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About Schley County news. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1889-1939 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1897)
ONE OF ITS PROVISIONS IS A MENACE TO THE SOUTH. ENGLAND MAY REVIVE OLD CLAIMS. Tin* Eighty-Eighth Article Given Great Britain t he Right to Bring Suit on Illegally Issued Bonds. A Washington special says: The dis cussion of the arbitration treaty in ex ecutive session Monday developed a ne w sensation, and brought to the front a point in the treaty in which every southern state is vitally inter This is that the treaty would practi cally give to the international court of arbitration jurisdiction to try claims 0 f a ny kind held by Great Britain against any one of the states. The treaty submits to arbitration all questions in difference between them which they failed to adjust by diplo matic negotiations. That this is in tended to include claims against states is evident from the eighty-eight article which is as follows: “In case where the question involv ed is one which concerns a particular state or territory of the United States it shall be open to the president of the United States to appoint a judicial officer of such state or territory to be one of the arbitrators.” It is urged that this is a most se rious matter to those states which have denied their liability on millions of bonds which were illegally issued by the carpetbag governments of the south during reconstruction days. The state of Georgia, for instance, has her name signed to about ten mil lion of these fraudulent bonds, which she has refused to pay. These could be transferred to the citizens of Great Britain and suit would he brought in the international court of arbitration. This suit, of course, would be against the government of the United States, because Georgia is not an in dependent nation, but is a state of the United States, If the arbitration court should decide that the bonds are valid and judgment should be given against the United States Georgia would be in a most embarrassing position if she refused to reimburse the government. What is true of Georgia is also true of many other southern states. It is pointed out by senators that it is mis take to suppose that the claims con templated by the treaty are limited to claims which one government in its own right has against the other gov ernment, but that they include claims which the citizens of one government have against the other government. The suggestion of possible suits upon the alleged obligations of differ ent states created a decided sensation. Senators are much disturbed by the possibility ratified that in case the treaty is the people of a state might find themselves involved in a litigation over the validity of the bonds they thought had been forever put to rest. A state does not permit one of its own citizens to sue it, but the evident intention of this treaty as it stands is to permit the court of arbitration to try questions involving the pecuniary or territorial interest of a state. Taylors talk of tariff. A Well Represented Convention at Cleve land, Ohio. The leading merchant tailors from all parts of the country gathered at Jays’ Cleveland, O., Monday for a three convention. The delegates de voted the first day generally to an informal discussion on the qtiestions of interest to the trade. One of the ohief subjects to be taken up is the tariff which the tailors are anxious to have increased on foreign goods. 1 hey say the difference in wages in England and this country is so great as to seriously interfere with the home hade. Another object of the conven tion is to bring about uniformity of prices throughout the country. Havana Papers on Reforms. The daily papers of Havana, La Eucha and Dairio de La Marino, are the first to publish comments upon the new scheme of reforms for Cuba. Both papers simply analyze the extent and scope of the reforms, without at taching undue importance to them. MISMANAGEMENT CHARGED. President of Southern Mutual Building and Loan Attacked. The situation in the Southern Mu tual Building and Loan association, at turns Atlanta, Ga., took several sensational Many Monday. during petitions were filed in the case the day. Rumors and charges 0 bad management were made during fie day, and the climax of all the talk 0 ' )a< I management came in the after noon orni of when petition the gossip filed was put in the a in the superior e °urt, arraigning in the course a severe way of President W. C. Hale. The petition asked that he be brought to au ^counting. SQUADRON IN A GALE. Four Sailors I.ose Their I.lves an<l Dam Hjje Done Ships, Admiral Dunce’s trip from Hampton Roads to Charleston bar, with the flag ship New York, the battleship Maine, the cruiser Columbia, the monitor Am* pliitrite and the cruiser Marblehead cost Uncle Sam the lives of four men, injuries to eight others and just how many dollars in damages to the ships is not known. The fleet encountered a severe gale Friday night 50 miles oJF Cape Hat teras. Six men of the ‘Maine wore washed overboard, three of whom, Brown, Nelson and