TH KOI [fill Uvll * k A• \
BITS OF NEWS LATHERED FROM
OVER THE STATIC,
Being » Summary of Interesting llup*
penlngs From Day to Day.
The , bird . . . Morgan .
reported crop m county is
especially plentiful
Savannah is waking up. The city
council has decided to have the houses
properly numbered and street signs
put up.
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A bid has been made for Glynn
county 5 per cent bonds at par, less
expense of issue, legal advice and
other expenses. The county comniis
sioners have not ns yet accepted the
kid.
Uncle Billy Davis, ot Coweta coun
ty, has an ordinary shoe hammer that
was made in 1777. The date is stamp
ed upon it. Uncle Billy has owned it
for thirty-five years and his father had
owned it since a boy. The hammer is
still in fine fix and is used ulmost
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At a mass meeting at Augusta called
by the chairman of tho democratic ex
ecutive committee of Kichmord coun
ty, Henry C. Hammond was UIlftU1 .
mously nominated as the democratic
candidate for tho legislature to till the
J“ John e “°A A ' Zrsl E “ rne8 , ' , y re " gaah<m «' ,
Governor Atkinson is receiving con
gratulations from his friends. The
new arrival who came in Sundav is a
girl, but she has not yet been given a
name. This is the first time a baby
has ever been born to a governor of
Georgia while he was an occupant of
the mansion. The governor now has
three boys and three girls.
The telephone linemen have begun
stringing the line from Romo to At
lanta on the long distance telephone
route. In about ten days the work
will be complete and Rome and Atlan
ta will be brought within speaking dis
tancc, which will be a great convea
ience to the men of the two cities.
This places Rome in direct communi
cation with Macon, Griffin, Columbus
and the smaller towns in the Atlauta
circle.
Saturday, November 2d, will be the
greatest . . of , all ,, exposition . . days! . , I T
will be Atlanta Day at the great fair!
Two hundred thousand people, at the
, lowest . estimate, ,. . will pass through the
turn styles of the south s great expose
tion on that date. The management
of every business establishment in At
lanta, from the greatest manufactory
to the smallest shop, will be expected
to suspend ... business ou November „ , 2d _.
and to give themselves and their em
ployes a holiday.
The federal grand jury at Atlanta
returned a true bill against fifteen cit
izens of Union county, charging them
with conspiracy in the famous white
capping case of that county. Some
time in May of this year Albert Phil
lips reported to a deputy marshal that
two men by the names of Cavender
and Thomason were operating an il
licit distillery. A few nights after
wards, May 27tb, these two men, to
gether with thirteen others, went to
the house of old man John Phillips,
where Albert resided, and called him
out. The father and sister of Albert
went out at the same time, and a gen
eral fight ensued in which the old man
Phillips was killed.
It seems that, the M. – N, G. rail
road will be sold at last. The trouble
in the past has been that tho large
amount of receiver’s liabilities must
be paid by the purchaser in cash.
This time, however, the holders of
rolling stock notes amounting to $20,
000,000 have agreed to go into a re
organization for the purpose of buying
the road. The holders of rolling
stock notes are the movers of the re
organization plan. W hen Judgd New
man had the case up a few days ago it
was stated that the re-organization
scheme was practically completed. Of
course, this does not keep other per
sons from bidding, but unless other
bids are had these security holders
will buy the road.
Governor Atkinson will be asked to
pardon Adolphus Duncan, the negro
twice sentenced to be hung at Atlanta
for assaulting Mrs. Sanner. The ap
plication for a pardon will doubtless
be made in a few days. To those who
have kept up with tho developments
in the now sensational case that turn
in it will be no surprise. For many
wt-eke the turn of events in the case
have indicated that the friends of the
condemned negro have had such an
end in view. Scrap by scrap the at
torneys and friends of Duncan have
been gathering evidence to show that
the negro is innocent of the crime for
which he was convicted twice and sen
tenced to be hanged. That evidence
has been shaped in its best light and
presented to the courts and governor,
Those interested in the defense now
appear to have it in such shape that
they deem it advisable to make applica
tion for a pardon in due form.
McIntyre’s Requests to'Charities.
