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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER: FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1891.
TJik finance REPORT
c-ndered bythe finance com-
A5 m ,tteeofthe council.
er k Treasurer’* Report of 3Ion-
' ,e U e<>te< l, Raid out and on Hand—
•>.» "■« Commltte.nm-
f , ))){ i,ly Interesting Reading.
^ was aunminced in Tin; Timks-
, ‘ venterday tlie council, at its
I * E1 *j, Monday afternoon received the
11 r<if the finance committee of that
b!,Jv and ordered it published.
l’elow the report is given. It is a doc-
i'merit that needs no accompan
chart and it will lie found of much
stand, not one cent of interest can be
collected on the considerable amount of
outstanding and delinquent taxes.
2d. Water Works,—As will be seen in
statement, the balance falls on the wrong
side of the account. We desire to call
your attention to two items of expense
in ( this account, viz.; The cost of fuel
and tlie rate of freights. These items
appear quite large to us, ami we would
respectfully suggest that your body call
tlie attention of tlte water commission to
these facts.
od. Sinking fund for payment of inter
est and principal of bonds.—Under the
ordinance authorizing tlie issuo and sale
f our bonds it is expressly stated “that
d°' , the clerk and treasurer shall keep asepa-
ymg , rate account of all the moneys collected
terest to tl;
tax payers of Americas
le el i, to all who are interested iti
Tlie report reads:
mevs collected
j under this ordinance, and no part of tlie
same shall lie applied to any other pur
pose than the payment of the interest
and principal c.f the bonds." In other
"To th« l!" 11- an ' 1 WO' Council | words, this fund sliall.be kept sepa.ate
A mem
(la.—Your finance com- I anil -i nviolat e.
| ""e lind that this lin
s.s ..«-nP4‘tfuilv submit the following »
roitte lespecum^ * not open done. A separate accouut lias
been kept by the treasuier on books,
THE BOTTOM TOUCHED.
THE TREASURY BOOKS SHOW A DE
FICIT—WHERE’S THE SURPLUS?
The Outlook for the Next FUcal Tear Is
an Exceedingly Gloomy One—It May Get
Worse—Postmaster Locke, of Macon,
at the Capitol.
report:
Our lirst quarterly report-vas due un-
April 1, 18111,
der the law ef the city
That vour honorable body may under
hand the delay in this important mat-
r WM nut tlie fault of your committee,
e feel it but just to ourselves to state
. l,nvc belli ourselves In readiness to
do the work, but wero unable to get tbo
books and accounts, tlio clerk having ro-
ported them not readyjfor examination.
U'e have gone over tlie books and ac
counts and checked ofT the vouchers as
prescribed, and find tlie statement as
submitted by the treasurer correct, so
far as we have been able to determine,
and the balances reported by him tally
with those of tbo banks in which the ac
counts are kept. Tlie vouchers aro all
in place, exception tlie April coupons,
which have been duly paid, but not yet
returned from the holders.
IVe herewith submit the city treasur
er's report, showing tbo receipts and
disbursements from January 1, 1891, to
May -‘0,1891:
ns.
To cash balance January Nt, 1891..$ 653 OD
To B.jak of'Amerlcu* Jan. 1st, ISM. IS 797 15
To Water Kent* 2 1*90 15
To Interest anil Kxchamp* 687 97
To Beat 12-5
To City Hull 3 SI9 45
To Water Kxteualon 6*1 80
To Expense Account ' 25 25
To Ho
To Pi
etl.Ji
To La i p Departti
To Cemet
To Street
To City T.
chool Tax
8 23 l
451 13
;tl8 92
15 *JU
r 781 ;
r 791 78
To Water fax 3 853 11
To Sewerage Tax I 542 57
To Public Buildings Tax 1 5l« 65
To License Tax 2 426 73
To Street Ta.
186 00
f17 788 24
C R.
