbe summer session, make adequate provision for the inspec tion of fertilizers, which is impos sible under tbe present system. Governor Nortlien was at the capitol to-day for the first time in | quite a while. He was kept busy, too. Adjutant-General Kell issued an Sunny Slope, Jan. 1,—Editor Recorder—A calm, quiet Christ mas we hive had in this section, unalloyed with any Incidents of tragedy, or teaming with any oc casions of merriment Indicative or j order to-day attaching the Quitman such times. It has been, seeming- Guards, nf Forsyth, Ga., to the ly, one continuous Sabbath day, Second Battalion Ga. Inf. Under except in violation an occasional an act of the last legislature, there report of some darkie’a gun at a being now seven companies In the sparrow or something else inferior command, the 2nd Bat’allon be- a» to game. comes tho 2nd Reg. The election The stringency lu money matters °dlcers will he ordered by the has, no deubt, handicapped many j Governor. In the full enjoyment of the occa sion, and while it Is depressing to reflect on the condition of affairs, OVER THE STATE. , The direct trade convention will in many respects there is hope and me et In Atlanta Jan. 14th. It is consolation for the future. Many 8a | d representatives of European are forced to adopt a policy of econ- countries wl „ att end, and an effort omy heretofore unpractioed, and to will be made to organize a stoam- formulate plans for the future upon 8hlp 1|ne to run to Europe from the basis of present ability, without 80me Southern port. Wehton, Jan. «.—Next Monday, the 12th inet., Weston High School will open. The prospect for a full school was never more flattering, half a dozen new families having moved in to send to school here. There are only two vacant houses here to rent, and one of them has been applied for. Mrs. Flowers, tbau whom no mo"- efficient teach er can be found, will have charge of the music "lass. Miss Mattie Willis, ofMa..; .Ga., has applied for a class in UiuAii.g ('or teach ers propose to give guou, honest work, and with the co-operation of tho patrons, this will be one of the most prosperous terms in the his tory of the school. Messrs. Bell uud Tatum have completed and moved into their new residences. Mr. Peter Stevens, a prominent citizen of Chattahoochee county, has purchased and moved to tiie Durham place. Mr. Green Howell has moved here to educate his children. Mr. Henry Webb has also moved here for the same purpose. Mrs. Dillard has moved to town Mr. J. S. Lunsford 1ms moved in and opened up a handsome stock of goods. These people meet with a hearty welcome from the people of 'Vestou Mr. C. '/. Saunders went over to Richland last evening to tip his light fantastic toe. Misses Sallie and Bettie Sims, of Sumter, who have been visiting relatives in Weston, returned home yesterday, accompanied by Misses Florence and Lizzie Sims. Mr. Stark Saunders, a former res ident of Weston, is visiting his brother, Mr. Fred Saunders, near town. Miss Nina Carter has returned from a visit to Dawson and Par rott. Miss Pearl Walters, of the Plains, is visiting Miss Nina Carter this week. Mr. Jerry Walters, of Montezu. mu, is visiting relatives in town. Miss Annie Jolley, of Terrell, came up yesterday to enter school Mrs. J. R. Jolley, of Terrell, vis. ited her daughter, Mrs. J, H. Whitchard, last week. Uncle Jimmie Shivers died very suddenly at hiB home near here last Thursday night. He had just entered his eightieth year. Mr. J. C. Dennard has bought the Coleman place a few miles from town. Mr. W. H. King went to Rich land Monday to an entertainment. Messrs. G. W. Sims and R. M Tatum went to Dawson Monday last on business. Dr. O. T. Kenyon made a profes sional visit to Parrott last Monday Mrs. M. E. Dillard, who bus re cently occupied the house vacated by W. B. French, is quite sick. We hope to see her up again soon. Messrs. Dump Lunsford and Boozer Tracy spent last Tuesday night in town. Boozer Is Btill hunt ing for his better half by his wu- noeuverings Tuesday night, and Dump Is following In the footsteps of Boozer. SAFE CRACKERS. BURGLARS IN BUENA VISTA GET LEFT. TURNING OF THE GLASS. the assistance of another in the way J of a loan. The Farmers’ Alliance will soon make an effort to have their cotton The ecarclty of labor with many, gold dircct from Ule growers to and this general stricture on many, consumer*, saving all intermediate demands the adoption of the only handling. At the election of directors of the Central railroad in Savannah, Monday, Mr. Pat. Calhoun said in reference to Jay Gould’s interest In the Central, "that it would urn true and safe methods lu agricult-I ure, and that is—thedlversled, self- sustaining intensive system. Less land, with more thorough prepara tlon, and higher fertilization to I counteract the scarcity of laborj dou btedly be of the greatest ad- should be the motto of this aud vantage to Savannah and other every other section of country. It 8e ap„rts „f the south Atlantic coast, Is a ruinous policy to furnish mules | a8 au immense amount of western aud feed, and supply hands with provisions to cultivate the poor land of this country after their slip shod style, and the sooner these drawbacks are lopped off, the bet ter It will be for all, and necessity now declares this the accepted time. So, with cheerful hearts, and thanking the circumstances which M rs. ■■it 70 it felt trnffic will