Kogal, were drowned. The others were rescued. Shawhart, ship’s carpenter on the cruiser Marblehead, was dashed to death by heavy sea. Seven of the carpenters’ gang, who were at work on the sea anchor with Schwart were dashed against the iron superstructure end and were all more or less hurt. The Columbia and Marblehead ar rived first off the bar at Charleston Monday morning. The Amphitrite followed shortly after and last the New' York came up about 4 o’clock in the afternoon. The New York, Columbia, Amphi trite aud the Maine were off the coast below Hatteras and about forty miles out when the storm began to gather Friday night. The admiral signaled from the New York for the ships to stand together. The storm was blowing from the southeast. It steadily increased dur ing the night and the four ships were temporarily separated. The following ships are now at the mouth of Charleston harbor: The flag ship New York, the battleship Maine, cruisers Columbia and Marblehead, monitor Amphitrite, dispatch boat Dolphin and the transport Fern. The Indiana, which started from Hampton Roads, put back before the storm. NO PROTEST FROM MURRAY. Sontli Carolina’s Colored Congressman Will Not Interfere in Electoral Count. A Washington dispatch says: Rep resentative George Washington Mur ray, of South Carolina, the only col ored member of the house, who, it w as reported several days ago, w ould object during the counting of the electoral vote to the recording of South Carolina’s vote on the ground that the election laws of the state w r ere unconstitutional, announces that he has abandoned all idea of interrupting the proceedings. After looking into the precedents and consulting with his party leaders, Murray decided that nothing could be effected by such a dramatic action, and, as he said, “some harm might result.” He has, therefore, simply filed the memorial from the republicans of the state in the usual way, and says that before the session closes he hopes to have an opportunity to discuss on the floor the questions which they involve. RECEIVERS APPOINTED. Officers of the State Savings Bunk At Atlanta Say It Is Solvent. W. 0. McLane, who is a clerk in the Bates-Farley bank at Atlanta, caused the State Savings bank’s doors to be closed by a receiver Monday. McLane alleged that he holds fifty six shares of stock in the bank and that the institution is insolvent. The bank officials, on the other hand, declare that McLane is not a stock holder in their bank, his name not ap pearing on their books as a holder of stock. They intimate that other rea sons than those set forth in the peti tion caused the receivership. To de feat McLane’s movement a bill was filed by depositors and stockholders asking for a receiver. Acting on this petition, Judge Cand ler named T. J. Ripley aud W. A. Bates receivers. CONVENTION OF METAL WORKERS. Troubles Between Unions to Be Discussed And Adjusted. About fifty delegates were present at Cincinnati Monday at the opening of the convention of the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers of the Interna tional association. The trouble with the Federation of Labor was freely discussed, but no action was taken for withdrawal. In connection with the organization of a national building trades council a system of mutual aid is to be consider ed. Frank Johnson, president of the building and trades council of Cincin nati, delivered the opening address, followed by a welcoming address from Harry M. Ogden of the Typographical Union. BACKED BY GAGE’S BANK. Yellow Poplar Lumber Company, With Enormous Capital, Wants a Receiver. Suit has been filed at Portsmouth, O., for a receiver for the Yellow Pop lar Lumber company, of Chicago, with a million dollars capital. includes The property of the concern immense saw mills at Coal Grove, O.; Ashland, Ky., and at various points in eastern Kentucky. of Chicago, The First National bank of which Lyman J. Gage, McKinley s secretary of the treasury, is president, has been the finacial backer of the company, the entire capital stock standing as a collateral pledge for a loan approximating $800,000. SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS III IP'S WEEKLY llll. REQUIRES FIVE HUNDRED MIL LION DOLLARS FOR A DINNER. SAGE OF BARTOW LIVES HIGH. Writ,ig of Knowledge, It* Acquisition nml Dissent inn)inn—He Ih Flensed Witii The Oucsilon Department. There is no column in a newspaper that is so attractive and instructive as that devoted to questions and answers. Indeed, if any whole page were set apart to this mode of diffusing knowledge, it would all be read. There are books enough, of course,but the masses of the people have not got them and cannot buy them. Cyclopedias are expen sive, but almost every successful newspaper is well equipped with such works anil can readily refer to them aud answer the ques tions correctly. I was ruminating about this because of the eagerness witii which my own family peruse all the questions in the Constitution and the Home and Farm and then make research to answer them. I once had quite a valuable iibrary, but about thirty-three years ago some vandals calling themselves