By City AvteMMor* $ 100 00
By J. P.. Felder 400 00
By D. K. Brinson, Clk 250 U)
By E. A. Hawkins At.ty 158 32
By Int and Exchange 5 40
By Coupon Act 2.700 CO
By Scavenger 131 28
By Rent 12* (0
By City Clock 38 25
By Public School* 4,577 89
By Printing 19150
By Sanitary Act 179*0
By Board of Health 12 50
By Auditing Commission 440 00
By Medical Act 43 00
By Board ot Alderman 130 00
By W. K. Wneat ley 06 66
By Guard House .88 19
By Fire Department 363 46
By City Hall 8,025 0
By Geo. G. Earl 30*» 0
Byu. M. Kldrldge 250 00
By Dredging Muckalee Creek 205 9»
.\ Water Extension 4.076 66
V By Well jfcv 27
' (fy Expense Act 439 00
( By Police Department 2,363 35
; By House Connect lous 711 20
By Waterworks 3,036 43
U By Bound 37 50
»y Lights 2,241 58
By Cemetery Dep’t 223 69
By Street Dep’t 1,827 72
5*) 00
112 98
12,041 14
1,333 32
13.487 44
$17,788 24
behave the following comments to
malie upon the statement and upon cer-
toiu items of the disbursements:
t tider the liead of “Auditing Commis-
Is the sum of $440, the amount
!' aid to ^ r * McKay, tlie accountant, who
s Uow engaged upon tlie work ©f audtt-
l * u ‘ kooks and accounts of the city,
hs item, iu our opinion, is a justifiable
° Qe ’ ^ le status of the accounts of the
c,t > making it a necessity. The same
t nng can he said of the $200 in the water
W0f ks account paid to Mr. Dunn.
The item of $2,303.33 in police depart*
me,| t ’.s rather large, hut will he less per
•Jdarter for the balance of the year on *
account of the reduction of the police
but all the money has gone into th<*gen*
oral fund. Prompt attention to this
matter is imperative, and we urge upon
your body to have the treasurer ascer
tain the amount due this fund to date,
and to transfer tlie same at once from
the general fund, and to instruct him to
keep the same separate and apart in ac
cordance with the law. Such laxity on
the part of the city government will sub
ject us to criticism, and perhaps to
something worse.
4th. Closing of the tax hooks and is
suing fi-fas.
We find that there are a number'taxes
delinquent for 1800. The city is iu need
of every dollar due us, and we therefore
urge you to take immediate steps for
tlie making of these collections. We
recommend that you order the tax hooks
closed and fi-fas issued as soon as prac
ticable.
Wo respectfully submit the above as a
part of our report. We have other im
portant matters to bring before your
body. Tlie above statement shows only
the receipts and disbursements for the
stated time. We feel it our duty to go
further, and shall not consider our work
completed until we have placed before
your body and the taxpayers of this city
a full and complete showing of the
financial condition. This is duo to the
taxpayers, and we feel sure that they
will he satisfied with nothing less. De
lay in these matters has .already subject
ed the city government to adverse criti
cism, and everything should he done to
hasten this complete report.
The chairman of the auditing commis
sion reports to us that Mr. McKay, the
auditor, completed his work up to a cer
tain date, when ho was compelled to
suspend his labors, on account of the
clerks not having the hooks and ac
counts ready for him. Mr. McKay ar
rived in tlie city to-day and lias repented
himself ready for business. Your body
should do all in your power to facilitate
this work.
Mr. Dunu, the accountant, employed
upon the hooks and accounts of Mr.
Hawkins, the late superintendent of th^
water works, reports he will he able to
close his work this week, and hand in to
us his statement. To cover these and
other matters which we wish to bring
before your honorable body, it will he
necessary for us to make a supplement
ary report, which we hope to do at the
next regular meeting. Respectfully,
J. K. Bivins, Clfn.
J. J. Williford,
P. H. Williams.
ABOUT THAT RAILROAD.
By License..
By Cash
By Bunk of A
By IV,pies Nat’l.
force.
W also desire to bring to your notice
,e 'lowing matters, and we urge upon
. ° Ur honorable body the necessary action
IQ * a ch case.