be done through them via tho steamship lines, and that traffic uriangements would be en lered into by the Central and other Hues of the Terminal system and the Gould Hues of the West, ex tending to Kansas City and far beyond.” The Ocean Steamship Company Is placing about 20,000 soliciting forcea the adoption of a safer and I ageuls throughout its territory in better mode of farming, let us go I the South and southwest, in tho forward lo our work, determined to shape of an "order pad calender.” AN ALLIANCE CHANGE. W. 8. Copeland Now State Allisnco - Lecturer. Kpcclsl to RkcoRDSK. Atlanta, Jau. State Alli ance Lecturer J. W. Beck’s resigni- tion was accepted to-day. \V. S. Copeland, of Xewnan, who has been Sergeant at Arms of the State Alliance was appointed to Beck’s A. G. Daniel, of Atlanta, :ea Copeland’s plaoe. Aiiiai ^yilace. ■Wskti win In the end. J. F. Ross. The climate here did not agree with me, aud I was sick with tna. laria most all the time. The least ex|Kisure gave me a sevote cold and my health was miserable. I grew [ calendar one of these orders, which This new and ingenious device is placed on a most beautiful calen dar card, so thu: when the con signee wishes to direct the mer chant in tiie North how he wishes Ids goods shipped he tears from the weaker until I began the use of I)r. Bull’s Sarsaparilla, when I gained health and strength. I recommend It us the very best strengthening medicine.—Sarah Walton, Wabash, Indiana. A five months school term is all that can he had, even with tho in creased appropriation from the leaves on the calendar a stub show ing the whole transaction between consignee, consignor and the trans portation company. Mr. W. H. Haworth, the company’s contract agent, is the pateuee of this now soliciting agent. •Independvntism doesn’t flourish to any- great extent in Sumter coun- leglelature. Hail the Jackson bill I ty. even when backed by the negro passed, a six months term could I vote. Tbe trade of the have been had. | puller” ie dead. ‘political FRIENDFH1P DOTS. Friendship, Jan. 7.—A* I have a few moments spare time 1 will try to give The Recorder a few dots from this interprlelug little place. The farmers have begun l<> pre pare their lands for another crop. Oats and rye are being sowed tills week. Mrs. Emily Sims, wife of S. D. Sims, died at her residence near here last Saturday morning. Sims was an old lady aged at years. Wo extend our lies sympathy to the bereft. Mr. Eugene Drane left this morn ing for Cuthbert, where he will at tend school. Messrs. Jim and JohnHarri- will leave next Saturday for Barnes vllie, Ga., where they will attend school. The writer wUhes them much suc cess in their studies. Mr. J. T. Carter happened to a had accident in Richland last wesk. He was thrown from a buggy by a horse running away and was hurt very bad but is improving some at this time. Hope lie will be able to take hold of his business again in a few days. Rev. B. W. Davis left this morn ing for Cordelo, his appointment for next Sunday. Mr. O. L. Croxton, of this plaeo, has been very sick this week with grippe, hut is on the mend now. Mrs. Lizzie Hallaway will spend a few days at this place. She is the guest of Mrs. W. R. Dorn. (’. A F. The Davenport Drug Company have made a largo purchase of W. W. (’., Wooldridge's Wonderful Cure, tiie greatest Blood Purifier aud family medicine now on the market, for the purpose of supply ing the trade throughout this sec tion. Send them your orders, and save freights from distant points. How slowly tbe sands drop In the hourglass! And yet how regularly is their fall, as Old Father Time ceaseless ly reverses the glass at the very moment their work seems doue. But a short year or two ago, it seems, a bright-faced, chubby little chap was flying around Americus, intent only on (he next game of hall In which bis beloved “Pansy Blossoms" would ‘‘do up” their competitors, or tiring of this, would enthusiastically haul nut his fish lines and trudge off* to the near est pond for a bite. His highest ambition was to crowd all the fnn he could into tho allotted ten hours of each day. Slowly the sands of the years aro runout, but how short the time seems to this hoy. What a terrible hurry life is, at the best. Hcbool in the primary, school in tbe gram mar, preparing tor college, enter ing college, graduatin A —mingled with all the sports that human in genuity can devise and healthy youth encourage. Then the return home; the entering In upon life’s work; success—or failure. Aud in a few short years tiie story is told. The chubby boy, almost before you know it, is helping tho falter ing footsteps of the man who, but a They Roach That Place Sunday Morn, ing—Tho Marshal Inveatlzatea-Finda thoToola—And Breaks Up Their Lit tle Game. Buena Visfa is full of excitement. Sunday aud yesterday tbe little city was wrought up to a liigb pitch. Safecrackers are discovered and a battle was had with them. Their intention was clearly to buglarize the bank at that place. But the..