The will of Robert McIntyre, who
died a tew days ago, was tiled and pro
bated in the court of ordinary at Sa
VRni,ah lufit Saturday. He leuves an
estate valued at $250,('00, which he di
vided up among the different churches
and charitable institutions, bis wife
and !lbont fifteen nopht , WB( nieces and
grand nephews. He leaves Trinity
ohurcb, Savannah, real estato valued
at about $15,000 and 100 shares of
Southwestern railroad stock. He leaves
Wfisley Memorial church 100 shares of
Southwestern stock; Emory college,
$1,000; tho orphans’ home in Macon,
about §3,000, and half a dozen other
institutions, from $500 to $1,000 each,
McIntyre came to Savannah from Ire
l an d in 1839, and made all of his
money in the' grocery business. He
has been noted for his donations to
charities during his entire lifetime.
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Gate City Guards, .
o –u ft,
have invited the Fifth line* ’ a es
Infautary, the Governoi s °™°
’ ^ Atlanta Arti ery am 10
Fifth Regiment of Georgia \ oluuteers
to take part in the parade on Presi
l ^ ent 8 ^ ajr ; management
P the ara Gate < io City eat,re1 uar<is, / V n . u the lr magna han f® f.
mons action m in viting their somet.me
enennes, the 'i i eg.men , ” P >
) u the celebration has met with much
favorable comment. whether the in
vitatioD will bo accepted remain, to
bo seen. Dispit, the fact that (he
governor has given the guards
the right to bear arms un
til the attorney general re
P°rts upon the legal side of the mat
ter, some of the state militia, and es
pecially the Fifth regiment, seem to
doubt the advisability of appearing in
a parade with the Guards. However,
Governor Atkinson has no doubt about
the matter. When seen by a reporter
he said that the Guards have every
rig p t to p ear armB( adding, “I expect
t urn ou t with them myself on presi
den t’s day.” Col Can
j n regard to the failure of .
d i er to invite the Guards to take part
j n t p e Liberty bell day parade, the
governor said, that was an entirely an
exposition matter, and was not a con
cern G f fp 0 state’s,
Interesting War Itelics.
Probably' the largest and most in
teresting collection of confederate
relics ever brought together was sent
from Savannah for exhibition in the
H hall at the Cotton
States and M a ternational Exposition,
T ^federate ooraprise everything, from a pair
of socks to the guns and
arms used by famous soldiers, These
relics have been collected from every
where, principally through the efforts
of Mrs. L. H. Raines, the presi
dent of the chttrte r chapter of
the Daughters of the Confederacy,
of Savannah. An interesting story is
told in connection with tho old confed
erate socks. It was customary in many
cases for the young lady who made
them to put her name and address up
on them and for the soldier who se
cured them to begin a correspondence
with the fair manufacturer of his foot
wear. Iu this way it is said many cor
respondences were started, the fruits of
which were strong friendships and, in
some cases, love and marriage. There
are also many old muskets and weap
ons of all kinds from many a famous
battlefield, and among other things a
piece of the hull of the old Confeder
ram Savannah, which was blown up at
the close of the war. Miss Annie C.
Harmon, Went up as the
custodian of the relics, all of which
are-quite valuable. Mrs. Raines will
preside at the meeting in Atlanta, on
November 9th, when a state society of
the Daughters of the Confederacy will
be organized.
Col. T. P. Stovall Dead.
Colonel Thomas Pleasant Stovall,
one of the most prominent men in the
state, died at his country home, Eto
wah Heights, near Cartorsville. He
p nd p een jjj f or several days and had
p een attended by the very best of un d
^ ca j g pjip jj e d j ed 0 f malarial fever
aQ( j p ad p eeQ jp on ]y three weeks,
jq wa8 p DO wn that his attack was seri
ous, but a fatal issue was not feared
until two days before his demise, when
a change for the worse occurred. Af
ter this he sank rapidly.
He was about seventy years of age
and was a native of Augusta. During
his life he accumulated and spent Bev
e ral fortunes. He had large landed
interests when he died. He was tho
largest flour manufacturer in the south
au d was a gallant soldier in the confed
erate army. He raised and equipped
a company at his own expense, and
was a pioneer in the direct trade and
immigration movements.
Colonel Stovall was a specimen of
the old southern gentleman, a race
fast disappearing; a man of splendid
ability. As a statistician he had few
equals. He was au indefatigable work
er, enthusiastic about the south’s re
sources.