1st. Wo find that the ordinances fix
, J y^dte time for the closing of the
* *°°ks and issuing ti fas. The fixing
* definite date and requiring the
er ‘to issue fi fas. promptly is of
. rno,st importance. The city should
edV 8ame 8 y*tem as has been adopt-
in J , the Htate ’ wIl *ch compels the clos-
K° the hooks and issuance of fi-fas
J°. Q a ccrtaia date. The benefit of this
„* r em would he two-fold: It would
'• to ln8ure the prompt payment of
citvl an l a . 1 tlle 8ame timo ena We the
int. ° realize au lucome in the way of
wmiij 81 * wIllcIl » under the law. the fi-fas
d draw from date. As matters’
Abbeville and Rochelle Interested in the
Atlanta A Florida Extension.
Where will the Atlanta & Florida ex
tension run is a question that the people
of Abbeville and Rochelle would like to
have answered.
It may he that the old time rivalry be
tween these places will spring up over
the matter.
Just now it seems that Rochelle has
the call on its competitor.
For some time parties interested in the
Atlauta and Florida railroad have been
in that section, and roport says that they
have bought up large tracts of timber
lands there. Abbeville is very anxious
to have the road run there, hut the last
survey goes through Rochelle, which is
about nine miles west of Abbeville, and
consequently the citizens of Rochelle are
counting very strong upon having the
railroad, and claim that it is hut a ques
tion of time when they will have the
court house also. It is said that the
road will go from this section through
Blackshear direct to Brunswick.
The Abbeville and Waycross railroad
company have commenced work again.
They have already thirteen miles of road
and are now laying twelve more miles of
rail, and expect soon to have in opera
tion twenty-five miles of railroad. At
the last meeting of the directors of this
road, Mr. R. V. Bowen was elected pres
ident
There are those in Abbeville who be
lieve that an arrangement will be per
fected whereby this road will become a
part of the Atlanta ami Florida. Others,
and they aro men who profess to know
whereof they speak, say that such will
not he the case.
Bo that as it may the location of the
extension of the Atlanta and Florida is
a matter that is causing much discus
sion in Wilcox county.
It is recalled that Mother Goose was a
real personage. She left many goslings
behind.
Washington, D. C., June 20.—The
bottom has been touched at last.
The treasury hooks yesterday showed
a deficit of nearly $8,000,000.
It is a huiuiliatiug exhibit and is
directly chargeabl
ciering.
During the eleven months of the
•esent fiscal year, from July 1st, 161H),
to June 1st, 1801, the net reduction of
the public debt was only $27,845,802,
and. the reduction occurred during the
first seven months of the fiscal period.
Since February the actual inciease of
the public debt is $2,544,303.
The outlook for the next fiscal year,
beginning July 1st, is very had. The
treasury is practically hare and the re
ceipts under the McKinley hill are all
that Mr. Foster will have to depend on,
unless he confiscates the gold reserve.
When Mr. Cleveland turned over tlie
presidency to Mr. Harrison, lie left an
available sum for curreut obligations
equivalent to $100,000,000. The aver
age surplus during 3Ir. Cleveland’s time
amounted to $100,000,000, about one-
half of which was applied annually to
reducing the public debt.
What Mr. Foster will do to put a bet
ter face on the treasury affairs remains
to be seen.
Postmaster Locke of Macon is here to
secure additional help for his ofiice.
Yesterday the architect of the treas
ury advised that lie would he authorized
soon to advertise forbids to construct
a sewer from the Macon postoftice to the
river. The last congress passed an ap
propriation of $8,000 for this work.
Mr. Locke says that the sub-ways of
the Macon postoffice hold water. The
building is located on tlie site of an old
pond. At one point the excavation for
the proposed drain will he thirty feet
deep.
“What do you think of the third party
as a factor in national politics?” was
asked lion. Benton McMillin, of Tenues
see, w ho was here to-day.
“It looks like,” replied Mr. McMillin,
“that in the northwest it will cut a con
siderable figure, particularly Kansas,
Nebraska and the Dakotas. I do not
think it will develop much strength in
tlie balance of the country. The princi
ples of the democratic party, when prop
erly administered, would give most of
the practical relief that is sought by the
people at this time. A number of the
propositions of the third party are so
impractical and chimerical that they
cannot long maintain a strong hold on
the masses of the people. I see very
little disposition to go off with the third
party in that portion of Tennessee over
which I have traveled since the people’s
party was launched.