-little game was disccv- ered. And badly broken up, ending In a battle. Suuday morning two well dressed strnngers ou the train from Colum bus got off at Buena Vista. They bud a couple a black valises with them, aud appeared to be prosper ous aud clever meu. After leaving the train,instead of golugto the hotel or a house, they walked out iu the woods a piece, and bull a fire. They had provisions with them, aud cooking these sat down aud ate. The marshal of Buena Vista find ing this out, and looking upon them as suspicious characters, pro ceeded to investigate. At first his Idea was that they were vagrantu day or so ago, it seems, laughed at aud lie tackled them on this | *»<• pranks; or he is in charge of charge. business interests representing un- This they easily disproed by | t° ld we** 111 '! I* found pleading showing plenty of provisions and: a *t* le ^ar; percliauce dispensing justice with the gravity of a life long jurist; in all walks and condi tions of life helsfound;unheralded, you And him at your elbow when you think him in tho cradle. Slowly but surely the sands run out; aud.perchance before we know, ourglass runs out, and we are re placed by a laughing youngster. Verily, time is merciless, and youth ages fast. money. The marshall was satisfied for the time, and went back to town. Here he learned of the valises carried by the men which he had not seen, and becoming more impressed with bus plcion of the strangers returned to their camp, accompanied by several of the town. On reaching tbe place the met were found to be gone, and no bag gage of any kind vaa to be seen. Not being satisfied a search was be gun, and after some time the va lises were found neatly hidden un der A brush heap, Kusplcion at this time was so great, and tbe circumstances suck that the marshall felt justified in opening the valises aud examining the contents. This was done, and the result more than verified the suspiciot. In them were complete sets a bur glar's tools. AH sorts of hard steal ware, chisels, saws, powder anJ fuses, and a great many queer toos of other sorts. There could be lo doubt as to the use these were i.o be put, and search was begun (>r tbe men. They were traced lu.o town towards the bank, and thin west for a mile and a half. Nit Undiug them It waa decided to pit guard around tbe place where th*y camped. This was done, aid about two o’clock yesterday morn ing the strangers were heard tp- proaebtug. Reports of this ptrt are very vague and no deflate news could be gotteu of what fil- lowed. It is known, however, tlat almost a battle took place between tbe would-be burglars and (lie guards. Thirty shots were Arad, and the strangers then ran off. No one was injured, according to -e- port, and the two men have lot been seen or heard of since, The officers of Columbus wire wired, as it was thought that the men were heading for that place. To the Buttering. Over one hundred columns of voluntary certificates have bien printed in the Atlanta Journal (run such people as Rev. J, B. H»w- thorne, Rev. bam 1*. Jones, Sou. H. W. Grady, Maj. Ctas. W. Hub- ner, late nf the "Christian Indjix,” Gen. James Longstreet, CoLW. Avery, late editor Atlanta "Coistl- tion,” and hundreds of promiient divines, editors, doctors, specialists aud others, certifying to rema^able cures performed by Dr. Klng’sjtoy- al tierinatuer, after eminent plysl- clans and all known remedies had failed, Send two-ceut stamp to King’s Royal Germatuer Co., At lanta, Ga., for hook of particulars. It is truly a great remedy, and urel) cures when all else falli AMONG THE EDITORS. Albany pays $258 a year for its printing, and gets it dirt cheap, at that. Hanlon, of the Quitmau Press, denies tbe charge that he gets a $4,000 a year salary for writing for a Northern paper. Georgia had but one United States Senator to vote against the forcq bill.—Albany News. Georgia had none. They were both paired. While a stock company is being formed to buy the Abbeville Times, Mr. A. K. Jennings Is editing it. He will doubtless be put in chargo by the new company. I’rof. W. IC. Pilsbury, for several years connected with The Record er, has been adjudged Insane and sent to Mllledgevllle from hlshome In Dawson. He was one of the best newspaper solicitors that ever wrote a receipt. No Privates Allowed. From the Grinin News. We are glad to note that Fred H. Glcssner, editor of the Findlay, O. Daily Courier, has received a mili tary title, being now a Captain Ban neret of tbe Patriarchs Militant. It has been a very sad experience for a Georgia Colonel to go back to hie old home and be obliged to treat an elder brother with that distance due to a private in the ranks. Cotn- milito, teealutamus! NEWSPAPERIAL. Sam Whitmire is holding bis own on the Brunswick Times. Georgia needs no school for jour nalism as long as she has so many bright dailies. The report of a new dally in At lanta, In which Col. J. H. Estill would he Interested, is laughed at by tbe Savannah News. The Albany News Insists on the state press raising advertising rates on the foreign advertlsei. Why not treat them as The Recorder does—extend them no favors you would not give a local advertiser. The 5,000 population t>wns needu’t get in a hurry for frei de livery of their mail. The proposed bill isn't a law yet, aud we an very distrustful of a Republican Con gress passing such a good bill. Secretary Blaiue, with his fa mous “Jingo” policy, Is doing his best to stir up a war with England over the Behriug sea difficulty. Al least, he Is giving Ule Washington correspondents lots of hustling to do. Highest of all in Leavening lower.—U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889. Baking? Powder ABSOLUTELY WJRE The Celebrated Royal Baking Powder f>-oja lu mneilc E. D. ANSlEY, Aud other (eaters in High-Class Groceries.