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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER: FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1891.
ABRAHAM BACKER
lOANED
money and did a biq
business,
1IJS Failed to FI °* t H1 * p * 1 ’®
Pettier In New York-Mttd a
kndM Trade In the South-Loan *-
^ fon c.in.wnetlnn Company.
VEW York, Ang. 4.-Abraham Back-
* dealer in commercial paper, at 385
Midway, made an assignment, with-
oat preference, to Benjamin F. Bin-
stein, ofBroadway.
Backer was a heavy dealer in com-
ercial paper and also the capitalist oi
Lfinnof A. Backer & Co., dry goods
commission merchants, at 285 Broad-
jr fj,. also manufactured goods at
Glastonbury, Conn., where lie has a flne
ill Their Roods were principally for
“ e southern trade. He sold the goods
which be manufactured there through
hi9 own firm of A. Backer & Co. His
assignment, it is said, does not affect
this firm, although he was principal
partner and capitalist, his son, C.
Backer, being the company.
Backer'.-, principal b isiness was deal-
^ j„ commercial paper. His large
connections in the south and southwest
enalde.l him to handle a great deal of
commi rcial paper, either as a broker or
rdia.- r. Some of this paper he had
indorsed and had discounted in hia
banks oil which he has a contingent lia-
lilitv. and some of it he sold outright.
Ho drifted, it is said, gradually in this
branch of business by buying at first
for personal investment and then ex
tending it by placing the paper for the
merchants with whom he had dealings.
He is said to have obtained some of the
best paper made, and he handled nbout
,15 oini.oiill annually. Backer was very
popular in financial and mercantile cir
cles. and had til" confidence of hanks
and bankers in this city and elsewhere;
is director in city banks and several
southern banks. He had a number of
p an jc accounts where he got his paper
discounted.
Backer’s assignment, it is said, is
principally due to the condition of the
money market, which made it very dif
ficult for him tofloat a quantity of com
mercial paper, which he generally hand
led. and also to the decline in certain
southern railroad bonds in which he
was a large holder. His trouble, it is
said, in relation to southern railroad
bonds was the result of his connection
with the Macon Construction company,
of Macon, (hi., of which he was one of
the directors and which he is said to
have lent much money. His liabilities
are said to 1» about ft,000,000, of which
$2,500,000 is direct and $1,500,000 con
tingent. The latter is said to be ail
right and no lass is anticipated.
The assets, according to one who is
familiar with Backer's affairs, include
about $1,500,000 of bonds of the Georgia
Southern and Florida railroad, and Ma
con and Birmingham railroad, about
ffjO.OOO of Alabama state binds and a
large aim unit of other securities, a val
uable mill plant at Glastonbury, Conn.,
and $150 to $200,000 worth of real estate
in New York city. Backer came to
New York from Savannah.
A KING’S SON
Thai ( a
America and Was After-
wards Murdered.
Pn.i key, Mich., Ang. 4.—The pros
ecuting attorney of Presque Isle county
has issued warrants for the arrest of
thirteen men, whom Wm. Repke claims
assisted him to murder Albert Molitei
and Iiia clerk, El. Sullivan, of Rogers
City, sixteen years ago. Moliter was a
natural ion of King William of \Vur-
temburg, and came to this country
while quite young, being banished for
typing to steal a plan of the fortifica
tions of Uhlan.
After coming here ho enlisted in the
army all ! soon rose to a place on Gen
eral Sig-l's -t iff. After the war he went
to Detroit, married, and formed a part-
" itli a man named Rogers.
- to this county and built a
mill, importing Germans and Poles to
work it. The burning of the mill caused
K*-gors to draw out. Ho left Moliter
without money.
by his influence with the Germans,
oi',liter s™ himself elected treasurer of
the county, amt it is said that by ma-
•tpiilating the money anil jnggling with
the funds rebuilt the mill mid acquired
“great deal of money. He refused to
““>• any accounting, and ruled tho
("■pie with a roil of iron, bringing upon
^iiuself, so many people say, tho fate he
OUSLEY’S STORY OF MURDER.
*AMiti!i That Killed and Burned an
Old Man.