“The citizen is hard to please in gov
ernment who wants more than the prin
ciples advocated by Jefferson, Jackson
and the other fathers of the democ
racy.”
“So far as you have heard what is the
comment of politicians, democratic and
republican, on the third party?”
“Tlie general opinion that I have
heard expressed is somewhat in accord
with what I have stated, coupled with
the further comment generally made by
democrats of gladness rather than sad-
noss that the^third party was organized
at the recent meeting. I think
there is more of pleasure than
of pain caused by the forma
tion of a party where discontent
ed political souls can now find
rest and congeniality when they get so
good that they cannot he content with
the democracy or so had that they even
don’t want to he longer with the repub
licans. It will tend to straighten rather
than crook politics.”
“Do you think the farmers' alliance
with affiliate with the new party?”
“I don’t believe they will in this part
of the country. A good many of the
leaders of the old greenback party are iu
the third party, hut I do not think it
will he made up wholly or mainly with
them. I am not in a position to judge
what the effect of the third party will
ho among the labor organizations.”
CHANGING DISTRICTS.
DeKalb, Gwinnett, Fulton, Rockdale and
Cobb.
It will he seen that the new districts
A PLAN THAT WILL GO BEFORE THE i cutout for Atlauta and contains only
GENERAL ASSEMBLY j six counties. About four more counties
j will have to he added in to give it its
Aiuerlcu* to lie the Center of the Fourth ! P ro ral44 Population. *
District—Atlanta the Hub of » New DU- j c ° l - Livingston is put in the northeast
trlct-Livlugftton Left out by Thi» Flan— > a new district which extends
Lively Time Ahead. • "ouch of Atlanta to the Alabama
' line. IL? is located out of his own
stamping ground altogether, part of the
present fifth, which lie represents, being
EIGHT UGLY GASHES,
VARYING IN LENGTH FROM FOUR-
TEEN TO FOUR INCHES,
Made on the Body of W. R. Jackson by R.
H. Daniel—Only a Belt Saved the Wound
ed Man'* Life—The Story of iba
Affair.
About the most interesting if not the
most important question that will come j converted into the eleventh, and almost
before the coming session of the legUia- j the whole of the pre-cut eighth being
ture will he the redistricting of tlie state \ thrown into the tent!
into eleven instead of ten congressional
republican finan-1 districts.
Georgia's increase in population
With the couutie» allotted to tlie- first
hstrict, it will have its full proportion
of population, and with Burke, JetTer-
titles it tu another congressman, accord-1 sou Washington a great deal more,
iug to the last census. The redistrict
ing of the state will naturally he tin
most fertile field for dickering among
notwithstanding it would give away
Appling, C'amdeu, Charlton, Clinch,
Echols, Glynn, Pierce, Ware and
politicians and also for satisfying old Wayne to he the new Urnus-
animosities, putting different represents, j wick ,Hstrict. In fact all of the coun-
tives on the shelf hy placing them in i ties for tlie Brunswick district, except
districts where there is little likelihood j Coffee, Berrien aud Lowndes, are taken
of their being returned.
There are many coutlictiu
to he satisfied, as well as ti e aspirations i counties. They
of politicians. Brunswick, for instance, ! however, and to
0 from the Savannah district, ,This would
interests j give the Brunswick district twelve
all thinly settled,
’e the district its
wa*s a district all to Iterself, where she I proportionate population it would have
Accidentally Shot Himself.
Mr. \V. C. Bussell accidentally shot
himself with a calibre pistol yester
day. He was painfully wounded and
will be contlned several days on account
of it. He had been oiling the pistol,
which is kept in Fleetwood & Russell's
drug store. Tlie weapon was cocked
and in someway it was fired, the ball
entering midway -tr. Russell's left thigh.
Physicians who were called immediately
could not trace the ball. It la thought
that it struck the bone and glanced ofT.
As stated the wound is painful, but by
no means serious.
They’re After Him. a
Adolphus Holmes, colored,' was con
victed of larceny in the couty court the
other day and sentenced to pay $40 or
go to the gang. Mr. \V, T. Mound came
from Alabama yesterday for Adolphus.