soldiers did feloniously I have take, steal and carry it away,and not been able since to supply its place: nevertheless, we have more books than the average family and find great com fort in them. The Evening Constitution promises its readers a .symposium of ten historical ques tions every week—and while the people are seeking the snswers, they unavoidably come across much interesting and valuable infor mation. My folks had to read the biographies of all the presidents, from Washington to Jackson, before they found out wliich of them was married twice to the same lady. This a good method of diffusing knowledge, and it is gratifying to note how many re sponses are made by the young people. It IS ii pleasant inode of teaching without con straint or discipline. The reward is small but the acquisition of knowledge is profita ble and enduring. Then there is a dare, a banter, a competition about it that makes it inviting. Nothing flatters an old man's vanity more than to be appealed to for information con cerning such things. He is proud to have the young people look up to him as a phi losopher, a historian, a scholar. Solomon says: “Get wisdom; get under standing.” Lord Bacon says: -‘Knowledge is power,” and Shakespeare says: “Knowl edge is the wing with which we fly to heaven.” Most of us get our knowledge from books—from the brain of other people who have gone before; but that obtained from thoughtful observation and experience is the better kind. Long, long ago I knew an old man who had no books and could hardly write his name, yet his knowledge of things around him—of the changes of the moon and the forebodings of the weather; the growth of plants; the habits of fowls and Ashes, and the structure of animals was remarkable. I was glad to be a pupil under such The other day I thought to show off a lit tle of my learning at the dinner table. It was not an extraordinary dinner, and I asked what did it cost. They figured it out to be about 75 cents. Then I remarked that the eapital invested in procuring this unpre tending meal was not less than five hundred millions of dollars and gave employment to five million men, for it takes many ships and many railroads. The pepper in this little box was grown in the East Indies, 10,000 miles away. It grew on a little vine about eight feet high and not less than five years old. It was green when it was gathered, and was then dried in the sun until it turned black. The white pepper is made by taking the black shell off before it is ground. The vine is said to be very beautiful and the natives use the root for a beverage that in toxicates them, just like the Mexicans use themagyar plant or the Americans their rye "of and corn. Ko you see that since the day Noah the people of every nation have found something to exhilarate or make them drunk. Well, it took a ship and 1,000 miles of rail road to bring this pepper here. Then here is the tea that is brought all the way from China and the coffee from South America and Mexico. The codfish we had for break fast came from off the coast of Maine. This piece of boiled ham came from Kansas City. This bread was made from flour that was ground from Dakota wheat. This salt came from the Indian reservation in New York state. This Worcester sauce came from London. These canned peaches came from California. The spices that are in the cake, the cinnamon and raacc and nutmeg came from the Moluccas or Spioe islands in the Indian Archipelago. And the cloves that you use eame from over there. Cloves, you must know, are the little short black hob nails that the cobblers drive in the heels of peasants’ shoes and the spice reserflbles them so much that it took their name. Cloves are not the fruit nor the seed of the tree, but it is the bloom plucked and dried before it has quite opened. A great naturalist says that the clove tree is the most beautiful, the most elegant and the most precious of all known trees. It is about forty feet high and lives to be 100 years old. Wouldn’t you like to have one in the front yard? And there is another fragrant fruit—the citron of commerce that you use in your fruit cake, it takes a big ship to bring tliat here from Italy and the macaroni has to come along with it. Now here are the potatoes and rice and sugar and cheese that come from abroad. Please tell me what we have that is home made or home grown within the limits of Bartow “Corn bread and butter aud buttermilk,” was the reply. “Well, we could live on that,” said I. “Suppose we try it for a year and see bow it works. It looks like a shame to have $500,000,000 and live million men employed to get us a dinner.” “Suppose we wait ’till next week?’’ said my wife. “Ws are going to have company tomorrow. By the way, you didn’t mention this linen damask tablecloth that came from Belfast, nor these knivos that Rogers made in England aud the ivory handies that came from the jungles of India. All of these dishes eame from somewhere up north, aud so did this extension table and that side board.” “No,”said I, “we never had anything but negroes and cotton before the war. They took the negroes away from us and have run the cotton down to 4 and 6 cents, but we still live, poor and proud, thank the good Lord for His mercies.” “Yes,” said my wife, “better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasures and trouble therewith. That is*what Solomon says, but I want a good dinner as long ns 1 can get it.” “And Solomon added Another proverb,” said I, “that just fits our case: ‘Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a stall fed ox and hatred therewith.’ ” “Weil.” said sho, “there is no necessity for the dinner of herbs where there Is no hatred, but if you wish to try the oombread and buttermilk you shall have it every day. It will soon be time for you to plant your gardon and raise the herbs. The rest of us will take some of the ox a while longer." fluenee and see no hope of family reform at the dinner table. —-Bill Aup in Atlanta Con stitution. GEORGIA’S STATE EXHIBIT. Plans Outlined Fur a I>ls|>lily at. tlio TenucHKre Outrun lit 1. Commissioner Nesbitt, of the state agricultural department, asks all who desire to participate in the exhibit at the Nashville exposition to let him know. Colonel Nesbitt and Dr. Payne, the state chemist, aud Professor Yeates, the state geologist, conferred a day or two ago and outlined plans for getting the display together. The state has a good nucleus to start with. This is the permanent part of Che display which was made by the state at the Cotton States exposi tion in 1895. Professor Yeates will superintend the mineral and forestry part of the display. Dr. Payne will look after the fruits, while Colonel Nesbitt will arrange the farm and in dustrial products and have general charge of all. Colonel Nesbitt’s inter view’ on the exhibit is as follows: “The general assembly of the state of Georgia, by a joint resolution, has instructed the commissioner of agri culture, with the assistance of the state chemist and the state geologist, to collect and place in the Tennessee Centennial exposition at Nashville, an exhibit of the various industries and resources of Georgia. For this pur pose the legislature has set aside $2,000, of which amount $500 is to be given to the woman’s board. “Fully appreciating this opportunity for advertising the resources of our state, I propose, with the assistance of Chemist Payne and Geologist Yeates, to at once enter on the work. We hope to collect such material as will best show to the thousands who will visit the Tennessee Centennial the value of Georgia’s resources in soil, climate, agricultural and horticultural products, timber, coal, iron and other minerals, as well as manufacturing advantages of a order. “In the permanent exhibit, now at the capitol in Atlanta, we have a valu able nucleus for such an exhibit; and while the appropriation, considering the breadth of the undertaking, is a small one, we hope, with the material already on hand and the hearty co operation of every class of our citizens, to make an exhibit of which Georgians will not be ashamed. The work ap peals to every industry in our midst. A correct presentation of our advan tages will be of great value in attract ing settlers and investors to our state, which is so wonderfully adapted both in soil and climate to the production of the staple crops of the orchard and garden which can he produced to greater advantage than in any other state. “Such an exhibit would no dftubt attract both population and capital and these would help to build cities, fac tories and railroads, and thus give work and wages to hundreds of our , population who are now practically , idle; the value of our lands and their products would be enhanced; ways ( would be opened to utilize our deposits of coal and iron and other valuable minerals. Every branch of trade j would be quickened with renewed life, aud the traffic of our railroads w’ould be proportionately increased, This work appeals to the patriotism, the public spirit and the self-interest of every citizen of Georgia. We trust ; that manifested there may be a general interest j and that we shall receive j the hearty co-operation of all who can j help to make our undertaking a sue- I cess To all exhibitors | * * the in the Geor- 1 gia state building at the Cotton States and International exposition of 1895, the Georgia manufacturers who so fine an exhibit in their own to the fruit growers, the the farmers, and to every j in our state, we extend a cor- ! invitation to join us in this work the benefit of our commonwealth. “Letters addressed to R. T. Nesbitt, of agriculture, Atlanta, will receive prompt attention. “R T Nesbitt An Octopus Plant. It. is reported that Mr. Dunstan, a naturalist, has discovered a carnivor ous plant of a dangerous character on the shores of Lake Icanagua, iu Central America. The Indians call the plant “The Devil's Noose,” and ir is described as a veritable "land octopus.” Its branches are black, flexible aud leaf less, but covered with suckers, and a sticky gum emitting a fetid odor. A dog belonging to .Mr. Dunstan was caught by the branches and fairly •■limed” like a bird, so that it could not I escape without the help of Its master, 1 KEIllNO THE CERTAIN. “Prof. Glacier's lecture lasted until midnight ’’ j ‘ Tiiat’a ihe time mine usually com mences.” A NEW BRKEO. Dog fancier—“Ye:, madame, 1 bavo all kinds of dogs here. Is there any par- > ticular Old Lady breed you reads wish ?” the papers)—“Oh, j who anything that's fashionable. Lerume see an ocean gravhouni.” 