Maysvillk, Cal., Ang. 4.—The mys-
hrvof the death of George Hall, an old
rssid,nt ,,f this city who was foully
murdered and attempt made to burn his
km,-lias, lias been solved. Wm. Onsley,
“colored waiter in this city, and George
addox, another colored man, were ar-
kattd on suspicion, and Under Sheriff
Pan elicited from Ousley, who is dy-
10 S of consumption,, a full confession of
?? . , Ousley stated tho intention was
q B“U hut not to murder him.
11,1,0"'' Maddox and George Collins, a
StSw who was recently killed at
went into Ball’s building on
omit i' lt "* tlle mur| ler and hid them
os ti, <amo home, Ousley remaining
thsi!i" u,sidc 10 l-ive uu alarm in case
U^’appeared.
list ,* came in, Maddox and Col-
to jr 1 '*" 1 ” n bim and he showed fight
ths k !l , n exte °t that they hit him over
thevKa'i . Mu moaned so much that
biJ i r It J 1,m 1 again, and finally jabbed
lVi ? . Il ’ throat with a fork. After
Witli 1 ? " m 1,10 men covered the body
iH. 8tn » w while the man was still
tothi.K " et Bro it. The two went
that Mouse, and all three left
U ail*- 1 , *■ ' I;u ldox sayB Onsley’s story
W
«afen
* -x Ihe Cotton "lUte.
"• Tvx.. Aug. 4.—There will he a
j Tl< " ul general freight agents of
111 Austin to fix cotton freight
K- V? l!lc coming season. There U a
* 4 v“, u ," 111 the part of the railway
cnniiission to cut the ratea down
01 33 per cent.
the hank hill.
One of the Most Important Hill. Intro
duced ThU Session.
Atlanta, July 31.—One of the most
Important bills introduced at this ses
sion is the one introduced by Mr. Boui-
fuellet, of Bibb. On account of its im
portance alike to bankers and deposit
ors we publish it in full, and lt is as fol
lows:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the gen
eral assembly of the state of Georgia,
that from and after the passago of this
act, all banks and corporations doing a
banking business authorized by the
laws of Georgia to do a banking business
in this state must make quarterly state
ments under oath to tho state bank
examiner, and publish the same in local
papers at the expenso of the banks or
corporation.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, that
no bank or corporation doing a banking
business shall loan to any office, of the
bank without undoubted collateral,
which can immediately bo converted
into cash.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, that
no bank or corporation doing a banking
business shall he allowed to reducocash
on hand, including amount due by banks
and bankers, below 25 per cent, of the
demand deposits.
Section 4. Bo it further enacted, that
no bank shall be allowed to loan to any
one person moro than ten per cent of its
capital and surplus.
Section 5. Bo it further enacted, that
no bank shall be allowed to do business
with less than its original capital, unless
reduced by authority of tho legislature.
When its assets shall have shrunk In
value said deficiency shall bo charged to
profit and loss; and if sufficient to im
pair capital, said impairment shall bo
made up by assessments on tho stock
holders.
Section 0. Be it further enacted, that
tho bank department of tho state treas
ury, or the state bank examiner, shall bo
allowed one clerk at a salary not to ex
ceed $1,200 per annum, and the said
clerk is hereby authorized, at the direc
tion of the state bank examiner, to ex
amine the said banks of said stato.
Section 7. Be it further enacted, that
the bank examiner, or his clerk, shall
examine the said banks of said stato at
least once a year.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted that tho
following shall be the oath subscribed to
by tho cashier of tho bank to tho said
quarterly statements: Before mo came
cashier of bank,
who, being sworn, says tho abovo state
ment is a truo statement of tho condi
tion of said bank; and lie further swears
that since last return made to tho stato
bank examinor of tho condition of the
said bank, to tho best of affiant’s knowl
edge and belief, tho said bank, through
its officers, have not violated or evaded
any obligations imposed by law.
A statesman in petticoats.
Lincoln ltepuLIlcunUm and Jefferson De
mocracy nro Dead.
I.itiiia Springs, Ga., August 4.—Mrs.
Lease, who is equal to all emergencies,
was pressed into service at 12 o’clock to
address a largo crowd of allianccmon
assembled at tho grounds.
She said as Jorry Simpson couldn’t
get here she believed sho would inako
his speech fur him,
Sho then ably haudlcd tho landed mo
nopoly, arguing that England owns three-
fourths of tho land of tho United States,
and protesting against England’s power.
She had a notion of making Ingall’s
speech for him In advance. Sho was
fully prepared to do so, for sho had
mado tho samo speech herself tlireo
years ago.