He is wanted there for jumpiug a.con-
tract and a bill of (70 which he had
drawu. The fine will probably be paid
here and Adolphus carried to Alabama.
deficit! biz
will no longer ho overshadowed by
Savannah, and Atlanta wauts a little dis
trict all her ow n, that sho will have no
trouble in bossing, and one that will
leave Col. Livingston on the outside to
hustle for himself. All of the impor
tant cities of the stato, Atlanta, Augusta,
Macon, Savannah, Columbus, Americas,
Athens, Rome and Brunswick want u
separate district each, in which they
hope to exert a predominating inlluenoe
in the selection of a representative.
Slates will he made up to discomfort the
recently victorious allianco representa
tives, aud other slates to strengthen
them f n their present positions.
Besides tlie cities every important
town will endeavor to be placed iu the
district where its iulluence will be most
felt.
All these various interests will have to
be considered and satisfied in part, and
in addition every district must bo so con
structed that it will he undoubtedly
democratic. Georgia’s condition ip this
respect is so felieftous a one at present
that there is no necessity for construct
ing shoe-string districts except to sat
isfy some aspiring politicians.
Sumter's representativeslinvo received
a map of the state with the proposed
boundaries of tlio new districts marked
out in bright red. It was confided to
thorn hy a brother member of the legis
lature, and will, they say, he presented
substantially as planned out. The gen
tlemen from Sumter of course don't
know whether they will support this
plan or not.
The plan appears to be a very favora
ble one for tbe southern portion of the
stato, though there will certainly be some
tooth and toenail fighting over it in the
northern portion.
Some slight changes are made in
Judge Crisp's district. If this plan car
ries ho will hereaftor be elected frJIn tho
Fourth, instead of the Third district, as
at present. The district itself would be
clanged only In that Stewart and Web
ster counties would be loft out and
Johnson county put in. Under this or
der of things these counties would be In
tbe Fifth district, with Columbus as the
principal city. It is not known bow
those counties would like this change.
They are very well satisfied with J udgo
Crisp to reprosent them.
It proyideB a separate district for
Brunswick, cutting off a number of coun
ties from tbe Savannah district for that
purpose. Showing an idea of the proba
ble action of tbe legislature the plan of
division Is au interesting one. It is as
follows:
First District (Savannah).—Chatham,
Tattnall, McIntosh, Emanuel, Liberty,
Scriven, llryan, Johnson, Effingham,
Laurens, Bulloch, Montgomery, Bulloch,
Montgomery, Telfair, and perhaps Burke
and Jefferson.
Second District (Brunswick).—Glynn,
Echols, Camdcu, Clinch, Wayne, Ware,
Appling, Coffee, Fierce, Berrien, Charl
ton and Lowudes.
Third District (Albany). — Brooks,
Dougherty, Thomas, Calhoun, Decatur,
Early, Miller, Clay, Mitchell, Quitman,
Colquitt, Randolph and Terrell.
Fourth District (Americus).—Worth,
Dodge, Lee, l’ulaskt, Sumter, Houston,
Dooly, Macon, Irwin, Schley, Wilcox,
and perhaps Telfair, Montgomery, Lau
rens and Johnson.
Fifth District (Columbus).—Stewart,
Taylor, Webster, Talbot, Chaijaliooohee 1
Harris, Muscogee, Meriwether, Marion
and Heard.
Sixth District(Macon).—Twiggs, Fike,
Wilkinson, Monroe, Ribb, Jones, Craw
ford, Baldwin, Upson, Jasper and Butts.
Seventh District.—Xowton, Campbell,
Henry, Coweta, Spalding, Douglass,
Clayton, Haralson, Forsyth and Carroll.
Eighth District (Rome).-Paulding,
Fannin, Polk, Murray, Flovd, Whitfield,
Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Walker,
Gordon, Dade and Gilmer,
Xlnth District (Gainesville).—Chero
kee, Towns, Pickens, Rabun, Dawson,
Habersham, Forsyth, Franklin, Lump
kin, Banks, Hall, Jackson, Union, and
possibly Madison, Elbert and Hart.