Colonel Stovall and Mr. Benjamin
W. Hitchcock, of New York, acquired
the Tarver estate in Twiggs county, a
tract of valuable farming land com-
SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS.
prising some 28,000 acres. They at
once began founding a community of
immigrants on this land, and a number
of families from Germsuy uud the
eHslern states settled there, ft was
the purpose of Me-srs. Stovall and
Hitchcock to bring to Georgia lhous
ends of thrifty farmers and settle
them upon thi* vast plantation. They
planned oa a gigantic scale and spent
many thousands of dollars in prelimi
nary advertising. The panic of two
years ago seriously interfered with
‘heir undertaking and retarded their
movements, Recently, however, the
enterprise hal taken on new vitility,
and vvi rylh’ng promised well. Northeu
A few years ago Governor
appointed Colonel Stovall commission
er of immigration and direct trade for
the state of Georgia. Colonel Stovall
appointed Colonel Avery as his associ
ate, uud together they worked sedu
lously for ilie success of the great
movement, which had been inaugura
ted by Colonel Stovall many years be
fore. These two gentlemen worked
together for several years, until Colo
ix-l Avi rv reb’ qnished his labors tem
porarily to represent the exposition in
foreign countries.
MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAD.
Mrs. Nobles and Gus Gambles Will
Not Hang Yet Awhile.
The superior court of Twiggs county
convened Monday morning which
,fudge Smith on the bench. A motion
was made by Marvin Harris, counsel for
Mrs. Elizabeth Nobles, and by J. R.
Cooper, counsel for Gus Fumbles, for
a new trial. judge Smith has not set
the date for the hearing but it will be
iu about two weeks. Pending this,
tho execution of Mrs. Nobles and l am
bles, which was set for October 18th,
hns been postponed. pronounced quite
Mrs. Nobles is nn
well and is apparently oblivious to the
efforts being made in her behalf, the
ladies of the state who employed conn
sel to defend her are yet zealous iu
their work in trying to save the neck
of the woman charged with complic ity
in the murder ol her bus mnu, aiu i
is generally believed that she will nev
er hang. Her attorney s, as are a so ie
attorneys of the negro, . am >n s, mi.
confident that a new rm wi h
granted. .
It is reported that lam ) cs is »> *■_>
grateful of the efforts being made m
his behalf and even en er ams
that he will not hang. a P to P
I wiggs county, where e *° rr! >e
murder ot old man 0 > '■* " as p° n
ceived and effected, are c e ermii.M
that the negro shall hang Public
sentiment was strong against them but
has been tempered somewhat as to
Mrs. Nobles, who was old, ignorant
and perhaps 1 r partially demented.
A. P. A’S. MEET.
National Convention Held by the Or
der at St. Louis.
The ’national conference of the
American Protective Association met
at St. Louis, Mo., Monday morning.
All of the supreme officers and most of
the state presidents were in attendance
and the hall was packed. The object
of the meeting was to organize the
national advisory board which was ap
pointed last year at the Milwaukee
meeting of the supreme council and
to outline a plan of action with regard
to the next national campaign.
After the conference was called to
order by President W. J. H. Trayner,
of Detroit, Mich., Mayor Walbridge
was introduced aud made a welcoming
address. Other addresses followed
aud the conference became executive.
At the afternoon session the work
of the credentials committee was rati
fied and a resolution passed congratu
lating the members in Nashville, Tenn.,
upon their recent victory. It is possi
ble that Judge Stevens, of Michigan,
will be chairman of the advisory board.
Speaking of the proposed national
political movement President Trayner
said: “It is not our intention to form
a third party or independent move
ment. All we want is recognition
from the national political parties.
The party that recognizes us will
get our support. The advisory
board, when organized, will evi
dently appoint a committee to pre
sent our principles to each nation
al party, and demand recognition,
Ours is a representative body, com
posed of all nationalities. Nationality
or creed is no bar to membership. Our
organization is working moro openly
now than ever before and if I had my
way about it all our sessions would be
public. We have nothing to hide.”
THE STEEL FEN MAN DEAD.
Richard Esterbrook, the First Manu
facturer of Steel Pens, Dead.
A Camden, N. J., special says that
Richard Esterbrook, founder of the
B t ee i p 0n manufactory in the United
States, and manufacturer of the Ester
brook pens, died Thursday evening,
He had been ill several weeks with a
complication of diseases and his ad
vanced age rendered recovery impossi
,ff e . He was a member of the Society
0 f Friends. He came from England
aD d established his factory in 18(50 in
a little frame building on the site of
the present big establishment, which
employs nearly 400 bauds,
Possessing gifts amounts to nothing
unless we possess the power to use them.
CAPITAL NOTES.
GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON IN
BRIEF PARAGRAPH*.
Doings of the Chiefs and Hoads of the
Various Departments.
Saturday’s statement of the condi
tion of the treasury shows: Available
cash balance, $12,322,881; gold re
serve, $03,021,1(57.
Justice Httgner has rendered the de
eision of tho supremo court of tho
District of Columbia in two cases in
volving title to the Potomac flats and
by it gave full effect to the govern
ment’s title to those lands.
Reoeipts of the government for the
first ten days of the current month
aggregated $9,157,668, and the ex
penditures $1(5,573,000; deficit, $7,-
415,331. This deficit will probably
be reduced during the remainder of
the mouth.
Tho district grand jury began its
consideration Wednesday afternoon of
the case of Miss Elizabeth M. Flagler,
who shot and killed a twelve-year-old
colored hoy, August 2d, last. Neither
Miss Flngler nor her friends appeared
before the grand jury, but it is under
stood that the statement made by her
before the coroner’s jury was placed be
fore the members. There is a strong
impression that an indictment will not
follow.
Attention is called to a very import
au t but much neglected source of na
fional wealth by United States Consul
Chancellor at Havre in a report to the
state department upon the peat imlus
try. As America possesses an inex
haustible supply of pent, the consul
points out how, in view of recent de
velopments in Europe, it may some
day open up an extensive field for the
employment of capital and labor. Tho
application of this substance seems to
be practically eudless.
The B ( enm yacht, Oneida, with
President Cleveland aboard, arrived at
New York Sund mornirig from Gray
Q a p] es> The yacht anchored off East
Twenty-sixth street about noon. The
president left the vessel at 2 o’clock
and was driven to the home of his
family ^ physician, \y' Dr. Jos. D. Bryant,
ftt st Thirty-sixth street. Ho
dined with the doctor and his family
and left after a visit of an hour and a
Half for the yacht, arriving there at a
quarter of fonr. At half past four the
Oneida ^ passed Liberty island bound
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The cruiser Marblehead arrived . at
Naples Saturday morning according
lo “ dl spatch received at the navy de
partment, and her commander pre
sumably found awaiting him the orders
cabled previously for the ship to pro
ceed to the gulf of Alexandria on tho
Syrian coast to protect the interests
of American missionaries and other
American citizens whose life and prop
erty may be jeopardized through the
perturbed state of Armenian affairs.
The state department has received
nothing further about the Armenian
troubles from Minister Terrell.
The solicitor of the state deoartment
has concluded his examination of the
assignments against the Mora claim
and finds that after all of these are
paid there will be dtie Mr. Mora about
$700,000, for which amount, less $118,
000, Secretary Olney will give liis
check on the assistant treasurer of the
United States. The $118,000 will be
reserved for the liquidation of the
claims of certain attorneys, tho pay
ment of which Mr. Mora wishes to as
sure, but will be returned to him
when the department settles with the
original attorneys under the original
contract made by them with Mr. Mora.
8niall Republics Are Cautious.
It is learned from an authoritative
source that none of the South Ameri
can governments will take the initia
tive in recognizing the belligerency of
the insur-revolutiouistB in Cuba. The
press of these countries, so far as can
be judged from this point, is unani
mous in its sympathy with the Cubans.
The fear is expressed, however, that
the recognition of the revolutionists
by Venezuela, Nicaragua, Brazil,
Guatemala, or even Mexico, would be
followed by the dispatch of several
men-of-war to their principal ports
demanding both an examination and
an explanation. As none of the coun
tries on the western hemisphere, ex
cepting the United States and Chile,
possess a navy worthy of tho name, no
recognition of Cuban rights will be
made by them for fear of the conse
quences.
SUPREME C OURT CONVENES.
Proceeds , to . Business „ , Without ...... , Await- . ,,
ing the President’s- Return.
The United States supreme ;court
convened at Washington Monday for
the October term, 1895. All the sur
viving justices Mere present. Presi
dent Cleveland being still absent from
the city, the ceremony of calling u'p'on
him on the day of meeting had to be
omitted for the second time during his
presidential tenure. When the jus
tices had taken their seats, Chief Jus
tice Fuller said:
“The court reassembles again sad
dened by a vacant chair. Mr. Justice
Jackson died at Nashville, Tenn., on
tlie 8th of August last, This was fol
lowed by the departure of Justice
Strong on the 19tli day nf same mouth,
who during his retirement -had inain
tamed his companionship with the
members of tlie bench lie had adorned.