Sho gavo Ingalls a sovero roasting.
She know personally that he hail offered
big rolls of money to Kansas allianco-
mcn for their votes,but sho thanked God
that ‘‘nary a ono" voted for him.
Tho lawyers legislate for lawyers,
hankers for bankers, and farmers should
bo sent to legislate for farmers.
The history of tho democratic party
doesn’t show the samo robbery as that
tho republican party, but tho reason
that tho rascals have not had tho
samo chances.
Lincoln republicanism and Jefferso
nian democracy are both out of date.
We must step out Into the groat party
of tho common people and make Ameri
can people sovereigns Instead of slaves.
04 TO 30.
The Itallrosd Resolution I’a«ie<l the Houie
Yesterday.
Atlanta, August 4.—Tho resolution
to Investigate the railroad lease passed
the house this morning.
It will be tho law as soon as tho gov
ernor affixes his signature, which lie
will certainly do, as he recommended
such legislation to tho legislature.
And it passed by a larger majority
than Its friends thought it would.
Parnell Repudiated.
Dublin, July 30.—Messrs. Dillon and
’Brien were releasod from tho Galway
jail this morning.
Upon their arrival hero both repudi
ated rarnell’s pretensions to leadership
of the Irish party.
Tho released mon received considera
ble enthusiasm. Several speeches were
made. They were moderate in tone.
Struck by LlEhtnluK*
Lightning struck the bam of S. R.
Stevens on Sunday and killed eight hogs
and one calf.
TOO MUCI1 MONEY
IS PAID OUT TO BUMMERS ON THE
PENSION ROLL-
Col. John C. Tariucy, a Member of tha
House oi Representative*, Talks About
the Country's Demands—Degradation of
the Pension Roll.
New York, Ang. 4.—One of the few
congressional districts in which a Dem
ocrat ousted a Republican in 1888, was
the Kansas City district of Missouri
where Colonel John C. Tarsney, a Dem
ocrat, was elected to succeed General
William Werner, a Republican. Mr.
Tarsney still represents the district,
having carried it again last year by an
increased majority. Colonel Tarsney
will be a prominent member of the next
house, and will take an important part
in all legislation relating to pensions.
In an interview, Colonel Tarsney said :
"Tho Democrats will have control of
the next house of representatives. They
will he held responsible for the expenses
of the government. Tho country de
mands. economy. Public expenditures
must he retrenched somehow. So much
has been said about the billion dollar
congress that the new congress is ex
pected to be less extravagant. I see
only one place where a considerable cut
can be made, and that is the pensions
office. Under the pension laws now in
existence, the pension roll of the United
States will soon amount to $2D0.000.000
a year unless something is done. We
are already paying about $150,000,000 a
year, and under that iniquitous Morrill
bill which was passed last year, the
figures are rising at an enormous rate.
The time lias come to call a halt in this
affair, and I think it would he a good
and a wholesome thing to undo some of
tile bad work that lias already been
been done. We ought to begin by re
pealing some of tho biul laws now on
the statute book. I am only too ready
and willing to take my share of the re
sponsibility for such a work. That
Morrill act. ought to be repealed right
away. ,
" The pension roll will never be thor
oughly cleared of fraudulent cases until
a general law is passed suspending all
pensions until those in interest appear
before a United States officer and prove
anew their right to be on that roll.
Such a measure as that, carried out un
der the auspices of the war department,
might purify the pension roll. It would
also probably reduce it one-half, for I
have no shadow of doubt that over 50
per cent, of the pensions now paid are
based on fraud, collusion and perjury.
The pension roll was once a roll of
honor. What genuine Union soldier
with any self-respect wants to be on
that roll today 1 As a soldier, and one
of several brothers who fought through
the war for the Union, I am disgusted
at this degradation of the pension roll.
To load it down with an army of bune
mere and perjurers who have done all
their fighting since the war closed is an
insult to the real soldiers of the war,
who, with their dependent relatives,
have alone the right to be thero. ”
The Scheme In a Fraud.
Marshall, Mo., Aug. 4.—Sovcral
weeks ago the ” Home Fascinator com
pany" of Montreal, advertised exten
sively a word contest, offering prizes
rnnging from $1,000 down. The contest
was limited to subscribers. Several la
dies here became subscribers, nnd the
other day each of them received a no
tice that she had drawn the third prize,
a gold lined silver tea set, and asking
her to remit $4.00 to cover cost of pack
ing. Postmaster Rising commenced an
investigation, nnd Jias received notice
from the assistant attorney general that
the "Home Fascinator company” is a
fraud. The scheme has hceu exten
sively worked.