Tenth District . (Augusta).—Clark,
Glascock, Oconee, Hancock, Oglethorpe,
Warren, Wilkes, Taliaferro, Lincoln,
Greene, Columbia, Putnam, Richmond,
Morgan, McDuffie, and possibly Burke,
Jefferson and Washington.
Eleventh d Is trick (Atlanta)—Milton,
to come farther north and take a few
more of the counties of the first district,
and forcing the first farther north.
The claims of Augusta and Athens do
not appear to be considered in this plan,
as they are both thrown into tlio
tenth district. Iu fact almost all of the
counties of the present eighth are added
to the tenth, giving that district a popu
lation of nearly 300,000, which Is entire
ly out of proportion. This might cm
barrass that lively young a’llanco demo
crat, Hon. Thomas E. Watson, who was
recently elected from the tenth district,
with Augusta anil Athens both to fight
and a groat deal more ground to covor.
Mo far as can bo learned there is one
thing that most of the representatives
arc agreed on. Further than that they
are agreed on nothing. That is that
Brunswick and .Savannah should be in
different districts. Brunswick's inter
ost8 and Savannah’s are antagonistic to
some extent, or a great many people
would think so, anyway, and I think the
Brunswick people would be bettor satis
fied in a separate district.
The total alteration of the map in tho
upper portion of the state Is doubtless
meant to favor dark horses.
THE GEORGIA MELON.
A Well* Posted Alert Talks Interestingly
About Them.
M. II. Connaly, of tlio Nashville, Chat
tanooga and St. Louis railway, was in
Americus on a Dying business trip yes
terday. He and bis Jacksonville, Fla.,
force are temporarily located at Valdos
ta, whore they are engaged In looking
after melon shipments for the westorn
linos. Later, Mr. Connally will make
his headquarters in Macon, Ga, and
there remain until the fruit season opens
up In Florida next fall.
Mr. Connally says melon shipments
are late this season, as compared with
the last, which is accounted for by the
by the drouth in the early spring; uei
tlier is the fruit as large and perfect In
shape.
Up to date car loads of melons have
been shipped from Georgia.that would
not average in weight twenty (pounds
each. Many growers have been guilty of
forcing green melons on the market,
which has a marked effect upon the
prices, especially In eastern cities,which
are at present taking fully 73 per cent, of
the fruit.
Full ripe melons sell readily at from
(123 to M30 per car, on the track, but as
they become more plentiful of course
prices will decline. Even at these prices
there aro plenty of buyers from eastern
and western cities present in the terri
tory, who, anticipating that a majority
of the growers would ship through the
Macon Produce Exchange, came down
to the melon section prepared to pur
chase on the spot.
Mr. Connally says the Macon Produce
exchange does not buy melons; It simply
solicits shipments. Its main object is
to insure a propor distribution of the
fruit in the large eastern aud western
cities. The exchange claims that if it
can handle scvuuty'five per cent of the
entire crop, it can control the market
and make even late melons pay growers
a handsome profit.
The exchange does not advise against
the selling of melons at homo, but it
does advise against the consigning of
them to commission houses other than
those who act as Its agents.
Mr. Connally says in many sections of
south Georgia growers have heartily en
dorsed the methods adopted by the ex
change aud will stand squarely by it,
A Gray Mule I)es<l.
Titr. Tiuks-Recordkk has the distinc
tion of placing on record the first death
of a gray tnulo—these animals are said
to never die.
This particular mule was the property
of Reese Hodges, an'old negro man who
lives several miles out from Americus,
and it dropped dead in the field yester
day while pulling a plow.
The New Jell.
Mr. A. Woodward, representing the
Champion Iron Company, of Cleveland,
Ohio, Is in Americus figuring with the
county commissioner* on the iron work
that will be needed about the new jail.
Work on this structure will probably
be begun soun, and the new jail will be
one that Will do Sumter county prond.
Mr. \V. R. Jackson was terribly cut by
bis step-father, Mr. R. II Daniel, in-*
East Americus Tuesday.