'I’llROUGH GEORGIA. , 1 r . he dates , . fixed ,. , for , the Hun State day-school Association’s annual con i vention is in April, beginning on the 1 ening ol tne Uth and closing on (he night ol the 1 >th. » The dogs of Atlanta are* rapidly dying from dip flier ia. Tt is an actual fact, that diptheria in its most virulent form is at present raging among the canines " f tlu: liud it4 carrying them off daily, by the scores. Veteri nary surgeons say that it is an entirely new departure for the disease to at ta( ‘ k ,lo 8 h ’ ami ,ir e at 11 loss to account for the cause. ^ situation has cleared somewhat aH re « Hn,K the elmrges that have been P* rt ] friends tt Jly outlined of Judge in the Sweat public against prints ? JT enat r lflU Carte N " «fy *:- eW8 comeB f rom Hartwell to the effect that , two ih duffments are pending there in Hart superior court against the senator. One of these charges is assault and battery aud the other is using profane language in the presence of ladies. gia The dormitory feature of the Geor School of Technology is proving a splendid success. Mrs. S. E. Capers, the matron, and Professor J. B. Wood have their quarters in the buildings with the students and exert a most ex emplary influence over the lives of the young men. The dormitories built last year are full of students and all the rooms outside rented by the com mission are full also. “Standing room only” is the situation until the dormi tory is ready. The Southern Mutual and Building and Loan association of Atlanta has been placed in the hands of a tempor ary receiver. Judge John S. Candler signed the order making Judge James A. Anderson temporary receiver, and granted a temporary restraining order to prevent the officers from paying out anything on applications for withdraw al, and also to prevent them from trans ferring or enenmberring any of the as sets of the association, j Georgia is to have another big colo ; nv. It will be known as Union City, ! and will be located in Cherokee coun ; ty, where a tract of more than 9,000 acres has been secured and laid out. A town site has been laid off with a central park and sections for resi dences, stores and factories. Although the project has been announced in the 1 north and west, nearly 400 appliea ! tions for lots had been received up to ! a day or two ago. There is a great demand in the north and west for small homes aud farming lands in Georgia, Governor Atkinson has offered a re ward of $200 for the capture and re turn to Savannah of Alfred A. Hart ridge, charged with raising two certifi cates of stock of the Southwestern railroad. Shortly after the charges of forgery were made public, Maj. Hart ridge was taken ill, ahd it was a long time before he left his home, being at the same time under close surveil lance. In the meantime he was in dieted by the grand jury. Subse quently Major Hartridge left the com munity, and since that time his where abouts has not been known, Governor Atkinson has ordered Joel N. Matthews, ordinary of Crawford county, to show cause why L. C. Fn trell and W. J. Walker, securities on his bond, should not he relieved of their responsibility, as by their peti tion. Messrs. Futrell and Walker, in a letter to the governor, state that they have been prompted to take this action on account of reprehensible conduct by Matthews. ’The charges are of a very serious nature. It is also charged that he is corruptly collecting money from parties having business with his office and charging and collecting much more than the law allows, Athens people have always welcomed the building of new railroads through her limits. In some instances these roadp hav0 benefited them, and in others injury has followed, ihere is one road, however, that they have al ways had then hearts set upon, be cause they realize that it means untold prosperity to Athens. That road is a road from Athens to Chattanooga, or one from Athens to Knoxville. Just now they see a glimmer of hope in the proposed building of the Augusta and Chattanooga railroad, and they watch with great interest all developments in that direction. The falling off'in the net earnings of the Central of Georgia railway system G f $147,256 for the six months ending December 31st, 1896,as compared with the six months ending December 31st, 1895, was not a surprise to the officers ' of the Central railroad. Vice Prfesi dent John M. Eagan gives several rea sons for it. The loss of the heavy passenger traffic incident to the At lanta exposition,the late winter travel, the comparative slow movement of the cotton crop, and the general business depression. All of these reasons, he says, were urged before the railroad commission, showing them that there would be such a falling off, and now that it has come,he trusts they will see the reason of the arguments made.