FOR MANY YEARS THOUGHT DEAD.
No Truth iu It.
Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 4.—The
sensational dispatches scut out from
Cattletslmrg about the murder of the
Brumfield family, in Wayne county, by
dninken Italians, are without founda
tion. A special to The Gazette from a
gentleman in Huntington, whoso ve
racity is beyond question, says that the
mail carrier from Wayne court louse to
Huntington, who passed Urontield’s
house, says tho entire story is a falsifi
cation. Other parties from the samo
locality say there is no truth iu if.
Tux Increase Iu a County In (ieurgiiu
Stone Mountain, Aug. 4 —DeKalb
county’s tax books have just been closed.
Tax Receiver Teat has turned over bis
books to the comptroller. The increase
of the taxable property of tile county
over last year is $572,165. The total
taxable property of the county for this
year is $1,991,485. This is a very credit
able showing for old DeKalb. Only
two districts in tho county show a de
crease in valuation. This was caused
by parts of these districts being added
to others.
Young Man Drowned.
Savannah, Aug. 4.—Stovall Henry,
of Augusta, was drowned at Tybee. He
went in bathing with five other young
men from that city, and they went out
leaving him in the water, and subse
quently, when they went to look for
him, tie bail disappeared. The body
was found afterwards on the beach, two
miles from tho scene of his death. It
was taken to Angusta for burial.
Resnlt of an Old Feud.
New Orleans, Aug. 4.--A Picayune
special from Lake Charles says: On
Lock, Moore & Co»’s railroad an alterca
tion between the men there employed
took place, in which ten men were shot,
six of whom were killed at once and one
mortally wounded. The remaining
three were seriously injured, but may
recover. It is said to be tho result of
an old feud.
Cat His Insides Oat.
Lexinoton, Ky., Aug. 4.—At Yell-
mantown, a negro suburb, in a fight
between Jesse Dickerson and Wyatt
Burnett, the latter was completely dis-
embowclled, hit intestines falling on the
floor. .
Two Bistort Meet After ft Long Separa
tion-Good Newt for ft Brother.
In the estimation of many people, tlie
return of the long lost brother, or uncle,
or father, or husband, carrying in bis
“grip" a gold mine, has no existence
save in the diluted brain of some long
haired dime novelist, who catches such
Idlotlo inspiration from perpetual tbirst
for just such an Improbable thing to
happen in bis own cose. But the old
chestnut, that truth is stranger than
fiction, wasjillustrated in this county on
Tuesday of last week.
Twenty-five years ago Mrs. John
Cribbs, well-known in this county at
that time, left here for Florida. From
the time of her departure until last woek,
no one ever heard a word from her. She
never communicated with any of her
people, and, finally, after many years of
waiting, her relatives and friends con
cluded that she had passed over to the
majority, and, in time, liko all the dead,
she was forgotten.
Mrs. M. J. Oliver, of Bronwood, for
merly of this city, was at homo last
Tuesday attending to her usual house
hold duties, when a carriage drove up to
her door and a lady alighted. On ap
proaching each other tho ladies gave no
sign of recognition. The usual formal
ity of “Howdy; walk in!” on tho part of
Sirs. Oliver, and a “Thank you!” on tho
part of the stranger was all.
But Sirs. Oliver was sensiblo of some
thing unusual stirring within her, and
felt all flustered, entirely different from
anything sho had over experienced be
fore in tho presence of a strangor. The
ladies looked at each other with Intonso
keenness for a few seconds, nnd then
Sirs. Oliver involuntarily exclaimed,
greatly excited—
“Who are you?”
“Why, Slelindy, don’t you know mo?”
responded the visitor.
Now, if this were a novol, tho proper
thing to write would be that Mrs. Oliver
fell in a swoon, from which sho did not
recover for many days. But as this is a
story of actual life, the slmplo truth is
that Mrs. Oliver just grabbed her long-
lost sister around the neck and kissed
her for all sho was worth.
What followed the reader can easily
guess. Suffice it to say, that this oc
curred a week ago, and the sisters are
talking and explaining yet, without any
Intermission up to this time. And no
wonder! Just think of what two women
—and sisters, too—would havo in store
for each other after a separation of a
quarter of a century.