Tlio difficulty grew out of family mat
ters which have caused bad blood be
tween the two men for sometime past.
The result of it is that Mr. Jaokson has
eight cuts on his body which vary in
length from fourteen to four inches and
which, if they could be straightened out,
would measure more than his entire
length, while Mr. Daniel has gone—no
onu knows where.
The two men have been living In the
same house, but they had not spoken for
years. Shortly before dinner Daniel,
who was drinkiug, walked to Mr. Jack-
sou's room door and saw that gentleman
cleaning a pistol. Ho made some re
mark about Mr. Jackson having the pis
tol. Mr. Jackson told Daniel that he
didn't have the pistol for him, and
wanted nothing to do with him, at the
same time laying the xyeapon on the
table. A few words followed, but no
trouble ensued, as Daniel withdrew to
his own room across the hall.
Mr. Jackson went to his dinner. As
he was leaving the dining room Daniel
came out Into the hall and addressing
him raid;
“You are a d—n s— of a b—."
Tbe Insult offered by' Daniel to bis
own wife was more than that wife's son ,
could stand, so Will Jackson lost no
time in knocking tho man who had of
fered It down. Daniel picked himself
tip hut made no show of tight. Not
wishing to have any further .difficulty
and thinking Daniel had enough Mr.
Jackson walked out Into the hall, pre
paratory to going to tbe electric light
station, where he wanted to do some,
work, ho being engineer there.
No sooner did he turn his back than
Daniel made a lunge toward him, cut
ting a gash twelve inches long beginning
on Jackson's left shoulder and running
down his back. Then he cut another,
beginning to the left of the center of
Jackson’s stomach running around his
side and almost to the middle of his
back. This gash is fourteen Inches
long. Then six more gashes were out
on the left arm and leg and on other
potions of Jackson’s body.
So keen was the knife that Will Jack-
son did not realize what had happened
until the last gash was made. When he
realized what had been done he caught
the hand In which Daniel held the
knife in his (eft hand, while with his
right ho dealt Daniel a blow that felled
him to the floor and knocked the knife
from his hand.
Finding that he was i.n Mr. Jackson's
power Daniel begged piteously for mer
cy. Mr. Jackson promised not tohnrt
him If he would leave the place In a
minute's time. That Daniel did, and he
has not been seen since, except by par
ties who saw him walk rapidly by the
county court house and down Lee street
before the news of the difficulty reached
tbe city. He is probably many miles
from Americus now.
The physiolans who attended Mr.
Jackson had to stitch five of tbe original
wounds qnd another wliioh was made on
his band during the struggle for the
knife. The man of mediolne said that
the wound In tbe stomach and side
would surely have been a deadly one bad
it not been for a heavy belt whieh Hr. '
Jackson wore, which broke the force of
tbe out. The other wounds sre ghastly
looking ones, but are by no means dan
gerous,
Tbe knife which Daniel used had a
blade about four Inches long and was
very sharp, apparently having been put
in trim especially for the bloody work
which it did.
As far as could be learned from those ,
who saw it—Mr. Jackson, his mother
and neice—it was an unprovoked act on
the part of Daniel.
Hadljr Braised.
While Mr. Mitt Edwards was riding
on Forsyth street yesterday hie animal
stumbled and timed a complete somer
sault, landing on top of him. Hie left
arm was badly hurt and he was other
wise terribly braised.
Begged the Bird.
Jim Neal, colored, was indicted for
gaming by the last grand jury. He
evaded the officers. Deputy Sheriff
Lamar caught him down the S., A. A M.
road yesterday, brought him here and
landed him in jail.
Oone to Alecon.
Accompanied by his mother, Mr. W.
C. Russell has gone to Macon, where ho
will remain until his wound haa healed.
His friends hope him a speedy recovery
from the effects of the accidental (hot.
Unless more care U given to the hair,
the coming man ie liable to be » hair
less animal; hence, to prevent the hair
from falling use Hall’s Hair Renewer.
The Indians are having a bout with
the grip. The aborigines doesn't seen:
to fare any better than the pale face.
A Georgia editor declares for free
schools, free ballot, free silver and free
whisky. HeavcnsI “This is too h
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