“It has been the inmemoriid usage
.'or the court, on the first day of the
term, on the* first day on which a qn(V
ruin appeared, to proceed' in tile
transaction of no business, but to ad*
jonrn to await upon tho president of
tlie United States, The president is
absent, and we-shall follow the course
j *>nrailed last v< ur, namely, to dispose
of such matters as rnav be properly
brought before us. All motions not
submitted to-day may bo brought on
to-morrow, and the usual order for the
call of docket ou that day will bo on
tered.”
At tho conclusion of the chief jus
tice’s remarks, Secretary Olney said:
“I beg the indulgence of the coirtt
for a moment to present my suectesor
in the office of attorney general of the
United States, Mr. Judson ('. llar
mon.”
Chief Justice Fuller: “The court
parts from the retiring officer with re*
gret and is happy to welcome his suc
cessor.”
A number of applicants were admit
ted to the bar ond several, motions
submitted. Then, after a session of
twenty-five minutes, the court ad
journed for the day.
Memorial to Justice Jackson.
Before the assembling of the supreme
court a bar meeting was held to take
action on the death of the late Associ
ate Justieo Jackson. Mr. Secretary
Olney presided and a committee was
named to draft an appropriate memo
rial. The committee will report at an'
adjourned meeting of the bar to be
called by the chairman.
A. P. A’S. WIN THE DAY.
Elect Their Ticket In Nashville by
Several Hundred Majority.
Nashville was tho scene Thursday cT
one of the hottest municipal elections
in its history. The American Protec
tive Association had a superb organi
zation in every way, while iu a num
ber of wards the democrats were de
ficient in this respect. The Amer
ican Protective Association has
been laying plum all the summer for
this election, and the democratic
workers could not budge them
from their allegiance to the or
der. There was a big falling off in the
vote in a number of strong democratic
wards. Nevertheless over 8,000 votes
were cast out of a total registration of
over 14,000. There were Numerous
fights at the polls, but no serious diffi
culty was reported. The feeling is
very high, however. Sheriff Sparks
had deputies at a number oftiiowurds,
although tho election was altogether
under tho city marshal’s jurisdiction.
At 11 o’clock p. m. it was conceded
on all sides that the American Pro
tective Association’s ticket had been
elected. McCarthy’s majority will be
about 800, while the conncilmanic
ticket will have majorities of from 500
to 1,800. The ticket elected is as fol
lows : ,
Mayor, William McCarthy; council
men, General T. Steir, T. J. Robert
son, J. H. Bruce, J. Ellis, J. I.Vande
grift, A. F. Howell, A. J. Allen, Jesse
It. Foreman, A. F. McConnell and Al
bert S. Williams.
TYPHOID AT THE CAPITAL.
Twenty-Five Deaths from tlie Disease
During the Past Week.
Tho health officer of Washington,
D. C., says that an epidemic of ty
phoid fever exists in that city and that
unless sanitary precautions are observ
ed by the inhabitants generally a seri
ous condition of affairs will follow.
Health officer Woodward estimates
that at least six hundred cases are un
der treatment iu the district at pres
ent. In the first four days of the past
week eleven deaths were reported and
he has no doubt tb®t some deaths re
ported as due to kindred complaints
really resulted from typhoid.
For the week ended September 27th,
there were twenty-one deaths. New
York city, with seven times .the popu
lation of Washington, reported only
seventeen typhoid deaths for the same
period, and most of the cities of the
size of Washington reported not more
than two or three deaths, if any at all.
The epidemic is attributed to the
low stage of the water in fhe Potomac
river, which constitutes the city’s sup
ply, and the use of well water in fam
ilies. The disease is an generally dis
tributed in the best sections of the city
as iu the poorer quarters.
Assignment of a Cigar Factory.
The Roper – Baxter Cigar Company
at Chicago made an assignment Friday
morning. The liabilities are estimated
at $100,000. ’p The assets exceed that
flmouut ^' about §25,000, but they
afe j ODea afiCountB . The cause
of tbe f a ii ure *i s said to be the difficulty
of collections and the general
depreS8ion in business,
Leprosy in Iowa.
Two cases of leprosy in Towa have
been reported to the governor and the
matter turned over to tho state board
of health, which is dow investigating.
Secretary Kennedy and Governor
Jackson refuse to divnlge the location
of the cases. It is known that the per
sons afflicted are children in one fam
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