Mrs. Oliver says that sho had a sort of
a presentimont that something was going
to happen just os soon as the visitor
camo ftito tho room. She scorned to
carry about her an atmosphere that was
suggestivo of tho long ago—something
different from tho atmosphoro of a
stranger,
Mrs. Cribbs did not bring with her ex
actly a gold mine, but sho did bring
enough of coin with her to mnko every
body related to ber comfortablo for life,
should it bo neodod.
Tho return of Mrs. Cribbs is a delight
to ovorybody concerned, but to none
more so than to Jcsso Leo Kimmcy, her
brother, who is well known in this city.
And thus has come to pass in real life
tho essenco of seventeen thousand nov
els, although in this caso it Is not the
return of a long lost rich undo, but a
long lost rich sister—which amounts to
tho samo thing; and, if anything, the re
turn of tho sister is tho host story, be
cause it is truo, and happened right bore
at home, and not in Spain.
Gou. Cook Improving.
Tho following from tho Atlanta Con
stitution will bo read with doop interest
and ploasuro by General Cook’s many
frionds in this section, who join most
heartily in tho wish for ids speedy re
covery :
General I’hil Cook gradually grows
bettor.
“Every day hundreds of his frionds in
quire of bis condition, and letters are
daily received from all parts of tho
country wanting to know if tho popular
old war horse is getting well.
It was a bad accident to happen to a
man of tho general’s age, but bis won
derful vitality mado it less serious than
was at first feared. He has stood it
with that fortitudo characteristic of
him, and in a fow wooks more he will
be out on tho streets. The negro driver
of tho hack that ran over him Is working
out tho thirty days’ sentence imposed
upon him,
“Yesterday General Cook was better
than at any time since the accident. Ho
is bright and cheerful, and spends much
of the time talking with bis friends, who
continually visit him,”
First Death In n Family at Tan.
The funeral of George Kendrick took
place Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
Tho remains wore Interred at Oak Grove
cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Kendrick, pat
ents of the deceased, recently moved to
this city from Thompson, north Georgia,
where the family are well and favorably
known. The deceased was 20 years old,
and just previous to his death was em
ployed at Penla. His was the first death
in a family of ten.
Notice to Contributors,
The Timer-Recorder regrets exceed
ingly to be forced from time to time to
crowd out contributions from friend* In
various parts of the state; but it very
often happen# that it must be done.
And falling to print at the time reoelved,
of course, many Items oease to be news.
This is offered as an explanation to
many of our correspondents.
THE SAME GAME.
A LITTLE ONE ON THE STEVE RYAN
ORDER.
I. W. Mai tin Defendant—He Must Coma
to Time With Cash Received In Hie Bus
iness—Selling Goods at Less Than Cost
Must be Made Odious.
Atlanta, August 4.—Mr. Stephen A.
Ryan may have a chance to sell his bed
and waststand in the county jail.
J. W. Martin Is a possible purchaser.
The hearing of a petition in his caso
was finished this morning.
Judge R. II. Clark appointed Fulton
Colville permanent receiver for Martin.
July 27 last J. W. Martin sold his stock
of goods to J. It. Cregg & Co., at con
siderably below cost, and as his (Mar
tin’s) creditors allege, with tho intention
of defrauding his creditors, and putting
his stock beyond their reach.
Martin claimed that be transferred
the proceeds of bis sale to Cregg & Co.,
amounting to $3,099 cash, together with
his books and accounts, to his sister,
Mrs. if. A. Xatly, to whom lie was in
debted to tiie extent of about $5,300.
Glenn and Maddox, attorneys for Ber-
g-.vin Bros., petitioners for a receiver,
produced affidavit showing that Mrs.
Nally had novor paid Lax on any notes
or claim, bonce Judge Clark hold that
nono existed, and ho was of tho opinion
that this was a case of collusion botween
Martin and his sister to defraud credit
ors.
Ho therefore ordered that J. W. Mar
tin turn over his books, his notes and
claims and the $3,099 received from J,
R. Gregg & Co., to receiver Colvillo, and
failing in this that Martin be bold in
contempt and go to jail until the order is
oboyod,
Tho judge gavo Martin until Thursday
morning to meet tho conditions of tho
order. Mason & Hill, respondent’s at
torneys, gave notice that thoy would
prepare a bill of exceptions In the caso,
and requested Judge Clark to name what
size bond would bo accepted.
The judge named $6,000. So if he
fails to obey tho court’s order by Thurs
day morning the bond will probably be
ready and the prisoner immediately re
leased.
Judge Clark, In speaking of this case,
said it was very similar to the Ryan
case, only on a much smaller scale, and
it must bo governed by the same condi
tions. “I think there ought to he a law
enacted,” continued Judgo Clark, “pro
viding that whoever bought goods from
a man in trade at less than cost, should
be made responsible to that man’s cred
itors, if ho has any, for the difference.”
Thero is over $5,000 involved in this
case, and Glenn & Maddox have con
ducted their sido of it most ably.
DeSoto Dots#
DeSoto, Augusts.—Miss Jennie Luke
is visiting her brother, Mr. I’. J. Luke,
of this place.
Miss Mamlo Bailoy of Washington
county is visiting relatives in DeSoto,
Mr. George W. Pugh, formorly of this
place but now of Lumpkin, spent Sun
day last in DoSoto.
Dr. F. L. Cato is spending some time
with his parents at tho Plains.
Mr. W. J. Sessions, tne clever nnd
efficient business manager of tho firm of
liuko'* Hays, has gone to Columbus,
where he goes to purchase his fall stock
of goods.
Tho meeting at tho Baptist church is
still progressing. Able sermons havo
been preached by Rev. C. E. Walters.
Thero has boon no accessions to the
church at this writing,
Mr. Bob Ferguson, formerly of Adams
Station, is handling tho yardstick for
Ids uncle, Mr. E, S. Ferguson, In DeSoto.
We are having somo days of sunshine,
greatly to the delight of the farmers.
Miss Sallio Ladd is spending tho woek
in DeSoto, visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs. Cora Green is spending some
time in DeSoto, visiting friends and rel
atives, and in nttendance upon the
mooting.
Mr. Walter D. Mills is happy. We
don’t censure you, brother; we would be
happy under similar circumstances.
Our ltlc'it Bower.
“Stumpy" Folsom has given some
rominiscenses of Amerlcus in tho Atlan
ta Journal, and thus does up The Timks-
Recorder’s “right bower:”
“Early in the morning I took breakfast
with ‘Coot’ Stanfield, at the beautiful
home of his parents, In Amerlcus, and
such a breakfast two Bohomian newspa
per mon seldom sot down to.
“Ed Stanfjcld is one of the best news
paper men In Georgia. Ho has been in
tho business for moro years than I would
care to recall; has done everything, and
is able to do anything in bis line, from
thunderbolt editorial to repairing a hand
press.
Young and handsome, gonial and
whole-souled, as foreman of the old Re
corder, and general manager of the new
Times-Recorder, there Is no more capa
ble man In the south than ‘Coot’ Stan
field.”
When It Is understood that “Stumpy”
also is a product of Amerlcus journalis
tic training, it can readily be seen what
sort of a mill the newspapers of this city
must be, to turn out such grist as Fol
som and Stanfield.
A Sad Fata.
Capt Bates, one of the oldest citizens
of Webster county, and the oldest resi
dent of Preston, was yesterday adjudged
to be Insane, and will be carried to the
asylum to day,
STONEWALL JACKSON.
Ales. Robert Chisolm. Beauregard** Aid-
de-Camp. Gives Bis Version.
Ohe Howard Thomas has been giving
the press of the north a “fairy story”
relative to the sobriquet of Stonewall
Jackson. Mr. Thomas is away off of the
truth. Here are the facts, as told by an
eye-witness, Alex. Robert Chisolm, who
was an aid-de-camp to General Beaure
gard on that memorable battle field, the
first Bull Run:
General Beauregard had concentrated
the troops under his command along
the line of Bull Run, with his oentre
resting on Mitchell’s Ford, his right on
Union Mill’s Ford, and his left near the
Stone Bridge, Blackburn's Ford being
about 100 yards to the right of Mitchell’s
Ford. Gen. Jackson, upon his arrival,
was stationed in the rear of that ford*
Early in the morning of July 21, 1802,1
was ordered by Beauregard, whose aid-
de-camp I was, with the rank of lieu-
tenant-colonel, to conduct Gen.
Jackson, with his command, to the
vicinity of the Lewis House, to the rear
of the Stono Bridge. Beauregard antici
pated a movement to turn his left flank,
and had so informed me several days be
fore the battle. Evans, Wheat and Bee
were driven back by McDowell’s ad
vance. Bee was endeavoring to reform
his line near the Henry Houso os Jack-
son came upon tho field with his com
mand in perfect order in lino of battle.
Bee, riding among his mon, appealed to
them to reform their lines, exclaiming:
“There stands Gen. Jackson like a
stono wall behind you.”
The line was reformed. Evans,
Wheat, Bee, Bartow, Hampton, and
Jackson then made the famous charge
upon the plateau at the Henry House,
which turned the tide of the battle. A
shell exploded under Beauregard's
horse, disemboweling him. Bee and
Bartow were killed; Hampton, Wheat
and Jackson wounded, the latter very
slightly. From that date Gen. Jackson
was known os Stonewall Jackson.
IN MKMORIAN. #
Died at ber home In Leslie. Ga., July, 27,
1891, Mas. Hoi*nia Freeman, aged 62
year.
Gone! yes; but In her going we should
take hope, for we know that it Is to that
eternal rest prepared of God for those who
follow In his footsteps and emulate and mag
nify his precepts. She was a loving and de
voted wife, and ail that an affectionate
mother could be. She leaves a sorrowing
husband, four children, and numberless
friends to mourn her loss. 8he was afflicted
for months and suffered untold agony, and **
In her last sickness ber sufferings were
such as few are called upon to bear.
But she bore all these afflictions with the
fortitude of a Christ lan hero, and one who
had long since put her trust In a higher pow
er. In her early Ufoshe wasamembei of the
Baptist church, but after her ^second mar
riage she united with the Methodist church,
and was a consistent member of the same
for nearly 23 years. She had the pleasure of
knowing before her death that her children
had united with the church, and promised,
by God’s help, to meet her In the hippy land
to which her spirit winged Its flight as soon
ns it left the mortal olay. Blie talked often
of her condition, and said she was not afraid
to die, as her peace was mode with God. She
only regretted leaving her dear ones here.
During her last Illness she prayed many
touching prayers, and tried to sing some of
the sweet songs of Zion. Only n short while
beforo h«r death sho sung, with her husband,
one stanza of that good old hymu: “I Am
so Glad That Jesus Loves Me." Afterwards
she tried to sing “Hock of Ages Cleft for Me."
In singing those songs, in her weak, feeble
condition, she made manifest the true hap
piness that those who live in Christ Jesus
realize.
During her illness she was tended by kind
and lovlr.g hands, and everything was done
that could be done to alleviate her suffer
ings. Not long before she died she told some
friends that she loved everybody. Blessed
are they that die in Christ.
One less at home!
The charmid circle broken—a dear face
Missed, day by day, from Its usual place.
But cleansed, saved and perfected by
grace.
Ono more In heaven, *
One less on earth!
Its pain, Its sorrow and Its toll to share,
One less the pilgrim’s dally cross to bear,
One more the crown of the blessed to
wear,
At home In heaven.
Her Friend, Mss. M. H. Sims.
“Jack the Ripper" in Town.
The Times-Recorder has received
the following bloody epistle, written on
a postal card and in red ink. Some es
caped lunatic is evidently in our midst,
and looking for gore. There is not
much probability of the knavo doing
much damage, and his threat is only
published to show what fools inhabit the
earth:
City, August 2,1801.
Gentlemen—Pleas© notify the people that
I am here to regulate the evil doers of this
city. I am stopping in the woods in the day
time, but will call on them at night and
drink their Blood fora tonic.
Jack the Kippxb.
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A Sad Death.
On last Sunday evening the little two-
year-old daughter of Capt. and Mrs. C.
L. Peacock, of Ellaville, fell into a bar
rel of water from the back porch and
was drowned. The little one remained
in the water fifteen or twenty minutes
before she was discovered and all efforts
to resualtate her were of no avail The
Captain and his wife have the sympathy
of a large circle of friends in their sad
loss.
Mr*. Tom StspUton Dead.
Messrs. George Lawson and Frank
Stapleton of this city were sadly inform
ed on Monday of the death ot their
brother’! wife, Mrs. Stapleton of Bron
wood.
Mrs. Stapleton was a lovely Christian
woman. Htr bereaved husband and en
tire family have the sympathy of many
friends in their sad and irreparable loss.
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